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Horwitz IE41.
VG paperback.
$20 A/A
Horwitz 1964 second edition, 130pp.[PB1562]
Horwitz No. 105.
VG- paperback with pencil name to cover and some soiling or paper browning.
$30 A/A
Horwitz 1963 first edition, 130pp.[PB1563]
Rick Holman thriller.
VG- paperback, first (blurb) page has a tear.
$15 A/A
Horwitz International Inc. 1965, 128pp.[PB1564]
Horwitz No.144. Al Wheeler mystery.
VG- paperback.
$20 A/A
Horwitz 1968 first edition, 127pp.[PB1565]
Signet Books D3345. Rick Holman thriller.
VG paperback.
$20 A/A
Signet 1967 first edition, 127pp.[PB1566]
A Carter-Brown "Lovely" Mystery.
G softback with stapled binding. Illustrated wrapper is split along the spine fold.
$35 C/A
Transport Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Sydney circa 1955. First cheap edition, 34pp.[#3868]
Horwitz No.65.
G+ softback, with faint pencil name to cover and some wear or soiling to wrapper.
$45 C/A
Horwitz 1958 first edition, 129pp.[#3869]
A Carter-Brown "Lovely" Mystery.
G+ softback.
$45 C/A
Horwitz 1956, 129pp.[#3870]
Horwitz No.56.
G softback with mild wear or ageing. Pencil name to cover.
$45 C/A
Horwitz 1958 first edition, 129pp.[#3871]
The true story of a mascot dog with the Australian troops in North Africa and the Mediterranean during the Second World War.
Written from the Diary of Private VX13091 J.B. Moody A.I.F.
ww2, wwii, crete, greece, egypt, animals, imshi, syria
VG- hardcover, red pen line on spine.
$55 C/B
Angus and Robertson 1948 third printing, x 232pp + plates
[#3872 ]
A Guide to the Study of the Maori Language.
maori, language, learning, text
VG- hardback with pictorial covers, with some minor insect damage to front cover.
$15 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs 1957 sixth edition, 153pp.
[#3873 ]
A biography the the Beast 666, the Prophet of the Age of Horus and one who led a very flamboyant life.
Poet, mountaineer, explorer, magician and addict.
ISBN9781845961329
666, OTO, thelema
VG paperback, paper scar to inside of rear cover
$15 C/B
Mainstream Publishing 2006, 220pp.
[#3874 ]
A novel about black magic and infatuation.
One of the characters, who runs a mystical retreat in Sicily, is based upon Aleister Crowley.
magic, novel, fiction, italy
VG- hardback with no dust jacket, top corner a little bumped. Paper stock age browned.
$35 C/B
Hutchinson 1953 first printing in the Collected Edition. 272pp.
[#3875 ]
In The Chela and the Path, El Morya clearly points the way for all who aspire to a higher level of consciousness and spirituality.
With insights and meditations that the earnest seeker of truth can ill afford to be without, these are channelled instructions from the heart and mind of El Morya to you.
ISBN0916766128
Church Universal and Triumphant, new age, I Am, channelled teachings
VG softback with former owner name to first page.
$9 C/B
Summit University Press 1977, 142pp.
[#3861 ]
Prayers and affirmations as channelled from various Ascended Masters including Lord Maitreya, Saint Germain, El Morya, and Kuthumi.
ISBN0916766071
Church Universal and Triumphant, new age, I Am, channelled teachings
VG- softback, name at front.
$9 C/B
Summit University Press 1974, 91pp.
[#3862 ]
Swedenborg's explication of the fundamental importance of the Scriptures.
"The truths of the sense of the letter of the Word are in part not naked truths, but are appearances of truth, and like similitudes and comparisons are taken from such things as are in nature; and thus are such as have been accommodated and adapted to the capacity of the simple and also of children."
Christianity, Mystical, Mysticism
VG hardback with no dust jacket, name at front.
$20 A/A
Swedenborg Society 1930, 133pp.
[#3863 ]
New Thought essays pertaining to christian mysticism.
Simpson was a religious healer and teacher who was responsible for establishing the Christian Science church in New Zealand.
In 1911 she became the first Christian Science practitioner from New Zealand to be listed in the Christian Science Journal, and in 1913 went to Boston to train as an authorised Christian Science teacher.
She returned to Christchurch in 1914 and bought the first Christian Science church property.
In 1925 she resigned from the Christian Science movemnt, but continued as a spiritual teacher.
Her Sunray series of 15 booklets expounded her basic teaching.
M E Simpson 1865–1948, new zealand, new thought, I Am
VG- softback with sun faded covers, name at front.
$35 C/A
DeVorss 1935, 75pp.
[#3864 ]
New Zealander Dudley Churchill Perkins (aka Vasili) after escaping from German hands spent a year evading them on Crete before making his way to Egypt.
He returned as an SOE special agent and leader of a guerilla resistance unit.
ISBN9418694100844
ww2, wwii, crete, nzef
VG softback, sun faded spine
$20 C/B
Century Hutchinson 1987, 174pp +plates.
[#3865 ]
A family history firmly based in this small cove in the Sounds.
Cockle Cove in the Bay of Many Coves in the Marlborough Sounds, is accessible only by water. Lorna Manson's parents bought land there in 1925, when the area was being cleared for a dairy farm and when whaling still occurred in the outer Sounds.
Ada and Ernest Cull wanted to preserve the bush and bay as the haven it was and still is.
In her warm and well illustrated account, Lorna writes of the incidents, politics, wildlife and boats she's experienced, and the people who have dropped anchor in this small slice of paradise.
ISBN0908561792
Queen Charlotte Sound, biography, genealogy, Hindmarsh, Maddever, O'Callaghan, Manson
VG+ softback, signed by the author.
$25 C/C
Cape Catley Ltd 2000, 235pp.
[#3866 ]
New Thought approach to self improvement through training of the sub-conscious mind through positive thinking and affirmations to harness the Higher Powers in Man.
ISBN0852430876
New Thought, Self Improvement, Mind Power, Mind Control, Building Character, Subconscious Mind, New Age
G+ softback, spine leans, mild dust soiling, name to first page.
$9 C/B
Fowler 1975, 304pp.
[#3867 ]
A memoir by the wife of a Presbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides (now called Vanuatu).
She was there during WWII when American troops were stationed on the island.
ISBN9780958224307
pacific islands, missionary, new zealand, ww11, ww2, US troops
VG- softback, extremely minor water mark to top corner of first few pages.
$20 B/B
Ngaio Press 2000, 112pp.
[#3850 ]
A history of John Ballance's Liberal Government purchase and break-up of 'Ready Money' Robinson's Cheviot Hills pastoral run.
After purchase it was broken into smaller farms and sold to settlers.
ISBN9780908912346 ISBN090891234X
north canterbury, amuri county, sheep runs,
VG softback
$35 C/C
Bridget Williams Books 1992, 247pp.
[#3851 ]
An alphabetical resource, from albatrosses to ants, kiwi to kea, lakes to lizards, and from weta to whales.
This comprehensive encyclopaedia covers every aspect of New Zealand's natural history.
An introduction explains how New Zealand's unique natural world evolved through history and describes wildlife habitats.
Feature pages provide additional information about people, the weather and physical features such as islands, mountains and rivers.
Illustrated by hundreds of photographs from New Zealand's leading nature photographers as well as stunning artwork by the country's top natural history illustrators.
keywords
VG+ softback
$30 B/D
Penguin Books 2004 NEW EDITION, 400 pp. ISBN0143019252
[#3325, 3568 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, small name to first page.
$40 B/D
Viking / Penguin Books 1998, 400 pp. ISBN0670877824
[#3852 ]
54 female Kiwi musicians, including soloists, and front-women are detailed, spanning the period from the 1950s onwards, mainly in pop-music.
Includes discography and excellent photography.
ISBN9781869508302
Dinah Lee and The Chicks, Bic Runga, Boh Runga, Sharon O'Neill, Ladi6
VG softback
$30 B/D
Harper Collins 2010, 271pp.
[#3853 ]
An investigation of Government surveyor Wilson Hursthouse, Mere Te Rongo Pamamao, Whitinui Joseph and Maori Chief Te Mahuki Manukura: four people caught up in events in the Waikato, Taranaki and the King Country during New Zealand's tumultuous years between 1840 and 1900.
ISBN9780473094003
history, land wars, maori wars, confiscation
VG softback, has publisher's preview copy stamp to title page.
$35 C/C
Print House Ltd. 2003 first edition, 320pp.
[#3854 ]
The Battle of Sidi Rezegh, fought during Operation Crusader in Libya during November and December 1941.
The objective was to retake Cyrenaica, and drive the Italians and Germans out of North Africa.
The campaign involved British and South African troops, and achieved the relief of Tobruk.
More Kiwi soldiers were killed or taken prisoner during Crusader than in any other campaign during the war.
ISBN9781921966705
ww2, nzef, north africa, rommel, nz division
VG+ softback
$20 C/C
Exisle Publishing 2015, 224pp + plates.
[#3855 ]
The author has travelled to Greece and Crete to follow in the footsteps of the ANZACs during the Second World War.
He recounts how outside the village of Galatas on Crete, drivers of the New Zealand Divisional Petrol Company, fought Hitlers elite 3rd Parachute Regiment to a standstill, never taking a backward step over six tumultuous days of fighting despite the loss of all their officers in the initial assault.
He recounts the courageous deeds of the Cretan villagers who fought alongside the Anzacs, and of the Australian 2/7 rearguard abandoned at Sfakia and the troops at Iraklio left in the lurch.
The author continues in his father's tyre tracks through North Africa and Italy
ISBN9780646457352
ww2, crete, Rethymno, fallschirmjaeger
VG- softback, has been contact sealed otherwise excellent.
$25 C/C
Sabicas 2007 revised edition, xvii 603pp.
[#3856 ]
In 1940 the raiders Orion, Komet, Pinguin, and Kormoran left Germany disguised as neutral merchantmen and waged a 'pirate war' in the South Seas as part of Germany's strategy to attack the British Empire's maritime trade on a global scale.
It details the raids, the victims, and the allied seamen who encounterd the raiders.
