2006. SIGNED. Eco-thriller written by a NZ wildlife biologist. Ignoring a moratorium, Japan sends a whaling fleet to Antarctica.
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1997, 1st edition. SIGNED. The story of two US submarines and their operations in the Pacific in WWII, including their significant involvement in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1956. SIGNED. Group Captain Tom Sawyer exciting autobiography records more than 5 years service with Bomber Command.
2012. SIGNED. This is a true account of life in Alcatraz prison written by William G. Baker 1259AZ, a former prisoner of Alcatraz.
2001, 1st edition. SIGNED. This book looks at the heritage of Newmarket - while much has been lost, some, such as the historic house of Highwic, still survives.
1986, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Colonel Frank Rennie, CBE, MC.
1977. 1st edition. SIGNED. Limited edition 29/300 copies.
2014. SIGNED. Celebrates some of the most inspiring against-the-odds stories in New Zealand sport.
1985, 1st edition. SIGNED. Fifth book of poetry by Pat Parker, who was born in Houston, Texas in 1944. Straightforward, no-nonsense poetry about being Black, female and gay.
2009. SIGNED. Collection of short literary pieces on Banks Peninsula, mainly by local or resident authors from early to late 20th century.
1993. SIGNED. The history of the development of aviation in South Canterbury, mixed in with the personal experiences of the author and others.
1991. SIGNED. A collection of seventeen multi-cultural short stories from the Islands of the South Pacific.
1995, 1st edition. SIGNED. A very scarce tome from the pen of the erstwhile doyen of Southport historians.
2005. SIGNED. New Zealander Doris Coppell exploration of English canals.
1998. SIGNED. Bob Harvey takes us on a personal odyssey to places he knows and loves.
2004. SIGNED. The story of an Iranian's escape from Iran and settling in America then New Zealand post 9/11.
1973. A chronological history of Dunedin. SIGNED. #309 of 2000 copies.
2011. SIGNED. Robert Green's extraordinary pursuit of the truth about how and why his aunt Hilda Murrell met a bizarre death.
1985. SIGNED. Details 50 years of New Zealand aviation from 1935 to 1985.
2003, 1st edition. SIGNED. History of Devonport in Auckland.
1959. SIGNED. A forced landing in Japanese territory gives the crew of a Ventura bomber a few hours to make repairs before the Japanese patrol reaches them.
1976, 1st edition. SIGNED. History of the place and the people that made the place what it was and the contribution it made.
1982, 1st edition. SIGNED. Spectrum Poetry Series
2006, 1st edition. SIGNED. English-language edition of D. A. Romanov's vigorous defence of the people and institutions that built the ill-fated Soviet nuclear attack submarine Komsomolets.
1983, 1st edition. SIGNED. Glenn Turner's first 100 centuries in first class cricket.
1983, 1st edition. SIGNED. The story of Hutt Hospital, follows the impressive development Hutt Valley into a major population centre.
2009. SIGNED. An insight into the art of driving cattle from North Wales to London that was undertaken for a period of one thousand years.
1996, 1st edition. SIGNED. The author has made exclusive use of Seahorses' war patrol reports, and conducted extensive interviews and correspondence with her surviving officers and enlisted men.
1963, 1st edition. SIGNED. A short pictorial record of AH Reed travel memoir around the top of the South Island of New Zealand.
1980, 1st edition. SIGNED. The study of an important author, widely regarded at the time of his death in 1957 as one of the major novelists of this century.
1998. SIGNED. This is a comprehensive survey of the international life and music of 19th-century Welsh composer, Joseph Parry.
2004. 1st edition. SIGNED.
2001, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of missionary Thomas Chapman (1792-1876) who came to New Zealand as a cathechist for the Church Missionary Society in 1830.
1980. SIGNED. Well illustrated and detailed history of this South Australia town and district; signed by the Lord Mayor of Salisbury.
2006, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of New Zealand businessman Roderick Deane.
1976, 1st edition. SIGNED. A first hand account of a British soldier who served undercover in the Polish Underground during World War 2.
1979, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Selwyn Toogood, a name familiar to every New Zealander.
1980, 1st edition. SIGNED. A memoir by Mervyn Thompson, a New Zealand theatre director and playwright.
