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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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The Early Canterbury Runs
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Acland, LGD
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Whitcombe & Tombs
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1951 Complete edition
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427p (folding map)
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8vo
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Cloth binding VG
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35
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With maps and illustrations, the first complete edition of the first two series of this history of the pastoral runs in Canterbury between the Hurunui and Waitaki rivers, with a glossary of station words
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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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The Early Canterbury Runs
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Acland, LGD ; Scotter, WH ; Macdonald, GR
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Whitcoulls
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1975 4th Edition (Revised)
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417
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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50
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With maps and illustrations, the fourth, revised edition of this history of the pastoral runs in Canterbury between the Hurunui and Waitaki rivers
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5.000000
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20.000000
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36.000000
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41.000000
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43.000000
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The Hill
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The story of Denniston
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Adams, Cecilia
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J W Baty
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1971
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(3p) 168p
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8vo
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D-J (chips, slight repair top spine, fading spine, in archival wrapper) VG - Near Fine
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55
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With illustrations, the story of the town in the clouds, Denniston, its coal mines and its incline
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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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41.000000
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The Hill
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The story of Denniston
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Adams, Cecilia
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J W Baty
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1971
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(3p) 168p
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8vo
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D-J (chips, small piece missing bottom front, fading spine, in archival wrapper) Small water spot front board VG
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68
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Signed by the author, the story of the town in the clouds, Denniston, its coal mines and its incline
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3.000000
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16.000000
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30.000000
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34.000000
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34.000000
|
|
Westland Heritage a journey of nostalgia
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|
Alexander, Vonnie Clarke
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Alexander Publications
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1994
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(4p) 201p
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8vo
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P-B Rubbing spine VG
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25
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With maps and illustrations, a collection of pieces on the history of the West Coast
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
The history of Port Nelson
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Allan, Ruth
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W&T
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1954
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xv (1p) 154p (1 leaf) (10 leaves illustrations)
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8vo
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D-J (pieces missing top, bottom spine. in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Small bookseler's stamp FEP Slight foxing FEs VG
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25
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With illustrations, the history of Nelson's port and its vessels, with lists and vessel biographies, including shipwrecks
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Nelson A history of early settlement
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Allan, Ruth M
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Reed
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1965
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(frontis) xxvii (1p) 458p
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8vo
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D-J Signature FEP VG - Near Fine
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80
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With maps and illustrations, the detailed history of the Nelson area, from pre-European through to close settlement and organised immigration, a nice copy
|
5.500000
|
18.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
An Akaroa Precinct
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|
Allison, Barbara L
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Author Pub
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1990
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73
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations and drawings, an artistic walk around the older houses in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, with much history
|
3.000000
|
12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
|
|
Tracking Captain Thomas a journey in search of the unacknowledged founder of Canterbury
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|
Amodeo, Colin
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The Caxton Press
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2017
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288
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
45
|
With maps and illustrations, a new study of the foundations of Canterbury and Christchurch, and the role played by the surveyors and pre-settlement workers
|
5.500000
|
22.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
Rescue The Sumner community and its lifeboat service
|
|
Amodeo, Colin (ed)
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Sumner Lifeboat Institution Inc
|
1998
|
xi (1p) 189p
|
4to
|
Paper over boards Gilt titles Fine
|
30
|
With maps, illustrations and lists, a record of the hundred-and-more years of this Canterbury lifeboat service, its development, its people and its rescues
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
38.000000
|
|
The Mosquito Fleet of Canterbury
|
an impression of the years 1830-1870
|
Amodeo, Colin ; Huntley, Bill
|
The Caxton Press
|
2005
|
306p (1p)
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Fine
|
50
|
With maps and illustrations, a record of the role of sea transport in the development of Canterbury province
|
5.000000
|
22.000000
|
41.000000
|
47.000000
|
49.000000
|
|
Place-names of Banks Peninsula a topographical history
|
|
Andersen, Johannes C
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Govt Print
|
1927
|
238p (folding chart)
|
8vo
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles Near Fine
|
68
|
With map, a detailed A-Z of Maori and European place-names, with much historical discussion
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
27.000000
|
29.000000
|
31.000000
|
|
Old Christchurch
|
in Picture and Story
|
Andersen, Johannes C
|
Capper Press
|
1975 (1949)
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(frontis) xii 499p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG
|
30
|
With illustrations, the foundation years of Christchurch and its development, with much personal reflection by the author
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Addington the Prison
|
|
Andrews, Mike ; van Zoggel, Peter
|
The Purple Barn Conspiracy
|
2001
|
119
|
8vo
|
P-B Library stamps beginning, end, top Short inscription TP VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, a tidy ex-library copy of this New Zealand prison history
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Lyalldale YFC 1937-2007
|
|
Annett, Alan (et al, eds)
|
Lyalldale YFC 70th Cttee
|
2007
|
60
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations and lists, 70 years in the life of this South Canterbury Young Farmers' Club
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
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28.000000
|
|
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Volume 5 Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland Provincial Districts
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|
Anon
|
The Cyclopedia Company
|
1906
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xxi 615p
|
4to
|
Half leather binding, cloth boards, gilt titles, design Front spine wear on hinge, but tight Small pieces leather missing spine Very nice inside Gd - Near Fine
|
75
|
With folding map, illustrations and plates, a record till 1906 of the early European settlement of the West Coast and top of the South Island, including many biographical notes
|
14.000000
|
45.000000
|
110.000000
|
100.000000
|
110.000000
|
|
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 3 Canterbury Provincial District
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|
Anon
|
The Cyclopedia Company
|
1903
|
xxxi (2p plates) 1116p (1p) (1p errata)
|
4to
|
Three-quarter leather binding, cloth over boards Leather rubbed on FEs Text clean VG
|
240
|
With illustrations, the Canterbury district as it was around the turn of the century according to the subscibers, now a rich source of detail for later generations
|
14.000000
|
51.000000
|
117.000000
|
130.000000
|
146.000000
|
|
Cambridge Terrace Methodist Church Christchurch Seventy-Fifth Anniversary 1873-1948
|
|
Anon
|
Cambridge Terrace Methodist Church
|
1948
|
15p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P- B Stamp Foreword page VG
|
12
|
With illustrations, a brief record of this Christchurch Methodist Church
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
The Beginnings Catholic Centennial Christchurch 1850-1950
|
|
Anon
|
Author Pub
|
1950
|
59p (1p) (26p advertisements)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations and contemporary ads, a short history of the Catholic Church in Canterbury in its centenary year
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 5 Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Provincial Districts
|
|
Anon
|
The Cyclopedia Company
|
1906
|
xxi (3p) 615p
|
4to
|
Three-quarter leather binding, cloth over boards Leather rubbed on FEs Strips of fading to cloth Text clean Half of Westland Harbour map missing VG
|
180
|
With illustrations, the West and top of the South Island as it was around the turn of the century according to the subscibers, now a rich source of detail for later generations
|
5.000000
|
37.000000
|
80.000000
|
90.000000
|
99.000000
|
|
50 Years of Electricity in South Canterbury
|
|
Anon
|
South Canterbury Electric Power Board
|
1971
|
14 leaves
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With maps, illustrations and tables, a history of this Power Board and its people, which covered an area from Glenavy all the way over to Mount Cook
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Church of the Nativity Blenheim 75th Anniversary 1861-1936
|
|
Anon
|
Church of the Nativity Parish Cttee
|
1936
|
20
|
8vo
|
P-B pencilled notes throughout Gd - VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, the first 75 years of this early Marlborough church
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
35.000000
|
30.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
The Strait and the Narrow
|
a history of Policing in Marlborough
|
Anon
|
Marlborough Police History Cttee
|
1998
|
140
|
4to
|
P-B Slight bump top spine VG
|
35
|
Signed by the History Committee, with maps and illustrations, a history of policing at the top of the South Island, beginning with James Cook in 1770
|
6.500000
|
28.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
Port Levy School 1877-1977
|
|
Anon
|
Port Levy School Cent Cttee
|
1977
|
16
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
15
|
With illustrations, the reunion booklet for this school on Banks Peninsula which had been closed in 1972
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Te Wahipounamu South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area
|
|
Apse, Andris
|
Craig Potton Publishing
|
2004 Reprint edition (1997)
|
120
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
Signed by the author, with map and illustrations, the West Coast national parks, from Mount Cook to Fiordland
|
7.000000
|
21.000000
|
44.000000
|
49.000000
|
53.000000
|
|
Centennial history of All Saints' Parish Nelson
|
|
Ault, Harold Frank
|
The Vestry of All Saints' Parish
|
1962
|
(frontis) (9p) 204p
|
8vo
|
D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
25
|
Signed by the author and the Church dignitaries in a limited edition, with illustrations, a hundred years of the Nelson parish, its happenings and its personalities, with lists
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
The Nelson Narrative the story of the Church of England in the Diocese of Nelson 1858-1958
|
|
Ault, HF
|
The Standing Cttee of the Diocese of Neson
|
1958
|
(frontis) xvi (2p) 384p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing base front) Cloth binding VG
|
20
|
With map and illustrations, a centennial history of the Church of England in Nelson Province, along with the events and personalities that drove it
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
27.000000
|
29.000000
|
31.000000
|
|
Professor Bickerton's Wainoni
|
|
Baker, Tim
|
Author Pub
|
2004
|
83
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
28
|
With illustrations, a history of the beginnings of this Christchurch suburb, its animal park and the Bickerton family
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
27.000000
|
31.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Hard Won Gold stories from Waiua and the Reefton Goldfield
|
|
Barnett, Ross and Pauline (eds)
|
Friends of Waiuta
|
2019 2nd impression (2018)
|
150
|
4to
|
P-B Slight rubbing spine VG - Near Fine
|
50
|
With illustrations, a collection of essays on West Coast goldmining written in memory of Les Wright, dealing with gold exloration, capital and technology, the people involved and contemporary mining issues
|
6.000000
|
25.000000
|
45.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
Hinds and surrounding areas
|
History, Heritage and Highlights
|
Baughan, Lorraine (comp)
|
Hinds History Group
|
2005
|
320
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
70
|
Limited edition, with maps and illustrations, a detailed history of this South Canterbury town and area, its base in the land, the services and the organisations
|
5.000000
|
25.000000
|
54.000000
|
60.000000
|
64.000000
|
|
Clear Horizons A History of the Lowcliffe & Coldstream Districts
|
|
Baughan, Lorraine (ed)
|
The Lowcliffe-Coldstream History Group
|
1993
|
213
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
30
|
A detailed, illustrated history of this Mid-Canterbury district
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
A History of Rangi-Ruru School
|
|
Belcher, Margaret
|
Rangi-Ruru Presbyterian Girls' School
|
1964
|
96
|
8vo
|
D-J (small chip spine) Thin strip browning EPs Otherwise Near Fine
|
30
|
A nice copy of this history, published on the 75th anniversary of the Christchurch school, with illustrations of teachers and pupils
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Living with the Past historical buildings of the Waimairi district
|
|
Bennett, Pauline (et al)
|
Waimairi District Council
|
1982
|
88
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B VG
|
30
|
With maps and illustrations, a photographic record of many of the buildings of historical importance in Waimairi County, around the north of Christchurch, many of which now exist only in photographs
|
6.000000
|
26.000000
|
48.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
The First Hundred Borough of Blenheim 1869-1969
|
|
Beverley, A
|
Blenheim Borough Council
|
1969
|
210
|
8vo
|
Card covers Insc FEP VG
|
32
|
With biographies-lists of community leaders, events in history
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Life and Work at Canterbury Agricultural College the first seventy-five years
|
|
Blair, ID (comp)
|
Author Pub, Caxton Press
|
1956
|
448
|
8vo
|
Cloth binding, gilt titles VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, the first 75 years of Lincoln College
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Braeburn Settlers and those who came after
|
|
Blakemore, Nicola
|
Author Pub
|
2008
|
(4p) 163p
|
4to
|
P-B Short crease fore-corner VG - Near Fine
|
48
|
With many illustrations, a hundred or so years in this settlement in the Murchison area
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
30.000000
|
33.000000
|
36.000000
|
|
The Ballads of a Coaster
|
|
Blanchfield, Paddy
|
New Zealand Books
|
1971
|
33 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine Short inscription HTP VG
|
30
|
A collection of the West Coast MP author's 'ballads' dealing with people and events on the Coast, now scarce
|
4.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
27.000000
|
|
A House not made with Hands
|
The Durham Street Methodist Church Christchurch
|
Blight, Rev William T (comp)
|
The Trustees of the Durham Street Methodist Church
|
1964
|
119
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips) Signature FEP VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, 100 years to 1964 in the life of this church, now much changed by the Christchurch earthquakes
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
26.000000
|
29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
Canterbury Country Houses
|
|
Bowers, Sacha ; Wells, Rodney
|
The Caxton Press
|
2000
|
64 leaves
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
35
|
Limited edition (#867), with illustrations by Rodney Wells, 60 country houses in Canterbury and some of their histories
|
6.000000
|
24.000000
|
55.000000
|
50.000000
|
55.000000
|
|
In a Southern Churchyard
|
|
Bowman, Glenys ; Wells, Rodney
|
The Caxton Press
|
1997
|
52 leaves
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
40
|
Limited edition (26/750) evocation of churches and churchyards around Southern New Zealand, words by Glenys Bowman, drawings by Rodney Wells
|
6.000000
|
18.000000
|
32.000000
|
36.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
Amberley 1884-1984
|
|
Boyce, NM (et al, comps)
|
Author Pub
|
1984
|
15 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Signs of silverfish back cover Bend bottom fore-corner VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, pieces about the birth and development of this North Canterbury town
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
The Far Downers The people and history of Haast and Jackson Bay
|
|
Bradshaw, Julia
|
University of Otago Press
|
2010 Reprint edition (2001)
|
152
