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Investigates historical Freemasonry, Anti-masonry, Occult societies, Illuminati and Weishaupt, involvement in the French Revolution, involvement in Italian nationhood, and Napoleonic societies.
ISBN0586081437
VG softback, remainder stripe to bottom edge, light reading wear
$25 C/B
Paladin 1974 first paperback edition, 478pp.
[#1257/4351 ]
Author credited as "Extra master mariner, Hon. Bard Gaelic Society of New Zealand.
Assorted collected writings over the years by this chap who started life on the Isle of Skye as a herring fisher speaking only Gaelic.
Much to do with the sea, New Zealand people and places, with emphasis on Otago, his journeys in foreign parts etc.
Some of the poetry is in Gaelic
scottish, scottish diaspora, literature, celtic new zealand
VG cloth hardback, faint india ink writing to paste down, light foxing to closed edges.
$35 C/B
David M Lister 1927 first, 362pp.
[#4352 ]
Adetailed and rational account of the first encounter with UFOs recorded on film (still and moving) supported by visual and radar observation, as seen over Kaikoura in December 1978.
ISBN0340256893
extra terrestrial, close encounter, alien, new zealand
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Hodder 1980 First Edition, 209pp +plates including in colour
[#4353 ]
Pearse was the first British aviator to leave the ground in a powered aircraft. But did he really fly?
Sometimes rumoured to have beaten even the Wright brothers he went on to complete many ingenious inventions.
A fascinating account of an aviation pioneer.
ISBN0589007947
new zealand transport, engineering, aviation, south canterbury
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, sunned spine.
$30 C/C
Reed 1973 First Edition, 251pp + plates, map end papers.
[#4354 ]
10 songs from Christian metal band, transcribed by Bryce Inman.
ISBN3010188498
heavy metal, christian rock
VG- softback with rubbed edges.
Bookseller label at foot of title page, middle 4pp photo section missing (pp47-50).
$20 B/B
Word Music 1990 stapled wraps, 95pp, 10 songs from Christian metal band.
[#4355 ]
10 songs from Christian metal band, transcribed by Bill Wolaver.
ISBN3010169493
heavy metal, christian rock
VG- softback with light rubbing to edges.
Bookseller label foot of title page.
$20 B/B
Word Music 1989 stapled wrappers, 87pp with photo section.
[#4356 ]
Musical notation for 9 songs
Guilty;Woman in Love; Run Wild; Promises; The Love Inside; What Kind of Fool; Life Story; Never Give Up; Make it Like a Memory.
G+ softback
The edges of wrappers taped with yellowed clear tape with tape residue offsetting to first and last pages.
$15 B/B
Chappell 1980, 63pp.
[#4357 ]
The face in the mirror. From the moment she saw it, Laura Chant knew that something dreadful was going to happen. It wasn’t the first time she’d been forewarned. But never before had anything so terrible happened.
The horrifyingly evil Carmody Braque touched and branded her little brother – and now Jacko was very ill, getting steadily worse. There was only one way to save him.
Laura had to change over: had to release her supernatural powers. And that meant joining forces with the extraordinary and enigmatic Sorenson Carlisle…
A Carnegie medal-winning supernatural romance from Margaret Mahy, filmed in Christchurch in 2017 starring Timothy Spall and Melanie Lynskey
ISBN041652270X
new zealand, young adult fiction, first edition, supernatural
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
$45 C/C
Dent 1984 first edition, 214pp. [#2813/4344 ]
While engaged whaling on the Barque Australian of Sydney 1836-1838.
Rhodes whaling journeys ranged from Lyttelton to the Kermadec Islands, Tonga, New Caledonia and Sydney.
19th century, pacific, whaling, whaler, australian, new zealand, maori, lyttelton
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some edge chipping and minor loss
$35 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombs 1954 first edition, xxxviii 123pp + plates.
[#4345 ]
Being the Experiences of a Night Flying Pilot, Who Raided Hunland on Many Dark Nights During the War.
An exciting memoir written by a Kiwi in the RFC.
Alfred Reginald Kingsford left New Zealand in 1914, joining the RFC in 1917 and learning to fly at Northolt.
He was posted to 33 Squadron at Lincoln, flying against Zeppelins on night bombing raids before joining 100 Squadron in France early in 1918.
Royal Flying Corps, ww1, wwi, aviation, anzac, vintage
VG- hardback with no dust jacket.
School prize plate at front awarded to Eric Newell by Templeton District School 1935.
$45 C/C
Hamilton 1934 second printing, 208pp + plates.
[#4346 ]
New Zealand West Coaster Paul Caffyn gives his own account of the first kayak circumnavigation of Australia.
Commencing in December 1981 it took him 360 days to complete the 9,420 mile journey.
First softcover printing of this rare book, complete with colour photos.
ISBN941679000259
exploration, kayak, canoe, australia, ocean kayak,
VG+ softback
$75 B/C
Kayak Dundee Press 1994 Second printing, 186pp.
[#4347 ]
Nice retro title on New Zealand shellfish.
Four sections: Collecting, Identifying, Finding and Preparing Edible shellfish, Recipes.
With colour photographs and taxonomy.
ISBN0854670122
molluscs, mollusca, foraging, survival, seafood, kai moana
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$20 B/C
Seven Seas publishing 1971 first edition, 87pp.
[#4348 ]
In 1969 Jennifer Beard was murdered as she traveled a remote road near Haast Pass.
At the time, the Jennifer Beard inquiry was described as the biggest manhunt in new Zealand's history.
One suspect stood out, yet despite physical evidence and eyewitnesses connecting him to the murdered woman, Gordon Bray was never charged and the case remains unsolved.
ISBN9781877361081
new zealand, murder, true crime, cold case
VG softback
$15 C/B
Longacre Press 2005 first edition, 304pp + plates.
[#4349 ]
A History of Coaching and Horse-drawn Transport in the South Island of New Zealand
From the origins of coaching in the United States, its extension to the Australian goldfields, and the arrival of Charles Cole in Dunedin in 1861 to establish a Cobb and Co. service to Gabriels Gully and further afield.