Also accounts by those taken onbord as captives from ships that were sunk.
ISBN9781925335156
ww2,
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$25 C/C
Exisle Publishing 2016 first edition, 359pp.
[#3857 ]
The definitive account of the New Zealand air crews' role in the invasion of Europe in 1944 and the fall of Berlin in 1945.
They participated in hunting U-boats and dropping supplies for the Resistance, towed the gliders carrying paratroopers and weapons at Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing.
Lambert also wrote Night After Night and Day After Day.
ISBN9781775540434
ww2, rnzaf, raf, bomber command, air force
VG softback
$20 C/C
HarperCollins 2014, 389pp + plates.
[#3858 ]
A photographic history of Kahurangi and Westhaven Inlet, on the South Island's West Coast.
Landscape format with illustrations and maps, 22x29 cm.
ISBN9780958225212
Nelson, Golden Bay, history, Mangarakau, Benara Timber Company, Rakopi, Bassetts Point Mill, Prouse and Saunders coalmine, Prouse and Saunders Mill, Whanganui Inlet, Te Hapu, Shark Heads, Paturau River, Paturau, Puni Paua, Sandhill Creek, Lake Otuhie, Anatori, Anaweka River, Turimawiwi, Kahurangi Lighthouse, West Whanganui Inlet, Karaka, Parkeston, Flaxmilling, Taitapu Battery, Aorangi Mine, Slaty Creek
VG softback
$65 B/C
River Press 2001 first edition, 167 + 8pp.
[#3859 ]
Souvenir publication for th 1950 Ranfurly Shield challenge.
Includes history of the NZRFU from 1875, cartoons by 'Hen', humour, and advertising from various Otago and Southland firms etc.
Colour front and rear covers.
nzrfu, sport, cartoon, souvenir, memorabilia
VG- softback, stapled, minor age or wear.
$30 B/B
Evening Star Company 1950 First Edition, 56pp.
[#3860 ]
A record of Owen Gatman's service in the Middle east and Crete, from September 1939 to November 1941, when he died of wounds received at Sidi Azeiz.
Taken from his letters home, and Official Histories and other resources.
ISBN9780582542013
ww2, wwii, nzef, anzac
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with mild sun fade to spine.
As usual page 2 has blue pigment offset from the facing page.
$25 B/C
Longman NZ 1999 first edition, 128pp.
[#3839 ]
Biography of this accomplished New Zealander.
Porritt excelled in athletics, being a contemporary of Jack Lovelock; medicine as a surgeon to the Royal family; and politics, from the House of Lords to being the Governor General of New Zealand.
ISBN9780958283953
biography, IOC, politics
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$35 B/D
Trio Books 2009 second printing, x 318 pp.
[#3841 ]
Stefano Fusi, Mayor of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa in Tuscany, with his NZ born wife has researched the liberation of the towns about Florence, which paved the way for the decisive battle for the great city.
Their research showed that units of the 28th Maori Battallion, and the 23rd Infantry Battalion were instrumental in the campaign in Tuscany.
Includes research by the author as well as recollections by Kiwi soldiers, and details of combat and strategy.
This work is an enlarged translation of the Italian original, with new material and photographs.
ISBN9781877514234
wwii, ww2, anzac, italy, kiwis, 2nzef
VG softback
$30 B/D
Libro International 2011 first English edition, 275pp.
[#3842 ]
A study of the four major battles that were needed to dislodge the German forces from Monte Cassino, allowing the Allied advance to Rome.
ISBN9781741148794
ww2, wwii, italy, anzac, 2nzef, 28 battallion
VG softback
$20 C/C
Allen and Unwin 2013, xxii 290pp + plates.
[#3843 ]
An autobiographical memoir by a chap orphaned during WWII in the UK and who joined the British Merchant Navy.
Jumping ship three times in NZ he eventually settled here and continued his nautical career.
ISBN9781877338939
biography, maritime, merchant marine,
VG softback with review copy label to inside cover.
$30 C/C
Steele Roberts 2006, 279pp.
[#3844 ]
An immigrants from Germany, Johann Hermann Seifert took up flax-milling in the long depression of 1889.
His seven sons milled flax across New Zealand from Southland to the Waikato.
ISBN064644025X
new zealand, manufacturing, textiles, industry, genealogy, Turakina, Paiaka, Okuku, Miranui
VG softback
$30 B/C
Jane Pollard 2004, viii 159pp.
[#3845 ]
Moore relates his interesting life, including serving in the Pacific during WWII, farming, and working with the Marlborough Electric Power Board
ISBN0473037572
35th battalion, 2nzefip, pacific war, ww2, memoir, biography, John R E Moore, Glen Wye
VG softback
$25 B/B
Clerestory Publication Services 1996, ix 162pp.
[#3846 ]
Tom Bell was a born pioneer who, after fighting in the Maori wars of the sixties decided that the one thing he wanted more than anything else was to find an uninhabited Pacific Island, take his wife and young children there, and open it up as a trading station.
In 1878 they came eventually to Sunday Island six hundred miles north of Auckland.
This is a desert island story. It has elements of both Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, but has the added interest of being absolutely true.
Sunday Island is a tiny fertile volcanic island which was haunted by ill-luck. From the start the family had to live the life of desert islanders.
They had bought food supplies from the captain of the trading schooner from which they landed, but when they began to unpack the cases of food they found all of it rotten.
They had been deserted as well as cheated, for the schooner never returned and it was nearly another year before they saw anyone.
Tom and Frederica Bell raised a family of ten in utter isolation and after years of effort and setbacks they made an Eden of their island only to lose it in the end.
The story was told to the author by one of Tom Bell's daughters who was nine years old when the family landed on the island.
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with small splits to edges. Lightly soiled wrapper
$55 C/B
G Bell 1957 first reprint, hard cover, 189pp + plates. [#2489 nz history ]
G+ hardback in VG dust jacket. Jacket flaps pasted down to endpaper. some tape rust to jacket flaps and endpapers. Ex-library with stamps to endpapers only.
$35 C/B
G Bell 1957 FIRST EDITION, 189pp + plates
[#3138 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Gift inscription to free endpapers.
$55 C/B
Reed 1964 New Zealand edition, 189pp + plates
[#3847 ]
A memoir of his time spent piloting paddle boats on the long Wanganui river, as well as a history of the river and commerce on it.
ISBN0473020904
river boats, wanganui river, paddle steamers, transport, pipiriki, taumaranui
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, signed by Alec Reid to title page.
$35 C/B
Paddlewheels Press1993 second edition, 127pp.
[#3848 ]
New Zealand Methodist Church History Vol 28 Numbers 1 & 2, the Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society of New Zealand
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with small chip to bottom edge of front panel, light wear.
$35 C/C
Wesley Historical Society 1974, 157pp +plates and index
[#3849 ]
Australian Rodney George Laver was the first ranked professional tennis player from 1964 to 1970, and the first ranked amateur in 1961 to 1962.
He was one of the most successful championship players ever.
Here he has imparted his knowledge through conversations with Jack Pollard.
technique, coaching, grand slam, davis cup
VG- hardback in G+ price clipped dust jacket with light edge rubbing and some chipping to spine ends and corners, name stamps to free end paper.
$15 C/B
Pelham Books 1964 first edition, 112pp + plates and diagrams.
[#3836 ]
Two plays on Ancient Greek mythological themes.
Part of the New Zealand Playwrights Series.
theatre, playscript, plays, classical, classics, new zealand theatre
VG softback
$25 B/B
Heinemann Educational Books 1971 first edition, 83pp.
[#3837 ]
A collection of essays, columns, articles and poetry that concentrate on wild places and outdoor pursuits engaged in by this conservationist and author who also is a passionate fly-fisher and tramper.
With a focus on southern areas like the MacKenzie and Central Otago, and a good deal about angling.
Illustrated with colour photographs.
ISBN9781869621421
angling, hiking, nature, ecology
VG softback.
$35 C/D
Random House/Godwit 2008 first edition, 492pp.
[#3838 ]
Translated by Richard Aldington, with an introduction by Paul Morand, and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage.
A deluxe illustrated edition, bound in leather with gilt decoration, and all edges gilt.
Silk-moire fabric endpapers and a marker ribbon.
Part of the subscription set of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written.
rare, collectable, deluxe, french literature
FINE leather hardback
$55 B/C
Easton Press 1977, 131pp.
[#3823 ]
A family and regional history of pioneers in the Lake Hawea area of Central Otago.
Includes genealogical charts of the Urquhart, Trustrum, Matheson, John and Taylor families.
ISBN0473055023
FINE hardback in Near fine dust jacket.
$75 B/D
K A Hawkes 1998 first edition limited to 1000 copies. viii 159pp+ xxv pp.
[#3824 ]
Alpers surveys dolphin lore from ancient Greek times up to modern New Zealand, where dolphins have at times become the playthings of beach-goers.
Drawings by Erik Thorn
Pelorus Jack, Opononi, Arion, Polynesian legends,
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$8 C/B
Paul's Book Arcade 1960 first edition, 147pp + plates.
[#3825 ]
High Country mustering, shearing, farming based poetry, verse and ballads.
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket, with small pen name to fep
$30 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1967 reprint, prelims + 202pp +plates.
[#1920 ]
VG- hardback with sunned spine. No jacket.
$15 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1967 reprint, prelims + 202pp +plates.
[#3826 ]
Rennie's autobiography of fifty years of service in the New Zealand army since enlisting in 1937. Served in the Pacific and Italy , with Jayforce in occupied Japan, and later with the SAS and as Commander of the Fiji Military Forces leading up to independence.
ISBN0864811705
G+ hardback in VG dust jacket. Books title page has some repaired damage to the edge. Dust jacket under a removable plastic sleeve
$15 C/C
Endeavour Press1986, 316 pp.
[#3055 ]
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket.
$30 C/C
Endeavour Press1986, 316 pp.
[#3827 ]
This biography gives details of Nash's 40 year political career, and the state of NZ politics in this period.
He was Prime Minister for one term, and was instrumental in the implementation of the Labour Party's Welfare State.
