2000. Robert Muldoon was Prime Minister of New Zealand for eight and a half years (1975 - 1984).
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1990, 1st edition. A comprehensive history of New Zealand's railways since the 1860s to the present day including the regional networks.
1972. Vintage owners workshop repair manual for the Hillman Avenger for 1970 onwards.
1963. Mona Anderson and her popular books made the high country life famous and accessible to many.
1993. Vintage guide to the Otamatea Kauri and Pioneer Museum in Matakohe, Northland.
1985. The story behind the author's Maori histories, biographies and documentaries.
1987. 1st edition. Unfolds this remarkable story of the building and operation of a spectacular railway system in New Zealand.
2001. History of the Kelburn cable car in Wellington New Zealand, celebrating 100 years of service between 1902 to 2002.
1971. Vintage technical book on woodwork for all woodworkers and woodcarvers.
1956. Vintage service manual for Austin A30 Seven.
1960. Vintage handbook for the Fiordland National Park region in the South Island of New Zealand.
1975. A comic collection from New Zealand politics in the 1970s.
1990. A rich and reliable resource with accurate information about the people who shaped New Zealand history.
1961. Sidney Moko Meads historical and technical look at the art of Nga mahi whakairo.
1970. 1st edition. New Zealand Steam Railway history.
1985. Fantastic item of original New Zealand Rail memorabilia.
1978. 1st edition. A saga of steam trains from 1863 to 1901.|Covers the old steam railway lines from Christchurch to Ferrymead, Invercargill, Wellington, and the Far North.
1987. 1st edition. Presents a nostalgic look at life from the much loved glossy pages of The Weekly News.
1944. 1st edition. His autobiographical work records his radical opinions on many subjects.
1968. 1st edition. Complete early history of climbing on Aoraki / Mount Cook with detailed ascents listed.
1975. 1st edition. History of the Bunnythorpe district, part of the Manchester Block in the Manawatu, was first settled in 1875. SIGNED.
1975. First published in 1845, part of the New Zealand Classics series.
1981. 1st edition. Biography of former Prime Minister Norman Kirk.
1998. 1st edition. A comprehensive biography of one of the most important figures in nineteenth century New Zealand.
Undated. A history of the Otago Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918.
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.
1969. 1st edition. Biography of legendary New Zealander Bill (C.W.F.) Hamilton. Farmer, Inventor, Engineer and Jet Boat Pioneer.
1979. 1st edition. For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men-Stanley Graham.
1970. Cliff Tait flew solo around the world from New Zealand to New Zealand. Includes info on his selling the aircraft to MOTAT in 2005.
1969. Special edition covering the Moon Landing.
1985, 1st edition. When one conjures up an image in one's mind of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, there is perhaps one locomotive type that instinctively becomes part of that image.
1984. 1st edition. This book is directed at those who intend to rediscover the old line for themselves, for the route from Cross Creek to Kaitoke is now part of a walking track which each year attract
1987. New Zealand railway history.
1987, 1st edition. Featuring historic locations, sites and buildings associated with both Maori and European settlement.
1996, 1st edition. Compiled to record the arrivals, trials, varied fortunes, personalities, aspirations and achievements of the people of the Kawhia South district since 1900.
1956, 1st edition. Exploits of the Fighter Aces of the Second World War.
1930, 1st edition. Biography of Amy Johnson, a pioneering woman aviator who was the first female pilot to fly solo from London to Australia in 1930.
1979, 1st edition. The first woman to sail solo around the world by way of Cape Horn and the second woman to have ever sailed solo around the world.
1959. 1st edition. Descriptive history of the New Zealand Insurance Company in its centennial year.
1959. A fascinating drama of how a supposedly unsinkable ship ended up at the bottom of the sea.
1964. A collection of pen portraits of some Australasian shipmasters who have traveled between Australia and New Zealand
1974, 1st edition. Biography of the New Zealand book collector, who bequeathed his extensive collection of books on New Zealand and the Pacific to form the nucleus of a New Zealand national collection
1973. Describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail.
1981, 1st edition. A account of the Wellington city from it's founding in 1840 through to the building of the Town Hall in 1981.
1981, 1st edition. An illustrated overview of two hundred years of New Zealand naval history.
1967, 1st edition. The story of the Tasman Shipping Line, an independent locally owned and run outfit that successfully traded frozen goods across the Tasman.
1972. 1st edition. Vintage travel guide to the South Island of New Zealand. SIGNED.
1983. 1st edition. A History Of The University of Auckland 1883-1983.