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
With maps and illustrations, earlier life in South Westland, at the end of the road on New Zealand's south-west coast
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Redwoodtown School Jubilee 1912-1962
|
|
Brayshaw, NH (comp)
|
Express Printing Works, Author Pub
|
1962
|
28
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, the first half-century of this Marlborough school, including some history of its district
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Redwoodtown School Jubilee 1912-1962
|
|
Brayshaw, NH (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1962
|
28
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, the first 50 years of this Marlborough Primary School
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
The Lyttelton Time-Ball Station
|
|
Bremner, Julie
|
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
|
1979
|
59p (5p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
15
|
With illustrations, an account of the history, operation and restoration of this Canterbury building demolished in the earthquakes
|
4.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Vanguard of the South Nelson, New Zealand
|
|
Brereton, Lt-Col Cyprian Bridge
|
Reed
|
1952
|
(frontis) 255p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, wear around top, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, slight fading top, bottom spine Slight foxing FE VG
|
40
|
With maps and illustrations, a 'social record.. of the growth of the Nelson district and the life of the people
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
31.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Rangi Ruru
|
|
Britten, Rosemary
|
Te Waihora Press
|
1988
|
176
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
26
|
With illustrations, the first hundred years of this Christchurch girls' school
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
26.000000
|
30.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Between the Wind and the Water Ashburton County Council 1876-1989
|
|
Britten, Rosemary
|
Ashburton District Council
|
1991
|
203p (folding map rear)
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
35
|
With maps and illustrations, a detailed record of this South Canterbury district and its local government
|
6.000000
|
28.000000
|
50.000000
|
48.000000
|
52.000000
|
|
Difficult Country an informal history of Murchison
|
|
Brown, Margaret C
|
Murchison Historical and Museum Society
|
1976
|
(frontis) xvi 262p
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Slight foxing FE Near Fine
|
35
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, a history of the Murchison district, the goldmining and the agriculture that followed, a nice copy
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
More than Water the story of Lake Hood
|
|
Brown, Nathalie
|
Waterside Publishing
|
2012
|
248p (2 leaves)
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations, the saga of the creation of a lake at Ashburton, in South Canterbury
|
5.000000
|
19.000000
|
39.000000
|
42.000000
|
45.000000
|
|
The Early Days of Canterbury
|
|
Bruce, A Selwyn (comp)
|
Simpson & Williams
|
1932
|
(frontis) 208p
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading, small chips) Cloth binding Owner's armorial plait front paste-down Light foxing FE VG
|
50
|
With illustrations, a selection of facts and stories surrounding the first 50 years of the Christchurch and Canterbury settlement by European immigrants
|
6.500000
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25.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
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LIfe in the Hinterland of the South Island
|
|
Bruce, George
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Author Pub
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1977
|
158
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8vo
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D-J (chips, fading spine) Paper over boards Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine
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65
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With illustrations, life in farming inland from Oxford in the first half of the 20th century, scarce
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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 Coast and the Coasters
|
|
Burford, John
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Whitcoulls
|
1981
|
78p (2p)
|
4to
|
D-J Cloth over boards Fine
|
25
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An illustrated introduction to the West Coast of the South Island, the natural world and the human world, a work done with love for the 'Coast'
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5.000000
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17.000000
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31.000000
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35.000000
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35.000000
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The Coast and the Coasters
|
|
Burford, John
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Whitcoulls
|
1981
|
78p (2p)
|
4to
|
D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
|
25
|
An illustrated 'guide' to the West Coast of the South Island, following the road from north to south, seeing the communities, then the people, at work and at leisure
|
6.500000
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27.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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The Cost of Change Westland Bank 1966-1994
|
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Burns, Fred
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Westland Bank Ltd
|
1996
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120
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4to
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D-J (slight rubbing top spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the final years of a bank which had served the West Coast for generations
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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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The Suter One hundred years in Nelson
|
|
Butterworth, Susan
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Nikau Press
|
1999
|
200
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4to
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Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
50
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Signed by the author, a hundred years in the life of this Art Gallery in Nelson, and its collection
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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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40.000000
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Love and Faithfulness stories of St Mary's Timaru 1860-2010
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Button, John
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St Mary's Editorial Cttee
|
2010
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368
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4to
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Laminated boards Owner's stamp covered FEP Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the service and history of this Timaru church in its first 150 years
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6.000000
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35.000000
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61.000000
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69.000000
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74.000000
|
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South of the Burn the Southburn story 1892-1992
|
|
Button, John
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Southburn Historical Publication Cttee
|
1992
|
(6p) 196p
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Signature FEP Near Fine
|
60
|
With map and illustrations, the first hundred settlement years of this South Canterbury area, starting with the Pareora Run, with biographies and lists
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5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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37.000000
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38.000000
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Lyalldale a vision realised
|
|
Button, John
|
Lyalldale Historical Group
|
2000
|
304
|
4to
|
D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
85
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Limited edition, with illustrations and drawings, the centenary history of this South Canterbury area, beginning with the farming settlement and the early Irish settlers, with family biographies
|
6.000000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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68.000000
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75.000000
|
|
Easter Monday in the High Lands a century of Mackenzie Highland Sows 1899-1998
|
|
Button, John ; Leslie, Ray
|
Mackenzie A&P Society
|
1998
|
(9p) 344p
|
4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
45
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Signed by both writers, with illustrations, the many magic moments of this Mackenzie Country event, with biographies
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5.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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62.000000
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66.000000
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|
Golden Jubilee of Saint Christopher's Sunday School Redwoodtown Blenheim 1909-1959
|
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Bythell, Joan M
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The Vestry of the Parochial District of Blenheim
|
1959
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76
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8vo
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P-B VG
|
20
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Signed, limited edition, with illustrations and lists, a history of the Sunday School, its leaders and its learners
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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 Years Between Christchurch Boys' High School 1881-1981
|
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Campbell, AT (et al, eds)
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Christchurch High School Old Boys' Association
|
1981
|
(frontis) 771p
|
8vo
|
P-B Creases cover, spine Small piece missing top fore-corner First few pages dog-eared VG
|
25
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With illustrations and lists, a hundred years in the life and development of this New Zealand Boys' High School
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5.500000
|
23.000000
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46.000000
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49.000000
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52.000000
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A Glance Over My Shoulder the story of St Stephen's Church Russley
|
|
Chambers, Rev WA
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St Stephen's Church
|
1971
|
12
|
4to
|
P-B Taped spine VG
|
10
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An illustrated 'history' of this Christchurch Methodist Church, the third to be established in Canterbury
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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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Our Yesteryears 1840-1950 a history of Methodism in Canterbury
|
|
Chambers, Wesley Albert
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Author Pub
|
1950
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(3p) 61p (9p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
28
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With illustrations, a short history of the various Methodist churches in Canterbury, and a listing of all the churches built
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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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Cheerful Yesterdays a centennial history of the Gleniti (Wai-iti) School 1879-1979
|
|
Charteris, WC (Bill)
|
The Gleniti School Centennial Cttee
|
1979
|
(3p) 83p
|
8vo
|
P-B Covers laminated VG
|
28
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With illustrations and portraits, the first 100 years of this Timaru school
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4.000000
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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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|
they left their mark
|
|
Clarkson, Paul
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Christchurch Old Boys Association
|
1974
|
40
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8vo
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P-B VG
|
24
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Published as a fund-raiser, drawings of various pupils and staff from the Christchurch Boys' High
|
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 Silent Land
|
a pictorial record of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand
|
Cleveland, Les
|
The Caxton Press
|
1966
|
87p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J (waves in paper, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG
|
38
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A photographic survey and description of the West Coast, both natural and man-made, people at work, or play, their buildings run-down, or swept-up
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5.000000
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15.000000
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30.000000
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33.000000
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36.000000
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|
A Picture Book of Old Canterbury
|
|
Coates, Ken ; Ogonowska-Coates, Halina
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Benton Ross
|
1985
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142
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4to
|
P-B Fading spine VG
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22
|
With many historical illustrations, a depiction of Canterbury from early European settler days to the 1920s
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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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|
Early Forestry and Sawmilling in Mid Canterbury
|
|
Cochrane, Ron
|
Plain Words
|
1996
|
(2p) ii 114p
|
8vo
|
P-B Name crossed out inside front cover VG - Near Fine
|
35
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Both the history of forestry and sawmilling in this area and some recollections of the author's 56 years in the industry, with illustrations and plans
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6.000000
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19.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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|
Jubilee Waimate High School 1883-1979
|
|
Collett, Elaine (et al)
|
Waimate High School Jubilee Cttee
|
1979
|
40 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
28
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With illustrations and lists, a record of the jubilee proceedings of the school, and a summary of events, with many recollections
|
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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Rapaki Remembered
|
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Couch, Arthur (Hiwi)
|
Te Waihora Press, The Canterbury Maori Studies Assn
|
1987
|
96
|
4to
|
P-B Signature HTP VG
|
32
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With map and illustrations, a history of this small Maori settlement on the shores of Lyttelton Harbour, its people and its traditions
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3.000000
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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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The View from the Saddle Horse Trekking on Banks Peninsula
|
|
Craw, Caroline
|
Author Pub
|
1990
|
90
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8vo
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P-B VG
|
20
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With map and illustrations, Overleigh Horse Treks, the people, the horses, the experiences
|
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
|
|
Yaldhurst Primary School Centennial Celebrations 1876-1976
|
|
Crawford, EA (et al, comps)
|
Yaldhurst Primary School Cent Cttee
|
1976
|
44
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
20
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With illustrations, lists and reminiscences, the first hundred years of this Christchurch district school
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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 Press First With the News an illustrated history
|
|
Crean, Mike
|
Random House
|
2011
|
174p (2p)
|
4to
|
P-B Owner's small stamp HTP Near Fine
|
22
|
With illustrations, 150 years in Christchurch newspaper publishing, including the 2010, 2011 earthquakes
|
5.000000
|
17.000000
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33.000000
|
37.000000
|
41.000000
|
|
The Story of Cheviot
|
|
Cresswell, Douglas
|
The Cheviot County Council
|
1951
|
178
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8vo
|
D-J (slight tape stain on back) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
50
|
With maps and illustrations, the story of this Canterbury area, its County Council, and 'Ready Money' Robinson
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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Eight Christchurch Schools
|
|
Cresswell, Douglas
|
The Pegasus Press
|
1956
|
40
|
8vo
|
Paper wrappers over soft card Light fading spine VG
|
25
|
With drawings by Fanny Buss, the author's wife, the early history and life of eight foundation boys' and girls' schools in Christchurch, both 'state' and 'church'
|
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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Fire and Flood Pleasant Point Volunteer Fire Brigade 1944-1994
|
|
Cross, DJ (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1994
|
90
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the first 50 years of this South Canterbury Volunteer Fire Brigade, its people and their experiences
|
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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|
Daybreak in Geraldine County 1877-1952
|
|
Davey, AJ
|
Geraldine County Council
|
1952
|
198
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8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, browning spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Thin strip browning EPs VG - Near Fine
|
30
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With map and illustrations, seventy-five years of local government in rural Canterbury
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6.000000
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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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|
Bainham a history
|
|
Dawber, Carol
|
River Press, Bainham Reunion Cttee
|
1997
|
286
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
45
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With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of this area in south west Nelson, the gold, the forestry, the farm development
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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29.000000
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33.000000
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36.000000
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Whitebait and Wetlands
|
Tales of the West Coast
|
Dawson, John ; Henshaw, David
|
David Bateman
|
1998
|
96
