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Title
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Sub-title
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Author
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Publisher
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Published
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Pages
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Size
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Condition
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Price
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Comment
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NZ Post
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Aus & Pac Post
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Nth Am & Japan Post
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Europe Post
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Rest of World Post
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John and Charles Enys Castle Hill Runholders 1864-1891
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Abrahamson, Jenny
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Wily Publications
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2017
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239p (1p)
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Oblong 4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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50
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With illustrations and reproductions of Charles Enys' watercolours, a detailed history of this Canterbury farming area and its early pioneers
|
5.500000
|
21.000000
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42.000000
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44.000000
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46.000000
|
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An Anzac in the Family Private McAlpine of the 4th Reinforcements
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Abrahart, Sherryl
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Author Pub
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2018
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242
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With maps and illustrations, the biography of a New Zealand soldier who survived Gallipoli but died on the Western Front at 19
|
5.500000
|
17.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
38.000000
|
|
Arahura Pathway to the setting Sun
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Ackerley, Richard
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The Ackerley Family
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2000
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148
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
With maps and illustrations, the North-South, East-West traverse of New Zealand by the Ackerley Brothers in 1994-5, from the depths of Harwood's Hole to the summit of Aorangi/Mount Cook
|
6.000000
|
17.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
38.000000
|
|
Reminiscences of Evelyn Acland 1871-1964
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Acland, Susan (comp)
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Author Pub
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1969
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95p (folding chart)
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Browning spine VG - Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, a life of Lady Acland, her life in England and then in New Zealand
|
3.000000
|
11.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Judge Ward
|
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Adams, Geoff
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Author Pub
|
2011
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375
|
8vo
|
P-B Small thumb mark base Near Fine
|
40
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, a life of this early New Zealand judge, his wife and his mistress, and the mistresses' writing
|
6.500000
|
26.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
Watch the Down Wind
|
|
Adams, Jeanette
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Author Pub
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1997
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264
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight bumping spine Half-title page cut at corner VG
|
25
|
Signed by the author, the story of Invercargill-born Flight Lieutenant Rod Hoffman, in Bomber Command during WW2, and his English-born wife, Jeanette
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
|
Thomas Dagger Adams
|
|
Adams, Lucy S
|
Reed
|
1954
|
71p
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth binding Owner's details FEP VG
|
25
|
A memoir of a former Professor of Classics at the University of Otago in Dunedin, with illustrations
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Descendants of William and Matilda Webber
|
from England to New Zealand
|
Adlam, Kellie A (et al)
|
Webber Family Reunion Cttee
|
|
172
|
4to
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations and genealogical tables, the journey to New Zealand by the progenitors, then the New Zealand life of this Webber family
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Merchant Miner Mandarin the life and times of the remarkable Choie Sew Hoy
|
|
Agnew, Jenny Sew Hoy and Trevor
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2020
|
287
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
50
|
With illustrations, both the life of this businessman from 19th century China in New Zealand and his effect on New Zealand business, especially goldmining with the Chinese miners in Otago
|
6.000000
|
28.000000
|
65.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Renwick the story of a pioneer family
|
|
Airey, Elisabeth
|
Author Pub
|
1979
|
86
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
40
|
With illustrations, the story of this pioneering European family around Nelson
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Our Decent Soldiers one family's story
|
|
Allan, Flora ; Sheard, Christine
|
Christine Sheard
|
2005
|
151
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight fading spine Near Fine
|
35
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, the letters home from New Zealand soldiers during World War One
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
|
Stories for my Grandchildren
|
|
Allan, Grace
|
Author Pub
|
1982
|
(2p) 53p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
20
|
Family stories collected by the author so that they won't be lost to later generations, about the people, animals and happenings around the farm at Merton, north of Dunedin
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
26.000000
|
29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
The Years Intervening the story of the Allen family
|
|
Allen, Bill
|
Author Pub
|
2003
|
viii 84p
|
4to
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
With maps and illustrations, the story of the descendants of George and Mary Allen, leaving the UK in 1878 for Southern New Zealand
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
26.000000
|
29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
A Farm on the Wanganui River
|
|
Allen, Elizabeth
|
Wanganui Newspapers Ltd
|
1980
|
79
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With map and illustrations, the author's family farm in the upper Wanganui River, from the 1920s
|
3.000000
|
11.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Dear Tyrant an extraordinary colonial life
|
|
Allom, Barrie
|
Wairarapa Archive, Fraser Books
|
2014
|
viii 315p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, a biography of an early European surveyor, run-holder, mining manager, and the registrar of mines at Thames
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
|
Uncle John Watson Resident Magistrate
|
|
Amodeo, Colin
|
Caxton
|
2019
|
224
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
45
|
With illustrations, the life of this magistrate and coroner in the pioneer world of Akaroa and Banks Peninsula
|
6.000000
|
28.000000
|
60.000000
|
50.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Being There
|
|
Anderson, Hugh
|
Author Pub
|
2017
|
372
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations, the autobiography of this New Zealand motorcycle Grand Prix great
|
6.000000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Over the River
|
|
Anderson, Mona
|
Reed
|
1966
|
207
|
8vo
|
D-J (small piece missing top/bottom spine, fore-corners, in archival wrapper) Signature FEP VG - Near Fine
|
28
|
Signed by the author, the author's third book, more on Mount Algidus and high-country living, with illustrations
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
BJ the White Robe legacy the Brian Anderton story
|
|
Anderston, Brian ; O'Hearn, Wally
|
Wally O'Hearn
|
2013
|
151p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Small owner's label HTP Near Fine
|
30
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, the life of this Southern rider and trainer, and the White Robe stud
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
The Traporrel
|
|
Andrew, Howard R
|
Kiwizimba Books
|
2013 2nd edition (2011)
|
67
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, the story of a family harmonium and its interweaving with a South African family through the late 1890s and the Boer War, and further travels, including New Zealand
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Set in a Long Place a life from North to South
|
|
Andrew, Maurice
|
Hazard Press
|
1999
|
373
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
Inscribed by the author, the wandering life of a New Zealand Presbyterian Minister, in and out of New Zealand
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
No Fear of Rusting
|
a biography of the Rev Thomas Chapman
|
Andrews, Philip
|
Rotorua and District Historical Society Inc
|
2001
|
(2p) 352p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
|
With maps and illustrations, the life and work of Thomas Chapman, who came to New Zealand as a catechist for the Church Missionary Society in 1830 then spent 30 years in the field, from the Bay of Islands to Rotorua
|
6.000000
|
28.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
A Grant Family Saga pine trees transplanted
|
A story of early Otago
|
Anon
|
Author Pub
|
1965
|
105
|
4to
|
Plasticised boards Slight underlining, up-dating on one page Slight tea stains VG
|
70
|
With illustrations, a scarce Southern family history, early settlers in and around Dunedin and out into Otago
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
|
Memories of Mangere
|
|
Anon
|
Mangere Historical Society
|
2001
|
88
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine Near Fine
|
30
|
With map and illustrations, memories of this suburb of Auckland, the personalities and the places
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Wartime Experiences
|
a collection of short stories from members of the Country Women's institute
|
Anon
|
NZCWI
|
1996
|
116
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, the WW2 experiences of New Zealand women in New Zealand and overseas
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Fergus a memoir of Fergus Blair McLaren
|
|
Anon
|
Reed
|
1943 3rd edition (1943)
|
161p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Short inscription FEP VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a life of this Otago man, including his pre-war hunting experiences and war experiences
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Descendants of Daniel McLaren & Anne McMinn Romahapa January 1982
|
|
Anon
|
Author Pub
|
1982
|
35 leaves
|
4to
|
Soft card covers, spine strip, slight rubbing base VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, the extended family tree of this ex-Scottish couple, first in New Zealand together about 1863, first published for the family reunion
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
The World Book of Wylies
|
|
Anon
|
Halbert's Family Heritage
|
1995
|
165
|
4to
|
P-B Fading spine VG
|
25
|
The world-wide Wylies, with a section for the New Zealand branches
|
5.500000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
31.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
The Baker Boys
|
|
Aonghais, Clinton mhic
|
Trafford Publishing
|
2014
|
xxiv 887p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations, a Baker family history which saw two members fighting in WW1, on the Western Front and Gallipoli/Egypt/Pales tine
|
6.000000
|
35.000000
|
80.000000
|
70.000000
|
80.000000
|
|
The Bryants of Ohariu
|
|
Arabin, Shirley
|
Moyglare
|
1989
|
(2p) 85p (4p)
|
4to
|
P-B Signature TP VG
|
42
|
With illustrations, the history of this Wellington family, from their early arrival in New Zealand
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Artist & Bon Vivant a memoir of Bruce Henry
|
|
Ashworth, Norma ; Chisholm, Jocelyn
|
Steele Roberts, The Bruce Henry Book Trust
|
2001
|
96
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations and reproductions, a celebration of the life of this New Zealand artist/post office worker
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
37.000000
|
41.000000
|
|
A Legend in his Time the Artie Ashworth story 1920-1994
|
|
Ashworth, Vincent A
|
Author Pub
|
2012
|
xvi 301p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
38
|
With maps and illustrations, the life and flying careey of a New Zealander who flew in the RAF in Bomber Command, in the Pacific, and with the RAF after WW2
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
|
So Many Good-Byes The Memoirs of AL Austin 1928-1953
|
|
Austin, Allie L
|
Pegasus
|
1984
|
142
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight repair) VG
|
28
|
Edition of 200 copies; missionary work in the Pacific Islands, then home to NZ
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
William Colenso His Life and Journeys
|
|
Bagnall, AG ; Petersen, GC ; St George, Ian (ed)
|
Otago University Press
|
2012 (1948)
|
510
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
45
|
With maps and illustrations, a reprint edition of this biography, including Colenso's own 'Autobiography'
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
37.000000
|
41.000000
|
44.000000
|
|
A Surveyor in New Zealand 1857-1896
|
The recollections of John Holland Baker
|
Baker, Noeline (ed)
|
W&T
|
1932
|
(frontis) 336p
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth binding, blind rules, gilt titles Inscription FEP, verso frontis Spine repaied,thin strip missing back hinge Slight bump top, bottom spine Slight foxing Eps, FE Gd - VG
|
60
|
With illustrations, the life of this early surveyor, especially in Southland and Canterbury, including exploratory survey to the Auckland Islands, scarce
|
5.000000
|
19.000000
|
35.000000
|
41.000000
|
46.000000
|
|
Oswald Blumhardt New Zealand Plant Pioneer
|
|
Ballard, Catherine
|
David Ling
|
2006
|
119
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a life of a New Zealand plant breeder, his trips overseas for specimens, and his Koromiko Nursery
|
5.000000
|
11.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
The Sea and the Soil
|
|
Ballinger, Ralph
|
Author Pub
|
2007
|
228
|
8vo
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, the life of this New Zealand horticulturalist, from WW2 service in the Royal Navy to working on the land in New Zealand, from writing three gardening books to being the only legal NZ morphine poppy grower
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
37.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Sergeant, Sinner, Saint & Spy the Taranaki War Diary of Sergeant William Marjouram, RA
|
|
Barber, Laurie et al (eds)
|
Random Century
|
1990
|
viii 102p
|
4to
|
D-J (fading spine) Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations and maps, the diary of this Royal Artillery NCO during his time in New Zealand 1855-1861, including serving in the Taranaki Wars
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Gateway to the Marshall Family
|
|
Barkman, Frances
|
Author Pub
|
1988
|
104
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
34
|
With map, illustrations and genealogical charts, a short history of Catherine and William Marshall and their descendants, settled in Omimi, just north of Dunedin
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
An Autobiography of George Barnes
|
Some of the happenings & accidents that I have had since my beginnings in 1928
|
Barnes, George
|
Author Pub
|
2002
|
184
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
35
|
Inscribed by the author, his life in New Zealand and Australia, and around the world, especially in motorbikes, with illustrations
|
5.000000
|
17.000000
|
31.000000
|
35.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Within Sound of the Bell
|
|
Barr, J Rhoda
|
Whitcombe & Tombs
|
1953
|
(4p) 98p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning spine) Cloth binding VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, the experiences of this New Zealand teacher in New Zealand and overseas
|
6.500000
|
22.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Safe among the Cowpats
|
the story of a wartime childhood
|
Barr, Lucy Davis
|
Brian Riggir
|
2007
|
293
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight intitials FEP Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, the memories of the author during WW2 in Britain, with accompanying historical events
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
31.000000
|
35.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
The McIlrath Letters a family history in letters from New Zealand to Ireland 1860-1915
|
|
Bassett, John (et al, eds)
|
The Killyleigh Branch, NIFHS
|
2009
|
(2p) 143p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
28
|
With maps and illustrations, the letters from the New Zealand McIlraths back to their family in Ireland telling of their lives pioneering in Canterbury
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
27.000000
|
29.000000
|
31.000000
|
|
Coates of Kaipara
|
|
Bassett, Michael
|
Auckland University Press
|
1995
|
(2p) 325p
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
22
|
With map and illustrations, a detailed life of this New Zealand politician, as Prime Minister and Minister, including the Depression and the World War Two coalition government
|
8.000000
|
18.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
Gibbison Family History in New Zealand
|
|
Baucke, Dorothy
|
Author Pub
|
2003 Updated edition (1998)
|
211p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Signature TP VG
|
38
|
With illustrations, a detailed family history, including letters, and a diary from Gallipoli
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
|
Leading Lady the story of Mary Jolly
|
|
Bayfield, Pam
|
Author Pub
|
140p (folding genealogical table)
|
206
|
4to
|
Laminated boards Owner's small label FEP Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, the story of this Central Otago, and Dunedin actress in her day, with memories and family trees
|
5.500000
|
17.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
38.000000
|
|
A Life of J. C. Beaglehole New Zealand Scholar
|
|
Beaglehole, Tim
|
VUP
|
2006
|
(frontis) 559p
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Fine
|
50
|
With many illustrations, an absorbing life of one of New Zealand's greatest scholars, forever renowned for the Hakluyt 'Cook Journals' and 'Life of James Cook'
|
5.000000
|
23.000000
|
51.000000
|
54.000000
|
59.000000
|
|
Seventy Years in and around Auckland
|
|
Beale, GC
|
Reed
|
1937
|
(frontis) 88p
|
8vo
|
Green cloth binding, black titles, rules Slight rubbing top board VG - Near Fine
|
45
|
With illustrations, the experiences of an early European settler in Auckland, including service at Parihaka
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Seventy Years in and around Auckland
|
|
Beale, George Clarendon
|
Reed
|
1937
|
88
|
8vo
|
D-J (pieces missing, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Light foxing FE VG
|
75
|
Limited edition, with illustrations, an adventurous life in and around Auckland starting in 1858, scarce
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
A Passionate Affair Llewellyn Jones & Music (with CD)
|
|
Bean, Margaret
|
Steele Roberts
|
2015
|
x 205p (1p) CD in rear pocket
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations and sheet music, a life of this New Zealand musician (1871-1950) and music teacher, with a CD of his music
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
|
38.000000
|
42.000000
|
46.000000
|
|
Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country
|
story of the famous sheeplifter
|
Beattie, Herries
|
ODT
|
1946
|
113
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight rubbing spine Slight marks covers VG
|
35
|
With maps and illustrations, the soft-cover version of this life of one of the early Southern characters
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Mackenzie the Sheep Stealer
|
further information considered
|
Beattie, Herries
|
Author Pub, ODT
|
1959
|
32
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, additional material to the author's 'Mackenzie of the Mackenzie country'
|
4.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Long Time Passing
|
the life story of 'Down to Earth' Beauie
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Beaumont, HW
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Richmond Village Bookshop
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1992
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208
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8vo
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P-B Owner's details TP VG
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25
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With illustrations, the ninety-year old memories of this long-time New Zealand teacher
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5.000000
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11.000000
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The Beer Family Saga
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The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Beer
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Beer, Elizabeth
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Beer Family Reunion Cttee
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1998
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viii 360p
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4to
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D-J (slight chips top spine) Paper over boards Signature FEP Near Fine
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120
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With illustrations and lists, an excellent family history of this family which began in Wiltshire in 1838, moved to the goldfields of Otago, then settled around Lake Wakatipu
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8.000000
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26.000000
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57.000000
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65.000000
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66.000000
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The World of John Boultbee
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Including an Account of Sealing in Australia and New Zealand
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Begg, A Charles and Neil C
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Whitcoulls
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1979
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329
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8vo
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D-J (light fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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45
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Following their usual practice, the authors follow the trail of their subject to the sealing and whaling grounds of Australia and New Zealand, with illustrations
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6.000000
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29.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Burt Munro Indian Legend of Speed
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Begg, George
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Begg & Allen
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2002
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200
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4to
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P-B Light fading spine VG - Near Fine
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80
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Inscribed by the author, the first edition of this first study of Burt Munro, who took his modified Indian motorcycle to the Bonneville Flats and created land-speed history, with illustrations
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5.000000
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43.000000
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A Classic World & When the Engine Roars
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Begg, George
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Begg & Allen Ltd
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2000
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(3p) 234p
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4to
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D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine
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150
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Author inscribed and signed, a reprint and up-dating of one of NZ's scarcest motor racing books, the history of the author's early racing bikes and making racing cars, and what has happened to the author since the 1980 publication, a nice copy
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5.500000
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22.000000
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44.000000
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When the Engine Roars
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The motor racing life of George Begg
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Begg, George ; Lind, Clive A
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Craig Printing Co
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1980
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180
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4to
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D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG
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130
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With illustrations, the author's life in motor racing around the world and in New Zealand, from the TT to his workshed in Drummond, Southland
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5.000000
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33.000000
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39.000000
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43.000000
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When the Engine Roars
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The motor racing life of George Begg
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Begg, George ; Lind, Clive A
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Craig Printing Co
|
1980
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180
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4to
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D-J (small piece missing top spine, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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140
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Signed by George Begg, with illustrations, the author's life in motor racing around the world and in New Zealand, starting at his workshed in Drummond, Southland
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6.500000
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28.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Ernest Dieffenbach
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Bell, Gerda
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The Dunmore Press
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1976
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165
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards Signature TP VG
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22
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With illustrations, a life of this early European visiter to New Zealand, author of the two-volume 'Travels in New Zealand'
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5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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Jewish Lives in New Zealand a history
