Books - "new zealand"
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For Those in Peril on the Sea
Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 104pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Shipwreck Welfare Trust 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime disasters shipwrecks centennial centenary history relief funds history
A Dictionary of the Maori Language
Super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xxi + 590pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks, Gov't Printer 1921
KEYWORDS: New Zealand language linguistics dictionary dictionaries te reo Maori
Life & Adventures in New Zealand
Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 163pp, VG- (moderate tanning and creasing to covers, heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate soiling, rusting to staples, staples have pulled through at first and last pages, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture settlers pioneers literature T E Crowhurst
Paremata
FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, octavo, light card covers, green lettering to spine, 87pp, VG (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate tanning to page edges & rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Elizabeth Knox
The Templeton Years: Speedway in Christchurch
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Speedway Classics 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsports history speedway Christchurch racing
Atals of Bird Distribution in New Zealand 1999-2004
Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 533pp, illus, transparent grid reference tool/bookmark to rear pocket, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Ornithological Society of New Zealand 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds avian ornithology atlas locations
Our First Fifty Years: Pioneer Motor Club
Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate internal rusting & separation to staples at gutters)
PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1964?)
KEYWORDS: Pioneer Motor Club history Christchurch New Zealand
Proposed Waitemata-Manukau Canal: Reports and Plans re Whau and Tamaki Routes
LACKS FOLDING MAPS- COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 66pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, handpainted flag illus & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand reports Auckland harbour Waitemata Manukau canal transport history
Scholarship and Fierce Sincerity: Henry D. A. Major: The Face of Anglican Modernism
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 245pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2006
KEYWORDS: religion theology Henry D A Major anglican modernism philosophy religious history New Zealand biographies settlers pioneers
The Maungatapu Mountain Murders
Octavo, illus light wrappers, blank spine, 158pp, VG- (moderate tanning & creasing/cracking to spine & cover edges with some minor creasing & closed tearing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy rusting & cracking at gutters/staples)
PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime murder homicide Burgess Levy Kelly Sullivan Nelson history historical convictions
By Bible, Hammer & Compass: Pacific Adventures of James and William Puckey, 1796-1827: Carpenters, Missionaries, Mariners
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, iv + 234pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing & soiling, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Sean Millar Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration south seas biographies memoir James William Puckey history pioneers settlers Pacific
The Ecology of Two New Zealand Opisthobranch Molluscs
UNPUBLISHED DOCTORAL THESIS, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, 278pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, mild glue/adhesive staining to some pages)
PUBLISHER: R C Willan / University of Auckland 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine life aquatic molluscs ecology nature doctoral thesis theses R C Willan
In Another Dimension: Auckland Bookplates 1920-1960
SECOND EDITION, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & PRINTER, oblong imperial octavo, blue buckram boardsm gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand bookplates art signed Auckland crafts literary literature limited numbered editions
St. Stephen's School: Missionary and Multiracial Origins
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 110pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brian Old 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education schools history St Stephen's religious missionary
The Queen's Wife
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 336pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing & chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature autobiographical Joanne Drayton lgbtq gay lesbian first editions uncorrected proof copies
Chathams Resurgent: How the Islanders Overcame 150 Years on Misrule
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, xiii + 366pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust history politics political government governance
The Spirit of the Mountains: Alpine Adventures and Reflections
Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand climbing exploration mountaineering alpine adventure
Worship: A History of New Zealand Church Design
Lg quarto, gold coloured heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems- minor surface loss, sl scuffing to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems with 4cm closed tear & archival tape repair at base)
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religious buildings architecture history churches design
Early History of New Zealand Part III; Brett's Historical Series
PART III ONLY, quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, pgs 377-560 only, illus/photos, tatty, (v heavy chipping & loss to cover edges & spine, light tape repairs to spine, moderate fading, tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: H. Brett N/D
KEYWORDS: Brett's historical series early history New Zealand settlers pioneers
Wise's New Zealand Index 1939
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, printed front eps, 516pp, VG (moderate chipping & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutters- front board shaky, moderate tanning to prelims)
PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand index suburbs townships Wise 1939 history