Good information on Otago and Canterbury transport.
ISBN9780908708741
history, Hoyt, Chaplin, Cole, Newman, accommodation houses, coaching routes, carriages
VG softback, signed by the author
$65 B/C
Heritage Press 2008 first edition, 120pp.
[#4350 ]
The 150th Anniversary of the Wellington Hebrew Congregation, 1843-1993.
A history of the Jewish community in Wellington from the earliest Jewish immigrants, establishment of the Synagogue, creation of Jewish schools and associations etc.
Limited to 1250 copies.
ISBN0908790821
judaism, hebrew, jews in new zealand, jewish history
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$55 D/D
Hazard Press 1995 First Edition, 478pp.
[#4338 ]
An autobiography by a farmer who has lived a long and interesting life, mainly in Marlborough.
He was there for the Murchison earthquake, and saw service overseas in WWI.
Good information on the social history of Murchison and surrounds.
ISBN0908561016
Awatere, Murchison, ww1
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$30 C/C
Cape Catley 1976 First Edition, 193pp.
[#4339 ]
The Untold Story of Jesus and His Twin Brother, Judas Khrestus.
The truth about Rabbi Jesus and his twin brother, their birth, marriages and deaths, as well as the bloodlines that have resulted from events of that time.
King Rabbi Jesus is claimed to be an initiate of the Ancient Mysteries, and part of the Ancient Royal Lineages of Europe.
ISBN0957900716
christianity, religion, ancient mysteries, khrestians, jews, judaism, bloodline of jesus,
VG softback
$25 C/C
Joshua Books 2001 First Ediion, 271pp.
[#4340 ]
Derek recounts 40 years on the rails, mainly in the North Island.
A good mix of technical details and reminiscences and recollections.
Illustrated
steam, locomotives, railways, new zealand transport, hawera, wanganui, tiger country, stratford, taumaranui
VG softback, name to first page.
$30 C/B
Derek Brown, Otaki 2004 First Edition, 194pp.
[#4341 ]
The O'Reilly family used axes and wagons to access the Lamington Plateau, building a remote Guest House in the mountains which still functions over 100 years later.
This family history shows how they have continued to contribute to the local and national community.
ISBN9780646496016
O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, australian family history, Lamington National Park, Queensland, McPherson Range
VG- softback, with author's gift inscription to first page.
$30 C/C
Peter O'Reilly 2008 First Edition, 269pp.
[#4342 ]
The intimate connections between the mysterious zodiacal symbols and the stellar lore of Washington, D.C. and the secret plan for the city.
There are over fifty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., Why did generations of architects and artists use this symbolism when designing this City of the Stars?
What or who drove them to create a city overflowing with such esoteric symbolism, and what is the meaning behind Washington, D.C.'s layout?
ISBN9780099548089
freemasonry, masonic, US history, secret societies, occult geography
VG paperback
$20 C/C
Arrow 2009 reissue of The Secret Zodiacs of Washingon D.C.. 635pp + photos.
[#4343 ]
Sir Sydney Smith was a New Zealander who became famous as one of the Empires greatest pathologists.
With a new foreword by Professor Keith Simpson.
Includes Sidney Fox, Annie Hearn, Chrissie Gall, and the Ruxton cases, and the Auckland Arsenic Mystery of Mrs Wilson.
ISBN0880293063
true crime, criminology, pathology, forensic pathology, memoirs,
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
$15 C/C
Dorset Press 1988 first thus after 1959 original, 318pp + photos.
[#4336 ]
General Freyberg's favourite Intelligence officer who held pre-war Communist views, was long rumoured to be a spy for the Soviets.
Philip Knightley's preface concludes; "This long overdue biography sets the record straight. It convincingly shows that the slim evidence for the traitor charge was invented, exaggerated and misinterpreted."
ISBN9781869418915
new zealand, biography, diplomacy, espionage, communism, cold war
VG softback
$20 C/C
Vintage 2007 first edition, 414 pp + photos.
[#4337 ]
Humorous peices on the life of the Kiwi Digger in the Middle East campaign during the Second World War.
With cartoon illustrations by the author Ex-8867 A.F. St. Bruno and W. P. Gibson Ex-7761
anzac, digger, ww2, wwii, Egypt, North Africa, humour
VG- softback with a little wear and former owner details in pen to title page.
$30 A/A
Wright and Jaques, First Edition, 96pp.
[#4332 ]
A short history of Methodism in Canterbury, New Zealand, including the Wesleyan Maori Mission, the United Methodist Free Church, and more.
church history, colonial
VG softback with light mark top spine end and corner of covers to the wrappers only, internally clean.
$30 B/A
Willis & Aiken (1950) first edition, 70pp + plates.
[#4333 ]
The author discusses his role in the Department, and an overview of it's history, with emphasis on the 1960s.
Includes discussion of Barnett, Findlay, Matthews, Dallard eras.
Penal Administration and Policy; Capital Punishment; Constitutional Questions.
ISBN0477013732
law, criminology, judiciary, crime
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Ex library with stamps etc, jacket under plastic sleeve.
$25 C/C
Government Print 1987 first edition, xiv 296pp + plates.
[#4334 ]
A detailed history of the tour of duty of 161 Battery RNZA, South Vietnam, 1965-71.
Includes personal accounts of service with the Battalion; Honours, Decorations and Awards; personnel list; and a bibliography.
A rare title.
ISBN0908705352
military history, kiwi, aussie, vietnam, fire support, artillery
VG softback
$95 B/C
Moana Press 1988 first edition, 152pp.
[#4328 ]
'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.
ISBN0473077728
ww2, anzac, kiwi, Crete, Greece, Mt Athos, POW
VG softback, signed by author
$40 C/B
Dryden Press 2001 new edition, 245pp.
