Hard To Find Books
Books

Search For Hard To Find Books

Advanced Search

Books - "new zealand"

Showing 5401 to 5420 of 21944 results.

$18.50
2g23/38

On the Wings of History: Volume 1 The Beginning of the Vintage Aviator Collection


UDY, ALLAN & MITCHELL, ALEX

Octavo, illus light card covers, 116pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: Historical Aviation Film Unit 2010

KEYWORDS: Allan Udy Alex Mitchell New Zealand aviation aviator vintage aeroplanes historic aircraft photographic record Sopwith Fokker Pfalz Bristol Halberstadt models

$25.00
2g23/39

Patterns on Glass: Selected Poems


DUNSTAN, PEGGY

First edition inscribed & signed by author, octavo, cream boards with purple lettering to spine, 62pp, VG (foxing to boards, tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, heavy foxing to interior, tanning & foxing, rubbing to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1968

KEYWORDS: first edition Peggy Dunstan New Zealand poetry poems verse literature

$17.50
2g23/59

Visions of New Zealand: Artists in a New Land


BROWN, GORDON H.

First edition, quarto, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name stamp to half-title page, fading to spine & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling spots, slight creasing to lower edges)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon H Brown New Zealand art artists art history paintings drawings prints Angas Brees Chevalier Gully Heaphy Hodges Hoyte Kinder O'Brien Earle Sharpe Strutt Wilson Van der Velden

$1775.00
OS2/23

New Zealand Scenery; Chromol-lithographed After Original water-Color Drawings


GULLY, JOHN

first edition elephant folio deep green buckram boards with blindrule and gilt lettering, a.e.g, illus, 15 mounted colour plates with new tissue guards. VG ( original binding with cracked gutters, hinges weakening, moderate wear to corners and spine but essentially sound, light foxing thorughout not affecting plates). RARE in original binding - especially given it has been popular to strip for the plates. Bagnell 2377

PUBLISHER: marcus ward 1877

KEYWORDS: new zealand art illustration john gully chromo-lithography landscapes

$42.50
2g22/36

Working Free: The Origins and Impact of New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act


DANNIN, ELLEN J.

Octavo, light card covers with yellow & white lettering, viii + 327pp, VG+ (some underlining & annotation in pencil, foxing, esp to feps)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Ellen J Dannin New Zealand employment law contracts labour reform labour laws economic social legal impact

$65.00
2g22/40

Virginia King, Sculptor


KING, VIRGINIA

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, patterned eps, 120pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2005

KEYWORDS: Virginia King New Zealand contemporary art sculpture sculptor essays Gregory O'Brien Kendrah Morgan Paul Judge Geoff Park Mark Amery

$245.00
2g22/56

No Ordinary Sun: Poems


TUWHARE, HONE

First edition, octavo, black & white light card covers, 38pp, VG- (browning, tears & nicks to spine, light soiling to rear cover, tanning/soiling to front & rear hinges, 3cm soiling/staining to pages 24/25)

PUBLISHER: Blackwood & Janet Paul 1964

KEYWORDS: First edition Hone Tuwhare New Zealand poet literature poetry poems

$16.50
xxhqs57366

Some Recollections of a happy Life


Marianne North in Australia and New Zealand

VELLACOTT, HELEN (ED)

First Edition Thus. Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold Australis Pty Limited 1986

KEYWORDS: First Edition Thus specials Helen Vellacott Daniel Thomas Marianne North Australia New Zealand nonfiction history biography botany

$12.50
xxhqr57409

Edge of the Earth


Stories and Images from the Antipodes

BOORMAN, JOHN (?)

oblong imperial octavo lacks dw and title page (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Reed (date?)

KEYWORDS: specials John Boorman New Zealand film antipodes Vincent Ward

$40.00
2g24/41

More Maoriland Adventures of J. W. Stack


REED, A. H. (Ed)

First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus pastedowns, printed eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (fading to spine & board edges, bruising to extrems, light foxing) in d/w, tatty (brown tape repair replacing most of rear cover and corner of front cover, chipping and small tears, creasing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition James West Stack AH Reed New Zealand autobiography travel history Maori

$15.00
2g24/49

Te Ao Hurihuri: Aspects of Maoritanga


KING, MICHAEL (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card black covers, 191pp, VG- (prev owner SCRIBBLES in pen/highlight to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1992

KEYWORDS: Michael King New Zealand Maoritanga essays articles anthology

$78.00
2g25/3

Tangweera: Life and Adventures among Gentle Savages


BELL, C. NAPIER

First edition (author is the brother of Gustavus von Tempsky), super octavo, white cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and brown lettering with brown illus to front board, black eps, tissue guard to title page, xi + 318pp, illus, VG- (heavy soiling to rear board, fading, staining & rubbing to spine, soiling to front board & bruising to front board fore-edge & lower corner, dampstaining to feps, owner's name in pencil to helf-title page, tanning)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1899

KEYWORDS: first edition C Napier Bell New Zealand biography travel anthropology history Central America Mosquito Indians

$32.50
2g25/6

The Immigrants: The Great Migration from Britain to New Zealand, 1830-1890


SIMPSON, TONY

Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps & white lettering to black spine, 240pp, VG (Owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Godwit Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: Tony Simpson New Zealand Great Britain migration immigration history

$32.50
2g25/23

Breakfasts for Everybody: 280 Appetising recipes, etc compiled by Aunt Daisy


AUNT DAISY (BASHAM, BARBARA)

Super octavo, light card covers with calendar-like page-turning, printed eps, 94pp, illus, VG (heavy tanning & foxing, creasing to cover corner,

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (date ?)

KEYWORDS: Aunt Daisy New Zealand cooking cookery recipes food breakfast

$42.50
2g22/43

Interesting Times: A Kiwi Chronicle


NEWNHAM, TOM

Octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, 339pp, illus, nr fine (v small soiling spot to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Graphic Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: Tom Newnham New Zealand autobiography politics history

$25.00
2g22/46

Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee 1902-1962


CLIMIE, NELLIE SCOTT (Ed)

Octavo, orange light card covers with black lettering to front and handwritten 'Waihi' to spine, foreword with photo, illus poem page, 196pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (fading to spine,)

PUBLISHER: Waihi Diamond Jubilee Committee 1962

KEYWORDS: Nellie Scott Climie New Zealand Waihi diamond jubilee history local families social history

$30.00
2g22/48

The Golden Era of Fiat Railcars in New Zealand


CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Oblong octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to front cover, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history railways rail motorcars railcars Fiat pictorial photographic history

$30.00
2g24/23

Brown Trout Heaven: Fly-fishing New Zealand's South Island


MIRFIN, ZANE & MARSHALL, GRAEME & BOWLER, JANA & B

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, illus title page, 144pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Zane Mirfin Graeme Marshall Jana Bowler Rob Bowler New Zealand South Island flyfishing brown trout angling angler fish fishing entomology methods strategy equipment

$27.50
2g24/29

Celebrating Wellington Girls: 125 Years of Wellington Girls' College


SCHWASS, MARGOT

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 280pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine, crease & 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Capital Girls' Association 2008

KEYWORDS: Margot Schwass New Zealand Wellington Girls' College Thorndon education uniforms sports 125th jubilee history

$18.50
xxela57471

Treasures From The Museum Of New Zealand: Te Papa Tongarewa


MASON, ANDREW (Ed)

imperial octavo softcover, ex library (VG+) ;all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Te Papa New Zealand museum taonga art Pacific treasures

site powered by - Turboweb :: Simple Web Manager