NZHistory

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Title

Sub-title

Author

Publisher

Published

Pages

Size

Condition

Price

Comment

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A Baker's Tale  the life and times of Ernest Adams

 

Adams, Hugh

Hazard Press

2005

243p (1p)

8vo

P-B Ex-lib, laminated covers, rubber stamps EPs VG

22

With illustrations, 'tales' amongst the history of this New Zealand bakery, of the people and the development, a tidy ex-lib copy

5.500000

17.000000

35.000000

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The Taming of Distance  New Zealand's first international telecommunications

 

Airey, Elisabeth

Dunmore Publishing

2005

xi 187p

8vo

P-B Fine

30

With maps and illustrations, the history of the undersea cable, New Zealand's connection with the telegraphic world, the control of the cable, and the people who worked with it in New Zealand

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17.000000

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35.000000

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The Settlement of Indigenous Peoples Claims to Natural Resources  The Sealords Deal

 

Aitken, Kristin P

Author Pub

1993

vii 90p (xxii appendices)

4to

Blue cloth binding, gilt titles  Near Fine

85

A thesis dealing with a New Zealand legal settlement over the 'ownership' of indigenous resources, here marine resources, detailing the background and the steps taken to bring the settlement to conclusion

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37.000000

43.000000

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Incidents of the Maori War New Zealand in 1860-61

 

Alexander, Sir James E

Capper Press

1976

(frontis) vi (1p map) 425p (1p)

8vo

D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards Name FEP VG - Near Fine

30

With map and illustration, a period of the New Zealand Wars, and the causes and effect of the Maori King movement

8.000000

28.000000

60.000000

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The Cultural Significance of Wetlands in Taranaki

Progress Report: Publications

Allen, Harry (et al)

The Royal Society of New Zealand

2004

37 leaves

4to

Spiral bound, soft card backing  Owner's stamp TP  Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of pieces from various journals dealing with New Zealand wetlands and artefacts found in them

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

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New Zealand in World Affairs 1990-2000

 

Alley, Roderic (ed)

Victoria University Press

2007

328

8vo

P-B Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with the position of New Zealand in its Pacific area and the wider world, politically, economically, environmentally

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Sure to Rise  the Edmonds Story

 

Alsop, Peter ; Parsonson, Kate ; Wolfe, Richard

Canterbury University Press

2023

303p (1p)

4to

Laminated boards, cloth spine  Slight rubbing base  VG - Near Fine

50

The history, both human and graphic, of this New Zealand company and its brand

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75.000000

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Promoting Prosperity  the art of early New Zealand advertising

 

Alsop, Peter ; Stewart, Gary

Craig Potton Publishing

2013

439p (1p)

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

100

With many illustrations, a collection of essays focusing on early New Zealand advertising art and its powers of persuasion

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42.000000

91.000000

101.000000

112.000000

Promoting Prosperity  the art of early New Zealand advertising

 

Alsop, Peter ; Stewart, Gary

Craig Potton Publishing

2013

439p (1p)

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

120

Signed by both authors, with many illustrations, a collection of essays focusing on early New Zealand advertising art and its powers of persuasion

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42.000000

91.000000

101.000000

112.000000

Selling the Dream  the art of early New Zealand tourism

 

Alsop, Peter ; Stewart, Gary ; Bamford, Dave

Craig Potton Publishing

2012

408

4to

D-J Laminated boards  Near Fine

120

With illustrations, the promotion of New Zealand through posters, brochures and other material, with essays

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54.000000

120.000000

110.000000

120.000000

Selling the Dream  the art of early New Zealand tourism

 

Alsop, Peter ; Stewart, Gary ; Bamford, Dave

Craig Potton Publishing

2012

408

4to

D-J Laminated boards Gift inscription HTP VG - Near Fine

145

Signed by the three authors, with illustrations, the promotion of New Zealand through posters, brochures and other material, with essays

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142.000000

135.000000

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Bird Song  and New Zealad Song Birds

 

Andersen, Johannes G

Whitcombe & Tombs

1925

(frontis) (6p) 216p

8vo

Red cloth binding  Repairs spine  Wear top, bottom spine, bumping fore-corners  GD - VG

55

Subscriber's copy #201, with illustrations and musical scores, an important book, especially recording the sound of New Zealand extinct birds

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Fifty Years  The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand

 

Anderson, Molly (ed)

The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc

1996

viii 207p (1p)

4to

D-J Paper over boards  Fine

40

With maps, illustrations and drawings, the first 50 years of this car club, including races out of New Zealand, an interesting creation

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No Other Home Than This

a history of European New Zealanders

Andrews, John

Craig Potton Publishing

2009

364

8vo

D-J Paper over boards  Near Fine

32

With maps, an account of the backgrounds, and hence the cultural values, of the European settlers of New Zealand, what they brought with them, and how these helped shape what became their new home

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New Zealand Statutes1906

 

Anon

Govt Print

1906

xviii 382p

4to

Maroon cloth binding, gilt titles, blind rules  Rubbing FE, patches of fading  VG

40

The Public and Private statutes passed in the 1906 year, including the first 'Motor Regulation'

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Wise's New Zealand Index  Every Place in New Zealand 9th Edition

 

Anon

H Wise & Co

1945

(4p ads) (frontis) (3p) (7p ads)  536p (map)

Small 8vo

D-J (chips, repairs, in protective plastic)  Light wear top spine cloth Owner's stamp verso frontis  Yates rubber stamp FEs  Small water stain top FE at rear Gd - VG

45

Stated as the 9th edition, but actually the 15th successive issue, with 12 plates, mostly of scenes from North to South

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The Statutes of New Zealand 1885

 

Anon

Govt Print

1885

viii 528p

4to

Beige cloth binding, wear on spine  Fore-corners bumped  Inside hinges cracked Mechanics Institute rubber stamp prelims, at end  Gd - VG

55

Statutes for NZ, including Amendments to Mining Acts and the Immigration and Public Works Appropriation

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26.000000

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58.000000

62.000000

Woodford House  Register of Old Girls 1894-1964

 

Anon

Woodford House

1964

154

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, a short history of this Hastings school for girls, with the full register of girls who attended, including some boys who attended for a short time

7.500000

22.000000

45.000000

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Proceedings of the Seventh Pacific Science Congress Vol VII Anthropology

 

Anon

The Pegasus Press

1953

681p (1p)

4to

P-B Signature cover Light foxing FEs VG

50

With maps and tables, the papers from the 1949 Symposium, covering anthropology, publis health and nutrition, and social sciences in the Pacific

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37.000000

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New Zealand Statutes1918

 

Anon

Govt Print

1918

xiii 287p

4to

Maroon cloth binding, gilt titles, blind rules  Rubbing FE, patches of fading  VG

40

The Public and Private statutes passed in the 1918 year, including Acts dealing with the Armed Forces and War Legislation

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John Cawte Beaglehole  a bibliography

 

Anon

Alexander Turnbull Library, Victoria University of Wellington

1972

47p (1p)

Small 8vo

Wraps over card covers, title label front of wraps Small owners stamp HTP VG - Near Fine

20

With plate, a fairly complete bibliography, from 1919-1971, with his 'James Cook' to be published

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Thorndon Methodist Church 75th Anniversary Celebrations

 

Anon

Thorndon Methodist Church

1947

10

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations and lists, a short history of this Wellington Methodist church

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Regulations for Conducting the Survey of Land in New Zealand

 

Anon

Govt Print

1908

49p (folding charts)

8vo

Cloth over boards Water stain inside covers Owner's details TP Small coffee stain top some charts at rear Gd

60

With charts, the NZ regulations as of 1908, including those affecting mining surveys

4.000000

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The New Zealand Parliamentary Record

 

Anon

Govt Print

1925 Revised edition

(frontis) 224p

8vo

Blue boards, slight rubbing top, bottom spine  Slight marks EPs  Signature FEP Slight corrections in text VG

35

The revised record of Parliament to 1925, with lists of Executive Councils, Legislative Councils, Parliaments, the Ministries and their Premiers,Speakers, MPs, Clerks, includes the Provincial Governments 1853-1876, with corrections written in

5.500000

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Morrinsville Methodist Church Golden Jubilee 1903-1953

 

Anon

Morrinsville Methodist Church

1953

9 leaves

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations and lists, the first 50 years of this Methodist Church

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17.000000

22.000000

19.000000

New Zealand Statutes1904

 

Anon

Govt Print

1904

xiii 421p

4to

Maroon cloth binding, gilt titles, blind rules  Rubbing FE, patches of fading  VG

40

The Public and Private statutes passed in the 1904 year

5.000000

21.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

Regulations for Conducting the Survey of Land in New Zealand

 

Anon

Govt Print

1908

49p (14 appendices)

8vo

Khaki cloth over boards Owner's details TP VG

60

With illustrations and charts, includes survey regulations under the 1900 Act, regulations affecting Mining surveys under the 1905 Act, survey regulations under the 1892 act, and examination regulations

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Split Enz  the definitive collection Bk 1 1973-1979, Bk 2 1980-1984

 

Anon

Sasha Music Publishing

2008

86p (2p) ; 86p (2p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

45

In two volumes, all of Split Enz's songs, with quotes and memorabilia

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

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Audacity of Faith  Sisters of Compassion Centennial 1892-1992

 

Anon

Home of Compassion

1992

168

4to

P-B Crease back cover VG

30

With illustrations, a hundred years of the work of Suzanne Aubert and her legacy, the Sisters of Compassion

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

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Our World Heritage  a tentative list of New Zealand Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites

 

Anon

Dept of Conservation

2006

79

4to

Spiral bound, soft card covers  Fine

30

With illustrations and maps, cultural and natural sites from the North to South of New Zealand, some recommended for immediate world heritage listing, others for later inclusion

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28.000000

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The New Zealand Constitution Act

together with correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand

Anon

R Stokes, printer

1853

127

8vo

Cloth binding, grease stain top spine which goes throughout text block  Title page cut at top  Light foxing on a number of pages Gd

175

The first Act to make New Zealand a separate British colony, including correspondence between England and New Zealand building up to 1853

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37.000000

41.000000

Wild Journeys

 

Ansley, Bruce

HarperCollins

2018

279

8vo

D-J  Paper over boards Near Fine

30

The author journeys through New Zealand's history - human and natural - and the people who helped create that history

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38.000000

Toys of Early New Zealand

 

Armstrong, Peggy ; Jackson, Denise

Grantham House

1990

(frontis) (2p) 74p

4to

P-B Signature HTP VG

28

With illustrations, the toys and passtimes of colonial New Zealand, Maori and pakeha

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Settler Kaponga

1881-1914  A frontier fragment of the Western World

Arnold, Rollo

VUP

1997

383

8vo

P-B  Light browning, spotting EPs  VG

35

Inscribed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a detailed history of the settlement and development of a frontier settlement in the shadow of Mt Taranaki-Egmont

8.000000

29.000000

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New Zealand's Burning  The settler's world in the mid 1880s

 

Arnold, Rollo

Victoria University Press

1994

319

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

35

The Summer of 1885-6 in Northern New Zealand, firing up at the end of a long drought, and the settler society coping with the great changes and emergencies as life became more 'settled'

8.500000

27.000000

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The Farthest Promised Land  English Villagers, New Zealand Immigrants of the 1870s

 

Arnold, Rollo

VUP

1981

xiii 408p

8vo

D-J (rubbing extremities, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

45

With illustrations and maps, a very important study of English immigrants into New Zealand in the 1870s and their impact on their new land

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70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Telling Stories

indigenous history and memory in Australia and New Zealand

Attwood, Bain ; Magowan, Fiona (eds)

Bridget Williams Books

2001

xviii 269p

8vo

P-B Signature HTP Pen mark FE VG

22

With illustrations, the multiple forms of indigenous history in Australia and New Zealand, and their inter-reaction with the 'official' history

5.500000

14.000000

28.000000

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Out of the Shadow of War 

The German Connection with New Zealand in the 20th Century

Bade, James N (ed)

OUP

1998

viii 288p

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

35

These essays trace the development of the relationship between NZ and Germany through the two World Wars and into peace, with close political, economic and cultural ties, with illustrations

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New Zealand National Bibliography to the year 1960

6 volumes in 5

Bagnall, AG (ed)

Govt Print

1969-1985

5 volumes

4to

Black cloth binding, red spine labels, gilt titles (fading) VG - Near Fine

140

With facsimiles of title pages, the indispensable guide to virtually all literature, Maori and European, published in New Zealand till 1960, a nice set

20.000000

85.000000

220.000000

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220.000000

The New Friendly Islanders

 

Bain, Kenneth

Hodder & Stoughton

1993

207

8vo

D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards Short inscription front paste-down VG - Near Fine

25

Signed by the author, the Tonga of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, with illustrations

6.500000

24.000000

45.000000

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Race, Ethnicity and Power

 

Baker, Donald G

Routledge & Kegan Paul

1983

viii 243p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

25

A comparative study of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia

8.000000

26.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Archives are Fun  Twenty-six Years of Re-collecting and Re-searching

 

Baker, Marcia

Baker Family Publishing

2013

140

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With illustrations, a look at twenty-six years of working at the Methodist Archive in Christchurch, and how it can help others in their researches

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King and Country Call

New Zealanders, Conscription and the Great War

Baker, Paul

Auckland University Press

1988

274

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With illustrations and tables, New Zealand politics and society during WW1, from the rush of volunteers for the War, to the demands of conscription, and the telling effects on the nation

8.500000

24.000000

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The Harbour Ferries of Auckland

 

Balderston, David

Grantham House

1986

98

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, over a hundred years of ferry traffic on Auckland harbour, with much about the boats and the characters of the service

6.500000

25.000000

45.000000

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45.000000

Entanglements of Empire  missionairies, Maori, and the question of the body

 

Ballantyne, Tony

Auckland University Press

2015

xii (2p) 360p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a study of the period 1814 to 1840 in New Zealand history, and the beginnings of cultural, political and economic entanglements with Maori

8.500000

26.000000

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Webs of Empire

locating New Zealand's colonial past

Ballantyne, Tony

Bridget Williams Books

2012

374

8vo

P-B Near Fine

44

A collection of essays positioning New Zealand within the tangled colonial webs of cultural and economic networks

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33.000000

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Landscape/Communi ty   Perspectives from New Zealand

 

Ballantyne, Tony ; Bennett, Judith A (eds)

University of Otago Press

2005

190

8vo

P-B Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays that discuss variations on the theme of the effect of communities on their landscape, mostly in New Zealand, from conflict in colonial Bay of Plenty to protests against hydro-electric dams

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Disputed Histories

Imagining New Zealand's Pasts

Ballantyne, Tony ; Moloughney, Brian (eds)

Otago University Press

2006

283p (2p catalogue)

8vo

P-B Owner's label covered TP VG - Near Fine

32

With illustrations, a collection of essays which ultimately discusses where to with the study of New Zealand history now?