1983. 1st edition. The biography of the New Zealand pilot who led a raid on Amsterdam Power Station in 1943.
1974. 1st edition. Biography of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Mayor of Auckland for some 25 years. SIGNED.
1967. 1st edition. The autobiography of Alfred Hamish Reed, MBE (1875-1975) who was a New Zealand publisher, author and entrepreneur.
1966. 1st edition. Home is at the sharp end of the ridge which bends northward from Mt Atkinson, part of the last splaying of the Waitakere Range, which makes jointed fingers all along the north coast
1958. 1st edition. The story of the Church of England in the diocese of Nelson, New Zealand 1858 to 1958, with an account of the years 1842 to 1857.
1979. 1st edition. Autobiography of Emeritus Professor Blaiklock during his days growing up around Titirangi, Auckland.
1971. 1st edition. Twenty-three nuns and priests, mostly Australians and New Zealanders, write frankly about their lives, their wit, humour, compassion.
1928. Original copy of the New Zealand Engineers monthly magazine from around 90 years ago.
2004. This second superb collected work of one of Britain's best-loved comedians.
1974. 1st edition. Spike Milligan's second volume of war autobiography.
1937. Vintage gardening guide, Brett's gardening guide was a bastion of gardening books.
1976. The Electrical Writing Regulations for use by electricians in New Zealand.
1945. The National Magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.
2013. The lively, insider story of the rise and rise of New Zealand's most successful logistics company. Mainfreight was founded in 1977 by the visionary Bruce Plested. SIGNED.
1945. The National Magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.
1945. The National Magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.
1945. The National Magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.
1945. The National Magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.
1945. The National Magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.
2013. This book juxtaposes a selection of Pablo Picasso's graphic works with the classical paintings that inspired them.
1922. An vintage book on the main principles and practice of efficiency and output tests on A.C. transformers, alternators, and motors with examples from practice for students and engineers.
1991. Revised vintage guidebook for travel around Wellington. Where to go, what to see, and how to get there.
1982. Vintage guide to the Coromandel State Forest park huts and tracks.
1978. Vintage guide to the Coromandel Forest park tracks.
An information booklet on the Car Van AF970 published for the Museum of Transport and Technology of Auckland.
1973. Vintage guide and map to the Coromandel State Forest park.
An information booklet on the Carriage A851 published for the Museum of Transport and Technology of Auckland.
1987. A retro information booklet on the various railway and tramway operating museums in New Zealand.
1907. 1st edition. Discussions on religious topics for those who are interested in young people.
1976. An educational booklet produced for the Department of Education on New Zealand architecture by a practising architect and former lecturer in architectural history.
1936. 1st edition. The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789.
2012. History of Mt Aspiring Station is set in the craggy back blocks of Otago, between Lake Wanaka and the Southern Alps.
2008. A celebration of 100 years of North Island railway history.
1940. Bound two volume set of all editions of the Making New Zealand pictorial magazine.
An information booklet on the Locomotive L207 published for the Museum of Transport and Technology of Auckland, New Zealand.
1973. Vintage guide and map to the Kauaeranga Valley Forest Park in the Coromandel region.
2023. The famous story that depicts Lawrence's experiences in the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Syria during the First World War.
2012. An information booklet on the Ja Class Locomotives of New Zealand Railways.
2017. Life of the nurses Leonie Howie and Adele Robertson who live and work on remote Great Barrier Island.
1975. A full colour illustrated wall chart identification guide to all the birds which are commonly seen in New Zealand.
1932. Employment booklet for relief workers, stamped in Nelson.
1966. 1st edition. A vintage selection of Alison Holst's favourite recipes from the 1960s.
1997, 1st edition. This book, with its collection of art and authoritative commentary, provides insight into pre-colonial Bali.
1948. Collection of black and white prints by Douglas Elliott from the Taranaki Herald.
1987. A comprehensive and authoritative account of game fishing in the Pacific region.
1974, 1st edition. The fifth collection of material culled by Jim Henderson from his ever-popular NZBC programme Open Country.
1998, 1st edition. This text is an in-depth guide to one of the most successful series of all time - James Bond.
2014, 1st edition. A veteran reporter's life of recording NZ history, war, tragedy, sporting greatness.
