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Colonies Books & Ephemera

Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley

by Rona Adshead

A little gem with numerous b+w photographs. Penned inscription on title page.
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£33.74
Westland's Golden Sixties

Westland's Golden Sixties

by J. Halket Millar

Illustrated with numerous b+w photographs. Penned inscription and booksellers stamp on inside front cover. Cloth binding a little stained and rubbed in places and some intermittent foxing throughout.
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£16.87
North Makarewa, Makarewa, Lorneville -  A Regional History

North Makarewa, Makarewa, Lorneville - A Regional History

by Joan MacintoshMacintosh, Joan

1979 1st Edition h/b+dw b&w photos (Privately published) Very original condition, crisply tight & clean (looks to be unread) with just a touch of outer aging/foxing, penned name fep, gilt spine-titles on vg cream cloth (edges not rubbed), vg dw (no rips or chips) with spine sunned - SCARCE + VG Makarewa & Lorneville district
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£16.87
Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

by Van Hildebrand (Nicolaas Beets)

A Dutch literary classic originally written in 1839. Camera Obscura is a collection of stories and reflections written by Hildebrand, pseudonym of Nicolaas Beets. He wrote most pieces as a student of theology in Leiden. Camera Obscura ' gives an image of the 19th-century Netherlands by trekschuit and Stagecoach.This is the 23rd Edition of the book printed in The Netherlands in 1904. It is written in the original Dutch. The spine has been broken and is half detached inside of the front cover but still... Read more about this item
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£10.01
A Vision of Eden -- Life and Work of Marianne North

A Vision of Eden -- Life and Work of Marianne North

by Marianne North

1980 Edition h/b Larger Format col plates Very clean & tight, inscription-free, gilt spine-&-front titling on vg unrubbed brown cloth, lacks dw -- VG. Mostly material first published 1893 in 'Recollections of a Happy Life' involving world-wide travels (incl Aust & NZ), now together with plates of her paintings (incl views of Mt Earnslaw & Otira Gorge), but mainly representations of plant life on display at Kew Gardens Marianne North -- Vict Plant Painter (incl
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£16.87
Colonial Fare .. Pioneering Women .. in NZ ..

Colonial Fare .. Pioneering Women .. in NZ ..

by Jill Brewis

1982 1st Ed h/b+dw, Larger Format Oblong, old b&w photos, sepia decorations & recipe insets 179 pages Content substantially clean & tight (light foxing & smudges on prelims only), penned inscription fep, dw has no tears but along the long open edges has bled some of the chocolate colour staining the hard covers below slightly, but which are otherwise unrubbed Providing for the essential domestic needs of Colonial times, house & furniture, kitchen organisation & utensils,... Read more about this item
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£26.51
Ranfurly, The Centennial History

Ranfurly, The Centennial History

by Denis Todd

History of the township of Ranfurly published at the time of the Centennial Celebrations in 1998, with copious b+w and colour photographs.
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£9.64
A History of Croydon Siding (1856-1985)

A History of Croydon Siding (1856-1985)

by Alex Dickie ... (edited by Paula Dickie)

1985 1st Edition (Privately Published), hb/dw, Larger Format, b&w photos, 151 pages, AUTHOR-SIGNED
Almost 'as new' copy (fine), author-signed else inscription-free, gilt spine-titles on lovely rust cloth, a little superficial handling to absorbent soft-paper dw – SCARCE & VG/VG
Eastern Southland, along the famous Mataura River and through the plains of the Waimea, up against the Hokonuis. First of a twin-volume same-format pairing of histories by the Dickies on the Croydon district.
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£50.61
New Zealand's Wonderland

New Zealand's Wonderland

by Thomas W. Leys

A Weird Region. The Great Eruption of Mt. Tarawera in 1886. Paperback booklet 1953 re-print with b+w photos. Pages tight, binding loose but the body of the booklet is generally sound.
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£10.84
Otago Medical School 1875-1975

Otago Medical School 1875-1975

by Gordon Parry

An historical sketch.Good condition with b+w photos and illustrations, and a neat inscription on the inside cover.
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£9.64
A Dark Chapter from New Zealand History

A Dark Chapter from New Zealand History

by James Hawthorne

1974 reprint by the Capper Press of the 1869 original.
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£15.18
The Cruise of Acheron -- ‘Her Majesty’s Steam Vessel on Survey in New Zealand Waters 1848-1851’

