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1987. An important and comprehensive guide for the successful tree growing, garden enhancement and economic return.

2011. 1st edition. A how to book on growing fruit and nuts in New Zealand. Part of the GIY New Zealand series.

1945. Vintage wartime newspaper from World War 2.

1957. Vintage practicasl guide to New Zealand bird arranged firstly in order of size, then for those who know their birds well in their scientific orders.

1961. 1st edition. A broad history of the Wright Stephenson company from it's foundation in 1861 until 1961.

1973. A practical manual of trees and tree care.

1953. Vintage guide to Auckland Zoo, illustrated.

1978. Vintage farming reference book designed to facilitate quick reference in an emergency.

1963. 1st edition. The testament of an inspired teacher, Teacher is part diary, part inspired description of Ashton-Warner's teaching method in action.

1963. 1st edition. Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Borthwicks) has been an integral part of the Australian meat processing industry since its inception in 1905.

1962. Biography of well renowned plastic surgeon who rebuilt those RAF pilots damaged during battle.

1966. 1st edition. A history of the Turner family and their settlement at Little Huia in the 1890's, and the subsequent growth of Turners and Growers.

1959. 1st edition. The most comprehensive description so far to appear of the diverse islands lying off the coast of New Zealand.

1968. 1st edition. The autobiography of Sir Gordon Bell, the doyen of New Zealand surgery.

1972. 1st edition. The fascinating biography of a French nun who became a revered figure in New Zealand in the late 19th/early 20th century.

2002. Biography of Chris Long who grew up in the remote West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountain. SIGNED.

2010. Robert Long and his family live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland.

1984. An extraordinary, alive and intense book, which has already been widely acclaimed in Keri Hulme's native New Zealand. HARDCOVER

2012. Biography of New Zealand's most awarded wine-industry leader.

2007. 1st edition. Co-written by geologist Dr Hamish Campbell and award-winning author Gerard Hutching reveals startling new information about this country's natural history.

1995. A series of books that captures through photographs the essence of everyday life in New Zealand, prior to 1960.

1976. 1st edition. The Official History of the Girl Guides Association of New Zealand Inc.

1977. 1st edition. The story and history of Rodney County, north of Auckland.

1977. 1st edition. A history of Rotorua, both Maori and Pakeha.

1964. Originally published in 1888 this is the history of early pioneers of the Wakatipu Lake District.

1956. 1st edition. The story of a large industrial organisation against a background of the varied and colourful sugar industry.

1979. 1st edition. Centenary history of Donaghy's Industries rope and twine makers, founded in 1876 in Dunedin, New Zealand, by John Donaghy.

1972. 1st edition. New Zealand business history.

1966. 1st edition. A personal and illustrated account of a leisurely pilgrimage through New Zealand's Northland region.

1977. Life and leisure in New Zealand's volcanic wonderland.

1990. The history of the authors family on the northern shores of the Manukau Harbour. NZ history collectors book. SIGNED.

1967. 1st edition. The story of Orari Gorge Station, a pioneer sheep station through over 100 years of prosperity, depression and development. Agricultural pioneering in harsh and rugged high country.

1993. A collection of addresses by various guest speakers of the Papakura and Districts Historical Society over the past few years.

1991. A fascinating book that is a collection of short stories written about trips and excursions of the Papakura and Districts Historical Society Inc. SIGNED.

1971. 1st edition. Collectable book on a social history of New Zealand.

1980. 1st edition. History of Johnsonville, a suburb of the capital, Wellington, from the earliest days of mass European settlement to the present.

1972. 1st edition. A vintage memoir / guide to tramping and hiking one of the most famous walks in the world - New Zealand's Milford Track. SCARCE.

2004. The definitive history of Tiritiri Matangi from early Maori occupation, through to the remarkable story of the restoration.

1991. A look at how New Zealander's lived during the 1940s.

1967. 1st edition. A useful record of the development of the Auckland Museum and the figures involved.

2014. 1st edition. In View from the Road, photographer Arno Gasteiger travels from Bluff to the Far North capturing the people, places and landmarks to be discovered along New Zealand's SH1.

1969. In February 1961 Jim Henderson launched a radio programme called 'Open Country', and for four years it has been bringing the New Zealand countryside and its life.

1973. 1st edition. Regional New Zealand history. SCARCE.

1968. 1st edition. How the historical Pakeha place names of NZ are linked with history of those such as Cook, Tasman, Whalers, Statesmen and warriors.

1963. 1st edition. New Zealand History through 80 years of newspaper headlines and the stories behind them.

