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The Coach Painter's Handbook And Guide

By: A Coach Painter Of Thirty Years' Experience

Price: NZ$187.50

Publisher: London, Henry J. Drane: [1895]

Seller ID: 21132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Covers rubbed and dust stained. ; No date [1895]. vi, (7)-(132) + colour frontispiece + one plate ("A Bird's eye-view of Conrad Wm. Schmidt's (F.A. Glaeser's) Factory in 1895") + [5 (advertisements)] + [3 (blank)] pages. Limp orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front boad. Page dimensions: 183mm x 123mm. Contents: Introductory Remarks; Priming; Priming - Second Coat; Filling Up; Rubbing; First Coat of Paint; Stopping - Lead; Facing; Ground Colour; Varnishing - First Coat; Flatting; Varnishing - Second Coat; Varnishing - Third Coat; Carriage, Wheels, Shafts, Etc.; Jap...
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A Year in Spain. In Two Volumes.

By: A Young American [ Slidell-Mackenzie, Alexander]

Price: NZ$180.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1831

Seller ID: 17267

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Amateur binding is sturdy but quirky and definitely not to a professional standard. Later endpapers. Some foxing. Pencil doodle on verso of title page of Volume Two. ; First UK edition. Two volumes (complete). Volume One: ix, [1], 413 pages + [3] pages advertisements. Volume Two: vii, [1], 377 pages + [3] pages advertisements. Rebound by amateur binder in half-leather. Original cloth titles laid down on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 122mm. Some small in-text illustrations. ; 8vo
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Plume of the Arawas

By: Acheson, Frank O. V.

Price: NZ$33.00

Publisher: Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: 1930

Seller ID: 17152

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Small Christmas card pasted to front endpaper. Some foxing. Some fading to spine.; xii, 308 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 193 x127mm.; 8vo
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The Red Stain - A Story of Mystery and Crime

By: Achmed Abudlah

Price: NZ$45.00

Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co.: (1916)

Seller ID: 21739

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine faded. 7mm tear at head of spine. Some foxing. Previous owner's signature. ; First UK edition? (previously published in the USA in 1915). [8], 309, [3 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Blind-stamped title and panel on front board. Blind-stamped gate emblem on rear board. Crime fiction, a novel. "On Thursday, the ninth of December, at nine P.M., I was looking forward to a pleasant evening." - the opening sentence. Copyright page has "COPYRIGHT / - / Just Published in England 1916".
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Wrecked Lives; or, Men Who Have Failed. Second Series.

By: Adams, W. H. Davenport

Price: NZ$120.00

Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 1880

Seller ID: 17500

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

A couple of small puncture holes going through the front board and leaves up to page 20, and some smaller indented holes. Corner clipped from title leaf, without loss of text. Some pencil marginalia.; Uncommon. [iv], 344 pages + 4 pages advertisements. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board, black decoration to boards and spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 120mm. Chapters on Maximilien Robespierre; Robert Burns; Benjamin Robert Haydon; Heinrich Heine; Edgar Allan Poe; and Thaddeus Kosciusko. The chapter on Poe is very unflattering - "As it was, he did but little - ...
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A Goodly Heritage: Eketahuna and Districts 100 Years 1873-1973

By: Adcock, Irene

Price: NZ$97.50

Publisher: Ekatahuna, Eketahuna Borough and County Councils: (1973)

Seller ID: 16910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

No signatures. No tears to dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Reprint with corrections, in the same year as the first printing. xiv, 354 pages + plates + maps on endpapers. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 139mm. New Zealand regional history. "New Zealand had few settlements where the pioneers not only had to overcome the bush, the land and the elements but also adapt to a new language, culture and allegiance. That these early settlers from Scandinavia did so with determination, tenacity and spirit is a matter of pride to their desc...
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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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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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Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

By: Andersen, Hans; illustrated by Harry Clarke

Price: NZ$935.00

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Company: [1916]

Seller ID: 21794

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

A 45 x 20mm red stain to front margin of front board, slightly affecting front free endpaper. Boards rubbed. Some browning to spine. Four previous owner's names neatly spaced on front endpaper, 2 with dates - 1919 and 2005. Some splitting to gutters at endpapers. Captioned tissue guards present to the 15 colour plates in the main part of the text. Tissue guard torn at plate facing page 62. A few tissue guards with creasing. Plate facing page 102 has a 25 mm tear at lower corner. Plate facing page 260 has blank corner missing (chip is 40mm along longest dimension). Overall a good original unsop...
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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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