|
|
Bell, Leonard ; Morrow, Diana (eds)
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Godwit, Random House
|
2012
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439p (1p)
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4to
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Card covers Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations, celebrating what Jewish New Zealanders have added to New Zealand, its society, and its culture
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6.000000
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35.000000
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75.000000
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68.000000
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72.000000
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Hewn From the Rock A memoir of the Very Reverend JD Salmond
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Belmer, Roy
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Otago Church Bookstore
|
1976
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52
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8vo
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P-B VG
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24
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The Very Reverend JD Salmond, of Queenstown and Dunedin, was Minister Emeritus of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand when he died in 1976, and here the author uses the Rev Salmond's papers to build a momento of his life, with illustrations
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25.000000
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A Canterbury Tale the autobiography of Dr Francis Bennett
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Bennett, FO
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Oxford University Press
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1980
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249
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4to
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the author's memories as a doctor in Canterbury, and as a soldier in both World Wars
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5.500000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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The Bibby Family in New Zealand 1850-1977
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Bibby, Graham (et al)
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Bibby Family Reunion Cttee
|
1977
|
27p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
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Spiral bound, card covers Fading, rubbing covers Gd - VG
|
25
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With illustrations and genealogical trees, the New Zealand branches of this family, and early Waipawa
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6.000000
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18.000000
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38.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
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The Legacy of Guilt
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a life of Thomas Kendall
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Binney, Judith
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Bridget Williams Books
|
1968
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xv (1p) 220p
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4to
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D-J (chips spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
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38
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With illustrations, a study of one of the original CMS workers, his relationships with local Maori, and his work on the Maori language
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5.000000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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37.000000
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41.000000
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Looking for Answers
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A life of Elsie Locke
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Birchfield, Maureen
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2009
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560
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
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48
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With illustrations, the life of this New Zealand writer and activist, a woman ahead of her time
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8.000000
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30.000000
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64.000000
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74.000000
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77.000000
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Diary of Andrew Boyes on a voyage from Edinburgh to Dunedin 1849
|
|
Blackman, Gary (ed)
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Editor Published
|
1999
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(frontis) 31p
|
8vo
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P-B Signature HTP Near Fine
|
20
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The diarist was a tailor in Edinburgh who decided to up stakes with his wife and two children and move to Dunedin, which had only just been founded. They never returned to Scotland
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Dorothy Theomin of Olveston
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Blackman, Margery
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The Friends of Olveston
|
2007
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80
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8vo
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Card covers with Flaps Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a life of this Dunedin figure, mountaineer, photographer, traveller, and benefactor
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5.500000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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32.000000
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Under the Southern Skies
|
the story of Missionary Gottlieb Blaess in New Zealand and Australia
|
Blaess, Eric R (ed)
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Author Pub, Lutheran Publishing House
|
1992
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viii 197p (folding family tree )
|
8vo
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Laminated boards Near Fine
|
45
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With maps and illustrations, the life history of this family, Blaess and Bensemann, and descendants, and mission work in Taranaki and in Australia
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5.000000
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17.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Sixty Years in New Zealand
|
stories of peace and war
|
Blake, Andrew Hope
|
Gordon and Gotch
|
1919
|
(frontis) xii 242p
|
8vo
|
Green cloth binding, gilt titles spine Slight fading spine Light foxing FE VG
|
32
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A pioneer settler in the North Island shares his memories of the first 60 years of European settlement, chiefly of the Hawkes Bay and the Hauhau campaign
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield Builder of the British Commonwealth
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Bloomfield, Paul
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Longmans
|
1961
|
xi (1p genealogical table) 378p
|
8vo
|
D-J (tape stains inside, chips, price-clipped, in protective plastic) Signature FEP Light foxing top FE, slight foxing FE VG
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40
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A biography of a man important to the organised immigration to Australia and especially New Zealand, with illustrations
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Soldiering on a soldier's war in North Africa and Italy
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Blythe, John
|
Century Hutchinson
|
1989
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vi 185p
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8vo
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P-B VG
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the author's war experiences of the New Zealand radio operator through the Desert and on into Italy, Cassino and further afield
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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To Be a Hero
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a biography of Sir George Grey
|
Bohan, Edmund
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HarperCollins
|
1998
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374
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, the life of New Zealand's only multi-Governor, his effect on the country and its inhabitants, and the long-term consequences
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Edward Stafford New Zealand's First Statesman
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Bohan, Edmund
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Hazard Press
|
1994
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432
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8vo
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P-B Fadig spine VG - Near Fine
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30
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The complex life and career of NZ's first Premier, at a time of political and racial divide in early settler colonial New Zealand, with illustrations
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5.000000
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19.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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'Blest Madman' Fitzgerald of Canterbury
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Bohan, Edmund
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Canterbury University Press
|
1998
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369
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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30
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A study of the man Fitzgerald, as editor, politician, and one of the founding fathers of Canterbury province
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Edmund Hillary the life of a legend
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Booth, Pat
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Moa Beckett
|
1993
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208
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a life which shows that the climbing of Everest was only a beginning, a nice copy
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5.000000
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20.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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38.000000
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Edmund Hillary the life of a legend
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Booth, Pat
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Moa Beckett
|
1993
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208
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Slight rubbing base Owner's small name sticker FEP VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, a detailed celebration of the life up till then of Sir Edmund Hillary
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5.000000
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22.000000
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47.000000
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52.000000
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55.000000
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The Brebners of Port Chalmers
|
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Borne, David S (ed)
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Brebner Family Reunion Cttee
|
1997
|
87
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4to
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P-B, taped spine Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the family history of Thomas and Mary Brebner who moved from Manchester to Otago on the first immigrant ship to Otago in 1848
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5.000000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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30.000000
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33.000000
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Crowded House Something so Strong
|
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Bourke, Chris
|
Macmillan
|
1997
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viii 376p
|
8vo
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P-B Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the inside, in-depth investigation into this truly Australasian rock group, from Enz to Zed, a lovely copy
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5.000000
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20.000000
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36.000000
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42.000000
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44.000000
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The Tui's Call
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Bourke, Kathleen M
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Author Pub
|
1971
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127p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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30
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Inscribed by the author, experiences of farming in the Hawke's Bay
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3.000000
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The McGregors of Mount Linton
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Boyle, VG ; Bradstock, MC
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Shoal Bay Press
|
2003
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104
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the owners, especially the McGregors, and this Southland farm
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6.000000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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The Fastest Old Man in the World the Derek Turnbull story
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Boyle, Vince
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Craig Printing
|
2006
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256
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the story of this Southland farmer and all his age-level world records
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6.000000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Kiwi under Fire Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq
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Brandon, Gary
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Willson Scott Publishing
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2007
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171
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, a New Zealander serving as a private contractor in Iraq and other war-stricken areas
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5.000000
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12.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Charles Brasch Journals 1938-1945
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Brasch, Charles ; Barrowman, Rachel
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Otago University Press
|
2013
|
646
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8vo
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, the War Years out of New Zealand of this New Zealand writer and poet, soon to be editor of 'Landfall', the literary journal he founded
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6.000000
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30.000000
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70.000000
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68.000000
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72.000000
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Indirections A Memoir 1909-1947
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Brasch, Charles ; Bertram, James (ed)
|
Oxford University Press
|
1980
|
xiv 443p
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, the early years of this New Zealand editor and literary patron, up till the foundation of 'Landfall', a nice copy
|
5.000000
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21.000000
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41.000000
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47.000000
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49.000000
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The Predestined Choice Samuel Butler in Canterbury
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Brassington, AC
|
The Pegasus Press
|
1972
|
31p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps over card Slight fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
25
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Limited edition (#153 of 450), a discussion of Samuel Butler's life in Canterbury in the 1860s and why he left this life so quickly to return to England
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Pilot on the Run the epic escape from Occupied France of Flight Sergeant LSM (Chalky) White, RNZAF
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Brathwaite, Errol
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Hutchinson
|
1986
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185
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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20
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With map and illustrations, from the crash in Northern France to the Franco-Spanish border
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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From Thistle to Fern 150 Years of a Scottish Family in New Zealand 1848-1998
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Bray, Heather (comp)
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Author Pub
|
1998
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266
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4to
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P-B Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine
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48
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With illustrations, a detailed family developmental history, beginning in Scotland with the Gardner, the Wilson and the Lillie Families and spreading across the globe to Otago and New Zealand
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5.000000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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A Scottish Mother
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Bray, Heather (ed)
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Dunedin Family History Group
|
2012
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148
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4to
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P-B Plastic cover with black strip spine Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a collection of 23 female immigrants into Southern New Zealand
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6.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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A Scottish Father
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Bray, Heather (ed)
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Dunedin Family History Group
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2012
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163
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4to
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P-B with plastic cover, spine strip Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, 29 short biographies of Scottish immigrants into Otago
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6.500000
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25.000000
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45.000000
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45.000000
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A Scottish Mother
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Bray, Heather (ed)
|
Dunedin Family History Group
|
2012
|
148
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4to
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Laminated soft card covers with taped spine Small owner's stamp TP Near Fine
|
32
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With illustrations, 23 stories, with family genealogies, of New Zealand families who had mothers who emigrated from Scotland
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5.000000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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30.000000
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33.000000
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The Soldier Tourist
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a personal account of World War II
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Brewer, Gunner NH (Joe)
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Reed
|
1999
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231
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the author's letters home to family while he served in the New Zealand Artillery, along with a selection of his photographs and postcards, a nice creation
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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The New Zealand Journeys of Lucy Violet Hodgkin
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Brodie, James and Audrey (ed)
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The Beechtree Press, Society of Friends
|
1989
|
(frontis) 88p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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The journeys of a Quaker to Australia and NZ in 1909 - 1911 on pilgrimage, to raise the dying flame in the colonies, with illustrations
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Richard Seddon King of God's Own
|
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Brooking, Tom
|
Penguin
|
2014
|
584
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8vo
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Paper over boards Near Fine
|
48
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With illustrations, a detailed life of, to date, New Zealand's longest serving Prime Minister, his political and personal life, and his 'kingship'
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5.500000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Lands for the People the Highland Clearances and the colonisation of New Zealand
|
A biography of John McKenzie
|
Brooking, Tom
|
University of Otago Press
|
1996
|
363
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8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Slight creases covers Near Fine
|
35
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With maps, tables and illustrations, a biography of the Minister of Lands and Agriculture in the 1890s, and of the breaking up of the pastoral estates and the establishment of the small family farm in New Zealand
|
6.000000
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21.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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The Way it Was a farming, shearing, hunting life
|
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Brough, Tom
|
Fraser Books
|
2011
|
x 325p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
38
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With map and illustrations, the author's life in farming and shearing in New Zealand and elsewhere, hunting in New Zealand and elsewhere, and travel
|
5.000000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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Brief Memorials of an only Son
|
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Brown, Archdeacon AN
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DH Maxwell
|
1964 Reprint edition
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(frontis) 38p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Library cloth binding, gilt titles Library bookplate FEP, stamps beginning and end VG
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35
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With illustrations of contemporary characters and places, a tidy library copy of this letter to the dead son's sister back in England from a father in the Anglican Church, dealing with the death of Marsh Brown, scarce
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A Fish in the Swim of the World
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Brown, Ben
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Longacre Press
|
2006
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173
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Fine
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22
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With illustrations, family stories from the Motueka, Nelson area
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Wine, Women and Song a spitfire pilot's story
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Brown, Hamish
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Stayer Ltd
|
2011
|
ix (1p map) 358p
|
4to
|
D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
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45
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Signed by Doug Brown, with map and illustrations, the story of this New Zealand Spitfire pilot, based on his letters and reminiscences
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5.000000
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25.000000
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53.000000
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59.000000
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63.000000
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Pickerill pioneer in plastic surgery, dental education and dental research
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Brown, Harvey
|
Otago University Press
|
2007
|
(frontis) 271p
|
8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
|
28
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With illustrations, the first biography of this pioneer in plastic surgery, whose work laid the foundations for the New Zealand School Dental Service
|
5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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Pickerill pioneer in plastic surgery, dental education and dental research
|
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Brown, Harvey
|
Otago University Press
|
2007
|
271
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8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a detailed biography of this New Zealand plastic surgeon and Director of the Otago Dental School
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6.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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The Road Back
|
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Buchan, Robert
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Author Pub, JW Baty
|
1973
|
(2p) 142p (1p)
|
8vo
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P-B Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine
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25
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A memoir of the experiences of a New Zealand headmaster over a career of some forty years
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5.500000
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13.000000
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A Salute to the Captain
|
celebrating the 100th birthday of Emeritus Professor JB Mackie
|
Buckenham, Michael (et al)
|
University of Otago Devpt & Alumni Relations Office
|
2010
|
(1p) 192p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, discussing the contribution of Professor Mackie to the School of Mines and Surveying at Otago University, and his contribution to their work in New Zealand, then a collection of essays dealing with surveying around the world
|
5.000000
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34.000000