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India in New Zealand  local identities, global relations

 

Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (ed)

Otago University Press

2010

269p (1p)

8vo

P-B Owner's label covered HTP VG - Near Fine

28

A collection of essays looking at the southernmost Indian diaspora, the place of Indian first and succeeding generations in a multi-cultural New Zealand, and the Kiwi-Indian experience

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New Zealand  a short history

 

Barber, Laurie

Century Hutchinson

1989

252

4to

D-J  Paper over boards  Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a description of New Zealand's history designed to help a present generation understand whence the nation has sprung, and perhaps see more clearly the future

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In the Paddock and On the Run

the language of rural New Zealand

Bardsley, Dianne

Otago University Press

2009

464

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With illustrations, hundreds of words and expressions highlighting the individual nature of New Zealand countrysides, especially farming, including Maori expressions widely adopted

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35.000000

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New Zealand's First World War Heritage

 

Bargas, Imelda ; Shoebridge, Tim

Exisle

2015

287p (1p)

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

38

With maps and illustrations, the New Zealand that the troops left behind, from the military training camps to the buildings that supplied them, from the farms and hospitals, to the memorials of their departure

6.500000

30.000000

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Bowling on  Hutt Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club (Inc)

 

Barlow, Peter (et al)

Hutt Bowling Club

2003

63

4to

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations and lists, the first 100 years of this New Zealand Bowling Club

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Life with Cars  New Zealanders' motoring memories 1950s-1980s

 

Barnett, Stephen

Oratia Books

2020

167

Oblong 4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Short repair back cover VG

25

With illustrations, New Zealand motoring nostalgia with anecdotes and yarns

8.500000

28.000000

55.000000

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Those were the Days 1930s

 

Barnett, Stephen (comp)

Moa

1987

175

Folio

D-J Fine

40

A photographic history of NZ during the 1930s, compiled from the pages of 'The Weekly News'

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26.000000

54.000000

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New Zealand! New Zealand!  In praise of Kiwiana

 

Barnett, Stephen ; Wolfe, Richard

H&S

1989

161p (1p)

4to

P-B Light fading spine  VG

30

The first edition of this dipping-into New Zealand popular culture, food, ways of life, beliefs and advertising icons

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New Zealand! New Zealand! In praise of Kiwiana

 

Barnett, Stephen ; Wolfe, Richard

Penguin Books

2000

(5p) 161p (1p)

Oblong 4to

P-B  Near Fine

25

With many illustrations, a special edition to mark the 30th anniversary of Bonus Bonds, with extra pages and illustrations

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Holding the High Ground  a history of Montecillo War Veterans Home 1918-2018

 

Barnz, Billy

Montecillo Veterans Home and Hospital Trust

2018

vi 330p

4to

P-B Near Fine

45

With illustrations, a history of this War Veterans Home in Dunedin, its organisation, its people and its achievements

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Russophobia in New Zealand

1838-1908

Barratt, Glynn

Dunmore Press

1981

180

8vo

D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

25

From a Professor of Russian, a look at how New Zealand governments and people viewed expanding Russia in the 19th century

6.500000

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Rulings of the Speakers of the House of Representatives 1867-1911  New Zealand

 

Barron, CCN ; Otterson, H (comps)

Govt Print

1912

vi 317p

Small 8vo

Leather binding, raised spine, gilt rules and titles  Wear top, bottom spine, fore-corners  VG

35

An A-Z of the rulings of the New Zealand parliamentary Speakers, up-to-date for 1911

5.500000

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Women of Polynesia

 

Barrow, Terry ; Sieben, Hubert

Seven Seas

1967

(frontis) 240p (3p)

4to

D-J (pieces missing top, chips extremities, in protective wrapper)  Cloth binding  Name covered FEP VG

110

Both a photographic and anthropological-historical treatment of the role of the women of Polynesia, with modern 'studies' by Hubert Sieben

6.500000

35.000000

75.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Victoria University of Wellington 1899-1999  a history

 

Barrowman, Rachel

Victoria University Press

1999

432

4to

D-J Paper over boards Slight dents base Near Fine

38

Inscribed by the author, a history of the first hundred years of this New Zealand university, with illustrations

6.000000

35.000000

80.000000

70.000000

75.000000

The Turnbull a library and its world

 

Barrowman, Rachel

Auckland University Press, Historical Branch DIA

1995

viii 232p

8vo

P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine

20

With illustrations, what began as a personal 'folly' became a bequest to the nation, and what has happened to the ATL since

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A Popular Vision  the arts and the left in New Zealand 1930-1950

 

Barrowman, Rachel

Victoria University Press

1991

(4p) 287p

8vo

P-B Slight signature HTP  VG - Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a discussion of leftist philosophies and influences on the arts, especially publishing and theatre, before and after WW2, when New Zealand 'found its distinctive literary voice'

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The Turnbull   A Library and its World

 

Barrowman, Rachel

AUP

1995

viii 232p

8vo

P-B Fine

35

The history of the man and the Library that became so important to NZ archives

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32.000000

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Confrontation '51

The 1951 Waterfront Dispute

Bassett, Michael

Reed

1972

264

8vo

Paper over boards VG

25

An important book about an important turning point in NZ social and political life, with illustrations and cartoons

6.500000

22.000000

40.000000

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40.000000

The Colonist  A Work on the Past and Present Position of the Colony of New Zealand

 

Bateman, William

JT Smith

1881

486p

8vo

Red cloth binding, gilt titles front cover  Spine worn Signs of insect hole to page 11 at bottom of pages  Bottom corner of p15 torn off, with slight loss of text  Marks on FEs Fair to Good

90

The book was intended as a critical economic assessment of the Colony of NZ till that time, so that readers could gain benefit from a more thorough knowledge of the workings of Government and its resources. The author includes his papers on 'The Agricultu

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The One Day War    The Battle of Omarunui, 1866

 

Battersby, John

Reed

2000

144

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

A detailed inquest into the Battle of Omarunui, inland from Napier, on 12 October 1866, during the NZ Wars, with illustrations

6.500000

22.000000

40.000000

35.000000

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A Small Price to Pay  Refugees from Hitler in New Zealand 1936-46

 

Beaglehole, Ann

Allen & Unwin

1988

vii 172p

8vo

P-B Bookshop stamps on Fes and FEP  VG

22

A study of Europeans able to escape Europe before WW2, and despite the difficulties of  New Zealand's isolation, it was 'a small price to pay' for life and freedom

5.000000

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Always the Sound of the Sea

the daily lives of New Zealand's lighthouse keepers

Beaglehole, Helen

Craig Potton

2009

263

Oblong 8vo

Soft card covers with flaps  Fine

38

A kind of sequel to the author's 'Lighting the Coast', this time concentrating on the men who lit the coasts, their families, and the experience of lighthouse keeping, with illustrations

5.000000

20.000000

36.000000

41.000000

43.000000

The Discovery of New Zealand

 

Beaglehole, JC

DIA

1939

(frontis) xvi (2p) 160p (folding map)

8vo

D-J (slight rubbing)  Signature FEP  VG

25

With illustrations and maps, the first edition of this study of the pre-cursors to Cook, and of Captain Cook

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Discovery of New Zealand

 

Beaglehole, JC

OUP

1961 2nd edition, revised

(frontis) xii 102p (folding map)

8vo

D-J (browning spine)  Slight foxing FE  Signature FEP  VG

20

With illustrations and maps, the revised edition of this study of the pre-cursors to Cook, and of Captain Cook

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The Death of Captain Cook

 

Beaglehole, JC

Alexander Turnbull Library

1979

(4 leaves) 21p (5p notes) (1p)

4to

D-J Near Fine

40

Limited, numbered second edition (#154/1000), the text of the author's lecture given to mark the bicentenary of Cook's death, a nice copy

8.500000

24.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

The Death of Captain Cook

 

Beaglehole, JC

Alexander Turnbull Library

1979

(4 leaves) 21p (3 leaves)

4to

D-J (short chip base spine) Cloth boards, short damp mark back fore-edge, slight loss of colour on a short strip front fore-edge  VG

35

The second edition of this bi-centennial speech, #92 of 1000

8.500000

24.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Home Away from Home

 

Beasley, AW

Central Institute of Technology, Grantham House

2000

158

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Fine

25

With maps, illustrations and genealogical charts, the three families of the Homes, from the UK to New Zealand, and their surgical connections

6.000000

26.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Fifty Years in the Field  Essays in honour and celebration of Richard Shutler Jr's archaeological career

 

Bedford, Stuart (et al, eds)

New Zealand Archaeological Association

2002

260

4to

P-B VG - Near Fine

40

With illustrations, maps and tables, a collection of pieces on the archaeology of the South Pacific, New Guinea, Micronesia, Melanesia

8.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

Dusky Bay

 In the steps of Captain Cook

Begg, A Charles & Neil C

W&T

1966

240

8vo

D-J  Paper over boards  Near Fine

55

The reconstruction of the history of the Dusky Bay - Sounds area, retracing the footsteps of Captain Cook, with many illustrations

8.500000

28.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Port Preservation

the story of Preservation Inlet and the Solander Grounds

Begg, AC & NC

W&T

1973

398p (1p)

8vo

D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

50

With maps and illustrations, the story of Preservation Inlet and the Solander Grounds, from the Cook voyages to sealing and whaling and gold prospecting

8.500000

32.000000

75.000000

75.000000

75.000000

Dancing with the King

 

Belgrave, Michael

Auckland University Press

2017

viii 428p

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

60

With maps and illustrations, a study of the King Country 1864-1885

5.500000

22.000000

44.000000

46.000000

48.000000

Replenishing the Earth  the settler revolution and the rise of the Anglo-World 1783-1939

 

Belich, James

Oxford University Press

2009

xii 573p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Slight browning of paper on FE Near Fine

35

With maps, the spread of the British Empire and the consequent proliferation of English as a spoken language

8.000000

33.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Making Peoples  A history of the New Zealanders from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century

 

Belich, James

Allen Lane, Penguin

1996

497

8vo

D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards Slight browning Fes Owner's small label FEP VG - Near Fine

30

The author's detailed discussion of what has made the two distinct founding peoples of New Zealand, Maori and pakeha, till the 1880s, continued in 'Paradise Reforged'

8.500000

31.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Making Peoples  A history of the New Zealanders from Polynesian settlement to the end of the nineteenth century

 

Belich, James

Penguin

2007 reprint edition

497

8vo

P-B VG

25

The author's detailed discussion of what has made the two distinct founding peoples of New Zealand, Maori and pakeha, till the 1880s, continued in 'Paradise Reforged'

8.500000

26.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Replenishing the Earth

the settler revolution and the rise of the Anglo-World, 1783-1939

Belich, James

Oxford University Press

2009

x (2p) 573p

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

35

With maps, a discussion of the spreading of the Anglo-World, and the English language that went with it, through the wider settler societies from Old Briton and the growth of their wealth and power in world terms

8.000000

32.000000

70.000000

70.000000

70.000000

The New Zealand Wars

and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict

Belich, James

Penguin Books

1986

396

8vo

P-B Signature TP  VG

22

A reinterpretation of the causes and effects of the New Zealand Wars, leading to a television series, with maps and illustrations

8.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Languages of New Zealand

 

Bell, Allan (et al, eds)

Victoria University Press

2005

376

8vo

P-B Near Fine

28

With maps, tables and illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with New Zealand's linguistic landscape

5.500000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Cultural Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand  Identity, Space and Place

 

Bell, Claudia ; Matthewman, Steve (eds)

Oxford University Press

2004

xiv 298p

8vo

P-B VG

25

With illustrations, a collection of pieces on what makes up the everyday in New Zealand, and what constitutes being a New Zealander

5.500000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

New Zealand between the Wars

 

Bell, Rachael (ed)

Massey University Press

2017

(frontis) 351p (1p)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With tables and illustrations, a collection of essays which underline the transformation of the New Zealand state, setting a blueprint for state intervention and asistance that remained largely unchallenged for the next 50 years

8.500000

28.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

New Zealand Railways Road Services

 

Bellamy, AC

Southern Press

1981

64

Oblong 8vo

P-B Signature TP VG

15

With illustrations, a history of this branch of New Zealand Railways from 1907 to the 1980s

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

God of the Whenua  Rural Ministry in Aotearoa New Zealand

 

Bennett, Bill

Philip Garside Publishing

2005

vi 128p

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

25

With maps, a survey/discussion of where the rural 'church' is going in New Zealand, its pressures and problems, including amongst Maori rohe

3.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

St Paul's Lutheran Church 80th Anniversary July 2004

 

Bennett, Ron (et al)

St Pauls 80th Anniversary Cttee

2004

23

4to

Spiral binding  P-B Fine

20

With illustrations, a short history of the first 80 years of this Christchurch Lutheran Church

3.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

He Kupu Whakawairua  Spirituality in Aotearoa New Zealand  Catholic Voices

 

Bergin, Helen ; Smith, Susan (eds)

Accent Pubs

2002

(3p) 277p

8vo

P-B VG

32

A collection of essays presenting Catholic theology and spirituality in New Zealand

6.500000

26.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

A Man's tall Dream  the story of Eastwoodhill

 

Berry, John

The Eastwoodhill Trust Board

1997

xii 126p (folding maps)

4to

D-J Paper over boards  Near Fine

35

With maps and illustrations, the story of this hill farm of Ngatapa, inland from Gisborne, and the Eastwoodhill Arboretum

5.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

First Crossings  historic NZ adventures brought to life

 

Biggar, Kevin ; Fitzgerald, Jamie

Random House

2013

320

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, recreating ten historic journeys in New Zealand, from the explorers like Brunner to the treasure hunters like Kelly Tarlton

8.000000

33.000000

75.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Stories Without End Essays 1975-2010

 

Binney, Judith

Bridget Williams Books

2010

424

8vo

P-B Near Fine

40

With maps and illustrations, a collection of the author's essays, many arising or adding to her books about the Urewera and its people, others 'bringing people out of the shadows'

5.000000

22.000000

44.000000

48.000000

52.000000

The Shaping of History

 

Binney, Judith (ed)

Bridget Williams Books

2001

xvi 422p (2p catalogue)

