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Image for Akaroa and Banks Peninsula 1840-1940 Story of French Colonising Venture and Early Whaling Activities; The First Settlement of Canterbury

Akaroa and Banks Peninsula 1840-1940 Story of French Colonising Venture and Early Whaling Activities; The First Settlement of Canterbury

By: N/A

Price: NZ$435.00

Publisher: Akaroa, Akaroa Mail Co.: (1940)

Seller ID: 6274

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Spine faded. Tiny 1/8" surface chip to leather at head of spine. Light rubbing to boards.; [iv], 396 pages + frontis + plates. Presentation binding of full blue calf. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. Presentation inscription to W. S. Wanchop, signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Akaroa Centennial Committee, dated 1940. Contents: Maori History; Captain George Hempleman; French Colonisation at Akaroa; Hoisting Union Jack at Akaroa; Land Claims and Crown Grants; Whaling - The First Important Industry; Arrival of the "Monarch"; Cultivating the ...
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Oliver and Boyd's Handy Atlas of the World

By: N/A

Price: NZ$130.50

Publisher: Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd: 1881

Seller ID: 6374

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Spine very worn. 1" chip to cloth in middle of spine. Joints split along entire length. Front free endpaper and half-title page missing. Maps in good condition, with occasional small foxing marks. Several maps have a 1" to 1 3/8" tear at the tail end of the centre fold.; [iv] pages + 32 double page maps. Red cloth boards with gilt title on front board. The maps are all mounted at the centre fold on guards. The printed area of the maps is 193 x 158mm.; 12mo 7" - 7" tall
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Image for A General Collection of Voyages: Undertaken either for Discovery, Conquest, Settlement, or The Opening of Trade, from the Commencement of the Portugese Discoveries, to the Present Time. Vol. I.

A General Collection of Voyages: Undertaken either for Discovery, Conquest, Settlement, or The Opening of Trade, from the Commencement of the Portugese Discoveries, to the Present Time. Vol. I.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$1,268.75

Publisher: London, W. Richardson; J. Bew; T. Hookham; J. and T. Egerton; C. Stalker: [1789]

Seller ID: 6343

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

Uncommon. v, [1], (7)-518 pages + iv pages of contents at rear + 4 of 5 maps (all folding, the fifth map, of the West Indies, was possibly never issued) + two views (of Madeira and of Teneriffe). Lacking the Map of the West Indies and the two portrait plates of Prince Henry and Albuqueque. Page dimensions: 260 x 205mm. Contemporary owner's signature of "John Polloc[k?]"on front pastedown. Preliminary leaves very worn and chipped at margins. All leaves up to page 10 detached. Spine missing. Front board attached with old cloth. Contemporary papered boards very worn. Heavy dust stains and...
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The Freemasons Magazine and Masonic Mirror. New Series. Volumes I-III. June 1859 to December 1860.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$797.50

Publisher: London, Published By Bro. Henry George Warren: 1859

Seller ID: 6353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Volumes I and II are in good condition. Volume III is in fair condition only, with quite heavy old black mould stains to the rear endpaper and the margins of the lower corners of the final 27 leaves. The text is still complete and readable. Volume III also has dampstains and brown tide-marks to the lower quarter of the last 20 leaves, and damp stains and chipping to the marbled paper on the rear board. Volume III has the wrong title page, it has another copy of the title page that was issued for Volume II instead of the proper title page for Volume III. Volume I has damage to the blank margin ...
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Image for Freemasonry in Europe during the past century. With a list of Continental Lodges. Extracted (by permission) from The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.

Freemasonry in Europe during the past century. With a list of Continental Lodges. Extracted (by permission) from The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$217.50

Publisher: London, Richard Spencer: 1846

Seller ID: 6358

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Corners of several leaves creased and a moderately dog-eared. Paper spine very worn with joints torn along most of their length. 1" missing at head of paper spine. Owner's signature of R B Willis [Robert Bruce] on title page.; An offprint from The Freemasons' Quarterly Review. Uncommon in this form. 34, [2 (advertisements)] pages. Blue printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 213 x 135mm. "The alterations herein made [to this reprint] are more of the nature of verbal corrections, and slight additions, that have become necessary since its first appearance" - from the preliminary address.;...
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Image for The Masonic Mirror; A Journal of Freemasonry, Devoted to the Proceedings at Masonic Lodges, the Welfare of the Order, the Interests of its Charities, Literature and News. Vol. I.