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Reflections on a Lifetime
|
|
Buckland, Shirley
|
Author Pub
|
2007
|
398p (2p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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32
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a life time spent in and around the Marlborough Sounds
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Slippery Jim or patriotic statesman? James Macandrew of Otago
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Bunce, RJ
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Otago University Press
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2018
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(frontis map) 375p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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42
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With maps and illustrations, a life of this early Otago politician, who arrived from Scotland in 1851, and soon set about establishing his political and financial base
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6.000000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Hayward Heritage the story of a pioneer family
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Bunn, Stuart (comp)
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Author Pub
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2000
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167 leaves
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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48
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With illustrations, the Hayward family in New Zealand, especially in the South, and the wider family, incling the late William Hayward Pickering, of NASA
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5.000000
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19.000000
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35.000000
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41.000000
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46.000000
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Dr A C Barker 1819-1873 photographer, farmer, physician
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Burdon, Cotsford C
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John McIndoe
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1972
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88p (24p plates)
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8vo
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D-J VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the lives of this early New Zealand photographer
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Dr A C Barker 1819-1873 Photographer, Farmer, Physician
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Burdon, Cotsford C
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John McIndoe
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1972
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88p (24p plates)
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, the life and photography of this pioneer New Zealand photographer, a nice copy
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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New Zealand Notables series 3
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Burdon, RM
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The Caxton Press
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1950
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247
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8vo
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D-J (pieces missing) Cloth binding VG
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20
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Biographies of Thomas Kendall, Frederick Edward Maning, Sir Julius von Haast and John Grigg
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5.500000
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15.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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Rough Diamonds
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Burgess, Henry
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Author Pub
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2010
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(1p) 149p
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4to
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P-B VG
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32
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, memoirs of a life in South Canterbury
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5.500000
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15.000000
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31.000000
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A memento of the Fastier Family Reunion February 2000
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Burrow, Jan ; Fastier, Fred
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Amidine Publications
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2000
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34 leaves
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations and genealogical tables, a short history of this New Zealand family
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4.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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28.000000
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Hadfield of the Kapiti Coast
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Burton, Ormond
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Author Pub
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ND
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32
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8vo
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P-B VG
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15
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A study of the man, and the beliefs of the later Bishop Octavius Hadfield from beginning as a minister on the Kapiti Coast
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22.000000
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Flies, sand and unwashed socks Letters from WWII
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Cambridge, Susan (ed)
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Editor published
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2017
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149p (4p)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a collection of RG (Dick) Harris' wartime letters home, from Egypt, Greece, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Italy
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14.000000
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Reminiscences of a long Life
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Campbell, John Logan ; Stone, RCJ (ed)
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David Ling, The Cornwall Park Trust Board
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2017
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334
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Oblong 4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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70
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With maps and illustrations, the life of this Auckland founding father and politician, mostly in his own words, covering the development of this quickly evolving city until 1907
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8.500000
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28.000000
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65.000000
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72.000000
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79.000000
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Let Fly!
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Cardno, Barry
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Longacre Press
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2009
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182p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B VG
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25
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Inscribed by the author, the ups and downs and trials of a young top-dressing pilot, determined to fly despite a crash which leaves him a paraplegic
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5.500000
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14.000000
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Let Fly!
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Cardno, Barry
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Longacre Press
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2009
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182p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B VG
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25
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With illustrations, the story of this young New Zealand flyer, his top-dressing aircraft's crash, and the aftermath
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4.500000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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John Robert Godley of Canterbury
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Carrington, Charles Edmund
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W&T
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1950
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xv 251
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8vo
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D-J (fading) VG
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25
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Biographical in nature, but also dealing with the development of the Canterbury Association and the area it settled
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32.000000
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34.000000
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Four Score Years an autobiography
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Carswell, James Hugh
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Author Pub
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2010
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236p (6p)
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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40
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Signed by the author, eighty years in the farming community in Southland, including rabbit eradication and the formation of CRT
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15.000000
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34.000000
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Gadfly The life and times of James Shelley
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Carter, Ian
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Auckland University Press, Broadcasting History Trust
|
1993
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vii (1p) 339p
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a life of this New Zealand educator and one-time Director of Broadcasting
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6.000000
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27.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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When the Boats Ruled the Bay of Islands (AE Fuller & Family)
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Cates, Hazel (comp)
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Author Pub
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1985
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iv (1p) 69p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Slight inscription TP VG
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35
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With maps and illustrations, the life and history of this Bay of Islands boating family, operating transport and tourist launches
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13.000000
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25.000000
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Bright Star Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer
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Catley, Christine Cole
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Cape Catley
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2006
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445
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Fine
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32
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With illustrations, the life and work of this New Zealand-born astronomer
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5.000000
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20.000000
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35.000000
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39.000000
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41.000000
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The Interpreter The Biography of Richard 'Dicky' Barrett'
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Caughey, Angela
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Bateman
|
1998
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296
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8vo
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D-J Fine
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34
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Dicky Barrett stepped ashore on the Taranaki coast in 1828, married into the local Ati Awa, set up as whaler, moved to the Marlborough Sounds, translated for William Wakefield, and stepped into NZ history
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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A Year at Hawkswood 1865 (2 vols)
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Caverhill, Frances
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Nag's Head Press
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1981
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89p (2p) ; 75p (2p)
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Small 8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
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50
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In a limited edition of 300 copies, the year 1865 on a North Canterbury Run, filled with the Station Life of the times, and the trips away
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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28.000000
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Samuel Ironside in New Zealand 1839-1858
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Chambers, WA
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Ray Richards Publishing
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1982
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285
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4to
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D-J (chip, fading spine) VG - Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, a life of this Wesleyan missionary in colonial New Zealand, who had posts from the Hokianga to Port Underwood, in Marlborough
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5.500000
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19.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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42.000000
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Rewi Alley of China
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Chapple, Geoff
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H&S
|
1980
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230
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8vo
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D-J (in plastic) Near Fine
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40
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The biography of a special kiwi who spent the majority of his active life in China, with illustrations
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Seven Voices tales of madness and mirth
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Chunn, Mike
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The Purple Egg Press
|
1997
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v 142p
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps CD in end pocket Fine
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40
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With accompanying 5 track CD, the author's story, including his time with Split Enz
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5.000000
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12.000000
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22.000000
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Stranger than Fiction The life and times of Split Enz
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Chunn, Mike
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Govt Print
|
1992
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272
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8vo
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P-B VG
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50
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The story of New Zealand's first super-group, with illustrations, and the ups-and-downs of the subsequent groups, a nice copy
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Ancestors and Descendants of William and Mary Brown
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Clark, Jennifer (comp)
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Family Tree Press
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2004
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244
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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40
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With map and illustrations, the family history of a Scottish couple who emigrated to New Zealand in 1864
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6.000000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Peter Fraser Master Politician
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Clark, Margaret (ed)
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The Dunmore Press
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1998
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216
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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20
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With illustrations, a collection of pieces about Peter Fraser, from scholarly discussion to family memory
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Beyond Expectations fourteen New Zealand women write about their lives
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Clark, Margaret (ed)
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A&U, Port Nicholson Press
|
1986
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(1p) 205p
|
8vo
|
P-B HTP clipped across top VG
|
20
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A collection of essays by NZ women, ranging from poet Fleur Adcock to politician Margaret Wilson, detailing their rise in life, and reflecting the women's issues in New Zealand, a fascinating encapsulation of women's experience
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Air-Marshall Sir Robert Clark-Hall KBE CMG DSO
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Clark-Hall, RH & JL
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Author Pub
|
1995
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xii 172p
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8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
25
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Inscribed by theith maps and illustrations, the life of this Boxer Rebellion veteran, WW1 commander of the Ark Royal at Gallipoli, immigrating to New Zealand with his family in 1934, then serving with the RNZAF in WW2, commanding the Group in the Solomons
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5.500000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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32.000000
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Memories of Marie reflections on the life and work of Marie Clay
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Clay, Jenny
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Pearson Education NZ
|
2009
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259
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a compilation life of this New Zealand educator, the developer of Reading Recovery
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5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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Wings of Song
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Cockburn, Effie
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Author Pub
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2010
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(7p) 250p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, a chronicle of the fifty years plus the author spent in a musical life and theatre in Dunedin
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13.000000
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27.000000
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33.000000
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Mad or Bad? the life and exploits of Amy Brock
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Coleman, Jenny
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Otago University Press
|
2010
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382
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8vo
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P-B Short inscription HTP Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the story of this New Zealand con-artist and fraudster
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6.000000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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45.000000
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55.000000
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Rutherford Waddell memoir and addresses
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Collie, James (ed)
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Reed
|
1932
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302
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8vo
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Cloth binding Light foxing FEs VG
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20
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With illustrations, a review of the life of this long-time minister of Dunedin's St Andrew's Church, followed by a selection of his addresses and sermons
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5.000000
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14.000000
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23.000000
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28.000000
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28.000000
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Charles Meryon a Life
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Collins, Roger
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Garton & Co
|
1999
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(frontis) xvii 299p
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
|
70
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With illustrations and reproductions, a fullsome biography and study of the life and art of this French artist, including his time as a 'draughtsman' with the 'Rhin' expedition into the South Pacific, and to New Zealand 1843-4, a lovely copy
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8.000000
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21.000000
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58.000000
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66.000000
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70.000000
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Ice on My Palette
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Conly, Maurice ; Peat, Neville
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Whitcoulls
|
1977
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64
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Oblong 4to
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D-J (slight chip) Near Fine
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34
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Author signed - Maurice Conly went to paint the ice and the human goings-on, and Neville Peat applies a text which reflects the awe of the environment
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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White Gujaratis Bramwell and Dorothy Cook
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Cook, H Bramwell
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Author Pub
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2007
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238
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the inspirational lives of these two Salvation Army Officers and especially their times in India
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5.000000
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20.000000
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37.000000
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42.000000
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45.000000
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Diary of a Kiwi Soldier
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Coughlan, Cecil ; Coughlan, Garrie (ed)
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Reed
|
2006
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(frontis) 50 leaves
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Small 8vo
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P-B Fine
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20
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With illustrations and maps, a 2NZEF war medic in North Africa and Italy narrates his experiences in diary form
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3.000000
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6.000000
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18.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Sir Donald Maclean
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The Story of a New Zealand Statesman
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Cowan, James
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Reed
|
1940
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(frontis) xii (1p) 157p (6p ads)
|
8vo
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Brown cloth binding Signature FEP VG
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30
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The first full biography of this NZ politician, as Minister and Native Land buyer, much revised by modern historians
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5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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40.000000
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twenty-five okitio women from last century selected memories
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Cowan, Muriel
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Author Pub
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2000
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(2p) 91p
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8vo
|
Spiral bound, soft card covers Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, short biographies of 25 women from this Wairarapa community
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5.000000
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12.000000
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22.000000
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I can do no other
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a Biography
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Crane, Ernest
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H&S
|
1986
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xii 338p
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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22
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A biography of Ormond Burton, Reverend, writer of War Histories, and Conscientious Objector
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Andris where are you?