[#4329 ]
Quintessential New Zealand pig hunting with bailing dogs in the bush, 40 years of stalking in the bush from the 1920s to the 1960s
New Zealand hunting, Stalking Game, Hunting, Ken Cuthbertson, Wild Pig, Wild Boar
VG- hardback with no dust jacket
$45 C/C
Reed 1968 First Edition, 180pp+ plates.
[#4331 ]
An excellent local history of the Christchurch City Fire Brigade, with details of the training, machinery and equipment, personnel and some notable fires attended to.
ISBN0959776303
firefighting, fire engines, fire brigade, public service, first responders, christchurch history
G+ softback, with former owner inscriptions at front pages, repaired split at head of spine.
$20 B/C
New Zealand Fire Service 1985, 96pp.
[#4322 ]
The centennial history publication of this construction company from the beginnings as two independent building companies in Dunedin in 1910, WH Naylor (Hugh Naylor born Clyde 1884)and Love Brothers Construction, formed by brothers JY, Bob and Bill Love in Port Chalmers.
In 1969, the Love Construction Company and WH Naylor merged to form Naylor Love.
ISBN9780473166809
company history, otago, construction, business, building
VG+ softback
$30 C/D
Advertising and Art 2010 first edition, 394pp.
[#4323 ]
100 years of the relationship between the Sumner community and its lifeboat service, instrumental in making maritime commerce, recreation and transport about the coast that little bit safer.
ISBN0473051648
sumner volunteer lifeboat brigade, history, christchurch, SLBI, voluntary organisation, history
VG+ softback
$30 B/C
Sumner Lifeboat Institution Inc. 1998, 188pp.
[#4324 ]
From 1940-2015, full details of the business model and the technical side of the national civilian air carrier.
ISBN9780473302511
civil aviation, transport, TEAL, coral route, tourism, promotion
VG+ softback
$25 B/C
Bauer Media Group 2014, 242pp.
[#4325 ]
The history of the Christchurch architectural firm.
Architect W B Armson took on JJ Collins in 1871.
R D Harman later joined the firm of Collins and Harman.
Includes appendices lsiting notable projects.
architect, canterbury, christchurch, new zealand, company history, architectural firm
VG- hardback with no dust jacket.
Tidy ex-library with only a stamp on the front and rear end-papers.
$30 B/B
The Caxton Press 1965 firsty edition, 29pp+ plates.
[#4326 ]
The Cracroft Wilson Family and Old Stone House; The Student Christian Movement Years; Towards a Retreat and Conference Centre; The Fire; The Birth of a Community Centre; Dame Fortune Smiles on Restoration; Community Centre Programmes.
ISBN0473011417
christchurch history, community centre, cashmere
VG- softback with slight sun fade to spine and on to cover
$30 B/C
Te Waihora Press, for the Cracroft Community Centre 1991 first edition, 175pp.
[#2097/4327 ]
Based on British common law and the principles of the Magna Carta, the institution of the Justice of the Peace in colonial New Zealand evolved to meet the needs of the Maori custom of utu.
This history shows how JPs have had to balance both the British and the Maori sense of justice.
Includes the achievements of the early colonial JPs,from Thomas Kendall onwards, and the creating of Judicial Justices of the Peace.
ISBN9780473295967
public order, crime, justice, law, legal history
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$30 C/C
Media Features Ltd 2015, 160pp.
[#4311 ]
A biographical study of the man who becamse New Zealand's 12th Prime Minister.
Hall was a run-holder, City Councillor, and the first town council Chairman in Christchurch.
An M.P. at various times for Christchurch, Heathcote, Selwyn and Ellesmere.
Hall was the Premier of New Zealand at the time of the conflict between settlers and Maori at Parihaka, and also moved the Parliamentary Bill that gave women the vote in 1893.
ISBN047303543X
Sir John Hall KCMG (1824-1907), politics, suffrage, Hororata
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, with author's signed gift inscription on title page.
$35 C/C
Dryden Press 1995, 362pp.
[#4312 ]
Collects the two Sam cash stories; Hang on a Minute Mate and There and Back.
ISBN0908676506
VG softback
$15 C/C
Beckett 1985 first collected edition, 281pp.
[#4313 ]
The Story of the Growth of the City and Suburbs of Christchurch the Capital of Canterbury in the Years from 1850 to 1903
christchurch city council, history, municipal development
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$20 C/C
Christchurch City Council 1948 first edition, xvi 197pp + plates.
[#1390, 2022, 4315 ]
Autobiography of S. H. (Dick) Georgeson, a record breaking glider pilot.
Recipient of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Gold Medal, and the Lilienthal Medal.
Dick has been prominent in the sport for over 50 years.
Revised edition with an added index.
ISBN9780473117030
aviation, Irishman Creek, sailplanes, unpowered flight
VG- softback, front cover dog eared.
$35 C/C
Shoal Bay Press 2006 revised edition, 212pp + plates.
[#4316 ]
Selected letters by Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960) the New Zealand poet, journalist and writer, pertaining to the NZ literary scene of the time.
Cresswell blackmailed Charles Mackay, the Mayor of Wanganui, by threatening to expose his homosexuality, and Mackay shot and injured Cresswell. The mayor was convicted of attempted murder in 1920 and Cresswell moved to London.
He kept up a correspondence with Ursula Bethell, Frank Sargeson, Basil Dowling, Ormond Wilson, Roderick Finlayson, and also British figures.
new zealand writers, literature, criticism
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$25 C/C
University of Canterbury 1971 first edition, 256pp.
[#4317 ]
A biography, focusing on Reeves political career, based in part on his unpublished memoirs.
Reeves became the principal intellectual ideologist of the Liberal party, elected to government in 1890.
He used his ministerial portfolios for education and justice, to enact sweeping labour reforms, becoming the first minister of labour in the British Empire.
These labour reforms formed the New Zealand society of today.
Reeves moved to London in 1896 and associated with Fabians such as George Bernard Shaw.
new zealand politics, socialism, unionism, biography, history
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with minor wear.
$30 C/C
Clarendon Press 1965 first edition, x 356pp + plates.
[#4318 ]
A biography of the first New Zealand born Governor-General, and a man of great achievements.
