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Thursday, 1st October 2009
Pooh Bear, Parihaka, Jeeves and Moby Dick
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What's New at Arty Bees Books.
This is the spot to check out every week, as we bring you the latest on the fabulous, weird, interesting, intriguing, and wonderful books, big or small, mostly square-ish - although not always - that have come into Arty Bees over the past seven days or so.
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News at Arty Bees Books
Just started today!
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NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE SALE with great bargains!
Bargains galore!!
All New Zealand Fiction is on limited sale at one third off normal prices, and half off purchases of three books or more.
It’s a great opportunity to collect some nice editions of your favourite books or try out some new ones
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What's New - New and exciting titles in this week at Arty Bees
Have a whale of a time with this weeks' Fiction...
- PopCo by Scarlet Thomas
- Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (Illustrated by Patrick Benson)
- The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
- Tom is Dead by Marie Darrieussecq
- The Past and Other Lies by Maggie Joel
- The Blind Side of the Heart by Julia Franck
- Hollywood Ending by Kathy Charles
- Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell
- American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Literary high jinks, Poetry and Humour
- Writing in an Age of Silence by Sara Paretsky
- How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Plum Sauce – A P.G. Wodehouse Companion by Richard Usborne
- Lord Elmsworth Acts for the Best – The Collected Blandings Short Stories ; Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin and Bachelors Anonymous by P. G. Wodehouse
- P.G. Wodehouse – A Literary Biography by Benny Green
- Shakespeare – the Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
- American Scream – The Bill Hicks Story by Cynthia True
- A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter by Leslie Linder
- A Night Out with Robert Burns – The Greatest Poems arranged by Andrew O’Hagan
- Poems of the Great War 1914 – 1918
New Zealand Titles. We've had a stunning collection of Kiwi books in this week, including a large selection of very recent ex-review books, perfect for gifts - you'll have to be in quick though...
- Crown Lynn - A New Zealand Icon by Valerie Ringer Monk
- Speaking Truth to Power - Public Intellectuals Rethink New Zealand Edited by Laurence Simmons
- Access Road by Maurice Gee (his new novel released on Thursday, second hand already!)
- Theatre Country - Essays on Landscape & Whenua by Geoff Park
- My Place by Glenn Busch & Bruce Connew
- Witi Ihimaera - His Best Stories
- Kauri by Keith Stewart [2008]
- Roads less Travelled – Twenty Years of Exploration with New Zealand Geographic by Kennedy Warne
- A Second Helping – More from Ladies, a Plate by Alexa Johnston
- James K Baxter Poems Selected and Introduced by Sam Hunt
- Urban Village – The Story of Ponsonby, Freemans Bay and St Mary’s Bay by Jenny Carlton and Diana Morrow
- In Defence of our Land – A Tour of New Zealand’s Historic Harbour Forts by Russell Glackin
- Moody Bitch – Poems of the Last Two Decades by Stephanie Johnson
- Logan Campbell’s Auckland – Tales from the Early Years by R. C. J. Stone
- Wetlands of New Zealand – a Bitter-Sweet Story by Janet Hunt
- All This and a Bookshop too – The Long-Awaited Sequel to There was a Time by Dorothy Butler
- Myths and Legends - The Gift of Stories from our Cultures by Jillian Sullivan
- Travelling to New Zealand – An Oxford Anthology edited by Lydia Wevers
- North Island Trout Fishing Guide by John Kent and…
- South Island Trout Fishing Guide by John Kent
- both released last Thursday, shop second hand ALREADY!
- Parihaka - The Art of Passive Resistance
- Whose High Country? A History of the South Island High Country of New Zealand by Roberta McIntyre
- Look this Way - New Zealand Writers on New Zealand Artists edited by Sally Blundell
- Ready for Anything - Growing Older in New Zealand - what you need to know by Catriona MacLennan
- The Catastrophe Continues - Twenty One Years of Interviews by John Clarke
History!
- England – 1,000 Things You Need to Know by Nicholas Hobbes
- Factory Girls – Voices from the Heart of Modern China by Leslie T. Chang
- What Does China Think? by Mark Leonard
- Say You're one of Them by Uwem Akpan
- Becoming Queen - How a Tragic and Untimely Death Shaped the Reign of Queen Victoria by Kate Williams
- The Turks Today by Andrew Mango
- I Wish I'd Been There - Twenty Great Moments in History by Twenty Great Historians edited by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K Rabb
Media and Biography books this week:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing – Traitor to the Nation – Vol 2. The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson
- The Age of the Warrior by Robert Fisk
- The Wikipedia Revolution - How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia by Andrew Lih with foreward by Jimmy Wales [Founder of Wikipedia]
- Trick Baby - The Story of a White Negro by Iceberg Slim
- Running Blind – The Inspiring Story of One Man’s Journey into the Night by Rob Matthews
- In the Blood - A Memoir of My Childhood by Andrew Motion
- Normal - The True Story of a Complicated Family by Julie Catt
- The Book of Life - A Compendium of the Best Autobiographical and Memoir Writing edited by Eve Claxton
Tasty Books.. Cooking and Food related Goodies & Travel and Places
- The Omnivore's Dilemma - A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
- What the Traveller Saw by Eric Newby [pictorial]
- Where is Here – 350 Years of Exploring Australia – Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery
- Yarra – A Diverting History by Kristin Otto
- Barcelona – A Visual Tour
- World Cities – Yesterday and Today – With over 250 Historic Maps and Satellite Images by Michael Swift
- Palestine - A Personal History by Karl Sabbagh
- Mediterranean Winter - The Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and the Peloponnese by Robert D Kaplan
- Stranger to History - A son's journey through Islamic Lands by Aatish Taseer
Art and Architecture, Music, Dance and Film
- History of Architecture – from Classic to Contemporary
- Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin – 1878-1939 - Paintings, watercolours and drawings, book illustrations, Stage-set and Costume Designs Text and selection by Yury Rusakov
- In India by Henri Carter- Bresson
- Off the Wall – Hockney Posters
- Alec Guinness – the Authorised Biography by Piers Paul Read
- Irina – Ballet, Life & Love by Irina Baronova
- Francis Coppola - The making of his Movies by Ronald Bergan
- Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin' - The Authorised Story of Public Enemy by Russell Myrie
- Punk – A Life Apart by Stephen Colegrave and Chris Sullivan
- Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan at the Crossroads by Greil Marcus
War, Disaster and True Crime
- Killer Elite – the Inside story of America’s most secret Special Operations Team by Michael Smith
- Black Saturday – Stories of Love, Loss & Courage from the Victorian Bushfires edited by John McGourty
- Hitler’s Willing Executioners – Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
- Public Enemies – The True Story of America’s Greatest Crime Wave by Bryan Burrough
- Carl von Clausewitz On War in Everyman’s Library edition
- General Patton – A Soldier’s Life by Stanley P. Hirshson
Plus… the last, the very last, absolutely the last, cross my heart and hope to die, box of the Shipping Yummies
Science and Nature titles in this week...
