Search Results: Titles starting with L from NZ Story

Victor Gollanz London. Left Book club edition

1971. Second edition. Soft Covers. Ex-Private Collection, stamped. gutter sl cracked with covers starting to loosen, & while not exactly grubby, is clearly a well used/handled copy 138 pp  foldout maps &48 b&w plates/photos

1997 1st Edition hb+dw Very Large Folio Format col photos Almost 'as new' giftable condition (just a touch of wear corner tips), inscription-free -- VG Impressive & stunning production of 256 gloss pages, heavy with even more superb photos of NZ's heritage from Grant Sheehan (of 'lighthouses' fame) with extensive architectural description from David McGill's competent pen. Great NZ Landmark Buildings (McGill 1997 COL VG)

1996 1st Edition hb+dw Larger format col illus Very clean, tight & crisp copy despite just two discreet (almost unnoticeable) indications of having belonged to a library (light stamp on top closed edge, and sm sticker lower dw-spine) -- otherwise inscription-free, gilt spine-titles on vg grey cloth (just a touch rubbed at corner tips), in vg dw without tears -- a nice copy -- VG. Contemporary NZ Painters profiled (O'Brien VG)

Large format hard back with many photos. Good condition.Showing signs of slight foxing and yellowing at top edges. Also some slight foxing throughout the text. Neat Penned dedication on front endpaper and bookshop stamp on bottom of title page.

1943. First edition. Papered boards. Good. 103 pages; Aged & worn but still tight, foxed margins, closed-edges, prelims & covers, several penned inscriptions include spine-title, tiny author-name front, & a few margin note etc in text, edges rubbed 

Guide to Shells and Shellfish, illustrated in colour.

Biography of British Colonial Governor Frederick Weld, illustrated with b+w photos.

Biography of Sir Joseph Banks.

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

1991. First edition. mall softcover with card cover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped. cover dented and scratched, wear at corners, sl dog earring on pages, one book-stamp, still solid condition. 63 pp

Illustrated history of the schooner 'Huia', including b+w photos.

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

1979 Rep h/b + dw, Larger (Quarto) Format, b&w photos Tight & clean (sl fore-edge foxing), inscription-free, , in vg dw (sm repaired tear front top left) + sl edge-curl - VG Keith Sinclair's 'NZ Photo-History' (HB VG)

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 volume

Account of Making BBC Film 'Lost on Everest' with b+w photos.

Privately published history of two New Zealand families illustrated with b&w photos.

1958 1st Edition h/b, b&w photos Tight & clean, inscription-free, sl edge-rubbed covers have a crack under unbroken cloth esp rear, lacks dw - FAIR++ Cuthbertson's Lure of the Trout (NZ 1958 HB)

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