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$15.00
xx187pol208611

Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W Armstrong


FLURRY, STEPHEN

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Philadelphia Church of God 2006

KEYWORDS: wcg worldwide church of god religions history Herbert W Armstrong

$30.00
xx187pol208613

St Augustine


WEST, REBECCA

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1938

KEYWORDS: saints St Augustine religion religious figures history historical

$20.00
xx187pol208615

English Church Life, from the Restoration to the Tractarian Movement


LEGG, J WICKHAM

Ex-library, super octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: England English church history Christianity

$22.50
xx187pol208619

Local History: A Short Guide to Researching, Writing and Publishing a Local History


McLEAN, GAVIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history writing publishing historiography historical guides

$15.00
xx187pol208624

How the Bible Came to New Zealand, and Goes Forth


CHISHOLM, ROBERT F

Super octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The British and Foreign Bible Society 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history Christian Christianity bible teachings biblical

$200.00
ak1/19a/1

Les Naufrages ou Vingt Mois Sur un Recif des Iles Auckland


RAYNAL, F E

TEXT IN FRENCH, FIRST EDITION, quarto, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine with raised bands also, blind rule to boards, aeg, textured iridescent eps, frontispiece, viii + map + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate staining to edges of eps, moderate foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to front gutter, tissue guard to frontispiece missing)

PUBLISHER: Libraire de L Hachette et Cie 1870

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH New Zealand first editions Auckland Island Islands history historical accounts

$350.00
ak1/19a/2

Station Amusements in New Zealand


BARKER, LADY

BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT McNAB, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black rule to boards, frontispiece, folding map to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges- minor surface loss, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name & other ink scribbles to prelims, light tanning & foxing sporadically throughout, occasional crease & pencil annotation to margins and/or page corners)

PUBLISHER: William Hunt and Company 1873

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical accounts history rural farming communities stations Lady Barker

$40.00
ak1/19a/4

A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson


ECCLES, ALFRED (Ed) & SKINNER, Dr H D (Fore)

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece. 120pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to frontispiece & photographic pages, light scuffing to top edges of rear eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history historical accounts autobiography autobiographical Murray Gladstone Thomson pioneers

$100.00
ak1/19a/5

Yesterdays in Golden Buller


MATTHEWS, ELLA

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing/bruising & minor staining to spine & board edges, 1cm chip to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, sl soiling to photographic pages)

PUBLISHER: Ella Matthews 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions Ella Matthews New Zealand history Buller Nelson Tasman

$245.00
ak1/19a/6

Station Life in New Zealand


BARKER, LADY

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 238pp + catalogue to rear, G+ (light bruising to board extrems, v heavy cracking to front spine/hinge - heavily flapping but still tentatively attached, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing & cracking of gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1871

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural life history historical accounts station stations farming agriculture Lady Barker anecdotes

$60.00
ak1/19a/7

European Place-Names in Southern New Zealand


BEATTIE, H

Octavo, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (minor tanning & creasing to cover edges, moderate rust staining to staples, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H Beattie 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history place names European south southern Herries Beattie

$100.00
ak1/19a/8

Moriori: The Morioris of the South Island (Second Impression)


BEATTIE, HERRIES

SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, cream light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, 74pp, VG+ (sl tanning & creasing to cover edges, sl cracking to middle of spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1941

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie New Zealand history Moriori south island early settlers Polynesians

$45.00
ak1/19a/9

A Rich Harvest: A History of Waikoikoi, West Coast


SIMPSON, IAN (Ed) & ROBERTSON, VIVIENNE (Cover & Sketches)

Octavo, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Waikoikoi District Centennial Committee

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history West Coast Waikoikoi

$65.00
ak1/19a/10

Folklore and Fairy tales of the Canterbury Maoris


TE MAIHAROA, TAARE & HAYTER, MAUD GOODENOUGH (MOSES, Mrs T) & BEATTIE, HERRIES (Ed)

Octavo, blue/teal stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 38pp, VG+ (light tanning/foxing & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage culture history folklore lore fairy tales Canterbury Taare te Maiharoa Maud Goodenough Hayter Mrs T Moses

$48.50
ak1/19a/13

The Southern Runs


BEATTIE, H

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy loss to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: TPS / Times Printing Service 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie Otago Southland pioneers

$175.00
ak1/19a/14

Camp-Life in Fiordland, New Zealand: A Tale of the Sutherland Falls


McHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp rule to spine & board edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 134pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to title page, light tanning & foxing/soiling throughout, map torn out & missing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1892

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Suthlerland Falls Fiordland landscape

$100.00
ak1/19a/15

A Place Called Moonlight


JOHNSTON, TREVOR (Compiled by) & WRIGHT, LES (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 276pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Kiwi Wild 2011

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Trevor Johnston Moonlight Atarau pioneers settlers George Fairweather Moonlight

$40.00
ak1/19a/16

Early Days in Murchison: Unfinished Journal George McNee 1880-1946


McNEE, GEORGE

Quarto, green stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 25pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history diaries journals George McNee Murchison

$45.00
ak1/19a/17

Away FromIt All: The Life-Style of Donald Sutherland of Milford Sound, NZ


PARHAM, W T

Quarto, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 24pp + illus/photos to rear, folding map to rear, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning & foxing to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, photo pages tanned)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lakes District Milford Sound Donald Sutherland biography biographies memoir pioneers

$40.00
ak1/19a/18

Wakatipu's Golden Days


DE LA MARE, A J

Quarto, illus spiral bound covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/maps to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 121pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light cracking to top edge of front plastic cover, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A J de la Mare 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lakes District Wakatipu history early settlers pioneers

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