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The Great Harbour of Tara - Traditional Maori Place-names and Sites of Wellington Harbour and Environs

By: Adkin, G. Leslie

Price: NZ$67.50

Publisher: Christchurch, Whitcombs and Tombs: 1959

Seller ID: 20989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

1/8" missing to cloth at tail of spine. Fading to dust-jacket. A 2/3" chip at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, [ix-xii], 145 pages + plates + maps. Orange cloth boards with brown lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. Most of this book consists of an alphabetical listing of Maori place-names, with a short paragraph explaining the meaning and some historical details of that site. The illustrations include Worser Bay; Pencarrow Head (Te Rae-akiaki); Island Bay, showing Tapu-te-ranga islet; Karaka Bay, Miramar; a reproduction of ...
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Aesop's Fables

By: Aesop; translated by V. S. Vernon Jones; illustrated by Arthur Rackham; with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton

Price: NZ$82.50

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: (1949)

Seller ID: 21703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Poor dust jacket

Some foxing. Dust-jacket is in two pieces, most of dust-jacket spine missing. Dust-jacket very tatty, with extensive yellowing adhesive tape on reverse side. ; 1949 reprint. 224 pages + 13 colour plates (including frontispiece). Blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine and small silver illustration on front board. Numerous b&w illustrations. Page dimensions: 203 x 148mm.
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Owl of Darkness - A "Jeffery Blackburn" Adventure

By: Afford, Max

Price: NZ$37.50

Publisher: Sydney, Collins: (1949)

Seller ID: 20432

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Foxing.; 192 pages. Page dimensions: 180 x 108mm. Crime fiction, a novel. Printed in Sydney, Australia by New Century Press. "In giving evidence later, Andy Maxton swore it was the hoot of an owl that woke him." - the opening sentence.
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The Phoney Alliance - How Britain Shaped Its Policy towards the USSR in 1941

By: Akino, Yutaka; translated by Mark Ealey

Price: NZ$112.50

Publisher: Christchurch, New Zealand, Printed by Saxon Print: (2004)

Seller ID: 20506

ISBN: 0908668643

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Spine rubbed with two small 3/8" chips. Some rubbing to edges of wrappers. ; 250, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Black imitation leather boards with silver lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 210 x 146mm. Text in English, translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey. "This book is the English translation of 'Itsuwari no Dõmei' (Phoney Alliance), the published form of Yutkla Akino's Phd thesis submitted to the Law Faculty of Hokkaido University in 1983. It is a study of diplomatic history, mainly covering British policy towards the Soviet Union during the period between the ope...
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The Phoney Alliance - How Britain Shaped Its Policy towards the USSR in 1941

By: Akino, Yutaka; translated by Mark Ealey

Price: NZ$150.00

Publisher: Christchurch, New Zealand, Printed by Saxon Print: (2004)

Seller ID: 21643

ISBN: 0908668643

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 250, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Black imitation leather boards with silver lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 210 x 146mm. Text in English, translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey. "This book is the English translation of 'Itsuwari no Dõmei' (Phoney Alliance), the published form of Yutkla Akino's Phd thesis submitted to the Law Faculty of Hokkaido University in 1983. It is a study of diplomatic history, mainly covering British policy towards the Soviet Union during the period between the opening of hostilitie...
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Undersea Hunting for Inexperienced Englishmen

By: Aldridge, James

Price: NZ$67.50

Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin: (1955)

Seller ID: 17499

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Fair dust jacket

Previous owner's signature. Some rubbing to edges of boards and small knock to corner of rear board. Large piece missing from rear panel of dustjacket (with much loss to the advertisement.) Moderate rubbing to dustjacket, and small adhesive tape repair. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 124 pages + frontispiece + plates. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 137mm. Hunting fish underwater with snorkel and harpoon gun. "Far from dealing with those enormous fish which are already becoming rare, this book book is more interested in the plenti...
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Glenorchy 1804-1964