- The Third Man Factor - The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments by John Geiger
- An Inconvenient Truth – The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming & What we can Do about it by Al Gore
- The Weather Makers and…
- We are the Weather Makers – The Story of Global Warming both by Tim Flannery
- The End of British Farming by Andrew O'Hagan
- Albatross – Their World, Their Ways by Tui de Roy, Mark Jones and Julian Fitter
Psychology, Philosophy and Pop Culture, Mythology and Religion
- Between the Monster and the Saint – Reflections on the Human Condition by Richard Holloway
- Change Your Life in 7 Days by Paul McKenna
- Why I am So Wise and A Nietzsche Reader by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Dreads – Sacred Rites of the Natural Hair Revolution by Francesco Mastalia & Alfonse Pagano
- Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls – Feminism, Popular Culture and the Posthuman Body by Kim Toffoletti
- Star Myths – Tales of the Constellations by Marianne McDonald
- Alone of all Her Sex - The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary by Marina Warner
- Kill the Cowboy - A Battle of Mythology in the New West by Sharman Apt Russell
- Domestic Goddess on a Budget by Wendyl Nissen
- Homework for Grown-Ups by E Foley and B Coates
Oh, Pooh! Straddling the Philosophy and Children's books in a sort of a boat, well, a sort of a pot... we have Pooh and the Philosophers by John Tyerman Williams
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Which brings us to, Boxes and Boxes of New Release Children's Books - Fiction, Picture books, New Zealand authors AND Non-Fiction.
Get in quick as the holiday kids will chew through them quickly. Titles include:
- Free? Stories celebrating Human Rights published by Amnesty International
- The Secret - To Teen Power by Paul Harrington
- Tollins - Explosive Tales for Children by Conn Iggulden
- Sad Book by Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake
- Rubbish and Recycling - Step by Step by Gerard Bertolini and Claire Delalande Illustrations by Nicolas Hubesch
- My First Body Book - Head to Toes by Zita Newcome
- One Beetle too Many - The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin by Kathryn Lasky with illustrations by Matthew Trueman
- We are all Born Free - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures in association
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... the last, the very last, absolutely the last, cross my heart and hope to die, box of the Shipping Yummies
| Author |
Title |
Yr of Publ |
Comments |
Price |
| Anon - MacDonald & Co Minis |
Japanese Aircraft Carriers & Destroyers - Pocket Pictorial Vol 2 |
1963 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$24.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Anon - MacDonald & Co Minis |
Japanese Battleships & Cruisers - Pocket Pictorial Vol 1 |
1963 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$26.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Bott, Alan |
Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900 |
1972 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 slightly foxed |
$80.00 |
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Now part of P&O the company was the first to establish a regular service to New Zealand |
| Burgess, Michael |
Ships of the RNZ Navy |
1979 |
Paperback landscape mini 47 pages |
$12.00 |
| Campbell, Robert D |
Rapids and Riverboats on the Wanganui River |
1990 |
Hardback with dustwrapper 1st edition mint |
$85.00 |
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A history of the A. Hatrick and Co. riverboat company from it's founding in 1891 to its' last steamers trip in 1958 |
| Churchouse, Jack |
Sailing Ships of the Tasman Sea |
1984 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 landscape mint |
$100.00 |
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The story of the Craig Line ships - New Zealand owned sail traders & ocean carriers |
| Court of Inquiry New Zealand - Anon |
T E V Wahine - (ON 317814) Report of Court and Annex Thereto - November 1968 - Shipping Casualty |
1968 |
Paperback - Court of Inquiry report |
$32.00 |
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The official Court of Inquiry report into the sinking of the passenger ferry Wahine on the 10th April 1968 in Wellington Harbour New Zealand |
| Dunn, Lawrence |
Passenger Liners |
1965 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 thick! 2nd edition revised |
$70.00 |
| Edwin Fox Restoration Soc |
The Story of the 'Edwin Fox' |
1987 |
Paperback booklet 2nd ed |
$16.00 |
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Built 1853 East India Co. chartered in 1873 by Shaw Savill for New Zealand trade / emigrants etc |
| Emmons, Frederick |
Pacific Liners 1927 - 72 |
1973 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 very nice |
$35.00 |
| Farquhar, Ian J |
Union Fleet 1875-1975 - Being a List of Ships Owned by the U S S Co … |
1976 |
Paperback 2nd edition revery very good |
$40.00 |
| Fildes, Robert D |
The Ships That Serve Australia & New Zealand - Vol 1 - Australian & New Zealand Flag Vessels |
1975 |
Hardback with dustwrapper landscape mini Vol 1 |
$34.00 |
| Fildes, Robert D |
The Ships That Serve Australia & New Zealand - Vol 2 - Overseas Flag Vessels |
1977 |
Paperback booklet Vol 2 (landscape mini) |
$18.00 |
| Jane's - Streater & Greenman |
Jane's Merchant Ships 1982 |
1983 |
Hardback with dustwrapper |
$65.00 |
| Kirk, Allan A |
Express Steamers of Cook Strait - The Full Story of the Wellington-South Island Passenger-Steamer Services From Their Inception …. |
1968 |
Hardback with dustwrapper 1st edition very good |
$40.00 |
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... in 1873 to the Roll-On, Roll-Off Era of the 1960s up to and Including the Wahine Disaster of April 1968 |
| Lenton, H T |
Navies of the Second World War - American Fleet and Escort Destroyers 1 |
1971 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$22.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Lenton, H T |
Navies of the Second World War - American Fleet and Escort Destroyers 2 |
1971 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$22.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Lenton, H T |
Navies of the Second World War - German Submarines 1 |
1965 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$22.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Lenton, H T |
Navies of the Second World War - German Submarines 2 |
1965 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$22.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Lenton, H T |
Navies of the Second World War - German Surface Vessels 1 |
1966 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$22.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Lovie, Iain G B |
New Zealand Ships Illustrated 1988 - 89 |
1988 |
Paperback mini |
$20.00 |
| Maber, John A |
North Star to Southern Cross - The Story of the Australian Seaways |
1967 |
Hardback with dustwrapper very good |
$55.00 |