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
22
|
The delightful colour and B-W cartoons and illustrations of David Henshaw add to the humour of these anecdotes and stories which are reliably reported from the West Coast
|
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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|
Pioneers on Port Cooper Plains
|
The Deans family of Riccarton
|
Deans, John
|
Simpson & Williams
|
1964
|
(frontis) (8p) 178p (folding genealogical chart)
|
8vo
|
D-J (price-clipped) Near Fine
|
45
|
With illustrations, the history of the first European settlers in Canterbury before the NZ Company settlement, a nice copy
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
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|
Pioneers on Port Cooper Plains
|
The Deans Family of Riccarton and Homebush
|
Deans, John
|
Cadsonbury Pubs
|
1998 (1964)
|
(frontis) xiii 178p (3p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
|
The facsimile reprint of this history of one of the earliest Canterbury families, 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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Restoring the Old Homebush Whare
|
|
Deans, Louise
|
Homebush Press
|
2008
|
192
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations and plans, the history and restoration of a dilapidated 1850s wood and clay cottage in Canterbury
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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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|
Images from a Limestone Landscape
|
|
Dennis, Andy ; Craig Potton
|
Craig Potton Pub
|
1997 (1987)
|
118
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Oblong 8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
30
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With map and wonderful illustrations, the limestone country of Paparoa National Park in Westland
|
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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|
Images from a Limestone Landscape
|
|
Dennis, Andy ; Craig Potton
|
Craig Potton Pub
|
1987
|
118
|
Oblong 4to
|
D-J (slight wear top spine) Laminated boards VG - Near Fine
|
35
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With map and wonderful illustrations, the limestone country of Paparoa National Park in Westland
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8.000000
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23.000000
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51.000000
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55.000000
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59.000000
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Street Names of Nelson some notes on their origins
|
|
Dickinson, BE
|
Journal of the Nelson Historical Society
|
1966
|
30
|
8vo
|
P-B Small piece missing top p30 VG
|
15
|
Notes on the naming of some of Nelson's earliest streets
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4.000000
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10.000000
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24.000000
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The Spirit of St Andrew's 1917-2017
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Dinsenbacher, Pip (et al)
|
St Andrew's College
|
2017
|
370
|
Oblong 4to
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
50
|
With illustrations and lists, the first hundred years of this Canterbury integrated co-ed school
|
6.000000
|
38.000000
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85.000000
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80.000000
|
85.000000
|
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Nelson College Images of an Era
|
|
Dodson, Marilyn (et al)
|
Nelson College Old Boys' Assn
|
2006
|
144
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine
|
35
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150 years told in well-restored photographs, the staff, the pupils, the activities
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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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Ashburton Borough School 125th Jubilee 1872-1997
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|
Driscoll, Alison (comp)
|
Ashburton Borough School 125 Jubilee Cttee
|
1997
|
40
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, the jubilee of the oldest primary school in the Ashburton area
|
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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|
Waiau Families and Other Stories
|
|
Dunbar, Graham A (ed)
|
The Waiau Reunion Association
|
1998 revised edition
|
(frontis) x 180p
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
34
|
With map and illustrations, a collection of biographical pieces about the earlier and later families to settle in the Waiau township, and on the farms in the district
|
3.000000
|
11.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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|
Rotoiti Recollections
|
|
Dungan, Dan (ed)
|
St Arnaud Community Association
|
1992
|
136
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8vo
|
P-B VG
|
30
|
With illustrations, a collection of pieces on this area in the Nelson province, includes profiles
|
6.000000
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22.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
|
The Middleton Grange Story
|
|
Dunlop, Eric
|
25th Celebration Cttee Middleton grange School
|
1989
|
154
|
8vo
|
P-B Fading spine VG
|
20
|
With illustrations and lists, the first 25 years of this co-educational school in Christchurch
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
The Folk down South"
|
A Tale of South Westland
|
Eastwood, Oswald W
|
Author Pub
|
1964
|
32
|
Small 8to
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
Author's presentation copy, a collection of verses about the South Westland area
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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 Silver Tussock
|
|
Evans, Allister
|
Author Pub
|
1975
|
(5p) 235p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
75
|
With maps and illustrations, a history of this South Canterbury farming area, Holme Station, Craigmore, Maungati, Cannington, Craigmore Downs, Motukaika, Upper Pareora and Alpine, a lovely copy
|
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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Suburban & Rural a church on the move a short history of the parochial district of Atawhai-Hira 1861-1981
|
|
Evans, Rev JH
|
Author Pub
|
1981
|
24
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
15
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With illustrations and lists, a hundred and twenty years of this church in the Nelson area
|
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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|
Runanga Home of Champions
|
|
Ewen, Jack ; Flood, John
|
100th Jubilee Cttee of the Dunollie-Runanga District
|
2005
|
216
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
48
|
With many illustrations, a hundred years plus of this West Coast district, with biographies of the more famous locals
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5.500000
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19.000000
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40.000000
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43.000000
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46.000000
|
|
Travelling River
|
|
Fell, Cliff (et al)
|
Mountains-to-the-Sea Project
|
2004
|
56
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With maps and illustrations, a Suter Gallery exhibition book, a collaboration of artists, scientists, and the people of the Motueka River catchment
|
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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St Paul's Methodist Church (Hokitika) Centennial 1865-1965
|
|
Fields, Ronald E
|
St Paul's Methodist Church
|
1965
|
12 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a hundred years in the Methodist Church on the West Coast
|
5.000000
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6.000000
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17.000000
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22.000000
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19.000000
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Blenheim School Jubilee 1984 125 years
|
|
Finnie, John
|
Blenheim School 125th Jubilee Cttee
|
1984
|
39p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a review of the people, places and events in the history of this Marlborough school
|
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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Of Grace and Majesty St Patrick's Basilica Waimate 1909-2009
|
|
Foley, John
|
Author Pub
|
2009
|
155
|
8vo
|
P-B Fine
|
28
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With illustrations, the first century of this South Canterbury Catholic basilica and its people
|
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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|
Straight off the Tussock
|
|
Fulton, Tim
|
Fraser Books
|
2005
|
xiii (frontis map) 191p
|
8vo
|
Soft cards covers with flaps Fine
|
35
|
The story of a Canterbury farm family, including surviving the Wahine
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
|
25.000000
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|
A Century of Worship 1878-1978 St Mary's Church Blenheim
|
|
Furness, JG
|
St Mary's Church
|
1978
|
32
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
15
|
With illustrations and lists, a century of this church, its history and its people
|
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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A History of the University of Canterbury
|
|
Gardner, WJ (et al)
|
University of Canterbury
|
1973
|
530
|
8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Near Fine
|
22
|
With illustrations, published to celebrate the first century of the university in 1973
|
6.000000
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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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|
A History of the University of Canterbury 1873-1973
|
|
Gardner, WJ (et al)
|
University of Canterbury
|
1973
|
530
|
8vo
|
D-J (repair base, chips, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG
|
25
|
With map, illustrations and tables, a hundred years of university education in Canterbury, New Zealand
|
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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South Canterbury A record of settlement
|
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Gillespie, Oliver A
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The South Canterbury Centennial History Cttee
|
1958
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(frontis) xxiv (plate) 507p (folding map back paste-down)
|
8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Slight foxing FEs VG - Near Fine
|
50
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With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of this South Island area, its pioneers and settlers, its flora and fauna, and the social forces which affected them all
|
5.000000
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23.000000
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48.000000
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52.000000
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58.000000
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A Holiday Idyll
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Glenn, Rewa
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Pegasus
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1964
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(frontis) 78p
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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45
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With woodcuts by Elizabeth Johnston, a nice copy of these 'adventures' in the Marlborough Sounds
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From Slate to Computer one hundred years at Springlands School
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Gosling, Les
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Cent Cttee of the Springlands School
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1986
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(6p) 76p
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations and lists, the first century of this Marlborough school
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24.000000
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The History of Mrs Pope Ltd
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Gosset, Robyn
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Mrs Pope Ltd
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1979
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58
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8vo
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D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
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30
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Signed by the two firm managers, a limited edition history of this Canterbury firm, with lists
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4.000000
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Boyangs n' Bandannas West of the Southern Alps
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Graham, Frank
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Author Pub
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2001
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196
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8vo
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P-B Fine
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48
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Signed by the author, the Kokatahi Band on the West Coast, and West Coast things, with maps and illustrations
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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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Selwyn
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From the Hills to the Sea
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Grayburn, Arthur (et al, ed)
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Ellesmere Camera Club
|
1997
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(4p) 279p (1p)
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
40
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With many illustrations, a depiction in A-Z form of an area in South Canterbury in word and photograph (many historic) in some detail, from Arthur's Pass to Windwhistle
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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 Big Chill of June 2006
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Grigor, Jeff
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Penguin Group
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2006
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34 leaves
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Owner's small stamp TP Near Fine
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15
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With illustrations, the results of the biggest snowfall in Canterbury and surrounding areas for half a century, recording the rise of the community to help itself
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Early Timaru
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Hall-Jones, FG
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The Southland Historical Cttee
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1956
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64
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8vo
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D-J over soft card covers (slight chips top spine) VG
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30
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With maps and illustrations, historical records of Timaru's pre-settlement period, annotated and analysed
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The Streets of Timaru
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Hamilton, JB
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The South Canterbury Historical Society
|
1975
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79p (1p Index) (folding map inside rear cover)
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8vo
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D-J over card covers VG - Near Fine
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30
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With a short history, an explanation of where many of Timaru's street names came from
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Timaru South School Centennary 1881-1981
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Hannam, Mary
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Timaru South School Centennial Cttee
|
1981
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54p (2p)
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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 lists, a hundred years in the life of this South Canterbury school
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5.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
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The Warm Wind of Faith
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Hanrahan, MJ
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Asburton Parish Cent Cttee
|
1981
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95p (1p)
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8vo
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P-B Signature TP VG
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22
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With illustrations, a hundred years of Catholicism in South Canterbury, with short biographies
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3.000000
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To the Back and Beyond a Karamea story
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Hargreaves, Jim
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Author Pub
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2000
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216
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8vo
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P-B FEs yellowed VG
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30
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P-B FEs yellowed VG
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Karamea - a story of success
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Harmon, Dulcie (comp)
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Karamea District Cent Cttee
|
1975
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(2p) 92p (2p)
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8vo
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P-B VG
|
35
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With illustrations, the story of the district at the end of the West Coast Road and its school, scarce
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The Kettle on the Fuchsia
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The story of Orari Gorge
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Harper, Barbara
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Reed
|
1967
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172
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8vo
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D-J (repairs, small pieces missing) VG
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28
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A Station in South Canterbury, inland from Geraldine; the Tripp family and their work
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5.500000
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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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Tohora
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The story of Fyffe House, Kai Koura