The Masonic Mirror; A Journal of Freemasonry, Devoted to the Proceedings at Masonic Lodges, the Welfare of the Order, the Interests of its Charities, Literature and News. Vol. I.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$398.75

Publisher: London, Br. Henry George Warren: 1855

Seller ID: 6364

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Some chipping to marbled paper along tail edges of boards. Some light foxing.; An uncommon periodical. Monthly issues from November 1854 to November 1855. vii, [1], 740 pages. Printed by Ford & Tilt. Half-calf and marbled boards. Gilt rule on spine. Page dimensions: 204 x 133mm. "We have observed that it has been long a subject of regret amongst the brethren of the square and compass, that they have no literary organ conducted on such a principle as to admit of its doing greater justice to masonic intelligence than it were reasonable to expected from weekly newspapers, whose mission is for...
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The Writer's Clerk; or, the Humours of the Scottish Metropolis.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$435.00

Publisher: London, Printed for G. B. Whittaker: 1825

Seller ID: 6380

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

1" chip to marbled paper on front board. Marbled paper worn away from edges of boards. Leather joints rubbed but strong. 1" tear to lower margin of title leaf in Volume I. Split to gutter following title leaf of Volume I. One leaf (pp.3-4 in Volume I), has had a 4" corner torn away and reattached with archival mending tissue, with no loss of text. The tear also has stains from an earlier old sellotape repair. The title page to Volume III has a 3/8" tear and some creasing to the inner margin.; A novel by an anonymous author. Three voumes in one. Contemporary half-calf and marble...
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The West Ealing Baptist Church History. 1864-1914. Jubilee Year 1914.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$94.25

Publisher: Ealing, Printed By John King, "gazette" Office: 1914

Seller ID: 6453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

4 illustrations missing. Spine faded. Some dampstains to spine cloth. Foxing to page edges. ; vii, [1], 120 pages + 4 only of 8 illustrations. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm. Contains some references to C. H. Spurgeon and to Thomas Spurgeon.; 12mo 7" - 7" tall
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Spalding's Boxing Guide: An Accurate Instructor of the Science of Self Defense. Rules of Boxing. Spalding's Athletic Library No. 6

By: N/A

Price: NZ$58.00

Publisher: London, British Sports Publishing Company: [1912]

Seller ID: 6463

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Corners of many leaves creased and dog-eared. Lacking original wrappers. Modern paper wrappers with facsimile of the title page as label on front wrapper.; No date [c. 1912 from dated advertisement]. 140 pages + [20] pages advertisements. Numerous illustrations. Page dimensions: 171 x 129mm.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall
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The Life of Madam de Maintenon. [First part].

By: N/A

Price: NZ$116.00

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Robinson: 1753

Seller ID: 6466

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Leather deteriorating. Several 1/2" splits to leather along rear joint. Hinges broken. Some chipping to leather spine label. 1/4" chips to leather at corners of boards. 2/3" chips to blank margins of a couple of leaves.; Part One only. x, 263 pages. Contemporary full calf binding. Red leather spine label. Gilt borders to boards. Page edges speckled. Page dimensions: 173 x 100mm. Owner's inscription: "Miss Baker the gift of Mrs Higginbottom".; 16mo 6" - 7" tall
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The Little Wooden Whistle Wouldn't Whistle: A Favourite Fox-Trot for Dancing

By: N/A

Price: NZ$31.90

Publisher: Sydney, J. Albert & Son: (1923)

Seller ID: 6536

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Spine tape. Covers rubbed and worn with small tears.; Sheet Music. No date (copyright 1923). (6) pages, including covers. Small illustration of actress Nell Fleming on front cover. Dimensions: 12 1/2" by 9 1/2".; Folio 13" - 23" tall
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The New Zealand Craftsman. No. 1. Dunedin, November 1, 1889.

By: N/A

Price: NZ$217.50

Publisher: Dunedin, T. G. De Renzy and Rev. W. Ronaldson: 1889

Seller ID: 6549

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Folded in half. There is a 11/4" tear and smaller tears at ends of the folds. Some creasing. No signatures.; Masonic newspaper. 8 pages. Dimensions: 15" x 10". "The New Zealand Craftsman" was published after the earlier "N.Z. Masonic Journal" ceased to be published. "From the few anti-progressionists who believe Masonic journals are unnecessary we expect nothing"; "The price of the Craftsman will be 7s. 6d. per annum [. . .] A copy has been sent to each of the subscribers of the defunct journal".; Folio 13" - 23" tall
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Young Poets Dunedin

By: N/A

Price: NZ$43.50

Publisher: Dunedin, Caveman Press: (1972)

