1959. 1st edition. When the S.S. Fort Stikine blew up in Bombay Docks on April 14th 1944, she created one of the greatest explosions in history.

2000. New Zealand pioneering biography.

1979. 1st edition. This easy to read and well illustrated manual is aimed at all who enter the back country, novice and experienced alike.

1997. A collection of 23 previously unpublished articles - including photographs - from Sea Breezes Magazine.

1986. 1st edition. This volume covers the details and specifications of the Auckland's bus fleets, including numbers, registration plates, chassis numbers, body codes.

1966. Official souvenir and programme for the Blackball (New Zealand) centennial celebration, held on January 20th - 24th, 1966.

1985. A history of one of Britain's most successful, family owned tramp shipping companies.

1920. A suede fabric covered collection of poems by John G. Whittier, complete with explanatory notes.

1960. A history of 200 years of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, from its early days in a coffee shop to its contribution to the history of shipping throughout the world.

undated. The history of a Methodist church in Timaru, New Zealand.

1989. New Zealand rail history.

1995. Number 103 in a limited edition of only 500 copies. The first detailed history written about the Timaru Fire Brigade.

2002. Australian shipping history, the story of this Australian shipping line before it was taken over by BI in 1913.

2010. 1st edition. New Zealand jazz musician and songwriter Ken Avery's diary of his varied and amusing experiences playing in dance bands in the 1940's-1970's.

2002. A photographic portrait of Manawatu and Wanganui from the first half of last century.

1978. A traveller's guide to the goldfields of historic Nelson & Marlborough.

1975. 1st edition. A guide and history of the old goldfields of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

2010. A beautiful and comprehensive history of St. Marys Anglican Church in the centre of Timaru in South Canterbury.

1984. An historical discussion of Dusky Sound in Fiordland, including Captain Cook, and the Spaniards under Captain Malaspina.

1962. A selection of striking monochrome and colour aerial photographs of the West Coast region in New Zealand.

1982. Published for the commemoration of Waimataitai School centennial, 1882-1982.

1987. 1st edition. A publication by New Zealand Geological Survey of hot or cold mineralised springs or water known in the North Auckland peninsula.

1964. Old report on the survey of South Westland tourist facilities.

1799 (225 yo). Antique hymnbook with preface by John Newton.

1997. Fascinating pictorial essay of the cable cars and electric tramways that crisscrossed Dunedin, New Zealand during the 1950s.

1920. 1st edition. A domestic record of the merchant seaman in war.

1972. A booklet on the history of the Summit Road on the Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand.

1968. A publication celebrating Greymouth's centennial 1868-1968.

1963. An vintage illustrated reference to the most important and popular roses in the world.

1968. Preacher's kid by day and leader of the largest Harlem gang by night, Black and Free tells the story of Tom Skinner who was trapped in the bondage of religious tradition and hatred of whites.

2010. This compact hardback provides the perfect souvenir of New Zealand, featuring a selection of Wall's best shots from Cape Reinga to Bluff.

1981. 1st edition. Informative guide to the history of the buses fleets serving the main cities of New Zealand.

1975. Writings on the theory of sanctity, aiming to relate sanctity to daily living.

Undated. A treasury of outline sermons and addresses.

1962. Revised standard red letter edition, containing the old and new testaments. Verse reference edition - concordance.

1989. 1st edition. Provides concise information about all the birds listed in the New Zealand's Ornithological Society's 'Annotated Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand'.

2002. Fact filled descriptions highlighting key identification features of New Zealand trees are supported by distribution maps and one or more full colour photographs of each of over 100 species.

Undated. Brief history of the historic steam tug named after one of Auckland's founding fathers.

1959. 1st edition. A short history of the first 100 years of the postal service in the South Island city of Timaru in New Zealand.

1959. Informational booklet on shipping including dock plans and funnels.

1972. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes from the Old Testament, in Todays English Version.

1960. 1st edition. Informational booklet featuring details of ships on the Clyde.

c 1980s. This collection of writings from an author who has contributed to many magazines and newspapers centres on Blackball, on the West Coast, where her father was stationed as a guard.

