All aspects of human innovation and scientific research.
Includes technology and transportation. Theoretical and practical sciences.
Physics, chemistry, engineering.
A history of earthbuilding techniques used in New Zealand in the past, and guidelines for contemporary building projects utilising earth based technologies. Includes photographs and drawings.
ISBN9780864692900
VG softback
$35 B/C
Dunmore Press 1997, 176pp. [#2911 architecture, building ]
Passenger, Coaching, Bus Service, Company History
VG hardback in VG dust jacket SIGNED BY the author Len Anderson and the Managing Director of the Company Arthur Giles.
$45 C/B
Reed 1967 First Edition, 124pp + plates.
[#5603 ]
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 ]
After sailing across the Pacific from New Zealand to Boston, via Panama, Neill then competed in the Trans Tasman Yacht Race in his ketch Taihoa. An account of his travels, experiences and the people he met. Illustrated with drawings and photos by Julia Faithful.
G+ hardback in G+ dust jacket, some wear and aging to both. SIGNED to dedication page by Neill Arrow.
$25 C/C
Caxton Press 1961, 174pp + plates.
[#3115 ]
Autobiography by New Zealand's greatest pioneer aviator.
Jean Batten flew immense distances in record times and helped establish what later became airline routes.
This new edition is revised from her 1938 My Life.
ISBN 0906393019
aviation, long distance flights, new zealand, women, female pilots.
THIS COPY IS SIGNED with a presentation inscription by Jean, dated 1980.
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$55 C/C
Technical Books 1979 first thus revised edition, 190pp + plates.
[#4960 ]
Autobiography by New Zealand's greatest pioneer aviator
Jean Batten flew immense distances in record times and helped establish what later became airline routes. Revised from her 1938 My Life in 1979
ISBN 1853100234
VG softback with sunned spine
$15 C/B
Airlife 1979, 190 pages + plates. [#5665 ]
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 Introductory Manual of Flying Training complete with Air Instruction.
ISBN 027300865X
Airplanes, Piloting, Aeroplanes, Flying, Manuals
VG hardback with printed boards, sunned spine.
$10 C/B
Pitman 1974 third edition, 207pp.
[#4858 ]
A maintenance and overhauling workshop manual for owners of all Morris Ten models from 1933 to 1948.
Wolseley, Automanual, Motoring, Mechanics, model 10
G+ softback in limp card covers with red papered spine
light crease to cover which is a little grubby
$15 C/A
Pitman and Sons 1958 second edition, 81pp.
[#4112]
VG, small nick out of bottom edge of upper board
$15 C/D [ST 34]
McGraw-Hill 1980 second edition hardcover pictorial boards, x 256pp. For the student of Engineering Drawing. ISBN 0070935386 technical drawing
George Brasell was born in Timaru in 1911 and lived most of his life in Lyttelton.
This autobiography deals with his long career as a seaman and navigator.
He served with the Merchant Service in the RNZN during WWII.
ISBN0908896018
sailing, maritime, biography, trawler Tawera, Sanders Cup, memoir
VG softback, signed by author.
$15 C/B
Daphne Brasell Associates Press 1991 reprint, 191pp.
[#4167 ]
VG Poor DW with considerable loss to both panels, book has sunned spine.
$20 B/C [ST 44]
Ian Allan 1957 first edition 4to hardcover, 96pp with b&w plates and colour frontis.
VG G DW with piece missing from top left corner front panel and chips to bottom edge also, book has sunned spine.
$25 B/C [ST 45]
Ian Allan 1958 first edition 4to hardcover, 96pp with b&w plates.
A New Zealander with no experience builds his own 15m ocean going dream yacht.
ISBN0509013114
sailing
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$25 C/C
Reed 1980, 188 pages. [#2623 ]
A guide to sympathetically restoring, renovating and renewing heritage domestic buildings.
Prepared for the Historic Places Trust, this revised edition has new entries in the bibliography, and an inventory of specialist trades and suppliers.
ISBN9781869411176
heritage, historic, architecture, colonial, victorian, edwardian, renovation
VG- softback with light sunfade to the spine.