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Harris, Jan
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NZ Historic Places Trust
|
1994
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56
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4to
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P-B Fine
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24
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Dwelling first on the archaic inhabitants, the book expands onto the European past of the area, and the whaling station founded in 1842
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A Place to Live The Tasman District, a community profile
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Harris, Jill
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Dry Crust Communications, Tasman District Council
|
2005 2nd print
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76
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P-B Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, a combination history and guide to the people and places of this Nelson area
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3.000000
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11.000000
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Faces and Forces shaping the Tasman District
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Harris, Jill
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Dry Crust Communications, Tasman District Council
|
2003
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78
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Oblong 8vo
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Spiral bound, soft card covers VG
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25
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With illustrations, a collection of the driving forces, and the people creating and changing Nelson's Tasman District
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The Port of Timaru
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Hassall, Charles E
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Timaru Harbour Board
|
1955
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212
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8vo
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D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Cloth binding Thin strip browning Eps VG
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28
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With illustrations, the first century in the history of this South Canterbury port, its development, its people and its boats
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34.000000
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Beyond the Waimakariri
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A regional history
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Hawkins, Donald N
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Whitcombe&Tombs
|
1957
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viii (6p) 465p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding, slight speckling Owner's details FEP VG
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50
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With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of the area north of Christchurch, including covering early agriculture and social activities
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18.000000
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44.000000
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Beyond the Waimakariri
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A regional history
|
Hawkins, Donald N
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Capper Press
|
1978 (1957)
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viii (6p) 465p
|
8vo
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D-J (slight fading spine)Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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40
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With maps and illustrations, a reprint edition of this detailed history of the area north of Christchurch, including covering early agriculture and social activities
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44.000000
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Mountain Farm Bush Farm
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Henderson, Jim (comp, ed)
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Radio Pacific Publishing
|
2000
|
96
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8vo
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P-B Owner's details HTP VG - Near Fine
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20
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With illustrations, the generations on Kairiru farm, at the top of the West Coast
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5.500000
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14.000000
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The Styx Story a study of a Christchurch River
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Hills, Dennis
|
The Styx History Group
|
2002
|
vi 98p
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a human and natural history of this river and its district
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5.000000
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17.000000
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31.000000
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A Community Built on a Station Divided Culverden Settlement Farms 1908-2008
|
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Hoban, James KW
|
Author Pub
|
2008 2nd edition
|
144
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4to
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P-B Short crease cover front fore-corner VG
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40
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We Remember
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(Reminiscences of JE Strachan, Rangiora High School)
|
Hollow, P ; Allardyce, T
|
Author pub
|
1965
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(2p) 52
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8vo
|
P-B VG
|
15
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A collection of reminiscences of JE Strachan and the school
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Hokitika Handmade
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Hulme, Keri (et al)
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Hokitika Craft Gallery Co-Operative Society
|
1999
|
52
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Oblong 8vo
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Spiral bound, soft card covers Fine
|
40
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Text by Keri Hulme, photographs by Julia Brooke-White, 19 West Coast artists with short biographies and examples of their work, scarce
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5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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17.000000
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Homeplaces
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Three Coasts of the South Island of New Zealand
|
Hulme, Keri ; Morrison, Robin
|
H&S
|
1989
|
(frontis map) 131p
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards, very slight rubbing top, bottom spine Near Fine
|
90
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Signed by Robin Morrison, Keri Hulme's three 'homes' in the South Island, West Coast, East Coast and Rakiura, photographed by Robin Morrison
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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Homeplaces
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Three Coasts of the South Island of New Zealand
|
Hulme, Keri ; Morrison, Robin
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H&S
|
1989
|
(frontis map) 131p
|
Oblong 8vo
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D-J (slight fade spine) Paper over boards Near Fine
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55
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Keri Hulme's three 'homes' in the South Island, West Coast, East Coast and Rakiura, photographed by Robin Morrison
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6.500000
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32.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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A City of Bridges
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Ince, John A
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Christchurch City Council
|
1998
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188
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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50
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With illustrations, the pre-Earthquake bridges of Christchurch
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34.000000
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Marlborough Place Names
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Insull, Herbert Alexander Horace
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Reed
|
1952
|
71p (2p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine, slight rubbing extremities) Paper over boards VG
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40
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With maps and illustrations, a useful guide to the Maori and early European names of the top of the South Island
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Quail Island a link with the past
|
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Jackson, Peter
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Dept of Conservation
|
1990
|
viii p9-112
|
8vo
|
P-B Owner's name covered TP VG
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24
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With map and illustrations, the history of this island in the middle of Lyttelton Harbour, once base to a Shackleton expedition
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Tales of Banks Peninsula
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|
Jacobson, HC
|
Author Pub
|
1893 2nd, expended edition
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viii 307p
|
Small 8vo
|
Cloth binding Ex-lib, number spine, card pocket, number rear paste-down Owner's details front paste-down Gd - VG
|
28
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Early stories of the Banks Peninsula area, from land to sea, Maori to English to French, the Maori section by the Rev JW Stack
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5.500000
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15.000000
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Akaroa and Banks Peninsula 1840-1940
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Jacobson, HC (comp)
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Akaroa Mail
|
1940
|
(frontis) (2p) 396p
|
8vo
|
D-J (pieces missing, in archival wrapper) Blue cloth binding Slight bumping top, bottom spine VG - Near Fine
|
125
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With illustrations, the history of the foundation of this Canterbury district, the Maori, the French, the Whaling, and the European immigrants
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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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Akaroa and Banks Peninsula 1840-1940
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Jacobson, William Edward Moxhay
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Author Pub
|
1940
|
(frontis) (2p) 396p
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8vo
|
Blue cloth binding, browning spine Bumping top, bottom spine Signature FEP VG
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50
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With illustrations, the Maori history of the Banks Peninsula, and the European settlement, the French, the Whalers, the English farmers
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5.000000
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15.000000
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38.000000
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Timaru & South Canterbury a pictorial history
|
|
Johnson, David
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Canterbury University Press, Dan Cosgrove Ltd, DC Turnbull & Co
|
1996
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136
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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 many illustrations, a record of the development of this South Canterbury area, from before European settlement to the 1980s
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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The Story of Lyttelton 1849-1949
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Johnson, John
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The Lyttelton Borough Council
|
1952
|
243
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8vo
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D-J Cloth binding Thin strip browning EPs Slight foxing FEs VG - Near Fine
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40
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With map and illustrations, a history of Canterbury's port and its local government, with lists of those who fell at war
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6.500000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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50.000000
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55.000000
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High Hopes the history of the Nelson mineral belt and New Zealand's first railway
|
|
Johnston, Mike
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Nikau Press
|
1987
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152
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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60
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Gold in a Tin Dish The Search for Gold in Marlborough & Eastern Nelson 2 Vols The History of the Wakamarina Goldfield, THe History of the Eastern Marlborough Goldfields
|
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Johnston, Mike
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Nikau Press
|
1992-3
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(frontis) 600p, (frontis) 456p
|
4to
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards Signature FEP Vol 1 Near Fine
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140
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Vol 2 signed and inscribed, with maps and llustrations, a detailed history of the goldmining at the top of the South Island
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9.000000
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39.000000
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86.000000
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97.000000
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107.000000
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Westland's Golden Century 1860-1960
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Kay, RA (ed)
|
The Westland Centennial Council
|
1960
|
175p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Tea stain rear cover, with slight loss of cover paper VG
|
25
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With illustrations and advertisements, the original soft-cover publication, a hundred years of Europeans on the West Coast, and local body government
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20.000000
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55.000000
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48.000000
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55.000000
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As High as the Hills the centennial history of Picton
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Kelly, Henry D
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Cape Catley, Picton Borough Council
|
1976
|
x 262p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight rubbing) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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With illustrations, a history of the Marborough Sounds and its local government
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6.000000
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26.000000
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50.000000
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52.000000
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56.000000
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Marist Memories 100 1892-1992
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Kerridge, Peter (comp)
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The Marist Brothers Centennial Celebrations Cttee
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1992
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140
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4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a 100 years of Marist Brothers in Greymouth, the schools, the pupils and their community
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18.000000
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33.000000
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39.000000
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43.000000
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Glimpses of Greymouth and District 1868-1993
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Kerridge, Peter (comp)
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125th Jubilee Cttee Grey District Council
|
1993
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160
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
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40
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With maps and illustrations, 125 years of development of Greymouth and the West Coast districts around it, the people and the activities
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16.000000
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32.000000
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The Geology of the Lower Awatere District Marlborough, New Zealand
|
|
King, Lester Charles
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NZDSIR
|
1934
|
49p (plate) (folding map)
|
4to
|
P-B Slight paper disturbance first 6 pages Small piece missing top, bottom spine paper VG
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55
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The DSIR geological memoir No 2, with plates, charts and tables
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Picks & Bricks Tales of South Malvern
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Knowles, Margaret E
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Author Pub
|
1990
|
116
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8vo
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P-B VG
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32
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a collection of stories about the people and happenings in this South Canterbury district
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The Natural History of Canterbury
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|
Knox, GA (ed)
|
Reed
|
1969
|
620
|
4to
|
D-J (rubbing on flap, in archival plastic) VG - Near Fine
|
50
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With maps, illustrations, diagrams and tables, the revised and much enlarged edition of this study of 36 natural history subjects, from geology to flora and fauna
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5.000000
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23.000000
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48.000000
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50.000000
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53.000000
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The Canterbury Club 1872-1972 Centennial Notes