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Incs a lot of New Zealand shipping companies / routes |
| McLean, Gavin |
New Zealand Tragedies - Shipwrecks & Maritime Disasters |
1991 |
Paperback A4 mint |
$40.00 |
| McLean, Gavin |
Otago Harbour - Currents of Controversy |
1985 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 very good |
$65.00 |
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A history of Dunedin & Port Chalmers, the rivalry that existed between them and the development of both ports |
| McLean, Gavin |
Richardsons of Napier |
1989 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 mint |
$55.00 |
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New Zealand Shipping Monographs #2 - Richardson & Co from 1859 |
| McLean, Gavin (compiled) |
New Zealand Coastal Passenger Ships |
1989 |
Paperback booklet |
$25.00 |
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Photos of Northern Route, Nelson Passenger Service, the Picton Ferry, the Wellington-Lyttelton Ferry Service and Foveaux Strait Service |
| Melville, John H |
The Great White Fleet |
1976 |
Hardback with dustwrapper 1st |
$50.00 |
| Mitchell, W H & Sawyer, L A |
Merchant Ships of the World - Cruising Ships |
1967 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape |
$20.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Mitchell, W H & Sawyer, L A |
Merchant Ships of the World - Tankers |
1967 |
Hardback with dustwrapper mini landscape - scarce title |
$32.00 |
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MacDonald & Co Minis |
| Mitchell, W H & Sawyer, L A |
The Liberty Ships - The History of the 'Emergency' Type Cargo Ships Contructed in the United States During the Second World War |
1985 |
Paperback A4 2nd ed |
$45.00 |
| Monsarrat, Nicolas |
H M S Marlborough Will Enter Harbour |
1952 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 very good |
$20.00 |
| Newell, Gordon |
Mighty Mo the U.S.S. Missouri -A Biography of the Last Battleship |
1969 |
Hardback with dustwrapper A4 very good |
$22.00 |
| Potter, Neil & Frost, Jack |
QE2 Queen Elizabeth 2 - The Authorised Story |
1969 |
Hardback with dustwrapper very good |
$28.00 |
| Potter, Neil & Frost, Jack |
The Queen Mary - Original Authorised Version Fully Revised & Updated |
1971 |
Hardback with dustwrapper very good |
$28.00 |
| Scanlan, A Brian |
Port Taranaki - 115 Years of Elected Control |
1991 |
Paperback A4 mint |
$40.00 |
| Stott, Bob |
The Cook Strait Ferry Story |
1981 |
Paperback booklet landscape very good |
$15.00 |
| Terzibaschitsch, Stefan |
Aircraft Carriers of the US Navy |
1980 |
Hardback with dustwrapper XXX large very good |
$45.00 |
| Terzibaschitsch, Stefan |
Battleships Of The US Navy In World War II |
1979 |
Hardback with dustwrapper XXX large very good |
$38.00 |
| Waters, Sydney D |
Shaw Savill Line - 100 Years of Trading |
1961 |
Hardback with dustwrapper very good |
$42.00 |
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The history of Albion Line & Shaw, Savill, later amalgamation & the development into a major shipping company |
| Wellington Harbour Board |
Hand Book of the Wellington Harbour Board |
1947 |
Card Covers very good |
$50.00 |
| Wellington Harbour Board |
The Port of Wellington, New Zealand |
1956 |
Paperback A4 very good |
$25.00 |
| Wellington Harbour Board |
Year Book of Wellington Harbour Board, New Zealand 1923 |
1923 |
Card Covers very good |
$45.00 |
| Wellington Harbour Board |
Year Book of Wellington Harbour Board, New Zealand 1923 |
1923 |
Card Covers very good |
$45.00 |
| Wilkinson, Douglas |
Shipwreck - New Zealand Maritime Accidents |
1974 |
Paperback booklet landscape 30 pages |
$20.00 |
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Recently arrived new books. For enquiries or to purchase, click here, type in the tag number and your contact details.
To see the complete list of available New Science Fiction and Fantasy, click here.
To see the complete list of available New Detective books, click here.
To see the complete list of available Rare and Antiquarian books, click here.
New Science Fiction & Fantasy Titles
| Tag # |
Author |
Title |
Price (NZ$) |
| 63729 |
Arthur, Keri |
Memory Zero |
$26.00 |
| 63731 |
Arthur, Keri |
Penumbra |
$26.00 |
| 63794 |
Baker, Kage |
Life of the World to Come |
$24.00 |
| 63717 |
Bear, Greg |
Incandescence |
$28.00 |
| 63738 |
Carey, Jacqueline |
Naamah's Kiss |
$60.00 |
| 63786 |
Cashore, Kristin |
Graceling |
$28.00 |
| 63785 |
Egan, Greg |
Oceanic |
$40.00 |
| 63732 |
Elliott, Kate |
Traitors' Gate |
$39.00 |
| 63784 |
ENTER THIS FROM BOOK |
The Restless Shore The Wilds |
$22.00 |
| 63748 |
Esslemont, Ian C |
Return of the Crimson Guard (2) |
$27.00 |
| 63723 |
Falconer, Kim |
Arrows of Time |
$23.00 |
| 63745 |
Feist, Raymond |
Rides a Dread Legion |
$37.00 |
| 63724 |
Finlay, C C |
The Patriot Witch - Traitor to the Crown |
$20.00 |
| 63817 |
GoodKind, Terry |
Law of Nines |
$37.00 |
| 63718 |
Greenwood, Ed |
Swords of Dragonfire (Forgotten Realms, The Knights of Myth Drannor: Book Two) |
$22.00 |
| 63704 |
Greenwood, Ed |
The Sword Never Sleeps |
$22.00 |
| 63791 |
Hamilton, Peter F |
The Temporal Void |
$28.00 |
| 63716 |
Harris, Charlaine |
Ice Cold Grave (Harper Connelly 3) |
$26.00 |
| 63728 |
Heitz, Markus |
The Dwarves |
$30.00 |
| 63755 |
Hendee, Barb & J.C. |
Sister of the Dead: Noble Dead Book 3 |
$23.00 |
| 63752 |
Hendee, Barb & J.C. |
Thief of Lives: Noble Dead Book 2 |
$23.00 |
| 63753 |
Hendee, Barb & J.C. |
Traitor to the Blood: Noble Dead Book 4 |
$25.00 |
| 63787 |
Holdstock, Robert |
Avilion |
$39.00 |
| 63743 |
Lark, Glenda |
Last Storm Lord |
$25.00 |
| 63749 |
Lukyanenko, Serge |
Last Watch |
$29.00 |
| 63816 |
MacBride, Stuart |
HalfHead |
$35.00 |
| 63739 |
Marr, Melissa |
Ink Exchange |
$18.00 |
| 63747 |
McIntosh, Fiona |
Royal Exile |
$25.00 |
| 63746 |
McIntosh, Fiona |
Tyrants Blood |
$35.00 |
| 63711 |
Meyer, Stephenie |
Breaking Dawn (Red Edged Pages) |
$28.00 |
| 63712 |
Meyer, Stephenie |
New Moon (Red Edged Pages) |
$28.00 |
| 63734 |
Meyer, Stephenie |
The Host |
$30.00 |
| 63713 |
Meyer, Stephenie |
Twilight (Red Edged Pages) |
$23.00 |
| 63819 |
Miller, Karen |
Prodigal Mage |
$25.00 |
| 63818 |
Mills, K E |
Witches Incorporated |
$25.00 |
| 63733 |
Morgan, Richard |
The Steel Remains |
$28.00 |
| 63742 |
Panny, Judith Dell |
Hell or High Water |
$37.00 |
| 63741 |
Panny, Judith Dell |
Plume of Bees |
$40.00 |
| 63701 |
Paolini, Christopher |
Brisingr - Inheritance #3 |
$27.00 |
| 63710 |
Robinson, Kim Stanley |
Galileo's Dream |
$35.00 |
| 63788 |
Stross, Charles |
Saturn's Children |
$26.00 |
| 63722 |
Taylor, K J |
The Dark Griffen |
$23.00 |
| 63793 |
Taylor, Travis |
1 day on Mars |
$24.00 |
Other New Books
| Tag # |
Author |
Title |
Price (NZ$) |
| 63799 |
Arcas, Santiago |
Mastering Perspective for Beginners |
$20.00 |
| 63795 |
Cummins, Joseph |
Great Rivals in History |
$25.00 |
| 63811 |
Hayman, Julian |
Essential Guitar Chords |
$20.00 |
| 63761 |
Haynes, Gary |
Picture This |
$35.00 |
| 63703 |
Joyce, Jennifer |
The Well Dressed Salad |
$20.00 |
| 63702 |
Kay, Ann (Edited by) |