ISBN0196479665
new zealand, politics
VG softback
$15 C/C
Auckland University Press 1977, 439pp.
[#3829 ]
The Story of the Irish in New Zealand.
How the Irish colonists and immugrants have contirbuted to the New Zealand culture and economy, through their skills, beliefs, and old animosities.
ISBN9781869412883
irish, celtic, genealogy, colonial, history
VG softback with dust jacket. Name to first page.
$25 B/D
Random House 1996, 246pp.
[#3830 ]
A history of the RNZAF, published for the Jubilee.
Many photographs as well as artwork by the Official Artist Maurice Conly.
ISBN978869340100
ww2, wwii, no.75 squadron, raf, rabaul, no.14 squadron, no.40 squadron, orions, skyhawks
VG- hardback in VG dust jacket. Bottom edge of book covers rubbed. Small pen inscription facing half title page and on top corner of title page.
$30 B/D
Grantham House 1987, 200pp.
[#3831 ]
Amazing full colour photographs throughout this study of the forest covering plants of New Zealand.
Apart from the trees and larger shrubs and bushes, our forests have an extensive selection of moss-like ground covers.
Includes super close-up macro-photography, and microscope views.
ISBN0908802080
flora, nature, native plants
VG softback.
$55 B/C
Craig Potton Publishing Ltd 1989 First Edition, 140pp.
[#3832 ]
The author immigrated from Australia to Karangahape at the turn of the 20th century.
He recounts his travels about NZ, and some trips back to Australia, and his various jobs, which including being a show wrestler.
westland, wrestling, memoir, biography
Good only softback with wear to covers. Contemporary India ink name to half-title page.
$15 C/B
Simpson and Williams (1947), 132pp.
[#3833 ]
The author, a zoologist, questions the absolute mechanism of Darwinian Evolution, and with examples from Nature posits a pantheistic understanding of biological facts.
Jung has contributed some comments which appear as footnotes.
nature, pantheism, C G Jung, spirituality
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some minor chipping loss.
$8 C/B
Abelard Schuman 1964 first edition, 156pp.
[#3834 ]
Pip Williams was a pharmacist in rural Northland and kept notes of traditional remedies he saw the local Maori use.
He recounts what he saw and was told, how the native plants were used and what complaints they treated.
ISBN9780143011361
herbs, health, naturopathy
VG+ softback
$15 B/A
Penguin Books 2008, 79pp.
[#3814 ]
Translation of an ancient Slavonic manuscript transliteration of third century C.E. christian / essene gospel.
Contains the basic principles of Nature Cure within religious context!
essene, apocrypha, hebrew, aramaic, mysticism, biogenics
VG softback
$10 C/A
International Biogenic Society 1981, 72pp.
[#1166 ]
VG softback
$10 C/A
Academy of Creative Living 1970 (14th edition), 62pp.
[#3815 ]
A New Thought look at spirituality and God-Consciousness.
What God is and how to attain God-Experience.
Mentions the Master Jesus, but not doctrinally Christian.
ISBN0042000262
New Thought, spirituality
G+ softback with plain paper wrappers with book distributor's stamped details. Pen title to spine.
$10 A/A
George Allen and Unwin 1973, 144pp.
[#3816 ]
A guide to self-realization and cosmic understanding, by a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda.
ISBN0877070121
meditation, occultism, theosophical
VG- softback
$10 C/B
CSA Press 1976 rprint, 144pp
[#3817 ]
A translation of Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms, interpreted in the light of ancient and modern psychological knowledge and practical experience.
With an introduction by Paul Brunton.
ISBN0879801492
veda, vedic, hindu, yoga philosophy, raja yoga
VG- with name to first page.
$15 C/B
Wilshire Book Company 1973 (reprint of 1948 Dutton edition), 245pp + index.
[#3818 ]
Selections from Sri Aurobindo Ghose; The Life Divine, The Human Cycle and The Synthesis of Yoga, compiled by P. B. Saint-Hilaire, with a summary and notes.
ISBN0835604411
hindu, philosophy, indian, yoga, spirituality
VG- softback, name at front.
$15 C/B
Theosophical Publishing House 1971 second edition, 157pp.
[#3819 ]
Extracts from letters written by Sri Aurobindo Ghose to his disciples, arranged as to be of use to students of Yoga.
With glossary of Sanskrit terminology.
hindu, indian, yoga, philosophy,
VG softback sewn into paper wrappers, name to first page.
$10 C/A
Sri Aurobindo Ashram 1974, 64pp.
[#3820 ]
An interpretation of Patanjali, sutra by sutra.
Written in 1912 and first published in England in 1949.
ISBN0722401299
hindu, indian, yoga, philosophy
G+ softback
$15 C/B
Watkins 1974 revised edition, 127pp.
[#3821 ]
How individuals are guided to God's Plan by the Masters of the Great White Brotherhood.
A Theosophical work written in 1912
Contents: The Real and the Unreal, The Master, God's Plan, Those who direct God's Plan, The Plan of the Master, Discipleship, In His name.
spirituality, mysticism, theosophy
VG hardback with no dust jacket, a very small book.
Name to half-title page.
$15 A/A
Theosophical Publishing House Adyar 1961 (5th edition), xii + 64pp
[#3822 ]
Written for the Arthur Pass National Park Board.
With details of the vegetation and geology of the National Park, and information for tourists, hikers and mountaineers.
Folding map at front.
tourism, guidebook, vintage, arthurs pass
G+ softback, minor soiling and a very small edge tear to wrappers.
$25 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs 1935 first edition, 103pp + plates, maps and adverts.
[#3802 ]
Centennial celebration of this church in the Akaroa-Banks Peninsula Parish.
Includes a record of baptisms, burials, marriages, clergy, and the visitors to the 50th and 75th anniversaries.
With some photographs.
local history, genealogy, banks peninsula, canterbury, church
VG softback
$15 C/A
St Paul's Church 1988, 40pp.
[#3803 ]
An account of the Maori names of Canterbury locations, including one thousand names collected from Maori sources.
ngai tahu, geography, place names, history
VG sofback
$45 C/B
Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co. 1945, 120pp.
[#3804 ]
William James Mudie Larnach CMG (27 January 1833 – 12 October 1898), is best known in New Zealand for his grand house Larnach Castle in Dunedin. With varying success in business and politics, he was appointed Chief Colonial Manager of the Bank of Otago, whose decline he could not reverse.
A number of factors may have contributed to his decision to commit suicide in a committee room at Parliament.
ISBN0864660006 / 0959785779
biography, otago, dunedin, politics, new zealand
VG softback with minor wear to covers.
$15 C/B
University of Oatgo 1993, 136pp.
[#3805 ]
Books Two and Three of the Gospel of the Essenes, translated from the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
The pure original words of Jesus and his disciple John.
Book One (not present in this printing) is The Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ.
ISBN0852071353
new age, essene, mysticism, christian, enoch, moses, angels, dead sea scrolls
VG hardback with VG dust jacket, name and bookseller stamp to free end paper.
$20 C/B
C W Daniel 1976 first UK issue, 221pp.
[#3806 ]
"I AM" New Thought spiritual philosophy of enlightenment equating spiritual powers with Jesus' 12 disciples.
Corresponding to physical points of the body akin to the chakra system.
New Thought, Unity, Self Help, Personal Development, Mind Power, Spirituality
VG cloth hardback with no dust jacket. Name to free end paper.
$15 C/B
Unity School of Christianity (1973), 188+x pp.
[#3807 ]
VG cloth hardback with no dust jacket. Name to free end paper.
$15 C/B
Unity School of Christianity (1977), 188+x pp.
[#3808 ]
A brief introduction to Hinduism and Vedanta Philosophy.
Contents: The Spirit of Indian Philosophy, The Vedas and Their Teachings, The Philosophy of the Upanishads, The Message of the Bhagavad Gita.
veda, hindu, indian, philosophy, vedanta
VG hardback with VG dust jacket. Name and date to free end paper.
$25 C/B
Sri Ramakrisha Math, distributed by Vedanta Press 1974 (7th impression), 172pp.
[#3809 ]
An investigation of spirituality in Western rational society, as referenced by philosophers and thinkers.
Contents: At Home with the Unconscious, Existence and Being, The Way of Holiness.
mindfulness, buddhism, spirituality, western
VG softback with dust jacket with minor rubbing. Name and date to half title.
$15 C/A
Stuart and Watkins 1966 first edition, 80pp.
[#3810 ]
Powell compiles from the writings of H P Blavatsky, C W Leadbeater and others, information on the subtle energy body referred to here as the Etheric Body.
occult, chakra, kundalini, astral body, energy, mesmerism, Dr Walter J Kilner, prana, chi, qi, aura
VG softback. Name to first page.
$15 C/B
Theosophical Publishing House 1969, xvii 140pp.
[#3811 ]
A study of Hindu Yoga and it's benefits for the spiritual development of the practitioner.
Includes chapter on the Neuro-Physical effects of the meditations.
hindu, india, chakras, yoga philosophy, religion, spirituality
VG softback with sewn binding. Name to first page.
$20 C/B
Ranney publications 1971, xvi 147pp.
[#3812 ]
Triggered by a period of Jungian analysis, Margery began to keep a record of conversations with her 'inner voice'.
This spiritual mentor helped her to write The Teaching of Melchior.
Margery writes what is dictated to her by more than one Higher Intelligence.
spirituality, religion, mysticism, ascended master, channelled teaching, channelling
VG- cloth hardback with no dust jacket. Spine is lightly sun-faded. Name to first page.
$25 C/B
Vincent Stuart Ltd. 1962 first edition, 114pp.
[#3813 ]
With photographs by Robin Morrison and Paul McCredie.
Domestic, commercial and civic architecture from the beginnings of human settlement in New Zealand.
Second edition of A History of New Zealand Architecture, From Polynesian Beginnings to 1990 with updated material and a new chapter, with images by Paul McCredie, which covers new structures such as Te Papa and the refurbished Parliament buildings.
ISBN9781869585419
building, houses, heritage, history, construction
Fine hardback in Fine dust jacket.
$75 D/D
Hodder Moa Beckett 1997, 238pp.