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Lamb, RC
|
The Canterbury Club
|
1972
|
(frontis) 79p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Blue cloth binding, gilt titles, device Near Fine
|
28
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With illustrations and lists, a history of this gentlemen's club in Christchurch
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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23.000000
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22.000000
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Cricklewood
|
Tales of the Connor 'Breed'
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Lange, Doreen (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1982
|
(frontis) 96p
|
8vo
|
D-J VG
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30
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Inscribed and signed by the author, the story of the Connor family in South Canterbury, with illustrations
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5.500000
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14.000000
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Lively Retrospect Timaru Girls High School 1880-1980
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Lawrence, Averille
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Centennial Cttee THS Old Girls' Assoc
|
1980
|
(errata slip tipped in) (7p) 215p
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations and lists, a detailed history of the school, its staff and its pupils
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
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Millenial Moments in Okiwi Bay
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Loffhagen, Shirley (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1999
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40
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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, a compilation of memories and history of this bay within the Marlborough Sounds
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Millenial Moments in Okiwi Bay
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Loffhagen, Shirley (comp)
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Author Pub
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1999
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40
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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 drawings, a collection of memories of this Nelson area
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Waimakariri the story of Canterbury's 'River of Cold Rushing Water'
|
|
Logan, Robert
|
Author Pub
|
1987
|
188
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Folio
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D-J Plasticised boards Short inscription FEP Near Fine
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85
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With illustrations, the natural and human history of this Canterbury river and its district
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9.000000
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30.000000
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70.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Fendall's Legacy
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A History of Fendalton and North-West Christchurch
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Looser, Frieda
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2002
|
(frontis) 227p
|
4to
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
38
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With maps and illustrations, a study of this suburb of Christchurch, beginning with English immigrant Walpole Fendall, and going from farmland to wealthy residential area
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5.000000
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16.000000
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34.000000
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Old Westland
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|
Lord, E Iveagh
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Whitcombe & Tombs
|
1940
|
(12p) )folding map) 258p (10p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (small pieces missing, in archival wrapper) Green cloth binding, gilt titles, decoration Strip browning FEPs VG
|
45
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With map and illustrations, a history of the 'early' West Coast, from Maori and European settlement to gold mining and development
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6.500000
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25.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
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Hurunui Heritage the development of a district 1950-2000
|
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Lovell-Smith, Margaret
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Hurunui District Council
|
2000
|
280
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4to
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D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
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55
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the development of local government, and local organisations, in this North Canterbury area
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5.000000
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22.000000
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44.000000
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48.000000
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51.000000
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Pay Dirt The Westland Goldfields from the diary of William Smart
|
|
Low, Hilary
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2016
|
157
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With maps and illustrations, early life on the Westland goldfields before the rushes of the 1860s through the pen and drawings of William Smart, who started searching in 1862
|
5.500000
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14.000000
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28.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
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Schoolroom and Playing Field 1880-1980
|
a centennial history of Timaru Boys High School
|
Macaulay, GA (comp)
|
Timaru BHS Centennial Cttee
|
1980
|
40
|
4to
|
P-B Slight rust staples VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, a brief history of this boys' high school, with lists and short biographies
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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25.000000
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Pages from the Past some chapters in the history of Marlborough
|
|
MacDonald, Colin Arthur
|
H Duckworth (EH Penny & Co)
|
1933
|
(2p) 321p
|
8vo
|
Cloth binding, bumping with slight chips top, bottom spine Signature of K C McDonald VG
|
100
|
With illustrations, a series of articles dealing chiefly with the pre-provincial period of Marlborough, scarce
|
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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Picton Memories 2
|
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MacDonald, Jenny
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Picton Seaport News
|
2005
|
122
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Inscription FEP VG
|
30
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A further series of illustrations used to bring out memories of the early days of Picton, in the Marlborough Sounds
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4.000000
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24.000000
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Picton Memories
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MacDonald, Jenny
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Picton Seaport News
|
2003
|
119
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Signature FEP VG
|
35
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Signed by the author, a series of illustrations are used to bring out memories of the early days of Picton, in the Marlborough Sounds
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4.000000
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24.000000
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Amuri
|
The County - Old Times and Old People
|
MacFarlane, LRC
|
Author Pub, W&T
|
1946
|
(1p) 133p (map) (3p)
|
8vo
|
Green cloth binding, black titles Slight bumps extremities Light browning FEs Ex-Lib (stamp FEP, pocket back paste-down) VG
|
40
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A very tidy copy of this history of an area in North Canterbury, with illustrations
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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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Eighty Years with Horses
|
|
Macfarlane, LRC
|
Reed
|
1973
|
(3p) 105
|
8vo
|
D-J Fine
|
30
|
With cartoons and illustrations, experiences with animals and teams in rural Amuri, north of Christchurch, in the first half of the 20th century
|
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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Te Raka
|
Land of Happy Sunshine
|
MacFarlane, LRC
|
Author Pub, W&T
|
1954
|
(5p) 139p (2p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight rubbing extremities) VG - Near Fine
|
25
|
Farming in North Canterbury, told philosophically and with love
|
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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Aporo A taste of Tasman
|
|
Mackay, Deirdre
|
Tasman Area Community Assoc
|
2008
|
ix (1p) p11-205 (3p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
28
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With maps and illustrations, a century and more in this Nelson area, from the Maori and early European settlement and industry, to today's vineyards
|
6.500000
|
24.000000
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45.000000
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40.000000
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45.000000
|
|
South of the Selwyn A Centennial Digest
|
Dunsandel, Selwyn, Mead, Fyvie
|
Mackie, Jack
|
Dunsandel School Cent Cttee
|
1979
|
174
|
8vo
|
P-B Marks on covers, small spot of thinning top front cover where price label has been removed VG
|
30
|
With illustrations and lists, a history of this South Canterbury area, its people, oraganisations and places
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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29.000000
|
29.000000
|
|
By - Ways of History & Medicine
|
(with special reference to Canterbury, New Zealand)
|
MacMillan, David
|
NM Peryer Ltd
|
1946
|
419
|
4to
|
D-J (faded, chips extremities, in protective plastic) Slight signature FEP VG
|
225
|
No 63 in an edition of 200, with illustrations, the author covers Canterbury medical 'history' and its practitioners, the South Island Maori and miscellaneous Canterbury history, in some detail, scarce
|
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
|
|
The Torlesse Papers 1848-51
|
|
Maling, Peter Bromley
|
The Pegasus Press
|
1958
|
238
|
8vo
|
D-J (rubbing around extremities, in protective plastic) Paper over boards, blue cloth spine, gilt titles VG
|
85
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Limited edition, journals and letters concerning the foundation of the Canterbury Settlement in New Zealand, with maps and illustrations
|
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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Yesterdays in Golden Buller
|
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Matthews, Ella
|
Author Pub
|
1957
|
(errata slip tipped in p14) 215p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
210
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With illustrations, and much detail from contemporary sources, a history of the settlement and happenings of this area of the West Coast
|
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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Rapaura the growing heart of Marlborough
|
A District History
|
Matthews, Nevil and Prue
|
Cape Catley
|
1995
|
x 231p
|
4to
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Plasticised boards Small gift inscription TP Near Fine
|
42
|
Signed by the authors, a nice copy of this Marlborough history, with the school history and lists, some biographies, and the wine industry
|
5.000000
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19.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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43.000000
|
|
Coal and the Coast a reflection on the Pike River Disaster
|
|
Maunder, Paul
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2012
|
112p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With map and illustrations, the Pike River disaster, the West Coast and coal, and successive governments' treatments of the Coast
|
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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Hokitika Goldfields Capital
|
|
May, Philip Ross
|
Hokitika Centennial Cttee, Pegasus Press
|
1964
|
48
|
8vo
|
Soft card wrappers with flaps over card Near Fine
|
40
|
With maps and illustrations, a history of the beginnings of the West Coast gold rushes, and the development of Hokitika
|
6.500000
|
18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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|
Gold Town
|
|
May, Philip Ross
|
Pegasus
|
1969
|
100p (4p)
|
4to
|
D-J (chip spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
40
|
With maps and illustrations, the life and times of the development of Ross, on the West Coast, including the gold
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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33.000000
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40.000000
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46.000000
|
|
Miners & Militants Politics in Westland 1865-1918
|
|
May, Philip Ross (ed)
|
University of Canterbury, Whitcoulls
|
1975
|
xi 174p
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight rubbing extremities) Signature front paste-down VG - Near Fine
|
28
|
Six essays all written by former Coasters, dealing with key episodes in the political life of Westland from the gold-rush days through to 1918
|
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
|
|
Early Development of Upper Buller
|
|
McConochie, Newton
|
Author Pub
|
1971
|
31
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8vo
|
P-B VG
|
28
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With map and illustrations, a brief history of the Upper Buller Basin and the development of a bush farm in the Hope Valley from virgin bush to machine clearing
|
5.500000
|
18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
|
|
Marlborough
|
A Provincial History
|
McIntosh, AD
|
Capper Press
|
1977
|
xiv 431
|
8vo
|
D-J VG - Near Fine
|
48
|
Facsimile edition; history of the events and the people
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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26.000000
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30.000000
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29.000000
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The Nelson College Old Boys' Register 1856-1956 4th Edition
|
|
McKay, JG ; Allan, HF (comps)
|
The Nelson College Old Boys' Assn
|
1956
|
671p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Cloth spine, label Paper over boards, gilt crest Owner's inscription FEP, back paste-down Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations, the pupils and staff of the college from foundation to 1956, including the sports teams and the school institutions
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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40.000000
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46.000000
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51.000000
|
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History of Wharenui School Golden Jubilee 1907-1957
|
|
McLean, Annie A
|
Wharenui School Jubilee Cttee
|
1957
|
38p (2p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations, the first fifty years of this Christchurch school
|
4.000000
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10.000000
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20.000000
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24.000000
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Coaching Days and Accommodating Ways (Canterbury's Old West Coast Road)
|
|
McLennon, Vera (comp)
|
Author Pub
|
1972
|
(errata slip) 80p
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight sign of old water stain back cover VG
|
25
|
With map and illustrations, life along the Old West Coast Road, the coach services and the hotels, and the people
|
6.500000
|
18.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
|
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The Theatre Royal Christchurch
|
|
McNaughton, Howard (et al)
|
Clerestory Press
|
2008
|
200
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Presentation inscription HTP VG - Near Fine
|
28
|
With illustrations, a history of this landmark theatre in Christchurch, its players and its performances
|
6.500000
|
29.000000
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50.000000
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45.000000
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50.000000
|
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The Sons & Daughters
|
Tales of the Macfarlanes, farmers of North Canterbury
|
McRae, Shona
|
Author Pub
|
1991
|
79
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards near Fine
|
40
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Signed by the author, the farming lives of this family in North Canterbury, with maps and illustrations
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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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Gone For Good
|
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McRae, Shona
|
Author Pub
|
1985
|
(7p) (111) unpaginated
|
8vo
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
30
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations and maps, the family story of the McRaes in New Zealand, covering North Canterbury, Nelson and Malborough, an edition of 1500, a nice copy
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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22.000000
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Hurunui Source to Sea
|
|
McRae, Shona
|
Hurunui Press
|
1993
|
102p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
55
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Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a history of the people and places along the Hurunui River in North Canterbury
|
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 Glens of Tekoa
|
|
McRae, Shona
|
Author Pub
|
1968
|
118
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8vo
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P-B Two signatures TP VG
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32
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A family and local station history from North Canterbury, with maps and illustrations
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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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Amuri Presbyterian Church
|
A centennial history
|
McRae, WD (et al)
|
Presbyterian Bookroom
|
1964
|
38p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
24
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With maps and illustrations, the history of this North Canterbury Presbyterian church and its people
|
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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Coaling from the Clouds
|
the Mount Rochfort Railway and the Denniston Incline
|
Meyer, RJ
|
NZRLS
|
1977 Reprint edition (1971)
|
(frontis) 67p
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight fading spine VG
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25