The Cruise of Acheron -- ‘Her Majesty’s Steam Vessel on Survey in New Zealand Waters 1848-1851’

by Sheila Natusch

An account of the Naval Survey of NZ by British, 1848-1851, accompanied by b&w illus and photos.
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£12.05
Te Ao o Te Maori -- The World of the Maori

Te Ao o Te Maori -- The World of the Maori

by R Naumann & F Winiata

A late twentieth-century survey of Maori culture and tradition, illustrated in colour.
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£9.64
Women of South Taranaki -Their Stories

Women of South Taranaki -Their Stories

by Eds. Christine Clement and Judith Johnston

Numerous b+w photographs and illustrations.
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£16.87
Gold in the River

Gold in the River

by F.W.G. Miller

Good condition, pages tight, a few b+w illustrations. Front bottom right corner a little bruised and slight foxing on top block. Author's story of gold mining during the depression years of the 1930's.
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£10.84
Early Castlepoint

Early Castlepoint

by The Castlepoint Historical Committee

First years in a pioneer settlment, compiled in honour of the centenary 1848-1948.
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£33.74
Maori Artistry

Maori Artistry

by W. Page Rowe

Red Cloth Boards with Maori design in red, black and white. Spine a little bruised at top and bottom, top right hand corners back and front also a little bruised. Staples rusted back and front endpapers. Generally though a very nice copy.
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£66.27
Rethinking The Pacific

Rethinking The Pacific

by Gerald Segal

1990. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped/good. Very clean & tight, dw spine sl sunned. Covers probably now marked beneath where mylar over-cover taped, else VG.
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£9.64
My Dear Bennie

My Dear Bennie

by Gerhard Mueller

Hard Cover, b+w photos. Green Cloth, Gilt Lettering on spine. Neatly penned name on inside fly leaf.
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£24.10
Shadows on the Hill -- The Remarkables Station, Queenstown

Shadows on the Hill -- The Remarkables Station, Queenstown

by D.G. Jardine

1978 1st Edition h/b + dw, b&w photos Tight & clean, inscription-free, gilt spine-titles on vg green clothed boards, in vg dw - excellent giftable copy - VG The difference of farming 'up there' in the towering Remarkables and history of settlement and family genealogy, unusual in having this special experience recounted by the runholder himself, profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Queenstown area Sheep-Station History & Bio (VG)
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£26.51
Spencer The Gold Seeker

Spencer The Gold Seeker

by E. W. Crompton

History of two generations of a pioneer family involved in the West coast gold rush with b+w photos. Signed by the author. Hard Cover. Pale green linen cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Foxing on front and end papers, stain on top edge.
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£24.10
Australian Totemism -- a Psycho-Analytic Study in Anthropology

Australian Totemism -- a Psycho-Analytic Study in Anthropology

by Reza Roheim

1925 1st Edition [true 1st from Allen & Unwin, Ldn], h/b 13 maps (incl 11 fold-outs) EX-LIBRARY Ex-library markings & stamps (incl "WITHDRAWN"), text-block tight with occasional light marginal smudges & foxing, esp closed-edges & heavy foxing to eps, internally often sl dusty & gritty against binding with occasional loosened threads, also a chip or two at page edges, half-title part free, covers loosening around severely cracked binding with broken eps but stitching still holding on, heavily worn covers... Read more about this item
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£103.63
Old New Zealand Houses 1800-1940

Old New Zealand Houses 1800-1940

by Jeremy Salmond

Numerous b+w photographs, v. good condition with a few very slight wear marks to back cover.
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£19.28
Port Nelson -- Gateway to the Sea -- A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978

Port Nelson -- Gateway to the Sea -- A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978

by W H Parr

1979 1st Edition h/b+dw b&w photos, 304 pages incl Index SIGNED Very clean & tight, author-signed on title-page, otherwise inscription-free, gilt spine-titles on vg (unrubbed) sky-blue cloth with edges just sl sunned, in vg dw -- near fine copy. Firstly an extension to Ruth Allan's 1954 history from her extra unpublished notes (see other listing), with an update to 1978 ... Port Nelson History by W H Parr (1978 DW)
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£38.56
Forging an Empire: Queen Elizabeth I

Forging an Empire: Queen Elizabeth I

by Elizabeth Linington (Dell Shannon)

A biography of Elizabeth I, written for young readers by Dell Shannon under the pseudonym Elizabeth Linington. There is a stain at the bottom of the spine, and a little shelf wear, other than that the book is in very good condition, with no writing or marks.
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£7.21