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$75.00
3j2/36

New Zealand Antarctic Postal History to 1941: A study of the Postal History of the Antarctic Expeditions associated with New Zealand


DUNS, ROBERT J

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, navy text to wrapper & spine, 112pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & fading to wrapper, slight creasing to wrapper, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Philatelic Foundation Christchurch 1997

KEYWORDS: antarctic new zealand postal mail history philatelic connection antarctica robert j duns

$100.00
3j2/39

The Avro Vulcan


MCLELLAND, TIM

Imperial octavo, indigo heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 368pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling & brusing to boards, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (v slight creasing to edges, in clear protextive cover affixed to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Crecy Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: avro vulcan tim mclelland aviation history aircraft jet engine fighter

$60.00
3j2/40

Reefton, School of Mines 1886-1970: Stories of Jim Bolitho


BOLITHO, ELAINE E

Oblong super octavo, illus light card wrapper, coloured text to wrapper & spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 164pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight tanning & fading to wrapper, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta Inc, 1999

KEYWORDS: reefton school of mines mining industrial west coast history new zealand jim elainee bolitho

$45.00
3j2/43

Rapids and Riverboats on the Whanganui River


CAMPBELL, ROBERT D

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to edges of boards, light to moderate soiling to boards incl historic tape, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG- (light to moderate fading to spine & jacket, light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to jacket including historic tape)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1990

KEYWORDS: whanganui wanganui river awa history maritime riverboats boating new zealand robert d campbell

$145.00
3j2/44

Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers


WATT, J P C

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 273pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: JPC Watt 1989

KEYWORDS: j p c watt stewart island rakiura kaipipi shipyard ross sea whalers whaling new zealand maritime history

$75.00
3j2/45

Black Sands and Golden Years 1877-1979: Weheka-Fox Glacier School Jubilee


HALL, MARGARET & REID, VAL (illus)

Imperial octavo light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to wrapper, illus title page, vi + 80pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate foxing & tanning to wrapper, light creasing to wrapper, light foxing to page edges, crossed out inscription from author to fep)

PUBLISHER: Bascands 1979

KEYWORDS: weheka fox glacier southern westland west coast cook river mahitahi karangarau school gillespies history

$70.00
3j2/47

Maori Auckland


SIMMONS, DAVID & GRAHAM, GEORGE (maori place names)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & red text to spine & jacket, 96pp, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light to moderate foxing to inside of wrapper, first & last page, previous owner's name in ink to half title page, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 1987

KEYWORDS: maori auckland new zealand aotearoa history tamaki makaurau

$50.00
3j2/48

The Kopara: Swamp ploughs, saw-blades and slate boards


PEARSON, BRIAN & WALLIS, TIM (fore)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrapper, 387pp, illus VG+ (v slight chafing to wrapper, v slight scuffing & soiling to page edges, previous owner's inscription to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Brian Pearson 2007

KEYWORDS: kopara bill pearson new zealand history north westland west coast sawmilling milling forestry

$90.00
3j2/49

Vespa: Italian Street Style


BIGONGIALI, ATHOS & BUFORD, BILL

Quarto, illus mint light card wrappers with french flaps, white & grey lettering to spine & wrapper, illus prelims, illus title page, unpaginated, illus VG (moderate fading & tanning to wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Scriptum Edition 2003

KEYWORDS: vespa italian motoring design scooters scootering automotive history

$50.00
3j2/51

Ohuka: A History of the District and the School 1929-1999


METZ, ANTONIA (compiled by)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white text to wrapper, illus inside front cover/frontispiece, 260pp, illus, VG (slight creasing & soiling to wrapper slight fading to wrapper, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Antonia Metz 1999

KEYWORDS: ohuka hawke's bay new zealand education rural community history aotearoa

$120.00
3j2/52

A History of Socialist Thought Volume I: Socialist Thought, The Forerunners 1789-1850


COLE, G D H

THIS VOL ONLY, red octavo buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 346pp, VG (slight fading to spine, slight rubbing to board edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, prelims & postlims, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- (light to moderate fading to jacket, moderate chipping to edges, 0.5cm open tear to upper edge of spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1953

KEYWORDS: g d h cole socialist thought political history socialism

$62.50
3j1/6

Castlecliff: The Community on the Coast


SOLE, LARAINE

Super octavo, brown illus light card wrappers, white & brown lettering to wrapper & spine, 276pp, illus VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 2008

KEYWORDS: whanganui wanganui castlecliff community history laraine sole north island new zealand

$40.00
3j1/7

Melton: Plains of Promise


STARR, JOAN

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gold lettering to front board, 278pp, illus VG+ (v slight brusing & scuffing to spine, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading to spine, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Melton Shire Council

KEYWORDS: melton australia australian victorian community history

$60.00
3j1/12

First to Fight: Australian Diggers, N.Z. Kiwis and U.S.Paratroopers in Vietnam, 1965-66


BREEN, BOB

Super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 316pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading & rubbing to edges of spine & boards, v slight chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, v slight sporadic soling to pages) in d/w VG (light tanning, light to moderate soiling to jacket, 3cm tear to jacket hinge, light chipping & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1988

KEYWORDS: vietnam war australian diggers new zealand kiwi soldiers united states paratroopers nz usa american australia new zealander military history

$75.00
3j1/13

Wallace: Rebel Country


BYE, KEN

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red & blue text to wrapper & spine, illus inside wrappers, 320pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light soiling to fep, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Southland District Council 2000

KEYWORDS: wallace county rural southland rebel new zealand aotearoa history rebellion

$60.00
3j1/15

Smoke, Sand and Rubber: A former racer's tale of colorful drivers, unique cars, and forgotten speedways


ANTHONY, MEL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, multi-coloured lettering to spine & wrapper, illus title pages, 287pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to spine, v slight creasing to wrapper, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sylvester Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: midget racing northwest early auto racing automotive history american west coast ken bye

$60.00
3j1/16

Stories Without End: Essays 1975-2010


BINNEY, JUDITH

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO ARTIST GREER TWISS, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red, grey & gold text to wrapper & spine, frontispiece, 424pp, illus VG+ (light soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to wrapper, light soiling to page edges, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2010

KEYWORDS: judith binney new zealand aotearoa essays history historian

$90.00
3j1/17

Flaxbourne, Its People and Their Stories: A collection of stories contributed by the people with connections to the Flaxbourne District


TAYLOR, JACK (compiled by)

SCARE IN HARDCOVER, imperial octavo, red & black heavy boards, black & white lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, illus title page, 308pp, VG+ (slight fading to spine & board edges, slight bruising to spine & edges, v slight soiling & chafing to boards, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Flaxbourne Settler's Association 2000

KEYWORDS: flaxbourne district marlborough ward renwick blenheim south island aotearoa new zealand history

$47.50
3j1/18

Policing the River District 1886-1986: The first 100 years of the Wanganui Police


SPICER, CHARLES E

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus, VG (soiling & fading to spine, light v slight rubbing to board edges, fep removed, 4cm tear to front pastedown, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling to spine, light rubbing to edges, light fading to jacket, light foxing & tanning to inside of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1988

KEYWORDS: new zealand policing police whanganui wanganui history north island aotearoa

$50.00
3j1/19

In the Shadow of the Alps: A History of Malvern County 1853-1989


DOBBIE, RAY & PERRIN, BRIAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning to front of jacket, slight creasing & chafing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Selwyn District Council 1998

KEYWORDS: malvern county canterbury selwyn district history new zealand south island ray dobbie brian perrin

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