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With illustrations, the story of the West Coast's Mt Rochfort Railway, the Denniston Incline, the mining and the communities
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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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Coaling from the Clouds
|
the Mount Rochfort Railway and the Denniston Incline
|
Meyer, RJ
|
NZRLS
|
1989 2nd edition revised
|
40
|
8vo
|
P-B Light fading covers VG
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25
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With illustrations, the story of the West Coast's Mt Rochfort Railway, the Denniston Incline, the mining and the communities
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Remember Cobden
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Minehan, Jack
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Author Pub
|
1986
|
98
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4to
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D-J (chips, rubbing, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards SignatureTP VG
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40
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a history of this part of Greymouth
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5.500000
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13.000000
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27.000000
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31.000000
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Shaping up and Shipping out
|
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Moore, Bill
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Port Nelson Ltd
|
1990
|
iv 150p
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
28
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With illustrations, the final years of the Nelson Harbour Board
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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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75th Jubilee of All Saints Church Hokitika 1936-2011
|
|
Moore,Lynette (et al)
|
All Saints Hokitika 75th Jubilee Cttee
|
2011
|
12 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, the history of this West Coast church, including a booklet on the church and its Hobday pipe organ
|
4.000000
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12.000000
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28.000000
|
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Waiuta 1906-1951
|
The Gold Mine The Town The People
|
Morris, Gerard (comp, ed)
|
Friends of Waiuta
|
1986
|
(3p) 135p (2p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
40
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With maps, illustrations and lists, a detailed history of this gold mining town and its people
|
5.000000
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17.000000
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31.000000
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37.000000
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41.000000
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Glimpses of Geraldine through the years II
|
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Morrison, Ian and John (comps)
|
Author Pub
|
2009
|
184
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, the second collection of these memories and notes about this South Canterbury area and its people
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3.000000
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11.000000
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23.000000
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25.000000
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27.000000
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Glimpses of Geraldine through the years
|
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Morrison, Ian and John (comps)
|
Author Pub
|
2007
|
140
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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30
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With map and illustrations, the first collection of these memories and notes about this South Canterbury area and its people
|
3.000000
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10.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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The Evolution of a City Christchurch and its suburbs
|
|
Morrison, JP
|
Christchurch City Council
|
1948
|
(frontis) xvi 197p
|
8vo
|
D-J (small piece missing top spine) Plasticised boards VG
|
20
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With illustrations, the first fifty years of this New Zealand city, from 1850-1903
|
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
|
|
More Tales of Banks Peninsula
|
|
Mould, Jessie
|
Author Pub
|
1976
|
96
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8vo
|
P-B VG
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25
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, a collection of historical and personal snippets around and about Banks Peninsula
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5.500000
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20.000000
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35.000000
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30.000000
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35.000000
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Maronan a short history of the district
|
|
Mulligan, Felix
|
Author Pub
|
1980
|
79p (1p)
|
8vo
|
Faux-leather binding, gilt title Near Fine
|
40
|
Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a history of this South Canterbury area, its farms and its people
|
5.500000
|
14.000000
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28.000000
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30.000000
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32.000000
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Back then... threads from Motueka's past
|
|
Munro, Ian (ed)
|
Motueka High School
|
1999
|
120
|
4to
|
P-B Fading spine VG - Near Fine
|
32
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With illustrations, a collection of stories of Motueka's pioneers and organisations
|
3.000000
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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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The Evolution of Political Space in The Amuri, Cheviot and Hurunui Counties 1876-1985
|
|
Murray, Robert E
|
Author Pub
|
1985
|
xv 254p (folding sheet in rear pocket)
|
4to
|
Plasticised boards Bumping bottom spine Ex-County Council, with stamps Lacks some sheets in rear pocket VG - Near Fine
|
80
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With maps and illustrations, an MA thesis dealing with the political geography of this North Canterbury area, with much local history
|
6.000000
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33.000000
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72.000000
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80.000000
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86.000000
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West of Windwhistle stories of the Lake Coleridge Area
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|
Nell, Lyn (et al, eds)
|
The Lake Coleridge Tourism Group
|
2005
|
216
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
45
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With maps and illustrations, the post-WW2 stories of the settlers and the land of this area inland from Christchurch in the foothills of the Southern Alps
|
5.000000
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19.000000
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38.000000
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42.000000
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45.000000
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William Ricarby Campbell '
|
The Apostle of the North'
|
Newlands, John
|
Author Pub
|
1926
|
33
|
8vo
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Paper wraps, rubbed around extremities Slight rust on staples VG
|
30
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A memoir of the first settled minister in the Amuri, North Canterbury, with many illustrations
|
5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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18.000000
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Canterbury Women Since 1893
|
|
Newman, Corallyn (ed)
|
Regional Women's Decade Cttee, Pegasus
|
1979
|
157p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
40
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An illustrated, very detailed study of important women in Canterbury since Women's Suffrage in 1893
|
5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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18.000000
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Sovereign Butter 1902-1977
|
Seventy-Five Years of Dairying in Golden Bay
|
Newport JNW
|
The Golden Bay Dairy Factory Company Ltd
|
1977
|
84
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG
|
40
|
Signed by the author, with map and illustrations, dairying in the Nelson area
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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|
Golden Bay
|
|
Newport, JNW
|
Golden Bay County Council
|
1975
|
256
|
8vo
|
Green paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
45
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One hundred years of local government at the top of the South Island, with maps and illustrations
|
5.000000
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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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Rockville Schools Centenary 1879-1979
|
|
Newport, JNW (comp)
|
Rockville School Cent cttee
|
1979
|
80
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
22
|
With maps and illustrations, a history of the first 100 years of this collection of Nelson schools, with additions written in
|
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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St Cuthbert's Church Collingwood 1873-1973
|
|
Newport, JNW ; Taylor, Rev PJ
|
St Cuthbert's Church Collingwood
|
1973
|
40
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
20
|
Signed by the author, with illustrations, a hundred years of this church and its district
|
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 Boss's Story
|
|
Newton, Peter
|
Reed
|
1966
|
191
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8vo
|
D-J VG
|
30
|
Managing a High Country run
|
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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|
Big Country of the South Island
|
North of the Rangitata
|
Newton, Peter
|
Reed
|
1977 Rep ed (1973)
|
(map) x 260p (1p ads)
|
4to
|
D-J (very slight rubbing extremities) VG - Near Fine
|
45
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Farming on the large South Island stations, from the Rangitata up to the tips of Nelson, 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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Historic Gold Trails of Nelson and Marlborough
|
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Nolan, Tony
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Reed
|
1976
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(frontis) 95p (1p)
|
4to
|
P-B Fading spine VG
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25
|
With maps and illustrations, a pictorial history of the goldfields of the north of the South Island
|
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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Gold Trails of the West Coast
|
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Nolan, Tony
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Reed
|
1976 Reprint edition (1975)
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88
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4to
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P-B Fading spine VG
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25
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With maps and illustrations, tracing the various goldfields down the West Coast
|
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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Forgotten Bays of Lyttelton
|
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Norris, Baden
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Author Pub
|
2002
|
(1p) 41p
|
4to
|
Plastic covers Owner's small sticker TP VG - Near Fine
|
25
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With map and illustrations, three former bays in Lyttelton Harbour, Buckley's Bay, Gollans Bay, Pile Bay
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6.500000
|
20.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Appleby School Nelson Centennial History 1859-1959
|
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O'Connor, Myles
|
Appleby School Centennial Cttee
|
1959
|
39p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
35
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With illustrations and lists, a short history of this Nelson area and its school
|
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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The Braeburn Settlement and the Tutaki School Golden Jubilee
|
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O'Connor, Myles
|
Author Pub
|
1962
|
48
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8vo
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P-B VG
|
40
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With illustrations and lists, a scarce history of this south Nelson district and its school
|
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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Banks Peninsula Cradle of Canterbury
|
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
|
GP Books
|
1990
|
vii (1p) 283p
|
4to
|
D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Ex-lib, stamps at beginning VG
|
30
|
With maps and illustrations, the first edition of this detailed study, marking 150 years of oraganised European settlement, and long-term Maori occupation
|
5.500000
|
23.000000
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51.000000
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54.000000
|
59.000000
|
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Banks Peninsula Cradle of Canterbury
|
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
|
GP Books
|
1990
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vii (1p) 283p
|
4to
|
D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG
|
110
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With maps and illustrations, the first edition of this detailed study, marking 150 years of oraganised European settlement, and long-term Maori occupation
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6.000000
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23.000000
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51.000000
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54.000000
|
59.000000
|
|
The Port Hills of Christchurch
|
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
|
Reed
|
1978
|
xv 246p (1p catalogue)
|
4to
|
D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
45
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Signed and inscribed by the author, the first edition of this history of the the hills that dominate the east of Christchurch, their people and their places
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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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Moonshine Country
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|
Ogilvie, Gordon
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Caxton Press
|
1971
|
208
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8vo
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D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
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25
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The story of an area inland fron Temuka, in South Canterbury, with illustrations and maps
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6.000000
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19.000000
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40.000000
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35.000000
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40.000000
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Banks Peninsula Cradle of Canterbury
|
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
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Phillips & King
|
2007 3rd edition (1990)
|
vii (1p) 284p
|
4to
|
D-J Near Fine
|
65
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With maps and illustrations, the third edition with changes and up-dates of this detailed study, covering over 150 years of organised European settlement, and long-term Maori occupation
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5.000000
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22.000000
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46.000000
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51.000000
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53.000000
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The Port Hills of Christchurch Fully revised & updated
|
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
|
Phillips and King
|
2009
|
343p (1p catalogue)
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Fine
|
75
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Signed and inscribed by the author, a new revised edition of this Canterbury history, with new material and illustrations, a lovely copy
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5.000000
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28.000000
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60.000000
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69.000000
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73.000000
|
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High Flies the Cross
|
The 75th Jubilee History of St Andrew's College 1917-1992
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
|
St Andrew's Presbyterian College Board of Governors
|
1992
|
267p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J Cloth over boards VG - Near Fine
|
55
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With illustrations, a detailed social and educational history of this Christchurch school
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8.000000
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22.000000
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40.000000
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46.000000
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49.000000
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Ballantynes the story of Dunstable House 1854-2004
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Ogilvie, Gordon
|
J Ballantyne & Co
|
2004
|
264
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4to
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D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
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35
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With illustrations, a history of this iconic Christchurch firm over its first 150 years, and the building in which it is housed
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8.000000
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35.000000
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80.000000
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75.000000
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80.000000
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Banks Peninsula Cradle of Canterbury
|
|
Ogilvie, Gordon
|
GP Books
|
1994 2nd edition (1990)
|
vii (1p) 283p
|
4to
|
D-J (chip back, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards VG
|
125
|
Inscribed and signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, the second edition of this detailed study, marking 150 years of oraganised European settlement, and long-term Maori occupation