Seller ID: 6571

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

No signatures. Some rubbing and foxing to wrappers.; [11] pages. Printed green wrappers. Page dimensions: 214 x 146mm. Some very good poems by Dunedin writers aged between 11 and 18, the winners of a poetry competition held by The Dunedin Public Library Association and Radio Otago. Hand-printed at the Caveman Press. An edition of 200 copies. "Cover illustration by a pupil at St. Dominics College."; 8vo
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PMT. Issue No. 2

By: N/A

Price: NZ$36.25

Publisher: Dunedin, P. M. T.: [1986]

Seller ID: 6573

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

No signatures.; Uncommon. No date. [24] pages including covers. Punk Anti-Fanzine. With comic art. Includes local review of Sonic Youth's third album "EVOL" (1986). Other contents include an apocalyptic view of the year 1999, advertisements for Tape Swaps, an interview with Dutch punk band B. G. K. "balthasar gerards kommando".; 8vo
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A Hatful of Dreams: Original Verse by Children of the Portobello School

By: N/A

Price: NZ$36.25

Publisher: [Dunedin], Craftsman Printers:

Seller ID: 6575

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Moderate rubbing and some staining to wrappers.; No date [c. 1980?]. Foreword by Les Crammond, Inspector of Schools.; 8vo
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The Ghosts of Waipori: A High School Project on an Otago Goldmining Scene

By: N/A

Price: NZ$26.10

Publisher: Dunedin, Otago Daily Times: (1970)

Seller ID: 6624

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Some foxing and rubbing to margins of wrappers.; 16 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Some illustrations. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. A short history of the first four years of the Waipori Goldfield, written by four pupils of Kaikorai Valley High School, Dunedin. This was originally published as an article in the Otago Daily Times.; 8vo
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Essays in Honour of Agathe Thornton

By: N/A

Price: NZ$50.75

Publisher: [Dunedin], University of Otago Press: 1985

Seller ID: 6630

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some rubbing and light soiling to wrappers. No signatures.; [3], iv, [1], 146 pages + portrait frontispiece. Agathe Thornton was a Classics scholar at the University of Otago.; 8vo
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Image for The Catechism Set forth in the Book of Common-Prayer, Briefly explained by Short Notes, grounded upon Holy Scripture. To which is now added, an Essay of Questions and Answers, framed out of the same Notes, for the exercise of Youth

The Catechism Set forth in the Book of Common-Prayer, Briefly explained by Short Notes, grounded upon Holy Scripture. To which is now added, an Essay of Questions and Answers, framed out of the same Notes, for the exercise of Youth

By: N/A

Price: NZ$398.75

Publisher: Oxford, Printed At the Theater: 1704

Seller ID: 6711

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

1/2" missing to leather at tail of spine. 2" splits to leather at lower ends of joints. Boards rubbed and marked. 1/2" loss of leather at edges of corners of boards. Endpapers missing, including pastedown endpapers. Some foxing. A 2" tear in pp. 2-3. A 1/2" chip in the final leaf with loss of a few letters of text, and a corresponding 1/4" chip in the preceding leaf. Creasing to corners of some leaves. ; "Twelfth Edition". No author. [xvi], 94,[10] pages. Contemporary full calf binding. Page dimensions: 161 x 100mm. "Imprimatur, Joh. Nicholas Vice-Can. OXON...
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Marvels of Creation: Earth and Sea

By: N/A

Price: NZ$50.75

Publisher: London, T. Nelson and Sons: 1867

Seller ID: 6754

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Owner's signature dated 1872. Pencil notes on rear endpaper. Binding loose, with spine mull exposted between some gatherings. Moderate foxing and some staining to leaves. Gutter broken at rear endpaper.; 128 pages. Green blind-stamped cloth boards. Page dimensions: 149 x 96mm. A book aimed at educating younger readers. Illustrations include Fingal's Cave; Earthquake at Lisbon; View in the Great Sahara; Glacier of Lower Grindelwald; Surf at Madras; Falls of Niagara.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall
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One Hundred And One Views Channel Islands

By: N/A

Price: NZ$116.00

Publisher: London, Rock Bros:

Seller ID: 6808

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Owner's signature on front pastedown. Boards damaged with heavy knocks and creases at corners up to 4". Internally good. ; Unpaginated [36 pages]. Green papered boards with gilt lettering. No date (Owner's inscription dated 1906). Cover title: "101 Views Of Jersey And The Channel Islands."; 4to 11" - 13" tall; [1906]
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