By: Alexander, Alison

Price: NZ$75.00

Publisher: Glenorchy, Glenorchy City Council: 1986

Seller ID: 20645

ISBN: 18625245447

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Dust-jacket has some chips to margins, with adhesive tape repairs. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; x, 382 pages. Maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 239 x 172mm. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Sketches and maps by Mollie Tomlin. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Australian regional history. "From 1804 onwards Glenorchy developed as a farming area, with its inhabitants ranging from convicts to Australia's first millionaire. By 1900 Glenorchy was the largest fruit-growing area in Tasmania." - from dust-jacket blu...
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I Have Had a Wonderful Life

By: Alexander, Ernest

Price: NZ$97.50

Publisher: Waiuku, Printed by W. J. Deed Printing: (2009)

Seller ID: 20644

ISBN: 0473154722

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

3-205, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 294 x 208mm. Colour and black-and-white photographic illustrations. Autobiography of a New Zealander. Includes several chapters on service in the Pacific during World War Two. Folding map of Pacific Islands has marked sections of anti-submarine patorls, searches, and rescue work, in the region from New Guinea in the west, Nauru in the north, the New Hebrides in the south, and Tonga in the east.
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Tree Worship with Incidental Myths and Legends

By: Alldritt, Charles

Price: NZ$75.00

Publisher: Auckland, Printed for the Author by Strong and Ready: 1965

Seller ID: 17634

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Previous owner's signature. Fading to cloth at margins of boards. Dustjacket rubbed and faded, with some tears to margins and some loss at head of dustjacket spine. Adhesive tape stains to margins of dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; [xii], 122 pages + frontispiece + 3 plates. Green cloth boards with small illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 212 x 132mm. A fascinating look at the interactions of humans with trees in mythology, religion, and folklore. Illustrated with plates and in-text illustrations. An edition of 200 copies, privately printed. This copy sig...
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This is China Today: Poems by Rewi Alley

By: Alley, Rewi

Price: NZ$22.10

Publisher: [Christchurch], The Rewi Alley Aid Group: 1951

Seller ID: 4889

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Moderate rubbing and some some staining to wrappers. Moderate fading and browning to wrappers. Some rusting to staples. No signatures. Some foxing. ; Printed at the Caxton Press. 30 pages. Poetry. ; 8vo
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The Body On Page One

By: Ames, Delano

Price: NZ$150.00

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton: (1951)

Seller ID: 21449

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

No signatures. Some foxing and pencil line on top page edges. Dust-jacket has small 7mm tear at head of spine and 3mm chips at corners. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 254, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Red boards with black lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "I have always wanted to write one of those books with a body on the first page - preferably the body of Jack Nicholson." - the opening sentence.
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Tom Fincham: The Boy Who Sailed with Flinders and Bass

By: Amess, James

Price: NZ$27.00

Publisher: Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs: [1926]

Seller ID: 18143

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Covers with rubbing and foxing.; First printing. 103, [1] pages. Illustrated card wrappers. Page dimensions: 185 x 123mm. Children's historical narrative, for ages 11 to 13 years. [Bibliographical reference: McLaren 626a - "Printed in New Zealand for Australian publication."] ; Whitcombe's Story Books No. 626
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Tom Fincham: The Boy Who Sailed with Flinders and Bass

By: Amess, James

Price: NZ$24.00

Publisher: Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs: [1946]

Seller ID: 20499

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Chips and tears at ends of spine.; Reprint. Revised edition. No date [1946]. 103, [1] pages. Illustrated card wrappers. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm. Children's historical narrative, for ages 11 to 13 years. [Bibliographical reference: McLaren 626e] ; Whitcombe's Story Books No. 626
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The Green Man

By: Amis, Kingsley

Price: NZ$60.00

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: (1969)