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from Latvia to New Zealand: the family story of Andris Apse
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Crosby, Ron
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Craig Potton Publishing
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2013
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254
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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32
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With illustrations, the family story of a New Zealand photographer, their life in Latvia then their life in New Zealand
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Andris Apse Odyssey & Images an illustrated biography
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Crosby, Ron ; Apse, Andris
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Reed
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2006
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216
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J (curl on FEs, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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60
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With illustrations and a selection of the author's photographs, the biography of the author's family from Latvia and life in New Zealand, a nice creation
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8.000000
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21.000000
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58.000000
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66.000000
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70.000000
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Such Absolute Beginners A Memoir
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Cross, Ian
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David Ling
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2007
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151
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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28
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A memoir of this New Zealand writer, editor and broadcaster, with illustrations
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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22.000000
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Spencer The Gold Seeker
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Crumpton, EW
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Batyprint NZ Ltd
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1979
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(frontis) (4p) 193p
|
8vo
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D-J (chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a narrative of two generations of a pioneer family that was involved in the West Coast gold rushes
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5.000000
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14.000000
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Seeds in the Storm
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Dabrowski, Stanislaw ; Churchman, Geoffrey (ed)
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Maurienne House
|
2011
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56
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4to
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P-B Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the life and experiences of a Polish immigrant to New Zealand who went through WW2 in Europe and rose to be the General Manager of the TAB
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3.000000
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10.000000
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24.000000
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Curved Horizon an autobiography
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Dallas, Ruth
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Otago University Press
|
1991
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(3p) 181p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the autobiography to 1991 of this NZ poet and children's writer
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Julius Vogel Business politician
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Dalziel, Raewyn
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AUP, OUP
|
1986
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368
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the life of one of the most influential early politicians in New Zealand, where he served as both Treasurer and Premier
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5.500000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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A Doctor at War a life in letters 1914-43
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Daniell, Christine
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Fraser Books
|
2001
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vi 370p
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a collection of Montie Spencer's letters from the outbreak of World War One to his untimely death in World War Two, in Libya, 1943, bring this New Zealand doctor's life to life
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5.500000
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19.000000
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38.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
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A Doctor at War a life in letters 1914-43
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Daniell, Christine
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Fraser Books
|
2001
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(2p) 370p
|
4to
|
P-B Fading spine Near Fine
|
42
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Signed by the compiler, with many illustrations, a collection of letters which bring the various 'battles' of Montie Spencer to life, from medical orderly at Gallipoli to command of the 2NZEF hospitals in the Middle East
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5.000000
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A Controversial Churchman
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Davidson, Allan K (ed)
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Bridget Williams Books
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2011
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292
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a collection of pieces on this first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand and his roles in church and society at the time, including in Treaty and settler disputes, and his time as Bishop of Lichfield
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5.000000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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Professor Penguin
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Davis, Lloyd Spencer
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Random House
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2014
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335p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, from Antarctica to the Galapagos, and miles in between, a life studying penguins
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6.500000
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25.000000
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Ladies of Lethenty
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Dawber, Carol ; Pickering, Sarah
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River Press
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2015
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224
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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42
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Signed by the authors, a record of the women who ran 'Lethenty' in Bulls, and the house itself
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6.000000
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27.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Plimmer Legacy
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Dawson, Bee
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Random House
|
2019
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304
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4to
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Soft card covers Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, the family history of this Wellington and Wairarapa farming family
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6.000000
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31.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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The Turner Family London to New Zealand
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Dawson, Betty
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Betty & Chris Dawson
|
1994
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239p (2p)
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4to
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P-B Plastic spine strip Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations, the descendants of Joseph and Frances Turner, who came to New Zealand in 1874 aboard the 'Buckinghamshire'
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Oma Leni my story
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De Bres, Leni
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Hill Family Publications
|
2010
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73p (4p for notes)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the life of a Dutch woman who came to New Zealand in 1954
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4.000000
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A biography of Norah Corson
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De Courcy, Noeline
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Author Pub
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1991
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36
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Dean, Rachel Kathleen (ed)
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GWW Services
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2010
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216
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Deans, Louise
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Wily Pubs
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2018
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288
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Derby, Mark
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Steele Roberts
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2017
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68
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Owaka Jack the Jack McNab Story
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Deuchrass, Shirley
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Author Pub
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2008
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viii 117p
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4to
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40
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Elizabeth Yates
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the first lady mayor in the British Empire
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Devaliant, Judith
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Exisle Publishing
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1996
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160
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An Architectural Journey
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Donnithorne, Don
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Author Pub
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2012
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(frontis) (3p) 93p (1p)
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4to
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Laminated boards Near Fine
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60
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Arawata Bill
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Dougherty, Ian
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Exisle
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1996
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160
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8vo
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25
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Books and Boots the story of New Zealand publisher, writer and long distance walker Alfred Hamish Reed
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Dougherty, Ian
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University of Otago Press
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2005
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252
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Pulpit Radical the story of New Zealand social campaigner Rutherford Waddell
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Dougherty, Ian
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Author Pub
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2018
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296
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58
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Books and Boots
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Dougherty, Ian
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University of Otago Press
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2005
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252
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Dunmore, John
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New Zealand Books
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1972
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116
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8vo
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20
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Sir Robert Stout
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Dunn, Waldo Hilary ; Richardson, Ivor LM
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Reed
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1961
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224p
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8vo
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A Fistful of Summer
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Dunstan, Peggy
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Whitcoulls
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1981
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142p (1p)
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8vo
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20
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A nice copy of this humorous record of the writer's growing up both sides of Cook Strait, nicely illustrated by Jean Oates
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Black Jersey Silver Fern Tom Ellison first Maori to Captain the All Blacks
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Dwyer, Denis
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Grantham House
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2015
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224
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25
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With illustrations a life of this New Zealand 'All Black' captain, 'father' of the black jersey and silver fern, author of 'The Art of Rugby'
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Margaret and Frank Collins of Cattle Flat Ancestors and Descendants
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Earland, Irene Tannock
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Author Pub
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1995
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116
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38
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With map, illustrations and tables, details of this Southland family, Wendonside and beyond
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A Pakeha' s Recollections
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the reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
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Eccles, Alfred (ed)
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Reed
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1944
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(frontis) 120p
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8vo
|
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90
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John Jones of Otago whaler coloniser shipowner merchant
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Eccles, Alfred ; Reed, AH
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Reed
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1949
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111
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8vo
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60
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I've Lived another Year
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Ede, Jack
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Author Pub
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2004
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xiv p15-368
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8vo
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28
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An autobiography
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Edmond, Lauris
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Bridget Williams Books
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2001
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ix 420p
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8vo
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38
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The second edition of the autobiography of this New Zealand writer, with additional essay 'Only Connect', on the author writing autobiography
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Hot October
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Edmond, Lauris
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Bridget Williams Books
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1991 (1989)
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239
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8vo
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12
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Hot October
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Edmond, Lauris
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Allen&Unwin
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1989
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vii 239
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Small 8vo
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20
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The first volume of the author's autobiographical story, covering her childhood in Hawkes Bay, then into Wartime Wellington, and her marriage
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Bus Stops on the Moon Red Mole Days 1974-1980
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Edmond, Martin
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Otago University Press
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2020
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272
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30
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24.000000
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55.000000
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Waiting for the Revolution
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Edwards, James
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David Ling
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1998
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159
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8vo
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15
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The eldest of 8 children, the son of an unemployment rights campaigner, tells a story of an early life brought up in NZ poverty
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Cheerio for the Present a New Zealand soldier's life in World War II
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Edwards, Jim ; Edwards, Cecilia (ed)
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Claddy Press
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2018
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xii 461p
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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44
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28.000000
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65.000000
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65.000000
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Mihipeka Early Years
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Edwards, Mihi
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Penguin
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1990
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168
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8vo
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14
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The early years of a Maori woman growing up in rural New Zealand
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A Collection of my Recollections
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Elder, Jim
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Author Pub
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1989
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(folding map) 95p
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8vo
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22
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The memories of family and farming life in North Canterbury in the early years of the Twentieth Century
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Marsden's Lieutenants
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Elder, John Rawson (ed)
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Coulls Somerville Wilkie
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1934
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(frontis) 280p
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8vo
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D-J (small pieces missing spine, front, in archival wrapper) Blue cloth binding, leaching of blue colour at base Light foxing FE VG
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70
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Signed by the editor, #599 /1000, the important edition of the words of those who worked with Samuel Marsden and the CMS missions in New Zealand, including the Journals of Kendall and Hall, with illustrations
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41.000000
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Vasili
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The Lion of Crete
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Elliott, Murray
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Century Hutchinson
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1987
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175
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8vo
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22
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Dudley Perkins (the 'Vasili' of the title) was an NZ soldier who was left in Crete after the withdrawal and earned the title given to him by the grateful locals, with illustrations
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Firth of Wellington
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Elliott, Sir James
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W&T
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1937
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228
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8vo
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30
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Firth was Headmaster of Wellington College from 1892-1920
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Edward's Legacy The Elworthys of South Canterbury
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Elworthy, David ; Henry, Ros
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Henry Elworthy Ltd
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2011
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416
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4to
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80
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No 337 of 600 numbered copies, with maps and illustrations, the development of agriculture in South Canterbury, Holme Station, and the Elworthy family
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Porters in My Past
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Ewan, John
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Chateau Publishing Ltd
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2015
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159p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the lives of three brothers imported into New Zealand in the mid 19th century, one to be a lawyer, one a surveyor, the other to be a farmer, establishing Castle Hill Station and 'discovering' what would be called Porters Pass
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Accidental Immigrants
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Ewan, John
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Chateau Publishing
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2017
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164p (2p)
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8vo
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35
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With illustrations, the Powell family who sailed for India and settled in New Zealand
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5.500000
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A Lifetown on the Land
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Ewers, Chris
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Author Pub
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1993
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(1p) 170p
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8vo
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32
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Signed by the author, German immigrants building farms in the Nelson area, the author's generation farming, and hop growing
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Something for the Birds
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Fahey, Jacqueline
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Auckland University Press
|
2006
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(2p) 208p
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8vo
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32
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With illustrations, looking back on the earlier life of this New Zealand artist
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29.000000
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The Letters of ARD Fairburn
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Fairburn, ARD
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OUP
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1981
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xxv 272
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8vo
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D-J Near Fine
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28
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Ed by Lauris Edmond; an important NZ writer and poet
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Nearly out of heart & hope
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The puzzle of a colonial labourer's diary
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Fairburn, Miles
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Auckland University Press
|
1995
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(frontis) ix (1p) 275p
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, the fascinating study of a fascinating set of diaries written by an apparently common labourer in the Wairarapa at the end of 19th, beginning 20th centuries
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Isabel Maud from Devonport
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Fairgay, Joyce (ed)
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Devonport Library Associates
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2006
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47
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8vo
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20
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With illustrations, a life of Isabel Maud Peacocke, 1881-1973, New Zealand children's writer