2006. SIGNED. This comprehensive history of the Auckland College of Education was commissioned to celebrate its 125 years of existence and its merger in 2005 with the University of Auckland.
2011. SIGNED This book is a visual history of Christchurch chimneys – domestic, commercial and industrial, most of which no longer exist.
1991, 1st edition. SIGNED. Commissioned by the Lower Hutt City Council to commemorate the city's first 100 years.
1984. SIGNED. A pictorial history of Christchurch's architectural treasures lost to demolition or fire.
1975, 1st edition. SIGNED. Local New Zealand history.
1969, 1st edition. SIGNED. Australian ancient history, people and places.
1991, 1st edition. SIGNED. Poems by a New Zealand poet.
1985, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Captain Parsons who was born in 1900, and enlisted in The Royal Marine Artillery in 1918.
1992, 1st edition. SIGNED. New Zealand local history.
1995, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of a Plymouth Brethren boy who's homosexuality sees him committed to hospital.
2009. SIGNED. New Zealand true crime.
1995. SIGNED. A collection of yarns and ditties on New Zealanders in Antarctica.
2006, 1st edition.SIGNED. A brief biographical and current details of the artists.
1994, 1st edition. SIGNED. During six war patrols from 1944 through 1945, the submarine USS Flasher devastated Japanese convoys in the South China Sea.
1999, 1st edition. SIGNED. This is Joy Ogier's second anthology - the middle book in a trilogy, using the plant world as metaphors for personalities, happenings and innermost thoughts..
2011. SIGNED. An account of New Zealand Spitfire pilot Doug Brown.
1996. SIGNED. A history of the Warkworth district.
1971. SIGNED. This is a history of the Milford area from one who knew it best.
2011. SIGNED. New Zealand family biography.
1987. SIGNED. This popular poetry volume expresses Navajo life in its wholeness and sweetness.
1953, 1st edition. SIGNED. Vintage book on fishes in New Zealand where the author was employed as a marine biologist at a Marine fishes centre near Dunedin.
1961. SIGNED. Mr A.H. Reed walking the whole length of New Zealand.
2001. SIGNED. A history compiled of Hamilton airport between 1920 - 2000.
Undated. SIGNED. Local Ashhurst and Manawatu area biography.
1997. SIGNED. Everything you need to know about fishing in New Zealand.
1985, 1st edition. SIGNED. The history of Titoki community's first 10 years.
1988. SIGNED. The real story of Canadian born Auckland based criminal lawyer Christopher Harder and his detention in a Fiji military jail.
1997, 1st edition. SIGNED. The 1991 voyage of a square rigged ship, the Soren Larsen, from Sydney to Liverpool.
2001, 1st edition. SIGNED. An account of the chaplain stationed on the island of Tristan da Cunha from 1975-1978.
2000, 1st edition. SIGNED. Tells the story of the Wellington landscape, and its private and public gardens, from colonial times to the present.
2003, 1st edition. SIGNED. An enduring testament to the dancers, choreographers, artistic directors and all those who have worked for half a century to bring ballet to the people of New Zealand.
2001. SIGNED. The history of Manurewa in Auckland from 1840 to 1965.
Undated. SIGNED. Richard Randerson explores contemporary issues in faith, personal spirituality and ethics.
1929, 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY JOYCE WIFE. A primary account of the Ross Sea shore party of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition 1914-1917. SCARCE WORLDWIDE.
1995. SIGNED. The Complete New Zealand Gardener will guide you through the major decisions you will need to make and help you to create and look after your ultimate garden.
1987. Signed + Limited edition 865 of 1000 copies.
2006, 1st edition. SIGNED + SCARCE. An extensive bibliography in which publications of all kinds are related to fixed survey areas, and shown alongside the maps of their particular areas.
1950, 1st edition. SIGNED. A graphic story of a castaway on a New Zealand island.
1992, 1st edition. SIGNED. The history of Mokoia Island located in Lake Rotorua in New Zealand.
1999. SIGNED. Published to mark The Bay Of Plenty Co-Operative Fertiliser Company's 35 years in business.
1987. SIGNED. Stories in the lives of pupils, masters and headmasters of Auckland Grammar School 1921-1972
1983, 1st edition. SIGNED. A detailed look at the history of Rotorua, New Zealand with an extensive exploration of aviation in the area from WWI through 1982.