175 Fruit Desserts |
$25.00 |
| 63798 |
Kiros, Tessa |
Venezia |
$50.00 |
| 63797 |
Klepac, Ariana |
The Wales Companion |
$35.00 |
| 63721 |
Komanoya, Rico |
Gothic Lolita Punk |
$50.00 |
| 63756 |
Kurzem, Mark |
Mascot |
$20.00 |
| 63762 |
McKie, Robin |
Face of Britain |
$25.00 |
| 63760 |
Meehan, Anne |
The Celtic Design Book |
$25.00 |
| 63736 |
Morris & Gosginny |
Lucky Luke: Apache Canyon 17 |
$25.00 |
| 63759 |
Mortimer, Anne |
Cats - A cats lovers Gift Book |
$25.00 |
| 63796 |
Spiral Bound |
Jams Chutneys Pickles Preserves |
$20.00 |
| 63757 |
The Dam Busters, Colditz, Bomber Command, Station X, Cockleshell Heroes |
Victory - Classic Stories from WW2 |
$50.00 |
| 63758 |
Van Der Meer, Ron |
How Many ? Spectacular paper Sculptures |
$25.00 |
| 63763 |
Wilde, Oscar |
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde |
$100.00 |
| 63810 |
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MUSHROOMS Great Encyclodedia of Mushrooms |
$40.00 |
Recent New New Zealand Books
| Tag # |
Author |
Title |
Price (NZ$) |
| 63812 |
Ball, Murray (foreword by Dog) |
Six of the Best |
$100.00 |
| 63814 |
Chapman, Ian |
Glory Days |
$50.00 |
| 63783 |
Huia |
Huia Short Stories 8 |
$30.00 |
| 63750 |
Hunt, Janet |
E3 Call Home |
$25.00 |
| 63725 |
Hunter, Kate |
Hunting - A New Zealand History |
$50.00 |
| 63815 |
Mahy, Margaret / Duder, Tessa |
Word Witch |
$45.00 |
| 63737 |
Michelle Osment |
Ten Tuatara |
$18.00 |
| 63706 |
Moorhead, Murray |
The Queen's Heroes - Victoria & New Zealand Crosses |
$35.00 |
| 63792 |
Parker, Ray |
The Rayman |
$30.00 |
| 63813 |
Topp, Aaron |
Creating Waves |
$35.00 |
| 63705 |
Woods, Tom |
The Three Wings |
$35.00 |
Recent Rare and Antiquarian Books
| Tag # |
Author |
Title |
Price (NZ$) |
| 11357 |
Asimov, Isaac |
Robots and Empire |
$50.00 |
| 11358 |
Asimov, Isaac |
Foundation's Edge |
$50.00 |
| 24190 |
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science & Liversidge, M (Ed) |
Report of the First Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Held at Sydney, New South Wales in August and September, 1888 |
$145.00 |
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Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Wellington, 1889. Stated on spine as Vol I. Gilt titles on spine. Externally in very nice condition with just bumping at spine ends. Rear hinge is cracked and has been repaired with tissue paper. Binding tight. There is minor foxing throughout. No inscriptions. 659pp plus xviii and xlix plates at rear. Nice clean copy. |
| 24196 |
Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce |
"The Bystander's" Fragments from France Vol 7 |
$45.00 |
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"The Bystander", London. WW1 magazine in very good order for age. Staples are rusty but just holding. Titles and tipped on illustration on front cover. Corners and spine ends are bumped. No inscriptions. 32pp. Age discolouration. Hudson's soap ad on rear. |
| 24213 |
Best, Elsdon |
Tuhoe. The Children of the Mist - Volume 1 Only |
$140.00 |
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A.H. And A.W.Reed for the Polynesian Society, Wellington, 1972. ISBN 0589006955. A sketch of the origin, history, myths and beliefs of the Tuhoe tribe of the Maori of New Zealand; with some account of other early tribes of the Bay of Plenty district. Volume 1 only. 1211pp. Brown hardcover with gilt titles on spine. Rubbing of corners, edges and spine ends and edges. Spine is faded. Mark on front board. Contents tight with touch of foxing to endpaper's and page edges. Birthday inscription on front endpaper. This is a heavy book so check postage with bookseller. |
| 24215 |
Bird, S.W.H. |
And Unto Smyrna - the Story of a Church in Asia Minor |
$90.00 |
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James Clarke & Co, London, No publication date but Introduction dated 1956. Green hardcover has gilt titles on faded spine. Contents are tight with touch of foxing to prelims (including title page) and page edges. 124pp. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Nice copy without jacket. |
| 24179 |
Blythe, Ronald (Editor) |
Aldeburgh Anthology |
$175.00 |
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Snape Maltings Foundation / Faber Music, London, 1972. ISBN 0571100031. Brown cloth has gilt titles on black on spine. Pictorial endpaper's which have a touch of foxing. Contents tight with no inscriptions. 436pp with many illustrations. Dust jacket has faded spine and internal discolouration with very slight bumping of edges. A very nice copy. |
| 24201 |
Braithwaite, Joseph (Publisher) |
Fourth Contingent New Zealand Rough Riders from Otago and Southland March 1900 |
$275.00 |
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Joseph Braithwaite, Dunedin, 1900. Original card covers with cloth spine and illustration on front. Front cover has tears on top edge and corners are missing on both front and back. Titles are unaffected. Card is age-discoloured. Contents are tight and pretty clean for age. No inscriptions. Includes contemporary advertisements and many photos. |
| 24217 |
Brassey, Lady |
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' - Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months |
$115.00 |
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Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1903. Record of a sea journey undertaken in 1876 and 1877. Maroon cloth with gilt titles on faded spine. With 66 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A.Y. Bingham. Contents tight. Minor age spotting to pre-title but contents really very clean. 492pp. Very nice copy. |
| 24175 |
Bruce, C.G. |
Himalayan Wanderer |
$85.00 |
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Alexander Maclehose & Co, London, 1934. An ex-library copy in a library rebind of blue hardcover. Spine is darkened and tatty at ends and edges. Titles on library label on spine. Corners are bumped and frayed. Contents are tight. Library markings inside. 309pp with all illustrations present though plate at page 112 is partially ripped. Good reading copy. |
| 24203 |
Buick, T. Lindsay |
The Mystery of the Moa - New Zealand's Avian Giant |
$100.00 |
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The Board of Maori Ethnological Research / Thomas Avery & Sons, New Plymouth, 1931. Green cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Book is square and tight. 357pp with illustrations. Previous owner's name stamp on front endpaper. Newspaper cutting from 1931 with review of book is loosely enclosed. Very nice copy. |
| 24174 |
Busch, Heather |
Within and Beyond - The Paintings of Heather Busch |
$350.00 |
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Hazard Press, Christchurch, 1989. ISBN 0908790074. Signed / Numbered / Boxed edition. White hardback with silver and black titles on spine. Boards are clean and tidy. Contents tight and clean. Signed by Heather Busch on title page with the number 35/200. Dust jacket has a few small spots else very good. The book is in a green slipcase with titles and a small silver plaque on the front. The plaque is engraved with Heather Busch's signature and 35/200. The slipcase has a few small marks but is very tidy. |