Soldier, surgeon, athlete, scholar and politician, Porritt was president of both the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Medical Associaion, a member of the International Olympic Committee and a member of the House of Lords.
He also served as the Surgeon to the Royal Family form 1936-1967.
Based on his unpublished memoirs.
ISBN9780958283953
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$35 B/D
Trio Books 2009, 318pp.
[#3841, 4319 ]
A rational history of the Knights Templar, the first uniformed standing army in the Western world and pioneers of international banking.
Probably as a means of confiscating their wealth, they were purged and suppressed by Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V in the 14th Century.
ISBN9781842121429
gnosticism, secret society, crusades, medieval history, christian kingdoms
VG softback
$15 C/C
Phoenix Press 2001, 350pp + plates.
[#4320 ]
A history of the historic Melbourne suburb of South Parkville and its predominantly Victorian architecture.
Details of the development and sale of the suburban lots, the builders, investors and buyers, and a special look at the decorative cast iron features.
Many photographs.
ISBN0959878609
Parkville suburb, architecture, historic buildings
VG hardback in VG- dustjacket with minor wear and edge tears.
$20 B/C
Parkville Association 1974 first edition, 103pp.
[#4307 ]
A history of the activities of the Anglican Church in New Zealand during World War II.
Church contributions at home and overseas in theatre of war, where many members were serving in the armed forces as troops and chaplains.
Researched from interviews with men and women with personal memories of the war, as well as from letters, reports, drawings, sermons, radio broadcasts and magazine articles from archives and private collections.
ISBN9780473129408
ww2, wwii, christian, soldiers, anglicans
VG softback
$25 B/C
Wily Publications 2008, 240pp.
[#4308 ]
An illustrated journey through the garden city with art by Gwenda, mingled with photographs of the many landmarks, most of which were lost in the 2011 earthquakes.
ISBN9780143566236
christchurch, history, vintage, architecture, pre-quake, historic buildings
VG softback
$20 C/B
Penguin Books 2011 new edition, 101pp.
[#4309 ]
Introductory but still authoritative study of all forms of Roman art, illustrated with colour and black and white photographs.
Etruscan Forerunners 100-200 BC.; The Roman Republic 509-27 BC.; Augustus and the Imperial Idea 27 BC-AD 14; The Julio-Claudians AD 14-68; The Flavians: Savior to Despot AD 69-98; Trajan; Optimus Princeps AD 98-117; Hadrian and the Classical Revival AD 117-138; The Antonines AD 138-193; The Severans AD 193-235; The Soldier Emperors AD 235-284; The Tetrarchs AD 284-312; Constantine AD 307-337 and the Aftermath.
ISBN9780134407029
classical history, classical art, rome, european, culture
VG softback
$20 B/D
Prentice Hall 1996 Second edition, 320pp.
[#4310 ]
A biography, which includes verse and ballads written by Terry, a notorious chap who shot an old Chinaman to highlight the threat of non-white immigration in turn of the Twentieth Century New Zealand.
He became a bit of a celebrity, with many supporting him during his escapes from the Seacliff mental institution.
Hard to find title.
crime, murder, insanity, mental health, institutionalisation, xenophobia, Yellow Peril
Very Good hardback with Very Good dust jacket.
However it is ex-library with stamps and pockets, dust jacket under plastic sleeve.
$45 C/C
Otago Foundation Books 1977, First Edition, 222pp + plates.
[#4305 ]
An holistic approach to natural vision treatment and cure. As well as some far out new-age type creative visualization methods, there are more 'orthodox' ones such as palming and eye exercises.
ISBN0909104905
eyesight, vision, optometry, nature cure, health
VG- large format softback, spine sunned, name stamp to first page.
$15 B/C
Greenhouse Publications 1985, 218pp.
[#4306 ]
Exhaustive biography of this man's man, war correspondent, big-game hunter, big-game fisherman, and exceptional author.
Large heavy book. Edition= A-3,69[C]
literature, american, novelist, twentieth century.
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Name to free end paper, faint tape stain to endpapers.
$20 D/D
Charles Scribners 1969 cloth, 697pp + plates.
[#4297 ]
Ten lectures on education, given in Arnheim July 17-24 1924.
ISBN0854402500
anthroposophy, rudolf steiner
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$30 C/B
Rudolf Steiner Press 1971 First Edition, 189 +2pp adverts
[#4298 ]
A humorous medieval themed fable about the encounters between Farmer Giles and the dragon named Chrysophylax, with wonderful Baynes illustrations and frontispiece.
ISBN0048230685
dragonslayer, giant, myth, modern myth, LOTR
VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
Hard to fault copy, dust jacket is price clipped with minor edge wear and small area of surface rubbing to rear panl, tiny chip bottom edge of front panel, bookplate and former owner name on the half-title page
$30 C/B
George Allen Unwin, 1972
first edition ninth impression. 80pp.
[#4300 ]
The seventeenth novel in the Albert Campion series.
crime, thriller
G+ hardback in G+ dust jacket.
Book has some foxing to closed edges and a bit of a musty aroma.
The unclipped jacket has some edge wear and the rear panel has some minor surface insect damage.
$25 C/B
Chatto and Windus 1963 first edition, 254pp.
[#4301 ]
First hand stories of overseas postings in the words of Australian diplomats’ wives.
It offers an eye opening journey through the early decades of the diplomatic service, starting with the experiences of Australia’s first wife of a Head of Mission in Washington, and continuing to the likes of Beirut, Moscow, Rangoon, Cairo, Tokyo, Dili and Saigon.
Continuing to more recent times, it traces the evolution of a young foreign service as it became better organised and increasingly professional, and the evolving role of women within it.
Adventure, hardship, war, opportunity, these are the fish-out-of-water stories of intelligent, dedicated women raising families in far-flung corners of the globe.
Illustrated and indexed.
ISBN9781925043006
Jakarta, Malaysia, australian diplomacy
VG softback, with author's gift inscription inside front cover.
$55 C/C
Halstead Press 2013 first edition, 255pp.