1996. A guidebook for walking through the Auckland - Waitakere area with detailed descriptions and maps of over 20 enjoyable outings on accessible, well-graded and clearly sign-posted tracks.

1962. A guide to 69 of New Zealand's native trees.

1985. 1st edition. Poems and anecdotes inspired by the authors upbringing and adult life in the Kaimatura valley in the Huia area near Auckland.

1975. A booklet using some of the many photographs that appeared in the pages of 'The Express', the monthly news magazine that appeared over a period of seven years, 1963 - 1970.

1980s. A history of the pioneers of New Zealand.

1970. A practical guide to flower arranging, specially written for New Zealand conditions.

1993. An interesting selection of black and white and colour photographs depicting diesel-hauled trains at work in the South Island landscape during the 1970s and and 1980s.

1981. 1st edition. A history of shipping in Corio Bay, Geelong - the western arm of Port Phillip in Victoria which ranks as one of the major ports of Australia.

1986. An vintage instructional guide to creating floral arrangements.

1967. 1st edition. Geoff Moon (1915-2009) was a world renowned New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, conservationist, veterinary surgeon and photographer.

1982. A vintage instructional book to floral art, for all ages.

1979. 1st edition. An informative book on minor islands of New Zealand as part of the Collins Nature Heritage series.

2004. 1st edition. Celebrates the farming people of the West Coast of New Zealand and the dairy companies which they established.

1959. Photographic guide to Timaru and South Canterbury on its 100 anniversary, with glimpses into the past.

1926. Vintage magazine singing the praises of the South Canterbury district of New Zealand. Includes two vintage complementary letterheads.

1970. A high school magazine published by by the pupils of Waimate High School with the assistance of teachers in charge of activities.

1997. 1st edition. A new and innovative heritage highway that links heritage sites along 680 km of roads from Picton to Farewell Spit, across the top of New Zealand's South Island.

1988. 1st edition. Retro travel guide to the Northland district of New Zealand's North Island.

1957. A brief history of the first 75 years of Waimataitai School in Timaru.

1957. Hardcover edition of a brief history of the first 75 years of Waimataitai School in Timaru.

1969. A historical record of the first 104 years and a description of the new Trinity Presbyterian Church in Timaru.

1971. 1st edition. The first of an important series of surveys undertaken by the Business Archives Council, in this case in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum.

2000. 1st edition. Milford Superguide is an innovative and comprehensive, three-in-one guide to this special part of New Zealand.

1983. Vintage pictorial visitors guide / souvenir to Fiordland region of New Zealand.

1987. A pictorial history of Wellington city buses through the years.

1971. A history of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Pareora.

1986. A retro travel guide to the North Island of New Zealand for the international and local visitor, including a Maori pronunciation guide, timetables, and other helpful information.

1985. 1st edition. Retro travel guide to the South Island of New Zealand.

1954. Silver jubilee history of the Waimate High School 1929-1954.

1997. An account of the Tararua Weka Trust's relocating of the wekas from Kapiti Island to the Tararua Ranges.

1995. 1st edition. A collection of funny and fascinating stories about the folklore of our railways. Many will make you laugh, others are remarkable and heroic.

1996. 1st edition. Barry Brickell is the creator and director of Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, the uniquely personal theme park at Coromandel.

circa 1960s. Vintage guide to the Mangonui region in Northland, New Zealand with information on beaches, fishing, shellfish, touring, and local spots.

2018. 1st edition. For the first time this book collates the details of many of these unsuccessful voyages in terms of how the ships came to grief and fate of the passengers and crew.

1982. 1st edition. Prize-winning essays submitted to The Marine Society annual essay competition. A selection of 27 essays, relating to the seaman's world.

2008. 1st edition. A history of the place names of the Hibiscus Coast, north of Auckland.

1995. 1st edition. The city and its environs are home to an exciting range of habitats and landscapes, of plants, animals, birds, insects and geological features.

2003. Bob Reid's story with New Zealand Rail - of cleaning, firing and driving steam locos; of coming to grips with the diesels, of driving railcars and life as a NZR supervisor.

2006. 1st edition. SIGNED + SCARCE. An extensive bibliography in which publications of all kinds are related to fixed survey areas, and shown alongside the maps of their particular areas.