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Coates' Tale
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Farland, Bruce
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Author Pub
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1995
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viii 200p
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8vo
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22
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A study of the first NZ-born politician to serve a full term as Prime Minister 1925-28, as well as serve different ministries during the War and the Depression, with illustrations
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Silk amidst the Coal
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from Wales to Burnetts Face and beyond
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Fayen, Beatrice June
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Author Pub
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1994
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147
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8vo
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P-B Strip fading by spine Owner's details HTP VG
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40
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With map and illustrations, from coal-mining in Wales to coal-mining on the West Coast, a life on Denniston Hill in the early 1900s, and the coal mining days
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The Road to Castle Hill a High Country love story
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Fernyhough, Christine ; Callan, Louise
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Random House
|
2007 (reprint edition)
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335p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J (chips top spine) over soft card covers VG - Near Fine
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25
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With map and illustrations, the author's experiences owning and learning to run Castle Hill Station, near Porters Pass in Canterbury
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32.000000
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65.000000
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56.000000
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Backtracking
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Field, Jim
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Wairarapa Times-Age Co Ltd
|
1993
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x 248p
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the experiences of this New Zealand dog handler 1974-1987
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5.500000
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16.000000
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Just an Ordinary Guy
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From Scotland to New Zealand
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Findlay, Jim ; McCallum, Fay
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Author Pub
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2001
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158
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8vo
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25
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Signed and inscribed by the author, his life before WW2, then during and after the War, including service in the Western Desert
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25.000000
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Tooth and Nail
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The story of a daughter of the Depression
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Findlay, Mary
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Reed
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1974 (1974)
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267 (1p ads)
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8vo
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D-J VG
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30
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The reality of the Depression in NZ
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Neil Finn Once Removed
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Finn, Neil ; Smith, Mark
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Sanctuary Publishing
|
2000
|
iii (1p) 131p (1p) (7p index)
|
Oblong 4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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42
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With illustrations, a period of life with Neil Finn, on stage and on travel
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My Dear Cousins a family history Pt 2 Humphrey Delves Cleaver
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Fitchett, Pauline Elwy
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Author Pub
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2000
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192
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations and extensive family trees, a further exploration of three New Zealand families
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34.000000
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Where the Willows Weep The story of James and Mary Rutherford
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Fitts, Margaret R
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Author Pub
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1980
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(frontis) 89p (2 folding genealogical charts)
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8vo
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P-B VG
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30
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Inscribed by the author, the lives and experiences of a settler family in the Rangitata Gorge, South Canterbury, with illustrations and a map
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Growing up on the Hill
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Flynn, John J
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Author Pub
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2005
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160
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8vo
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25
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Signed by the author, a history of the market gardens in Pukekohe, through three generations of the author's family
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Ford, a family history
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Ford, Tony J
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Author Pub
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1980
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165
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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28
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From Ireland, through gold to NZ
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Memories of Yesteryear
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Fordie, Katherine CM
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Author Pub
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1983
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(3p) (illustration) 213p
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4to
|
Soft card covers VG
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48
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Limited edition (#34/100), signed and inscribed by the author, with illustrations, a life in Scotland and New Zealand, from the early 1900s to the early 1940s
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Wild Waves and Isolation
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Fox, Lois
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Author Pub
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2003
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70
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20
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Memories of a childhood on Centre Island Lighthouse, Foveaux Strait, with illustrations
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An Autobiography
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3 volumes in one
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Frame, Janet
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Vintage, Random House
|
1994
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437
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8vo
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45
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The limited, numbered edition of the author's 3-volume autobiography of her life in NZ and the world, with illustrations
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22.000000
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41.000000
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You do not travel in China at the Full Moon Agnes Moncrieef's letters from China 1930-1945
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Francis, Barbara (ed)
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Victoria University Press
|
2017
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295
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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45
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With illustrations, a life experienced by this New Zealander during her humanitarian work in China, from 1930-1945
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Tom Lowry leader in a thousand
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Francis, Bill
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Trio Books
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2010
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170
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8vo
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With illustrations, a life of the first New Zealand cricket captain
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6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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And then there were ten The Francis' of Masterton
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Francis, Bill
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Author Pub
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1997
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248
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Slight fading spine Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a family history which is rich in children and twins, life through the 20th century, with letters and diary entries
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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50.000000
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Self-Portrait
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Friedlander, Marti
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Auckland University Press
|
2013
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(2p) 258p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
48
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With illustrations, a life in photography, from the East End to New Zealand and all those so-recognisable portraits of New Zealanders, from obscure retired couples to leaders and politicians
|
8.000000
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22.000000
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43.000000
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49.000000
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54.000000
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The Ward History
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Froggatt, Lucy I
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Author Pub
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1975
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39
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8vo
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P-B Fading covers VG
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25
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With illustrations, a short history of this family from Otago and Southland
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3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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22.000000
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Ward, Simpson Family History 1861-1976
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Froggatt, Lucy I
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Author Pub
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1976
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12
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8vo
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P-B Fading covers VG
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15
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With illustrations and lists, information about this connected New Zealand family, from England to New Zealand
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3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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22.000000
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Our Padre a biography of Walter Edmund Wilmshurst Hurst 1912-1987
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Fulton, Donald JP
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Author Pub
|
2006
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208
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a life of this New Zealand priest who earned the title serving with the 2NZEF in World War II, and then his life serving in the Church after the war
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5.500000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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A Geologist Remembers recollections of fieldwork
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Gage, Maxwell ; Nathan, Simon
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Geological Society of New Zealand
|
1999
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52
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the photographs and memories of a New Zealand geologist who worked on major surveys on the East and West Coast of the South Island in the 1930s and 40s, and became Professor of Geology at the University of Canterbury
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5.000000
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12.000000
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Nola Millar a theatrical life
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Gaitanos, Sarah
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Victoria University Press
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2006
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408
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With many illustrations, the life and career of one of New Zealand's theatrical mainstays, including Toi Whakaari, New Zealand Drama School, which she founded
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Behind Bars
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Garbett, Elaine
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Author Pub
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2009
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52
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, experiences working in pubs in Featherston and Patea, and the life in these towns, including the closure of the Patea Freezing works
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3.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Letters to Grace Writing home from colonial New Zealand
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Garner, Jean ; Foster, Kate (eds)
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Canterbury University Press
|
2011
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203
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a collection of letters from four women of the Hall family from four farms in inland Canterbury in the 1860s and 1870s
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5.000000
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34.000000
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An Artist's Daughter with Christopher Perkins in New Zealand 1929-34
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Garrett, Jane
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Shoal Bay Press
|
1986
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192
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8vo
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P-B VG
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15
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With illustrations and reproductions, the few years this English artist and family spent in New Zealand, trying to 'act as midwife at the birth of a new, vigorous and indigenous art', and the inherent upsets and disappointments that resulted
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Clan Cameron New Zealand
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a history of the Clan Cameron Association of New Zealand 1935-2000
|
Gavin, Dorothy Cameron
|
Clan Cameron NZ
|
2004 Second edition (2003)
|
x 310p
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4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
60
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With illustrations and pen portraits, a history of the various Clan Cameron branches in New Zealand and their activities in the 20th century
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5.000000
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20.000000
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41.000000
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46.000000
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50.000000
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The Ancestors and Descendants of Horatio Smith Mackay and his wife Janet McIndoe
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Gibson, Christabel
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Author Pub
|
1998
|
136p (4p genealogical lists)
|
4to
|
Spiral bound Plastic front, back Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, a New Zealand Mackay family history, including the diary of the voyage out (1853)
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5.000000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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30.000000
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33.000000
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Missions, Moons & Masterpieces The Giffords of Oamaru
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Gifford, Michael
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Heritage Press
|
2005
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218
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4to
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P-B Last two pages slight scratches Near Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, the story of this multi-talented family, arriving in Oamaru in 1862
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5.000000
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18.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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The Seven Lives of Lady Barker
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Author of 'Station Life in New Zealand'
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Gilderdale, Betty
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David Bateman
|
1996
|
xvi (1p) p18-312
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
32
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With illustrations, the detailed biography of a writer whose publications in each of the countries she lived in have been successful, including New Zealand
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5.000000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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My Life in Two Halves a memoir
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Gilderdale, Betty
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David Bateman
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2012
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160
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, beginning in England, then in New Zealand from 1967, helping build the groundswell of children's fiction
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6.000000
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23.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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Postcards from Tukums a family detective story
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Gluckman, Ann
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David Ling
|
2010
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286
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, tracing a family out of Tukums, in Latvia, leaving for New Zealand in 1904, including a collection of postcards sent to them in New Zealand
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5.000000
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20.000000
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36.000000
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42.000000
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45.000000
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Mussolini, Bella Maria & Tojo
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a kiwi soldier's memoir
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Good, Lindsay
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Steele Roberts
|
2003
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157
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a memoir of service in WW2, through New Zealand, Italy and then in Japan after the war
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Warm Milk and Apples
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Goodall, Evered H
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Author Pub
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2004
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196
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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35
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Inscribed by the author, a detailed memoir of his early life in the 1930s in Riwaka, Nelson province
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11.000000
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Warm Milk and Apples
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Goodall, Evered H
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Author Pub
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2005 Reprint edition (2004)
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196
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the life experience of this New Zealand retired farmer
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4.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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28.000000
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Only a Second Eleven Man
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Goss, Alan M
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Author Pub
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2002
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80
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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Signed by the author, a memoir of a New Zealand Minister, his War service and the various ministries around New Zealand and abroad
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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A Driven Man
|
Missionary Thomas Samuel Grace
|
Grace, David
|
Ngaio Press
|
2004
|
375
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8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps, slight fading spine Near Fine
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38
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With maps and illustrations, a detailed biography of this Wesleyan Minister, unpopular for taking the Maori view, especially regarding land ownership and confiscation, with extracts from his own writings
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8.000000
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19.000000
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35.000000
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39.000000
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41.000000
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Ned & Katina a true love story
|
|
Grace, Patricia
|
Penguin
|
2009
|
352
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
24
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With map and illustrations, the story of a New Zealand Maori Battalion soldier on Crete and his Cretan sweetheart who come back to New Zealand to settle
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8.000000
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17.000000
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31.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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Peter Graham Mountain Guide
|
|
Graham, Peter ; Hewitt, HB (ed)
|
Reed, Allen & Unwin
|
1965
|
xiv 245p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, rubbing, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Short inscription FEP VG
|
28
|
With maps and illustrations, the autobiography of an institution in New Zealand mountaineering, as Head Guide at Mt Cook from the 1890s to the 1920s, and the many mountaineers he climbed with
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5.000000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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The Mighty Totara the life and times of Norman Kirk
|
|
Grant, David
|
Random House
|
2014
|
511p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the first detailed study of the rise and death of this New Zealand Labour Prime Minister, including the beginning of New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance
|
6.000000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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A Working Holiday 1940-1945
|
|
Grant, L/T Donald RN(NZ)9
|
Allen & Hodden
|
1992
|
(5p) 246p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B FEP clipped top fore-corner VG
|
22
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Thirteen 'trips' on the convoys to Russia, a New Zealand morse operator in the Royal Navy
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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We Travel Together
|
|
Gray, Ian
|
Author Pub
|
2014
|
vii 295p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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Signed and inscribed by the author, the travels of the author and his wife, both in life and in distance
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5.500000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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Riemenschneider of Warea
|
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Greenwood, William
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Reed
|
1967
|
152
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the biography of a German Protestant minister who ministered in Taranaki for 14 years from 1844-1858
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Cutten
|
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Greif, Stuart W ; Knight, Hardwicke
|
Authors' Pub
|
1979
|
80
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight foxing covers Near Fine
|
65
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Limited edition (#84/200), with illustrations, the life and letters of this early Dunedin businessman and landowner, and his Belmont House
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6.000000
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16.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Parade of a Kiwi
|
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Grieve, Gordon G
|
Author Pub
|
1986
|
(frontis) 166p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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Inscribed and signed by the author, the political and social life of this New Zealander during the 1960s and 1970s, including as MP for Awarua, with illustrations
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Mark Cohen (1849-1928)
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Griffiths, George
|
Author Pub
|
2008
|
24
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4to
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P-B VG
|
25
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With illustrations, the life of a Dunedin newspaperman and sportsman, the ODT and Evening Star, and Albion Cricket Club
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Queenstown's King Wakatip
|
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Griffiths, GJ
|
John McIndoe
|
1971
|
(frontis) 156p