[#4302 ]
Poems since 1973.
ISBN0908599072
Cover design by Max Hailstone.
VG- stapled softback, small crease to corner of first few pages.
$20 C/A
Cicada Press 1981 first edition, 42pp.
[#4303 ]
A meticulously researched thriller novel set in Victorian London, where multiple narratives converge in a heart-stopping climax.
Filled with period detail, and real historical figures, this showcases the depravity of the late Victorian city, and the advent of modern theories of criminology.
ISBN9780718159160
Jack the Ripper, Victorian policing, crime, fiction
VG softback.
$35 C/C
Penguin/ Michael Joseph 2012 first edition/ ARC, 523pp.
[#4304 ]
Memoirs by, at the time, New Zealand's foremost barrister and judge.
Includes famous New Zealand criminal cases and the trials of Minnie Deans, Charles Clements, the Tapanui murder of Sing Tong, William Wogan and more.
criminology, trials, jurisprudence, law
VG hardback with no dust jacket. Minor rubbing wear to corners.
$45 C/B
Otago Daily Times 1939 First Edition, xii 332 + frontis portrait.
[#4290 ]
Warner won international fame for her juvenile teaching methods based on psychoanalytical theory, and her novels based on these experiences.
This is her account of teaching in an experimental parent-funded school in Aspen, Colorado, where she spent a year.
ISBN0304293962
education, teaching, theory, USA
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
$15 C/C
Cassell 1974 first UK issue, 224pp.
[#4291 ]
The autobiography of Thubten Norbu brother of the Dalai Lama, as told to Heinrich Harrer, in English translation.
Includes his exile after the Communist Chinese invasion.
Tibet, Dalai Lama, biography, history, Himalaya
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with light edge wear.
Name to free end paper, minor scattered foxing to prelims.
$30 C/C
Hart Davis 1960 first edition, 264pp + colour plates.
[#4293 ]
A biography of O.Henry by one of his prison cell mates from before he made his mark as an author.
Jennings was a small-time Oklahoma outlaw and friend of William S. Porter, aka O. Henry.
author, writer, prison diary
Good hardback with rubbed edges.
Rear hinge cracked and loosened, minor foxing, one plate loose, minor pencil notation, one page messy tear repaired with archival tape.
$15 C/C
H K Fly 1921 first edition decorated cloth, 320pp.
[#4294 ]
This unusual book predicts Armageddon in 1968...obviously incorrect!
Treats of many different theories of prophecy including psychometry, numerology, astrology, theology, divination and biblical prophecy.
He gives many prophecies for the late 1960s many based on astrological readings.
pyramids, gizeh, zodiac, bible
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket.
some wear and closed edge tears 6 line inscription to free end paper.
$10 C/B
Carlton Press 1962 First Edition, 139pp.
[#4285 ]
Desmond Scott recounts his career with the RAF including how he became the most decorated New Zealand pilot.
Commanding No 486 NZ Squadron, and later Nos. 164, 183, 198 and 609 Squadrons.
One of the youngest Group Captains in the RAF he commanded and flew Typhoons.
ISBN0099844400
ww2, wwii, raf, nz, typhoon pilot,
VG softback with sun faded spine.
$15 C/B
Arrow1991 first thus printing, 143pp.
[#4286 ]
An interesting biography of Bram Stoker, with much emphasis on the sucess that Dracula brought him, both as a novel and a stage act.
biography, horror, vampire, literature
VG hardback in G dust jacket.
Minor tape residue shows as vertical strip down middle of paste downs with light offset to free end papers.
A small pen price to free end paper.
Jacket is complete and unclipped but has tape rust residue to top and bottom edges and the edges of the fold in flaps, this shows as darkened area but is not sticky.
$15 C/B
Quality Book Club 1962 First thus Book Club Edition, 200pp.
[#4287 ]
A history of the Christchurch Boys' High School, with some emphasis on non-academic activities; sport, theatre, tramping.
ISBN090856807X
ChChBHS, education, school history, boys high
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with small tear 10mm long at top corner, small chip at head of tail.
$20 C/C
Pegasus Press 1979 First Edition, 215pp + plates.
[#4288 ]
Autobiographical memoir by a clergyman who came out from England to be the vicar at Waikari.
Canon Wilford also worked at Christ's College and the Christchurch Cathedral.
Between 1904 and 1933he was involved in church building at Waikari, the 1910 missions in Prebbleton, the redevelopment of College House and the building of St George's Hospital.
new zealand, religious, memoir, anglican, north canterbury
VG hardback in G dust jacket with edge wear and some soiling and loss.
$25 C/C
Martini Publications Ltd. 1949 first edition, 248pp
[#4289 ]
Gives some history to, and a good look into, then contemporary occult practices in the British Isles, USA and Australia.
ISBN0709029616
Magic, Metaphysics, Wicca, Witchcraft, Paganism, Voodoo, Temple of Set, Satanism, New Religious Movements
VG+ hardback in VG+ unclipped dust jacket.
$30 C/B
Robert Hale 1987 First Edition, xii 161pp+ plates.
[#4281 ]
An Understanding of New Zealand's Wetland Gamebirds.
Gamebird hunting in New Zealand.
ISBN0959760903
keywords
VG- softback with worn wrappers.
$10 C/B
Wetland Press 1981 first edition, 123pp photo illustrations in text.
[#4279 ]
VG- softback with worn wrappers, scattered pencil annotation.
$10 C/B
Wetland Press 1981 first edition, 123pp photo illustrations in text.
[#240 ]
This book is a never before attempted practical study of the Goetia.
It is a handbook of ceremonial magic, including methods of summoning to VISIBLE appearance the spirits from The Lesser Key of Solomon the King.
With transcripts from the author's own Goetic evocation workings.