|
9.000000
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26.000000
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57.000000
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65.000000
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69.000000
|
|
Pleasant Point
|
A History
|
Oliver, OP ; Smith, Beattie
|
Pleasant Point Historical Society
|
1990
|
132
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8vo
|
P-B VG
|
35
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The history of this town in South Canterbury, with illustrations
|
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 Press 1861-1961
|
|
O'Neill, RB (comp)
|
Christchurch Press Co
|
1963
|
viii (1p) 297p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J Cloth binding Owner's small stamp FEP VG - Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, the first 100 years of this Christchurch Newspaper and Printing company
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
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32.000000
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34.000000
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36.000000
|
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Two Visions Fulfilled Rolleston from 1866
|
|
Palmer, David
|
Author Pub
|
1988
|
76
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8vo
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P-B Slight stain back cover VG
|
25
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Signed by the author, with illustrations, the story of Rolleston until 1988
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3.000000
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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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St Michael's Anglican Church Waimea West Nelson 1843-1968
|
|
Palmer, LA (et al)
|
St Michael's Vestry
|
1968
|
60
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
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With illustrations , 125 years in this Nelson church history, includes the Centennial booklet reprinted
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3.000000
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10.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
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St Paul's Methodist Church Greymouth
|
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Panckhurst, WD (comp)
|
St Paul's Centennial Cttee
|
1965
|
24
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
12
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With illustrations, a century of service in this Greymouth church
|
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 Haast is in South Westland
|
|
Pascoe, John
|
Reed
|
1968 2nd edition (1966)
|
116
|
4to
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D-J (chips, rubbing, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Gd - VG
|
25
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With many illustrations, the human and natural sides to this South Westland area, as well as celebrating the completion of the Haast-Wanaka road
|
6.000000
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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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Schooled under the Nor'west Arch
|
|
Paterson, Ena
|
Author Pub
|
1974
|
174
|
8vo
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P-B Slight water stain to base rear pages VG
|
25
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With illustrations and lists, a hundred years in the society and schools around Sheffield in South Canterbury
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6.000000
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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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Old Renwicktown
|
Library and Museum
|
Pattie, M ; Prosser, P
|
Friends of the Renwick Museum
|
1991
|
32
|
4to
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Card-covered VG - Near Fine
|
18
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Authors signed; Ltd edition; No 68-600; the Olga Watson Memorial Library and the Renwick Museum; sketches and photographs of early buildings and people, Blenheim
|
5.000000
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5.000000
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15.000000
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9.000000
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18.000000
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Cascade on the Run
|
A season with the whitebaiters of South Westland
|
Peat, Neville
|
Whitcoulls
|
1979
|
126
|
4to
|
D-J (in archival wrapper) VG - Near Fine
|
30
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Signed by the author, a whitebait season with the author's relatives on the Cascade River in South Westland
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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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Beyond the City
|
the land and its people Riccarton Waimairi Paparua
|
Penney, Sarah EW
|
Penny Ash Pubs
|
1977
|
(3p) 239p
|
4to
|
D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Slight paper wrinkle EPs VG - Near Fine
|
55
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A detailed history of the people and places of these now-Christchurch suburbs, with maps, illustrations and drawings
|
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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Heart of the Mackenzie the Glenmore Station story
|
|
Philp, Matt
|
Random House
|
2014
|
299p (5p)
|
4to
|
D-J over soft-card covers Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations, the story of Glenmore, beside Lake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Country, the Murray family, and the Merino stud
|
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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The Southern Journey
|
|
Pickering, Mark
|
Author Pub
|
1993
|
113
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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25
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With maps and illustrations, an historical journey from Farewell Spit to Milford Sound down the South Island's West Coast, with some biographies of the personalities involved
|
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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The southern journey
|
|
Pickering, Mark
|
Author Pub
|
1993
|
113
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8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With maps and illustrations, a history of the travelling routes along the coast of Westland, including the personalities who walked them
|
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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Pleasant Days a history of Public Education in the Pleasant Point District
|
|
Pike, AJ
|
Herald Communications
|
1993
|
122
|
4to
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P-B VG - Near Fine
|
38
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With illustrations, a history of the 15 schools in the Pleasant Point district, including the High School
|
3.000000
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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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New Pathways
|
A History of Pleasant Point High School 1970-2004
|
Pike, Alistair J
|
Author Pub
|
2004
|
144p (12p)
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations and lists, a detailed history of this South Canterbury school
|
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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|
Early South Canterbury Runs
|
|
Pinney, Robert
|
Reed
|
1971
|
(frontis) 330p (1p catalogue)
|
4to
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Cloth binding Slight browning FEs VG - Near Fine
|
45
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With maps and illustrations, a detailed account of the early history of the forty pastoral runs between the Rangitata and Waitaki Rivers, stretching from the Divide, and Mount Cook, through to the East Coast
|
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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No Ordinary Place The Chatham Islands
|
|
Pirika, Sharon
|
Cosmos Publications
|
1999
|
95
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Oblong 8vo
|
D-J Plasrticised boards Fine
|
50
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Signed and inscribed by the author/photographe r, a lovely evocation of the author's homeplace
|
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 Labyrinth of Waterways the forgotten story of New Zealand's Marborough Sounds
|
|
Ponder, W Frank
|
Wenlock House
|
1986
|
vii (1p) 168p
|
4to
|
D-J (fading spine, closed short tear top spine, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine
|
110
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Signed, numbered limited 1st edition (#932 of 1500), the Marlborough Sounds (especially Pelorus Sound), mixing in personal and regional history
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6.500000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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Lake Tekapo Mackenzie Country
|
|
Price, Felicity ; Mason, Geoff
|
Lake Tekapo Enterprises Ltd
|
2005
|
76
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Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
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25
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Signed by the author and photographer, an illustrated guide to this area in the South Island
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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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The School on the Hill Nelson College for Girls 1883-2007
|
|
Price, Karen
|
Nelson College for Girls
|
2008
|
144
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Oblong 8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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30
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With illustrations, a 'record' of the first 125 years of this New Zealand Girls' College
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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 Story of Canterbury
|
|
Reed, AH
|
Reed
|
1949
|
(frontis) 326p (2p catalogue)
|
8vo
|
D-J (pieces missing, in archival wrapper) Cloth binding Gd - VG
|
20
|
With maps and illustraions, a history of Canterbury as a Wakefield settlement in New Zealand, from pre-settlement days until the close of the provincial era, including the conquering of Mount Cook
|
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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From Tussocks to Tourists the story of the Central Canterbury high country
|
|
Relph, David
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2007
|
167
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4to
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P-B Near Fine
|
25
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With maps and illustrations, the natural and human history of this Canterbury area, including the shep stations which played a huge part in shaping the landscape
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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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All Fall Down Christchurch's Lost Chimneys
|
|
Rice, Geoff
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2011
|
119
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4to
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P-B Small owner's stamp HTP Near Fine
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25
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With many illustrations, the fragility of the built environment when faced with earthquake - Christchurch 2011
|
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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Christchurch Crimes 1850-75
|
|
Rice, Geoffrey W
|
Canterbury University Press
|
2012
|
232
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
|
35
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With illustrations, a study of the early crime and punishment in the first 25 years of the Canterbury settlement
|
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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Christchurch Changing
|
an illustrated history
|
Rice, Geoffrey W
|
CUP
|
1999
|
(frontis) 172p
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
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With many illustrations, the tale of what it was like to live in Christchurch over the past 150 years and what makes Christchurch distinctive
|
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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Ashburton Borough The final fifty years 1939-1989
|
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Richardson, HC
|
Ashburton District Council
|
1993
|
ix 338p
|
4to
|
D-J Paper over boards Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the development of local government in this South Canterbury district, and the accompanying growth of Ashburton
|
5.000000
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20.000000
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43.000000
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48.000000
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52.000000
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Provincial Perspectives
|
Essays in Honour of WJ Gardner
|
Richardson, Len ; McIntyre, W David (eds)
|
University of Canterbury, Whitcoulls
|
1980
|
149
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Signature front paste-down Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, a collection of essays dealing with the early foundations of the state of New Zealand, especially the province of Canterbury, including PR May on a comparative survey of the gold rushes around the Pacific
|
5.000000
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14.000000
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22.000000
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26.000000
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18.000000
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|
Christ's College School List 1850-1995
|
|
Rickard, LS (ed)
|
Christ's College Old Boys' Assoc
|
1997
|
(frontis) 560p
|
8vo
|
D-J (chips) Paper over boards VG
|
25
|
A numerical listing of pupils at Christ's College, building on earlier editions
|
5.500000
|
18.000000
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36.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
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Nelson Province
|
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Ristori, B
|
Betts
|
1961
|
(2p) 79
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8vo
|
P-B VG
|
18
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History plus almanac-travelogue
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5.000000
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5.000000
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16.000000
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10.000000
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17.000000
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A Century at Waitangi Station
|
The centennial story of the Sutton family at Waitangi Station
|
Robertson, Brian T
|
Author Pub
|
1986
|
84
|
8vo
|
Paper over boards Signature FEP Near Fine
|
80
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Limited edition (#292/350), with illustrations and maps, a hundred years of one family on this South Canterbury farm, a nice copy, scarce
|
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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A Shepherd Tells his Tale
|
Farming the Low and High Country of the South Island
|
Robertson, HA (Bert)
|
Author Pub
|
1971
|
48
|
8vo
|
D-J over soft card covers Fine
|
20
|
A tale that spans the South Island, as the author progressed from farm hand to farm owner, then owner of a pastoral run,Blackmount Station, in Western Southland, with illustrations, a very interesting recollection
|
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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McGinty Musters "Erewhon"
|
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Robinson, Tony
|
Author Pub
|
2001
|
270
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8vo
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P-B Near Fine
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35
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Inscribed by the author, the mustering days of the 1960s in a South Island high country farm and the high country folk
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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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41.000000
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Illustrated History of Canterbury
|
|
Rogers, Anna
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Reed
|
2007
|
180
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4to
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P-B Near-Fine
|
25
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With illustrations, Canterbury history from geological formation through Maori settlement and European arrival and the rise of the farmers, and beyond
|
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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Hanmer Springs 1883-1933
|
50 Years of Progress
|
Round, LF (et al)
|
Hanmer Springs Centennial Steering Cttee
|
1975 Reprint edition (1933)
|
79p (1p)
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, the reproduction of a scarce Canterbury souvenir book, complete with contemporary advertisements
|
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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Jacksons Bay
|
A Centennial History
|
Roxburgh, Irvine
|
Reed
|
1976
|
(4p) 198p
|
8vo
|
D-J (light fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Slight rubbing base VG - Near Fine
|
45
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With illustrations and maps, 100 years in the isolated history of Westland
|
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 Legend of Mount White Station
|
|
Sandrey, Gerald
|
Mary Egan Publishing
|
2015
|
166p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Laminated boards Near Fine
|
40
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With illustrations, a history of the land and the people of this farm in the Upper Waimakariri basin, Canterbury
|
6.500000
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30.000000
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65.000000
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60.000000
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70.000000
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The Legend of Mount White Station
|
|
Sandrey, Gerald
|
Mary Egan Publishing
|
2015
|
166p (1p)
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Laminated boards Slight bumping base spine, fore-corner Owner's small plate covered rear paste-down VG - Near Fine
|
30
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With illustrations, a history of the land and the people of this farm in the Upper Waimakariri basin, Canterbury
|
6.000000
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30.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
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70.000000
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Victoria Water a celebration of the Christchurch Model Yacht Club
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|
Sarginson, Euan ; Hobden, Hugh
|
Euan Sarginson Photography Ltd, Christchurch Model Yacht Club
|
2002
|
84
|
Oblong 8vo
|
D-J Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
45
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Established in 1898, the Christchurch Model Yacht Club has had a model century on Victoria Lake, nicely photographed
|
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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Temuka Through the Years
