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1964. Admiralty Manual of Navigation - Volume I - BR 45 (1). Rare and collectable.

1893 (126 years old) Rare and collectable.

1869. (150 years old) Nelson School Series.

2014. Air New Zealand commemorating its 75th anniversary.

1993. The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water.

1900. Rare and collectable.

1972. A description of the long line of steam ferries and the role they played in the history of Auckland.

1953. Collection of 3x Motor Boating magazines

1916. (103 years old)

2006.

1938. Pioneer and Peacemaker. Rare and Collectible.

1971.

2002. Chronicles the high-octane thrills of The Race and offers a unique behind the scenes look at this perilous sport.

1896. (123 years old) A pictorial and descriptive record of the streets buildings parks and scenery of the great metropolis in the fifty-ninth year of the Reign of Queen Victoria.

1978. 1st Edition. A retroactive manifesto for Manhattan.

1999. Traces the development of the jewellery design from the early years of the century to modern times.

1946. 1st Edition. London from the February-March raids of 1944 to the end of the war with Germany. Rare and collectable.

1980. Pictorial History of battleships and battle cruisers in NZ waters or associated with NZ ships. Nice collectors booklet.

Rimmer Bros Parts & Accessories Catalogue

1999. This is an account of humanity's progression from the first dug-out canoe to the great ocean liners and modern warships of the modern age.

1991. After 22,000 miles in 189 days at sea she became the first woman in history to complete a solo, nonstop and unassisted voyage around the world.

1953. Observers series No. 15. Describing over 100 types pf ships. Collectable.

2011. Rob Hamill & Phil Stubbs were the winners of the 1998 Transatlantic Double Handed Rowing Challenge. Their victory elevated them to hero status both in New Zealand & around the world.

2000. Richard Gould provides an up-to-date review of the field and a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies.

1972. Rare and collectable. The story of coins, tokens, promissory notes, bank notes, and other means of exchange that have been used in New Zealand.

1986. The full inside story of the sensational bombing of the Greenpeace vessel the Rainbow Warrior in July 1985.

1977. Volume 1. Nice account of local NZ history.

2016.

2003. Biography of a famous New Zealand music icon.

1974. Long regarded as our greatest rugby player. Nice sports collectors book.

1936. History and explanation of coronation with photos of the life of George and Elizabeth's life up to that point, including the young princess Elizabeth the present Queen.

2013. The top 101 things to do or see in New Zealand - as voted by New Zealanders.

2017. As new. Take a journey through the irrational mind that we all share and see what part that mind plays in the success and failure of business.

2012. For the person with many talents, multiple passions, contradictory interests, raging bursts of enthusiasm that seem to go away as fast as they came.

2008. A stunning panoramic account of the two centuries on either side of the apocalyptic year 1000.

2011. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life.

1960. A short anthology of images man has made of his gods together with an introductory comment presenting various reflections, in the light of which the gods and their images can be approached.

2011. An introduction to the successful use of a motorhome for a holiday around New Zealand.

1990. The memoirs of Clare Hollingworth, frontline reporter who worked on equal terms with men in a tough, dangerous profession.

2006. 50 Trips To NZ's 161 Best Courses.

1956. 1st Edition. Famous fishing boat pirate in a sailing ketch voyage to West Africa.

1989. New Zealand rugby history.

2018. This very funny book describes New Zealand's towns and suburbs from the affluent to the effluent, the rural to the urinal, profiling all the best places not to visit, or heaven forbid, live.

2008. An Illustrated Account Of The Major Campaigns, From Europe To The Pacific Islands.

1998. The definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Mount Everest - told by acclaimed journalist, and bestselling author.