$25 B/B
Random Century 1991, third edition revised , 98pp.
[#3596 ]
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 Industrial heritage of Briatin, which, as the world's first Industrial Nation, has some of the oldest technological installations which show the history and development of the new technologies such as steam power, coal, iron and steel production and use in construction, textiles and pottery.
Illustrated with photographs and diagrams ( black and white).
ISBN 9780715301340
engineering, architecture, commerce, industrial revolution, United Kingdom
VG softback, gift inscription at front.
$20 C/C
David and Charles 1993 third edition, 384pp.
[#5110 ]
VG light wear to wrappers
$25 B/A [ST 37]
Government Printer 1978 revised metricated edition, stapled wrappers, 64pp. Legislation, explosives and their description, detonation, primers, safety, storage and destruction of explosives.
The history behind the loss of the Elingamite in 1902 north of New Zealand.
In 1968 a syndicate led by Wade Doak and Kelvin (Kelly) Tarlton suceeded in salvaging gold and silver from the wreck.
ISBN 0340107774
salvage, shipwreck, bullion, Kelly Tarlton,
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
$20 C/B
Hodder 1969 first edition, 192pp + plates.
[#5150 ]
A history of New Zealand airline companies
Chapters include; New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey, International Influences, Pioneering Airlines, plus appendices.
Includes references to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and the possibility of her use by US military for intelligence gathering.
ISBN0868670316
air new zealand, aviation, airlines, passenger service
VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
$30 C/C
Shortland Publications 1989 first edition, 302pp + plates, map end papers.
[#3953 ]
VG name and price in pen to half title.
$15 B/B [ST 40]
Blackie 1978 softcover, 246pp. Tertiary Level Biology series. ISBN 0216906490
Eisen traveled the world in search of documented stories of scientific cover-ups, covert operations, and programs of deliberate misinformation, all designed to hide controversial inventions and discoveries, such as anti-gravity devices, limitless energy sources, results of cancer and AIDS research, and more.
ISBN0958333475
science, fraud in science, Cancer, Medical innovations, Renewable energy sources
VG softback.
$20 C/D
Auckland Institute of Technology Press 1994, 416pp.
[#4405 ]
True Stories of Suppression, Scientific Cover-ups, Misinformation and Brilliant Breakthroughs.
Eisen traveled the world in search of documented stories of scientific cover-ups, covert operations, and programs of deliberate misinformation, all designed to hide controversial inventions and discoveries, such as anti-gravity devices, limitless energy sources, results of cancer and AIDS research, and more.
ISBN0895298090
science, fraud in science, Cancer, Medical innovations, Renewable energy sources
VG- softback.
$20 C/D
Avery Publishing Group 1999, 546pp.
[#3197 ]
History of the Union Steam Ship Company, NZ Ltd. With Fleet list of steamers and motorships. Subsidiary and associated companies. Sailing Ship fleet list. Miscellaneous chartered, managed and/or part owned tonnage hulks, barges, launches. Chronology of some significant dates in the history of the company. Company colour sheme. Personalia.
VG softback
$20 B/B
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society 1976, vii 61pp. [#2909 new zealand, transport, shipping ]
v 1 G spine chipped and detached from sewn sheets, label to cover.
v 2 VG label to cover.
$6 together [Item# 190 ST]
Pelican 1949 vol 1 first reprint, vol 2 first edition, sewn paperbacks, 154 + 189pp. Greek science.
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 ]
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.
ISBN9781877251306
aviation, Irishman Creek, sailplanes, unpowered flight
VG softback, top corner of first page trimmed off.
$35 C/C
Shoal Bay Press 2003 first edition, 200pp + plates.
[#4169 ]
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 ]
Reminiscences of a steam engine driver from the days of steam in both the North and South Islands, some of the photos include these areas; Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otira, Cass, Arthur's Pass, Rewanui incline, Little River, Hapuawhenua viaduct, Frankton, Southland.
railways, trains, memoir
VG hardback in G+ dustjacket, rubbed to edges with splits at corners.
$10 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1964 first edition, 141pp + plates.