[#3801 ]
Veteran investigator Jim Keith uncovers information on the technology, experimentation and implementation of Mind Control technology.
Various Chapters on early CIA experiments such as Project Artichoke and Project RHIC-EDOM, the methodology and technology of implants, Mind Control Assassins, Couriers, and victims such as Sirhan Sirhan and Candy Jones.
Also Mind Control technology links to UFO activity and UFO abductions.
ISBN9780932813459
conspiracy, deep state, black ops, mkultra, oss, tavistock, haarp
VG+ softback
$20 C/B
Adventures Unlimited Press 1998, 311pp.
[#3793 ]
Amidst researching a transnational power bloc using subversion, dirty money and election fraud, Danny was found, "suicided".
This book presents his extant research, with new information by the authors.
This revised edition includes Casolaro's insights and research into the post-911 world
ISBN9780922915910
nwo, deep state, globalists, globalism, conspiracy, 9/11, 911, Iran-contra
VG+ softback
$20 C/B
Feral House 2004, 235pp.
[#3794 ]
"The most notorious rant in the history of conspiracy theories"
Hundreds of letters by Bruce Roberts, the creator of synthetic rubies, which according to him, Hughes Aircraft stole in 1960 for use in laser weapons research.
The Gemstone letters, tracks the international mob and industrial espionage, and their role in political intrigue.
Includes connections with New Zealand.
ISBN9780932813664
Skeleton Key, conspiracy, usa, aristotle onassis, howard hughes, Kiwi Gemstone, octopus, casolaro
VG+ softback
$20 C/B
Adventures Unlimited Press 1999, 250pp.
[#3795 ]
Newald recalls being abducted by a UFO while driving from Rotorua to Auckland, and describes the extraterrestrial civilization he was shown during the ten days he was "missing".
ISBN9780987163905
alien abduction, ufology, kiwi, abductee, e.t., etxra terrestrial, Close Encounter of the Fourth kind
VG+ softback
$45 C/B
Nexus Magazine 2011 second edition, 239pp.
[#3796 ]
Military and Government witnesses reveal the greatest secrets in modern history, including UFOs and alien encounters and technology and hidden weapons programs.
"This ...testimony by...government insiders proves that UFOs are real, (and) are of extraterrestrial origin and that super-secret programs have energy and propulsion technologies that will enable humanity to begin a new civilization... without pollution, (or) poverty... capable of traveling among the stars."
ISBN9780967323817
black budget, e.t., alien technology, anti-gravity, Star Wars missile defence, UFO, military industrial complex, NASA
VG softback
$25 C/C
Crossing Point Inc. 2001 pre-publication edition, 573pp.
[#3797 ]
The author's posit the Montauk Project being involved in time travel and alien contact with Sirius, among other things.
Claiming links with Crowley, Parsons and Marjorie Cameron of the OTO, L. Ron Hubbard founder of Scientology, Howard Hughes... and the Philadelphia Experiment.
ISBN9780963188908 ISBN9780963188915 ISBN9780963188922
666, time travel, philadelphia experiment, OTO, Aleister Crowley, UFO, e.t., aliens
VG+ softbacks
$45 C/C
Sky Books 2008, 2010, 2008. 156+249+256pp.
[#3798 ]
Facsimile of the OTO 1938 edition of Crowley's Liber al vel Legis, founding document of the New Aeon of Thelema.
ISBN0877283346
666, aleister crowley, thelema, oto, liber al vel legis
VG- softcover with light crease to cover.
$10 A/A
Samuel Weiser 1991, 50+65pp.
[#3799 ]
The 6 parts of Crowley's 'Autohagiography', the autobiography of a saint, from his birth up to his expulsion from the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily.
ISBN9780140191899
666, OTO, aleister crowley, biography, occult
G+ large paper back with some cover wear.
$50 B/D
Arkana 1989 first softback edition, 960pp.
[#3800 ]
A memoir of Audrey Steele's life at the Mendip Hills sheep station in North Canterbury.
She gives some history of the Rutherford family and the early days of the station.
She accompanied her husband Dick Steele there when she was married in 1924.
high country, Parnassus, shearers, shearing, swagmen, Leader River
G+ softback, name scribbled out to first page.
$20 C/A
Audrey Steele and Pegasus Press 1974, 67 pp.
[#3784 ]
Centennial publication gives the story of the French Colonising Venture and Early Whaling Activities at what was the first Europen settlement of Canterbury.
Gives details of Maori history, Captain George Hempleman, French colonial activity, Land claims and Crown Grants, Whaling, the arrival of the Monarch.
Also Pigeon Bay, Little River, the geology of the area, and notable personalities.
Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Rare, Collectable, Bagnall J32
VG- hardback with no dust jacket. Front hinge loose.
$125 C/C
Akaroa Mail Co. 1940 first edition, 396pp+ plates
[#3785 ]
A record of the whaling activies of the Perano family who used small boats in the Tory Channel to harpoon and harvest whales during the last fifty years of New Zealand's whaling era.
ISBN0589013920
Marlborough, biography, whales, cetaceans
VG- hardback in VG- dust jacket with small tear or wear at head of spine. Edges of book boards rubbed, name at head of half title.
$45 B/D
Reed 1982 first edition, 238pp.
[#3786 ]
An alphabetical record of the named places on the Peninsula, with the history that can be recorded or surmised for them.
Gives a physical description, and references as to where information was sourced.
Includes separate entries for Maori and European names for the same places.
Facsimile of the 1927 first edition.
Banks Peninsula, Lyttleton Harbour, Port Hills, Canterbury, Christchurch, Ngai Tahu
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket, small name stamp to free endpaper.
$45 C/C
Capper Press 1976, 238pp+ folding map.
[#3787 ]
Together with Butler's "Forest Creek Manuscript" and His Letters to Tripp and Acland.
The history of Forest Creek and Mesopotamia Stations, during Butler's residence and subsequently up to 1950.
erewhon, high country, rangitata runs, south canterbury
VG softback with VG dust jacket.
$20 C/A
National Historic Places Trust 1960 first edition, 66pp+ plates and colour frontis.
[#3788 ]
A history of this iconic South Canterbury high country sheep station and the men, animals and landscape over one hundred years.
Samuel Butler, erewhon, south canterbury, high country run, sheep station, rod urquhart
VG softback with VG lightly rubbed dust jacket. Name to first page.
$30 C/A
Timaru Herald Co. 1960 first edition, 55pp+ plates and folding map.
[#3789 ]
Gwen Mary Moffat lived a bohemian lifestyle in the 1940-50s, mainly as a mountain guide.
As well as private guiding she also worked with the RAF Mountain Rescue Service in North Wales.
She later wrote detective fiction, including a series featuring Melinda Pink.
British, women, climber, autobiography
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some creasing.
$10 C/B
The Quality Book Club 1961 first thus, 286pp.
[#3772 ]
VG paperback with a lightly sunned / soiled spine
$5 A/B
Penguin 1976, 304pp + plates
ISBN0140039910 [PB# 407 ]
A study of the early colonial history of the Bay of Islands, from Cook's landing to the defeat of Hongi Heke's uprising.
Includes lists of whakapapa / genealogy.
ISBN0340338784
New Zealand, Colonial History, Nineteenth Century, Northland, Hongi Hika, Maori Wars, de Thierry
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$40 C/C
Hodder 1983 first edition, 328pp + plates
[#3773 ]
An Account of Various Exercises, Games and Pastimes of the Natives of New Zealand as Practised in Former Times, Including Some Information Concerning Their Vocal and Instrumental Music.
ethnology, traditional culture, Dominion Museum Bulletin No 8
VG leatherette hardback in G+ dust jacket, some rubbing with a short tear and chipping and loss at head of spine.
$55 C/C
Government Printer 1976 facsimile of 1926 edition, 334pp illustrated throughout with photographs in the text.
[#3774 ]
A Popular Description of the Physical Features, Inhabitants, Natural History, and Productions of the Islands of the Pacific.
Includes the discovery and colonisation of New Zealand, Papua, New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, Solomons and Easter Island, as well as others.
Facsimile of the original SPCK 1866 edition.
history, colonial, 19th centiry, nineteenth century, pacific, missionary
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Capper Press 1973, xii 436pp + 4pp adverts, engraved illustrations within the text, folding map at rear.
[#3775 ]
Observations in Antarctica by the wife of an Antarctic zoologist.
Pam paid particular attention to the Adelie penguins and their main predator, the skua.
She also observed her fellow rsearchers and the tough life they led on the ice.
ISBN058900686
natural history, ornithology
VG hardback in VG dut jacket
$15 C/B
Reed 1971 first edition, 166pp.
[#3762 ]
Peter Mulgrew was on the Himalayan Scientific Expedition led by Edmund Hillary to Makalu in 1960.
Here he details the aftermath of his severe frostbite.
new zealand, mountaineering, everest, himalaya
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket which has short repaired tears at head of spine. Gift inscription to half title page.
$25 C/C
Reed 1964 first edition, 199pp + plates.
[#3763 ]
VG hardback in G dust jacket which has edge tears and chipping and a repaired tear with associated creases at top of front cover
$15 C/C
Reed 1965, 199pp + plates.
[#890 ]
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket which has edge rubbing and handling soiling
$15 C/C
Reed 1965, 199pp + plates. [#1705]
Cowan was commissioned by the governement to write this history of the formative period of Maori- European interaction.
The armed confrontations of this period have variously been called the Maori Wars or Land Wars.
The standard work on the subject, this is a facsimile of the 1922 edition, with a new foreword by Michael King and a revised index.
ISBN0477012302
new zealand, history,
VG+ hardbacks in VG+ dust jackets, with some ageing. Vol 1 sunned to the dust jacket fore edge and light rubbing to the joint.
$160 C/D
Government Printer 1983, xxviii + 466; xx + 633pp.
[#3764 ]
A regional history of the settlements that coalesced into Manukau district.
keywords
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with a little surface and edge rubbing, spine slightly faded. Book has some minor waving of pages from atmospheric damp.
$70 C/C
Tonson Publishing 1966 first edition, 336pp + plates.
[#3765 ]
Statistical study of the economics of Maori communities and society.