1995. 1st edition. A pictorial documentary of the years 1955-1995 on New Zealand railways

1993. Warren Jacobs presents the most comprehensive photographic record of Northland ever undertaken.

1978. Vintage telephone directory for Timaru-Oamaru & District.

1980. 1st edition. A personal record by the author of the more interesting merchant ships which, during the last 50 years, he has visited, photographed and some in which he has sailed.

2011. A photographic record of the City of Christchurch before and after the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

2014. Previously untold stories of the churches' response in the earthquakes which struck the greater Christchurch region between September 2010 and December 2011.

John Bisset's photographs have graced the Timaru Heralds pages for more than two decades. Here is a snap shot of his work.

1913. Antique pictorial guide to Lyttelton Harbour and various Canterbury surrounding towns.

1975. 1st edition. Vintage instructional guide to flower arranging and floral arrangements for painting.

1985. Story of Loweel Yerex, adventurer, aviation pioneer, multi-millionaire, New Zealander.

1990. Wanganui and surrounds local history.

1989. 1st edition. The fascinating account of one of New Zealand's most successful prison escapers, and of a manhunt that turned a Manawatu town into what resembled a Wild West town under siege.

1986. The artifacts and pieces of arts that were exhibited at the Te Maori Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in September 1984.

1947. 1st edition. Tells of pioneer days in the Waikato River area, including some Maori stories and legends.

1924. The Mariners Library - No. 17. Offers a glimpse into the sea-faring lifestyle of times past with an authentic account of a life lived at sea.

1971. 1st edition. The Leander of this story is the sister ship of the Achilles, cruisers of the 'Leander' class, and important units of the NZ Navy during WWII.

1953. 1st edition. A fascinating study of the pirates of the 17th and 18th centuries examines the lives and deeds of Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney, and others.

1944. Depicts practically every effective warship in existence (at time of publication), together with the date of launch or laying down, displacement, designed speed, armament and aircraft equipment.

1952. A psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915.

1987. Signed limited edition 865 of 1000 copies.

1959. A thrilling true story of Captain A. A. Bestic's experience in the British Navy during World War II.

1959. 1st edition. One of the most outstanding book inspired by war.

1965. The true story of a young Japanese sailor whose fascination with the art of sailing led him on a solo trans-Pacific journey.

1953. 1st Edition. The story of the first air crossing of the South Pacific Ocean by the Catalina flying boat Frigate Bird.

1980. An album of tramcars, those marvellous 'electric land-galleons' that travelled out streets providing a public transport service that became an essential part of our everyday life.

1978. 1st edition. A fascinating history of the construction of New Zealand's Kaimai Tunnel on the East Coast Main Trunk Railway.

1980. 1st edition. The history and aspirations of Smith and Caughey Limited on attaining its Centenary, and the family involvement in the company.

1984. Royal Commissioner Peter Mahon was appointed to investigate the causes of the World's fourth worst air disaster.

1950. 1st edition. Vintage book on learning Maori / Te Reo.

2020. This ground-breaking book explores the emergence of Te Hahi Mihinare – the Maori Anglican Church.

1989. 1st edition. The first book to trace the evolution of battlefield air attack and its impact on military operations worldwide.

1950. 1st edition. The adventurous and dramatic story of the lonely storm-swept southern islands which dot the sub-Antarctic seas to the south and south-east of New Zealand.

1963. 1st edition. A remarkable collection of true stories of the bad old days, when fear and ignorance bred suspicion and hatred between European and Maori and the outcome was all too often violent.

1971. 1st edition. The author was instrumental in founding the journal ANTARCTIC and was its editor from 1956 to 1968.

Undated. A story about the early years of pioneer New Zealand.

1888. Classic early work detailing the working life of George Preshaw, beginning with his time as an apprentice miner and his later life as a bank officer, including the early days in NZ

1980. 1st edition. Chronicles Ronald Lockley’s since he settled in New Zealand.

1962. This book is an attempt to put that love into words and so capture some of the essence and spirit as well as the beauty of our country.

1957. 1st edition. This is an absorbing story of early New Zealand in which the action and interest mount fast to a tense and exciting climax.