8vo

P-B Fine

48

With illustrations and tables, a selection from the New Zealand Journal of History, from encountering Maori history to the writing of New Zealand history, a celebration of the NZJH and some of New Zealand's leading historians

5.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

The People and the Land  Te Tangata me te Whenua an illustrated history of New Zealand 1820-1920

 

Binney, Judith (et al)

Bridget Williams Books

1993 reprint edition (1990)

352

4to

P-B Light fading spine  Slight browning FEs  VG

30

With illustrations, a history of New Zealand covering the conflicting perceptions of the growing New Zealand from the Maori and Pakeha points of view

5.500000

22.000000

48.000000

52.000000

56.000000

The Yanks are coming  the American invasion of New Zealand 1942-44

 

Bioletti, Harry

Century Hutchinson

1989

ix (4p maps) 210p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

22

With maps and illustrations, what happens when thousands of American troops alight on wartime New Zealand soil, filled with anecdotes from Enzeders and 'Yanks' alike

6.500000

24.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Women mean Business  colonial businesswomen in New Zealand

 

Bishop, Catherine

Otago University Press

2019

404

8vo

P-B Near Fine

40

With illustrations, hard-working business women in 19th century colonial New Zealand, from the boarding-house keepers and laundresses, to teachers and brothel-keepers, or to butchers and chemists

6.000000

32.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

NZ Woman's Weekly  The First 60 Years

 

Blackwell, Janet (ed)

Moa Beckett, NZ Magazines Ltd

1992

207

4to

D-J  Near Fine

35

A nice copy of the review of this magazine which is also a selection of the stories which impacted on the nation

5.000000

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

Money, Medicine and the Masses

 

Blanc, Albert D G

Reed

1949 2nd impression

xii 193p

8vo

Red cloth binding VG

22

A discussion of social medicine and social security in New Zealand

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

The Golden Jubilee Book of the Auckland University College 1883-1933

 

Blow, Eric Harold (ed)

University College Students' Association

1933

(2p) (frontis) 93p

4to

P-B Signatures of owner's classmates in 1933 FEP VG - Near Fine

40

With illustrations, the first 50 years of what was to become Auckland University, with biographies, printed by Bob Lowry - then a student - on the UCSA's press, a lovely book. scarce

8.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

The Jet Boat   The making of a New Zealand legend

 

Bloxham, Anne and Les

Reed

1983

xii 242p

4to

D-J (slight rubbing extremities, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards  Slight bumping base VG

35

With illustrations, a history of the development of the jet boat and its world-wide spread

6.500000

32.000000

75.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Links in the Chain field surveying in early New Zealand

 

Bogle, AH

The NZ Institute of Surveyors

1975

x 86p

4to

D-J (chips, light foxing inside) Cloth binding Marks covers VG

20

With maps and illustrations, the work of the author as a field surveyor in the North Island, opening the land for further development

5.000000

13.000000

27.000000

29.000000

31.000000

Keeping a Low Profile  an oral history of German immigration to New Zealand

 

Bohnisch-Brednich, Brigitte

Victoria University Press

2002

351

8vo

P-B VG

28

With illustrations, interviews with 102 immigrants from Germany over a 60 year period in the 20th century,  a study of being a German in New Zealand, and what makes a kiwi

6.000000

22.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

Starch Work by Experts  Chinese Laundries in Aotearoa New Zealand

 

Boileau, Joanna

Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust, DIA

2019

386

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

75

With illustrations, a study of the world of laundries undertaken by Chinese immigrants to New Zealand, its rise and fall, and importance in the fabric of New Zealand society

9.000000

42.000000

105.000000

100.000000

105.000000

Against the Wind  the story of the New Zealand Seamen's Union

 

Bollinger, Conrad

New Zealand Seamen's Union

1968

(3p) 260p

8vo

D-J (slight chips) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

22

With illustrations, the rise of this Union, its conflicts and advances

6.500000

25.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

More Water On 1878-2003

 

Booth, Graeme D (et al)

United Fire Brigades' Association

2003

112

4to

P-B Fine

25

With illustrations, including badges, the first 125 years of the United Fire Brigades' Association in New Zealand

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Child Poverty in New Zealand

 

Boston, Jonathan ; Chapple, Simon

Bridget Williams Books

2014

296

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

A study of the threat of child poverty in New Zealand, identifying real options for reducing this form of poverty

5.500000

15.000000

32.000000

35.000000

38.000000

Social Investment  a New Zealand policy experiment

 

Boston, Jonathan ; Gill, Derek (eds)

Bridget Williams Books, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies VUW

2017

448

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With figures, a collection of essays that attempt to develop a deeper understanding of social investment in a New Zealand context, in order to address serious social problems

6.000000

28.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

Blue Smoke  the lost dawn of New Zealand popular music 1918-1964

 

Bourke, Chris

Auckland University Press

2010

ix 381p (1p)

4to

Laminated boards VG - Near Fine

45

With illustrations, a magnificently detailed history of New Zealand popular and dance music before rock and roll took over

8.000000

42.000000

105.000000

100.000000

105.000000

Good-Bye Maoriland  the songs and sounds of New Zealand's Great War

 

Bourke, Chris

Auckland University Press

2017

ix (3p) 294p (2p)

4to

Decorated soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

38

Wih illustrations and reproductions, another magnificently detailed discussion of the shades of music in the lives of New Zealanders during WW1, from patriotism to regret

6.500000

31.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Kelburn, King Dick and the Kelly Gang

Richard Seddon and political patronage

Bourke, Kevin

Hit or Miss Publishing

2008

256

4to

P-B Fine

70

Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a study of the links between Seddon's Liberal government and some West Coast business friends in the construction of the Wellington cablecar, the suburb of Kelburn and the location of Victoria University

5.000000

19.000000

33.000000

37.000000

40.000000

Golden Service  a history of 50 years of Lions in New Zealand and the South Pacific

 

Boyle, Vince

Lions New Zealand

2004

390

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, from the formation of the first Lions Club in 1955 in Auckland, fifty years of the people and the events of Lions in New Zealand

6.000000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

A History of the Garden in New Zealand

 

Bradbury, Matthew (ed)

Viking, Penguin Books

1995

(frontis) (3p) 208p

Oblong 4to

P-B Fading spine  Crease front cover  VG

25

With illustrations, a history of a national pastime, from Maori horticulture to European husbandry, as well as the evolution of garden design, both public and private

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

44.000000

48.000000

Woolscours of New Zealand

tales of the early industry

Bremner, Julie

NZ Woolscourers Assn

1985

136

4to

D-J (slight chips, small piece missing base front, in archival wrapper) Plasticised boards  VG - Near Fine

50

With illustrations and tables, the history of the scouring of wool in New Zealand, scarce

5.000000

19.000000

36.000000

41.000000

44.000000

Acknowledge no Frontier  the creation and demise of New Zealand's provinces 1853-76

 

Brett, Andre

Otago University Press

2016

343

8vo

P-B Near Fine

45

With maps and illustrations, a study of the division of the pioneer New Zealand into self-governing sections, then the establishment from then on of a unitary government

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

37.000000

40.000000

White Wings  Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1840-1902

 

Brett, Henry ; Bradwell, Cyril R (ed)

Reed

1984

xi 225p

4to

D-J Near Fine

40

With illustrations, an edited edition of Breet's original 2 volumes, covering 113 of the first immigrant ships to New Zealand

6.500000

30.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Scandinavian Footprints  a story of Scandinavians settling in New Zealand

 

Brew, Margit

Author Pub

2007 Revised edition

319

8vo

P-B Slight fading spine Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a life of Swede Bror Erik Friberg and his wife in pioneering New Zealand, and the foundations of a Scandinavian populace

8.000000

28.000000

50.000000

55.000000

50.000000

Scandinavian Footprints  a story of Scandinavians settling in New Zealand

 

Brew, Margit

Author Pub

2007

319

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the settling of hard-working Scandinavians from Sweden, Norway and Denmark in the 19th century and what they achieved

8.500000

27.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Teenagers  the rise of a youth culture in New Zealand

 

Brickell, Chris

Auckland University Press

2017

(frontis) (2p) 382p

4to

Card covers Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a study of the social changes in New Zealand society that saw youth rising from the yolk of past conservatism, and the causes for the changes

6.000000

28.000000

65.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Boutique Wineries of New Zealand

 

Brimer, Richard ; McMillan, Michael

Random House

1993

vi (1p) 191p (1p)

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Fine

25

With Richard Brimer's photographs, an evocative North to South study of 1990s wineries, including the rising Central Otago pinot noirs

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

The Celluloid Circus  the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre 1925-1970

 

Brittenden, Wayne

Godwit, Random House

2008

304

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

40

With illustrations, a celebration of a book, studying the buildings, the staff, the audiences and the motion pictures which made up going to the movies in New Zealand

5.500000

22.000000

44.000000

46.000000

48.000000

The Celluloid Circus  the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre

 

Brittenden, Wayne

Godwit Random House

2008

304

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Near Fine

40

With illustrations, the days when New Zealand audiences flocked to the cinema, from the people who served them to the buildings that greeted them

7.500000

34.000000

85.000000

70.000000

75.000000

The Penguin Eyewitness History of New Zealand

 

Brockie, Bob (ed)

Penguin

2002

293

8vo

P-B Near Fine

34

Moments from NZ's past, detailed as eye-witness reports, starting with Tasman sighting the NZ coast, with drawings

5.000000

16.000000

31.000000

35.000000

35.000000

A history of New Zealand Women

 

Brookes, Barbara

Bridget Williams Books

2016

554

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

50

With illustrations, New Zealand's history from the female point of view, with biographies

6.500000

38.000000

80.000000

75.000000

80.000000

Women in History  Essays on European Women in New Zealand

 

Brookes, Barbara (et al, eds)

A&U, Port Nicolson Press

1986

xiii (1p) 202p

8vo

P-B Fading in patches VG

20

A collection of essays dealing with women's issues in New Zealand, from prostitution and the control of their lives to women's votes to modern feminism

6.500000

22.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Women in History  Vol 2 Essays on Women in New Zealand

 

Brookes, Barbara (et al, eds)

Bridget Williams Books

1992

vi 321p

8vo

P-B Pages browning  Slight signature HTP VG

20

A collection of essays dealing with women's issues in New Zealand, from domestic work to rural women to delinquency and wartime work

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

41.000000

Communities of Women  historical perspectives

 

Brookes, Barbara ; Page, Dorothy

University of Otago Press

2002

229

8vo

P-B Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of 11 essays dealing with the underlying idea of what does community mean to women, from mediaeval Europe to 20th Century Australasia

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Milestones  Turning Points in New Zealand History

 

Brooking, Tom

Mills Pubs

1988

207

4to

D-J (laminated)  Sight signature FEP  VG - Near Fine

65

Author signed, a nice copy of the first edition of this useful reference to important moments in the history of NZ, with illustrations, drawings and maps

5.000000

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

The Rise of New Zealand Labour  a history of the New Zealand Labour Party 1916-1940

 

Brown, Bruce

Price Milburn

1962

x (2p) 244p

8vo

D-J (fading, chips) Paper over boards Signature HTP  VG

20

With illustrations, the formative years of this New Zealand political party

6.000000

21.000000

48.000000

43.000000

48.000000

New Zealand in World Affairs  Vol 3 1972-1990

 

Brown, Bruce (ed)

VUP, NZ Institute of International Affairs

1999

336

8vo

P-B Fine

20

The third volume in a series discussing New Zealand and its place in the evolving world situation, a collection of essays covering from NZ's role in the world economy to its relationships with its immediate neighbours

5.000000

16.000000

31.000000

35.000000

35.000000

Vision & Reality  Christchurch's Cathedral in the Square

 

Brown, Colin

Christ Church Cathedral Chapter

2000

202

4to

P-B Near Fine

40

Signed by the author, with illustrations, the human and architectural history of this iconic Christchurch building, perhaps soon to be lost

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Shaping a Colonial Church

Bishop Harper and the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch 1856-1890

Brown, Colin (et al, eds)

Canterbury University Press

2006

315

8vo

P-B Fine

28

With illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with the job of setting up a branch of the Church of England in a brand new colony, and the models chosen

5.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

The Languages of the Pacific

 

Brown, J MacMillan

Bishop Museum Press

1920

29

4to

P-B Gd

45

An occasional paper of the Bishop Museum, a comparison of the world's major languages with Pacific forms

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

Heartland Strong  how rural New Zealand can change and thrive

 

Brown, Margaret (et al, eds)

Massey University Press

2019

239

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays on how rural New Zealanders can build in resilience in their communities and economies

6.000000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Searches for Tradition essays on New Zealand music, past and present

 

Brown, Michael ; Owens, Samantha (eds)

Victoria University Press

2017

294

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

With illustrations, studies of New Zealand music history, Lilburn and the search for tradition, and what makes New Zealand music New Zealand

6.000000

22.000000

44.000000

48.000000

52.000000

A Vision Unfolds  a history of Frederic Wallis Ecumenical Retreat House

 

Budge, Peggy

The Frederic Wallis House Trust Board

1990

vi 90p

8vo

P-B Slight fading covers Near Fine

20

With illustrations, named after the third Bishop of Wellington, a house of retreat for members of the church

6.000000

19.000000

48.000000

43.000000

48.000000

New Zealand's First War

or the rebellion of Hone Heke

Buick, TL

Capper Press

1976 (1926)

(frontis) (5p) 304p

8vo

D-J (slight chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards  FEP clipped at top VG - Near Fine

40

With maps, plans and illustrations, the reprint edition of this historical biography of a 19th century Maori leader and the first armed revolts against the British forces

8.000000

28.000000

65.000000

65.000000

65.000000

Archaeology in North Taranaki

a study of field monuments in the Pukearuhe-Mimi-Urenui Area

Buist, AG

New Zealand Archaeological Assn

1964

102

4to

P-B VG

25

With illustrations and charts, a study of archaeological sites in Northern Taranaki, both pa and kainga

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Pioneers  an album from the past

 

Bullock, Ian

The Lodestar Press

1981

48

Oblong 8vo

P-B Signature inside front cover VG

15

An illustrated short study of the first European pioneers and their settling in New Zealand

3.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

A Lot of Spadework to be Done  Essays in honour of Aileen Fox

 

Bulmer, Susan (et al, eds)

NZ Archaeological Assn

1983

329

4to

P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, a collection of pieces dealing with the archaeology of New Zealand and Chatham Islands

