1979. Comprehensive album of artistic views of New Zealand as seen through the lens of a distinguished New Zealand photographer.
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1946. A complete vintage guide to every branch of the carpentry trade for all those engaged in the crafts of carpentry and joinery.
1949. One of the outstanding regional histories in the series published by the Otago Centennial Historical Committee.
1971. A publication to mark the Centenary of the Auckland City Council 1871-1971.
1965. The very popular author's second book she writes the history of Mount Algidus station in the Canterbury high country in New Zealand.
1968. Vintage gardening book well illustrated with monochrome images and drawn illustration.
1957. Dispels a long-standing fallacy - that New Zealand hotels lack colour, tradition, and a tale that tingles.
1952. Second World War escape stories from all the arenas of the war.
1979. Vintage guide to nautical / maritime cruising around the Marlborough Sounds and Tasman Bay regions of New Zealand.
1956. This is the story of Frank Clune's holiday trip around the New Zealand Islands.
1991. 1st edition. One in a series of reference books of famous merchant fleets, past and present.
1978. A chronicle of Hato Petera College in Auckland's Northcote.
1973. A biography of the author, who through dogged persistence realised her two main ambitions - to become a nurse, and to travel to foreign places.
1975. Published for the 1875 to 1975 centennial celebration of Katikati in the Bay or Plenty.
1982. 1st edition. The centennial history of the Waihemo County Council 1882-1982.
1945. 1st edition. An account written as a result of an Auckland doctor’s travels in Italy during service with the 2nd N.Z.E.F.
Undated. Amateur publication chronicling the history of Kihikihi School (Waikato) from 1869-1938.
1997. Annual summary of all maritime accidents in New Zealand during 1995-1996.
1949. A collection of cartoons published in the The New Zealand Herald newspaper during 1948 and 1949.
1965. 1st edition. A vintage guide for choosing native plants for the New Zealand garden.
1962. 1st edition. The biography of Sir William Stephenson, the director of Britain’s secret intelligence organisation in America during the Second World War.
1971. A yearly publication by Fielding Agricultural High School.
1970. 1st edition. An illustrated account of nearly a century of country life in a remote and isolated Banks Peninsula bay inhabited and farmed by members of the Menzies family.
1969. 1st edition. A study of the Volcanic Plateau-Bay of Plenty region.
1987. Retro Wises illustrated travel guide to New Zealand and its attractions.
2005. One of Britain's leading authorities on historic architecture takes readers on a tour of mankind's greatest monuments.
2021. 1st edition. This major book tells the story of four expeditions made by staff of the Dominion Museum between 1919 and 1923.
2008. Two decades with NZ Geographic magazine have given Kennedy Warne the privilege of seeing New Zealand as few others have seen it.
1997. 1st edition. A study of the evolution of special forces from 19th-century imperialists to the SAS.
2010. These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King's Lucille, Eric Clapton's Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan's First Wife, Billy F Gibbons' Pearly Gates, Neil
2012. This book is a beautiful collection of Philips best-loved stories and photographs.
2010. 1st edition. Takes a fresh look at one of the most controversial events in our country's military history.
1999. Biography of Robert Laidlaw, founder of Farmers Trading Co. - an early 20th century version of Jeff Bezos with the "new" concept of catalogues and mail order purchase.
2007. 1st edition. There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the Regiment's history.
2006. 1st edition. Explains how to combine traditional styles and techniques with innovative design to create twenty-five custom-built motorcycles.
2013. A stunning, fully illustrated guide to the country and times that shaped our greatest short story writer.
2005. An erudite, lively search for the real Helen of Troy-–a chronicle combining historical inquiry & storytelling élan.
1975. A history of Ardmore Teachers College near Auckland, produced on the closing of the college in 1974.
1973. Limited edition. Comprehensive history of the the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club, based within Lyttleton Harbour near Christchurch.
1956. The author was an Australian bomber pilot who was shot down in a Lancaster over Hanover.
2014. Eighty of New Zealand's finest cooks, chefs and bakers let us into their homes and their hearts as they share their favourite recipes
1987. A vintage cookbook and collection of recipes by television cooking legend Alison Holst.
1951. 1st edition. An annual collection of poetry.
1966. 1st edition. This is a sensitive account of Ngaio Marsh's childhood and adolescence in Christchurch and the establishment of her theatre and writing careers both there and in the United Kingdom.
2002. Souvenir edition celebrating 50 years of service from the Silverdale Volunteer Fire Brigade between 1952 - 2002.
2008. 1st edition. Includes a short history of the VC recipients. - Corporal Willie Apiata V.C. was awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan.