1973. 1st edition. By Lady Louise Hillary, wife of Sir Edmund Hillary, and tells the story of the family's travels in Nepal including visits to various Hillary aid projects in the Everest region of th
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1942. Vintage wartime newspaper from World War 2.
1985. A popular guide to New Zealand's natural heritage.
1963. Vintage weekly New Zealand newspaper.
1953. 1st edition. First half is popular illustrated history of British coronations of queens, and second half covers the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
1999. This book is a celebration of the diversity of style and decoration of Auckland's architecture, featuring photographs never published before.
1977. 1st edition. History and science of volcanoes in New Zealand.
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
1988. 1st edition. A publication for the exhibition of Albin Martin's, to mark the centenary of the artist's death.
1941. 1st edition. This book urges the United States to join Britain's cause in the Second World War.
1945. The official account of Royal Air Force Transport Command's ocean ferry.
1972. 1st edition. This book underlines the incredible number of inconsistencies in the evidence which convicted Thomas, in the trial judge's summing up and in Sir George MacGregor's report.
1963. 1st edition. This book describes catamarans, their characteristics and design.
1951. When the Germans invaded Crete in 1941, Sandy Thomas was shipped to the Greek mainland as one of their prisoners.
1937. 1st edition. Geoffrey Cox's eyewitness account of 1936 Madrid under aerial and ground attack from Franco and his fascist allies during the Spanish Civil War.
2003. 1st edition. This book follows Ian Bradley's career from Cadet Midshipman to his final disgrace, his battle to clear his name, and his subsequent career in politics and industry.
1959. A catalogue that accompanied the Frances Hodgkins Collection on a New Zealand tour in 1959, and a handbook for the Collection in Auckland City Art Gallery.
1945. 1st edition. The sequel to 'Kiwi Saga', this is a personal account of the travels and experiences of the New Zealanders in Italy.
2002. A collection of stories celebrating nautical New Zealanders, their boats and their stories.
Undated. An account of wartime travel which begins with a party of twenty-four Ordinary Seamen, which eventuates to a lucky thirteen.
1959. 1st edition. An autobiography by Captain Wilfred Scott-Shawe and Alan Wykes.
1980. 1st edition. SIGNED. The Story of Ngaruawahia 1863 - 1963.
1842. Famous for his paintings of early New Zealand, Charles Heaphy also wrote an enthusiastic account of his years in New Zealand.
1985. 1st edition. The wartime adventures of the author serving in the Royal Navy on the Atlantic convoys.
1958. A collection of drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, containing examples of some of his best work.
1978. 1st edition. This history records the main events of the local Oamaru port, it also marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new form of local government for the 21st century.
1961. 1st edition. The Shepherd's Calendar' has been a regular page in the New Zealand 'Listener' for many years.
1968. The formal investigation into the TEV Wahine maritime disaster in April 1968 at Wellington.
1992. The men and the incidents of the twenty-eighth Maori Battalion and how Maori soldiers coped with the pressures on and off the battlefield during the Second World War.
1921. A captivating novel that follows the journey of a group of travelers on a mysterious cruise ship.
1985. 1st edition. This is the earliest recorded voyage by Western man, one of our most ancient and captivating sagas.
1978. 1st edition. This fictional journal reveals Cook's innermost thoughts and doubts during his ill-fated final voyage, which ended violently during a native uprising in Hawaii.
1953. A fascinating account of the ingenious Second World War counter-intelligence plot by the British Intelligence service known as 'Operation Mincemeat'.
1990. An retro information booklet on the Royal New Zealand Navy.
1989. The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London.
1970. In the autumn of 1968, Donald Crowhurst set sail from England to participate in the first single-handed nonstop around-the-world sailboat race.
1983. A history of the Reporoa District, a rural community in Rotorua Lakes within the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
1949. The story of a successful escape from Stalag Luft III in German-occupied Poland, by British prisoners of war, during WWII.
1978. 1st edition. A story of New Zealand's last trading coasters serving an isolated community between 1913-1927.
1989. 1st edition. A detailed chronology of New Zealand's involvement and a definitive reference work on New Zealand and World War II.
1944. A collection of stories on salvage operations of famous wrecks written by a salvage diver who worked on the sunken German high seas fleet in the Scapa Flow.
1957. 1st edition. Here, told for the first time, is the tragic story of Admiral Sir Dudley North, who was relieved of his command at Gibraltar.
1981. An autobiographical record of F.O. 'Pat' Brewster early days.
2001. 1st edition. Featuring photographs, drawings, and paintings, this volume offers a visual history of New Zealand home interiors through history.
2005. Photographed by Manuel Bauer and published on the occasion of the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday, this work includes essays by photographer Matthieu Ricard.
1969. 1st edition. Peter Cape has set out to give a meaningful impression of what is happening throughout New Zealand in the arts.
2002. 1st edition. Art Through the Ages traces six centuries of painting from Renaissance art in the 15th century to modern art in the 20th century.