1966. The all-time classic telling of life in the 1960s Hauraki Gulf. Scarce in new condition.

1974. Robert Muldoon's autobiography published a year before he became prime minister of New Zealand in 1975.

1977. 1st edition. Rob Muldoon describes this book as: the personal memoirs of a New Zealander - who loves his country and believes that its intimate political history should be recorded.

1964. A collection of pen portraits of some Australasian shipmasters who have traveled between Australia and New Zealand

1946. 1st edition. A History of the Southern Independent Commando and First Commando Fiji Guerrillas. SCARCE.

2000. The Naked Rower is the story New Zealander Rob Hamill and the dream was to win the world’s first trans-Atlantic rowing race.

1932. Volume 13. Flock Book of The Corriedale Sheep Society.

1960. This is original, not a modern reproduction.

1949. Third revised and enlarged edition of The New Zealand Nature Book Vol. II.

1969. Vintage book on flowers and herbs.

1953. 1st edition. A rare author's account of mustering on this iconic high country station. SCARCE

1964. Biography written by Betty Dick, wife of Allan Dick - farmer and later a MP for Waitaki.

1965. 1st edition. Excellent photographs complemented by Soper's text, mainly relating to his wide and interesting experiences while in the field photographing birds. SCARCE NEW

1964. New Zealand's trees and shrubs and how to identify and name them correctly.

1979. 1st edition. The business and history of mussel cultivation in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand.

1966. 1st edition. The problems and pleasures of managing Mount White a New Zealand sheep station.

1973. 1st edition. Experiences during a decade on the footplate during the depression years, living in the Railway Company huts in the North Island high country.

1966. The very popular author's third book the river in question is the Wilberforce that ruled the lives of those living at Mt Algidus. AS NEW.

1966. 1st edition. A tribute to the sheep, to the farmers and their working dogs, and to those who process and market the fine end-products-prime meat, and spendid wool

1964. This is the story of one of that hardy group of bush and high country individualists, the deer cullers of New Zealand.

1973. 1st edition. With reproductions, maps and illustrations, the third volume in the author/artist's series on New Zealand farm stations.

1950. The story of a daring voyage by the author and five companions on board a primitive raft from the coast of Peru to the Pacific Islands.

1964. An interesting book about Peter Newton's experiences over forty years of mountain work mustering.

1968. Vintage handbook for New Zealand bush craft and outdoors.

1966. Vintage guide to gemstones in New Zealand.

1980. A collection of full-page colour paintings of Fiordland's west coast sounds by Jonathan White. SIGNED

1976. The Electrical Writing Regulations for use by electricians in New Zealand.

1984. 1st edition. An illustrated biography compiled and written by the Artist's great grandson - John Sidney Gully.

1967. Vintage flying training manual that provides the PPL student with a source of reference for the exercises involved in basic flying training.

1990. This is a story of pioneers and professionalism, of vision tinged with politics.

1934. Vintage account of Maori folk of early New Zealand, of their ancient customs, beliefs, institutions, and industries has been long felt.

1971. 1st edition. The author selected the many illustrations to complement his narrative on the two hundred year survey of New Zealand art.

1976. 1st edition. Traces the history of the district (Te Aroha, Morrinsville, Tahuna, Waitoa etc) from the earliest times and tells of the great estates and of people. SCARCE NEW

1976. 1st edition. Traces the history of the district (Te Aroha, Morrinsville, Tahuna, Waitoa etc) from the earliest times and tells of the great estates and of people.

1962. 1st edition. Biography of the work of the New Zealand Official War Artist, Captain Peter McIntyre.

1972. 1st edition. Details the hardships of one of the first Pacific row attempts in 1971-1972 - this is just an amazing adventure book.

2002. A social history of New Zealand aviation.

1968. Historical fleet list with details and history of the ships being a list of ships owned by the Union Steam Ship Company of NZ. SCARCE.

1974. 1st edition. Biography of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Mayor of Auckland for some 25 years.

1976. 1st edition. Life and work of Dutch born artist who lived and worked nineteenth century New Zealand.

1955. Vintage book on trout fishing in Taupo, New Zealand.

1967. 1st edition. The autobiography of Alfred Hamish Reed, MBE (1875-1975) who was a New Zealand publisher, author and entrepreneur.

2000. A biography of New Zealand author Janet Frame (1924-2004).

1967. History of the early trams in Christchurch.

1963. Vintage newspaper commemorating the New Zealand Herald 100 years of news 1863 to 1963.

1991. New Zealand regional biography and history. SCARCE

1996. The outcome of over two decades of intensive and wide-ranging research in and about the three tiny Polynesian atolls of Tokelau.