10.000000

32.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Historic Houses  a visitor's guide to 65 early New Zealand houses

 

Burgess, Linda

Random House

2008 Reprint edition (2007)

317

4to

Laminated soft card boards Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a useful guide for visitors to these New Zealand houses, from Northland to Otago, including New Zealand's 'Castle' in Dunedin, and the Treaty House in Waitangi

5.500000

19.000000

38.000000

40.000000

42.000000

True to Ireland  Eire's 'conscientious objectors' in New Zealand in World War II

 

Burke, Peter

The Cuba Press

2019

270

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With map and illustrations, the author's father, and those like him, who refused conscription in WW2 and what happened

8.000000

27.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

The Australia and New Zealand Nexus

 

Burnett, Alan & Robin

Australian, NZ Institute of International Affairs

1978

xiv 289p

8vo

P-B VG

35

A study of the complex working relationship which binds Australia and New Zealand, and thus a case-study of the network of these bilateral arrangements by the 1980s

5.000000

16.000000

31.000000

35.000000

35.000000

From Southern Europe to New Zealand  Greeks and Italians in New Zealand

 

Burnley, IH

Author Pub

1968

viii 165p

4to

P-B Ex-lib VG

25

With illustrations and tables, the origins of Greek and Italian immigrants to New Zealand and their adaptation to the new country

8.000000

32.000000

65.000000

65.000000

65.000000

Julius Haast in the Southern Alps

 

Burrows, Colin J

Canterbury University Press

2005

215

Oblong 8vo

Laminated boards Slight fading spine  Owner's details covered FEP VG - Near Fine

50

With maps and illustrations, Haast's journeys and studies in the Southern Alps, and the developments in glaciology

7.000000

33.000000

75.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Young New Zealand

 

Butchers, Arthur Gordon

Coulls Somerville Wilkie

1929

(frontis) xv (1p) 380p

8vo

Brown cloth binding  Bumped at spine, fore-corners  Signature FEP VG

85

A history of the early contact of Maori with the European immigrants, and of the establishment of a national system of education in NZ - an important introduction to NZ's education system

5.000000

16.000000

31.000000

35.000000

35.000000

More than Law and Order  Policing a changing society 1945-92

 

Butterworth, Susan

University of Otago Press

2005

348

4to

D-J  Paper over boards  Near Fine

40

With illustrations, volume 5 in the history of policing in New Zealand, the post-war period, covering the rapid changes in society and in the police force, a nice copy

6.000000

35.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Chips off the Auld Rock  Shetlanders in New Zealander

 

Butterworth, Susan and Graham

Shetland Society of Wellington

1997

viii 251p (5p notes)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

With map and illustrations, the emigration of Shetland Islanders to New Zealand since the 1870s and their contribution to their adopted country

8.500000

28.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

A Century in New Zealand  a history of the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance in New Zealand 1878-1978

 

Byrne, TB

Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Co NZ Ltd

1978

xv (1p) 193p

4to

Laminated boards  Fine

20

With illustrations, the development of this Assurance Company built on the amalgamation of Guardian Assurance, Royal Exchange, China Traders', Manchester Fire and New Zealand Plate Glass, to form a national company, with lists

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Settler's Plot  how stories take place in New Zealand

 

Calder, Alex

Auckland University Press

2011

xii 299p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

A study of the relationship between literature and place in New Zealand, from the writings of the early European settlers themselves to the novelists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

8.500000

24.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

Wool to Weta  transforming New Zealand's Culture and Economy

 

Callaghan, Paul

Auckland University Press

2009 Reprint edition (2009)

x 174p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

A discussion with New Zealanders involved in science and business about changing New Zealand's future to one built upon science, technology and intellectual property, rather than the primary industries

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Rae Budding or Slums in New Zealand

 

Campbell, David Paton

Craig Printing Co

1934

79p (1p)

8vo

Yapp card covers, chips  VG

45

A collection of addresses dealing with the problems of slum living in New Zealand during and after the Depression

3.000000

11.000000

22.000000

24.000000

26.000000

In Search of Ancient New Zealand

 

Campbell, Hamish ; Hutching, Gerard

Penguin, GNS Science

2007

239

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

35

With maps and illustrations, a study of the processes involved in bringing New Zealand to the shape it now has, including perhaps being totally submerged 23 million years ago

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

36.000000

39.000000

European Treasure  AH Reed's French and Italian autograph letters

 

Cappozzo, Valerio

Reed Gallery

2015

97p (2p)

4to

P-B Crease back cover  VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the story of the Reed Gallery at the Dunedin Public Library, AH and AW Reed, and the collection of rare autographed letters

6.000000

22.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Changing Times  New Zealand since 1945

 

Carlyon, Jenny ; Morrow, Diana

Auckland University Press

2013

vii 520p

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a history of the transformation of New Zealand life after WW2, from conformity to diversity, socially and politically

8.500000

29.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

Policing in the Mountain Shadow

A history of the Taranaki Police

Carr, Margaret

Author, New Zealand Police Pub

1989

(frontis) x 163p

4to

D-J (chips extremities, in archival wrapper)  Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

30

With map and illustrations, a history of a police district that began as early as the 1840s, and developed through the New Zealand Wars period of Taranaki history, with lists and descriptions of the various stations

6.000000

27.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Boots and Bridles  50 Years of New Zealand Pony Club

 

Carson, Betty (comp)

New Zealand Pony Clubs Assn

1998

224

4to

P-B Short inscriptionHTP VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a record of the movement's first 50 years, with both memories from the members  and the minutes

5.000000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

A Family Affair  a brief survey of New Zealand Methodism's involvement in missions overseas 1822-1972

 

Carter, George G

Wesley Historical Society of NZ

1973

viii 245p (21p)

8vo

D-J Plasticised boards VG - Near Fine

20

With map and illustrations, missionary work by Methodists from New Zealand in the South Pacific Islands

6.000000

25.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

ERF in New Zealand

 

Carter, Graeme ; Lowe, David

GT Carter Transport Books

2005

72

Oblong 8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, seventy-plus years of ERF trucks in New Zealand

8.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

'Water on!' A century's history of the United Fire Brigades' Association of New Zealand  1878-1978

 

Cathcart, BC

UFBA

1978

116

4to

P-B Stapled spine  Near Fine

20

With illustrations, the first hundred years of the UFBA, its branches and its people

8.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Celebrating Women New Zealand Women and their Stories

 

Catley, Christine Cole (ed)

Cape Catley

1984

183

4to

P-B VG

30

Biographies and interviews with 50 NZ women, celebrating the diverse and special contributions women make to NZ society at all levels and in all fields, with illustrations

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Motorcycles in New Zealand

 

Chadwick, Tim

Grantham House

2006

80

4to

P-B Slight fading spine Near Fine

25

With many illustrations, the introduction and development of the motorcycle in New Zealand, from the daily ride to sports action

6.500000

22.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Pictures from the Past Waikato

 

Challinor, Deborah

Whitcoulls

2002

93p (2p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

20

A collection of photographs from the first 50 years of the twentieth century of the Waikato

6.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

The New Zealand Portfolio

 

Chapman, Henry Samuel

Hocken Library

1969  (1843)

viii 136p (2p)

8vo

D-J Cloth binding Near Fine

25

Hocken Facsimile #9, a series of papers originally published for the 'information' of colonists, and those who would sponsor them

4.000000

11.000000

22.000000

24.000000

26.000000

Glory Days  from gumboots to platforms

 

Chapman, Ian (Dr Glam)

HarperCollins

2009

319p (1p)

8vo

P-B VG

25

Signed and inscribed by the author, the experience of the 1970s in  New Zealand via the rest of the world, both an historical and hysterical view, great fun

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

40.000000

Across a Hundred Years 1841-1941  Auckland Methodism

 

Chappell, Rev AB

Auckland Centenary Cttee

1941

63

8vo

P-B Trinity Methodist College stamp on cover, at beginning and end VG

25

With illustrations, the beginning and early progress of Methodism in New Zealand

5.000000

6.000000

17.000000

22.000000

19.000000

Across a Hundred Years 1841-1941

Methodism in Auckland

Chappell, Rev MA

Auckland Methodist Centenary Cttee

1941

63

8vo

Paper wraps  Rubber stamp covers, back EP  VG

25

With illustrations and lists, the first 100 years in the Methodist Church in Auckland

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Terrain  Travels through a deep Landscape

 

Chapple, Geoff

Random House

2015

269

8vo

P-B  Slight dents in front cover Top fore-edge yellowed VG

20

With maps and illustrations, a walk down New Zealand with geologists and artisans who work the rock, discovering the turbulent forces that created New Zealand

5.500000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

Without Fear or Favour  150 years of policing Auckland 1840-1990

 

Cherrett, Owen C

The New Zealand Police, L Patrick Hunter

1989

340

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

45

With many illustrations, policing in the Auckland district from the New Zealand Wars to the 1990s, including the development of services

5.000000

28.000000

60.000000

66.000000

71.000000

Candles and Canvas  A Danish Family in New Zealand

 

Christie, Poula Langkilde

New Women's Press

1987

(1p) (frontis) 169p (1p)

8vo

P-B Short inscription HTP VG

24

The author's family immigrated from a cultvated Denmark to NZ in 1907 and faced years of hard work to tame their area of the NZ bush, with illustrations

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

A Race Apart  Parliament and Race Separatism  The story

 

Christie, Walter

The Wyvern Press

1998

246

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

The sequel to the author's 'Treaty Issues', an alternative view of the meaning of the Waitangi Treaty and its importance in NZ history

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

New Zealand Lighthouses

 

Churchman, Geoffrey B

GP Books

1989

148

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a pictorial guide to the most significant NZ lighthouses, with a short history of the Service

6.500000

21.000000

35.000000

30.000000

35.000000

Holiday Seasons  Christmas, New Year and Easter in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand

 

Clarke, Alison

Auckland University Press

2007

viii 189p

Oblong 8vo

P-B Fine

25

With many illustrations, a study of the seasonal celebrations and the making of New Zealand culture

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Born to a Changing World

childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand

Clarke, Alison

Bridget Williams Books

2012

312

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the widely different experiences of New Zealand women giving birth in the 19th century, from rich to poor, and from European to Maori

5.000000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Born to a Changing World  childbirth in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand

 

Clarke, Alison

Bridget Williams Books

2012

314

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a detailed study of motherhood in colonial New Zealand, the differences between class, both in Maori and Pakeha, and the real threats on the lives of mothers

6.000000

25.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

Holiday Seasons  Christmas, New Year and Easter in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand

 

Clarke, Alison

Auckland University Press

2007

viii 189p

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, how the European pioneers celebrated a day off in early New Zealand

6.500000

25.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

St Luke's Lutheran Church Centennial 1882-1982

 

Clausen, Stuart (comp, ed)

St Luke's Centennial Cttee

1982

56

Oblong 8vo

P-B Fading spine  VG

25

Signed, inscribed by editor, the history of this Lutheran church in Palmerston North, with illustrations

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Temperance and Prohibition in New Zealand

 

Cocker, Rev J ; Murray, J Malton (eds)

Epworth Press

1930

(frontis) 276p

Small 8vo

Blue cloth binding, gilt titles spine  Blind titles, decoration front  Gd - VG

40

An historical as well as sociological study of the development of the prohibition movement in NZ, with illustrations

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

The Authentic and Genuine History of the Signing of The Treaty of Waitangi

 

Colenso, William

The Capper Press

1971 Reprint edition (1890)

42p (1p map)

8vo

D-J VG - Near Fine

35

With map, the author's on-the-spot recollections of the Treaty signing, February 5 and 6, 1840

3.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Our Motoring Heritage

 

Coleridge, TTN

Author Pub

1973

x 164

Large 8vo

D-J Near Fine

45

Author signed; NZ's past on the road

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

An Identity for New Zealand?

 

Collinge, John

Thesaurus Press

2010

(1p) 259p

4to

P-B Near Fine

30

With many illustrations, seeing New Zealand European settlement through the various eyes of the settlers, and drawing conclusions on the creation of New Zealand identity

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

39.000000

43.000000

Broadcasting Grave and Gay

 

Collins, Ken G

The Caxton Press

1967

196

8vo

D-J (rubbing, chips on extremities, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Gd - VG

30

With illustrations, forty years in New Zealand broadcasting, from radio 'uncle' to radio manager

5.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Standing in the Sunshine

a history of New Zealand women since they won the vote

Coney, Sandra

Viking, Penguin Books

1993

332

Folio

D-J (in archival plastic) Slight finger marks top FE  Slight cant to spine Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a Centennial history of New Zealand women, the experiences and their impact upon New Zealand history

12.000000

34.000000

57.000000

79.000000

83.000000

Every Girl  a social history of women and the YWCA in Auckland

 

Coney, Sandra

Auckland YWCA

1986

(4p) 292p

4to

P-B VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, both a social and historical study of the work, and important people, of the YWCA movement in Auckland 1885-1985

8.500000

28.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

I Do 125 years of Weddings in New Zealand

 

Coney, Sandra

Hodder Moa Beckett

1995

103p (1p)

Oblong 8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

20

An illustrated study of the social changes apparent over 125 years of marriage photographs

3.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

The Shock of '31  the Hawke's Bay Earthquake

 

Conly, Geoff

Reed

1980

(6p) 234p

4to

D-J Paper over boards VG

25

Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, a study of the 1931 earthquake fifty years after

6.500000

29.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Healing our History

the challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi

Consedine, Robert & Joanna

Penguin Books

2005 updated edition (2001)

329

8vo

P-B Fine

25

The authors update the issues current in the Treaty debate, including the foreshore and seabed debate, Maori access to political power and the growth of the Maori economy

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Lake of Coal

the disappearance of a mining township

Cook, David

Craig Potton Publishing, Ramp Press

2006

216

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Slight fading covers Near Fine

45

A superbly illustrated New Zealand social history, the growth and disappearance of Rotowaru, Waikato, and what happens to a community when it loses the ground beneath its feet

6.500000

30.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

Fit to Fight  Compulsory Military Training and National Service in New Zealand 1949-72

 

Cooke, PDF

David Ling Publishing

2013

631

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

60

With illustrations, the history of the post-war military training of arond 100,000 ordinary New Zealanders, initially with CMT, then National Service

6.000000

36.000000

79.000000

88.000000

95.000000

Shell in New Zealand

 

Cooke, Peter

Shell Heritage Society

2004

(2p) 267p

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

40

With maps and illustrations, a history of the role of Shell in developing New Zealand's resources as well as the people who worked for it