| 24218 |
Creasy, Edward S. |
History of the Ottoman Turks |
$75.00 |
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Khayats, Beirut, 1961. With a new introduction by Zeine N Zeine followed by a facsimile of the 1878 reprint edition. Book is bound in black cloth with gilt titles on spine. Binding is tight and contents are clean. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. xix & 560pp. Nice copy. |
| 24171 |
De Saint-Exupery, Antoine |
Kucuk Prens |
$95.00 |
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Bilgi Yayinevi, Ankara, 1969. Translated into Turkish by C Sureya & R Tomris. 115pp with many illustrations in b&w and colour. Text in Turkish. An early edition. Previous owner's name label on front endpaper else clean, tidy and tight. Nice copy. |
| 24172 |
Deschamps, Francois |
Memoire d'un Voyage en Oceanie |
$60.00 |
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Photoforum, Auckland, 1995. ISBN 0959781846. Gray paper covers with illustrations and titles on front and titles on faded spine. Limited to 1000 copies. This copy is tightly bound and clean with no inscriptions. This is the recreation of the journal by ship's photographer, Deschamps on the Curriodity in a voyage round the Pacific, leaving Australia in about 1913 - he was abandoned on Curtis Island in 1916 and lived there alone for 23 years before being found and brought to New Zealand in 1939. 96pp with many photographs. |
| 24170 |
Dodd, Florence |
The Berlin Test Class or Forty-Eight Progressive Lessons in the Art of Piano Playing |
$135.00 |
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The Virgil Practice Clavier, London. Blue cloth with embossed front and gilt titles on faded spine. Binding is tight. 166 pp plus xxxix at rear. No publication date stated but circa late 1890's. Ex library book with St Brides Convent stamps but few other markings. Remains of red dust jacket on edges of front and rear endpaper's. Age discolouration of endpaper's. Nice copy. |
| 24220 |
Ellis, Major L.F. |
History of WW2, UK Military Series, Victory in the West, Volume 1, the Battle of Normandy |
$105.00 |
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1962. Green cloth is slightly bumped and rubbed along edges and spine ends. Gilt titles on black on spine. Binding is shaky but holding well and hinges are intact. Contents, including fold-out maps are in very good condition. Previous owner's name on front endpaper's which are slightly soiled. Dust jacket is age discoloured and has been price-clipped. It has been covered. |
| 24182 |
Fleming Ian |
Octopussy and the Living Daylights |
$95.00 |
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Jonathan Cape, London, 1966. First edition published after the author's death. Dark brown binding with gold titles on front and spine. Marbled endpaper's. Some foxing to page edges and prelims. Contents tight with no inscriptions. Pictorial dust jacket has some foxing. It is bumped and cracked with small tears on top edge. Price clipped. |
| 24186 |
Fleming Ian |
You Only Live Twice |
$95.00 |
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Jonathan Cape, London, 1964. First edition. Black binding with silver titles on spine and gold chinese characters on front. Marbled endpaper's. Foxing to page edges and prelims. Contents tight with no inscriptions. Pictorial dust jacket is foxed, particularly on the inside. It is bumped and cracked with small tears on top edge. Price clipped. It has been covered. |
| 24183 |
Frame, Janet |
Owls Do Cry |
$110.00 |
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Pegasus Press, Christchurch, 1958. Second edition. Original orange cloth with black titles on spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped and slightly faded. Endpaper's are age discoloured. There is a stain down the edge of the title page. Front hinge has begun to crack but binding is tight. Previous owner's name and inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is brittle with insect damage causing splits down folds. There is cracking and small tears along edges and at corners and spine ends. Small absence at top of spine. It has been covered. |
| 24177 |
Fraser, David W. |
A Guide to Weft Twining and Related Structures with Interacting Wefts |
$450.00 |
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University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1989. ISBN 0812282000. Brown cloth with titles in silver on spine. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. 194pp. There is a booksellers sticker on rear endpaper. Dust jacket has minor chipping at corners and spine ends. It has been covered in plastic. Nice clean copy. This is a heavy book but we will ship at abe quoted price. |
| 24204 |
Guthrie-Smith, H |
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist |
$150.00 |
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A.H. And A.W.Reed, Dunedin & Wellington, 1936. Green cloth has titles embossed on front and gilt titles on spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped with minor cracking at top of spine. No 463 of a limited edition of 1000 copies, signed by Guthrie-Smith. Previous owners' names on front endpaper. 252pp with many photos in sepia. Errata slip enclosed. Nice copy. |
| 24173 |
Hector, James |
Report of the Third Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Held at Christchurch, New Zealand in January 1891 |
$140.00 |
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Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Wellington, 1891. Stated on spine as Vol III. Green cloth has gilt titles on spine. Externally in very nice condition with just a touch of bumping to spine ends. Binding is tight. There is minor foxing throughout. 620pp with folding diagrams in very nice condition. |
| 24169 |
Henderson, J.McLeod |
Ratana. The Man, the Church, the Political Movement |
$105.00 |
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A.H. & A.W. Reed/Polynesian Society, Wellington, 1972. ISBN 0589006193. Ex library copy. Polynesian Society Memoir Vol 36. 128pp with illustrations. Written to educate young Maori as to the origins of the Ratana Church. Red hard cover is bumped on corners and spine ends and is sellotape stained. Sellotape stains and library markings on endpaper's. Binding slightly shaky. Book plate stating T W Ratana pasted on title page. Dust jacket is sellotape stained and is chipped along edges. There are tears on front corner and surface damage along top edge. |
| 24187 |
Howells, W.D. (Introduction and Comment by) |
A Little Girl Among the Old Masters |
$95.00 |
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Trubner & Co, London, 1884. First UK edition. Green cloth with titles on spine and on front. Cloth is rubbed and worn at spine ends and corners. Hinges have been repaired with tissue and contents tight. Age discolouration of page edges but contents clean. Touch of foxing to endpaper's. Rear endpaper is insect damaged and has been repaired with tissue. No publication date stated but owner's signature on front endpaper is dated Xmas 1884. There is a stamp of the Trinity Methodist College opposite title page. |
