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$55.00
3g1/2

An Accidental Utopia? Social mobility & the foundations of an egalitarian society, 1880-1940


OLSSEN, ERIK & GRIFFEN, CLYDE & JONES, FRANK

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & white text to spine, 332pp, illus/graphs & charts, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to wrapper corners, slight tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: new zealand political history egalitarian society gender relations social mobility class erik olssen clyde griffen frank jones systemic analysis dunedin urban social structure

$40.00
3g1/8

You fit the description: The Selected Poems of Peter Olds


OLDS, PETER

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to wrapper & spine, xiv + 272pp, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cold Hub Press 2014

KEYWORDS: peter olds new zealand poetry prose literature christchurch dunedin

$46.50
3g1/16

A History of Croydon Bush: From the Past to the Present (1856-1988)


DICKIE, PAULA

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 248pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight rubbing to edges, v slight soiling & fading to jacket)

PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co 1988

KEYWORDS: paula dickie first edition croydon bush south island southland new zealand history gore

$40.00
3g1/22

Two Maori Stories from Marlborough


MAKITANARA, TUITI (recorded by) & WATSON, MELODIE (ed) & ORBELL, MARGARET (ed)

Quarto staplebound, yellow light card wrappers, black illus & text to wrapper, 41pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to wrapper, light rubbing to edges, light tanning & soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Maori Studies 1 & Department of Maori, University of Canterbury 1983

KEYWORDS: aotearoa new zealand history maori histories marlborough tuiti matikanara melodie watson margaret orbell

$45.00
3g1/32

Hutu and Kawa meet Tuatara


ACRES, AVIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & black text to wrapper, illus title page, unpaginated, delightfully illustrated, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges, v slight foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand children's literature avis acres picture book

$45.00
3g1/33

'Above the City': A History of Otago Boys' High School 1863-2013


SWEETMAN, ROY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, dark blue heavy boards, silver gilt school crest to front board, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 440pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light chafing to jacket, light rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Boys' High School Foundation 2013

KEYWORDS: otago boys' boys high school schooling education history new zealand dunedin roy sweetman

$40.00
3g1/37

The Impact of Christianity on the Maori People


REED, A W

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, tan heavy boards, black text to front board & spine, 39pp, VG ( light to moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light foxing to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1955

KEYWORDS: maori religion christianity colonisation new zealand aotearoa history christian belief a w reed

$50.00
3g1/41

Our Memories, Our Stories: Teviot Valley Central Otago


KING, DIANNE

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrappers, illus inside covers, illus title page, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to wrapper, slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times Print 2011

KEYWORDS: teviot new zealand history central otago family settlement colonisation colonial

$170.00
3h4/3

Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand; from Earliest Times to 1840 & from 1840-1845


LEYS, THOMAS W (ed) & SHERRIN, R A A & WALLACE, J H

Quarto, red heavy boards, half bound in brown leather, gilt text, illus & borders to spine & boards, page edges speckled red, unpaginated prelims, + 728pp + xliii, extensive illus, VG- (frontispiece missing & large section of panoramic view of new plymouth missing [all others present], heavy soiling, scuffing & fading to boards & spine, spine lightly cocked, front& rear gutters fully cracked, heavy soiling to pastedowns & prelims/terminals, moderate to heavy foxing to pages, page 15-16 loose, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher, Auckland 1890

KEYWORDS: new zealand colonial history colonisation early aotearoa brett's historical series

$55.00
3h4/4

Windows on a Chinese Past; Volume 4; Don's 'Roll of Chinese'


NG, JAMES

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to page edges, small section cut from top corner of fep) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993

KEYWORDS: dunedin chinese immigration james ng otepoti cantonese mandarin speakers early new zealand aotearoa history gold rush goldfields

$100.00
3h4/6

The Pressure of Sunlight Falling


PARDINGTON, FIONA & BAKER, KRISELLE (ed) & RANKIN, ELIZABETH (ed)

Quarto, grey cloth boards, blind stamped text to spine & front board, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: fiona pardington new zealand maori female photographer life casts indigenous history colonial history

$20.00
xxhgb223176

Black Hands: Inside the Bain Family Murders


VAN BEYNAN, MARTIN

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: Penguin 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime homicide murder David Bain family Dunedin

$25.00
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The Making of a State Education System: The Passing of the New Zealand Education Act, 1877


MACKEY, JOHN

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: Geoffrey Chapman 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history politics

$19.50
xxhkb223223

Maori Proverbs


BROUGHAM, A E & REED, A W & KARETU, T S (Revised by)

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: Reed Books 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa te reo Maori proverbs sayings wisdom

$25.00
xxhkb223224

And So Shall They REAP : An Informal History of the New Zealand Rural Education Activities Programme (REAP)


SHEPHERD, ROBIN L & HANSEN, JENS J

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: Xerofly Media 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education REAP rural activities history

$20.00
xxhlf223226

Fifty Years of National Education in New Zealand 1878-1928


DAVEY, I (Preface)

Octavo hardcover (VG) minor pencil annotation; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand teaching education history

$15.00
xxhmf223243

Landmark: A Century & More at Clinton


N/A

REVISED EDITION, octavo softcover, stapled (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: Clinton School Historical Committee 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Clinton school schools pioneers

$14.00
xxhmg223249

The Final Diagnosis


TEMPLE-CAMP, CYNRIC

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: HarperCollins 2024

KEYWORDS: true crime homicide murder New Zealand Cynric Temple-Camp

$16.50
xxhnf223256

The Control of Education in New Zealand


WEBB, LEICESTER

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: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history

$14.00
xxhng223270

Cabers and Ceilidhs: 150 Years of the Caledonian Society of Otago


STINSON, JOHN & GORDON, DONALD

SIGNED, 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: Caledonian Society of Otago Inc 2012

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Scottish heritage caledonian society Otago history

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