1929. Bert Hall was one of the first seven pilots to join the Lafayette Escardrille.
2004. Memoir of Anny Thackeray, daughter of the author of Vanity Fair, aunt of Virginia Woolf.
2005. The word Impressionism has long been associated with images of leisure.
1999. A masterly profile of four New England fishermen at Cape Cod.
2000. A story on the sacred mountain of Panch Chuli of an arduous and almost miraculous survival, and of the brilliant, committed teamwork.
1978. Perhaps the leading Western intellectual of his time.
2005. English translation of author's diary and letters covering his wartime capture and time in Mexico and England
2004. Biography of Valerie Barnes. Valerie's gift for storytelling makes this a lively, funny, utterly delightful memoir.
1946, 1st edition. Light-hearted cricket autobiography of Fleet Street writer and cricketer.
1974. Two vintage boating guides.
1997. 1st edition. Text in Polish. Presents the development history, design, equipment, armament used by the Polish Air Force after Poland regained independence.
1985. 1st edition. Dudgeon flew Hawker Harts against Iraqi Rebels in the Himalayas and took part in Blenheim Operations in North Africa in WW2.
1975. 1st edition. 'Beau' Carr here paints a lively and entertaining picture of what life was like, both on and off duty, for a young RAF officer between the wars.
1943. 1st edition. A book of the history of the air, of the men and women, who have through tremendous courage and determination with win through.
1934. 1st edition. The heir apparent to Mussolini, Italo Balbo served in World War 1 and became a leading Fascist organiser in the 1920's.
1985. 1st edition. Biography of Roy Chadwick, one of the most significant personalities in the aviation world in the first half of the twentieth century.
1992. 1st edition. The history of one of the most attractive of the small band of British light aircraft of the 1930s.
1981. 1st edition. The German Air Force was a failure. This is the cardinal fact about Hitler's Luftwaffe and one of the most important of the Second World War.
1983. The Dassault Super Etendard sprang into world prominence during the Anglo-Argentinian conflict for the Falkland Islands in 1982.
1984. Warbirds Illustrated series No.30.
1978. Aircraft series 6015. The largest and most secret Air Force in the world is revealed in depth for the first time.
1984. The Anglo-French Jaguar is a classic example of international co-operation in the creation of modern warplanes.
1983. History of a truly versatile and remarkable helicopter.
1976. Aircraft series 6008. A pictorial history of the Italian Air Force 1940-1943.
1994. Aircraft series 6065.
1985. 1st edition. The first publication that thoroughly documents Italian use of the German Bf 109 during WWII.
1980. A story about the war in the air. Text in German.
1978. 1st edition. Furnishes comprehensive, fully illustrated, worldwide coverage of the principal features and uses of various types of helicopters and rotorcraft.
1985. Undoubtedly the most successful post-war British fighter, the Hawker Hunter had a thoroughbred's lines and was a delightful aeroplane to pilot.
1983. Generally known as the “jump jet”, the Harrier uses the unique properties of ‘four-poster’ vectoring-thrust technology for short or vertical take-offs and landings.
1985. Designed as a replacement for the F6F Hellcat, the F8F Bearcat was the last of the great Grumman Cat series of piston-engined navy fighters.
1981. 1st edition. A book devoted exclusively to aeroplanes, helicopters, sailplanes and spacecraft of unusual shape or purpose.
1983. There can be little doubt that the mighty McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is the greatest combat aircraft produced int eh West since World War II.
1983. Justifying the company’s decision to gamble heavily on a private-venture prototype, the success of the Boeing Model 707 family has been enormous.
1983. Stemming from pre-war American notions of long-range strategic bombing, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress emerged during World War II with great rapidity.
1983. Warbirds Illustrated series No.17.
1983. Warbirds Illustrated series No. 22.
1983. Warbirds Illustrated series No.15.
1983. Warbirds Illustrated series No.16.
1991. 1st edition. Traces the history of Aeronautica Macchi founded in the northern Italy city of Varese in 1913.
1974. 1st edition. Autobiography of soldier - Brigadier James Thomas Burrows, C.B.E., D.S.O. and bar, Order of Valour (Greece).
1981. Chronicles Project Interlock's attempts to find a common basis of communication between men and dolphins.
1934. 1st edition. Biography of Gordon Olley (1893-1958) was a World War One air ace with 10 air victories.
1972. A detailed and technically-focused biography of the English scientist and inventor.
1956. 1st edition. Contains stories on almost every aspect of aviation.
1978. Published from 1977 onwards, the graphic novel series of Squadron Leader Capt. W.E Johns 'Biggles'.
1968. 1st edition. The author was a bomber and fighter pilot for Franco from the beginning to the end of the Spanish Civil War.
