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$18.50
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A Game of Two Halves: The Best of Sport 2005-2019


BARROWMAN, FERGUS (Ed)

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 of Wellington Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature anthology anthologies

$30.00
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Big Smoke: New Zealand Poems 1960-1975


BRUNTON, ALAN (Ed) & EDMOND, MURRAY (Ed) & LEGGOTT, MICHELE (Ed)

SIGNED BY ALL 3 AUTHORS, SOME HIGHLIGHTING & ANNOTATION, 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: Auckland University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poetry poems verse literature collection anthology anthologies

$20.00
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Black Flu 1918: The Story of New Zealand's Worst Public Health Disaster


RICE, GEOFFREY W

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: Canterbury University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health crisis crises history flu influenza 1918 sickness

$25.00
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The Shops


BRAUNIAS, STEVE & BLACK, PETER

Oblong super 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: Luncheon Sausage Books 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art photography photos Steve Braunias Peter Black shops shop fronts

$28.50
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Ripe Fruit


DEVITT, SIMON & WATKINS, TONY

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: Simon Devitt 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture photography Tony Watkins Simon Devitt

$18.50
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Glimpses of Hope in East Timor


PLATT, CHRISTINE

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: DayStar Books 2020

KEYWORDS: East Timor missionaries religion religious New Zealand Christianity

$22.50
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The Cross and the Stars


BUTT, 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: The Anglican Diocese of Wellington 1993

KEYWORDS: historical records Anglican Diocese of Wellington New Zealand

$40.00
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A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers


EVE, JEANETTE; MILLS, BASIL (illus)

Super 8vo, illus light card covers, brown & white lettering to spine & bds, frontis., xi + 402 pp., illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling & sl tanning to pg edges & inside covers/prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Double Storey 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history East Cape authors poets poem poetry

$75.00
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Ihenga: Te Haerenga Hou: The Evolution of Maori Carving in the 20th Century


GRANT, LYONEL & SKINNER, DAMIAN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (IN ENGLISH & MAORI). UNCOMMON. Super 8vo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, black lettering to covers, 167 pp., VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to cover edges & spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light soiling & v sl foxing to prelims/terminals, inscription & signature to p. 1)..

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori art history artists carving woodwork sculpture craft 20th century

$50.00
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Vernaculalr: The Everyday Landscape of New Zealand


SMITH, PHILIP & STRAIGHT, DAVID

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. Super 8vo, heavy card bds, yellow lettering to spine & front board, black eps, frontis., 236 pp., photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges & extrems, text block sl warped, signatures to tp), in d/w, NF (sl creasing & soiling, v sl scuffing).

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscape environment photos photgraphs photography photographer art artists

$65.00
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Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand


EAGLE, AUDREY

FIRST EDITION. yellow cl bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine, gilt decoration to front board, brown eps, 382 pp., illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling to bds, light soiling/tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Collins 1982

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand botany plants trees shrubs native illustrated painting

$75.00
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Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum Number 6 & 7, 1969-74: Archaeology in Western Samoa (2 vols)


GREEN, R C & DAVIDSON, JANET M (eds)

2 VOL SET. Imp 8vo, light card covers, vol 1- xiv + 278 pp. , plates to rear, foldouts, vol 2- xiv + 290 pp., plates to rear, foldouts., VG (moderate soiling & fading to covers, light tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges, v minor cracking to hinge at front gutter with light adhesive residue).

PUBLISHER: The Auckland Institue and Museum 1969-74

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Institute Bulletin archaeology Samoa western

$40.00
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New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. Third Session of the Ninth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives. Fifty-fouth Volume. Comprising the Period May 13 to June 21, 1886


n/a

Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering & black rules, to spine, embossed decorations to front & back bds, yellow/green eps, G- (moderate soiling & scuffing to spine & bds, heavy tearing to front & back joints--text block exposed, heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping, moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: G. Didsbury 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history government parliament debates 19th century law legal social custom

$75.00
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1885, Vol. XVIII, s1


HECTOR, JAMES (ed)

LACKS COVERS. 8vo, sheets gathered & stitched, no bds, deckled top edge, xix + 468 pp., G+ (moderate tanning/soiling to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, two open tears to tp & tp loose at gutter, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 19th century journal science zooology wildlife animals plants botany geography

$65.00
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Prisoners of War


MASON, W WYNNE

Super 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine, blind stamp to front board, frontis., xxi + 546 pp., foldout maps/graphs, plates, VG+ (light scuffing/creasing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling & light to moderate foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sl foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (light scuffing/tanning & soiling, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some moderate chipping, sm open & closed tears to front top & bottom edge & spine with archival repais, minor foxing).

PUBLISHER: War History Branch: Department of Internal Affairs 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military conflict World War 2 WW2 II prisoners of war wartime

$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
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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

$600.00
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Legends of World Rugby: A Book of the World's Greatest Players from the Amateur Era


VERDON, PAUL

SIGNED BY AUTHOR & 75 WORLD RUGBY LEGENDS AT PRELIMS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/530), quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in Near FINE presentation clam shell case

PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Pubishing 2007

KEYWORDS: signed special editions rugby union sport legends players player profiles Argentina Australia England France Ireland New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales history

$225.00
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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
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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

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