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$65.00
1h81a/8

New Zealand Prepares for War: Defence Policy 1919-39


McINTYRE, W DAVID

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history post-ww1 defence policies politics political armed forces

$42.50
1h81a/9

One Kiwi Sailor's War: The Story of Lieutenant Douglas Hazard RNZNVR 1939-45


WRIGHT, GERRY (Compiled by)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 542pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Printstop (Printer) 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history navy naval officers Lieutenant Douglas L Hazard ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography memoir biographies signed Gerry Wright

$40.00
1h81a/10

Brothers at War


ROLFE, JIM (With His Brothers Reg and Jack Rolfe)

SIGNED BY TWO OF THE BROTHERS (JIM & JACK), octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, iv + 168pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate fading & light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jim Rolfe 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Jim Jack Rolfe New Zealand soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history

$55.00
1h81a/31

Infantry Brigadier


KIPPENBERGER, Major-General Sir HOWARD

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & ex-libris plate to ffep, light foxing to prelism & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate soiling & foxing, price clipped, light to moderate fading & cracking to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger 20 NZ Battalion 2 NZ Division

$40.00
1h96/4

New Zealand's Record in the Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century


ROSS, ANGUS (Ed)

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, vi + (2) + 362pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific region islands records 20th twentieth century historical modern history

$50.00
1h96/15

The Clarence: People and Places of Waiau Toa


FULTON, TIM

Oblong quarto, blue heavy boards, light blue lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waiau Toa rural life communities Canterbury Marlborough

$45.00
1h96/18

Those Who Speak to the Heart: The Nova Scotian Scots at Waipu 1854-1920


MOLLOY, MAUREEN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, hand-typed genealogy chart tipped in to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers history Nova Scotia Scottish

$50.00
1h96/22

Captain Cook in Australia / Captain Cook in New Zealand: Extracts from the Journals of Captain James Cook (2 Vol Boxed Set)


REED, A H and A W (Eds)

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, publisher's motif to eps, vol 1- 192pp, vol 2- 262pp, illus, folding map to rear of each vol, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, minor adhesive staining to edges of prelims of vol 2) in d/w, VG (moderate adhesive staining & scuffing to edges of vol 2, moderate creasing & chipping to base of front cover to vol 1, light general creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, minor tanning to vol 2)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1969

KEYWORDS: exploration history Australia New Zealand boxed sets Captain James Cook explorers voyages journals diaries

$40.00
1h96/23

Hone Heke's War


ROBINSON, JOHN

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, 68pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tross Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hone Heke conflict war Maori leaders colonialism

$40.00
1h96/24

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No 3: 1947


WADMAN, HOWARD (Ed) & PAGE, FREDERICK et al (Critical Reports)

Imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 171pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to frontis & title page, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H H Tombs Ltd 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand arts year books past years issues number 3 three 1947 literature art

$42.50
1h96/25

A Pictorial History of the Wanganui River


BATES, ARTHUR P

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & lightly bruised, sl bruising to board extrems, minor adhesive staining to base of boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm annotation in ink to front pastedown/map & prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (top edge of jacket trimmed, sl creasing & rubbing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed first editions Arthur P Bates history Wanganui River

$60.00
1h96/27

From North Africa to the Arakan: The Engrossing Memoir of a WWII Spitfire Ace


PEART, ALAN McGREGOR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2008

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation spitfire fighter pilots New Zealand RNZAF Alan McGregor Peart first editions

$40.00
1p8a/3

Illustrations Prepared for White's Ancient History of the Maori


WHITE, JOHN

Imperial octavo, pink light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: British Library / BiblioLife N/D (modern facsimile re-print)

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history Maori New Zealand heritage

$40.00
1p8a/6

Floating Islanders: Pasifika Theatre in Aotearoa


WARRINGTON, LISA & O'DONNELL, DAVID

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate chafing & curling to covers, light creasing to cover edges, light soiling & occasional creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand pasifika theatre theater stage entertainment Aotearoa Lisa Warrington David O'Donnell performance

$40.00
1p8a/10

Project Kiwi


HOFFART, SUE

REVIEW COPY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife kiwi kiwis birds sanctuaries conservation nature Coromandel

$40.00
1p8a/12

Roadway to the Rushes: Waikouaiti and District 1840-1890 Whaling Agriculture and Gold


FOOTE, EILEEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, viii + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eileen Foote 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waikouaiti 19th nineteenth century whaling agriculture farming gold mining

$375.00
1p8a/19

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (4 Vol Set)


MORRIS, E E (Ed)

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & foxing to eps & prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887-1889

KEYWORDS: cassell's picturesque Austalasia history illustrated Australia New Zealand pacific

$75.00
1p8a/24

Coal Dust to Gold Dust: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Early Cambrian, Central Otago (2 Vol Set)


BATKIN, TRICIA (Compiled by)

SIGNED, 2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 449pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spines, sl curling to cover edges, prev owner's name in ink to prelims of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Tricia Batkin 2024

KEYWORDS: signed Tricia Batkin New Zealand history Central Otago Cambrian mining coal gold pioneers

$25.00
xxgsd214544

History of the Highland Pipe Bands Association of New Zealand 1928-1953


THOMAS, CHARLES S

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: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand highland pipes piping pipe bands association history music Scottish

$15.00
xxgsd214547

Out of Order


CONWAY, DAVID & SUTTON, DEL

Oblong 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: Dadel Services Ltd 1993

KEYWORDS: humour satire politics political New Zealand

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