1969. SIGNED. The centennial history of the Marine Department in New Zealand, recalling the hardships and dangers experienced by the early settlers who sailed dangerous coastlines without th
1981, 1st edition. SIGNED. A delightful portraiture of a Methodist Minister's family in New Zealand.
2001, 1st edition. SIGNED. An autobiography of the author, with opinions on the current social events of the time.
1990, 1st edition. SIGNED. This is the story of the challenge mounted by Peter Blake for the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race, with an all-New Zealand crew relentlessly racing the big
1984. SIGNED by author and limited to 200 copies. The memoirs of A. L. Austin 1928 to 1953.
1978, 1st edition. SIGNED. The tragic story of men willing to risk their lives to avoid the 'living death' of the ghastly penal settlement of Norfolk Island wrings the heart.
1969, 1st edition. SIGNED. The romantic and adventurous story of the sea surveyors of New Zealand's coastline and coastal waters from Tasman and Cook to the Royal New Zealand Navy men of the
1976, 1st edition. SIGNED. Poems by a New Zealand poet.
1974, 1st edition. SIGNED. Highlights of the author's numerous travel books, comprising of carefully chosen and retouched 366 stories from A. H. Reed's travels on foot in New Zealand.
1999, 1st edition. SIGNED. A record of the beginning of the Waihi Beach settlement and to establish the main events, organisations and its development.
2007. SIGNED. Writer Dave Cull takes us to the frozen continent and tracks the journey of the icebergs: from their Antarctic beginnings to their appearance and demise in the temperate water
1972, 1st edition. SIGNED. Tales of a Town Clerk is based on a series of articles written expressly for the Christchurch Star sports edition.
1996. SIGNED. The biography of Peter Fatialofa, capturing Manu Samoa's golden 1991 year of rugby, giving fascinating insights in the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
1932, 1st edition. SIGNED. A fascinating account of the author's Service in the British Merchant Service.
1983, 1st edition. SIGNED. A history written from the point of view of the people involved with the land they worked in Manawatu.
1970, 1st edition. SIGNED. The First 75 Years of the Manawatu Golf Club: the evolution of golf as portrayed upon the Hokowhitu Course of the Manawatu Golf Club over the past 75 Years 1895-19
1978, 1st edition. SIGNED. The centennial history of St Peter's Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian movement in the Western Bay of Plenty.
2004. SIGNED Limited numbered edition. Cats Have Only Nine Lives not only gives a fascinating insight into Bryan Cox's experiences as a fighter pilot in the RNZAF, but picks up where the
1973. SIGNED. Covers the aeronautical history of the Los Angeles area during 1920-1929.
1959, 1st edition. SIGNED. A descriptive dictionary of the trees and shrubs of the Southern Hemisphere and a handbook of their propagation and cultivation.
1971, 1st edition. SIGNED. A vintage history of wine making in vineyard regions throughout New Zealand.
2010. SIGNED by both Meads and Quinn. Sir Colin Meads continues to be a fascination for the New Zealand sports public.
1945. SIGNED. A book that shows life on active service with the 2nd N.Z.E.F. through the eyes of a nurse.
1984, 1st edition. SIGNED. Autobiography of Lance Cairns who was once of the most famous members of the New Zealand cricket team during the 1980s.
1997. 1st edition. SIGNED by all authors and contributors. History of Gisborne based East Coast Airways.
2014. SIGNED. An account of the author's life centred mainly around the Pukekohe area.
1983, 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of legendary All Black Andy Haden.
1984. SIGNED. Biography of Shelia Horton.
2005. SIGNED. A pictorial account of whales, whale watching, dolphins, boats, fish and great Norfolk coastal scenery.
1989, 1st edition. SIGNED. A portrait of William Leefe Robinson, awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down the first airship over London on September 2, 1916, paving the way for the eventual defeat
1995. BOTH SIGNED. Paul Legg has been part of the New Zealand aviation scene for over the past forty-eight years.
1985, 1st edition. SIGNED. From the author of The End of the Penny Section comes an illustrated history of the birth and evolution of the tramcar in New Zealand.