Scarce first softcover edition, there was also a near simulatenous hardcover edition, limited to 100 copies
ISBN9781573531115
Occult Magic, Evocation, Kabbalah, Qabalistic, Theurgy, Demonology, Satanism, Lesser Key of Solomon the King, Grimoire, Crowley
VG softback, has clear tape at heel of spine (no reason for it to be there as there is no damage) and faint pencil to fep, pen name at head of contents page, iv 203pp, foot of final page has been neatly removed with no loss of text
$65 C/B
Eschaton 1996 First Edition, iv 203pp.
[#4280 ]
New Zealand Soldiers Poems from World War Two.
2NZEF war poetry, letterpress on nice paper.
Greece, Crete, Western Desert, North Italy
G softback.
Sewn wrappers with stiff card covers and jacket, spine library taped with shelf label, chipped at edges, both fold in flaps detached but present, lacks half title, title with WITHDRAWN and date stamp, call numbers etc on verso page.
$15 C/B
Wai-te-ata Press 1979 First Edition, 56pp.
[#4275 ]
Includes Hogben's New Syllabus, Proficiency Examinations, post war changes and new subjects.
education, children, teaching
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
$30 C/C
New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1970 First Edition, xviii 321pp+ plates
[#4276 ]
Preceeded By a Maori Histroy of the Auckland Isthmus By George Graham.
G hardback with no jacket.
Cloth rubbed and faded, ex Ministry of Works library with library marks etc., Auckland City Coat of Arms plate tipped to half title (as published), large folding map at rear with minor tear.
$25 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1922 First Edition, 255pp + many plates.
[#4277 ]
Centennial publication history of the Catholic Chruch in Timaru.
south canterbury, catholic, regional history, local history
VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
Sewn sections with plain card boards with jacket pasted to these, as published.
Name to half title.
$30 C/B
The Catholic Presbytery 1969 First Edition, 151pp + plates
[#4265 ]
40 poems, nice printing.
twentieth century poetry, british
VG hardback in G+ dustjacket with chipped spine ends losing the P of POEMS at the head., small ink name on lower dust jacket panel.
$10 C/B
Faber 1952 reprint, 69pp.
[#4266 ]
The Story of Christchurch International Airport.
ISBN9416479003298
aviation, aerodrome, canterbury
VG hardback with no dust jacket.
A pen gift inscription inside front cover.
$25 C/D
Christchurch International Airport 2006, 223pp.
[#4267 ]
A history of a business dynasty from its early beginnings in Colonial Canterbury.
With a detailed account of the 1947 fire which killed 41 people, and could have been the end of the firm.
ISBN0476005647
business, company, department store
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$55 D/D a large heavy book.
J Ballantyne & Co Ltd 2004, 264pp.
[#4268 ]
A short history of wine production in New Zealand followed by a gazetter of notable wineries and winemakers.
With stunning photography by award winner Morrison, as well as a few by Marti Friedlander.
Covers both North and South Island producers.
ISBN9780340575703
viticulture, winery, primary produce, company history
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$25 D/D
Hodder and Stoughton 1993 first printing of Fourth Edition, 184pp.
[#4269 ]
First envisaged as early as 1854, it was not until the late 1800s that the University was established.
An exhaustive account of the students, staff and curriculum through the years at Auckland University.
ISBN0196480213
education, tertiary, academia
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Name to free end paper.
$35 B/D
Auckland University Press 1983, 364pp.
[#4270 ]
Earth is not our only home, and we have lived many lives in unusual environments before deciding to journey here and learn the lessons of Earth.
Cannon believes the memories of these soul journeys are recorded in our subconscious and can be retrieved through regressive hypnosis.
ISBN9780963277695
UFO, past lives, survival, new age, aliens, metaphysics, regression
VG softback
$20 C/B
Ozark Mountain Publishers 2010, 320pp
[#4252 ]
Brian Wilkins shares his experiences of climbing in the Southern Alps and the Himalayas.
During the New Zealand Alpine Club expedition to the Himalayas in 1954 Wilkins was closely associated with Sir Edmund Hillary, and was in a unique position to gauge his character and actions.
Wilkins achieved the first ascent of the northeast ridge of Mt Aspiring, a gripping drama of survival and human endurance and a test of the ethics of mountaineering.
In this account he also submits the writings of his contemporaries to robust criticism.
ISBN9781877578489
mountaineering, climbing, alpine, memoir, NZAC
VG softback
$30 C/C
Otago University Press 2013, 215pp
[#4253 ]
Wealth and Enterprise in New Zealand.
A history of the economic development of New Zealand and it's leaders, from the colonial runholders and industrialists, to stock market speculators and businessmen.
Includes list of those worth over $15 million dollar.
ISBN9780790009179
new edition, economics, biography,
VG softback
$15 C/C
Reed 2003 new edition, 333pp
[#4254 ]
The Remarkables high country sheep station in southern New Zealand, with historical information on those who have run it as a business as well as the native wildlife and the landscape etc.
ISBN0589010093
otago, history, farms
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
Small name and address to half-title page.
$35 C/C
Reed 1978, 190pp many black and white photos in text, map end papers.
[#4255 ]
Best known as a landscape and flower painter, Stoddart moved from precisely observed studies to impressionism after eight years study in Europe.
A superb monograph of this Canterbury based woman artist.
ISBN9781877161131
art, painting, impressionist, women
VG softback
$20 B/C
Hazard Press Ltd 1997, 111 pp.
[#4256 ]
The Memorial stained glass and some Notable Graves of St Peter's, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand, with colour photographs of the windows.
ISBN090871405X
architecture, arts and crafts, ecclesiastical art, christian
VG softback
$30 B/C
Te Waihora Press/ Parish of St Peter's 1990, 96pp.
[#4257 ]
Autobiography of an an elder of the Whanau-a-Apanui tribe in Auckland, with commentary by Anne Salmond.
Stirling passes on his traditional tribal knowledge and the deeper meanings of an ancestral way of life.
Discusses such traditional concepts as mana (spiritual power), matauranga (knowledge), and whakapapa (genealogy), and the customs of the rahui (reserve), taua (raiding party), and haka (war dance).
Also life in the Bay of Plenty in the era of whaling, maize-cropping, and kumara growing, and an account of his work with Sir Apirana Ngata.
