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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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T & T. Vol. 1, No. 1.

By: Andrews, John (ed.)

Price: NZ$75.00

Publisher: North Hollywood, T & T Publications: 1978

Seller ID: 16419

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

A couple of light creases to rear wrapper.; First issue, March/April 1978. Nude art photography magazine. 84 pages, including covers. Page dimensions: 11" x 8 1/2". Colour & b&w photographic illustrations. "We are an international publication for people who are discerning connoisseurs of the female form" - page 2.
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Go Forth to Serve: A Biography of W. E. Donnelly

By: Andrews, S. G.

Price: NZ$150.00

Publisher: Paraparaumu Beach, Auckland, Asian Pacific Consultants: 1991

Seller ID: 16829

ISBN: 0473012286

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

No signatures. Some foxing to dustjacket. Some small tears at head of dustjacket spine. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Signed by the author on the title page. 120 pages. Illustrated. School teacher, principal and Methodist lay preacher, New Zealand and Fiji.; 8vo; Signed by Author
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The New Zealand Dental Services

By: Anson, T. V.

Price: NZ$240.00

Publisher: Wellington, War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs: 1960

Seller ID: 16707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Abrasion to lower part of dustjacket spine.; xi, [1], 422, [1] pages + frontispiece + plates + 7 maps (5 folding, 2 in-text). Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 245 x 153mm. "Throughout the Second World War the New Zealand Forces enjoyed a standard of dental health that was second to none. To achieve this standard the New Zealand Dental Corps examined and treated every man and woman of those forces, not only in New Zealand but in every theatre of war." - from dustjacket blurb. ; [Series title: Official History of N...
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Gus Tomlins - Together with the original stories of 'Me and Gus'

By: Anthony, Frank S.; edited and introduced by Terry Sturm

Price: NZ$45.00

Publisher: Auckland, Auckland University Press: 1977

Seller ID: 20971

ISBN: 0196479630

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Small crease to corner of rear cover.; xxii, 231, [3 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 209 x 146mm. Cover title: "Gus Tomlins: Frank S. Anthony's Me and Gus stories". New Zealand fiction. "Frank S. Anthony's 'Me and Gus' stories are among the few really comic creations in New Zealand writing." - from blurb on rear cover.
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The Lighthouse Children's Mother

By: Aplin, Jeanette

Price: NZ$34.50

Publisher: Devonport, Cape Catley: 2007

Seller ID: 17058

ISBN: 0908561873

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

No signatures. ; 228 pages + b&w plates. Page dimensions: 210 x 148mm. Autobiography describing life on Dog Island in Foveaus Strait, New Zealand. "Here the author takes readers into a world now gone forever, the isolated life on a remote lighthouse this time in the far south, Dog Island in Foveaux Strait. Many things are much the same in families everywhere, but the extra challenges of lighthouse life will set parents thinking - how would we ourselves have coped?"
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife: An Autobiography

By: Aplin, Jeanette

Price: NZ$36.00

Publisher: Devonport, Cape Catley: 2001

Seller ID: 17460

ISBN: 0908561873

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Previous owner's signature. Some creasing to covers. Some fading to spine. ; 228 pages + colour plates. In-text b&w illustrations. Page dimensions: 211 x 149mm. Autobiography describing life on New Zealand's remote Stephens Island. "The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife is a classic New Zealand story of life on remote Stephens Island, famous for its wildlife and stronghold of the pre-historic tuatara. Above all, this is a human story of self-discovery and the lighthouse community, far away from the everyday world. Jeanette Aplin writes with unusual candour, revealing her struggles to live up to he...
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The Maori and the Church: A Survey of the Marist Maori Mission in the Archdiocese of Wellington

By: Arbuckle, G. [Gerald]

Price: NZ$135.00

Publisher: Wellington, [privately issued]: 1969

Seller ID: 17862

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine.; Uncommon. [8],v, [1 (blank)], C1-C10, 313, 36, [1 (blank)], [20], xi, [1 (blank)], xviii pages. Printed papered card boards with black cloth spine. Page dimensions: 326 x 205mm. "For Private Use Only" stated on title page. "This study was authorised by His Eminence Peter Cardinal McKeefry, D.D., Archbishop of Wellington, at the suggestion of the Marist Maori Mission Conference, May 1967". Includes 7 simple maps of Marist Maori Mission Areas. Content includes: "Signes of Cultural Deprivation and Frustration among Maoris"; &#...
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Written Treasures of Bhutan - Mirror of the Past and Bridge to the Future

By: Ardussi, John A. & Sonam Tobgay (editors)

Price: NZ$135.00

Publisher: Thimphu, Bhutan, The National Library of Bhutan: 2008

Seller ID: 19893

ISBN: 9993617083

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued

Bruising to head of spine with a 1" tear and some creasing. Otherwise very good.; 420 pages. Page dimensions: 240 x 155mm. Page dimensions: Text in English. "Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Rich Scriptural Heritage of Bhutan". Various contributors. Colour and black-and-white illustrations. Series: National Library of Bhutan, Vol. II.
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Sources for the History of Bhutan