Economic organisation provides the medium whereby food, clothing, shelter, tools, and objects of wealth of less utilitarian kind are secured to the service of man. Firth's study of this aspect of life forms the theme of the present book.
The Second Edition of Primitive Economics Of the New Zealand Maori (1923)
With a completely re-written introductory chapter and much new material added, and a final chapter on the post-European period, expanded to show the developing contribution of modern Maori to New Zealand society as a whole.
new zealand, society, reference, statistics
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with minor wear short edge split etc. Name to fep in pen.
$45 B/D
Government Printer 1959 second edition, 519pp + plates and maps etc.
[#3766 ]
Ken and Sandy head to Long Island for a week's holiday at the invitation of Sandy's school friend, Ted Bateson.
While planning on doing nothing more than help catch lobsters, the boys are quickly caught up in the mystery of why the Bateson's lobster pots are being robbed.
Even the boys have no idea of what they were getting into in this adventure.
ISBN0723555109
young adult, mystery, series
G+ hardback with no dust jacket, pictorial papered boards. Short split to joint, bumped corners, foxed closed edges.
$6 A/B
World Distributers Redwing Library 1972, 208pp.
[#3767 ]
When Richard Holt fails to meet an appointment with his son, Ken heads to New York in order to find him.
Kidnapped along the way, he manages to escape and seeks refuge with the Allen family, owners of the Brentwood Advance newspaper.
Sandy Allen teams up with Ken to investigate Holt's disappearance.
Heading to Skeleton Island, the last known destination of the kidnappers, leads Ken and Sandy into adventure, mystery and danger.
The boys uncover a clever international smuggling ring that requires all of their efforts to thwart.
ISBN0723555273
young adult, mystery, series
VG hardback with no dust jacket, pictorial papered boards, short split to top of lower joint,browned closed edges, number rubber stamped to final page.
$6 A/B
World Distributers Redwing Library 1973, 208pp.
[#3768 ]
The mayor of Brentwood dedicates a new lakeside playground, and the Allen clan were there to enjoy the event and cover it for the Advance newspaper.
On their way home, Sandy and Ken opt for a short cut, and rescue Ralph Conner from the wreck of his truck. However, this last incident in a string of bad luck, could cause the Conner Brother Trucking Company to lose its insurance coverage, and end of their business. It's up to Ken and Sandy to prove a conspiracy is involved.
Despite repeated attempts to explain the circumstances surrounding Ralph's crash, nothing concrete is achieved.
When Mr. Randolph Dutton enters and offers to buy out the company, suspicions are raised. When the name of James Tolliver becomes involved, the boys find out from Granger that the mob may be in on the action.
Further investigations at the lake on the outskirts of Brentwood, reveal the whole sordid plot. Ken and Sandy must escape a gas filled tunnel and a final battle with the forces arrayed against them, before successfully unraveling the Clue of the Phantom Car.
ISBN0723555265
young adult, mystery, series
G+ hardback with no dust jacket, pictorial papered boards. Short split to joint, bumped corners, foxed closed edges.
$6 A/B
World Distributers Redwing Library 1972, 208pp.
[#3769 ]
While flying over the Mad Two Hundred, a dusty road in the outback, Peter Devlin spots road bandits crashing into and looting other vehicles.
With no interest from the authorities, Peter and Jet search for the bandits and with a decoy car lure them to face justice.
ISBN0851795862
australian, young adult, fiction
VG hardback with pictorial boards. School prize plate pasted to front end paper.
$10 C/B
Rigby 1973 first edition, 172pp.
[BGO103, #3770 ]
The story of Burt Munro, the eccentric New Zealand motorcycle engineer and speed record breaker.
The author knew Munro personally, and often raced against him in the early days in the Southland Motorcycle Club.
Details of Burt's record breaking attempts at Bonneville, his fine tuning of his Indian 1920 Scout, and colour and black and white photographs.
ISBN9780473089061
speed record, motor cycling, motor sport,
VG softback with former owner details in ball-pen on inside of front cover.
$30 B/B
Begg and Allen first printing 2002, 200pp.
[#3747 ]
An autobiography by Sir Peter Robert Knight sen. MBE
New Zealand Grand Prix Powerboat champion, who built his boats in an abandoned service station in Latimer Square, Christchuch.
ISBN9416479003106
Bel Air III, hydroplane, world speed record, Masport Cup
VG softback
$45 C/B
Latimer Hotel 2005 first edition, 252pp.
[#3748 ]
Prudence has collected her sketches of interesting places in the area around St Arnaud and Lake Rotoiti.
Her simple sketches are described with facing text.
Marlborough, art, historic buildings, Nelson Lakes National Park
VG- wire bound softback. Some tape marks to cover.
$45 B/B
Prudence Matthews 1982 first edition limited to 400 copies, 36pp.
[#3749 ]
A history of the founding and development of Lane Walker Rudkin Ltd., the iconic Christchurch clothing manufacturer.
Well known for producing the Canterbury brand of clothing used by National rugby teams, and the All Blacks, LWR had a number of market leading clothing brands.
LWR was placed into liquidation in 2009, when it's financing bank laid chages of fraud against its director.
ISBN9781877270918
chistchurch, company history, clothing, manufacturing
VG softback
$30 B/C
Hazard Press 2005, 184pp.
[#3750 ]
Illustrated and with written descripitons of nearly 200 species of fish found in our sea waters.
Common, commercial, and unusual fish illustrated in colour.
ISBN9780790002965
fisheries, angling, identification guide
VG softback
$15 C/B
Reed 1993, 150pp.
[#3751 ]
Paul travels all about the surfing spots of New Zealand, from Dunedin, the Catlins, Christchurch, Kaikoura, and the West Coast, to Wellington, Taranaki, Raglan, Tauranga, East Cape, Gisborne, Auckland and Northland.
He sees how what were originally just beaches with a local surfing community, have developed into commercial enterprises complete with malls and resorts.
ISBN9781869662813
surfing, beach, surf
VG softback
$20 B/C
New Holland Publishers 2010, 205pp.
[#3752 ]
Henderson served as a gunner in 29 Battery New Zealand Artillery, 2NZEF and was wounded and taken prisoner at Sidi Rezegh December 1941 during North African Campaign.
He had a leg amputated while a POW in Italy.
ISBN0340363967
ww2, wwii, memoir
VG- softback with small name to first page.
$10 C/B
Hodder and Stoughton 1984, 159pp.
[#3753 ]
The author revisits the terrible 1970 murders of Jeanette and Harvey Crewe on their isolated farmhouse at Pukekawa.
Arthur Allan Thomas was twice convicted of murder, but later declared innocent and pardoned.
Birt posits another candidate for the crime, who had motive, means and opportunity.
That man was Jeanette's own father, Lenard William Demler.
ISBN9780141006291
Crewe murders, new zealand, true crime
VG softback, name to inside cover with tippex over it.
$15 C/B
Penguin 2001, 227pp + plates.
[#3754 ]
Eight addresses on spiritual matters by the fifth President of the Theosophical Society, an early member who had known Olcott, Besant, Arundale and Jinarajadasa.
theosophy, hinduism, occult
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under plastic sleeve, may have adhesive bleed along the edges of the jacket.
$20 A/B
Theosophical Publishing House 1968, 152pp.
[#3755 ]
Self-analysis and clarification through colour therapy, based on the Theosophical concept of the Seven Rays.
ISBN0852430353
psychology, occult, theosophy, 7 rays, colour therapy, healing, new age
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under plastic sleeve, may have adhesive bleed along the edges of the jacket.
$25 C/B
Fowler 1973 third edition, 101pp.
[#3756 ]
Rider has reissued the classic Penguin translation by Mascaro of this classic of Indian spiritual thought.
ISBN0091014204
hinduism, gita, sanskrit, mahabharata
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under plastic sleeve, may have adhesive bleed along the edges of the jacket. Name to first page.
$20 C/B
Rider 1970, 128pp
[#3757 ]
Foundation work of the "I AM" New Thought teachings. Benner believed that God had chosen him as a medium.
new thought,
VG hardback with no dust jacket, inscription to first page.
$10 A/A
C A Willing 1976 (37th edition), 167pp.
[#3758 ]
Vivekananda's teachings on Raja-yoga, supported by his translation and discussion of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, with the original Sanskrit
yoga, indian spirituality, hindu
VG leatherette with no dust jacket. Name at front.
$15 A/B
Advaita Ashrama 1973, 280pp.
[#3759 ]
In Sanskrit with Transliteration in Roman, Translation and Commentary in English.
ISBN0835600238
yoga, hindu, indian, spirituality
VG- softback
$15 C/C
Theosophical Publishing House/ Quest Book 1972, 448pp.
[#3760 ]
Influenced by Yogi Ramacharaka (William Walker Atkinson), this work deals with techniques of concentrationbased on Hindu yoga theory.
At one time a Rosicrucian Hermetist Sadhu later was influenced by Ramana Maharshi and wrote on spiritual mysticism.
new age, occult, dharana
VG softback, name to dedication page.
$20 C/B
Wilshire Book Company 1974, 219pp.
[#3761 ]
The history of the Haast Pass and local areas, including Jackson Bay, Maori times, early settlers, the Haast road.
Surveyors, engineers and workmen.
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with a small chip and a closed tear to rear panel.
$30 B/C
Reed 1966 first edition, 116pp + plates.
[#2713 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Name at top of title page.
$30 B/C
Reed 1968 reprint, 116pp + plates.
[#3744 ]
An informative, historic, authentic narrative, written by one of the pioneers born on Great Barrier Island.
Whangapara, Okupu, Tryphena, Fitzroy, Hauraki Gulf
VG softback Signed by the author.
$30 C/A
Wilson and Horton 1971, Enlarged second revised edition, 119 pages + plates.
[#2432 ]
VG softback.
$30 C/A
Grace Medland 1969, first edition, 104 pages + plates.
[#3745 ]
Edited extracts from the written accounts of Kiwi soldiers who found themselves fighting as partisans behind enemy lines in Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia.