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
30
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With maps and illustrations, including Rees' own drawings, a life of this pioneer run-holder in the Wakatipu area
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5.500000
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14.000000
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23.000000
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28.000000
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28.000000
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The Blackstocks of 'Burnside' their ancestors & descendants
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Guise, Ian (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1990
|
132p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
40
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With maps and illustrations, the Blackstock family in Scotland and New Zealand, and descendant families, Wilson, McLean, Guise and Pirie
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Dare to Achieve
|
|
Guthrey, A Ron
|
The Caxton Press
|
1997
|
(frontis) 284p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
38
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, the story of war service - coming back minus a leg - then building a business from Christchurch, family business and public service
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5.000000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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Metal Roads
|
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Hall, Aileen B
|
Author Pub
|
1984
|
(frontis of framed author photograph TP) 16 leaves
|
4to
|
Plasticised boards, gilt titles Near Fine
|
42
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Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, the photocopied early years of this New Zealand woman born in Apiti, lived in Mangarimu, and Ruahine, following the making and metalling of the area's roads
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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28.000000
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I Did it my Way Bill Black MBE
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Halliday, Merv (comp)
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Bill & Shirley Black
|
2013
|
224
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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32
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With illustrations, a life of this New Zealand helicopter pilot, from deer recovery to search and rescue, and the adventure in between
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6.500000
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26.000000
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55.000000
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55.000000
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Indeterminate Sentence
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Handyside, Allan
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Philip Garside Publishing
|
2005
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viii 120p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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35
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The biography of a New Zealand conscientious objector during WW2, with maps and illustrations
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5.000000
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22.000000
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Indeterminate Sentence
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Handyside, Allan
|
Philip Garside Publishing
|
2005
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viii 120p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With map and illustrations, the 4 years spent in Rangipo Prison by this New Zealand WW2 conscientious objector
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Kim the Kiwi on the Konig
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Hanna, Tim
|
Finish Line Publications
|
2010
|
(2p) 508p
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the life of this New Zealand motorcycle racer in the 1970s
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6.000000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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One Good Run the legend of Burt Munro
|
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Hanna, Tim
|
Penguin
|
2005
|
308
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a life of a true kiwi charachter, and world speed creator
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6.000000
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18.000000
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38.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
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The Girl who Stole Stockings
|
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Hardie, Elsbeth
|
Australian Teachers of Media
|
2015
|
344
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8vo
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P-B Bump top fore-corner VG - Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, the story of Susannah Noon, and the women of the convict ship 'Friends', transported to New South Wales, and going on to New Zealand, to Nelson and thence Port Underwood, with lists
|
5.000000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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All at Sea war and peace and other skirmishes
|
|
Harker, Jack
|
HarperCollins
|
2004
|
312p (6p catalogue)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
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25
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With illustrations, the life and experiences of this New Zealand writer of naval books, including 'Well Done Leander' and 'HMNZS Achilles'
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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The Harrington Connection our branch of the tree
|
|
Harrington, Jim (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1990
|
144
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8vo
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P-B VG
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40
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With maps and illustrations, a family which migrated from England to the United States and spread to New Zealand, lacks the New Zealand family tree as a separate sheet
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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The Devil's Own War The First World War diary of Brigadier-General Herbert Hart
|
|
Hart, Herbert ; Crawford, John (ed)
|
Exisle Publishing, New Zealand Defence Force
|
2008
|
336
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8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Fine
|
48
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With illustrations and maps, the diaries of this New Zealander who left for WW1 to serve as a major with the NZEF and rose to be a battalion, then brigade commander on the Western Front from 1916-1918
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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38.000000
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The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie
|
|
Hastings, David
|
Auckland University Press
|
2015
|
230
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the murder of Mary Dobie in 1880s New Zealand, and the social and political results
|
6.500000
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24.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Recollections of Frances Elizabeth Menzies
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Hector, Janet (comp)
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Menzies Reunion Cttee
|
2004
|
124
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, memories of a life in rural New Zealand in the nineteenth century, in Southland and on Banks Peninsula
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4.000000
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11.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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High Country Legacy four generations of Aspinalls at Mt Aspiring Station
|
|
Hedley, Alex
|
HarperCollins
|
2012
|
253p (3p)
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
40
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With map and many wonderful illustrations, a family and farm history, Mt Aspiring Station, run by the one family since the 1920s, and now into its fourth generation
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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37.000000
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43.000000
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47.000000
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My Yesterdays in sunshine and shadow
|
|
Henderson, Alice E
|
Author Pub
|
1947
|
199
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8vo
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P-B Slight rubbing spine Owner's name TP VG
|
22
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The life of a New Zealand missioner in India at the beginning of the Twentieth Century
|
6.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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A Blaze of Colour Gordon Tovey Artist Educator
|
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Henderson, Carol
|
Hazard Press
|
1998
|
256
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8vo
|
P-B VG
|
22
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With illustrAtions, the life and work of this New Zealand artist and art educator, including as the national art supervisor in New Zealand
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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31.000000
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33.000000
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Jim Henderson's People
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Henderson, Jim ; Foster, Bruce
|
Reed Methuen
|
1986
|
179
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Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Inscription HTP Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, short talks with Jim's people mostly in the Nelson-Golden Bay area
|
5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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From the Blitz to the Burmese Jungle and beyond
|
|
Hennessy, Brian ; McMillan, Karen
|
McKenzie Publishing
|
2017
|
184
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, a memoir of a New Zealander who went through World War Two, the Britain of the Blitz, the English Army in Burma and the horrors of Hiroshima
|
5.500000
|
13.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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The Descendants of John Angus McDonald and Grace McQueen (2 vols)
|
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Hey, Dorothy ; McDonald, Gordon
|
Author Pub
|
1977, 1986
|
15p (1p) ; 48p
|
8vo
|
P-B Inscription front cover vol 2, writing inside cover VG
|
25
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With lists and genealogical tables, this Scottish immigrant family to New Zealand which settled in Southland and then spread
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4.000000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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32.000000
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Pizzles in Paradise the escapades of a travelling vet
|
|
Hicks, John
|
Jovi Books
|
2007 Reprinr ed (2005)
|
223
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8vo
|
Card covers with flaps Crease front cover VG
|
20
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With illustrations, the life of a Southland vet, after more than thirty years of tending to bird and beast
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5.500000
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13.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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The Hills of Herbert
|
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Hill, Dave E
|
Whitestone Publications
|
1998
|
142
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
35
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the lives of this North Otago family in Herbert/Otepopo and beyond
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5.500000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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Richard Henry of Resolution Island
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Hill, Suzanne and John
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John McIndoe
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1987
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364
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4to
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D-J (in archival wrapper) Pale blue paper over boards Near Fine
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125
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With maps and illustrations, the story of one of New Zealand's first real conservationists, dedicating a part of his life to saving the endangered birds in Fiordland
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6.000000
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28.000000
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50.000000
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Westland Journal of John Hillary, emigrant to New Zealand 1879
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Hillary, JH
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Acorn Editions
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1979
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xvi 111p
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8vo
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D-J (slight rubbing top spine) Paper over boards Slight foxing top FE VG - Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the journey to New Zealand, and back to England, by a family of immigrants, a nice copy
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5.500000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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View From the Summit
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Hillary, Sir Edmund
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Doubleday, Random House
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1999
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xi (1p map) 309p (1p)
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, Sir Edmund looks back over the climbing, the adventuring, the diplomacy, and the work in places like Nepal
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19.000000
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34.000000
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39.000000
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42.000000
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Swamp Fever a Golden Bay memoir
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Hindmarsh, Gerard
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Craig Potton
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2008 reprint edition (2006)
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193
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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28
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Signed by the author, life at the top of the South Island during the last part of the 20th century
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Taranaki between the wars 1918-1939
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the people, their lives, their stories
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Hitchcock, Valerie (et al, comps and eds)
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Telford Media and Design
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2008
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240
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the memories of men and women who lived through the between war years in Taranaki, and their day-to-day experiences of happenings and places
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Character and Longevity a McIntosh Legacy 1859-2009
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Hoban, James K W
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Author Pub
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2009
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(5p) 180p
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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48
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With illustrations and genealogical tables, the life and descendants of Kenneth and Grace McIntosh in New Zealand, after 150 years
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5.500000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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A Merchant Navy Man's Story
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Hodgson, David Lionel
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Author Pub
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1998
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(frontis) 192p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, the war experiences of an engineer officer in the New Zealand Shipping Company 1939-1945, scarce
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34.000000
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Nothing but Grass and Wind the Rutherfords of Canterbury
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Holm, Janet
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Hazard Press
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1992
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279
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4to
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D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
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55
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With illustrations and map, the detailed story of an early Canterbury European pioneer family who became owners of huge tracts of farming land in Canterbury and Otago
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5.000000
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23.000000
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Best of Both Worlds the story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau
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Holman, Jeffrey Paparoa
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Penguin Books
|
2010
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344
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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25
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With map and illustrations, the meeting of two minds and the threads of old Maori tales, and the source of much of what we know of pre-European contact Maori
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5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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Dear Sister letters between a pioneer Wairarapa family and relatives in rural England 1856-1883
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Holmes, Dr Robin ; Farley, Allan J (eds)
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Wairarapa Archive
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2006
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x 221p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the correspondence over nearly 30 years between two sisters at opposite ends of the Earth, one in England, the other in New Zealand, and the varying lives they had
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5.000000
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13.000000
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Sylvia!
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(The Biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner)
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Hood, Lynley
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Viking
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1988
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264
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8vo
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D-J Near Fine
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20
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The biography of a NZ educator-writer, whose educational theories and practice were at first too advanced for the authorities.
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5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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36.000000
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40.000000
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Minnie Dean her life and crimes
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Hood, Lynley
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Penguin
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1994
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221
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps VG
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22
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A study of the 'Winton Child Murderer", the only woman hanged by law in New Zealand
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5.500000
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11.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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Hoppertunity Knocks
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Hopper, Edith
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Author Pub
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ND
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125
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8vo
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Cloth binding Near Fine
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45
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Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, a Hopper family story, including life in Whangaparaoa
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Horncastle's Suitcase
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a New Zealand family story
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Horncastle, Graeme
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The Pavilions Hotel Ltd
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2011
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360
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, the life of this family, especially on the West Coast, and developing into rising and falling fortunes
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5.000000
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20.000000
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37.000000
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43.000000
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47.000000
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The Diary of Alfred Domett 1872-1885
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Horsman, EA (ed)
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OUP
|
1953
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(frontis) (1p) 311p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (in plastic wrapper, price clipped) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, the late diary of an Englishman who spent 30 years in New Zealand in the middle of the 19th century in public service and writing
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8.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Goldfield Balladeer
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the life and times of Charles R Thatcher
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Hoskins, Robert
|
Collins
|
1977
|
xii 194p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chip, slight fading spine) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
22
|
With illustrations and song anthology, the 'rollicking' life of this songster, commentating on the scandals - and personalities - of the time, especially on the developing New Zealand goldfields
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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Singer in a Songless Land
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A life of Edward Tregear 1846-1931
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Howe, KR
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AUP
|
1991
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241
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8vo
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D-J Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a study of this NZ senior civil servant and Polynesianist, joint founder and editor of the Polynesian Society, author of articles and books on Maori-Polynesian origins and language
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5.500000
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13.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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Ghosts of Anzac
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Howe, Onesimus William
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Langsford Publishing
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2015
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182
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the diary of a New Zealand soldier who fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
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3.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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The Hunt a history of an ordinary New Zealand family
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Hunt, Graeme
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Hunt Communications
|
1989
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166
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4to
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P-B Rubbing extremities VG
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38
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With maps, illustrations, and genealogical tables, the lives of this New Zealand family as it became increasingly diverse
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6.000000
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23.000000
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50.000000
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54.000000
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58.000000
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Black Prince
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the biography of Fintan Patrick Walsh
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Hunt, Graeme
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Penguin
|
2004
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288
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8vo
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P-B Owner's plate covered inside front cover VG - Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, a life of this New Zealand union leader who rose to take over as President of the Federation of Labour and 'win fulsome praise' in obituaries
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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A Colonial Naturalist Henry Suter's Life of discovery and hardship in New Zealand
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Hyde, Pamela
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Sphenodon
|
2017
|
300
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
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42
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With illustrations, a life of this German-born New Zealand naturalist and scientist who struggled for money, but contributed so much to the scientific knowledge of New Zealand mollusca, especially
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6.000000
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29.000000
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65.000000
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55.000000
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65.000000
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In Flanders Fields
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the World War One diary of Private Monty Ingram
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Ingram, Neil ; Kittow, Peggy (eds)
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David Ling
|
2006
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175
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Owner's stamp covered TP, blacked-out FE VG
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20
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D-J Paper over boards Owner's stamp covered TP, blacked-out FE VG
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5.000000
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17.000000
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31.000000
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37.000000