1984. Compiled by the authors of The Men in Black, the Who's Who of New Zealand Rugby from 1884 to 1984.

2018. A Celebration of rural New Zealand, David Henshaw's Jock cartoons have been reflecting rural life in New Zealand for over four decades.

1986. 1st edition. Vintage cookbook with great recipes and hints on cooking all fish and shellfish caught around New Zealand.

1984. Royal Commissioner Peter Mahon was appointed to investigate the causes of the world's fourth worst air disaster.

1969. 1st edition. Open Country is something built into the fibre of every good New Zealander.

2024. The story of the the 'Ndrangheta - the world's most powerful Mafia and it's behind a litany of violence, organised crime and corruption around the world.

1986. 1st edition. Centrepoint was a highly controversial commune in Albany, New Zealand, founded in 1977 by Herbert "Bert" Thomas Potter (1925–2012) and 36 others.

1969. 1st edition. Fred Fletcher, the name evokes an immediate response from most people associated with Taupo and its lake.

1949. One of the outstanding regional histories in the series published by the Otago Centennial Historical Committee.

1954. Douglas Bader was a successful fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the WWII.

2014. Author's account of the First World War is a tale of learning about war the hard way, by bitter and costly experience.

1952. 1st edition. Vintage topographical map - this map is the real McCoy from generations ago - not a modern reproduction.

2022. In 1966, international con-man Robert Gardner brought a highly skilled crew of grifters to New Zealand to pull off one of the biggest swindles in the country's history.

1955. The History and Geography of Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains.

2010. 1st edition. The story of 42 below Vodka. It's an inspirational business story that will appeal to entrepreneurs, business students.

1982. Geological Society Of New Zealand Guidebook No. 4.

1979. 1st edition. A narrative study of the history, organization and operations of the New Zealand intelligence services.

1958. A course of practical instruction for use in Technical Schools, Junior Technical Institutes, and especially for those preparing for the Royal Society of Arts Grouped Course Examination.

1957. Popular song favourites in the original English language or with English worlds.

1967. Vintage first aid book.

1974. A layman's guide to New Zealand law, written in simple terms.

1946. The Cambridge Four-Figure Mathematical Tables, 1946 edition.

Undated. A collection of Fuel Injection Equipment instruction books by C.A.V.

1944. A book of music and instructions of musical games for social events.

1961. 1st edition. Biography of Geoffrey de Havilland who was one of the world's true pioneers of powered flight.

Circa 1900. 1st edition. An interesting book on the New Zealand native parrot, the Kea, published at a time when they were believed to kill livestock in the New Zealand high country.

1966. 1st edition. New Zealand history in the 19th century.

2003. A heart-wrenching multi-generational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren Church.

1986. 1st edition. Centrepoint was a highly controversial commune in Albany, New Zealand, founded in 1977 by Herbert "Bert" Thomas Potter (1925–2012) and 36 others.

1999. 1st edition. History of Masterton street names.

1973. 1st edition. Stories of Mackenzie, Mt Cook Country -- artists, mountaineers, mountain guide, sheep stealer of the 1850's, inventors etc.

1973. 1st edition. Vintage school chronicle.

2006. Self published in 2006 this is a collated history of saw and flax milling, shipping, New Zealand Forest Service and wood chopping in Karamea.

2006. 1st edition. New Zealand power and energy history.

1962. Official programme to celebrate the opening of the Centennial pool in Alexandra, Otago.

1967. A publication by Central Otago News celebrating Alexandra centenary 1867 - 1967.

1960. This long established history of New Zealand covers the whole period of New Zealand history up to 1950.

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

1957. The story of the Port of Taraknaki, New Plymouth.

1955. 12 chapters, each with an illustration.

1985. Local history history of the Auckland's north shore beaches.

1984. 1st edition. History of the early health services in Dunedin and Otago and what developed into the Hospital Board.

Undated. Old drawing ready to be framed.

Undated. Old drawing ready to be framed.

1945. 1st edition. The story of invention and discovery vividly described and illustrated.

1943. Vintage World War II aviation training manual for operating airplanes and living in the far north.

2003. Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of Fighter Command.

1995. Popular rural writer Philip Holden delves into the colourful history and lives of the runholders in New Zealand's high country.

1975. 1st edition. Church history in New Zealand.

2007. Church history in New Zealand

1953. 1st edition. Deals with the development of wheeled transport since the earliest times.

1936. Club edition.

2005. 1st edition. Boy Soldiers of the Great War tells for the first time the incredible stories of the boys who went to fight for their country in WW1

2000.