6.500000

34.000000

75.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Portrait of a Profession  the centennial book of the New Zealand Law Society

 

Cooke, Robin QC

Reed

1969

(frontis) 439p

4to

D-J (slight chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the personalities and events that make up New Zealand's law practice

5.000000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

The Lives of Colonial Objects

 

Cooper, Annabel (et al, eds)

Otago University Press

2015

368

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a fascinating collection of Maori and European objects held in New Zealand museums

5.000000

22.000000

47.000000

52.000000

56.000000

Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era

an illustrated history 1830-1900

Cottrell, William

Reed

2006

591

Folio

D-J  Paper over boards Very slight rubbing top board  VG - Near Fine

275

With many illustrations, a comprehensive study of imported and indigenous furniture in Settler New Zealand, a wonderful creation

18.000000

65.000000

160.000000

155.000000

160.000000

A Venture into Shipping 1912-1972 Geo. H Scales Ltd

 

Coveney, TC

Geo H Scales Ltd

1972

87p (4 leaves)

8vo

Cloth binding, yellow titles  Slight bumping top, bottom spine, fore-edges   VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a short history of this company which began by becoming intermediary between shipping companies and agriculturalists in New Zealand

6.500000

21.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Tales of the Maori Coast

 

Cowan, James

Capper Press

1976 (1930)

197p (1p)

8vo

D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards Slight inscription BEP VG - Near Fine

25

Nineteen stories dealing with 'moments' in New Zealand history, from Maori-Pakeha relationships to whaling along the coast

6.500000

22.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

Settlers and Pioneers

 

Cowan, James

DIA

1940

(frontis) xii (2p) 153p (1p)

8vo

D-J (faded, thin piece missing top, bottom spine)  Owner's inscription FEP Otherwise VG - Near Fine

35

Part of the NZ Centennial Surveys, the author takes a semi-personalised view of the European settlement and development of NZ

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

The New Zealand Wars and the pioneering period  2 vols

 

Cowan, James

Govt Print

1983 reprint edition (1922)

Vol 1 (frontis map) xxviii 466p Vol 2 (frontis) xx 633p

8vo

D-J (slight fading spine) Plasticised boards Near Fine

140

With maps and illustrations, still a useful study of the New Zealand wars and the frontier life growing around them, a nice set

6.500000

36.000000

75.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Public and Private Worlds

 Women in Contemporary New Zealand

Cox, Shelagh (ed)

A&U, Port Nicholson Press

1987

xii 235p

8vo

P-B Signature HTP, slight presentation TP VG

28

A collection of essays which discusses the various female experiences in terms of the artificial division between public and private worlds in NZ society

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Antipodean Empire  the New Zealand and Australian Land Company in New Zealand

 

Crawford, Noel

Henry Elworthy Publishers

2018

424

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

45

With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of one of New Zealand's largest land companies which established the frozen meat trade from New Zealand

5.500000

25.000000

53.000000

58.000000

63.000000

Genealogical Resources in the Hutt Valley

 

Crawford, Peggy (ed)

The Hutt Valley Group NZSG

1992

viii 114p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

22

With illustrations, a still-useful genealogical guide to New Zealand and world sources, albeit pre-internet

3.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

A History of the Frozen Meat Trade

 

Critchell, JT ; Raymond, J

Constable

1912

xviii 442p

8vo

Red cloth boards Light wear top, bottom spine  Spine faded  VG

25

Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, an early history of the Frozen Meat Trade, including the New Zealand Freezing Works

6.500000

30.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Totara Estate  Centenary of the Frozen Meat Industry

 

Cuff, Martine E
New Zealand Historic Places Trust

New Zealand Historic Places Trust

1982

(frontis) 80p

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

20

With illustrations, the Totara Estate north of Dunedin, its development and role in the first voyages of New Zealand frozen meat

6.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Home Free

Housetrucking in New Zealand

Cunningham, Fiona ; Hoult, Chris

Random House

1994

121p (2p)

4to

P-B Fine

30

With illustrations, an insight into New Zealanders who have taken to an alternative, travelling lifestyle, through interviews and enthusiasm, a cult classic now, a nice copy

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

From Rust to Restoration

a century of shaping a new world with tractors 1889-1989

Cutt, John A

Southern Tractor Cent Cttee

1989

73p (15p)

8vo

P-B Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine

22

With illustrations, an historical celebration of tractors in the south of New Zealand, including advertisements

3.000000

10.000000

20.000000

22.000000

24.000000

Girls & Women, Men & Boys  gender in Taradale 1886-1930

 

Daley, Caroline

Auckland University Press

1999

viii 216p

8vo

P-B Fine

20

With illustrations, a study of a Hawke's Bay town in its first 50-odd years, relecting on the differences in social experience occasioned by gender in a pioneering society

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Frontier of Dreams  the story of New Zealand

 

Dalley, Bronwyn ; McLean, Gavin (eds)

Hodder Moa

2005

(frontis) 416p

4to

Boxed Cloth binding, leather-look spine All edges silver Near Fine

45

With maps and illustrations, the limited edition (100/120) adaptation of the popular TV programme, the creation and development of New Zealand as a nation

12.000000

49.000000

110.000000

105.000000

110.000000

War and Politics in New Zealand 1855-1870

 

Dalton, BJ

Sydney University Press

1967

(frontis) xi 311p

8vo

D-J (price-clipped) Cloth binding, title block spine Slight tea stain base prelims VG - Near Fine

30

With maps and illustrations, the author examines the political and social history of this formative period in New Zealand, including the causes, conduct and effects of the New Zealand Wars

5.500000

17.000000

34.000000

36.000000

38.000000

Up From Under

 Women and Liberation in New Zealand 1970-1985

Dann, Christine

A&U, Port Nicholson Press

1985

vi 152p (1p)

8vo

P-B  Slight ink mark FE  VG

25

The coming of age of the women's liberation movement, and its effect on NZ's culture and society

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Transplanted Christianity

 

Davidson, Allan R ; Lineham, Peter J (eds)

The Dunmore Press

1989 2nd edition (1987)

361

8vo

P-B Owner's small label covered HTP Signature HTP  VG - Near Fine

25

A comprehensive collection of New Zealand church related documents, from the first missionary beginnings, giving a wide introduction to the history of Christianity in New Zealand

6.500000

26.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

The Cook Voyages Encounters

 

Davidson, Janet

Te Papa Press

2019

(errata slip) 279p (1p)

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

60

With illustrations, the Cook voyages collections at Te Papa Museum in Wellington, from art to impliments

6.500000

34.000000

75.000000

65.000000

75.000000

History of S. John's College

 

Davis, John King

Author Pub

1911

(frontis) 117p (1p)

8vo

Cloth binding Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a history of St John's, from its beginnings in Waimate North to Tamaki, Auckland, including a list of those ordained

5.000000

13.000000

27.000000

29.000000

31.000000

Lines in the Water  a history of greenshell mussel farming in New Zealand

 

Dawber, Carol

October Enterprises Ltd, River Press

2004

306p (12p)

4to

D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine

45

With maps and illustrations, the birth and development of the mussel industry in the Marlborough Sounds

9.000000

35.000000

80.000000

75.000000

80.000000

The New Zealand Woman

 

Dawson, Bee

Whitcoulls, New Zealand Magazines Ltd

2012

256

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

25

With many illustrations, the impact of 'The New Zealand Woman's Weekly' over the female population of New Zealand since 1932, over 80 years

8.000000

31.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Staying in Tune  Chamber Music New Zealand at 60

 

Dawson, Jane

Chamber Music New Zealand

2010

288

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a celebration of the work of this New Zealand music federation, at all levels in New Zealand society

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

Castlepoint

the story of life on an iconic New Zealand sheep and cattle station

Day, Lorain

HarperCollins

2011

250p (6p)

4to

Soft card covers with flaps  Near Fine

35

With map and illustrations, a history of this farm, first settled in 1847, and still stretching 12 kms on the Wairarapa coast

6.000000

27.000000

52.000000

56.000000

60.000000

Catholic Women's League of New Zealand  national history 1931-1990

 

De Courcy, Noeline

Catholic Women's League of New Zealand

1990

80

4to

P-B Slight signature TP  Near Fine

20

With illustrations, the first sixty years of this Catholic Women's movement in New Zealand, with many lists

6.500000

25.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Chariots for Fire  a pictorial history of the New Zealand fire engine

 

Denton, Brian

Reed

1995

200

4to

D-J Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

28

With illustrations, the New Zealand fire brigades and their equipment, from the horse-drawn Tilley pump of 1846, including industrial brigades, fire parties and appliance restoration

5.000000

22.000000

47.000000

52.000000

57.000000

The Prophet and the Policeman

the story of Rua Kenana and John Cullen

Derby, Mark

Craig Potton

2009

142

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the April 1916 raid on Maungapohatu, and the parallel lives of Rua Kenana and John Cullen

8.500000

23.000000

35.000000

35.000000

35.000000

The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary

The ultimate guide to New Zealand English

Deverson, Tony ; Kennedy, Graeme (eds)

Oxford University Press

2005

xix 1355p

4to

Boxed  Full leather  AEG  Near Fine

95

The first full Oxford designed for New Zealand users, with over 100,000 general English words and meanings, and a further 10,000 New Zealandisms, a great achievement. This special, limited edition weighs over 3kg

10.000000

49.000000

110.000000

100.000000

110.000000

The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary

The ultimate guide to New Zealand English

Deverson, Tony ; Kennedy, Graeme (eds)

Oxford University Press

2005

xix 1355p

4to

D-J Paper over boards  Fine

45

With thumb indices, the first full Oxford designed for New Zealand users, with over 100,000 general English words and meanings, and a further 10,000 New Zealandisms, building on Harry Orsman's Dictionary of New Zealand English, a great achievement

10.000000

49.000000

110.000000

100.000000

110.000000

Savaged to Suit  Maori and Cartooning in New Zealand

 

Diamond, Paul

New Zealand Cartoon Archive

2018

201

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Slight lifting of laminate on front cover Near Fine

38

With illustrations, a history of how Maori are presented in cartoons, especially political cartoons, from the 1930s to the 1990s, an important book

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

The New Zealand Diver's Guide

 

Doak, Wade (ed)

Reed

1993

ix 165p

4to

P-B Near Fine

20

With illustrations, an essentially practical guide to diving underwater, what you need and where you can go

7.500000

24.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

To All Parts of the Kingdom

Christian Brothers in New Zealand 1876-2001

Donaldson, Graeme

Author Pub

2001

32

8vo

P-B Near Fine

22

With illustrations, 125 years of the Christian Brothers in New Zealand, especially their schools, starting in Dunedin

3.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Open 7 Days

A celebration of the New Zealand General Store

Donovan, Don

Random Century

1991

82p (2p)

Oblong 8vo

Soft card covers with flaps  Near Fine

35

Author signed, with 37 watercolours, the author looks at a selection of mainly small town and country stores

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Religions of New Zealanders

 

Donovan, Peter (ed)

Dunmore Press

1990

272

8vo

P-B VG

40

With illustrations, a collection of essays which puts forward an across-the-board, A-Z introduction to the many faiths and spiritual paths in Aotearoa-New Zealand

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Religions of New Zealanders 2nd edition

 

Donovan, Peter (ed)

The Dunmore Press

1996 Up-dated edition

277

4to

P-B Fading spine VG

25

With illustrations, a collection of articles dealing with the now huge variety of faiths and spiritual paths in Aotearoa/New Zealand

5.500000

17.000000

35.000000

38.000000

41.000000

Ham Shacks, Brass Pounders & Rag Chewers  a history of Amateur Radio in New Zealand

 

Dougherty, Ian

New Zealand Assoc of Radio Transmitters, History Branch DIA

1997

298

4to

P-B Owner's stamp inside front cover VG - Near Fine

32

With illustrations, a history that covers both the development of radio equipment and of the radio transmittimng community

5.000000

17.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Addresses by CH Douglas 'The Key to Economic Freedom'

 

Douglas, CH

NZ Social Credit Association

1993

88

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

Seven addresses by this Social Credit lecturer

6.500000

20.000000

35.000000

35.000000

35.000000

Voices in the Air  radio broadcasting in New Zealand  a documentary

 

Downes, Peter ; Harcourt, Peter

Methuen, Radio New Zealand

1976

173p (3p index) (record in rear pocket)

4to

D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards, slight rubbing base  VG

20

With illustrations and recording, the historical personalities of New Zealand radio

8.000000

32.000000

65.000000

65.000000

65.000000

Captain Marion

 

Dumas, Alexandre ; Reed, FW (trans)

The Caxton Press

1949

53

8vo

D-J (browning spine, slight chips spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Signature FEP  VG

85

An edition of 400 copies, translating Dumas' narrative of the killing of Captain Marion du Fresne in 1772 by Northland Maori

3.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

New Zealand and the French

Two Centuries of Contact

Dunmore, John (ed)

Heritage Press

1997 2nd, updated edition  (1990)

213

4to

D-J Near Fine

58

The updated edition of this study of France's impact on New Zealand, from the earlest sightings down into the 20th century

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

39.000000

43.000000

The French and the Maori

 

Dunmore, John (ed)

The Heritage Press

1992

203

4to

D-J (fading spine)  Near Fine

40

With illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with French contacts with Maori before and after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed

5.000000

20.000000

37.000000

45.000000

49.000000

60 years ago  celebrating the anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and France

 

Dunmore, John (et al)

Alliance Francaise

2005

120

4to

P-B Near Fine

40

With illustrations, a collection of pieces covering the period 1945 - 2005, from early French visitors and visions of colonial ownership, through Allied war contacts, the role of diplomats in France and New Zealand, and Ginette Delmas in New Zealand

5.000000

17.000000

30.000000

34.000000

35.000000

Drivers of Urban Change

 

Early, Lisa (et al, eds)

Steele Roberts

2015

272

4to

P-B Signature HTP Near Fine

35

With maps and tables, a report exploring the pressing issues of compact vs dispersed urban development in New Zealand, using the five cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin as examples

5.500000

18.000000

36.000000

38.000000

40.000000

Missionary & Maori  Kerikeri 1819-1860

 

Easdale, Nola

Te Waihora Press

1991

162

8vo

P-B (light fading spine) VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations, an account of the Kerikeri Mission Station, its missionary settlers and the Maori who came and went, including pieces on Kemp House and the Stone store

8.000000

28.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

kairuri  The Measurer of Land

The life of the 19th century surveyor

Easdale, Nola

Highgate, Price Milburn, NZ Institute of Surveyors

1988

175

4to

D-J VG - Near Fine

70

New Zealand through the eyes of the early surveyors, using their writings and illustrations