1985. 1st edition. This is the full biography of the legendary Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett, who first served in the Royal Australian Airforce.
1943. 1st edition. A true story, Rickenbacker recounts being lost at sea.
1935. 1st edition. An in-depth biography of aviation pioneer, Sir Sefton Brancker the senior officer in charge of military aeronautics in the War Office.
1962. 1st edition. A biography of Air Commodore West, British Air Attaché in Berne and head of British Air Intelligence in Switzerland during the Second World War.
1966. 1st edition. Autobiography by Churchill's favourite Air Commander in WW2.
1991. New Zealand regional biography and history. SCARCE
1974. Comprehensive Maori language course, combined books 1+ 3.
1921. Appointed Curator at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens in 1903 following training at Kew and work in the West Indies, Tannock quickly built up contacts with other professional horticulturalists
1954. A biography of Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle, known as one of America's greatest airmen.
1979. 1st edition. A history of the the Avenger revered as the best aircraft of World War II.
2005. 1st edition. A history of the model airplane industry Son of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Edward T. Packard.
2005. 1st edition. Many books have been written about the early history of the British airlines, from their infancy through their maturity and adulthood.
1978. 1st edition. Excalibur III (North American P-51C) nearly missed its chance for glory by not being assigned to a combat squadron.
1973. A manual based on the official Flight Handbook for the P-51D aircraft, with some editions including additional historical content.
1988. 1st edition. A complete history of the South Vietnamese Air Force that surviving records and accounts can convey.
1981. 1st edition. A documentary history of the Mustang fighter plane that includes interviews with men who fought and flew in the Mustang.
1976. The most exhaustive and authoritative book ever written about a military aircraft.
2012. 1st edition. The history of the Greek air force during the WW2, from its poorly equipped start against the Italians to its eventual resurgence in North Africa and return to Greece.
2010. 1st edition. History of the Lockheed Ventura PV-1 AND PV-2 Harpoon that was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II.
2002. Guide to growing this attractive and relatively recently introduced fruit.
1980. 1st edition. The North American P-51 Mustang, America's greatest fighter aircraft, was actually designed, built and flown in 117 days.
2000. 1st edition. At the time he was killed in 1940 while flying for the RAF, aviator Richard Shuttleworth had assembled a modest collection of classic aircraft.
1981. 1st edition. The collection of songs sung by airmen of over 800 songs, covering a period from World War One through the Vietnam War.
1989. 1st edition. History and evolution of the Sunderland flying boat and the valuable contribution it made to the Allied campaign worldwide throughout the Second World War.
1994. 1st edition. Scottish aviation history from Percy Pilcher's first glides near Cardross in 1895 to the Jetstream 41 built in Prestwick in the 1990s.
1976. 1st edition. History of the Short Sunderland that epitomised RAF Coastal Command during the 1939-45 war.
1st limited edition (500 copies). Biography of Josiah Firth, one of New Zealand's prominent pioneer businessmen.
A booklet on the history of Matamata in the Waikato region of New Zealand.
1882. Fantastic item of original New Zealand memorabilia that would look great framed.
1966. 1st edition. The creative study and application of Chairman Mao's works.
1971. Vintage aviation reference book of the world's airliners.
1989. 1st edition. Up-to-the minute details of the USSR and Warsaw Pact front line fighters described and featured in colour and artworks.
1976. The story of the New Zealand Baptist Theological College.
1997. Based on the experiences of the author whose interest in the subject lead him to spend 10 days in the bush in February 1974 without any food supplies.
1979. 1st edition. A season with The Whitebaiter of South Westland.
1987. 1st edition. The story of growing up in a small, sleepy, rural community just after the Second World War.
1963. 1st edition. The quest for the fisherman's El Dorado from one end of NZ to the other, following the search of author-angler Zane Grey.
1968. 1st edition. Tom Seddon's autobiography, from his earliest childhood in Kumara on the West Coast of the 1890s to the present day.
1970. Comprehensive Maori language course for adults.









































































































































































