| 24209 |
Kirk, T |
The Forest Flora of New Zealand |
$335.00 |
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George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington, 1889. Green cloth has decoration in black and titles in gilt on front and spine. Corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and frayed. Spine edges are split and have been repaired. Internal hinges are split. Binding is tight. There is age discolouration and some foxing throughout . Plates are in good order. Edges of Contents page and first page of Preface are tatty and have been repaired with tissue. Still a nice copy of this early work. No inscriptions. This is a large heavy book so please check postage with book seller. |
| 24185 |
Lee-Johnson, Eric |
No Road to Follow - Autobiography of a New Zealand Artist |
$95.00 |
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Godwit, Auckland, 1994. ISBN 0908877439. Bright pale blue boards with titles in gilt on spine. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. 180pp with plates. Dust jacket has some yellowing of the edges and some minor bumping. A nice copy. |
| 24184 |
Maning, F ( A Pakeha Maori ) |
Korero Maori - Easy Lessons in Maori Conversation |
$70.00 |
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A.D. Willis, Wanganui. Eleventh edition. No publication date stated - c1920's. Illustrated card covers in very nice condition. Back cover is creased. Slight chipping of spine. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Contents tight. 47pp. |
| 24195 |
Men of the New Zealand Division |
New Zealand at the Front |
$38.00 |
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Cassell and Company, London, 1917. Paper covers with illustration on front and titles on spine. Book is in tatty condition with spine ends missing, bottom edge of front cover missing and tatty edges. Heavy age discolouration of contents. Frontispiece is loose but present. Several pages at back also loose and damaged on edges. Pages 173 to 176 missing. Rest of book is still tight and appears to be all present. |
| 24192 |
Mill, James |
The History of British India (6 Volumes) |
$1000.00 |
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Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London, 1820. Complete set in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, endpaper's and page edges. Boards are rubbed and leather is rather worn on corners and spine ends. Raised bands on spine and titles in gilt on brown. There is surface damage affecting " Vol 1" on first volume. The tops of the spines are a bit tatty as are the edges of the marbled boards. These books are ex-library with no's on spine, Wellington Public Library stamped on bottom page edges and various library markings inside. There is evidence of library pocket removal and there is another library sticker on front endpaper. There is also a donation sticker (The books were donated by a Mr L Quinlan in 1943) in each volume, on front pastedown in all volumes except Vol 1, where it is inside front endpaper. Contents are tight. There is a folding map at the front of Vol 3 which is in very good order for age - there is a split down one of the folds. Although they are ex-library, this is a rather beautiful complete set. As this is 6 books, please check postage with bookseller. |
| 24207 |
Mudgway, Douglas J. |
William H. Pickering - America's Deep Space Pioneer |
$75.00 |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA History Division, Washington, 2007. The Nasa History Series - NASA SP-2007-4113. Blue cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Tight and clean with no inscriptions although there is a plate on front paste-down - stating the book is a donation from IPENZ Foundation. Dust jacket is unmarked. Very nice copy. |
| 24223 |
Murray-Oliver, Anthony |
Captain Cook's Artists in the Pacific 1769-1779 |
$375.00 |
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Avon Fine Prints, Christchurch, 1969. No.1737 of limited edition of 2000. A splendid book in blue cloth with black leather spine and corners with gilt on spine. 70 colour and 50 black and white plates, decorative end papers. A commemorative volume for the bicentenary of Cook's first voyage to the Pacific. A selection of the art from Cook's three voyages plus very interesting text. In original box which is somewhat soiled and has some minor chipping of cloth. |
| 24198 |
Oakley, Graham |
The Church Mice Spread Their Wings |
$95.00 |
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Macmillan, London, 1975. ISBN 333185668. Illustrated boards bright and clean. Contents tight. No inscriptions. Touch of foxing to endpaper's. Dust jacket has slight bumping along edges and some foxing internally and on flaps. It has not been price clipped. A very nice copy of this first edition. |
| 11359 |
Oliver, W R B |
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Wellington 1923 Volume XVI (16) |
$60.00 |
| 24212 |
Oppenheim, R.S. |
Maori Death Customs |
$210.00 |
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A.H. And A.W.Reed, Wellington, 1973. ISBN 0589007505. Green hard cover has gilt titles on spine. Boards are clean and bright. Foxing to page edges and endpaper's. Previous owner's signature on front paste-down. Contents tight. 138pp. Dust jacket is a little soiled with fading to edges of rear. There is chipping at the top of the spine. It has been covered. |
| 24216 |
Perrett, Bryan |
The Matilda |
$100.00 |
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Ian Allan, London, 1973. ISBN 0711004056. Armour in Action 2. Green hardcover has silver titles on spine. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. 112pp with many plans, maps and photos. Dust jacket has staining along edges from old cover. It has been price clipped and recovered. Nice copy. |
| 24181 |
Phillips, N.C. |
Italy - Volume 1: The Sangro to Cassino. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War |
$80.00 |
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Dept Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1957. Red cloth boards in bright clean condition. Fold-out maps intact as are all illustrations. Front endpaper is a bit spotted. Pre-title page, title page and frontispiece are foxed as are page edges. Some scattered foxing throughout the book. Dust jacket has cracking along edges and the top edge has some small tears. The spine is faded. It has been covered. |
| 24199 |
Potocki, Count of Montalk |
While Howls and Grunts |
$100.00 |
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The Messrs. Eastgate, Wellington, 1979. Number 47/150 copies. This is a sampling of the recent poems of Count Geoffrey Potocki of Montalk and includes "That Impossible Fellow", a brief essay by the Count telling of the ill-treatment he has received and concludes "We who, even if We are a difficult person, would still be a genius......". Blue paper covers are darkened at spine and somewhat soiled. Contents tight and clean with just a touch of foxing to endpaper's. No inscriptions. |