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Te Whakapono  St Matthew the Apostle Church Tuparoa Bay  1857-1982 the story of a Maori Church

 

Eastcott, Andrew David and Tai

Taka Press

1982

(frontis) 134p

8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

40

With illustrations, the events, personalities and creation of the church as a building

6.500000

22.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Victoria's Daughters

NZ Women of the Thirties

Ebbett, Eve

Reed

1981

(1p) 165 (1p ads)

4to

D-J (in plastic)  Signature FEP VG - Near Fine

25

Filling a hole in the history of NZ, developing the role of women in NZ, with many photographs

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Sermons Preached at Auckland, New Zealand First & Second Series

 

Edger, Samuel

Yates & Alexander, E Wayte

1987

xvi 219p ; xi 228p

8vo

Cloth binding, gilt titles spine  Light wear top, bottom spine  VG

80

Sermons delivered in Auckland for 'serious' students, scarce as a set

8.000000

28.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Women in Wartime

NZ Women Tell Their Story

Edmond, Lauris (ed)

Govt Print

1986

viii 278

4to

P-B Signature FEP VG

25

Oral histories  from NZ women about their experiences during both of the World Wars, with illustrative photographs

6.500000

26.000000

50.000000

45.000000

50.000000

Put Him in the Longboat

 

Edwards, Doug

GP Books

1989

80

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

With illustrations and drawings, the naval and NZ career of Edward Main Chaffers, who sailed on the Beagle and became the first Harbour Master of Wellington under the aegis of the NZ Company

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Ready to Fly

The Story of New Zealand Rock Music

Eggleton, David

Craig Potton Pub

2003

199

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

45

With many illustrations, a pop overview of 50 years of popular, then rock, then other styles, New Zealand music

5.000000

20.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

New Zealand's China Experience

 

Elder, Chris (ed)

Victoria University Press

2012

256

8vo

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a collection of source pieces, from written to painted, which unravel 'the genesis, triumphs, and occasional moments of less than complete success' of the relationship, official and unofficial, between New Zealand and China

5.000000

19.000000

39.000000

43.000000

47.000000

The History of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1840-1940

 

Elder, JR

Presbyterian Bookroom

1940

xv 463p (1p)

8vo

Hard covers Silver label spine  Slight rubbing top, bottom spine VG

25

With maps and illustrations, a centennial history of Presbyterianism in New Zealand, and its leading figures

5.500000

23.000000

48.000000

53.000000

58.000000

The History of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1840-1940

 

Elder, JR

Presbyterian Bookroom

1940

(frontis) xv 463p (1p)

8vo

Full leather binding, light rubbing spine, fore-corners VG

55

Signed by the auther, the deluxe edition, a presentation copy, with etching by AH McLintock, with maps and illustrations, a centennial history of Presbyterianism in New Zealand, and its leading figures

6.500000

34.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

The Great Wrong War  New Zealand Society in WW1

 

Eldred-Grigg, Stevan

Random House

2010

488

8vo

Laminated boards  Near Fine
Laminated boards  Near Fine

35

With many illustrations, a study of the New Zealand that went into WW1 and what emerged from it, including the economic and social consequences

8.000000

23.000000

52.000000

55.000000

60.000000

The Dominion Post 150 years of news

 

Elenio, Paul

The Dominion Post, Fairfax Media

2014

248p (4p)

4to

Soft card covers Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the founding and development of this Wellington newspaper

5.000000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

Gold Rush Country of New Zealand

 

Ell, Gordon

The Bush Press

1987

80

8vo

P-B  VG - Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, a survey of the gold towns  and the people, mining methods and relics

3.000000

10.000000

20.000000

22.000000

24.000000

New Zealand Ghost Towns and Glimpses of the Past

 

Ell, Gordon

The Bush Press

1988

80

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, a guide to the deserted, or largely deserted 'ghost towns' of a former New Zealand, with travel directions for visitors

3.000000

11.000000

22.000000

24.000000

26.000000

Gold Rush  Tales and Traditions of the New Zealand Goldfields

 

Ell, Gordon

The Bush Press

1995

128

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, an interesting mix of pieces on the people and places during the New Zealand goldrush period

6.500000

22.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Explorers, Whalers & Tatooed Sailors

 

Ell, Gordon & Sarah

Random House

2008

300p (4p)

Small 8vo

D-J Laminated boards Owner's label covered HTP VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a reworking of the author's earlier 'Adventurous Times', tales of exploration of New Zealand, and experiences around its shores

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

A New Zealand Christmas

Three centuries of Kiwi Christmas celebrations

Ell, Sarah

Godwit, Random House

2008

208

4to

D-J (fading spine)  Laminated boards Owner's label covered HTP  VG - Near Fine

25

With many illustrations, a celebration of New Zealand Christmas celebrations from the 19th to the 21st centuries

9.000000

23.000000

51.000000

55.000000

60.000000

The Adventures of Pioneer Women in New Zealand

 

Ell, Sarah (comp)

The Bush Press

1992

208

4to

P-B Owner's stamp inside front cover VG

25

With illustrations, a selection of early European female settler writings and reminiscences coming to and living in New Zealand

6.000000

26.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Adventurous Times in old New Zealand

first-hand accounts of the lawless days

Ell, Sarah and Gordon  (comps)

The Bush Press

1994

184

4to

P-B VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a compilation of writings from the early days of European contact with New Zealand, from exploration to whaling to missionaries to contact with Maori

5.000000

18.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

The 9th Floor  conversations with five New Zealand Prime Ministers

 

Espiner, Guy ; Watkin, Tim

Bridget Williams Books, Radio New Zealand

2017

224

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, in-depth interviews on the leaderships of PMs Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark

6.000000

15.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Churchman Militant

 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of NZ and Lichfield

Evans, John H

Allen&Unwin - Reed

1964

298

8vo

D-J VG

45

Describes and evaluates Selwyn's work, his impact on the church and society of his time, accompanied by his wife

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Zealandia  Views from the Peak? Photographs by Peter Evans

 

Evans, Peter ; Lloyd, Bob

McNamara Gallery

2013

48

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With illustrations, a pictorial discussion, with essay, on the then current oil and natural gas industry in New Zealand

8.500000

20.000000

35.000000

35.000000

35.000000

The Ideal Society and its Enemies

the foundations of modern New Zealand society 1850-1900

Fairburn, Miles

Auckland University Press

1989

316

8vo

P-B Fading spine VG

25

With illustrations, a study of the settler society in New Zealand during its first 50-odd years, what were its characteristics and what kind of social organisation was created

6.500000

25.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Class, Gender and the Vote  historical perspectives from New Zealand

 

Fairburn, Miles ; Olssen, Erik (eds)

University of Otago Press

2005

288

8vo

P-B Fine

25

With tables and illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with a quantitative approach to studying New Zealand history, from social questions to ruling the state

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Living in Paradox  a history of Urban Design across kainga, towns and cities in New Zealand

 

Falconer, Garth

Blue Acres Press

2015

516

4to

Soft card covers Near Fine

60

With plans and illustrations, a history of New Zealand's past developments of town planning and a look forward to future options

5.500000

30.000000

68.000000

78.000000

82.000000

To Plough or to Preach  mission strategies in New Zealand during the 1820s

 

Falloon, Malcolm

The Latimer Trust

2010

72p (3p)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

The roles of the early 'missionary' leaders in New Zealand

6.500000

20.000000

35.000000

35.000000

35.000000

How We Remember  New Zealanders and the First World War

 

Ferrall, Charles ; Ricketts, Harry (eds)

Victoria University Press

2014

296

8vo

P-B Near Fine

28

With illustrations, a collection of writers reflect on the experiences, and truths, of the First World War and New Zealand

5.000000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

The Truth about New Zealand

 

Field, AN

Author Pub

1939

viii 189p (1p catalogue)

Small 8vo

P-B Past water adhesion on one page with some loss of text, and sign of silverfish damage Otherwise VG

20

The author's pre-War polemic about the dangers of New Zealandis capitalist system undergoing Socialist pressure

3.500000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

St Paul's Methodist Church 1865-1965

 

Fields, Ronald E

St Paul's Methodist Church

1965

12 leaves

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations and lists, the first 100 years of this Hokitika Methodist church

5.000000

6.000000

17.000000

22.000000

19.000000

Home and Away

Images of New Zealanders in World War II

Filer, David

David Bateman

1990

144

Oblong 8vo

D-J (slight fading top) VG - Near Fine

35

NZers at home and at war, from Europe to the Pacific, in over 230 photographs

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Seddon's State Houses

The Workers' Dwellings Act 1905 & the Heretaunga Settlement

Fill, Barbara

New Zealand Historic Places Trust

1984

40

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

20

With plans and illustrations, the history of the 'State' houses in Patrick St, Petone

3.000000

10.000000

20.000000

22.000000

24.000000

Sacred Soil  images and stories of the New Zealand Wars

 

Finlay, Neil

Random House

1998

160

4to

P-B Strip fading rear cover VG

25

With illustrations, the sites and happenings of the New Zealand Wars

8.000000

28.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Datus a chronology of New Zealand from the time of the moa

 

Finn, George

Author Pub, National Printing Co

1932 4th edition

(frontis) 237p

8vo

Cloth binding, short split in spine cloth base spine Covers faded VG

20

With illustrations, a record of New Zealand 'history', including lists of leaders, from Parliament to City Councils

4.500000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

The First Hundred Years  Dominican Friars in Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

 

Fitzgerald, Thomas P OP

Dominican Fathers SA Inc

1998

xv 192p

4to

P-B  VG - Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a history of the Dominicans in the South Pacific, including the teaching institutions

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

41.000000

New Zealand's Working Dogs

 

Fladeboe, Andrew

Potton & Burton

2015

140

Oblong 8vo

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the pick of New Zealand's working dogs, and their workplaces, from farms to customs offices

8.500000

28.000000

60.000000

60.000000

60.000000

No Place to Hide  Climate Change  a short introduction for New Zealanders

 

Flynn, Jim

Potton & Burton

2016

104p (2p)

8vo

P-B VG

20

With illustrations, where the climate is at, how it got there, and what can be done about it

7.500000

22.000000

40.000000

40.000000

40.000000

The Excavation of Site R11/1386 Maungamaungaroa, Howick

 

Foster, Russell

Dept of Conservation

1989

iii 23p

4to

P-B, stapled spine Owner's stamp front cover, TP  Near Fine

20

With map and plans, the description of a site above the Maungamaungaroa River, probably occupied by Ngai Tai before the 19th century

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

At the Front

A Story of Pluck and Heroism in the railway construction camps…

Foston, Herman

Arthur H Stockwell

1921

(frontis) vii (1p plate) 231p

Small 8vo

Red cloth binding, gilt titles front, spine  Spine faded  Slight wear top, bottom spine  Inside hinges beginning  Light browning FEs  Gd - VG

70

Now scarce, an NZ story about life on a construction gang on the Stratford-Taumarunui railway, with religious and temperance emphasis, illustrated

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

From Inkwells to E-mail  the story of Accounting in Hawke's Bay

 

Fowler, Michael B

Eastern Institute of Technology

2005

xii 148p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With illustrations, the development of accounting practices in Hawke's Bay, through earthquakes, World Wars and depressions

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Symbolising New Zealand

 

Fox, Alistair (ed)

Centre for Research on National Identity

2011

126

4to

P-B Near Fine

25

A collections of symposium papers from 2010 examining the perceptions of New Zealand as a nation through its symbols and national myths, and the purposes and effects of such symbolisation

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

35.000000

38.000000

Cinematic Adaptation and the Articulation of New Zealand Identity

 

Fox, Alistair ; Hine, Gabrielle (eds)

Centre for Research on National Identity, University of Otago

2011

88

4to

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays which attest to the importance of cinema in the construction and transmission of collective memory as a force inherent in social change, and the subsequent evolution of national identity

4.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

The Six Colonies of NZ

 

Fox, William

Hocken Facs #12

1971 (1851)

viii 168 (4p ads)

8vo

D-J Cloth binding Near Fine

25

A facsimile edition of this account of the setlement and development of the new country, New Zealand, up to 1851

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

A Long, Long Trail

 

Frances, Neil

Wairarapa Archive

2015 second printing

86

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With map and illustrations, a record of those New Zealand troops who marched the long road over the Rimutaka Hill 1915-18 before they went overseas, and the re-enactment, 100 years later

5.000000

13.000000

26.000000

28.000000

30.000000

The Enderby Settlement

 

Fraser, Conon

Otago University Press

2014

256

8vo

P-B Near Fine

40

With maps and illustrations, Britain's whaling venture on the Subantactic Auckland Islands 1849-52

8.000000

29.000000

70.000000

65.000000

70.000000

Castles of Gold

a history of New Zealand's West Coast Irish

Fraser, Lyndon

Otago University Press

2007

203p (2p catalogue)

8vo

P-B Near Fine

30

With maps and illustrations, the story of the Irish immigrants into the West Coast, especially for the goldfields, and their impact on the culture of the Coast society

8.500000

25.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Far from Home  the English in New Zealand

 

Fraser, Lyndon ; McCarthy, Angela (eds)

Otago University Press

2012

234

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with the English migrant experience in New Zealand

8.500000

25.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

Shifting Centres  women and migration in New Zealand history

 

Fraser, Lyndon ; Pickles, Katie

University of Otago Press

2002

213p (2p catalogue)

8vo

P-B Fine

20

With map, illustrations and tables, a collection of essays detailing the various experiences of women migrants into New Zealand since the beginnings of human settlement

5.000000

17.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

New Zealand Official Year-Book 1912

 

Fraser, M (ed)

Govt Print

1912

(frontis) xv 957p

8vo

Brown cloth binding, gilt titles  Owner's label FEP Fore-corners bumped VG - Near Fine

50

With tables and graphs, a nice copy

5.000000

20.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

The Story of Nansen House

 

Fraser, Very Rev Ian

Nansen Home

1985 reprint edition (1984)

65

8vo

P-B VG

20

With biographies, a history of Nansen Home, established in Lower Hutt in 1963 as a home for elderly refugees

5.000000

18.000000

35.000000

30.000000

35.000000

Living Space towards sustainable settlements in New Zealand

 

Freeman, Claire ; Thompson-Fawcett, Michelle (eds)

University of Otago Press

2003

240

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, a collection of essays exploring the concept of sustainability and its application to New Zealand settlements, rural and urban

5.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Anthropology in the South Seas

