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The Good Tourist and the Laughing Cadaver


Travel Stories From Australian and New Zealand Writers

GIFKINS, MICHAEL (ed.)

softcover 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: Vintage 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Gifkins New Zealand Australian travel writing memoir anthology collected short stories

$12.50
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Camping on the Faultline: A Memoir


DUCKWORTH, MARILYN

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Vintage / Random House 2000

KEYWORDS: specias Marilyn Duckworth New Zealand autobiography memoir

$9.00
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Gipsy Moth Circles the World


CHICHESTER, FRANCIS

Paperback (VG); all our pecials 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: Pan Books 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Francis Chichester New Zealand nautical Gipsy Moth IV autobiography memoir

$9.50
xxkgw84122

Blessed Are


LYNCH, SARAH-KATE

Octavo softcover (VG); all our pecials 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: Black Swan 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Sarah-Kate Lynch New Zealand literature fiction novel

$40.00
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Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Battle for Egypt: The Summer of 1942


SCOULLAR, J. L.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front, frontispiece, xv + 400pp, illus VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to lower board edges, slight tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (light fading to spine, 7cm tear with loss to upper edges, some chipping & bruising with loss to edges, repaired with tape inside, light rubbing with some loss)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1955

KEYWORDS: J L Scoullar New Zealand Egypt second world war two ww2 wwII official military history

$100.00
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Maori Religion and Mythology Part 1


Being an Account of the Cosmogony, Anthropogeny, Religious Beliefs and Rites, Magic and Folk Lore of the Maori Folk of New Zealand

BEST, ELSDON

This volume only, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, 424pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, middle gutter cracked) in d/w, VG (light creasing to covers, sunning to spine)

PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer, Government Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: Elsdon Best New Zealand Maori religion mythology myths culture history anthropology

$75.00
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A Personal Affair


WOODHOUSE, OWEN

First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front, lavender eps, frontispiece, xix + 480pp, illus,VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling & rubbing, slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Magari Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Sir Owen Woodhouse Peggy Woodhouse New Zealand biography autobiography correspondence letters army second world war two ww2 wwII history

$100.00
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Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Prisoners of War


MASON, W. WYNNE

Super octavo, green cloth boardswith gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, folding maps, xxvi + 546pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, scruffy (creasing, chipping and tears to edges, light rubbing with some loss,adhesive tape to front and rear upper covers)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1954

KEYWORDS: W Wynne Mason New Zealand second world war two ww2 wwII Prisoners of War POW official military history

$9.50
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Eating with the Angels


LYNCH, SARAH-KATE

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our pecials 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: Black Swan 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Sarah-Kate Lynch New Zealand literature fiction novel

$9.50
xxkgx84127

By Bread Alone


LYNCH, SARAH-KATE

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our pecials 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: Black Swan 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Sarah-Kate Lynch New Zealand literature fiction novel

$28.50
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A Wild Obsession: Wild Port & A Wet Arse & Other New Zealand Outdoor Stories


EMMETT, ELLIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 224pp, illus, VG+ (v slight creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Ellis Emmett New Zealand sport hunting outdoors tramping hiking humour biography

$40.00
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Trees for the New Zealand Countryside: A Planter's Guide


MORTIMER, JOHN & MORTIMER, BUNNY

Small quarto, mottled green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 272pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Silverfish1984

KEYWORDS: John Mortimer Bunny Mortimer New Zealand trees arboriculture horticulture planting agriculture farming

$25.00
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The Celluloid Circus: The Heyday of the New Zealand Picture Theatre 1925-1970


BRITTENDEN, WAYNE

Square quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps & purple spine, printed eps, 304pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: Wayne Brittenden New Zealand cinema picture theatre film social photographic history entertainment

$35.00
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The Park Sensations: A Story of the Napier Park Racing Club and famous Greenmeadows


LORIGAN, JOE

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, iillus eps, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling spot to front, v slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Napier Park Racing Club 1987

KEYWORDS: Joe Lorigan New Zealand Napier horse racing sport racingcourse club history

$25.00
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Titch of the Div. Cav.: A Memoir of L. Sergt. P. L. Titchener


TITCHENER, PERCY LYNDON

Ex-library, octavo, heavy card boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 82pp, VG- (insect damage with loss to spine extrems, staining & soiling to boards, some browning to spine, library stamps & markings, some ink scribbling to front cover, rear hinge cracked)

PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom 1944

KEYWORDS: Percy Lyndon Titchener Titch New Zealand memoir autobiography Divisional Cavalry Syria Palestine Middle East

$35.00
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Maori Legends for Young New Zealanders


MATAIRA, KATARINA & BOWES, CLARE (illus)

First edition, quarto hardcover (VG-) illus; 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: Paul Hamlyn 1975

KEYWORDS: specials katarina mataira clare bowes maori new zealand myths and legends

$25.00
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PARK


ORJIS, RICHARD

Quarto, black cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering to front board & silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 101pp, illus, VG+ (small stain to front board, slight soiling to boards and spine)

PUBLISHER: Richard Orjis 2011

KEYWORDS: Richard Orjis New Zealand arts photography art

$42.00
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The Problematical Journey: The Story of a New Zealand Family: The Templetons of Southland 1862-1997


TEMPLETON, HUGH

Signed by author on title page, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Templar Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Hugh Templeton New Zealand Southland Templeton family biography agriculture farming history

$365.00
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Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand


Lithographed from original Drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wickstead, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S Brees & Captain W Mein Smith

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM

Limited numbered facsimile reprint, numbered edition of 500, oblong atlas folio, half bound with green cloth boards and gilt lettering between five raised bands to dark green leather spine, green card eps, illus title page, 1pp text, illus with 15 full-page plates including several folding plates, VG+ (occasional very sl. foxing within, light scuffing and soiling to boards, very tidy)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1968 facsimile reprint (of Smith Elder & Co 1845)

KEYWORDS: Edward Jerningham Wakefield New Zealand history art drawings scenery plants

$13.50
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Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders Who Won the Victoria Cross


BRYANT, G.

Octavo hardcover (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: Collins 1972

KEYWORDS: specials G Bryant New Zealand Victoria Cross recipients biographies biography history

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