Seller ID: 20457

ISBN: 0224617400

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

No signatures. Slight bowing to boards. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 253, [3 (blank)] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 186 x 125mm. Top page edges dyed blue. A novel. "Kingsley Amis's first foray into the supernatural is a triumph. His cunning construction of terror, heightened and relieved by the witty portrayal of the wearily dissipated Allington intolerably burdened by himself, is an outstandingly entertaining contribution to the literature of the macabre." - from dust-jacket blurb.
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Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

By: Andersen, Hans Christian

Price: NZ$67.50

Publisher: London, Collins Clear-Type Press: [c1906]

Seller ID: 18481

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Previous owner's inscription dated 1908. Moderate foxing, quite heavy on reverse of plates. One plate with 2" tear to blank inner margin. ; No date [c1906]. [vi], 7-206 pages + [2] pages advertisements + 4 colour plates (including frontispiece.) Red cloth baords with gilt panel on spine, illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm. Illustrated by "H. A." Twenty-three short stories, including: The Snow Queen; The Tinder-Box; The Old Street Lamp; The Little Match-Girl; The Bell; The Flax; The False Collar.
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When All the Moa Ovens Grew Cold - Nine Centuries of Changing Fortune for the Southern Maori

By: Anderson, Atholl

Price: NZ$45.00

Publisher: Dunedin, Otago Heritage Books: (1983)

Seller ID: 21598

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Some light foxing to covers. A nice copy of this title.; 52 pages. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. Page dimensions: 242 x 180mm. Anthropological study of the Maori of southern New Zealand (Otago and Southland).
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All About Swimming

By: Anderson, D. B.

Price: NZ$45.00

Publisher: [Dunedin], [Roslyn Woollen Mills]: [1936]

Seller ID: 20545

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Staples rusted. Some foxing. ; Third edition. 24 pages. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 184mm x 119mm. "with the compliments of the makers of Roslyn Bathing Costumes" - printed on front cover. Contents include: Balance; Relaxation; The Evolution Of The Crawl; The Elementary Crawl; American Double Trudgeon Six-Beat Crawl; The Back Crawl; The Japanese Crawl; The Breaststroke. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall sA478c]
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Death in the Thames

By: Anderson, J. R. L.

Price: NZ$42.00

Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz: 1974

Seller ID: 19362

ISBN: 0575018674

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair in Poor dust jacket

Ex-library. A rough reading copy only. Dust-jacket in plastic, taped down to endpapers and boards with adhesive tape stains. Front flap of dust-jacket has been cut away and pasted down on the half-title page. Library pocket and numerous "Date Due" rubber stamps. Library stamps, labels and markings. Edges of boards and ends of spine rubbed and worn. ; 208 pages. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 126mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "A topical mixture of industrial espionage and boating on the Thames. This third novel featuring Peter Blair takes us right on to...
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The Church Portrait Journal. [bound volume of 22 issues]

By: Anderson, John & Sidney Webb

Price: NZ$255.00

Publisher: London, William Poole: 1882-1883

Seller ID: 15615

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

A couple of leaves with chips to blank inner margin. Some rubbing to corners of boards. No signatures. ; Bound volume of the following issues (an incomplete run): New Series, Vol. III No. 2 (February 1882) through to Vol. III No. 5 (May 1882); Vol. III No. 7 (July 1882) through to Vol. IV No. 2 (February 1883); Vol. IV No. 4 (April 1883) through to Vol. IV No. 12 (December 1883). [iv], (9)-40, (45)-96, 16, (27)-96 pages. Attractive red half-calf binding with red cloth boards. Gilt rule and 4 raised bands on the spine. Page dimensions: 202 x 157mm. 41 mounted albumen photographs of churchmen, e...
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Ripe for the Plucking

By: Anderson, Oliver

Price: NZ$75.00

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: (1961)

Seller ID: 16636

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

No signatures. Some staining to rear endpaper. Hinges a little loose, with slight slant to spine. Quite heavy foxing to page edges and to dustjacket spine. Dustjacket is not price-clipped. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 204 pages. Black papered boards with yello lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 121mm. A novel.; 8vo
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