 

Freeman, JH ; Geddes, WR (eds)

Thomas Avery

1959

(frontis) 267p (1p)

4to

D-J (closed chip base spine, internal browning)  VG

48

With maps, figures and illustrations, a collection of essays presented to HD Skinner covering the prehistory and contemporary life of the Maori of New Zealand and other Pacific peoples

5.000000

20.000000

33.000000

37.000000

38.000000

Oversize South Island Trucking Volume 1

 

Freeman, Kevin

K F Specialty Books

2023

308p (3p)

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

38

With many illustrations, action shots of South Island heavy-haulage trucks, starting with Invercargill firms

8.500000

38.000000

78.000000

78.000000

78.000000

Out of the Silence

Methodist Women of Aotearoa 1822-1985

Fry, Ruth

Methodist Publishing

1987

242

8vo

P-B Presentation plate laid on inside front cover VG

25

A significant contribution to the study of NZ women's history and NZ social history, including a record of the overseas missions undertaken from NZ

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Community of the Sacred Name a centennial history

 

Fry, Ruth

The Community of the Sacred Name

1993

112

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With illustrations, a hundred years of life and service of this Anglican religious order in Christchurch

6.500000

24.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

Turning Stone into Jade  the history of the New Zealand Chinese Association

 

Fung, David

New Zealand Chinese Association

2014

311

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

50

With illustrations, a history of the NZCA, its branches and its achievements

7.500000

34.000000

85.000000

75.000000

75.000000

Prelude to Arbitration in 3 Movements  Ulster South Australia New Zealand 1890-1894

 

Gardner, W Jim

Author Pub

2009

174

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

The background and the history of the IC and A Act of 1894, with illustrations

6.000000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

The Climate of New Zealand

A geographical survey

Garnier, BJ

Edward Arnold

1958

191

4to

D-J (browning spine, small piece missing top spine, chips fore-corners, in protective plastic) Signature front paste-down, owner's small stamp base  VG

45

With maps, illustrations and figures, a study of the weather and climate of New Zealand, and the climatic regions, with a useful bibliography (till the date of publication)

5.000000

18.000000

36.000000

38.000000

40.000000

Dunedin City Transport Overseas Bulletin No 9 March 1944

 

Garrick, Oscar (ed)

DCT

1944

36

4to

Pink paper covers, staple spine  Rubbing spine, fading FEs  VG otherwise

40

With illustrations, a bulletin designed to be sent to members of the DCT who were serving overseas in various New Zealand Army battalions, with news, messages, and some history, now quite scarce in good condition

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

Without Prejudice  Women in the Law

 

Gatfield, Gill

Brooker's Ltd

1996

xxii 549p

8vo

P-B Short crease front fore-corner VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations and tables, tracing the evidence of sex discrimination and gender bias in the practice of the law in New Zealand, and the implications for the wider debate on equal opportunity in New Zealand

5.000000

18.000000

36.000000

38.000000

40.000000

Heartlands

New Zealand historians write about where history happened

Gentry, Kynan ; McLean, Gavin (eds)

Penguin Books

2006

266

8vo

P-B Fine

32

With illustrations, a team of New Zealand historians write about their favourite historical places and what happened there, from the working classes of Dunedin to the New Zealanders at Gallipoli

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Asians and the New Multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand

 

Ghosh, Gautam ; Leckie, Jacqueline (eds)

Otago University Press

2015

316

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

35

With tables and illustrations, a series of essays that discuss aspects of New Zealand's multi-culturalism and how this fits within a national state

5.000000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Leading Lights  lighthouses of New Zealand

 

Gibbons, Anna ; Sheehan, Grant

Hazard Press

1991

xx 124p

4to

P-B Near Fine

28

With map and illustrations, a study of thirty New Zealand lighthouses which all had keepers living in their frequently forbidding landscapes

8.000000

26.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Wired for Sound The Stebbing history of New Zealand music

 

Gillanders, Grant ; Welsh, Robyn

David Bateman

2018

347p (1p)

4to

D-J Laminated boards Near Fine

50

With illustrations, a history of modern New Zealand music, with Stebbing Studios and the Zodiac recording label

9.000000

44.000000

95.000000

90.000000

95.000000

Meet Me at Beggs  the story of Charles Begg & Co, music and appliance manufacturers and retailers 1861-1970

 

Gleeson, Clare

Ngaio Press

2012

240

4to

Laminated boards Near Fine

55

With illustrations, a history of a New Zealand firm, in its time synonymous with music publication and instrument production

6.500000

32.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Methodism in Auckland during the Maori Wars 1860-1864

 

Glen, Frank G

Wesley Historical Society

1957

36

8vo

P-B Slight foxing prelims One slight tear corner one page  VG

28

With map and illustrations, the 1957 Wesley Historical Society lecture, a discussion of the role the missionaries played in the first phases of the New Zealand Wars, in South Auckland and the Waikato

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

The History of the Jews in New Zealand

 

Goldman, Lazarus Morris

Reed

1958

272

4to

D-J (slight chips spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, gilt titles  VG - Near Fine

120

With illustrations, the history of the Jewish contribution to the social, commercial and cultural development of New Zealand, scarce

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

Fletchers  a centennial history of Fletcher Building

 

Goldsmith, Paul

David Ling Publishing

2009

352

8vo

D-J Paper over boards  Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a hundred years in the life of this construction company, from small beginnings in Dunedin to a multi-national company and the go-to for disaster building in Christchurch after its earthquakes

6.500000

34.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

The Maori King

or the story of our quarrel with the natives of New Zealand

Gorst, John Eldon

The Capper Press

1974 Facsimile edition (1864)

(frontis) x (1p) (folding map) 409p (2p catalogue)

8vo

D-J (closed short tear base spine, in protective wrapper) VG - Near Fine

30

With map, the writer builds a case against the New Zealand Colonial Government's 'native policy', the reasons behind the King Movement, and the Waikato 'campaign'

8.500000

29.000000

50.000000

50.000000

50.000000

Sealers & Whalers in New Zealand Waters

 

Grady, Don

Reed Methuen

1986

307p (1p)

4to

D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards  Near Fine

45

With many illustrations, a history of the sealing and whaling in southern waters, including much from ships' logs

6.500000

35.000000

80.000000

70.000000

75.000000

Frederick Weld

 

Graham, Jeanine

Auckland University Press, OUP

1983

(frontis) (5p) 225p

8vo

D-J (slight chip spine)  VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations and maps, the life of a pioneer NZ pastoralist who became Premier 1864-5, then Colonial Governor in Australian states and Straits Settlements

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

A Question of Faith  a history of the New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society

 

Grant, David

Philip Garside Publishing

2004

120

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a history of the CPS, established in 1936, its people, its beliefs, and what happened based on these beliefs, in peace and war

5.500000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

Jagged Seas  the New Zealand Seamen's Union 1879-2003

 

Grant, David

Canterbury University Press

2012

383

4to

P-B Near Fine

38

With illustrations, a history of a New Zealand union of workers which played an important role in the country's seafaring industry

6.500000

32.000000

65.000000

60.000000

65.000000

Shear History  50 Years of Golden Shears in New Zealand

 

Grant, Ian F (et al, eds)

Fraser Books

2010

xii 443p

4to

P-B Near Fine

35

With map, illustrations and lists, a detailed history of the New Zealand shearing competition, including the personalities, events, and records

6.000000

23.000000

50.000000

54.000000

58.000000

The Visitation  the earthquake of 1848 and the destruction of Wellington

 

Grapes, Rodney H

Victoria University Press

2011

191

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With maps and illustrations, the cluster of devastating earthquakes that struck the fledgling settlement of Wellington in 1848

5.000000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Greytown Glimpses 1857-1967

 

Greathead, Mervyn J (et al, eds)

Greytown Methodist Church Book Cttee

1967

(frontis) (1p) 66p (2 folding charts)

8vo

P-B VG

30

With illustrations, 110 years of Methodism in this Wairarapa area, with lists and short biographies

5.000000

13.000000

26.000000

28.000000

30.000000

British Capital, Antipodean Labour

Working the New Zealand Waterfront, 1915-1951

Green, Anna

University of Otago Press

2001

202

8vo

P-B  Near Fine

25

Based on oral histories, a study of the NZ waterfront and its politics, culminating in the nation-turning 1951 waterfront dispute

6.500000

21.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

A review of the prehistoric sequence in the Auckland province

 

Green, Roger C ; King & Shawcross (eds)

Auckland Archaeological Society, NZAA

1963

114 (errata slip tipped in)

4to

P-B with cloth strip spine  Signature TP Slight pen marks back cover, slight underlining one page  VG

30

With maps and tables, an important review of the archaeological evidence up till the 1960s of Maori occupation of New Zealand and Auckland specifically

5.000000

14.000000

23.000000

28.000000

28.000000

A review of the prehistoric sequence in the Auckland province

 

Green, Roger C ; Leach, BF (ed)

Auckland Archaeological Soc, NZAA

1970 2nd edition

xii 60p

8vo

P-B Pen underlining on some pages Gd

15

With maps and figures, archaeological evidence of the pre-history/pre-European occupation of the North of New Zealand

5.000000

5.000000

15.000000

9.000000

17.000000

The Threat of Nuclear War  a New Zealand perspective

 

Gregory, JC (ed)

The Royal Society of New Zealand

1985

83

4to

P-B Black tape spine  VG

20

A report describing the threats of nuclear war in 1985 with particular regard to New Zealand

8.000000

23.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

The Threat of Nuclear War  a New Zealand perspective

 

Gregory, JG (ed)

The Royal Society of New Zealand

1985

(2p) 83p

4to

P-B Black strip spine  VG - Near Fine

20

With tables, the effects on New Zealand if a nuclear war were to take place in the Northern Hemisphere

8.000000

24.000000

45.000000

45.000000

45.000000

Aotearoa and New Zealand

A historical geography

Grey, Alan

Canterbury University Press

1994

xix 476p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

35

A very useful way to look at the first hundred years of NZ as a nation, the development from a relative forest-clad wilderness to a highly pastoralised landscape, and the effects on NZers as a people

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

New Zealand, Her Commerce & Resources

 

Griffin, Gilderoy Wells

Govt Print

1884

178p (folding table, folding map)

8vo

Red cloth binding, black decorations, gilt titles Light fading spine Title written on spine  Owner's plate front paste-down  Slight bumping fore-corners  VG - Near Fine

48

A series of pieces written while the author was American Consul in New Zealand, including trade in minerals and farming goods, with up-to-date statistics from New Zealand government sources

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

41.000000

Book & Print in New Zealand  a guide to print culture in Aotearoa

 

Griffith, Penny (et al. eds)

Victoria University Press

1997

352

8vo

P-B Owner' s small stamp HTP VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a collection of essays which explores the impact of the book and other forms of print on New Zealand culture

5.000000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

Bishops, Boozers, Brethren & Burkas  a cartoon history of Religion in New Zealand

 

Grimshaw, Mike

New Zealand Cartoon Archive

2019

iv 135p

4to

Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine

28

With illustrations, a history of newspapers and journals portraying religions and politics in New Zealand

6.000000

19.000000

40.000000

38.000000

42.000000

Dear is the Life

 Adventures, Memoirs of Arthur and Daisy Grundy

Grundy, AW

Author Pub

1981

96

4to

P-B Near Fine

20

The Grundy family history in New Zealand, especially the lives given to Missions

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

A Sequel to one of England's Little Wars

 

Hadfield, Octavius

Hocken Library

1967

16

8vo

P-B Fine

15

Hocken Library Facsimile reprint, an open letter to the English people (after it had been refused by 'The Times') which underlines the first letter's claims about the illegal operations of the Governor in Taranaki

5.000000

12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Rotary in New Zealand 1921-1971

 

Hall-Jones, FG

New Zealand Rotary

1971

312

8vo

D-J Cloth binding VG - Near Fine

25

With illustrations and lists, the first fifty years of Rotary in New Zealand

5.500000

15.000000

30.000000

34.000000

38.000000

Down Every Street and Byway

 

Hamblyn, Mike

Otago Heritage Books

2001

48

8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With illustrations, a short history of Stone's New Zealand directories

5.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Vegetation Management on Archaeological Sites

 

Hamel, Gillian Eileen ; Jones, Kevin Lewis

New Zealand Historic Places Trust

1982

28

4to

P-B Light foxing cover VG

20

With illustrations, a manual for archaeologists, with selected site examples

5.000000

18.000000

35.000000

30.000000

35.000000

The New Zealand Liberals    The Years of Power, 1891-1912

 

Hamer, David

Auckland University Press

1988

418

8vo

D-J (in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Slight signature FEP  VG - Near Fine

40

Tracing the beginnings of party government in NZ and its dominant Prime Minister, their land and labour laws, pensions and other social reforms which gave it the reputation of NZ as a 'social laboratory'

8.000000

32.000000

65.000000

65.000000

65.000000

Out of the Common Way the European Church in the Colonial Era 1840-1913

 

Hames, EW

Wesley Historical Society of New Zealand

1972

(3p) 147p (5p Index)

8vo

D-J Plasticised boards VG

22

With illustrations, a history of the Wesleyan Church in New Zealand until WW2, beginning as the 'Maori Mission', detailing the developments in the various 'circuits'

5.500000

13.000000

27.000000

30.000000

33.000000

Coming of Age New Zealand Methodism 1913-1972

 

Hames, EW

Wesley Historical Society of New Zealand

1974

157p (6p Index)

8vo

D-J Cloth binding VG

22

With illustrations, the Wesleyan Church in New Zealand over the two World Wars, from the union with the Primitive Methodists

5.500000

13.000000

27.000000

30.000000

33.000000

A Venture in Faith  the history of St Paul's Collegiate School 1959-2008

 

Hamilton, Bruce

The St Paul's Collegiate School Old Collegians' Association

2008

437

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

45

With illustrations, lists, anecdotes and reminiscences, the first 50 years of this now-co-ed Hamilton school

6.000000

36.000000

75.000000

75.000000

80.000000

Bush Carpenters

Pioneer Homes in New Zealand  Images from the Alexander Turnbull Library

Hammond, Janny (selector)

John McIndoe

1979

80

4to

P-B Fading spine, FE  VG

30

Images of early rural New Zealand from the time of the arrival of the first European settlers to about 1900, with relevant selections from contemporary writings

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Life in a Young Colony

 

Hankin, Cherry (ed)

Whitcoulls

1981

287

8vo

D-J Near Fine

25

Selections from early NZ writing

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

A Centre of Attraction the story of Downstage Theatre

 