2001. Many adolescent boys dream of running away to sea, but Peter Taylor is one of the few who actually did it.

1952. An Anthology of Words and Pictures.

2012. How One New Zealander Created a Global Business, and his thoughts on the country's direction.

1983. Instructs the beginner and also teaches the old hand a thing or two.

1960. As new. An Anthology of Words and Pictures.

1982. Everything you want to know about organic gardening.

1949. Vintage reference book covering everything a florist should know.

1973. A book about how to self sustain your family.

1986. Maori short stories

1970. Pet Library children's paperback.

1993. The unauthorized history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it.

1979. 1st Edition. How to restore an old house.

1983. Journal on the historical McLeans Mansion of Christchurch.

1974. 1st Edition. A well-known boat builder and designer discuss every aspect of boat design and construction.

1920. Fifth Edition. Sailing navigation directions for the Pacific. Nice maritime collectors book.

1939. 1st Edition. An Illustrated Survey of English Literature.

1944. Collectable. Interesting wartime compilation from serving members of the Royal Australian Navy.

1945. Collectable. The first historical and biographical book on the New Zealand squadrons and pilots who fought with the RNZAF in WWII.

1960. 1st Edition. Vintage book on science and technology. Collectable.

1921. A course of British history, designed to meet the requirements of the NZ primary school syllabus for Standard 3.

1972. 1st Edition. A thoughtful intriguing and informative work in an area of historical speculation.

2017. A personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the Gloriavale cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women.

1998. 9th Millennium Edition. A guide to the north-east coast of New Zealand and anchorages from the Three Kings Islands to Cape Kidnappers.

1998. This is a unique portrait of life in NZ's masculine heartland.

Circa 1950. Immaculate collectable marine enthusiasts book.

2008. Hints and Tips to reduce your carbon footprint.

1971. 1st Edition. An account of what it was like to be young in the Twenties. Eleanor Allan talks of pawn shops, pocket money, the pictures, holidays, hospitals and the Empire Exhibition at Wembley.

1954. An Anthology of Words and Pictures.

1971. Photographs from the Muldoon era with captions, New Zealand from the 1970s.

1991. This is the last volume in the series of selections made by the writer and cricket lover Benny Green.

2011. A tribute to great and glorious man spaces and the craftsmen behind them.

2008. A pictional journey through new Zealand favourite holiday places.

1987. 1st Edition. The former assistant director of MI5 offers an account of British Intelligence during the 1970s.

1987. Instructs the beginner in the use of shells, clay, wood, bone, lapidary, metal, enamels and plastics for the creation of jewellery.

1980. One of the best Canterbury books. This is a classic of Canterbury literature that describes most of the high country stations as the author saw them.

1973. Vintage magazine. The presence that changed the world.

2013. 4th Edition. Hand made in New Zealand by cyclists for cyclists.

2013. 4th edition. Hand made in New Zealand by cyclists for cyclists.

1971. A centennial publication of the Auckland Harbour Board, 1871-1971. Nice maritime history collectors book.

1974. Twenty of the finest drivers tell their own stories of the greatest race of of their career.

1975. Vintage guide to Yachting and Boating in New Zealand

1999. For the first time in one volume, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999.

2015. What began over 30 years ago with hobby brewers in the United States has today become an international movement with beer-loving adherents from Europe to South Africa.

1977. A nuts and bolts approach to wind/electric systems

1990. A treasure strove of accumulated wisdom handed down from the ancestors - Te oha o nga tangata matua

1972. The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend. Some of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic book.

1988. Te Kete Raukura series. Rare and collectable.

2016. Based on his powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world, inequality, the corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit.

2000. For nearly 50 years, Diana Athill edited (and nursed and coerced and coaxed) some of the most celebrated writers in the English language.

1961. 1st Edition. Gerald Durrell's tour of animals and wild life throughout South America. 

1957. A photo record of Auckland city during the 1950's. Collectable.

2011. The shocking, controversial, moving story of Matt Hampson, the rugby player who dislocated his neck and was paralysed in a England training session.

1985. The complete guide to Calligraphy.

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.

1985. The third book of Janet Frame's three-volume autobiography, described by Michael Holroyd as 'One of the greatest autobiographies written this century'.