1962. 1st edition. Biography of the work of the New Zealand Official War Artist, Captain Peter McIntyre.
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2013. The lively, insider story of the rise and rise of New Zealand's most successful logistics company. Out of print and increasingly scarce.
1969. Fascinating biography of Bill Hamilton, the NZ inventor of the jetboat motor. Includes Irishman Creek souvenir visitors program
1969. 1st edition. Biography of legendary New Zealander Bill (C.W.F.) Hamilton.
1960. 1st edition. The fascinating story of the ocean's role in weather, trade and communication.
1940. Their aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and control. Vintage technical and reference.
1969. 1st Edition. Man's exploration of the sea. A comprehensive account, impressively photo illustrated.
1959. The past, present, and future of oceans and the increasingly challenging science of oceanography.
1959. 1st edition. Mr McCormick's survey is a thorough revision of his LETTERS AND ART IN NEW ZEALAND.
1974. 1st edition.
2008. Two of Janet Frame's earlier works, published in 1970 and 1972 respectively.
1995. Anthology of recent writing.
1997. 100 of the entries in a competition for the best mini-fiction; stories of 500 words or less.
1986. 1st Edition. Anthology of short stories, essays and poetry that pictures New Zealand's landscape through the eyes of authors contained.
2002. Action photos of construction and farm tractors put to use by circuses and carnivals.
1987. Published by the Glenbrook Vintage Railway Charitable Trust Board and Railway Enthusiasts Society, Inc. Nice railway collectors/enthusiasts book.
1986. Illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams, a history of the West Highland Railway in Scotland
1951.Vintage farming manual for farmers and agricultural students.
2010. The story of tractor development from the earliest days through to present day; Massey-Ferguson, John Deere and more
1959. Vintage booklet for rail collectors and enthusiasts.
1975. 1st edition. The story and history by the New Zealand author and his trip to the Antarctica.
1961. Hero of Mt. Everest ascent tells of his later experiences as leader of the first party ever to drive tractors to the South Pole.
1964. 1st edition. An account of the 1960 Makalu expedition under the leadership of Edmund Hillary.
2015. The gripping tale of the Arctic Thirty, a group of Greenpeace activists who endured a hundred days in a Russian isolation jail.
1948. Illustrated account of the ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole by Capt Robert Scott, told by his second-in-command who lead the Last Supporting Party.
2012. The 8-day story of an impossible rescue.
1995. 1st edition. The story of a New Zealander who has conquered the mountains and unexplored regions of the world.
1969. 1st edition. The story of New Zealand Mountaineers in the Great Ranges of the World.
1952. 1st edition. The true story of a voyage in a small sailing ship across the Pacific Ocean.
1979. 1st edition. David Henry Lewis was a sailor, adventurer, doctor, and Polynesian scholar, best known for his studies on the traditional systems of navigation used by the Pacific Islanders.
1953. 1st edition. Climbs in the Lofoten district by a well-known Scottish climber and broadcaster.
1959. 1st Edition. Climbing exploits of the highest order in every part of the world are told in the most readable fashion.
1987. 1st edition. Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole. No such attempt had been made since Captain Scott and his companions.
1959. 1st Edition. The autobiography of a mountaineer and Antarctic photographer.
1999. Research and the amazing evidence found in the 1999 expedition to piece together the final hours of the two brave heroes.
1953. 1st Edition. Climbing exploits of the highest order in every part of the world are told in the most readable fashion. This volume features Mt. Everest.
1952. 1st edition. An illustrated edition of the account of the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition 1910-1913 to reach the South Pole by Capt Robert Scott.
1965. 1st edition. An account of a 1963 difficult first ascent in the Cordillera Huayhuash (Peru) in which two of the eight members perished while retracing the summit ridge.
1999. This is a first-rate detective story, through forensic analysis, at last told the true story of Mallory & Irvine's attempt at Everest in 1924.
2002. 1st edition. Describes Martin Frobisher's search for the Northwest Passage to Asia, 1576-1581.
2000. A story on the sacred mountain of Panch Chuli of an arduous and almost miraculous survival, and of the brilliant, committed teamwork.
1921. Ponting was the photographer accompanying Scott on his last expedition to the South Pole.
1969. The story of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program, embraces the whole story of a continent from its exploration and scientific investigation.
1949. A collection of 33 articles by various climbing experts.
1963. 1st edition. Travelling with only a change of clothes in an old pillow case, a typewriter & rusty speargun, Pinney's journey through the West Indies & Pacific in 1962.
2009. An autobiographical account of mountain exploration in every continent, with a focus on, not the risks, but the joys of exploring the vertical.
2011. With an introduction by Joe Simpson, this is the illustrated and enthralling story of the first conquest of Annapurna