Harcourt, Peter

Downstage Theatre

1980

31p (2p)

4to

P-B VG

22

With illustrations, a history of this professional theatre in Wellington and a complete list of its productions up till 1980

6.500000

20.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

Fantasy & Folly

the lost world of New Zealand musicals 1880-1940

Harcourt, Peter ; Ashworth, Norma (ed)

Steele Roberts

2002

vi 170p

8vo

Soft card covers with flaps  Fine

38

A study of early New Zealand musical theatre, with illustrations and portraits, including costume designs

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

One Hundred Years

A history of Wellington Girls' College

Harding, Olga E

Wellington Girls' College Cent Cttee

1982

xv 192p

8vo

D-J (small piece missing fore-corner)  VG

22

With illustrations and lists, the story of this Wellington institution, its pupils and its administrators

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

New Zealand in the Mid-Victorian Era

an album of contemporary engravings

Hargreaves, RP ; Hearn, TJ

John McIndoe

1977

46 leaves

4to

D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

25

With historical engravings from overseas and local newspapers, a graphic depiction of a developing settler New Zealand

6.500000

26.000000

55.000000

50.000000

55.000000

Colonial New Zealand

Engravings of the Victorian Period

Hargreaves, RP ; Hearn, TJ

Reed

1998 (1980)

95

4to

P-B Fine

22

Engravings of pre and early settlement of NZ, from a multitude of publications

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Reading the Riot Act  a 200 year history of Justices of the Peace in New Zealand

 

Harkness, Philip

Media Features Ltd

2015

160

4to

D-J Paper over boards Near Fine

30

With illustrations, a history of the JP office and its JPs in New Zealand, no longer required to read the Riot Act to unruly mobs

5.500000

16.000000

32.000000

34.000000

36.000000

Cleansing the Colony  transporting convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land

 

Harman, Kristyn

Otago University Press

2017

247

8vo

P-B Near Fine

28

With illustrations, a study of those 110 people who were transported from New Zealand in the 19th century, reflecting on a philosophy of 'cleansing' by the governing class

5.500000

15.000000

30.000000

32.000000

34.000000

Peace is more than the absence of War

 

Harrex, Wendy (et al, eds)

New Women's Press

1986

115

4to

P-B Fading spine Fore-corners curling  VG

20

With photographs by Gil Hanly, a collection of pieces by women, including politicians and peace activists, to document the happenings in New Zealand in the UN International Year of Peace, including past blockading of US submarines

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

37.000000

40.000000

Horsedrawn Vehicles of New Zealand

 

Hawke, Vera ; Scott, Amy

Dunmore Press

1980

180

Oblong 4to

D-J (in archival wrapper) VG - Near Fine

35

Includes many of the carts and buggies that were used by the various levels of society during early European settlement

5.000000

20.000000

37.000000

45.000000

49.000000

Applico 25 years

 

Hawkes, Colleen

Trends Publishing Int'l

2011

80

4to

Laminated boards Near Fine

25

With many illustrations, the jubilee of a New Zealand appliance seller, from 'The Hood Centre' to 'Kitchen Things' to 'Applico', and the family driving it

5.000000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

Swimming Upstream  how salmon farming developed in New Zealand

 

Haworth, Jennifer

Wily Publications

2010

303p (1p)

4to

P-B Near Fine

30

With many illustrations, the trials and tribulations of this innovative industry in New Zealand waters

5.000000

20.000000

41.000000

45.000000

49.000000

Local Government and the Treaty of Waitangi

 

Hayward, Janine (ed)

OUP

2003

xvi 200p

8vo

P-B Fine

48

Ten essays dealing with the role of local government in New Zealand in the workings of the Treaty of Waitangi

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

North Meets South

popular music in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Hayward, Philip (et al)

Perfect Beat Publications

1994

(1p) ii 125p

8vo

P-B VG

25

With illustrations, a study of popular music in New Zealand since the 1960s, its industrial and cultural contexts, including contemporary Maori music

5.000000

14.000000

26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

Narrative of a Residence in Various Parts of New Zealand

 

Heaphy, Charles

The Capper Press

1972

viii 142p (6p catalogue)

8vo

D-J Paper over Boards VG

25

The author's stay in New Zealand covered the foundation of the New Zealand Company's first settlements and he here discusses their prospects

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Cracks in a Glass Ceiling  New Zealand Women 1975-2004

 

Herd, Joyce

New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women (Otago Branch)

2005

ix 118p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, a study of where New Zealand women stood in 2004, 29 years after the first International Women's Year, in family, work, health, education, and the results of the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s

4.000000

14.000000

28.000000

30.000000

32.000000

The New Zealand Frozen Meat Trade

 

Hereford, PSE

New Zealand Publishing Co

1932

(frontis) 102p

8vo

D-J (chips, small piece missing front fore-corner, in protective wrapper)  Cloth binding VG - Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a history of the first fifty years of freezing meat for export, and the delivery from the 'Dunedin' to Britain in 1882

5.500000

22.000000

40.000000

35.000000

40.000000

New Zealand's Favourite Brands  an insight into some of New Zealand's most iconic brands Vol 1

 

Higgins, Monica (ed)

Neil C Tanner, David A Higgins

2004

115

Folio

D-J Black cloth binding, silver titles, design  Fine

75

With illustrations, an A-Z of the bigger New Zealand companies and their brands, from the All Blacks to Wrightsons, covering most areas of NZ life, from business to food to travel to furniture and personal equipment

5.000000

22.000000

41.000000

47.000000

49.000000

Upper Clutha Valley  an archaeological study

 

Higham, CFW (et al)

University of Otago, Dept of Anthropology

1976

199p (70p plates)

4to

P-B Black book tape spine  VG

50

With maps, plates and illustrations, an archaeological survey of the area around Cromwell in Central Otago

8.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

In the Line of Duty  100 years of the New Zealand Police

 

Hill, Murray

Endeavour Press

1986

88

4to

P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine

20

With illustrations, the development of the NZ Police force

3.000000

11.000000

22.000000

24.000000

26.000000

Policing the Colonial Frontier Volume One Part 1, 2

The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand 1767-1867

Hill, Richard S

Historical Publications Branch, DIA

1986

Part 1 xxi 409p Part 2 xiii (1p) p 413- 1141p (1p)

8vo

D-J (light rubbing, chips, in archival wrapper) Blue cloth binding VG - Near Fine

100

With maps and illustrations, a very detailed history of the early police in New Zealand and the uses to which they were put by governmental action. These are heavy volumes.

8.000000

45.000000

100.000000

95.000000

105.000000

State Authority, Indigenous Autonomy  Crown-Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa 1900-1950

 

Hill, Richard S

Victoria University Press

2004

317

8vo

P-B Fine

30

A discussion of the relations between the New Zealand Crown and Maori groupings over the first 50 years of the 20th century, of Maori attempts to have the Treaty clauses enacted and Crown concerns to contain them

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

The Colonial Frontier Tamed    New Zealand Policing in Transition 1867-1886

 

Hill, Richard S

Historical Branch, DIA

1989

xiii (1p) 386p

4to

D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine

45

With maps and illustrations, the history of policing in New Zealand Volume Two, covering the New Zealand Wars and the aftermath

6.500000

30.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

The History of New Zealand Policing Vols 1-4

Vol 1 (2 parts) Policing the Colonial Frontier Vol 2 The Colonial Frontier Tamed Vol 3 The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove Vol 4 A Policeman's Paradise?

Hill, Richard S ; Dunstall, Graeme

Reed, Dunmore Press

1986-1999

xxi 409p, xiii p413-1142 ; xiv 386p ; xii 532p ; xii 528p

8vo

D-J (volume 1 lightly rubbed)  Paper over boards  VG - Near Fine

300

With illustrations, covering the New Zealand pioneering settlement period through to the end of WW2, landmark works on the history of New Zealand policing

20.000000

48.000000

116.000000

127.000000

145.000000

Classic Cars  Power & Passion

 

Hobbs, William

Classic Cars Ltd

2005 2nd edition (2004)

129

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, classic cars from the World of Wearable Art And Collectable Cars Museum in Nelson

8.500000

28.000000

55.000000

55.000000

55.000000

Indigenous Identity and Resistance   Researching the diversity of knowledge

 

Hokowhitu, Brendan (et al, eds)

Otago University Press

2010

255

8vo

P-B Fine

38

With maps and illustrations, a collection of essays from indigenous scholars that reflect upon what makes indigenous studies

5.000000

18.000000

32.000000

36.000000

37.000000

The Shaping of New Zealand

 

Holcroft, Monte H

Paul Hamlyn

1974

159

4to

D-J (slight repair) VG

28

Heavily illustrated with contemporary images, detailing the roots of NZ society

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Hard Men

 

Holden, Philip

HarperCollins

2002

136

Oblong 8vo

P-B Inscription inside front cover VG

22

With illustrations, fifteen stories of New Zealanders who live and work in demanding places, from policeman to hunter to farmer to search and rescue

6.500000

24.000000

45.000000

40.000000

45.000000

The Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike

 

Holland, E (et al)

Hocken Library Reprint

1975

202

8vo

Paper over boards  Near Fine

25

Includes hist New Zealand Federation of Labour, Reefton Lockout, other Industrial events 1912

5.000000

17.000000

29.000000

33.000000

34.000000

Home in the Howling Wilderness

settlers and the environment in Southern New Zealand

Holland, Peter

Auckland University Press

2013

viii 254p

8vo

P-B Near Fine

42

With maps, tables and illustrations, a study of the environmental transformation of the South Island South by the European settlers

6.500000

29.000000

60.000000

55.000000

60.000000

On Zealand's Hills  where tigers steal along

Vignettes and memoirs from the exploration of New Zealand

Holm, Janet

Steele Roberts

2008

184

4to

D-J (fading spine) Near Fine

48

With maps and illustrations, early European settlers and explorers and 'personalities' in 19th century New Zealand, a nice creation

8.000000

20.000000

37.000000

43.000000

47.000000

A City Possessed  The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

 

Hood, Lynley

Longacre Press

2001

672

8vo

D-J Paper over boards  Near Fine

28

A detailed investigation of a New Zealand criminal case in which a male worker was convicted, repeatedly, of child abuse, and how such a case could happen, why, and its importance for the future

8.500000

35.000000

80.000000

80.000000

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Back in the Shed

 

Hopkins, Jim ; Riley, Julie

HarperCollins

2002

152

Oblong 8vo

P-B Near Fine

20

With many illustrations, a further uncovering of what many New Zealand men and women do in their outside sheds

3.000000

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26.000000

29.000000

29.000000

The First New Zealanders

 

Houghton, Philip

H&S

1980

156

8vo

P-B Slight rubbing top spine VG

25

With illustrations and figures, the author uses the archaeological evidence to describe the early life of New Zealand's earliest inhabitants

5.000000

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The First New Zealanders

 

Houghton, Philip

H&S

1980

156

8vo

D-J (slight rubbing) Paper over boards, slight rubbing base Signature front paste-down  VG

45

With illustrations and figures, the author uses the archaeological evidence to describe the early life of New Zealand's earliest inhabitants

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

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34.000000

The Quest for Origins

who first discovered and settled New Zealand and the Pacific Islands?

Howe, Kerry

Penguin

2008 Revised edition (2003)

239

8vo

P-B Owner's plate covered inside front cover VG - Near Fine

22

With maps and illustrations, a useful synthesis of the writings about the initial discovery and settlement of the Pacific, and a discussion of the 'new learning', the revised edition

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Zero Tolerance

 

Huata, Donna Awatere

ACT NZ

1998

128

8vo

P-B Fine

20

A political Programme for educational excellence, by the ACT education spokesman

5.000000

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22.000000

Bridges of New Zealand

 

Hudson, Patrick

IPL Books

1993

64

4to

P-B Slight fading spine  Near Fine

22

An illustrated history of a collection of New Zealand bridges from North to South

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12.000000

19.000000

23.000000

22.000000

Discharged in New Zealand

 

Hughes, Hugh & Lyn

New Zealand Society of Genealogists

1988

128

4to

P-B Ex-lib, stamps, including on the covers VG

35

P-B Ex-lib, stamps, including on the covers VG

5.500000

13.000000

26.000000

28.000000

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First to Care  125 years of the Order of St John in New Zealand 1885-2010

 

Hunt, Graeme

Libro Iternational

2009

341

4to

Soft card covers with flaps VG - Near Fine

22

With illustrations, a history of this Order in New Zealand, and its arm, St John's Ambulance (Hato Hone)

8.500000

34.000000

75.000000

75.000000

75.000000

Vantastic  a pictorial history of caravans in New Zealand

 

Hunter, Chris

HarperCollins

2005

143p (1p)

Oblong 8vo

P-B VG - Near Fine

45

An illustrated celebration of generations of New Zealanders going on holiday in their caravan

8.000000

29.000000

60.000000

55.000000

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Music and the Stage in New Zealand

the record of a century of entertainment 1840-1943

Hurst, Maurice

Charles Begg & Co

1944

112p (2p)

8vo

Paper over boards Small piece missing top spine Owner's small stamp FEP VG

20

Paper over boards Small piece missing top spine Owner's small stamp FEP VG

5.000000

12.000000

24.000000

26.000000

28.000000

Over the Wide and Trackless Sea

the pioneer women and girls of New Zealand

Hutching, Megan

HarperCollins

2008

304

8vo

P-B Near Fine

25

With illustrations, the stories of representative European immigrant women, pioneering lives of challenge and struggle, from the 'high' to the 'low'

5.000000

16.000000

30.000000

34.000000

34.000000

Leading the Way  how New Zealand women won the vote

 

Hutching, Megan

HarperCollins

2010

320

8vo

P-B Dent in middle of top  VG

25

With illustrations, a narrative, with biographies, of the bitter path to the women's vote in New Zealand

5.000000

15.000000

32.000000

35.000000

39.000000

The Swinging Sixties  when New Zealand changed forever

 

Hutchins, Graham

HarperCollins

2008

256

8vo

P-B Fine

40

With many illustrations, a journey through the 1960s in New Zealand, politically, socially, economically, showing how the country changed its face

5.000000

20.000000

37.000000

42.000000

45.000000

The Ilott Story

 

Ilott, Jack

Mallinson Rendel

1993

(frontis) 64p

8vo

D-J (fading spine) Near Fine

35

With illustrations, a well-made New Zealand family history

5.000000

13.000000

21.000000

25.000000

25.000000

Dragons on the Long White Cloud