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$395.00
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The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt nautical motif to front board, frontispiece, c + 332pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl scuffing/bruising to boards/extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate scuffing/gouging to base of front cover, 20cm closed tear to base of front, light tanning to spine, sl soiling - jacket still remarkably tidy despite aforementioned flaws)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1992

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

$1250.00
os3/16

The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

$225.00
2s17a/15

Trout-Fishing and Sport in Maoriland


HAMILTON, G D

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to spine & boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, xix + 428pp, sm map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, 2cm loss to bottom corner of front board, light rubbing & moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & dedication page, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters of prelims, minor closed tearing to base of pg xiv at gutter, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Government Printer 1904

KEYWORDS: hobbies history trout fly fishing flyfishing angling New Zealand Maoriland

$700.00
2s17a/16

The Game Animals of New Zealand: An Account of Their Introduction, Acclimatization, and Development


DONNE, T E

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & stag illus to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xviii + 322pp, illus/plates- counted and all present, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to board extrems, heavy crack to rear hinge at spine- spine still firmly attached, light tanning to spine, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor glue staining at some gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions hunting game sport animals New Zealand wildlife

$450.00
2s17a/17

The Immortals: The Book of New Zealand Cricket Test Players


VERDON, PAUL

SIGNED BY NUMEROUS NZ PLAYERS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/665), quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated signatory pages, 268pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ presentation box (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: special editions signed New Zealand sport cricket history players portraits statistics

$25.00
xx33pol202199

Emmy: Seventy Years of M-Class Yachting


ELLIOTT, ROBIN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo softcover (VG) light cracking to gutters; 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: Vintage Viewpoint 1994

KEYWORDS: signed nautical sailing yachts yachting hobbies maritime Robin Elliott New Zealand Zealanders m-class

$27.50
xx33pol202200

The New Zealand Project


HARRIS, MAX

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Bridget Williams Books 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Max Harris popular science climate change environment

$26.50
xx33pol202202

An Albatross Too Many


McNEISH, JAMES

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: David Ling 1998

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand literature writers authors James McNeish autobiography memoir

$15.00
xx33pol202210

The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1961 (Fourteenth Year of Issue)


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed)

Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; 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: Sporting Publications 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1961 games game statistics

$25.00
xx33pol202211

The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1963 (Sixteenth Year of Issue)


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; 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: Sporting Publications 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1963 games game statistics signed Arthur H Carman

$30.00
xx32pol202232

The Growth of New Zealand Towns: A Historical and Current Survey of the Development of 64 Towns and Cities, with a Glimpse of Future Changes


DICKEY, HUGH

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: Hugh Dickey 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand towns cities development surveys history growth urban infrastructure

$25.00
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The City of Auckland New Zealand, 1840-1920; Preceded by A Maori History of the Auckland Isthmus (Capper Reprint)


BARR, JOHN & GRAHAM, GEORGE & GUNSON, J H (Fore)

CAPPER REPRINT, 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: Capper Press 1985 ( Reprint of Whitcombe & Tombs 1922)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland Tamaki Makaurau Maori city cities

$30.00
xx32pol202238

Vibrant With Words: The Letters of Ursula Bethell


BETHELL, URSULA & WHITEFORD, PETER (Selected & Ed)

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: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Ursula Bethell New Zealand Zealanders poets writers literary literature

$20.00
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Touring in New Zealand


HARROP, A J

FIRST EDITION, 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: George Allen & Unwin 1935

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature New Zealand touring road trips

$30.00
xx32pol202265

Born to Live: What the Hell Does That Mean?


YARRELL, PETER

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Peter Yarrell 2021

KEYWORDS: signed Peter Yarrell New Zealand autobiography autobiographies memoir

$35.00
xx31pol202273

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of New Zealand for the Year 1926-27


FERGUSSON, M W Bro General Sir CHARLES & BARCLAY, Colonel GEORGE

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: R W Bro Colonel George Barclay 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand secret societies freemasons freemasonry masonic grand lodge proceedings history

$18.50
xx31pol202274

Brown and the Elms


VENNELL, C W & MAXWELL, D H (Fore)

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: The Elms Trust 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers Brown family Elms

$25.00
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New Zealand's First World War Heritage


BARGAS, IMELDA & SHOEBRIDGE, TIM

Super 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: Exisle Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ww1 the great war first 1st world war one i 1 history heritage communities

$12.00
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Carving: The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet


ARTS & CRAFTS BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Super 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: E C Keating, Gov't Printer 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori arts crafts culture education carvings carving

$25.00
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Fantastic Ferrocement for Practical, Permanent Elven Architecture, Follies, Fairy Gardens and Other Virtuous Ventures


HARRIS, PETER

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: Eutopia Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand building materials ferrocement art alternative Peter Harris sculptures permanent

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