| 24202 |
Pringle, Thos. |
Art photos of New Zealand - 18 Exquisite Photos of Famous Beauty Spots in New Zealand |
$95.00 |
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Thos. Pringle, Wellington. No publication date stated but c1907. Green card covers have photo inset and titles on front. Spine is tatty with pieces missing but binding is tight and held by original string. Edges of boards are chipped and creased with small piece missing off front bottom corner. Pages are black with tipped in photos which are all present and in good order. |
| 24189 |
Reeves, William Pember with Paintings by Wright, F&W |
New Zealand |
$80.00 |
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Adam and Charles Black, London, 1908. First edition. Decorative brown cloth. Spine has been repaired. Bumping and fraying to spine ends and corners. New endpaper's. Binding tight. Plates 32 & 52 missing. Some age discolouration and foxing throughout. Map at rear is present but it is foxed and has a 2 inch closed tear on bottom fold. A good reading copy. |
| 24194 |
Reid, Percy (aka A Digger) |
Dial Sights - Sketches of the N.Z.F.A - 250 N.Z.F.A. Sketches |
$60.00 |
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New Zealand War Records for the N.Z.A.F., London, 1919. Pictorial paper covers. Rusty staples but binding still holding. Corners are bumped and creased. Some age discolouration. No inscriptions. A very good copy for its age. |
| 11354 |
Rosnek, Carl & Stacey, Joseph |
Skystone and Silver - The Collector's Book of Southwest Indian Jewelry |
$135.00 |
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Prentice-Hall, 1976. ISBN 0138128340. First edition with dust jacket. 165pp plus many colour plates. Green cloth with silver titles on spine. Tight and clean. No inscriptions. Dust jacket in good order. A lovely book. |
| 24188 |
Ruscha, Edward |
Records |
$995.00 |
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Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, 1971. Photos By Jerry McMillan. Red card covers with black title on front. Spine and edge of front are faded and there is a small neat hole through the entire book at top of spine. Covers are very slightly soiled in places. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. Just a touch of discolouration to page edges and a small red dot to top corner of front endpaper. |
| 24205 |
Selek, Sabahattin |
Milli Mucadele - Ulusal Kurtulus Savasi - 2 Volumes |
$145.00 |
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Agaoglu Yayinevi, Istanbul, 1970. 2 volumes in black cloth embossed on front and silver titles on spine. Minor spotting of boards, particularly in volume 2. Some age-discolouration and minor foxing of contents - paper quality is poor. 400pp plus 345pp with many illustrations throughout. Text is in Turkish. Both volumes have dust jackets which are have bumping of edges with minor cracking and small tears along top edges. There is some age discolouration and foxing internally. Both volumes have previous owner's name plate on front endpaper's. |
| 24224 |
Sherrin, Richard A A & Wallace, J H (Edited by Thomas W Leys) |
Brett's Historical Series - Early New Zealand |
$275.00 |
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H. Brett, Auckland, 1890. Blue cloth with three-quarter green leather and gilt titles and illustration on front. The corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine ends are tatty and the spine has been repaired. Title page is missing, front hinge is cracked and rear hinge has been repaired with tissue. Binding is otherwise tight. 728pp plus xliii at rear. Fold-out plates have been repaired. Some foxing throughout. Despite faults, this is a good working copy. This is a large, heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. |
| 24178 |
Simmons, D.R. |
The Great New Zealand Myth. A Study of the Discovery and Origin Traditions of the Maori |
$130.00 |
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A.H. And A.W.Reed, Wellington, 1976. ISBN 0589009494. Dark blue cloth has green titles on spine. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Contents tight. Previous owner's name plus emblem on front endpaper. 504pp with illustrations. Dust jacket is chipped with small tears along edges. It is faded in places with slight soiling. Solid copy. |
| 24225 |
Simmons, D.R. |
Ta Moko - The Art of Maori Tattoo |
$195.00 |
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Reed Methuen, Auckland, 1986. ISBN 0474000443. Paperback first edition in very tidy condition. Contents tight and clean. No inscriptions. Spine is faded. 183pp with many illustrations throughout. |
| 24214 |
Siyavusgil, Sabri Esat |
Karagoz - Its History, Its Characters, Its Mystical and Satirical Spirit |
$95.00 |
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The Turkish Press, Istanbul, 1961. Green cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Suspect this was privately bound as original card covers are bound in. Signed on title page by Hayali Kucuk Ali - the last of the great puppeteers. Previous owner's name also on title page. Contents are tightly bound but there is age-discolouration of pages and some scattered foxing throughout. 39pp with plates at rear showing screen ornaments and characters. Nice copy. |
| 24211 |
Smith, Jean |
Tapu Removal in Maori Religion |
$200.00 |
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The Polynesian Society, Wellington, 1974. Memoir No 40. Supplement to The Journal of The Polynesian Society. Blue hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Boards are bright and clean. 96pp. Contents tight with errata slip attached. Small owner's signature on front paste down. Some foxing to page edges. Dust jacket has faded spine and is tatty along top edge. It has old price sticker on front fold-in. The dust jacket has been covered. |
| 24222 |
Suter, Henry |
Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca - 2 Volumes |
$395.00 |
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Government Print, Wellington. Green cloth with bright gilt titles on spines. Volume 1 published in 1913, 8vo,1120pp, tight and clean, no inscriptions. Volume 2, plates, published in 1915, 4to, 72 plates, tight and clean, bumped corners, no inscriptions. Nice clean set. |
| 24180 |
Taylor, Rev. Richard |
Te Ika A Maui. New Zealand and Its Inhabitants |
$125.00 |
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A.H. And A.W.Reed, Wellington, 1974. ISBN 0589008684. Facsimile edition. "Illustrating the origin, manners, customs, mythology, religion, rites, songs, proverbs, fables and language of the natives together with the Geology, Natural history, Productions and climate of the country; its state as regards Christianity; sketches of the principal chiefs and their present position; with a map and numerous illustrations". A facsimile of the 1855 edition. 490 plus 6 pp and folding map. Colour plates at rear with tissue. Green cloth has gilt titles on spine. Contents tight. No inscriptions. Map is torn though still all there and attached as normal. Dust jacket has faded spine extending down edge of front. There is chipping along top edge and at base of spine. |
