Search Results: Titles starting with S from NZ Story

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.

Mountains of Northern Thailand with col. photos

1988. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. Colour + b&w photos; inscription-free. Includes techniques for saltwater fly-fishing in NZ, rarely addressed in other fishing literature, as well as discussion of a wide range of equipment -- quite comprehensive really.

Role of women in early New Zealand labour history

1987 1st Edition h/b+dw Extra Large Format, 176 pages (incl index) Content tight & clean, but quite worn externally (incl a few page-corner creases, front hinge partially cracked, covers surface scarred & edges rubbed, dw chipped at spine head). NZ Natural Secrets (lovely

ND [ca1914] (Westminster) h/b quarter-cloth 50 b&w plates lge-8vo All 50 plates pages on high qualitygloss are in excellent condition, though the covers & prelims of book are damaged and stained. Selections from the famous "Venetian Architect" for the inspiration of architectural students, incl some ruins of ancient Rome. 50 architectural Etchings by Piranesi (1907)

1919 (Heinemann) EDITION LTD 525 numbered copies, h/b quarter-vellum, top edge gilt, 288 pages Not at all heavily worn, this volume is very square, tight & internally clean but age-foxed-darkened externally [eps, closed edges, covers (papered section)], inscription-free, not ex-library. Even with the external age-(discoloured)-patina, it is remarkable how books this fine seem to retain so much original charm -- untrimmed heavy-textured pages encased in gilt-tooled covers (cream-'aged' vellum backstrip + cream papered boards), whose outer corners are rubbed. 2 famous editors, with Wise not just a recognised authority on Swinburne but a publisher of his works and biographer, quite aside from his notorious fraudster activities (later exposed). Swinburne, Gosse, Wise - fine

Profusely illustrated with b+ w photos.

1977 1st ed h/b, larger format, b&w photos Tight & cleaish despite sl aging, a tiny amount of foxing, occasional light thumprint, namestamp on ffep & penned date on half-title, some covers wear esp rubbing of lower edges, dw just a little edge-chipped with spine fade The task of this book was to put on record the pioneering exploits and those pictures that could still be found extant of retired fleet craft, complete with alphabetical index by name with full specs. Historical Steamers on the Northern Coast

Profusely illustrated with b+ w photos.

Extracts from the journals and letters of early colonists, illustrated with b+w photos.

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)

1972 1st Edition h/b+dw b&w illus EX-LIBRARY Tight reading copy substantially clean internally but heavily EX-LIBRARY marks & stains on prelims - FAIR COPY in first edition of classic title. The Sharp Shooter (rifles & ammo) Grant 1972

A significant contribution to history of the fuel industry in NZ with col.+b&w photos & illustrations.

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

b+w photos

Fred Ladd's Kiwi Aviation Adventures, illustrated with b+w photos.

Women Aviators in NZ's Aviation History, illustrated with
b+w photos.

Women Aviators in NZ's Aviation History, illustrated with
b+w photos.

Biography of Edward Treagar, Early NZ Social Reformer, accompanied by b+w illustrations.