|
an informal history
|
Scarsbrook, Colin (et al)
|
Temuka History Book Cttee
|
2009
|
512
|
4to
|
Plasticised boards Near Fine
|
110
|
Limited edition, with illustrations, a detailed history of this South Canterbury town and area, its people and organisations
|
6.000000
|
37.000000
|
79.000000
|
88.000000
|
96.000000
|
|
A History of Port Lyttelton
|
|
Scotter, WH
|
The Lyttelton Harbour Board
|
1968
|
ix (1p) 356p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J (browning spine) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations and maps, the story of the development of this harbour and its community
|
6.500000
|
28.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Hampstead School Ashburton East 125th Jubilee 1886-2011
|
|
Silverwood, B
|
Hampstead School 125 Jubilee Cttee
|
2011
|
48
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, incorporating the Centennial booklet, a record of this Ashburton school's jubilee, from Ashburton East to Hampstead School
|
3.000000
|
11.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Ashburton Borough Centenary Our heritage 1878-1978
|
|
Silverwood,Beatrice ; Tarbotton, ER (ed)
|
Ashburton Borough Council
|
1978
|
104
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
30
|
With illustrations, a century of the Ashburton area and its local government
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
Down the Bay
|
|
Simpson, Philip
|
Potton & Burton
|
2018
|
311
|
4to
|
D-J Laminated boards Near Fine
|
58
|
With map and illustrations, a natural and cultural history of the Abel Tasman National Park at the top of the South Island
|
6.000000
|
40.000000
|
90.000000
|
85.000000
|
90.000000
|
|
The Story of Rolleston House 1919-74
|
|
Slatter, Gordon
|
The Pegasus Press, The Rolleston House Alumni
|
1977
|
156p (1p)
|
8vo
|
D-J VG - Near Fine
|
48
|
Illustrated, and with lists, the history of this men's hostel for Canterbury University, Christchurch
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Miles of Tiles
|
a journey through Longbeach and surrounding districts history
|
Small, John ; Blee, Gilmour
|
The Longbeach and Districts Historical Cttee
|
1998
|
200
|
4to
|
D-J (slight chip) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
60
|
Signed by the co-author, with maps and illustrations, a history of this South Canterbury area, its drainage from swamp, and the development of its community
|
5.000000
|
19.000000
|
38.000000
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40.000000
|
42.000000
|
|
Rokeby School and District Centennial 1892-1992
|
|
Smart, C ; Knight, J (comps)
|
Rokeby School and District Cent Cttee
|
1992
|
22 leaves
|
8vo
|
Spiral bound, laminated covers VG
|
20
|
With illustrations, a century of life in this South Canterbury area, with lists
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
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22.000000
|
24.000000
|
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Our School Grows Up
|
A short history of Kaikoura Town School
|
Spence, JR
|
The Kaikoura HDS Anniversary Celebrations Assoc
|
1958
|
(frontis) 72p
|
8vo
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations, a history of this Marlborough school and its district
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Kapua - The Years Between
|
|
Stace, JC (et al)
|
Arno-Kapua Centenary Cttee
|
1994
|
(4p) 102
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
42
|
An informative local history of the South Canterbury region, covering the Kapua settlement 1894-1994 and the Arno district, and including the finding of moa bones, with illustrations and lists
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
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19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
The School by the Sands a century of Tahunanui School Nelson 1908-2008
|
|
Stade, Karen
|
Tahunanui School
|
2008
|
212
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
28
|
With illutrations and many reminiscences, an excellent school history of this Nelson school
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
27.000000
|
30.000000
|
33.000000
|
|
Wanderings in Westland trips down memory lane
|
|
Stapleton, Doug
|
Author Pub
|
2007
|
143
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight crease fore-corners VG
|
30
|
Wth illustrations, drawn from the 'Musings' column in the 'West Coast Times', memories and pieces on the West Coast, its people and places
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
|
Memories of Mendip Hills
|
|
Steele, Audrey
|
Author Pub
|
1974
|
66p (1p)
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
32
|
With illustrations, life on a North Canterbury sheep station in the first half of the 20th century, along with the Rutherford family
|
5.000000
|
5.000000
|
15.000000
|
9.000000
|
18.000000
|
|
The Awatere Valley today and yesterday
|
|
Stevenson, Mary W
|
Awatere Valley Women's Division Federated Farmers
|
1988 2nd edition Revised, enlarged (1966)
|
276
|
4to
|
P-B Title written on spine Short inscription written verso TP VG
|
45
|
With illustrations, a detailed history of the people, farms and events of this valley which includes Molesworth Station
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
33.000000
|
39.000000
|
43.000000
|
|
Now and Then Ti Kouka
|
|
Stewart, Lee
|
Author Pub
|
2002
|
191
|
8vo
|
P-B Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, 150 years in the life of the Barker/Eder/Stewart families in Canterbury
|
3.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Light and Life
|
The memorial stained glass and some notable graves of St Peter's
|
Storer, Audrey
|
Te Waihora Press, The Parish of St Peter's
|
1990
|
96
|
4to
|
P-B VG - Near Fine
|
30
|
Beginning with the church stained glass windows and some notable graves, the author weaves a tapestry of early Christchurch-Canterbury life, with illustrations and biographies
|
6.000000
|
20.000000
|
40.000000
|
35.000000
|
40.000000
|
|
Many Hearts Make a School A history of Halswell School 1864-1989
|
|
Strange, Glyn (comp)
|
Halswell School 125th Jubilee Cttee
|
1989
|
108
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations and lists, a detailed history of the first 125 years of this Christchurch district school
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
St Nicholas Church Barrington Street, Christchurch Golden Jubilee 1926-1976
|
|
Street, Gordon ; Greenslade, John (comps)
|
St Nicholas Church Jubilee Cttee
|
1976
|
25p (1p)
|
Small 8vo
|
P-B Oblong format VG
|
15
|
With illustrations, the first 50 years of this Christchurch church
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Richmond Public School 125th Jubilee
|
|
Sutton, Jean S
|
Richmond Public School Jubilee Cttee
|
1981
|
71
|
8vo
|
P-B VG
|
25
|
With illustrations and lists, the first 125 years of this Nelson school
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
|
20.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
|
from the Dales to the Downs
|
|
Taylor, CM
|
Author Pub
|
1976
|
176
|
8vo
|
D-J Near Fine
|
15
|
Settlement in Geraldine, Sth Canterbury
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Flaxbourne Settlement Centennial 1905-2005 a pictorial record
|
|
Taylor, Jack (et al)
|
The Flaxbourne Settlers Assn
|
2005
|
76
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
With maps and illustrations, some background history and a centennial record of this community which began on a large Marlborough pastoral station
|
3.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Bank's Peninsula
|
picturesque and historic
|
Taylor, WA
|
Bascands
|
1956 reprint (1937)
|
25 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations, a reprint edition of this early guide to Bank's Peninsula, scarce in this condition
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Bank's Peninsula
|
picturesque and historic
|
Taylor, WA
|
Bascands
|
1937
|
25 leaves
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight marks covers Slight foxing EPs VG-Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, an early guide to Bank's Peninsula, scarce in this condition
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
The Lyalldale Waltz
|
|
Thompson, Isaac M
|
Author Pub
|
1975
|
(5p) 219p
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine, in archival wrapper) Near Fine
|
35
|
Author inscribed, the author's collection of memories and stories of 1900s South Canterbury, with illustrations
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
22.000000
|
25.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
The Sumner School History 1876-1976
|
|
Thorpe, Marianne (et al)
|
Sumner School Cent Cttee
|
1977
|
100
|
8vo
|
P-B Slight mark front cover VG
|
25
|
A detailed history of this Christchurch school, with illustrations, lists
|
5.000000
|
12.000000
|
19.000000
|
23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
Below the Timeball 150 years of the Port of Lyttelton
|
|
Tolerton, Nick
|
Author Pub
|
2001
|
80
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
A heavily illustrated history of the comings and goings of Lyttelton Harbour
|
6.500000
|
25.000000
|
50.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Seasons of the Grey
|
|
Toms, Christine
|
Lighthouse Media Ltd
|
2006
|
34
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a pictorial study of the Greymouth area, its people, its places, and its seasons
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
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28.000000
|
|
West Coast Yesterdays
|
|
Tracy, Mona
|
Reed
|
1960
|
208
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, browning, small water stains) Browning FEs Gd - VG
|
25
|
A record of what the author saw and heard in her travels over the West Coast in the early 20th century, illustrated by Dennis Turner
|
5.000000
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13.000000
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21.000000
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25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
From Pasture to Paradise the story of Trotts Garden
|
|
Trott, Alan
|
Trotts Garden Publishing
|
2012
|
160
|
4to
|
D-J (strip fading FE) Cloth binding Near Fine
|
30
|
With illustrations, the history and development of this South Canterbury garden
|
5.500000
|
19.000000
|
40.000000
|
45.000000
|
50.000000
|
|
Akaroa Banks Peninsula
|
|
Turner, Gwenda
|
John McIndoe
|
1977
|
95p (1p)
|
4to
|
D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
28
|
Signed by the author, text and drawings illuminate the history of the French and English settlers who developed this part of Banks Peninsula
|
5.500000
|
16.000000
|
32.000000
|
34.000000
|
36.000000
|
|
Gwenda Turner's Christchurch
|
an enchanted journey through the Garden City
|
Turner, Gwenda
|
Penguin
|
2011 (1999)
|
101p (3p)
|
Small 8vo
|
Soft card covers with flaps Slight paper disturbance FFEP from removal of owner's plate VG
|
22
|
With many illustrations, the 'earthquake relief' edition of this charming little book, with descriptions of many aspects of Christchurch now gone
|
5.000000
|
13.000000
|
21.000000
|
25.000000
|
25.000000
|
|
Buildings and Bridges of Christchurch New Zealand
|
|
Turner, Gwenda
|
John McIndoe
|
1981
|
112
|
4to
|
D-J (slide fading spine, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
35
|
Now scarce, the author's record in drawing and photograph of these historic structures in Christchurch, many now victims of the earthquakes
|
5.000000
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16.000000
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33.000000
|
37.000000
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39.000000
|
|
New Zealand South
|
|
van Reenen, Gilbert
|
Clean Green Press
|
2005
|
80
|
Oblong 8vo
|
Boxed D-J Fine
|
30
|
A series of luminous photographs of the South Island's natural environment, from tall mountain to rocky shore
|
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
|
|
High Endeavour the story of the Mackenzie Country
|
|
Vance, William
|
Reed
|
1980 revised edition (1965)
|
xi 275p
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, the revised edition of this history of the area between Lake Ohau in the West and Mount Peel in the East, an area of high country sheep runs
|
5.000000
|
19.000000
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35.000000
|
40.000000
|
43.000000
|
|
High Endeavour the story of the Mackenzie Country
|
|
Vance, William
|
Author Pub
|
1965
|
(12p) 275p (folding chart)
|
8vo
|
D-J (slight chips, slight rubbing extremities, in archival wrapper) Paper over boards FEP cut at top fore-corner VG
|
35
|
Signed by the author, the history of the area between Lake Ohau in the West and Mount Peel in the East, an area of high country sheep runs, includes folding runs schedule 1889-1946
|
5.000000
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18.000000
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32.000000
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36.000000
|
37.000000
|
|
Riverlands School 75th Jubilee 1906-1981
|
|
Wadsworth, HR
|
Riverlands School Jubilee Cttee
|
1981
|
20
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
20
|
With illustrations and lists, a brief history of the first 75 years of this Marlborough school (includes the 50 year Jubilee booklet)
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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24.000000
|
|
Rolling Stones Nelson's Boulder Bank
|
|
Warren, Karen
|
Nikau Press
|
2009
|
320
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
50
|
With maps and illustrations, the history of this area of Nelson, and a study of human effects on this natural environment
|
5.000000
|
18.000000
|
36.000000
|
38.000000
|
42.000000
|
|
Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871-1971
|
|
Watt, JOP
|
Invercargill City Council
|
1971
|
(frontis) (5p plates) (6p) 177p (6p index)
|
4to
|
D-J (chips, small piece missing top spine) Plasticised boards VG
|
30
|
An illustrated account of the formation of Invercargill as NZ's most southerly city and the civic administration which grew up with it, with much early detail
|
6.500000
|
27.000000
|
60.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
|
Windows on the Past
|
|
White, Jeanie ; Edwards, Phillip
|
South Street
|
1995
|
71
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
30
|
With plans, sketches and illustrations, the illustrated history of this Nelson street, a neat idea
|
3.000000
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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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St Michael and All Angels Christchurch commemorating 150 years church and school 1851-2001
|
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Williams, Peter (et al)
|
The Churchwardens of the Parish of Christchurch
|
2001
|
41p (1p)
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
15
|
A heavily-illustrated history of this Christchurch church and its associated school
|
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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Hearts, Hands and Voices
|
|
Williamson, Eulla
|
St Mary's Anglican Church, Geraldine
|
1978
|
(6p) 126p
|
8vo
|
D-J (fading spine) over card covers Owner's small sticker front paste-down, FEP VG - Near Fine
|
35
|
With illustrations, the history of this Anglican Church in Geraldine, South Canterbury
|
5.000000
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12.000000
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19.000000
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23.000000
|
22.000000
|
|
One Hundred Years of Worship at St Luke's Church, Hinds 1908-2008
|
|
Wilson, Jocelyn
|
Hinds Co-operating Parish
|
2008
|
191
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With illustrations, a century in the life of the longest serving church in this South Canterbury district, with many reminiscences
|
3.000000
|
12.000000
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24.000000
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26.000000
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28.000000
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|
Cheviot Kingdom to County
|
|
Wilson, John
|
Cheviot Historical Society Book Cttee
|
1993
|
viii 328p
|
4to
|
D-J (short closed repair front) Paper over boards Bumping top, bottom VG - Near Fine
|
80
|
With maps and illustrations, the history of 'Cheviot Hills' and how it became a county
|
5.000000
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25.000000
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55.000000
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60.000000
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65.000000
|
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Waikakahi fulfilling the promise
|
|
Wilson, John
|
The Waikakahi 1999 Centennial Cttee
|
1999
|
355p (folding map)
|
4to
|
D-J (in archival wrapper) Paper over boards Near Fine
|
80
|
With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of this area in South Canterbury, along the Waitaki River, marking the hundred years since the subdivision of the Waikakahi Estate, following on from William Vance's 'Land of Promise' 1957
|
5.000000
|
24.000000
|
53.000000
|
55.000000
|
58.000000
|
|
Disaster at Brunner The coalmine tragedy at Brunnerton NZ 26 March 1896
|
|
Wood, Brian
|
Author Pub
|
1996
|
272
|
4to
|
Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine
|
85
|
With maps and illustrations, a detailed study of New Zealand's worst mine disaster and its effect upon its society
|
6.000000
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25.000000
|
55.000000
|
60.000000
|
65.000000
|
|
Blue Cliffs The Biography of a South Canterbury Sheep Station 1856-1970
|
|
Woodhouse, AE
|
Reed
|
1982
|
xiv 290
|
Small 4to
|
D-J Near Fine
|
40
|
A detailed, illustrated history of this large sheep run in South Canterbury, with jacket by Colin Wheeler
|
5.000000
|
16.000000
|
31.000000
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35.000000
|
35.000000
|
|
Crumbs of Leithfield
|
|
Woodward, SJ
|
Leithfield Public Library
|
2002 4th up-dated printing
|
304
|
4to
|
P-B VG
|
45
|
With illustrations and lists, including the cemetery, an up-dated edition of the history of this Canterbury town and area
|
5.500000
|
19.000000
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38.000000
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40.000000
|
42.000000
|
|
Brighton Nelson South-West Gold Field its boom and bust
|
|
Wright, Les
|
Friends of Fox River and Bridge Inc
|
2010
|
144
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
25
|
With maps and illustrations, the story of a West Coast town's rapid demise from goldtown to scenic stop
|
4.000000
|
12.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
28.000000
|
|
Big River Quartz Mine 1882-1942 a worthwhile speculation
|
|
Wright, Les
|
Friends of Waiuta
|
1993
|
144
|
Oblong 8vo
|
P-B Strip of fading covers Near Fine
|
50
|
With maps and illustrations, a history of this mine on the West Coast, one of the richest in its 60 years of operations in terms of returns to shareholders
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
28.000000
|
30.000000
|
32.000000
|
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Siberia to the Sea
|
Memories of Rewanui Settlement, the Liverpool Coal Mines and the Rewanui Incline
|
Wright, Les
|
The Rewanui Preservation Society 2000
|
2000
|
156p (2 plans in rear pocket)
|
4to
|
P-B Near Fine
|
60
|
Author signed, with maps and illustrations, a history of this mining area on the West Coast
|
5.000000
|
14.000000
|
29.000000
|
31.000000
|
34.000000
|
|
Brighton Nelson South-West Gold Field Its Boom & Bust
|
|
Wright, Les
|
Friends of Fox River and Bridge
|
2010
|
144
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
42
|
With maps and illustrations, the story of this West Coast gold town that lasted barely three years
|
4.000000
|
11.000000
|
22.000000
|
24.000000
|
26.000000
|
|
Nelson Cathedral the story of the Church on the Hill
|
|
Young, FJL (et al)
|
The Dean and Vestry of Nelson Cathedral
|
2000
|
28
|
8vo
|
P-B Near Fine
|
15
|
With plan and illustrations, a history, and guide to Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson
|
3.000000
|
10.000000
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20.000000
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22.000000
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