| 24221 |
Thomas, Keith |
Old Abertillery in Photographs |
$95.00 |
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Stewart Williams, Barry, 1981. ISBN 0900807458. Green hard cover in very tidy condition. Contents tight and clean apart from page edges which are a bit grubby. Signed on front endpaper by Keith Thomas. Dust jacket is very tidy and it has not been price clipped. Jacket has been covered in plastic. Good signed copy. |
| 24219 |
Thornton, J.H. |
Textbook of Footwear Manufacture |
$245.00 |
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The National Trade Press, London, 1958. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Ex library copy with sellotape stains on boards and endpaper's. Minimal library markings elsewhere. Binding is tight. 588pp with ads at rear. Dust jacket is creased with stains along edges and repairs at spine ends. It has been covered. |
| 24191 |
Trollope, Anthony |
The Life of Cicero (2 Volumes) |
$195.00 |
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Chapman and Hall, London, 1880. Original red cloth with gilt titles on spine - Cicero has a large C and there are serifs on title and author. Black endpaper's. Spines are somewhat faded and soiled and Vol 1 has a pink stain extending down about a third of the spine base (looks like something has been spilt on it). Spine ends and corners are bumped and spine tops are cracked. Contents are tight with no inscriptions. There is some scattered foxing, particularly on page edges. Old pencil prices inside volume 1 and old book seller's stamps in both volumes. A nice set. Please check postage with bookseller. |
| 63735 |
Trollope, Anthony |
The Life of Cicero (2 Volumes) |
$195.00 |
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Chapman and Hall, London, 1880. Original red cloth with gilt titles on spine - Cicero has a large C and there are serifs on title and author. Black endpaper's. Spines are somewhat faded and soiled and Vol 1 has a pink stain extending down about a third of the spine base (looks like something has been spilt on it). Spine ends and corners are bumped and spine tops are cracked. Contents are tight with no inscriptions. There is some scattered foxing, particularly on page edges. Old pencil prices inside volume 1 and old book seller's stamps in both volumes. A nice set. Please check postage with bookseller. |
| 24208 |
Tuker, Francis Lieut. General Sir |
Approach to Battle - A Commentary Eighth Army, November 1941 to May 1943 |
$115.00 |
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Cassell, London, 1963. Tan cloth with red titles on spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Contents tight with some foxing, particularly to page edges. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 410pp with maps. Dust jacket is price clipped and has a library-style plastic cover. Nice copy. |
| 11353 |
Waugh, D Thomas |
North to Kimbolton (Birmingham) |
$40.00 |
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The history of Kimbolton from 1886 to 1986. Seems to have been privately published as there is no publisher's name or date. Preface dated 1986. 133pp with b&w photos. In very tidy condition with previous owner's name stamp on title page. |
| 24210 |
Winiata, Maharaia |
The Changing Role of the Leader in Maori Society |
$95.00 |
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Blackwood and Janet Paul, Auckland, 1967. Brown hardcover has gilt titles on spine. Contents tight with some foxing to prelims (including title page) and page edges. Top corner of pages are bumped and creased at rear of book. No inscriptions. Jacket is bumped on corners, spine ends and along top edge with minor chipping in places. It is not price clipped. Nice copy. |
| 24193 |
Wood, Brian |
Disaster at Brunner - The Coalmine Tragedy at Brunnerton, New Zealand, 26 March, 1896 |
$160.00 |
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Brian Wood, Greymouth, 1996. ISBN 0473037440. First edition paperback in very nice condition. Signed by author on pre-title page. No other inscriptions. "Brunner Mine Disaster Commemoration" sticker on rear fold-in. 272pp with many illustrations throughout. |
| 24206 |
Zbyszewski, Karol & Natanson, Jozef |
The Fight for Narvik - Impressions of the Polish Campaign in Norway |
$75.00 |
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Lindsay Drummond, London, 1941. Second edition. Red cloth with titles in white on front. Bright and clean. Contents tight with some foxing of endpaper's. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 31pp text with 12 plates and map of Norvic as frontispiece. Dust jacket is age-discoloured with darkened spine. There is chipping at corners and spine ends. It has been price clipped. |
| 11355 |
|
Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 1 - Wellington Provincial District |
$220.00 |
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Disbound volume. About 2/3rds of spine and both boards are present so it could be rebound. Title page is also about 3/4 present and has been backed onto tissue paper and bagged. Pages 1519 to 1525 plus errata page are in various stages of completeness and are loose in bags. This copy could be rebound. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. |
| 11356 |
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Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 1 - Wellington Provincial District |
$175.00 |
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Disbound volume. Rear board and spine missing. Front endpaper is missing and early pages are delicate. Pages 1515 to 1518 plus errata page at rear missing. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. |
| 24197 |
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Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 1 - Wellington Provincial District |
$300.00 |
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This volume has been repaired at spine and is entire but delicate. Endpapers have tissue paper repairs to hinges. Volume appears to be complete. 2 pages in centre of book have been repaired as they were loose and had become tatty on edges. Some marks to endpaper's and previous owner's name in pencil. 1525pp plus errata page at rear. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller. |
| 24200 |
|
Grand Ballet de Monte-Carlo - Compagnie du Marquis de Cuevas - Saison 1949-1950 |
$85.00 |
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Grand Ballet De Monte-Carlo, Paris, 1949. Card covers with illustration on front and bound with a pink string. Some darkening and bumping to edges and spine but in very tidy condition overall. Beautiful b&w photos including one of Le Marquis George de Cuevas at front. Text in French. Nice copy. |
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