1965, 1st edition. SIGNED. The story of Christopher Jarman, a child of extraordinary musical gifts - who at the age of two years, was struck down by encephalitis that deprived him of sight and speech.
1995. SIGNED. Photographic book documenting the construction of Auckland's Sky Tower and Casino constructed during 1995-96.
1961. SIGNED. Vintage book on sailing around in New Zealand's north east coast.
2006, 1st edition. SIGNED. A photographic journey through the Aoraki region in the Central South Island of New Zealand.
1980, 1st edition. SIGNED. The Story of Ngaruawahia 1863 - 1963.
2006, 1st edition. SIGNED. This is Joy Ogier's third anthology - the final book in a trilogy.
1949, 1st edition. SIGNED. The moving story of people who are astonishingly real, young men and women who leave Scotland for the new land of Otago in 1848
1990. SIGNED. The history of the authors family on the northern shores of the Manukau Harbour. NZ history collectors book.
1980. SIGNED. A collection of full-page colour paintings of Fiordland's west coast sounds by Jonathan White.
2002. SIGNED. Biography of Chris Long who grew up in the remote West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountain..
1966, 1st edition. SIGNED. A history of the Turner family and their settlement at Little Huia in the 1890's, and the subsequent growth of Turners and Growers.
1991. SIGNED. A fascinating book that is a collection of short stories written about trips and excursions of the Papakura and Districts Historical Society Inc.
2010. SIGNED. Koana has organised a Talkstory, Mo'olelo Festival 'to let the spirit fly between people' with indigenous storytellers from around the globe meeting in Hawaii..
2014. SIGNED / Limited edition 99/100. Her latest novella is a witty, sharp and intelligent comment on the current housing crisis in New Zealand.
1969, 1st edition. SIGNED. An informative, historic, authentic narrative account of the Medland family's long association with Great Barrier Island, with essential details of the island's.
2016. SIGNED. Kiwi yachtsman Graeme Kendall was the first person to sail the Northwest Passage solo non-stop.
1999. 1st edition. SIGNED. Best-selling author Richard Prebble strips away the double talk that so many failed policies are dressed up in.
1957, 1st edition. SIGNED. Describes the author's working class upbringing in Glasgow, subsequent adventures at sea, and eventual settlement in Auckland, New Zealand to farming.
1978. SIGNED. Premiere edition No. 415 of 500 copies. A book on the profitability of farming.
1921, 1st edition. SIGNED. Tutira describes Guthrie-Smith's enterprise, including the redevelopment of the land and comprehensive advice on sheep farming.
1976, 1st edition. SIGNED. A pictorial progress and growth of aviation in a photo-biography format by Professor David D. Hatfield. Signed by author.
1958, 1st edition. SIGNED. An intimate account of the walks around New Zealand that New Zealand publisher Alfred H. Reed undertook between the years 1915 to 1958.
1979, 1st edition. SIGNED. Limited edition 300 copies. A history of Motiti Island in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty.
1990, 1st edition. SIGNED. A history of the first 25 years of Christchurch Polytechnic.
1996. SIGNED. A publication produced for the 125th Jubilee of The Rakaia School to detail the history of the school and community.
1997, 1st edition. SIGNED. The story and history of a New Zealand sheep and cattle farm in the hills of Southern Hawkes Bay.
1898. 73/100 Numbered limited edition. SIGNED. A Jubilee Memorial of The Presbyterian Church of Otago.
1939, 1st edition. SIGNED. The author's history of the development of his Broadlands estate with much on the Maori background, natural history, transport and the Rotorua-Taupo railway.
1974. SIGNED. The extraordinary saga of a sea-based pirate radio station striving to break the New Zealand State broadcasting monopoly dominated news headlines in the late 1960s.
1983. Limited edition. SIGNED. An account of the New Zealand recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal from the earliest times of the South Africa war to the present time.
1964, 1st edition. SIGNED. The story of Canterbury Railways.
1982. 1st edition. SIGNED. Theology and religion.
1965, 1st edition. SIGNED. A guide to the Hokianga region with Maori history, historical notes and updated descriptions.
1981. 1st edition. SIGNED. This story is an accident, the result of wandering down an interesting and irresistible byway.
