Books - "new zealand"
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Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 194pp, illus, nr fine (v small spot of fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (v. light soiling to rear, tiny closed tear to front upper edge, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of the Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history settlers Tokomairiro DJ Sumpter JJ Lewis
Deer Were Their Lives: Hunters of the South
Octavo, illus light card covers, 79pp, illus with aprox 60pp photos, VG (light creasing and wear, prev owner's details in pen within)
PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2000
KEYWORDS: Don Wright New Zealand hunting hunters deer Southland Fiordland Grege Borland Lillburn Island Lake Arawata Cascade South Westland sport
The Meaning of Water
Inscribed & signed, super octavo, illus light card covers, ix + 274pp, nr fine (label residue stain to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Berg 2004
KEYWORDS: signed Veronica Strang New Zealand water ownership public policy politics ecology commodities profit anthropology environment
Access Road
Super octavo softcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Gee New Zealand literature novel fiction
Southern Alps: Nature & History of New Zealand's Mountain World
First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Random House 2007
KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest
Port Chalmers: Gateway to Otago
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece fold-out map, vi + 224pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners stamp to paste down) in d/w, G+ (torn, scuffed and stained)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1948
KEYWORDS: H Bowman New Zealand Otago Port Chalmers Dunedin history
The Dunstan: A History of the Alexandra-Clyde District
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 124pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+ ((some fading to spine & edges, some rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1953)
KEYWORDS: CWS Moore New Zealand Otago Alexandra Clyde Dunstan history gold mining rush
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 1908 Vol. XLI (New Issue)
Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, blue/grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xiv + 471pp, illus, VG- (some dampstaining & soiling to front cover & page upper edges, some bending, 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge & first 10 or so pages, 2cm chaffing with loss to lower spine extrem, light soiling & bruising to cover edges, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1909
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 55 (New Issue)
Super octavo, blue/grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xviii + 884pp, illus, VG- (boards loosening at gutters, moderately heavy dampstaining to front board lower edge carrying over to first two pages, dampstaining to rear board edges carrying over to last three or so pages, light bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, light rubbing to spine label, tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 54 (New Issue)
Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xxxi + 920pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, v slight soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles
Success on Track and Field
By AL Fitch, Member American Olympic Team 1936
Super octavo, cream light card covers with back lettering to front cover, 143pp, illus, G+ (archival tape repairs to spine/covers, moderate browning to covers & slightly less so to page edges, 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm loss to lower spine extrem, sellotape residue stain to front& rear cover lower edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, heavy untidy tearing to fep around staples, rust staining to staples, body of book with exception of fep detached from covers)
PUBLISHER: National Magazines Ltd (nd but between 1936 and 1938)
KEYWORDS: AL Fitch New Zealand sport track & field training athletics diet exercises technique
Vegetation of Stewart Island New Zealand
A Supplement to the New Zealand Journal of Botany 1987
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, illus eps, iii + 131pp, illus, VG (light fading and rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR 1987
KEYWORDS: Hugh D Wilson New Zealand Department of Science & Industrial Research Stewart Island Rakiura vegetation botany flora fauna plants vascular species soils
Maori Place Names of the Thermal Regions and Their Meanings
Paperback, staple bound (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Rotorua Printers, undated
KEYWORDS: specials James Cowan New Zealand Maori goegrapy North Island Rotorua region
Laughter Lingers On . . . .
Seven Merry Tales of Early Auckland
Inscribed, dated, and signed by author, softcover octavo (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Andrew Dow Griffen, 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Dow Griffen New Zealand autobiography memoir personal account humour early Auckland
A Case of Briefs
Inscribed and signed by author, octavo softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Van Guard Xpress 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Morrissey signed New Zealand literature poetry
Town Cryer
First edition, signed by author, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 217pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, owner's name address and date in blue ink to title page) in d/w, VG (some creasing and rubbing to edges, 1cm closed tear to upper spine, very light soiling to upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1978
KEYWORDS: first edition signed Max Cryer New Zealand autobiography television fashion theatre entertainment
Deadline: My Story
first edition, hardcover super 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: Penguin 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Pat Booth autobiography journalism new zealand mr asia Arthur Allan Thomas
Hue & Cry Issue 2: Stakeout
this issue only, softcover imperial octavo (nr fine); 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: Hue & Cry 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Chloe Lane new zealand journal poetry contemporary visual art
Hue & Cry Issue 3: Good Times, Bad Times
this issue only, softcover imperial octavo (nr fine); 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: Hue & Cry 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Chloe Lane new zealand journal poetry contemporary visual art
New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 91: Cretaceous Stratigraphy of Raukumara Peninsula
Part 1: Cretaceous Stratigraphy of Koranga (Parts N87 & N88), Part 2: Geology of the Lower Waimana and Waiotahi Valleys (Part N78)
quarto, illus orange cloth boards with black lettering to front board and spine, brown cloth eps with pocket to rear ep containing two folded full colour maps, 70pp + folding chart, illus, VG (owner's name in blue ink to title page, slight bruising and rubbing to spine extrems & lower board corners, fading to spine, light staining to front board)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand DSIR/ Geological Survey 1975
KEYWORDS: Ian G Speden New Zealand science geology Raukumara Peninsula Koranga Waimana Waiotahi Valley research survey bretaceous stratigraphy lithology petrography environment geography fossils