By: Aris, Michael

Price: NZ$97.50

Publisher: Wien [Vienna], Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistiche Studien Universität Wien: 1986

Seller ID: 20667

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

[4], 203, [1 (blank)] pages + 1 loose sheet "Addenda and Corrigenda". Orange printed covers. Page dimensions: 240 x 169mm. "The four works presented here have till now, and particularly in recent years, enjoyed a rather chequered career. They originally formed the second volume of the doctoral thesis I submitted in 1978 to the University of London." - from the Preface. Introductory "Background to the Texts" in English (5 pages). 4 Tibetan texts in English transliteration, with English translation on facing pages. 4 page bibliography of Bhutanese sources, Modern Works, a...
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Aristotle's Metaphysics Books [Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon]

By: Aristotle; translated with notes by Christopher Kirwan

Price: NZ$40.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press: 1971

Seller ID: 14305

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

No signatures. Fading to dust wrapper spine and margins of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; vi, [2], 206, [1] pages. Maroon cloth boards. Page dimensions: 205 x 132mm. Text in English. "The translation is intended to be very close, as an aid to students of Aristotle's philosophy who are not equipped to check English versions against the Greek text." - from dust wrapper blurb. Greek Philosophy, Classics. ; Clarendon Aristotle Series; 8vo
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The Jurassic System in Great Britain

By: Arkell, W. J.

Price: NZ$600.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press: 1933

Seller ID: 20708

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Previous owner's signature. Some foxing. Slight fading to spine cloth. A nice copy of this title. ; xii, 681, [1] pages + frontispiece + 41 plates + 1 folding map (facing page 84) + 2 folding sections (facing pages 165 & 197). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and publisher's emblem on spine. Page dimensions: 246 x 160mm. An important and sought after classic work. Simon Winchester praises this title in the "Further Reading" section of his book "The Map that Changed the World" (2001) - "The greatest of all the works noted here — aside, of course, from Darwin — is t...
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Life Without Ladies

By: Armstrong, C. N. (Major) [Colin Norman]

Price: NZ$60.00

Publisher: Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs: [1947]

Seller ID: 20587

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Staining to boards. Quite heavy foxing. ; 264 pages + 9 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 206 x 135mm. Military history, World War II. The reminiscences of a New Zealand soldier (22nd New Zealand Infantry Battalion) who was captured as a Prisoner of War after the action at Sidi Azeiz in Libya in November 1941, including his escape. "It is undoubtedly one of the best escape and prisoner of war books of World War II". [Bibliographical Reference: Bagnall A620].
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Life Without Ladies

By: Armstrong, C. N. (Major) [Colin Norman]

Price: NZ$82.50

Publisher: Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs: [1947]

Seller ID: 20602

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Owner's inscription dated 1947 on front endpaper. Minor foxing.; 264 pages + 9 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 208 x 135mm. Military history, World War II. The reminiscences of a New Zealand soldier (22nd New Zealand Infantry Battalion) who was captured as a Prisoner of War after the action at Sidi Azeiz in Libya in November 1941, including his escape. "It is undoubtedly one of the best escape and prisoner of war books of World War II". [Bibliographical Reference: Bagnall A620].
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The History of the Melanesian Mission

By: Armstrong, E. S.

Price: NZ$105.00

Publisher: London, Isbister and Company: 1900

Seller ID: 21431

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Previous owner's signature dated 1905. A nice copy of this title.; xxviii, 372 pages + frontispiece + 7 plates + 1 folding map. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 141mm. Contents: 1841-48 The Melanesian Diocese; 1849-52 The Australian Board of Missions; 1853-56 John Coleridge Patteson; 1857-57 Winter School at Lifu; 1858-61 Consecration of John Coleridge Patteson; 1861-62 Establishment at Mota; 1863 Peril and Success; 1863-64 In the Australian Colonies; 1864 Deaths of Edwin Nobbs and Fisher Young; 1865-66 The Tree Forts; 1867 S. Barnabas, Norfolk Is...
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How to Chart Your Way to Success on the Share Market

By: Armstrong, Merril

Price: NZ$90.00

Publisher: Sydney, Rydge Publications: (1984)

Seller ID: 16822

ISBN: 0867981849

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

No signatures. ; 1984 revised edition (the first edition was in 1978). 240 pages. Page dimensions: 245 x 181mm. Illustrated with numerous figures.
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Bourrienne's Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: Amplified from the works of Las Cases, Rovigo, Constant, Gougaud, Rapp, and other celebrated French writers

By: Armstrong, W. C. (ed.)

Price: NZ$75.00

Publisher: Columbus, J. & H. Miller: 1858

Seller ID: 17522

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

Disbound. Cloth split along entire length of front joint, and most of rear joint. Loss of cloth at ends of spine. Hinges broken. Blank strip cropped from outer margin of frontispiece. Text block split in two in centre, with pages 285-312 detached and loose. A rough working or reading copy. Text complete. ; 560 pages + portrait frontispiece. Brown blind-stamped cloth boards. Gilt illustration on spine and gilt decoration to boards. Page dimensions: 231 x 146mm. Biography, military history.
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