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$45.00
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Historic New Zealand Racing Cars 2


HOLMES, STEVE

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsports automotive racing cars history historic design engineering

$40.00
ak1/25/34

The Early Settlement of the Tokomairiro Plain


BROWN, ALEXANDER

Octavo, grey stapled light card covers, black lettering & illus to front cover, 17pp, G+ (front cover fully detached but present, covers moderately tanned, moderate tanning to page edges, rear cover attached but heavily chipped around edges & tentatively hanging on)

PUBLISHER: Bruce Herald Office (Printer) 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers settlements Tokomairiro Plain

$40.00
ak1/25/37

Whataroa, South Westland - a Centennial Report (A Second Revised Edition)


DORAN, J A

Quarto, green illus light card covers, green lettering to front cover, illus/map to inside front cover, illus & unpaginated prelims + 105pp, illus/photos, VG (part of spine partially un-glued- page block still sound, light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whataroa Westland centennial report centenary district schools history

$100.00
ak1/25/40

Fifty Years Syne: A Jubilee Memorial of the Presbyterian Church of Otago


CHISHOLM, Rev JAMES

DELUXE SIGNED & NUMBERED EDITION (#76/100), imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, printed/patterned eps, frontipsiece, xi + 242pp, folding group photo of Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland 1897, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to central gutters- pgs97/98 sl detached at base, occasional sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie and Co, Printers and Publishers 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Presbyterian church Otago history historical jubilee signed special editions Rev James Chisholm

$70.00
ak1/25/45

The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook: A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend


McLAREN, JAN & BECHT, RICHARD

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport history biographies racing drivers Bruce McLaren pictorial

$40.00
ak1/25/48

History of New Zealand Rugby Football, Volume 1: 1870-1945


SWAN, A C

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 736pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board & sine edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, adhesive label residue to front, sl soiling to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rugby union

$60.00
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The North Shore: An Illustrated History


VERRAN, DAVID

Oblong quarto, illus stiff card covers, blue & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland North Shore history

$45.00
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Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet


HOOKER, J T (Intro)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive cover- fully affixed, minor creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: languages written language history historical linguistics antiquity cuneiform Egyptian heiroglyphs linear b early alphabet Greek Etruscan

$16.50
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Historic Kelburn


N/A

Oblong quarto 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: The Kelburn Playcentre 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington suburbs Kelburn history

$17.50
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Peace Squadron: The Sharp End of Nuclear Protest in New Zealand


NEWNHAM, TOM

Quarto 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: Graphic Publication 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern history nuclear protests Tom Newnham

$19.50
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The Pictorial History of Triumph Motor Cycles


DAVIES, IVOR

Oblong quarto 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: Chancellor Press 1996

KEYWORDS: automotive motor bikes cycles motorbikes motorcycles Triumph history design

$22.50
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Nelson City Centenary 1858-1958 Souvenir


MILLAR, J HALKET

Quarto 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: Nelson Centennial Committee 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson centennial centenary history souvenirs souvenir brochures

$9.50
xx187pol208643

The Courage to Be


TILLICH, PAUL

Paperback (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: Collins / Fontana 1974

KEYWORDS: theology philosophy history literature Paul Tillich

$35.00
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Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History


NIEBUHR, REINHOLD

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG) underlining & annotation to margins in ink; 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: Nisbet and Co 1938

KEYWORDS: essays religion religious history interpretation theology Christian Christianity

$15.00
xx186pol208648

The Fellowship of St Alban & St Sergius


ZERNOV, NICOLAS and MILITZA

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: St Basil's House 1979

KEYWORDS: religion religious history fellowship of st alban st sergius

$20.00
xx186pol208649

Claver Almanac for the African Missions 1930, Vol IX


SODALITY OF St PETER CLAVER (Ed)

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 Sodality of St Peter Claver for the African Missions 1930

KEYWORDS: religion religious history Claver almanac African missions

$25.00
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The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn


NUNS OF TYBURN CONVENT & CAMM, Dom BEDE (Intro)

Ex-library, sm 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: Burns & Oates 1917

KEYWORDS: Tyburn Convent religion religious history martyrs

$15.00
xx186pol208672

Hebrew Religion: Its Origin and Development


OESTERLEY, W O E & ROBINSON, THEODORE H

Super 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: S P C K 1952

KEYWORDS: religion Hebrew theology religious history

$15.00
xx186pol208674

Masters or Servants? A Short History of the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild and its Predecessors


McLEAN, GAVIN

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: NZ Merchant Service Guild 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand merchant service guild history maritime nautical

$30.00
xx186pol208675

Towards a Mystical Union: A Modern Commentary on the Mystical Text 'The Interior Castle' by St Teresa of Avila


McLEAN, JULIENNE

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: St Pauls 2003

KEYWORDS: The Interior Castle St Teresa of Avila history historical theology religion religious texts spirituality Christian Christianity

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