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A Pioneer Missionary Among The Maoris 1850-1879 -- Being The Letters And Journals Of Thomas Samuel Grace
by S J Brittan And A V Grace
Colonies Books & Ephemera
Pasifika Women
by Sandra Kailahi
Stories of Pasifika Women in NZ illustrated with b+w photos.
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£18.06
New Zealand Today -- 'A Priceless Gem in the Imperial Crown'
by G Warren Russell
1919 1st Ed h/b papered boards, b&w photos 340 pages Fairly sound (though shaken), some light scattered foxing (esp prelims), newsclipping pasted fep, front hinge cracked, covers sl stained & edges heavily worn with part of spine detached (but present) -- definitely showing age (appropriately?), but not a dog -- VERY SCARCE FIRST ISSUE (Bagnall R1185) Substantial & profusely illustrated showcase-snapshot of NZ social, legislative and industrial status (in contrast to the merely...
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£67.42
The Founding of Hawke's Bay
by J G Wilson
Wilson's account of European settlement in Hawkes Bay accompanied by b+w illustrations and foldout map.
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£26.49
The English Tradition of Education
by Cyril Norwood (Headmaster Harrow School)
1929 1st Edition h/b Tight, some foxing, esp fore-edges & prelims, sm section of page-edges scrunched, penned name fep, some fading, wear, edge-rubbing of covers, plus sm stain, but tidy nonetheless. 1929 English Style Education (Norwood ed-1)
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£9.15
Valley of Little Towns
by Rona Adshead and Jillian Johnson
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.
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£15.65
The Amuri -- A County History
by W.J. Gardner
1956 1st Edition h/b, col-frontis 'Deans: Marble Point' + b&w photos, foldout maps, EX-LIBRARY Tight copy & content substantially clean, but with foxed & heavily ex-library-marked prelims & edges, & covers heavily edge-worn, lacks dw -- cosmetically blemished, but a sound copy of SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Culverden, Hanmer & Surrounds of the Waiau to Lewis Pass Amuri, Hanmer, Waiau (Gardner 1956 ed-1 FAIR)
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£43.34
Phantom Fleet
by Ted Ashby
Ship History of NZ - Scows of Auckland, illustrated with b+w photos.
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£28.90
Empire Youth Annual. 1948
by Fawcett, Raymond (ed.)
London: P.R. Gawthorn, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket.. Large quarto in pale blue pictorial jacket; 416 pages: illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm; blue cloth cover, gilt lettering in outline format on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Color floral illustrated lining papers. Heavily illustrated in color and b&w. Color folding map. British Imperialism at its nostalgic & youthful finest. Excellent if at times racist photos and illustrations. A bygone era to be sure. High quality...
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£55.05
Tangata Whenua
by Don Stafford
Introduction to NZ's Maori, accompanied by b+w and col. illustrations and photos.
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£14.45
Hatteras Journal
by Jan Deblieu
This is a vividly rendered account of the rigors and rewards of dwelling in a stormy, spray-soaked habitat where only the most resilient forms of life - natural and human - manage to prevail. The book itself is in good condition, with no writing, marks or damage, the cover has some "bleached out" looking spots on it. The binding and spine are in great shape. The dust jacket is fairly worn, but still intact, and has been stamped by a previous owner, with a "notary" style private library stamp. There are...
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£7.29
The Colonial Office List for 1879 Comprising Historical and Statistical Information respecting the Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain
by Fairfield, Edward
London: Harrison. 1879. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Colour maps. Binding solid but boards marked and a bit stained. Small ink annotation to preliminary pages and another on page 146. Eighteenth publication. 426 pages + advertisements. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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£317.46
Early Wellington
by Louis E Ward (comp)
1928 1st Edition (Whit/Tombs) Lge Format, b&w photos + rear pocket-map intact 544 pp Tight & substantially clean but with light foxing closed edges & rep, owner bookplate fep else inscription-free, covers corner tips sl rubbed & discoloured, sm tear at one fold of map, lacks dw Louis Ward's Early Wellington FIRST EDITION
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£79.46
Some Account of New Zealand
by John Savage
Hocken library's reprint of an early European account of New Zealand from 1807, accompanied by b+w illustrations.
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£18.06
New Zealand's Industrial Heritage.
by Geoffrey G. Thornton
Good condition, binding intact with a few marks; numerous colour and b+w photographs.
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£10.84
The Brushtail Possum
by T.L. Montague
Brushtail Possums in NZ illustrated with col. photos and accompanied by North & South NZ maps mon eps.
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£28.90
A Colonist's Voyage to New Zealand
by Alfred Fell
1843 Diary of Colonist Ship to NZ, 'Lord Auckland'. Foreword by Arthur Fell, son of Alfred Fell, whose voyage diaries are presented in this text.
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£18.06
Governors and Settlers
by Mark Francis
Colonial Governors of British Empire including b+w illustrations, written by a respected politics lecturer at Canterbury University.
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£48.16
This is Te Aroha
19th century history of a NZ town including photographs and illustrations.
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£24.08
A Century of Style
by N.H. Brewer
A History of NZ's Union Line Steam Ships, 1875-1976, profusely illustrated with b+w photos.
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£13.48
The Gumdiggers
by A.H. Reed
A survey of the Kauri trade, accompanied by b+w illustrations.
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£7.22
Lost Paradise -- The Exploration of the Pacific
by Ian Cameron
1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 248 pages with referential appendices, biblio & index, in a larger format illus with plates [coloured & b&w]. Tight, bright & clean but for sm light stain on top closed edge, gilt spine-titles on unrubbed vg chocolate cloth, and in a good dw with just one sm closed tear & sl curling top edge only. The stories of voyages by Polynesians, Spaniards, Dutch, British & French, cascading into Pacific waters for 2 millenia, are collated in this attractive...
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£14.45
From the Hills with Vision
by Boyd Wilson and Chris Garland
History of Pastoral farming in Wairere from 1864-2007. Good condition, pages tight, numerous photographs in b+w and colour.
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£13.24
SUTHERLANDS OF NGAIPU
by ALEX SUTHERLAND
Some b+w photos and a Sutherlalnd Family Tree supplement at end of book. Generally good sound Ex Library condition with library stamp on title pages.
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£42.14
New Zealand
by Robert Stout & J. Logan Stout
Part of series 'The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature'.
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£9.63
