Search Results: ANT003000 from NZ Story

2004 Rep hb+dw Large Oblong Format col-photos (signed?) Almost 'as new' condition, inscription on blank prelim (may be author's signed dedication?) -- and in HARDBACK -- VG Photos typically span the whole width of double (oblong) pages to better capture the true experience in scope of stunning panoramic vistas (so often what is lacking in std pictorials) -- lovely book. Stunning Panoramic views of NZ (Holtebrinck VG)

Collection of short stories, alpine plant illustrations and mountain paintings.Well-illustrated.

1987 1st Ed LIMITED 1000 NUMBERED SIGNED copies, soft covers, Larger Format b&w photos, 96 pages (incl index & biblio) Tight & clean, author-signed else inscription-free, corners of plasticated covers sl curled, minor handling to edges - VG Canterbury Steam Shipping Co history Canterbury Coasters LTD ED-1 (McLean 1987)

1973 1st Ed h/b (laminated pictorial boards) + dw, Larger Format, col illus Very clean & tight, 'as new' but for a hint of edge-curl starting on dw -- VG & special hardback copy nz-childrens-genre collectible Title AUTHOR-SIGNED inscription 'To Thelma , who knows the inside story' ...Illustrated by Barbara Srathdee Crayfishing with Grandmother (1973 SIGNED)

Aspects of local and personal history, illustrated with a few b+w photographs. Penned inscription on title page.

1989 Author-Published 1st Ed hb+dw, Lge 4to Format, col illus 264 pp Clean & tight, author's inscription on imprint-page changes his (publisher)-address details, also inscribed prior owner details on ffep with ink-stamp, gilt spine-titles on vg green cloth in vg dw with corners edges sl rubbed - VG + SCARCE. Robinson's lavishly illustrated & scarce classic ..['typical NZ farmer's DIY project' in his words].. covers the NZ tractor scene from Robert McNab's 1904 Ivel through to 1998, restored and unrestored, at work and at play, complete with book list and index. What a feast for the collector's eyes! (You could be forgiven for thinking you were attending 100 McNab clearance sales all on the same day). Robinson's NZ Farm Tractors classic (1989 HB+dw)

Book Auction Records for New Zealand and the Pacific, 1952-1956.

Book Auction Records 1956-196, 'New Zealand, Australia, Pacific, AntarcticaAUTHOR SIGNED DEDICATION TO DICK REYNOLDS (Smiths Bookshop, Wellington)

Includes work by Grace, Mataira, Hulme, Metge et al. EDITOR SIGNED.

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.

NZ Rail History in the Rimutakas, illustrated with b+w photos.

McLean's account of walking the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island with his family.

1975 1st Edition hb+dw b&w photos SIGNED Tight & substantially clean with light foxing & a few marks, inscription-free bar author's dedication, gilt spine-titles on vg maroon cloth (just sm chip & bump top edge). Almost complete dw is surface chafed, rubbed & has fringe tears. A well photographed portrayal all walks of rural life in South Canterbury 1900-1970. Many many photos of traction engines, wheatmills, early tractors, and above all else a people book, recounting infamous anecdotes from across the region with a light-hearted attitude amongst the historical detail. Lyalldale (Canterbury) -- Thompson 1975 SIGNED

3rd and final volume in Margaret Jardine's series on the maritime history of Taranaki, NZ, signed by author and illustrated with b+w photos.

The note-books, diaries, and letters from life, of James Robert Dennistoun, NZ mountaineering legend, born 7th March 1883 died 9th August 1916. Illustrated with sepia photographs , containing panoramas of Murchison Glacier by Frind & Tasman Mountains by Mannering. Assembled by Guy Mannering with introduction by Joanna Martin.

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)

History of 'Osprey' and crew, 1846 NZ shipwreck, accompanied by b+w illustrations and col. photos.

Memoir of NZ Labour Activist Margaret Thorn, edited & signed by Elsie Lockei, illustrated with b+w photos.

1998 1st Edition lge format h/b + dw, col + b&w photos, SIGNED Very clean & tight, almost 'as new' but for sl rubbing lower covers corner tips, author signed inscription on title, in vg dw -- VG Turbulent NZ Forest Policy History (Poole 1998)

Author signed, 120 years of the Marsden Valley's History, Grey County, Central Westland with a few b+w illustrations and many b+w photos. Some water damage to bottom of pages but still a good readable copy.