1950. SCARCE. A vintage book on the Fordland region in New Zealand.

1977. An illustrated history of Hamilton from the time it was a military village in the 1860s.

1982. One of Frank Sargeson's earliest sketches, reprinted here to mark the occasion of an exhibition of the Sargeson Papers at the Alexander Turnbull Library 1982.

circa 1975. A a small booklet detailing 60 buildings and landmarks of significance around Christchurch City in the 1970s and 1980s.

1969. 1st edition. The school's development, against the background of the social, political and cultural influences at work in the community during this 100 years.

1982. 1st edition. Author has brought together some of his favourite New Zealand Country Diaries. The collection is illustrated by Sir Gordon Minhinnick. A very tidy humorous book.

1997. 100 of the entries in a competition for the best mini-fiction; stories of 500 words or less.

1973. A booklet compiled to coincide with the centennial of the Clinton School to tell the story of the whole area.

1994. 1st edition. A comprehensive survey not only of the School of Music but also the important part that music played in the cultural life of Nelson from the arrival of the early settlers right up t

1973. A book of the basics of caring for a child, prepared for high school students.

2005. Gives a brief summary of the history of Timaru Boys' High School, with an emphasis on the events of 1980 - 2005.

1989. Publication to mark the 75th jubilee of the Edgecumbe & District Primary School.

1985. 1st edition. A history of New Plymouth Girls' High School.

1975. History of Wellington East Girls' College celebrating the first 50 years.

1969. St. Paul's College yearbook.

1987. New Zealand local history.

1956. Early history and life of eight foundation schools in Christchurch including Boys and Girls High, St Bedes and St Andrews

1988. Souvenir Booklet of the jubilee celebrations on 9th / 10th May 1964, in Otakeho, South Taranaki. SCARCE

1988. Comprehensive record of the centennial in 1988 in Matapu, South Taranaki. SCARCE

1978. Local school history.

1980. History of Playcenter in New Zealand.

1968. New Zealand local school history celebrating 1911- 1967.

1963. Yearbook for 1962 including staff lists, student contributions and photographs.

1965. 1st edition. Church history from Bishop Harper's tours through the district in 1858.

1964. A history of the Alexandra and consolidated schools of Bald Hill Flat - Fruitlands - Earnscleugh - Moutere - Chatto Creek - Springvale - Galloway.

1957. 1st edition. New Zealand church history.

1965. A brief illustrated history of the Waiapu Cathedral in Napier.

1961. A centennial history of the Diocese of Waiapu.

1982. 1st edition. A comprehensive history of Wellington Girls' College from its earliest days through to 1982.

2002. 1st edition. New Zealand church history.

2017. This is an account of the many Wellingtonians who raised their voices to save the church.

1968. A history of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin.

1970. A high school magazine published by by the pupils of Waimate High School with the assistance of teachers in charge of activities.

1969. A historical record of the first 104 years and a description of the new Trinity Presbyterian Church in Timaru.

1957. A brief history of the first 75 years of Waimataitai School in Timaru.

1957. Hardcover edition of a brief history of the first 75 years of Waimataitai School in Timaru.

1982. Published for the commemoration of Waimataitai School centennial, 1882-1982.

2003. Published to commemorate the first 125 years of Dairy Flat School in Auckland, New Zealand.

1934. Annual high school publication featuring school news and events, including contributions from students.

1995. A magazine published for the Whakatane District High School 75th Jubilee 1920 to 1995.

1986. 1st edition. Story of Dilworth School for boys in Auckland.

1962. A booklet by an ex-pupil of Terrace End School, Palmerston North, of a list of ex-pupils and their contact information with a donation form for the Assembly Hall Fund.

1957. 1st edition. The author gives us the histories of some of the famous cases that carried the newflash "Sabotage is suspected" - the burning, on her maiden voyage, of the French liner L'Atlantique

1986. 1st edition. A record of the history of Craighead Girls' School in Timaru, South Canterbury.

1967. 1st edition. Celebrating the first 100 years of the distinguished Wellington Boys' College, written by a past student and headmaster.

1953. Ardmore Teachers' College vintage handbook 1953.

1969. 1st edition. The story of New Zealand's greatest maritime disaster in Wellington harbour in April 1968.

Undated 1973. New Zealand church history in Waimate North near Kaikohe in Northland.

1994. 1st edition. An affectionate history of a very good Prep School, St George's, and of those who made it so.

Undated. Amateur publication chronicling the history of Kihikihi School (Waikato) from 1869-1938.

1971. A yearly publication by Fielding Agricultural High School.

1981. 1st edition. Illustrated throughout with photos, a comprehensive history celebrating the centenary of Cathedral Grammar School.

1999. Recounts the background to the event and the consequences of the sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov in 1986 under highly questionable circumstances.

1980. A historical book on the South Island of New Zealand around the people of the Seventh Day Adventists church.