1990, 1st edition. SIGNED. The first book to fully document the world's extant WWI aeroplanes.
1997. SIGNED. An account of the author's one-aeroplane charter company, its demise due to financial disaster and his subsequent return to New Zealand to work as an airline pilot for TEAL.
1993. SIGNED. A history of the Gordonton Presbyterian Church, in the Waikato.
1975. SIGNED. A light-hearted look at rural life about South Canterbury 1900-1975.
1963. 1st edition. SIGNED. Edith Rudd (nee Lewis) served in World War 1 and World War 2 and was matron of Wairau Hospital for 20 years between the wars.
1993. SIGNED. A comprehensive history of Pongakawa School and Pongakawa. Limited to 300 copies.
1982, 1st edition. SIGNED. This is the dramatic account of what many people dismissed as one man's folly - taking on the world's best sailors and yachts in the 1982 Whitbread Race.
2009. SIGNED. The Inspiring Story of Bendigo Station, home of Shrek.
2000, 1st edition. SIGNED. The story of New Zealand private health insurance company Southern Cross Healthcare.
1969. SIGNED. An artistic tribute to Wellington by artist John Castle.
1989, 1st edition. Signed by photographer. A descriptive autobiography by Keri Hulme. Some text in Te Reo Maori.
1986. SIGNED. A history of the West Coast South Island town of Hari Hari from the day it was purchased from the Maoris to the year 1985.
2002, 1st edition. SIGNED. A history of the Omanawa settlers from 1910 to 1960 who founded the Bay of Plenty town renowned today for its waterfalls.
1972, 1st edition. SIGNED. A compilation of three books.
2002, 1st edition. SIGNED. Poet Joy Ogier uses plant images as metaphors for human experiences and personalities.
1974. 1st edition. SIGNED. Biography of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Mayor of Auckland for some 25 years.
1972. 1st edition. SIGNED. Vintage travel guide to the South Island of New Zealand.
1975, 1st edition. SIGNED. History of the Bunnythorpe district, part of the Manchester Block in the Manawatu, was first settled in 1875.
2005. SIGNED. This is the story of how a positive attitude and a 'never say die' approach helped the author survive and bounce back from a plane crash.
1960, 1st edition. SIGNED. The author, born in Dunedin in 1870, describes over 70 years of thrilling experience as a news getter. .
1992, 1st edition. SIGNED. Tells the story of the fight for New Zealand Police Service to achieve conditions as good as those enjoyed by any trade union
1984. SIGNED. The story on New Zealand Sailors who served on H.M.S. Aurora Royal Navy from 1941 to 1945.
2013. SIGNED. 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.
1981. 1st edition. Signed by Bryan Williams. This is the story of one of the most exciting footballers in the history of the game of rugby, Bryan Williams.
1984, 1st edition. SIGNED. The New Zealand poet relates how he was reunited with his Cook Islands extended family forty years after having been sent to a New Zealand.
2010. SIGNED. The inside story from one of our true music legends - pianist, teacher, arranger and bandleader, Doug Caldwell MNZM.
1983, 1st edition. SIGNED. This is the illustrated biography of Francis Aloysius Weld (1823-1891), a colonial adventurer, pastoralist and politician who was New Zealand prime minister in 186
2001. 1st edition. Signed by author addressed to Max Avery. A collection of humorous stories and anecdotes stemming from the authors early memories of life in a West Coast pub.
1980, 1st edition. SIGNED. Although the Manx Northern Railway was only just over 16 miles long with an independent life of a quarter of a century, its story is amazing.
2004. 1st edition. SIGNED. A compendium of mature, time-tested sea wisdom from one of the world's most respected sailing writers.
1977, 1st edition. SIGNED. Sets out to study the area west and south of Christchurch City now included in the local body areas of Riccarton Borough and Waimairi and Paparua Counties.
2006. SIGNED. Some text in Te Reo Maori. Outlining the significant events of the Onetahua Marae between 1985 and 2005.
2017. SIGNED. 2017 marks 40 years since the founders of the Morris & James pottery in Matakana, New Zealand.
1963. SIGNED. Mona Anderson and her popular books made the high country life famous and accessible to many.