Contributions by Bill Griffiths, Daniel Riddiford, Allan Yeoman, Malcolm Mason, Donald 'Jack' Winter, John Broad, John Mulgan, and accounts of John Denvir, Frank Gardner, and Dudley Perkins.
ISBN9781869790691
Italy, Greece, partisans, anzac, ww2
VG softback
$25 C/C
Random House 2010, 253pp.
[#3746 ]
A biography and study of New Zealand's first Prime Minister, and the political climate of his times.
After being the Superintendent of Nelson, he later held the office of Prime Minister three times.
ISBN9780908790678
politics, colonial government, Te Kooti, Titokowaru, Vogel
VG+ softback
$25 C/C
Hazard Press 1994, 432pp.
[#3736 ]
A record of notable Christchurch buildings of the past that have not survived into the present.
Also records buildings that at the time of writing were considered under threat, many of which have since succumbed to development or the devastating 2010-2011 earthquakes.
Good historic photographs.
ISBN0908714009
heritage, architecture, buildings
VG softback
$45 B/B
Te Waihora Press 1985, first reprint in an edition of 1500 copies, 96 pages.
[#3737 ]
Over 1900 shipping accidents in New Zealand waters over a span of 175 years.
ISBN0589007157
nautical, merchant marine, wrecks, shipping
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with repaired tear at head of spine.
$30 D/D
Reed 1972 fourth edition, revised and enlarged, 448pp.
[#3738 ]
A fascinating history of the suburb of Fendalton, as well as neighbouring Riccarton, Ilam, Bryndwyr and Burnside.
ISBN9781877257049
christchurch, history, suburb
VG+ softback
$45 B/C
Canterbury University Press 2002, 227pp.
[# 3739]
A history of New Zealand's 50 year colonial rule of Samoa, and of the non-violent freedom movement known as Mau.
ISBN9780908597079
pasifika, pacific, polynesia, imperialism, colonial
VG+ softback
$55 C/C
Pasifika Press 2008, reprint of revised 1991 edition, 262pp.
[#3740 ]
After arriving in New Zealand in 1851, Seager first served in the police force and prison service.
He became the first Steward of Sunnyside Asylum, and played a prominent role in mental health care.
ISBN0908708076
mental health, biography, canterbury
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$25 C/C
Heritage Press 1987, 299pp.
[#3741 ]
New Zealand's most well known property tycoon gives his advice on how to suceed in the property market.
Jones specialised in the commercial market, and sticks to offering advice for commercial real estate.
property development, finance, investment
VG- hardback in G only dust jacket. Lacks free end paper and the bottom of front dust jacket panel is torn off.
$20 C/B
Fourth Estate Books Limited 1978 third impression, 249pp+plates.
[#3730 ]
This new revised edition of the original 1962 publication includes a biographical introduction and a chronology of Borges life and work.
Edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, with an introduction by William Gibson.
ISBN9780811216999
literature, argentine, argentinian
VG+ softback
$15 C/B
New Directions 2007, 256pp.
[#3731 ]
A biography of the claimed founder of the Canterbury Settlement.
colonial, canterbury association
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with clear tape over spine and on to front and rear panels, this has browned
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1950 first edition, xv 251pp + plates.
[#917 ]
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some discolouration to spine, name to half title page.
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1950 first edition, xv 251pp + plates.
[#3732 ]
A collection of accounts of supernatural and mysterious events from New Zealand's distant and recent past.
Includes Christchurch's Old Stone House, premonitions of the Napier Earthquake, and various ghost sightings.
ISBN0589011189
supernatural, haunting, Matakite
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with minor tears at corner folds.
$25 C/C
Reed 1978 first edition, 163pp.
[#3733 ]
'Sandy' Thomas was captured on Crete and became an habitual escaper from Axis P.O.W. camps.
He spent nearly a year amongst the crags of Greece's Mt Athos.
ww2, anzac, kiwi, Crete, Greece, Mt Athos, POW
VG hardback with no dust jacket. Book sunned spine, minor foxing, Father's Day inscr to fep.
$10 C/B
Wingate 1952 (5th impression) 256pp.
[#123 ]
VG hardback with Poor dust jacket. Jacket has wear and loss to the spine. Walter Burmann's bookplate to free end paper.
$20 C/B
Wingate 1951 (3rd impression) 256pp.
[#3734 ]
James Sanders flew with RAF Coastal Command in the Mediterranean bombing at night and reconnaissance during the day, including serving with Warburton on Malta.
Later he flew raids against targets in Scandinavian coastal waters.
ISBN0908606648
ww2, Warburton, Malta, RNZAF,
VG hardback with VG dust jacket with very minor wear.
$30 C/C
Mallinson Rendel 1989, 146pp + plates.
[#3728 ]
Continuously revised since the first edition, this work is the go-to book recording maritime disasters in New Zealand waters.
Over 2200 shipwrecks since 1795 are recorded chronologically.
ISBN0908676492
nautical, merchant marine, wrecks, shipping
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$55 B/D
Beckett 1990 seventh revised edition, 515pp+ plates.
[#3729 ]
Further adventures of Dido Twite, a Victorian tomboy, aboard a whaling ship and in Nantucket.
Part of the The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Chronicles.
PUFFIN PS346
young adult, whaling, alternate history, Hanoverian, Jacobite
G+ paperback, light reading or age wear, Puffin bookplate tipped onto inside cover
$10 A/A
Puffin 1969 first paperback edition, 173pp.
[PB1557 ]
Angelique is captured by pirates and sold into the Sultan's Harem in Morocco.
PAN T3
sun king, louis XIV, historical fiction, Slaves, Angelique in Barbary
VG- paperback with small label residue to cover, top corner of first page short tear, some bowning to paper stock
$10 A/B
Pan 1963 second printing, 415pp.
[PB1558]
Memoir of his service in WWII by Major General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar, ED.
'Kip' commanded 20th Batallion in Greece, Crete and North Africa.
On promotion he took command of the 5th Infantry Brigade.
Commanding the 2nd New Zealand Division during the Italian Campaign, he was wounded during the Battle of Monte Cassino losing both feet when he stepped on a land mine.
This was the end of his military career.
anzac, 20 Bn, 5th Bde
VG hardback with no dust jacket, gift inscription to first page.
$45 C/C
Oxford University Press 1949 first edition, xi 371pp + plates.
[#3714 ]
A history of the British Army Armoured Corps in both World Wars and the period between them.
With information on the beginnings and development of armoured vehicles, their capabilities, and the organisation of them within the army structure.
tanks, armoured vehicles, armoured cars, ww1, wwi, ww2, wwii,
G+ hardback with no dust jacket, spine cloth faded and worn at head and tail. Rear free end paper removed.
$10 C/B
Methuen 1943 second edition, 106pp + plates and folding charts.
[#3715 ]
A compilation from 18 of Bailey's works, with quotations indexed by topic, giving a general overview of the teachings.
Topics include: The Ancient Mysteries, Courage, Crisis, Guidance, Joy, Mind, The New Age, Reincarnation, Healing.
ISBN085330131X
theosophy, new age, spirituality, hidden masters
VG softback, with blind impressed former owner stamp at front.
$15 C/C
Lucis Press 1987, 431pp.
[#3716 ]
The author spent three three months visiting Rajneesh's Poona ashram.
He reports on the varied techniques employed by the devotees to realise enlightenment.
These include spiritual, psychological and and physical methods, including four basic meditation techniques revealed for the first time.
ISBN0060635274
Guru, New Age, Eastern, Mysticism, Sannyassin, Alternative Religion, New Religious Movement, NRM
VG softback
$20 B/B
Harper & Row 1979, 151pp well illustrated with black and white photos.
[#3717 ]
One of the training grounds for world class mountaineers, the Mount Cook National Park and Alpine Region has extremely technical routes, and offers all aspects of alpine mountaineering.
Covers mountaineering, scenic beauties, the geology and natural history etc.
Both authors are alpinists and photographers and this is profusely illustrated throughout, mainly black and white but also colour photographs.
ISBN058900414X
New Zealand, Southern Alps, Alpine, Mountaineering, Photography, Mountain Climbing
VG hardback (cloth) in VG- dust wrapper with rubbed joints and short tear at head of upper joint. Archival repairs to jacket.
$25 B/D
Reed 1971 first edition, 224pp.
[#3718 ]
A journalistic account of the early days of settlement in Canterbury from the time of Wakefield and the New Zealand Company.
Various aspects and personalities of the first Canterbury century are recounted.
Wakefield, Godley, Bob FitzSimmons,
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$35 C/C
Kathleen Cresswell 1951 first edition, 164pp.
[#3720 ]
Cometti and historian and conservationist Professor John Morton of Auckland University provide a study of New Zealand coastal ecology.
A journey around the New Zealand coastline, a collaboration between an artist and a scientist, both dedicated to the study and conservation of life between the tides.
Covering 38 specific representative coastal locations, wildlife artist and naturalist Ronald Cometti and marine biologist John Morton have made a study in shorescape paintings, accompanying essays, and over 200 detailed colour illustrations.
They show how the geology of each area determines the living communities of the myriad species that live there.
ISBN0340338695
nature, environment, seashore, art, illustration, paintings, ecology, beach, shoreline
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with one closed archivally repaired tear. Pen gift inscription to free end paper.
$20 B/C
Hodder and Stoughton 1985, 163pp.
[#3711 ]
Inspired by The Compleat Tramper an advocate of ancient equipment, oilskin parkas, woollen long-johns and the like, the Cock & Bull trampers embark on a series of adventures, and disasters, bush-bashing, struggling over the tops, battling leatherwood and sleet.
Humorous accounts of green trampers in the Ruahines, Tararuas, Nelson Lakes, Marlborough, Ureweras, Main Divide, Westland, Fiordland, Stewart Island and more.
ISBN9780473200091
new zealand, camping, hiking, tramping, memoir, humour
VG- softback, signed by Julia Millen to title page.
$25 B/B
Writes Hill Press 2011, 156pp.
[#3712 ]
Details the geology, ecosystem, and the history of human activity in Christchurch's Avon-Heathcote Estuary and Brooklands Lagoon.
Very well illustrated including colour photographs and diagrams and drawings of animal and plant life.
