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1958. Vintage New Zealand natural history.
1971. 1st edition. Absorbing details of bird life, incisively written with keen observation and humour.
1957. Vintage practical guide to New Zealand birds. Scarce with this cover.
1970. 1st edition. Discusses the impact of man on the natural history, especially wildlife, of New Zealand.
1971. 1st edition. Encourages people to open their senses to the creatures around them, by the sea, lake and river, in the paddocks, the native bush, the new forests.
1960. 1st edition. The author turns to Polynesian legends that are strangely like those of the Greeks, and to the true story of a famous dolphin, Pelorus Jack, long protected by New Zealand law.
1961. Vintage and very detailed reference book on native animals of NZ from sponges to molluscs to mammals
1995. Traces the history of trains including all important developments in the history of the train.
1965. 1st edition. SCARCE NEW. Excellent photographs complemented by Soper's text, mainly relating to his wide and interesting experiences while in the field photographing birds.
1963. 1st edition. Excellent photographs complemented by Soper's text, mainly relating to his wide and interesting experiences while in the field photographing birds.
1981. Selected letters of A.R.D. Fairburn between 1924 and 1957 sent to many notable fellow New Zealand authors
1964. 1st edition. Autobiography of Air Vice-Marshall Cyril Eaton Kay (1902-1993) New Zealand-born aviator.
2007. 1st edition. SCARCE. A magnificently illustrated book is the closest there has ever been to a complete book on moko.
2007. 1st edition. SIGNED / SCARCE. A magnificently illustrated book is the closest there has ever been to a complete book on moko.
1969. Published to commemorate the moon landing and includes the story of the history and development of early space exploration.
1969. Vintage weekly compact newspaper covering the moon landing.
1969. Vintage newspaper covering the Moon Landing in 1969.
1969. Vintage newspaper covering the Moon Landing in 1969.
1969. Vintage newspaper covering the Moon Landing in 1969.
1969. Vintage newspaper covering the Moon Landing in 1969.
1950. Fantastic item of original Kiwi farming memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1950/1960. Fantastic item of original New Zealand memorabilia that would look great framed in an office with another old policy document.
1947. Vintage wartime newspaper
1961. Vintage souvenir programme
1904 (118 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1887 (135 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1898 (125 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1934. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1908. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1935. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1935. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1887 (135 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1939. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1935. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1903 (119 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1905 (117 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1886 (136 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1899 (123 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1881 (141 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1935. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1908 (114 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1938. Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1957. Vintage New Zealand Listener magazine from 65 years ago.
1968. Fantastic items of original Kiwi farming memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1987. Section 1 only of The New Zealand Herald with coverage of the Fiji coup.