ISBN0195580702
maori, maoritanga, history
VG softback with minor wear.
$50 B/C
Oxford University Press 1980, 288pp.
[#4258 ]
Covers the early figures involved in the development of aviation in New Zealand.
Richard Pearse, Bertram Ogilvie, George Bolt, Kingsford Smith, Jean Batten etc.
Discusses the commercial airlines TEAL and Air New Zealand.
ISBN9781877327094
transport, commercial, airlines, flying
VG softback
$20 B/C
Whitcoulls 2002, 144pp.
[#4259 ]
An impressive record of engineering works large and small from across the length of the country.
Over 65 projects, spanning more than 130 years, feature in this record of engineering works that have contributed to the shape of New Zealand today.
ISBN9780790006901
buildings, roads, bridges, industrial engineering, ministry of works, colonial, power, hydroelectric
VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
$35 D/D
Reed Books 1999, 167pp.
[#4260 ]
A history of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council, from the early days of the Canterbury Settlement.
ISBN0473008513
christchurch, local body, regional
VG softback
$30 C/B
Heathcote County Council 1989, 274pp.
[#4261 ]
First published in 1981, this is the shorter work of the two volume set A History of Greek Art, intended for a general readership.
The abbreviation has been achieved by the selection of fewer objects for discussion rather than by a more summary treatment and the particular qualities of the larger History have been preserved.
ISBN9780521280846
classical history, classical art, hellenismos, hellenic, european, culture
VG softback
$20 B/D
Cambridge University Press, 1989, 240pp.
[#4262 ]
Reissue of the 1968 original book of McIntyres paintings of places around NZ.
An essay followed by 56 full page colour reproductions of his paintings.
ISBN0908676387
art, paintings, landscape
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Jacket has some mild rubbing to spine ends.
$55 D/D
Large format book.
Beckett 1989 new edition.
[#4246 ]
Gerald and Norman Nairn, who had served in the NZEF in the Middle East, seized on the demise of the Turkish Empire post WWI and set up a transport company which serviced a desert route between Beirut and Baghdad.
The company had success during WWII with their specially designed bus fleet.
Rare title.
new zealand business, transport, iraq, mesopotamia
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, but is MISSING the title page.
$45 C/B
Reed, 192pp + plates.
[#4247 ]
An erotic literary work by this feminist icon.
fiction, literature, erotica
VG- hardback with no dust jacket.
A few pencil numbers to end paper, boards slighlty soiled by dust and handling.
A few page corners have been folded over.
$20 C/B
Spearman 1955 First Edition, 136pp.
[#4248 ]
An important work on the nature of the Seven Rays, their source and the Great Use and Danger of the Knowledge of the Rays.
Includes discussions of Shiva and other Hindu concepts.
philosophy, hinduism, theosophy, new age, annie besant
Good hardback with no jacket.
Rubbed to extremities and lightly soiled.
Title page and contents page foxed and some foxing to page edges.
The rear end paper and paste down (only) are water stained and the glossary at rear is a bit foxed as well.
At the lower end of 'Good' condition but no real faults just overall a bit 'tired' etc.
$25 C/B
Theosophical Publishing House 1925 First Edition, 146pp.
[#4249 ]
The author ventured to the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada in 1874, and later came out to New Zealand where he became Master of the Pakuranga Hounds.
Contains much on The Hunt with amusing sketches by the author, who seems to have travelled widely in the early days of New Zealand colonial settlement.
horse and hound, hunt, Waikato Hunt Club, Hudson's Bay Canada
VG hardback with no jacket.
Red cloth gilt titled upper board and spine, the spine has been sunned to a bone colour.
Ink name to end paper.
$65 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1938 First Edition, 235pp +plates +adverts at rear.
[#4250 ]
A social and criminal history of marijuana use in New Zealand.
Researched from Police, Customs and Health Department records, as well as media reports and other sources.
ISBN9781869530310
cannabis, hemp, drugs, narcotics, sociology
VG softback
$30 B/C
David Bateman 1990, 184pp.
[#4239 ]
History of the passenger steamer services between Wellington and the South Island from 1873 to the Wahine disaster of 1968.
transport, shipping, merchant marine
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Inscription to first page.
$25 C/C
Reed 1968 first edition, 207pp.
[#4240 ]
The official record of the first hundred years of Christchurch Botanic Gardens, from 1863-1963.
botany, botanical gardens,
VG- hardback in VG dust jacket.
First page has some pen inscriptions.
$15 C/C
Christchurch City Council (1963), 182pp + plates and folding map at rear pocket.
[#4241 ]
The construction of the North Island Main Trunk Railway.
ISBN0002169371
railways, locomotives, steam, nzr, new zealand rail
VG- hardback with VG dust jacket sunfaded to spine.
Pen gift inscription to title page.
$25 C/C
Collins 1978, 224pp.
[#4242 ]
A Jungian View of the Higher Self from Egypt to Christ.
Clarke reinterprets Western Spirituality, using Jungian symbolism, to show that the great stories of ancient Egypt and of the Old and New Testament are processes of what Jung called individuation.
This is the individual's journey from lowest to highest Self; from Osiris to Horus, from Moses to Joshua, from David to Solomon, from John the Baptist to Jesus Christ.
These pairings also reflect what Joseph Campbell calls the Hero's Journey, which may ultimately spiritualize the whole culture.
The ultimate example of individuation, Clarke says, is the Christ, who must now be further understood and developed.
ISBN9781571744227
psychology, C G Jung, mysticism, initiation, esoteric, gnosticism
VG softback, but has a few pages of pencil notation.
$20 C/C
Hampton Roads 2005, 453pp.
[#4243 ]
History of the Club published for the 50 year anniversary.
With some colour and black and white photographs.
ISBN0473036630
keywords
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under plastic sleeve. Name in marker to top of title page.
$40 B/D
Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc. 1996 viii 208pp.