1968. A history of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin.

1928. The fifth edition of the personal reminiscences of E. Hewett, the widow of a New Zealand Pioneer Settler.

1989. Publication to mark the 75th jubilee of the Edgecumbe & District Primary School.

1969. The story and history of Kerikeri 1819-1939.

1984. A brief history arranged by the Kaitaia Borough Council to mark the 150th anniversary of organised European settlement in the far north.

1949. Informative booklet for the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in 1949 - held at Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand.

1976. History of Kakepuku in the King Country region.

1970. 1st edition. The early life and sailing exploits of the young New Zealander, and a race by race account of the 1969 series that ended in New Zealand victory.

1953. 1st edition. The author (Hans de Meiss-Teuffen) is a sailor of small boats, a world traveller and a born nomad.

1960. Our Lady of the Southern Star Abbey (Kopua) is the only Cistercian monastery in New Zealand.

1950. 1st edition. Making a bid from the Japanese in Singapore, Captain Jennings and one companion alone decided to set out to sail from Sumatra to Australia in a small open boat.

1957. 1st edition. Frank Evans, aged 29 has sailed in all kinds of boats from tankers to college eights, and is now engaged in research on the results of the Petula Atlantic crossing.

1953. 1st edition. The story of Dr. Bombard's 65-day solitary Atlantic crossing in a collapsible life raft.

1932. A collection of epic salvage and diving episodes, mainly from the early years of the 20th century.

1968. Tells for the first time the story of Independent Force, abounding in amazing incident and revealing squadron and intelligence records which disclose how Germany's morale was cracked.

1990. Australian civil aircraft register.

1974. New Zealand church history in Waimate North near Kaikohe in Northland.

1959. Alan Christopher Deere is possibly New Zealand s most famous fighter pilot of the Second World War.

1959. 1st edition. Alan Christopher Deere is possibly New Zealand s most famous fighter pilot of the Second World War.

1979. 1st edition. A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978.

1980. 1st edition. A deeply moving account of the world's first Boeing 747 jumbo jet disaster at Nairobi, East Africa in November 1974.

1965. New Zealand church history in Waimate North near Kaikohe in Northland.

2009.

1965. A brief illustrated history of the Waiapu Cathedral in Napier.

1939. 1st edition. A fascinating memoir of A.C. Hanlon, one of His Majesty's Counsel for the Dominion of New Zealand.

1947. 1st edition. The Huia was a New Zealand topsail schooner launched at Aratapu, Northland in 1894 that plied the Tasman and the Pacific for over 50 years.

1947. The Huia was a New Zealand topsail schooner launched at Aratapu, Northland in 1894 that plied the Tasman and the Pacific for over 50 years.

1947. New edition. The Huia was a New Zealand topsail schooner launched at Aratapu, Northland in 1894 that plied the Tasman and the Pacific for over 50 years.

1999. This book is a celebration of the diversity of style and decoration of Auckland's architecture, featuring photographs never published before.

1907. Edited by two old boys of the school, a collection of information about old boys.

1940. The history of Marlborough during the hundred years of British settlement from the early whaling days to the 1940s.

1940. The history of Marlborough during the hundred years of British settlement from the early whaling days to the 1940s.

1980. 1st edition. A history of Wellington Chartered Accountants Wilkinson Wilberfoss.

1981. 1st edition. A fascinating look as this aspect of Pacific history.

1976. 1st edition. History of Jackson's Bay on the southern West Coast of New Zealand.

1954. An authoritative history of the district of western Southland, that provides an accurate record of the early days of the area.

1971. A humorous romp through New Zealand's history.

1975. 1st edition. History of the Bunnythorpe district, part of the Manchester Block in the Manawatu, was first settled in 1875.

1978. 1st edition. A commemorative publication for John Cawte Beaglehole about James Cook's landing sites in New Zealand.

1978. 1st edition. New Zealand Architect and crew explore Polynesia - excitement, humour, charts and cruising information.

1967. Francis Chichester's takes the reader stage by stage along the great clipper way followed by the gold, wool and grain clippers from Britain round the Cape of Good Hope to Australia.

1972. In the great tradition of British adventurers, David Pyle decided to undertake the longest open boat voyage ever - from England to Australia - with only one crew member.