1966. Special vintage edition of The Marlborough Express 56 years ago commemorating the papers centenary.
2000. First edition of the new millennium 2000, special edition
2000. First edition of the new millennium 2000.
1999. Last edition of the 20th Century 1999, refer title and images.
2000. Second edition of the new millennium 2000 in 2 sections.
1871. Facsimile reprint of The New Zealand Herald from 1871 marking Auckland's 100 year Centenary.
2006. Special edition marking 125 years.
1972. Vintage newspaper, Bay of Plenty Mirror from 50 years ago.
1971. Vintage newspaper covering the official opening of Radio Whakatane 1240.
1966. Vintage newspaper, section extract from The Daily Post covering Whakatane 50 years 1917 - 1967.
1966. Vintage newspaper, Bay of Plenty Beacon Jubilee marking 50 years of progress 1917 - 1967.
1986. Special edition reviewing the previous year 1985.
1994. Retro newspaper from 30 years ago.
2008. Special feature covering the funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary.
2008. Special edition covering the life and death of Sir Edmund Hillary.
2008. Special feature covering the funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary.
1991. Special feature of the NZ Herald for 1990.
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1920/1930. Vintage photo / negative wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1920/1930. Vintage photo / negative wallet
1920/1930. Vintage photo / negative wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1920/1930. Vintage photo / negative wallet
1940. Vintage photo / print wallet
1930. Vintage photo / negative wallet
1960 (60 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi farming memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1971. Vintage New Zealand Listener from 1971
1930. Vintage early incarnation of a "New Zealand Geographic" type magazine.
1930. Vintage early incarnation of a "New Zealand Geographic" type magazine.
1927 (95 yo). Vintage catalogue for Ford car parts
1973. Vintage motor manual
1925. (97 yo). Vintage instructions for Ford car maintenance
2011. Special coverage of the second major Christchurch earthquake in February 2011.
2010. Special coverage of the Pike River Mine Disaster
1964. Special edition of the Waikato Times covering the first century of the city of Hamilton. Published in 11 Sections.
1964. Special edition of the Waikato Times covering the first century of the city of Hamilton. Published in 11 Sections
1937 (85 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1936 (86 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi banking memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1900+1959. SCARCE Fantastic items of original banking memorabilia that would look great framed.
1936 (85 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi banking memorabilia that would look great framed in an office.
1925. (97 yo). Vintage ASB Bank book - a fantastic piece of Kiwi banking memorabilia.
1986. A guide complete with glossary to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.
2000. Beryl Cook has long been Britain's favourite artist.
1983. 1st edition. The British Lions rugby team's 1983 tour of New Zealand.
1983. 1st edition
1963. Vintage seafood cookbook
1963. Provides definitions of scientific names of plants, focussing on the etymology, and also lists common English names with their binomial equivalents.
1951. Originally published in 1938 this is the revised and rewritten edition based on the earlier work and unpublished manuscripts and notes.
1964. Vintage stamp catalogue
1939. Vintage book on photography
1949. Vintage textbook on shorthand, a practical reference to word outlines in Gregg Shorthand.
1985. The story of Ben Hall by Australia's foremost authority on bushrangers.
1995. Popular rural writer Philip Holden delves into the colourful history and lives of the runholders in New Zealand's high country.
1996. 1st edition. A collection of twenty-five hunting stories from one of New Zealand's best known writers on the outdoors.
1991. Vintage book on the Routeburn track, which crosses the main divide of the Southern Alps to the northwest of Queenstown.
1994. Popular rural writer Philip Holden delves into the colourful history and lives of the runholders in New Zealand's high country.
2007. Seeks out the remote corners of New Zealand from Cape Reinga to Bluff, covering all the best driving routes and hidden gems along the way.
1989. The McKellar family originated in Scotland. In 1839 John and Lillias McKellar immigrated to Australia and settled in Warrnambool.
1973. 1st edition. A biography which is a model of its kind, a true and absorbing portrait both of a man and of an age.
1981. 1st edition. New Zealand as it was a century ago.
1986. The authors offer helpful suggestions on where to begin, what to expect and what to hear next, making this an invaluable starting point from which to explore the whole range of classical music.
1973. 1st edition.
1988. 1st edition. Vintage book on traditional Maori folk art.
1983. 1st edition. The memoirs of Sir John Marshall, a New Zealand statesman who served his country in Parliament from election in 1946 to retirement in 1976.
1986. 1st edition. Four interesting contributors tell the origins of Harvard and the foundations of the university's persistent character.
2003. Biography of W. C. Fields who was one of the greatest pantomimists and comedians in the world.
1986. 1st edition. P&O corporate history on its 150th anniversary.
1994. The P&O line began as a mail contract to Gibraltar and evolved into the passageway to, Egypt, India and the 'Far East'.
2007. This book tells the story of the first hundred years of the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, from 1907.
1930 (92 yo). Fantastic item of original Kiwi memorabilia
1976. 1st edition. SIGNED. History of the place and the people that made the place what it was and the contribution it made.
1989. 1st edition. Text, photographs and illustrations documenting Thompson's investigations into Maori rock drawings.
2008. A pictorial journey around some of the buildings and meeting places where our lives are shared with others.
1965. The History of the Shire of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia.
2014. How Governor Macquarie invented an idea of Australia, a convict built it - and how Britain tried to tear it down.
1948. 1st edition. Vintage dictionary, Maori - English / English - Maori.
