1939. During the first year of the war, recruitment posters became became a common sight on hoardings and public buildings.
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1888. This is an early example from 1888 of the many posters issued by the newly-constituted Government Railways Department.
1950. 1st edition. Travelogue of James Riddell's months long flight from Great Britain to Australia and back with his friend, author Nevil Shute.
1982. 1st edition. Covers fifty years of the New Zealand Women Writers' Society.
1985. 1st edition. In June 1982 BA flight BA 009, took off on the KL-Perth sector of its London Auckland flight.
1976. 1st edition. New Zealand is a land of great mountain ranges, vast snow-fed rivers, lush pastures and blue seas.
1999. The first book to recount the disastrous events of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
2009. 1st edition. The centennial history of the Titirangi Golf Club.
1987. A comprehensive and authoritative account of game fishing in the Pacific region.
1978. 1st edition. The story of the Clutha gold-fields between 1845 and 1870s.
1966. 1st edition. The autobiography of New Zealander Mary Scott, recalling her time as a farmer's wife, librarian and novelist.
1968. Vintage manual No 2 on firearms and hunting by the National Mountain Safety Council in New Zealand.
1960. 1st edition. The summation of Admiral Hickling's 10 years on the Tongariro.
1975. 1st edition. A guide and history of the old goldfields of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
1977. 1st edition. Talented artist John Castle and Auckland journalist Mervyn Dykes jointly celebrate the joys of the Gulf.
1973. 1st edition. An absorbing account of New Zealand pounamu or jade, its varieties and methods of working it and its location in the Westland river system.
1985. 1st edition. SIGNED. Autobiography of cricketer Jeremy Coney.
2016. 1st edition. A comprehensive history of New Zealand seen through a female lens.
1996, 1st edition. Vintage book on horses.
1914. 1st edition. New Zealand church history.
2007. 1st edition. Biography of William Garden Cowie, the first Bishop of Auckland in what is now known as the Anglican tradition.
2008. 1st edition. Memoirs of Maurice and Noreen Clarke who started life in the coal mining areas of Durham and Yorkshire.
2012. 1st edition. Details the history of cannabis in New Zealand including growing, use and Police involvement.
1961. A vintage manual / guide for railroad personnel.
1959. 1st edition. This collection of the experiences of some of New Zealand's earliest European explorers.
1986. Ministerial Advisory Committee on a Maori perspective for the Department of Social Welfare.
2000. 1st edition. History of the unconventional differential engine.
2019. Edited and introduced by Witi Ihimaera, brings together the poetry and prose of Haare Williams to produce a work that is a biography of the man and his times.
1932. A history of the romantic conquest of the silvery waterway.
1974. Collection of poetry in charming slipcase format by New Zealand poets.
1964. 1st edition. Small poetry collection by New Zealand poet Nancy Bruce.
1954. Original map of the Caribbean / West Indies region.
2010. A rich descriptions of people and places on the Hokianga in 1847 and the transcription is dedicated to the descendants and all the people of Hokianga.
1942. Fantastic vintage aeronautical chart for pilots in New Zealand printed on linen cloth paper.
1980. Vintage road map of the North Island, New Zealand.
1944. The fifth edition of laying out for Boiler Makers and plate fabricators was revised by a boiler designer who specialises on locomotive boilers.
1914. 1st edition. The story of the interesting life and work of Duncan Macpherson, city Missionary in Auckland, New Zealand.
2014. 1st edition. From their long, arduous journey to Paris to Fredl's unbelievable rescue from a train bound for a Nazi death camp.
2007. A journey through a unique portfolio of landscapes depicting the favourite places of some of New Zealand's most popular contemporary artists.
Written by two American veterans of the Escadrille Layfayette, Falcons of France, is a novel which encapsulates the overall experiences of Charlie Selden, an American pilot.
1995. 1st edition. The author advocates a liberal approach to science education that recognizes the intellectual achievement of science.
1933. 1st edition. A biography of Captain Albert Ball, a British fighter pilot during the First World War.
1986. A history of the Automobile Association in Wanganui 1911-1986.
2007, 1st edition. A journey through a unique portfolio of landscapes depicting the favourite places of some of New Zealand's most popular contemporary artists.
1928. An autobiography/memoirs of Oscar Thorwald Johann Alpers, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
1986, 1st edition. The story of 485 (NZ) Squadron Spitfire pilot Les "Chalky" White. SCARCE