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38.000000
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Home Away From Home life stories of Chinese Women in New Zealand
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Ip, Manying
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New Women's Press
|
1990
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192
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, the life-stories of eight women from China who settled in New Zealand
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6.500000
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24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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From Fife to Otago
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The history of Isabella Fairbairn and Peter Ireland
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Ireland-Kenny, Pauline (ed)
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Author Pub
|
2005
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140
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4to
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P-B VG
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52
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Signed by the editor, with maps, illustrations and lists, the story of the Ireland family and its emigration from Scotland and settlement in Otago in 1855, then wider distribution. Includes 2007 Supplement
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6.000000
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22.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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Q
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Irvine, Elizabeth Fines
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Author Pub
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2009
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(2p) 130p
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, a Quartley family history, from England to New Zealand, especially the author's father
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16.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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38.000000
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Akatere A Place Far Away A Memoir
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Jameson, J Lyndsay
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Northland Historical Publications Society
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2001
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164
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8vo
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P-B Slight fading spine VG - Near Fine
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32
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With map and illustrations, the story of a Northland family's struggle for survival during the Depression
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4.000000
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11.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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Mollers a family business
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Jamieson, Bill
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Moller Holdings Ltd
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1982
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(3p) 168p
|
4to
|
P-B Paper wrinkle bottom fore-corner, with slight paper loss first five fore-corners VG
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30
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With illustrations, the spread of Mollers through New Zealand, from transport and motors to a spread of industries
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5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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In Command Phil Connolly
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Minesweeper captain and Labour parliamentarian
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Jamieson, Rosemary
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Steele Roberts
|
2009
|
321p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, a life of this New Zealand parliamentarian, including his war service
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5.000000
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20.000000
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37.000000
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43.000000
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47.000000
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McPherson Family of Dunedin, New Zealand 1865-1947
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Jeffery, Beverley
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Author Pub
|
1995
|
(2p) 207p (4p for Notes)
|
4to
|
Paper over boards Bumping top, bottom spine Short inscription HTP VG - Near Fine
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50
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With illustrations, the history of this family, first from the antecedants in Scotland, then the descendants, McPhersons, Munros, Mackays of Dunedin
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6.000000
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27.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Worlds of James Jeffery, Victorian Teacher
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Jeffery, WE
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Author Pub
|
1995
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v 276p
|
8vo
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, a biography of a teacher from the earliest days of the national system of primary education in New Zealand (1879) who became a teacher politician and newspaper columnist
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5.000000
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15.000000
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32.000000
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35.000000
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38.000000
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Denniston the Hill and beyond
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Jennings, Isabella
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Paradigm Publications
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2004
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36
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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22
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With illustrations, recollections of a past life in Denniston
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5.000000
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19.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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From Norway with Love
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Johnson, Rachel M
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Author Pub
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2006
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232
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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28
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With illustrations, a recreation of the Anderson family and its settlement in the Manawatu
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5.500000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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The amazing Mr Joy an autobiography
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Joy, Ian Harper
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Author Pub
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2012
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86
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4to
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P-B Owner's signature inside front cover Repaired crease back cover VG
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25
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Signed by the author, the colourful life of a New Zealand entertainer and magician
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5.500000
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13.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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Ngoingoi Pewhairangi a remarkable life
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Ka'ai, Tania M
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Huia
|
2008
|
xxviii 144p
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8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps CD in pocket inside rear cover Fine
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35
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With 9 track CD, a bilingual celebration of this Maori leader, especially in the East Coast area, teacher, song writer, a weaver, suddenly dead in January 1985
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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A Soldier's Story a Mediterranean odyssey
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Kane, Pat
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Quality Pubs
|
1995
|
xi 147p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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35
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With the author's signed plate, the illustrated experiences of this decorated New Zealand soldier in the Middle East and Italy
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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More Bygone Days in Lower Hutt
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Kaye, George
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Lower Hutt City Council
|
1989
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101
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8vo
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P-B VG
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20
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With illustrations, short historical pieces on the people and events of Lower Hutt
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6.000000
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18.000000
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36.000000
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40.000000
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44.000000
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By this we conquer
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Keene, Florence
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Author Pub
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1974
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149
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8vo
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P-B Owner's plate removed BEP VG
|
28
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With illustrations, the life of ther Reverend Davis and his missionary labours in New Zealand, including at St John the Baptist Church in Waimate
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3.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Hocken Prince of Collectors
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Kerr, Donald Jackson
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Otago University Press
|
2015
|
424
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Inscription from paste-down VG - Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations, a life in collecting of this Dunedin doctor, his collection and its fate
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5.500000
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22.000000
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44.000000
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46.000000
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48.000000
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To Find a Fortune Women in the Thames Goldfield 1867-1893
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Killip, Rosemary
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Women's Studies, VUW
|
1995
|
112
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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40
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With maps and illustrations, a study of the women who 'inhabited' the Thames Goldfield towards the end of the 19th century, women who had also come to Thames to make their fortune
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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40.000000
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Frank Sargeson A life
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King, Michael
|
Viking, Penguin Books
|
1995
|
478
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Light brown FEs VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the masterly biography of this key New Zealand writer
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5.500000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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38.000000
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Te Puea a biography New edition
|
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King, Michael
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Reed
|
2007 Reprint edition
|
372
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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28
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With illustrations, a new edition of this detailed study of this Maori leader and her role in strengthening Maori values and institutions, including the development of Turangawaewae
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5.000000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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Tread Softly for you tread on my Life
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King, Michael
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Cape Catley
|
2001 2nd print (2001)
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186
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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20
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A collection of pieces written and gathered as sidelights to other, more weighty jobs, of history and biography, speeches for meetings and conferences, obituaries (Dame Whina Cooper), pieces for other writers
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Wrestling with the Angel
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A life of Janet Frame
|
King, Michael
|
Viking
|
2000
|
583
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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The long-awaited, weighty biography of Janet Frame, with illustrations
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5.000000
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25.000000
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52.000000
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56.000000
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60.000000
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Wrestling with the Angel
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A life of Janet Frame
|
King, Michael
|
Viking
|
2000
|
583
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards, slight rubbing base VG - Near Fine
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48
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Inscribed by the author, the long-awaited, weighty biography of Janet Frame, with illustrations
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5.000000
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25.000000
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52.000000
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56.000000
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60.000000
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The Collector Andreas Reischek a biography
|
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King, Michael
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H&S
|
1981
|
196
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Signature front paste-down VG - Near Fine
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28
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With maps and illustrations, the journeys of an Austrian naturalist, sent out to New Zealand in 1877, and the collections he made of New Zealand flora and fauna
|
5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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37.000000
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41.000000
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At the Edge of Memory
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a family story
|
King, Michael
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Penguin
|
2002
|
168
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8vo
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D-J Fine
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28
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With illustrations, further investigations of the author's family, here stretching through the USA back to Poland
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Being Pakeha Now
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Reflections and Recollections of a White Native
|
King, Michael
|
Penguin
|
1999
|
251
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a re-thinking of the earlier 'Being Pakeha', carrying the cultural debate forward
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5.000000
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18.000000
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31.000000
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35.000000
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37.000000
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The Turners of Huia
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Kirk, Alan ; Turner, Harvey
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Author Pub
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1966
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124
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards VG
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35
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Author's presentation copy; a family which started NZ's biggest fruit and vegetable market
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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22.000000
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The Ordeal of William Larnach
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Knight, Hardwicke
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Allied Press
|
1981
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136
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8vo
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P-B VG
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20
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With illustrations, the various lives of William Larnach leading to his death in 1898 in Parliament
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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The Autobiography of a Maori
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Kohere, Rewiti T
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Reed
|
1951
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156
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8vo
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D-J (chips extremities, in archival wrapper) Slight foxing FEs Slight inscription front paste-down VG
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175
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With illustrations, the auto-biography of the author of 'Te Konae Aronui', scarce
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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From the Lowlands to the Hills
|
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Kolff, Tora
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Author Pub
|
1987
|
iv 205p
|
8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the author's life in Holland, and then in New Zealand, especially in the Riverside Community
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5.000000
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11.000000
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22.000000
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26.000000
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Pioneering Reminiscences of Old Wairoa
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Looking backward sixty years
|
Lambert, Thomas
|
Thomas Avery & Sons
|
1936
|
(3p) 208p
|
Small 8vo
|
P-B Slight foxing Fes Slight tea splash front VG
|
60
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A series of reminiscences from an early European settler in the Wairoa area, including New Zealand Wars and experiences in the media
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5.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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Selections from the Writings of 'Tohunga'
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Lane, William
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Wilson & Horton
|
1917
|
142p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Covers marked Small piece of spine paper missing top, bottom spine Signature TP Historical Society stamp beginning, end, on one other page Light foxing some pages Gd
|
45
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A collection of the author's articles from the New Zealand Herald, from 1900 to 1917, many of them dealing with the reports from WW1
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5.000000
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11.000000
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22.000000
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A Kiwi in the Shetland Scattald
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Laurenson, Graeme
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Author Pub
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1980
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xvii 146p
|
4to
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D-J (lightly foxed) Paper over boards Signature FEP VG
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40
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With maps and illustrations, the lives (including some biographies) of Shetland Islanders who immigrated to New Zealand, and their contributions, especially in goldmining, farming and fishing
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Earlybird the story of Phil Lightband
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Laurenson, Wendy
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Phil Lightband
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1996
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318
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8vo
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P-B Very slight tea spot back fore-corner Near Fine
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20
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With maps and illustrations, the flying career of this motivator of the small aircraft industry worldwide
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Good Luck and Lavendar
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Lawry, Marie
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Author Pub
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1980
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(5p) 144p
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a semi novelisation of the Lawry family and its experiences in New Zealand, includes family tree
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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The Sea-Diaries of Thomas Laws
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Laws, Robert (et al)
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Author Pub
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2018
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vii 294p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With maps and illustrations, travelling between England and New Zealand in 1873 and 1901
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6.000000
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19.000000
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38.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Sons of Te Ramaroa Nga Tama a Te Ramaroa
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Leaf, Joan M
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Author Pub
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1983
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296
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8vo
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Soft card covers with flaps VG
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145
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Inscribed and signed by the author, a limited edition, the War memories of the men of the South Hokianga, with illustrations
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6.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Not So Poor an autobiography
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Lee, Mary Isabella ; Cooper, Annabel (ed)
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Auckland University Press
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1992
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163
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8vo
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P-B Fading spine VG
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20
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With illustrations, the autobiography of the mother of John A Lee
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5.500000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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West Coast Memories 2 vols
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Legg, Paul Beauchamp
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Author Pub
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1999
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(3p) 162p (2p) ; 221p (1p)
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4to
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P-B Owner's signature Vol 1 TP Near Fine
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50
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a 'lifetime' of flying on the West Coast of New Zealand
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8.000000
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23.000000
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44.000000
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48.000000
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52.000000
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We've made it... to the Twenty-first Century
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Legg, Paul Beauchamp
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Author Pub
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2001
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(1p) 226p
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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Signed by the author, the illustrated 73 first years of the author and his classmates from Feilding, experiences in other parts of New Zealand and other parts of the world
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19.000000
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35.000000
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39.000000
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42.000000
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As the Years Went By Between Greville and the Rai
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Leov, LCF
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Author Pub
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1970
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250
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8vo
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Brown cloth binding, gilt titles Slight foxing FEs Near Fine
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120
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With illustrations, the first edition of this memoir of life in the Marlborough Sounds area from 1897 to 1970
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5.000000
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Romantic Agony the love-letters of Charley Turner and Matilda McKenzie 1867-1870
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Leov, Nola M (ed)
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The Copy Press
|
2009
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50
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With maps and illustrations, early life in European Nelson and the Pelorus Sounds
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4.000000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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Slough of Despond?