1950 / 1960. Vintage price list for Olsen farm products in original clip folder.
1952. Observer's series No. 15. Describing over 100 types of vessels.
1971. A Centennial Publication of the Auckland Harbour Board, 1871-1971.
1943. Vintage World War II aviation training manual for operating airplanes and living in the far north.
1969. New Zealand maritime history of passenger ships, information and historical fleet list and tonnages.
1896. (126 yo). Vintage annual catalogue illustrated with monochrome images.
1976. A small publication of Dora Somerville's monologue, written from the perspective of Maui.
1938. 1st edition. Daisy Bates was an astonishing Irishwoman who, after a variegated youth spent nearly forty years of her life living n the outback among tthe Aborigines of Australia.
1922. (100 yo) Detailed survey of Britain's Railways and Railway History circa 1922, written mainly for a young audience.
1979. Over many years artist Carl Laugesen created portraits in various mediums depicting prominent Maori women and men from over a large area of the North Island.
1961. Story of how the Polynesians spread out from Hawaiki (Samoa) over the Pacific to become the Hawaiians, the Tahitians, the Tongans, the Maoris, the Marquesans and the Samoans.
2000. 1st edition. Reproduces artworks produced by French artists from the voyages to New Zealand during the 1769 to 1846
1994. 1st edition. A portrait of a middle-aged Australian woman who spent nearly thirty years living in the deserts of South Australia among the aborigines of the outback.
1887. A Tale of the Good Old Times and a History of the War in the North told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe.
1981. Vintage technical and reference
1946. Vintage rugby programme
1967. Vintage textbook on electrical engineering
1995. An emphasis on abstract data types, algorithmic analysis, efficiency considerations and the implementation of data structures using object-oriented programming in C++.
2000. First edition of the new millennium 2000
1938. SCARCE. The first Maori Western scholarly account of the discovery and settlement of Polynesia in ancient times by seafarers so expert in navigation.
1968. The book takes the form of a complete guide to the beginner-stalker or beginner trophy-hunter.
1960. Illustrated history of the Mesopotamia Station runs before and after Samuel Butler's residence there.
2010. This is the story of Haane Manahi and his exceptional bravery in Tunisia during the Second World War.
1979. 1st edition. A great memoir of the authors experiences in the second world war with the 2nd parachute regiment, including Arnhem.
1977. SIGNED. 1st edition. The story of Colin Quincey rowing alone for 63 days across one of the world's most treacherous seas.
1998. Biography of the first person to fly an aircraft across the Pacific from America to Australia (in 1928) he broke many solo flying records
1966. 1st edition. The very popular author's third book the river in question is the Wilberforce that ruled the lives of those living at Mt Algidus.
2013. An Informative record of the first twenty years of European settlement of Mechanics Bay.
1977. 1st edition. All Black rugby history.
1963. Vintage newspaper covering Auckland Centennial 1863-1963.
2001. Various newspaper extracts covering the 9/11 attacks in New York.
1971. SIGNED. This is a history of the Milford area from one who knew it best.
1964. An account of the 1960 Makalu expedition under the leadership of Edmund Hillary.
1964. Originally published in 1888 this is the history of early pioneers of the Wakatipu Lake District.
2001. 1st edition. Rare and collectable New Zealand local history.
2001. 1st edition. Beautiful book on the history of the Mahurangi region.
1977. 1st Edition. A biography of Charles Thatcher, the famous balladeer of the New Zealand goldfields.
1959. 1st edition. The stirring account of the exploration of early New Zealand by eighteen of the most successful pioneers.
1952. 1st edition. An illustrated edition of the account of the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition 1910-1913 to reach the South Pole by Captain Robert Scott.
1969. 1st edition. Story of New Zealand author and publisher walking from Sydney to Melbourne, aged 90.
1950. Biography of Cheshire V.C the commander of the Dam Buster Squadron.