Books - "new zealand"
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New Zealand Prepares for War: Defence Policy 1919-39
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
One Kiwi Sailor's War: The Story of Lieutenant Douglas Hazard RNZNVR 1939-45
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
Brothers at War
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
Infantry Brigadier
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
New Zealand's Record in the Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century
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
The Clarence: People and Places of Waiau Toa
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
Those Who Speak to the Heart: The Nova Scotian Scots at Waipu 1854-1920
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
Captain Cook in Australia / Captain Cook in New Zealand: Extracts from the Journals of Captain James Cook (2 Vol Boxed Set)
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
Hone Heke's War
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
Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No 3: 1947
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
A Pictorial History of the Wanganui River
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
From North Africa to the Arakan: The Engrossing Memoir of a WWII Spitfire Ace
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
Illustrations Prepared for White's Ancient History of the Maori
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
Floating Islanders: Pasifika Theatre in Aotearoa
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
Project Kiwi
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
Roadway to the Rushes: Waikouaiti and District 1840-1890 Whaling Agriculture and Gold
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
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (4 Vol Set)
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
Coal Dust to Gold Dust: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Early Cambrian, Central Otago (2 Vol Set)
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
History of the Highland Pipe Bands Association of New Zealand 1928-1953
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
Out of Order
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