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Leov, Nola M ; Turner, Margaret J
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The Copy Press
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2013
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44
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With maps and illustrations, more about the Turner family of Nelson in 1899
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13.000000
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The World of Emily Gracilla letters to the Turner family from their faithful English friends and relations 1883-1886
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Leov, Nola M ; Turner, Margaret J
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The Copy Press
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2011
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42
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With maps and illustrations, further details about the lives of the Turner family of Nelson
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4.000000
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13.000000
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26.000000
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30.000000
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Waiting 1895-1896
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Leov, Nola M ; Turner, Margaret J
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The Copy Press
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2010
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64
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With maps and illustrations, more about the Turner family of Nelson from 1895-1896
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14.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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From Tiger Moths to Test Pilot
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Lewis, Bernie
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Author Pub
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2015
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(1p) 162p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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34
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With illustrations, the fascinating life of this New Zealand pilot, as a member of the RAF, and then working for Bristol Siddeley, especially on helicopters
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5.500000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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Memories of Early Years and other writings
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Lilburn, Douglas ; Hoskins, Robert (ed)
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Steele Roberts
|
2014
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150
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a collection of written pieces and musical scores by this New Zealand composer
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5.000000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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The Wareing Saga memories of a colonial South Canterbury family
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Lipyeat, Moira (comp)
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Wareing Family Reunion Cttee
|
2013
|
64
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, a history of a New Zealand branch of the Wareing family, the first Wareing arriving in 1864 (JB), and moving to Temuka in South Canterbury
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5.000000
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15.000000
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40.000000
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40.000000
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Willie Apiata VC the reluctant hero
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Little, Paul
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Penguin
|
2008
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255
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8vo
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D-J Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, the life of this New Zealand SAS trooper and his winning of the VC
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5.000000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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The Printing of a Masterpiece
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Loney, Alan
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Black Pepper
|
2008
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xi 113p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
28
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How the writer, printer, publisher 'created' the masterpiece of 'Leonardo on Nothingness'
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4.000000
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11.000000
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22.000000
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The Falling A Memoir
|
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Loney, Alan
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AUP
|
2001
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(2p) 130p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
18
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A memoir of an experience that bore threads through NZ society, the Tangiwai Disaster of 1953, and the confrontation with the author's own past
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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The Remarkable Life Story of Sir Joseph Ward 40 years a Liberal
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|
Loughnan, RA
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New Century Press
|
1929
|
234p (1p) (2p catalogue)
|
Small 8vo
|
P-B Browning pages VG
|
25
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A relatively partisan biography of this New Zealand politician who became Liberal Premier, defeated by the Massey conservatives in the 1911 election
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4.000000
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12.000000
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28.000000
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Easily the Best the life of Helen Connon 1857-1903
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Lovell-Smith, Margaret
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Canterbury University Press
|
1994
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139
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8vo
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P-B Owner's label covered HTP VG - Near Fine
|
22
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With illustrations, a life of the first woman in the British Empire to graduate with a Masters Degree, the headmistress of the Christchurch Girls' High School, leading Canterbury, and New Zealand, academic and educationist
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Plain Living High Thinking the family story of Jennie and Will Lovell-Smith
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Lovell-Smith, Margaret
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Pedmore Press
|
1994
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182
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
38
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With illustrations, the story of a Christchurch family from the 1860s, and the development of a growing women's movement from the 1880s to the 1960s, the 'White Ribbon' magazine, the women's franchise movement, and the 'Women's Vote'
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6.000000
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25.000000
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From the Wistaria Bush
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Lowry, Vanya
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Auckland University Press
|
2001
|
viii (2p) 157p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Fine
|
32
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With illustrations, portraits, book covers, the life of Bob Lowry, Auckland-NZ printer and typographer, and his family, by daughter Vanya, including moments with other NZ literary figures like Denis Glover, JK Baxter, ARD Fairburn
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Bully Hayes South Sea Pirate
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|
Lubbock, Basil
|
Charles E Lauriat
|
1931
|
(frontis) xi (1p) (plate) 322p
|
4to
|
Blue cloth binding, gilt titles spine Light rubbing top spine, light wear base spine Slight rubbing fore-edges Scattered small marks on covers TEG Rear internal hinge repaired Owner's pencilled details HTP VG
|
50
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With illustrations, a demonstration of the 'gathering up and straightening out the kinked-up strands in the strange life-line of (this) notorious South Sea adventurer', including his time in New Zealand on the Otago goldfields
|
6.000000
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32.000000
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75.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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A Lifetime Revisited the first 92 years
|
|
Lundie, WJ (Jack)
|
Author Pub
|
2009
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(4p) 192p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
35
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Signed and inscribed by the author, a long life, including time on South Island high country farms
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Under the Lynwood Tree 1840-1940
|
|
Lynn, Bob
|
Author Pub
|
1982
|
(2p) 142p (4p index)
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers Small tea stain one page Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, the detailed story of this family in New Zealand and Australia, a nice copy
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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28.000000
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Imperial Patriot Charles Alma Baker and the history of Limestone Downs
|
|
Macdonald, Barrie
|
Bridget Williams Books
|
1993
|
xiv 194p
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
48
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With illustrations, the life of this New Zealander, beginning as a surveyor, making money in Malaya, then buying Limestone Downs, near Port Waikato, and its role as a teaching farm
|
6.000000
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30.000000
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55.000000
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48.000000
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50.000000
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|
Going Abroad Second Edition revised and Enlarged
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The MacGibbon family and other early Scottish emigrants to Otago and Southland, New Zealand
|
MacGibbon, John
|
Ngaio Press
|
2002
|
258
|
4to
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P-B Signature inside front cover Near Fine
|
45
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A very detailed, illustrated family history which describes much of early immigration by the Scots to New Zealand and their development as New Zealanders
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
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50.000000
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Going Abroad
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The MacGibbon family and other early Scottish emigrants to Otago and Southland, New Zealand
|
MacGibbon, John
|
Ngaio Press
|
1997
|
231
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4to
|
P-B Light fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
40
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Signed by the author, a very detailed, illustrated family history which describes much of early immigration by the Scots to New Zealand and their development as New Zealanders
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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42.000000
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46.000000
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50.000000
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Captain Jack Surveyor and Engineer
|
the autobiography of John Mackie
|
Mackie, John
|
New Zealand Institute of Surveyors
|
2007
|
(5p) 444p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations and maps, a very full life, including World War 2 and POW experience with the Japanese, and surveying back in New Zealand
|
5.000000
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23.000000
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51.000000
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54.000000
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58.000000
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|
Wartime Correspondence
|
|
Macky, Peter (comp, ed)
|
Livadia Publishers
|
2007
|
323p (1p)
|
Oblong 4to
|
Laminated soft boards Slight fading spine Near Fine
|
35
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With maps and illustrations, the correspondence from Peter Russell Hay Allen to his mother from 1938 to April 1942, having enlisted in the Royal Navy and ending with the loss of his submarine, HMS Upholder
|
9.000000
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38.000000
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85.000000
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80.000000
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85.000000
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John Pascoe
|
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Maclean, Chris
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Craig Potton Publishing, The Whitcombe Press
|
2003
|
344
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Fine
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55
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With maps and illustrations, a detailed account of the author, historian, mountaineer and photographer who was John Pascoe, a nice copy
|
5.000000
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22.000000
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48.000000
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52.000000
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54.000000
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Nursing in New Zealand history and reminiscences
|
|
Maclean, Hester
|
Tolan Printing Co
|
1932
|
(frontis), 283p
|
8vo
|
Red cloth binding Slight wear top, bottom spine VG
|
25
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With illustrations, the author takes the reader through her experiences as a nurse and administrator in New Zealand from the early 1900s, including service in WW1
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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The Fighting Man
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a study of the life and times of T E Tylor
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Macleod, Nellie FH
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Dunbar and Summers
|
1964
|
(frontis) (10p) 143p
|
8vo
|
D-J Near Fine
|
24
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With illustrations, the life of an early New Zealand socialist and Mayor of Christchurch
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Hard Times on the Chain Hills
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MacManus, Vincent (et al)
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Author Pub
|
2006
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152
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, memories of this Dunedin family, farming during the Depression and later
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5.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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I, Duncan, from Skippers
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Macnicol, Duncan ; Trotter, Margaret
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Author Pub
|
1987
|
(frontis) (3p) 103p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
Signed by the co-writer, with maps and illustrations, the life of this early inhabitant of Skippers Canyon, in the Shotover Valley, near Queenstown, and his later experiences
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5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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29.000000
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Our Lesser Stars twelve New Zealand Family Biographies
|
|
Main, Colleen P
|
New Zealand Society of Genealogists
|
1990
|
328
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8vo
|
P-B Light fading spine VG
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24
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With illustrations, a collections of essays about New Zealand families of the 19th and early 20th centuries
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5.500000
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16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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There and Back the story of a branch of the Malcolm family through the centuries
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Malcolm, Lindsay
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Author Pub
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2008
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182
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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40
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With maps, illustrations and tables, the lives of the Malcolm families from around Oamaru
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5.000000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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A Blessed Life from Makarewa to Motueka
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Maloney, Father Pat
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Earl of Sutcliffe Art Workshop
|
2008
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233
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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40
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Inscribed by the author, a detailed autobiography of a New Zealand priest, overseas and in New Zealand, with illustrations
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5.500000
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18.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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Some Reminiscences
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|
Mandeno, Harry
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Author Pub
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1968
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107
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8vo
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P-B Near fine
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55
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Signed and inscribed by the author, with illustrations, memories of this New Zealand architect, including the New Zealand Wars diary of his grandfather, published for private distribution
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4.000000
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12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Eighty Years in New Zealand
|
embracing fifty years of New Zealand fishing
|
Mannering, George E
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Simpson & Williams
|
1943
|
255
|
8vo
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Cloth binding, red titles VG
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30
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With illustrations, the writer's reminiscences, including mountaineering and fishing in the North and South Islands
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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Standing my Ground a voice for nature conservation
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Mark, Alan F
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Otago University Press
|
2015
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312
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the life of this advocate for the preservation of areas of ecological importance in New Zealand
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5.000000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Life and Work of Samuel Marsden
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|
Marsden, Rev JB (ed J Drummond)
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W&T
|
1913
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x 232
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8vo
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Card covers Slight wearing spine Insc FEP VG
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35
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Studies the life and effect of Marsden in NZ
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5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Black Beech & Honeydrew
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Marsh, Ngaio
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Collins
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1966
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287
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8vo
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D-J (slight chips, price-clipped) Slight foxing FEs Small inscription FFEP VG
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28
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The author's autobiography, with illustrations, of life in NZ and beyond
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Happiness in Willowbank Home
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Martin, Gladys
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Author Pub
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2006
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(10p) 203p (xxiii) (1p)
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8vo
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author, the author's experience and guide to Diversional Therapy
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5.000000
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12.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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Doss 1914-2014 Well Worth the Journey
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Martin, Graeme
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Author Pub
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2014
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103p (5p)
|
4to
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Paper over boards, gilt titles Near Fine
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45
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With illustrations, a family scrapbook, with genealogical trees, cuttings and other ephemera
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6.500000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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A Colonist's Gaze the life of Charles Rooking Carter
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|
Martin, John E
|
Wairarapa Archive, Fraser Books
|
2018
|
iv 323p
|
8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, a life of this English immigrant in 1850 who worked hard to develop Wellington and the Wairarapa area, having a town named after him
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6.000000
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26.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Henry Cooper of Auckland Grammar School
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Mason, Andrew
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Auckland Grammar School Old Boys' Association, David Ling Publishing
|
2005
|
xiv 424p
|
8vo
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a life and experiences of this teacher and headmaster of Auckland Grammar School, Chancellor of the University of Auckland, and an important guide for the Woolf Fisher Trust
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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From Mountains to Meteorites
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Mason, Brian ; Nathan, Simon
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Geological Society of New Zealand
|
2001
|
72
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, the life of this internationally-known New Zealand geologist
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25.000000
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Three Score Years and Ten some thoughts along the rural way
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Mathieson, EH
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Author Pub
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1979
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55
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8vo
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P-B VG
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20
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A series of pieces which reflect on the author's rural life and economy, including the farmer's role in local government
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3.500000
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12.000000
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The Will to Win
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Mauger, Ivan
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Golden Key
|
2010
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xvii (1p) 430p
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8vo
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D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
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38
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With illustrations, the autobiography of this New Zealand-born speedway rider who took on the world
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5.500000
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20.000000
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37.000000
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43.000000
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47.000000
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Bold Beyond Belief Bill Denz New Zealand's Mountain Warrior
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|
Maxim, Paul
|
Maxim Books
|
2018 reprint edition (2011)
|
(4p) 307p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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42
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With illustrations, a life in climbing in New Zealand and around the world with Bill Denz
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5.500000
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18.000000
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36.000000
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Bold Beyond Belief Bill Denz New Zealand's Mountain Warrior
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Maxim, Paul
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Maxim Books
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2011
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(4p) 307p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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42
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a life in climbing in New Zealand and around the world with Bill Denz
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5.500000
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18.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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Recollections and Reflections of an old New Zealander
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Maxwell, Ebenezer
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Reed
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1937 3rd edition (1935)
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(frontis) xviii (1p) 233p (4p ads)
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Small 8vo
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D-J (slight chips, in protective plastic) Inscription FEP Slight foxing FEs VG - Near Fine
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65
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A nice copy of the memorial edition of 1,000 copies (the author had died), with many illustrations and a map, includes reminiscences of Wellington and Taranaki towards the end of the pioneer period and later
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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Rock on Rarotoko Centre Island Revisited
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Maynard, Vaunda
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Author Pub
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2012
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80
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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28
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Signed by the author, life on this lighthouse island in Foveaux Strait in the 1940s
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3.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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Yours faithfully, Henry Tewsley
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McBride, Ally
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Author Pub
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2015
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227
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, the letters of a settler in early Dunedin, covering the 1860s and 70s, including religion (the Congregational and Episcopelian churches), business (Sargood, Son, and Ewen, and the USSCo) and public service (Otago Harbour Board)
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5.500000
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15.000000
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32.000000
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35.000000
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38.000000
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Scattered Cedars stories from the Lebanese Community in Dunedin
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McCauley, Lisa (comp)
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Cedars of Lebanon Club
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2013
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(4p) 138p
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Oblong 8vo
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D-J (slight bump fore-corner) Plasticised boards, slight bump fore-corner Near Fine
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40
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With illustrations and genealogical tables, the lives of the Lebanese settlers to Dunedin between the 1880s to 1930s and their families
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5.500000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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44.000000
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48.000000
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Jenkins Family History
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|
McClelland, Isabel (et al)
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Jenkins Family Book Cttee
|
1997
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280
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4to
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Laminated card covers Fine
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52
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With illustrations, a detailed compilation of material on the generations of this family from Scotland to New zealand
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5.000000
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20.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Family Life on a Rehab. Farm Early Days at Atiamuri
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McClunie, Jessie
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Author Pub
|
1996
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53
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8vo
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P-B VG
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25
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With illustrations, the author's life experiences, including on a Rehabilitation farm in Atiamuri, in the Rotorua district
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5.000000
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6.000000
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16.000000
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10.000000
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19.000000
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Alexander Turnbull
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(his life, his circle, his collections)
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McCormick, EH
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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1974
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xvi 324
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Large 8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Cloth binding Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a study of a man, his society, and his collecting
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5.000000
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17.000000
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34.000000
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37.000000
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39.000000
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The Gold Baron Central Otago's mining entrepreneur
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|
McCraw, John
|
Central Stories Museum
|
2009
|
146
|
4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With maps and illustrations, the busy and entreprising life of one of New Zealand's most innovative goldminers, stretching a small empire through Central Otago
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5.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
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The Beeby Fascicles 6 vols
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|
McDonald, Geraldine ; Benton, richard (eds)
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Te Aro Press
|
1992
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6 vols
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8vo
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Boxed set Near Fine
|
35
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A collection of essays as a festschrift for the retired first director of the NZCER in New Zealand
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5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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37.000000
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Shaking the Bee Tree
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|
McEldowney, Dennis
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AUP
|
1992
|
219
|
Large 8vo
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P-B Fine
|
12
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The author writes lovingly of the life of his wife and partner-in-life
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5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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25.000000
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An Absurd Ambition
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Autobiographical Writings of EH McCormick
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McEldowney, Dennis (ed)
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