1965. covers such important topics as Wind, Waves, Boat Design, Shortening Sail, Storm Gear, Sea Anchors, etc.

1890. In 1889 the author, who later became famous as war correspondent of The Times, sailed the cutter Alerte on a treasure hunt to the uninhabited island of Trinidad off Brazil.

1991. A modest yet forthright account of the full and fascinating biography of Timaru born in 1911 George Brasell.

1953. 1st edition. Captain Bernicot's single-handed voyage round the world is very little known. It was completed at the end of May 1938, but his account did not appear until 1942.

1942. Primarily written to meet the needs of engineers and navigators serving in the Merchant Navy.

1949. The Mariners Library - No.4. Story of sailing round the world complete with encounters with cannibals & hostile natives.

1950. The Mariners Library - No.12. Fascinating first-person narrative by a man who did what many dream of but few accomplish.

1940. 1st edition. Biography of R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943) who joined a group of Oxford students on a sailing voyage to the Greek islands.

1955. 1st edition. Describes a romantic and enviable voyage, begun in 1951, from Panama to the fabled South Seas...exploring the little-known Galapagos Islands.

1965. 1st edition. Biography of Admiral Harold Hickling who began his career in the Royal Navy when he became a cadet at Osborne in 1905.

A booklet on the history of Matamata in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

1968. This famous set of mathematical tables was first published in 1803.

1956. 1st edition. All the developments in yacht racing including in design, sails, rigs, materials, rules and techniques.

1970. 1st edition. For the interest of collector and general reader alike some of the most significant and attractive mile-stones in the evolution of military dress.

1955. Vintage directory and guide for Auckland, New Zealand - a snapshot of Auckland in the mid 1950s.

1987. 1st edition. Biography of New Zealander, Johnny Checketts - his career in the RNZAF and his service as a bomber pilot during the World War II.

1990. 1st edition. Although a great deal has been written regarding New Zealand's timber industry few official histories on the topic have been offered.

1982. 1st edition. Harry Ayres was the greatest guide and ice climber in New Zealand during the 1940s and 1950s.

1976. Biography of New Zealand's leading jockey Bill Skelton.

2001. Richard Tomlinson was recruited initially by MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, during his senior year at Cambridge University.

1975. 1st edition. An account of the invention, development, and limited manufacture of Felix Wankel's revolutionary rotary combustion engine.

1969. Proceedings of a two-day symposium, 1st / 2nd September 1969 to celebrate the Bicentenary of the granting of a Patent to James Watt for a Separate Condenser for the Steam Engine

1996. 1st edition. Tells the story of how, during World War 2, an Australian and New Zealand team salvaged eight tons of gold from a German minefield.

1996. It is the story of Joseph Stephenson Thompson, a man who h ad become one of the most wanted men in New Zealand criminal history.

1929. 1st edition. A primary account of the Ross Sea shore party of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition 1914-1917. INSCRIBED / SCARCE

1956. 1st edition. The remarkable true story of the authors 4 years active service on and below the seas during the most critical phases of the second world war.

1990. 1st edition. A collection of funny and fascinating stories about the folklore of our railways.

1973. 1st edition. The history and real story of smuggling.

1970. 1st edition. A history of the South Canterbury settlement of Tinwald.

1980. Guidebook to the National Railways Museum of Zimbabwe.

1982. New Zealand military history and a primarily pictorial account of the history of the New Zealand Army.

1990. 1st edition. Amusing and often hair-raising tales of the author's early working life in the King Country as a bushman, locomotive fireman and brakesman in the 1920s until the early 1940s.

2000. Quarterly official journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand, a body which is a major contributor to ornithological study and research in New Zealand.

1998. In this definitive expose, Paul Harris and Linda Twiname discover just how far-reaching the Roundtable's influence is, and what their plans are for New Zealanders.

1986. Railway accidents and disasters in New Zealand.

1997. History of steam trains in New Zealand, covering branch lines and technical information. Includes a compilation of over 190 of the best colour photos taken of New Zealand steam locomotives.

1999. A pictorial smorgasbord of 176 photographs of Wellington streets as they grew and developed through the 20th century.