ISBN0473015951
canterbury, environment, natural history, ecology
VG softback
$25 B/C
Christchurch City Council 1992, 137pp + appendices.
[#3713 ]
Volume 1- Cosmogenesis, 2- Anthropogenesis, 3- General index and bibliography.
Unabridged Verbatim of Original Edition of 1888.
A large quantity of material dealing with the history of occultism as contained in the lives of the great Adepts of the Aryan Race, and showing the bearing of occult philosophy upon the conduct of life, as it is and as it ought to be.
What is contained in this work is to be found scattered throughout thousands of volumes embodying the scriptures of the great Asiatic and early European religions. What is now attempted is to gather the oldest tenets together and to make of them one harmonious and unbroken whole. The publication of many of the facts herein stated has been rendered necessary by the wild and fanciful speculations in which many Theosophists and students of mysticism have indulged in their endeavor to, as they imagined, work out a complete system of thought from the few facts previously communicated to them. But it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings, however fragmentary and incomplete, contained in these volumes, belong neither to the Hindu, the Zoroastrian, the Chaldean, nor the Egyptian religion, neither to Buddhism, Islam, Judaism nor Christianity exclusively.
The Secret Doctrine is the essence of all these. Sprung from it in their origins, the various religious schemes are now made to merge back into their original element, out of which every mystery and dogma has grown.
This edition has copious editorial notes and many black and white photographic plates throughout volumes 1 and 2.
ISBN0835675254
Theosophy, religion, spirituality, new age, occult, hidden masters
G+ cloth bound hardbacks, Vol 1 has silverfish damage to bottom corner of title page, pp335 has short edge tear archivally repaired, Vol 2 has name to rear fep, (Vol 3) Index clean. No dust jackets.
$55 postage charged for 4kg rate, contact us for a quote.
Theosophical Publishing House, 1978-79.
Vol. 1- 84, xlvii, 696pp
Vol. 2- xxiv, 817pp.
Vol. 3- vii, 520pp.
[#3696 ]
The story of how seven impoverished Scots siblings, children of George and Isobel Rutherford of Jedburgh, through hard work and canny dealings became the Amuri Wool Kings of Canterbury.
With their wealth they built large homesteads, country houses, businesses and were benefactors to the community.
ISBN0908790503
Culverden, Amuri, Mendip Hills, Leslie Hills, North Canterbury
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Jacket has some wear to edges, a gift inscription in ball pen to the first page (free end paper).
$25 B/D
Hazard Press 1992, 279 pp.
[#3697 ]
A biography of Sir Peter Henry Buck KCMG DSO (1877-1951), also named Te Rangi Hiroa by his Maori whanau in honour of an ancestor.
A prominent member of the Ngati Mutunga iwi, he was a doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director.
During the First World War, Buck helped recruit a Maori volunteer contingent, which he joined as a medical officer. He was at Gallipoli, being awarded a Distinguished Service Order for heroism.
He later saw action in France and Belgium, before being posted to the No 3 New Zealand General Hospital at Codford, England in 1918.
He was appointed Chief Maori Medical Officer, and in 1921 was director of the Maori Hygiene Division in the Department of Health.
With a long-standing interest in Pacific and Polynesian cultures, Buck served as Director, Trustee, and President of the Board of Trustees of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1936 until his death in 1951.
ISBN0723303169
pacific islands, new zealand, biography, maori
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket.
$25 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1971, 314pp + plates.
[#3699 ]
A history of the Maori in New Zealand from the first discovery through three migration periods.
Following this Buck describes in detail various aspects of Maori material , social and religious culture.
This includes Maori language, food and houses, textiles and weaving, clothing, manufacture and use of tools, canoes and fishing, games, music, art and decoration, family and religious traditions, and weapons and warfare.
ISBN0723304084
maori, culture, history, archaeology, pre-contact
VG- hardback with no dust jacket. Small split at head of spine cloth on joint.
$35 B/D
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., 1974 reprint of second edition (1950), 551pp+ plates.
[#3700 ]
Written as a memento and memoir of the time spent by the NZ Division in Italy during WWII.
George F. Kaye was the Official Photographer of the 2NZEF.
Mainly deals with non-combat relationships between Kiwis and the local Italians and POW Germans etc, a good insight into the mind of the Kiwi troops.
Neville Colvin supplies nine cartoons.
ww2, wwii, 2nzef, italy, italian campaign
G+ hardback in G dust jacket that is worn and chipped to edges with some loss. Book has a spine lean and has rubber stamps from Union Steamship Company library to endpapers and a few pages.
$15 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs 1964 reprint, 122pp+ photos and cartoons.
[#2235 ]
VG hardback with no dust jacket, name to half title.
$15 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs 1963 first printing, 122pp+ photos and cartoons.
[#3701 ]
This book records, in photographs and descriptive text, the rise and fall of more than seventy grand houses in New Zealand.
The ravages of time, accidental fires, and planned demolition reducing what were once opulent statements of wealth and sucess, to nothing.
ISBN0908578040
historic buildings, heritage, architecture, building
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with sun faded spine edge.
$30 B/C
Alister Taylor 1978, 102pp.
[#3703 ]
A history of the house in New Zealand.
From the first colonial immigrant tents, huts and raupo whare, to cob and drystone huts, timber cottages, villas and bungalows, and right up to the brick and plaster dwellings of the 1950s and 60s.
This book focuses on construction details, embellishments and decorative details.
This information will be invaluable to people restoring a heritage building, or just those interested in the history of the old houses in their neighbourhood.
With many photos of construction details, and period advertising illustrations from hardware and building material suppliers.
ISBN079000027X
architecture, housing, building, historic, heritage, colonial
VG+ softback, near fine except free endpaper has been neatly removed.
$35 B/C
Reed 1993 reprint, 247pp.
[#3704 ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN0589007300
ornithology, birdwatching, native
VG- softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1980 reprint, 96pp.
[#3706]
A complete history of music in New Zealand, from the colonial beginnings, through to the composers and performers of the 1970s.
Includes colonial balladeers, military and brass bands, choral societies, opera.
Regions are covered including the Westland goldfields, and Maori music.
A final section dedicated to composition in New Zealand.
ISBN9780195581768
music, musical societies, development, new zealand music
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Private library stamp to free end paper. Corrigenda slipped in at front.
$30 B/C
Oxford University Press 1991, xii 315pp.
[#3708 ]
Lancaster Park had played a central role in Christchurch social life for more than a century before the 2011 earthquake closed it permanently.
Not just used as a sporting venue, it has been the scene of some truly remarkable events, including concerts and rallies.
Slatter has discussed the most moving, and fascinating accounts of these events from the period up to 1974.
ISBN0723303894
jade stadium, lancaster park, cricket, rugby, sports in christchurch, history
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Small name to first page.
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1974, 234pp.
[#3709 ]
Taylor edits Best's personal Journal where he describes his time in New Zealand and Australia as an Army Officer serving onboard a convict ship.
Includes observations of New South Wales, Norfolk Island, and New Zealand with observations on Maori and New Zealand settlements.
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with sunned spine
$30 B/D
Govt. Printer 1966, 465pp + plates.
[#1774 / 3375 ]
VG hardback with no dust jacket.
$20 B/D
Govt. Printer 1966, 465pp + plates.
[#3710 ]
The first half of Irving's monumental work on Hitler as a military strategist.
Based on (at the time) newly uncovered Nazi documents, showing the campaign from Hitler's own perspective.
Irving's meticulous research shows in this detailed study of the war from Operation White in Poland to Stalingrad.
ISBN0333357914
ww2, wwii, third reich, wehrmacht, eastern front, german strategy
VG softback
$75 C/C
MacMillan Papermac 1983 first thus edition, xxxiii 449pp + bibliography, notes and index.
[#3694 ]
The third instalment of Shadbolt's New Zealand Wars trilogy.
Set in 1845 and the conflict between Maori factions, and the newly constituted authority of Queen Victoria in the land.
Preceeded by Season of the Jew and Monday's Warriors
ISBN0340599669
fiction, history, maori wars, novel
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$25 B/C
Hodder and Stoughton 1993 first edition, 294pp.
[#3695 ]
Charts the fascist and totalitarian nature of the secular American state.
Explains how godlessness leads to abrogation of individual human rights in the name of the 'greater good' of totalitarian socialism.
Discusses Secular Humanism/ Social darwinism etc.
ISBN0891072861
America, USA, conservative politics, conservative christian, population control
VG softback with some light wear.
$10 C/B
Crossway Books 1983 soft cover, 158pp.
[#3681 ]
Images of a city and its provinces from the 1860s to the 1890s as photographed by James Bragge.
Includes folding panoramas.
photography, 19th century, historic photos
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some edge wear and minor tears.
$25 B/C
Millwood Press 1974, 100pp.
[#3682 ]
Peter Winter was in the Divisional Petrol Company 2NZEF when he was taken POW on Crete.
He recounts his four years in German and Italian Prisoner of War camps.
A times he was on the run in the Greek countryside, assisted by the peasants.
He escaped and was recaptured by the Germans 12 times.
Finally as the Russians advanced, he was marched West across Poland into Germany.
ISBN9780790003047
anzac, pow, peter winter, 6059
VG+ softback
$20 C/B
Reed 1993, 143pp.
[#3683 ]
Edited excerpts from Krishnamurti's public talks and discussions.
He emphasized the importance of release from entrapment in the 'network of thought' through a perceptual process of attention, observation or 'choiceless awareness' which would release the true perception of reality without mediation of any authority, or guru.
ISBN0575004169
theosophy, spirituality, philosophy, mindfullness
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$20 C/B
Gollancz 1977, 288pp.
[#1744, 3684 ]
A centennial history of the club.
With stories, statistics, biographies and photos.
Rugby, Dunedin, otago, sport
VG softback
$25 C/B
Southern Rugby Football Club 1984, 208 pp.
[#3685 ]
This one volume edition of Yeat's complete collected poetry now includes those from A Full Moon in March and Last Poems.
ISBN0333044665
poetry, irish, celtic, celtic revival, golden dawn, spirituality
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with some edge wear and soiling.