[#4226 ]
Assembled from research for a full history of the Christchurch suburbs of Aranui and Wainoni, this has a lot of intresting facts on some obscure residents and businesses in the area, with many photographs.
local history, Bickerton, Richard Pearse, Wainoni Park, Aranui School, Breezes Road, Amateur Speedway, Vennell murder, Littleover, Pine Avon Sanitorium
G+ comb bound laser printed sheets. Small area of staining bottom corner of first pages.
$25 B/B
Tim Baker (2005?) 53pp.
[#4227 ]
Graeme Connell was a young, disillusioned small town newspaper journalist who went to Antarctica with the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program.
He recounts his professional, and personal, experiences during his stay on the ice.
ISBN9780987692207
Scott Base, Vanda Station, Operation Deep Freeze
VG softback
$30 B/C
Polished Publishing Group 2011, 290pp.
[#4228 ]
Culled from archive tapes stored at the National Library of Wales following the death of Colin Edwards, who had interviewed everyone he could find with a Dylan Thomas connection as the groundwork for an intended biography.
David N. Thomas has edited the transcribed tapes, discovering startling new information about Thomas's life and writing.
Volume One covers Dylan's life to the age of twenty, when he left Swansea for what he hoped would be a bohemian life in London.
ISBN9781854113481
Wales, Welsh, Celtic, poetry, literature, biography
VG softback with gift inscription to first page.
$15 C/C
Seren / Poetry Wales Press 2003, 314pp.
[#4229 ]
Introduction with exercises to the ancient Chinese system of breathing techniques and exercises that strengthen the mind, body and spirit as they balance and augment Qi, or life force.
Includes a table that describes the various exercises, lists their physical benefits and classifies them according to level of difficulty.
ISBN9780804817219
chinese yoga, tao, meditation, martial arts
VG softback
$15 B/B
Tuttle 1994, 120pp.
[#4230 ]
A book of letters from, Harold Musson, who wrote almost daily to his wife from the trenches of France during The Great War.
Harold had chosen to leave his home in Argentina to take part in the war.
The letters and diaries reveal much more than his daily news and views to his wife, and with the help of modern technology Sheila discovered more about Harold, his circumstances and his friends, including Flurry, a New Zealander who also chose to serve in the British Army.
In the book Sheila "writes back to him", to tell him of his family and his friends, whilst preserving his letters as a historic document.
ISBN9780473407728
ww1, wwi,
VG softback
$35 B/C
The Copy Press, Nelson, 2017, 379pp.
[#4231 ]
The most comprehensively illustrated book on the subject at time of publication, with thousands of specimens in clear, colour photographs.
ISBN0330264419
mycology, fungi, mushrooms, toadstools, agaric, polypores, ascomycetes, foraging,
VG+ softback
$45 B/D
Pan MacMillan 1994, 288pp.
[#4232 ]
Pristine first edition in unclipped dust jacket of this posthumously published tale by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Patick Benson.
ISBN9780224028998
illustrated, childrens fiction
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket.
$30 B/C
Jonathan Cape 1991 first edition, 48pp.
[#4233 ]
Tidy first edition in unclipped dust jacket of these wicked rhymes by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
ISBN9780224026604
illustrated, childrens verse
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$35 B/C
Jonathan Cape 1989 first edition, 80pp.
[#4234 ]
A history of the garages servicing the motorists of Ashburton County, as well as ancilliary businesses.
With photographs.
ISBN9780473125844
canterbury, automotive, company history, motoring
VG- softback with minor label lift to cover.
$35 C/B
Ashburton Garages History Group (2005), 266pp.
[#4235 ]
With intro by Charteris plus 5 short stories.
Illustrated by Frank Kalin
VG- paperback with light wear to wrappers, aged paper stock.
$10 A/B
The Saint Mystery Library 1960 First Edition, 154pp.
[PB1633 ]
11 horror tales in the vein of Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.
The second volume in the British paperback edition of The Hounds of Tindalos collection.
ISBN0586041826
Rare
G+ paperback with light wear, a spine lean and some foxing mainly to closed edges.
Bookstore code label to inside rear cover.
$65 A/B
Panther 1975 First Edition, 174pp.
[PB1634 ]
The famous autobiography of the first great philosopher and guru from India to live in the West for an extended period.
He was sent to America in 1920 and introduced tens of thousands of Americans to yoga.
ISBN9780876120798
philosophy, hindu, indian, spirituality
VG- paperback
$10 A/B
Self Realization Fellowship 2005, 596pp.
[PB1635 ]
Poetry collection by a middle aged Australian woman living on her own, pondering life.
Original New Zealand printing.
ISBN0908562403
women's literature, poet, poets
VG hardback in VG dust jacket lightly rubbed to dust jacket edges.
$20 C/B
Caveman Press 1976 First Edition, 71pp.
[#4218 ]
A survey of the region with information on meteorology, hydrology, gology, soils, botany, biology and zoology.
Also the social history of human activity in the 19th and 20th centuries.
ISBN0477061044
Rotoiti lodge workshop september 1978, conservation, statistics, survey, Tasman, St Arnaud
VG- softback
$45 B/C
Department of Lands and Survey 1981, 227pp.
[#4219 ]
Each of the sixteen chapters focuses on one of New Zealand's great alpine mountain peaks.
Also the North Island volcanic Mt.Taranaki / Mt Egmont.
With historic black and white, and modern colour, photographs, and details the classic mountaineering routes.
ISBN0868681253
Mt Cook, Mt Tasman, Mt Hicks, Mt Sefton, Malte Brun,
Mt Aspiring, Tapuae-o-Uenuku, Mt D'Archaic, Mt Earnslaw, Mt Arrowsmith,
Mt Tutoko, Mt Whitcombe, Mt Evans, Mt Rolleston, Mt Sabre.
VG softback
$25 B/C
John McIndoe 1990, 176pp.
[#4220 ]
One of the best travel guides to New Zealand, with detailed historical information as well as current points of note. Valued by tour guides for the local history notes.
ISBN9780474001307
VG+ softback
$20 B/C
Reed 1986 4th edition fully revised, 422pp.
[#4221 ]