$20 C/C
MacMillan 1977 reprint of the Second Edition, xviii 565pp.
[#3686 ]
Includes early uncollected stories, ones from Immanuel's Land and Summer in the gravel pit, and posthumously published works.
ISBN0196479932
new zealand, fiction, literature, the new zealand fiction series
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Auckland University Press 1981 first edition, 379pp.
[#3687 ]
Steiner reconstructs from the akashic record, events that span the time between the origin of the Earth and the beginning of recorded history.
He describes the Atlantean and Lemurian Root Races and their civilisations, which developed the first concepts of 'good' and 'evil'.
They manipulated natural forces, laid the foundation for human legal and ethical systems, and defined and nurtured the distinctive yet complementary powers of men and women.
They brought humankind, many centuries ago, to its highest artistic, intellectual, and spiritual attainments.
He discusses the supersensible parts of the human being.
Translation by Karl E. Zimmer.
ISBN9780893452278
hyperborea, theosophy, anthroposophy,
VG+ softback.
$20 C/B
Steiner Books 1987, 255pp.
[#3688 ]
Clow channels the voice of Satya, a Pleiadian goddess who describes a huge cosmic drama taking place simultaneously in nine dimensions, with Earth as the chosen theater.
The shift into the coming Age of Light, and the entry of our solar system into the Photon Band and the Age of Aquarius.
ISBN9781879181304
new age, aquarian, mayan calendar, photon band, sirius, nibiru
VG+ softback
$15 C/C
Bear and Company 1995, 303pp.
[#3689]
A truly holistic healing manual which shows how to meet and conquer foreign electromagnetic fields from common sources such as power lines, computers, microwave dishes, and cellular phones, which can cause energy disturbances.
Step-by-step exercises to discover the magnetic sense within your own body and how to use the energy layers from the earth to balance and restore your basic energies.
ISBN9781571742087
vibrational medicine, natural therapy, alternate medicine, vivaxis, chakra, energy therapy,
VG+ softback
$40 B/C
Hampton Roads 2000, 385pp.
[#3690 ]
Many people have experienced kundalini awakening.
In some cases, the experience involves very disturbing physical and psychological effects.
This book documents numerous case studies to demystify the process and reassure those who experience the traumatic event, and who sometimes fear for their own sanity.
ISBN0941255298
kundalini, chakra, meditation, integral yoga
VG- softback with some cover wear and some pen underlining in the text.
$15 C/B
Integral Publishing 1992, 168pp.
[#3691 ]
While convalescing after a motor accident, Maud Oakes visited the home of C. G. Jung in Switzerland. There she encountered a block of stone that Jung had designed and carved with signs, symbols, and inscriptions that drew on Greco-Roman religious ideas and the symbolism of astrology and alchemy.
The Stone Speaks is her meditation on the personal and transpersonal meaning of the Stone and her extensive correspondence with Jung regarding her interpretations and her account of the healing and transformation that took place through her inner change, achieved by synthesis and integration.
She shows that the influence of one's culture need not be antithetical to the spontaneous production of symbolism for one who can enter into the creative spirit of giving meaningful expression in some art form to the non-rational contents of the unconscious, as Jung did when he brought into visible form what he saw on the face of his block of stone.
ISBN0933029047
psychology, psychotherapy, individuation, jung, jungian
VG softback
$20 C/B
Chiron Publications 1987, 148pp.
[#3692 ]
The Arcturians, speaking through Norma, have sent Earthlings a message.
They claim they are here to assist Earth as it enters a New Age of spirituality, but they cannot interfere with the free will or decision-making process of any Earthling, so are here to educate and help raise the vibrations of all who choose to journey to the new dimension the Earth is entering.
ISBN9780962741708
new age, E.T., extra terrestrial, alien, hidden masters, channeling, channeled teaching
VG softback, former owner bookplate pasted inside front cover.
$15 C/C
Athena Publishing 1998, 319pp.
[#3693 ]
John Holm served on the Atlantic convoys with the Royal Navy, for which service he was awarded the DSC in 1943.
He was Commanding Officer of the HMS Crocus.
After the war he worked with his father's Holm Shipping Company.
ISBN0473002841
HMS Burdock, HMS Crocus, Freetown, HMS Lavender, operation boomerang, Petunia, Gibraltar, ww ii, royal navy, RNZNVR, U 333
VG hardback in VG dust jackt
$45 B/C
Holmwork Publishers 1985 first edition, xii 220pp +plates.
[#3676 ]
The primary poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi mystic and poet, in a modern translation.
ISBN9780785808718
keywords
VG hardback with VG dust jacket
$15 C/C
Castle Books 1997, 302 pages.
[#2538, 3677 ]
The story of the development of the Mount Hutt ski-field area that saved the mid-Canterbury town of Methven from economic ruin. Gives an overview of the history of Methven and surrounds, the physical development of the ski-field for winter sports, and also the natural environment.
ISBN1877257222
Mt Hutt, skifield, skiing, Methven
VG+ softback
$30 B/B
Canterbury University Press 2002, 155pp
[#3073, 3678 ]
True story of a country preacher who takes his ministry to the gang- run slums of New York.
christian, ministry, new york, gangs
VG paperback.
$5 A/A
Pyramid Books 1966, 174pp.
[PB1553 ]
True story of a country preacher who takes his ministry to the gang- run slums of New York.
christian, ministry, new york, gangs
VG paperback.
$5 A/A
Pyramid Books for Teen Challenge 1963, 174pp.
[PB1554 ]
One of the only three recipients of a double Victoria Cross, first awarded in Crete and then again in North Africa.
After he was captured, he attempted multiple escapes, finally being sent to Colditz POW camp.
ISBN0099644304
wwii, ww2, VC, new zealand, anzac
VG paperback.
$15 C/B
Arrow 1990, 399pp + plates.
[PB1555 ]
Scarce first edition biography of a great All Black, signed by the Iceman.
Dust jacket has original label signifying it is a signed copy.
ISBN0908630441
all blacks, nzrfu,
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with usual slightly sunned spine.
Signed by Michael Jones. on title page, and has a small rubber name and address stamp at top corner.
$25 C/C
Rugby Press 1994 first edition, 268pp.
[#3658 ]
A good history of the Rangitata Plains and it's settlements including information on Ealing and Carew.
Cracroft run, Maronan run, Coldstream run, Shepherds Bush run, irrigation
VG hardback in VG- slightly worn dust jacket
$35 C/B
John McIndoe Ltd. 1972 (November first reprint) 144 pp. plus plates and maps.
[#2202 ]
VG hardback with no dust jacket
$25 C/B
John McIndoe Ltd. 1972 (November first reprint) 144 pp. plus plates and maps.
[#3662 ]
A Story of a pioneer family in the Otago gold fields.
The author has placed his fictional McDonald family into a narrative based on historical research, and most of the people they meet are based on real historical personages.
ISBN9416479003045
Otago, gold rush, historical fiction, scottish immigrants
VG softback with author's gift inscription.
$25 C/C
Caxton Press 2005 first edition, 328pp.
[#3663 ]
Where and how, to prospect for gold in NZ.
First published in 1952, this revised edition has black and white photographs, and includes dredging and quartz gold mining.
gold panning, prospecting, nz gold mining
VG softback stapled into photo pictorial wrappers.
$15 A/A
Pegasus Press 1964 second revised edition, 79pp.
[#1992, 3664 ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series. Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN0474001032
VG softback
$9 A/A
Reed 1987 reprint, 84pp.[#3666]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series. Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN0589015044
VG softback
$9 A/A
Reed 1983 first edition, 32 plants detailed with colour illustration, approx 64pp.[#3667]
The Fiat Book series was the precursor to the Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN0589007599
VG softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1978 third printing, 96pp. [#2898 ]
VG softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1975 second printing, 96pp. [#3669 ]
A history of the colonial buildings of New Zealand from the early 19th century upto the 1880s when there was an economic slump which curtailed the development of a unique New Zealand style.
In 1809 a frame house was built for Te Pahi in the Bay of Islands.
Architects covered include Benjamin Mountfort, Frederick Thatcher, and F W Petre.
ISBN0589009303
building, architecture, Otago, Canterbury, building decoration, missionary
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$30 C/C
Reed 1976 first edition, 224pp.
[#3670 ]
Details Stewart Island's natural landscape, unique wildlife, geology and human settlement and activity on the island.
Landscape format.
ISBN186941165X
photography, nature, natural history, wildlife
VG hardback in VG dustjacket, name to first page.
$30 B/C
Random House NZ 1992 first edition, 118pp.
[# 3671]
Jack McNair (born 1882) tells of the hard days as a Government deerculler in the 1930s.
He was employed under the direction of G F Yerex.
After his deerculling period McNair took a job on Molesworth Station.
ISBN0589006592
Makarora, Maruia, Lake Rotoroa, Hurunui, Lake Sumner, Lewis Pass, Landsborough, Otago, Westland, Haast
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Name to first page.
$35 C/C
Reed 1971 first edition, 153pp.
[#3673 ]
An autobiography by Leonard John Kearton Holmes, F.N.Z.I.S.
Len was raised on the West Coast and had a career as a surveyor, and his company Cowan and Holmes helped develop the Coast infrastructure.
The Surveyors Monument Reserve at Kakapotahi has a memorial to him.
ISBN0473046083
Kaiata, hunting, Savage Club, Survey Board, Reid Cowan, Len Holmes, Westland, Fox Glacier
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, name to first page.
$65 C/C
Ann Holmes 1997 first edition, 231pp.
[#3674 ]
An autobiography of a full life spent in outdoor pursuits including much mountain climbing in the Southern Alps.
Ede has been a Cub and Rover Scout, a Harrier, a soldier, a mountaineer, and a keen cyclist.
There are reminiscences of his family and social life as well as his outdoor pursuits.
ISBN0476005655
mountaineering, climbing, autobiography, Mt Cook, Mt Tasman, Mitre Peak, Mt Aspiring, army, Selwyn district, outdoors
VG softback, name label to first page.
Signed presentation inscription from Ede on the title page.
$45 C/C
Jack Ede Publishing 2004 first edition, 368pp.
[#3675 ]