[#2068 ]
VG lamination crazing, marker inscription to inside cover
$20 C/C [ST 38]
Longmans 1987 softcover, 282pp. Provides full coverage of UK BTEC units, covers all aspects of radio engineering. ISBN 0582994810
DESCRIPTION
ISBN 9780474000652
All about the comet as experienced in New Zealand during the 1910 visitation and with reference to Te Auahituroa in Maori oral tradition and star-lore.
Also the general background of comets, Edmond Halley, and a section of what to expect during the 1986 revisit of the comet.
VG softback
$10 C/B
Reed Methuen 1985 first edition, 172pp.
[#5734 ]
The Story of Bill Hamilton, New Zealand farmer, inventor, engineer and jet boat pioneer (Colorado jet boat expedition of 1960).
ISBN0589012940
VG hardback in VG dust jacket $35 C/C Reed 1979 reprint of 1969 original, 214 pages + plates. [#2473 nz biography ]
Using newly developed jet boats, a party of New Zealand and American adventurers took the normal trip down through the Grand Canyon.
Then, because they could, they then turned around and made the return trip against the current.
Obviously the first time such a thing was possible.
hamilton jet boat, expedition, motorboating, colorado river, engineering
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Caxton Press 1963 reprint, 259pp + plates.
[#4278 ]
VG- hardback with lightly soiled covers, name to fep. No dust jacket.
$15 C/C
Caxton Press 1963 reprint, 259pp + plates.
[#920 ]
A new edition of this classic account of the first jet-boat on the Colorado River and it's epic 1960 expedition upstream. This Anniversary edition has colour photographs not seen in the original edition, and a movie DVD.
ISBN9780473175894
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$65 B/C
Joyce Hamilton and Tony Kean 2010, 264pp.
[#3448 ]
Biography of Sir William Hamilton and his innovative engineering firm.
Surprisingly uncommon title.
ISBN 9780473289904
biography, engineering, jet boat, jet engine, Irishman Creek Station, Hamilton Jet
G+ softback with French flaps, has some damp related waviness or rippling to some pages at the front and the cover, but no stains or damage.
$75 C/C
CWF Hamilton ands Co Ltd 2014 first edition, 360pp.
[#5672 ]
The story of Kiwi motorcycling legend, backyard engineering genius and land speed record holder Burt Munro.
Munro broke international speed records with a motorbike he modified in his Christchurch shed and still holds several records in the USA.
ISBN9780143019749
motor sport, motorcycle, racing, Bonneville, southland, world's fastest indian
VG- softback.
$15 C/C
Penguin Books2005, 308pp.
[#4486 ]
Kim Newcombe, a little known Kiwi mechanic, in 1973 came second in the 500cc grand prix motorcycle championship.
Kim went to Europe for an overseas adventure, living in West Berlin working as an engineer for Konig, the outboard and hydroplane specialists and became their test rider.
Kim subsequently won the Yugoslavian GP and topped the 500GP table.
He was killed in a crash at Stowe Corner, Silverstone, in 1973.
This biography offers an unique insight into the world of grand prix racing in the early seventies.
ISBN9780473177461
new zealand, moto gp, grand prix, motorcycle, racing, automotive, mechanical engineering
VG softback with minor handling wear
$50 D/D
Finish Line Publications 2010 first edition, 508pp + photographs.
[#4028 ]
New Zealand aviation history, including the pioneer long-distance flights in New Zealand.
aviation, aircraft, twentieth century
VG hardback in VG price clipped dust jacket, light surface rubbing.
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. 1966 first edition,192pp + plates.
[#4861 ]
Taking the most elementary knowledge for granted, Lancelot Hogben leads readers of this famous book through the whole course from simple arithmetic to calculus. His illuminating explanation is addressed to the person who wants to understand the place of mathematics in modern civilization but who has been intimidated by its supposed difficulty. Mathematics is the language of size, shape, and order; a language Hogben shows one can both master and enjoy.
ISBN9780393300352
VG softback
$10 A/C
Norton (1983) revised and enlarged, illustrated, 649pp.
[#3132 ]
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 ]
Over 1900 shipping accidents in New Zealand waters over a span of 175 years.
Dust jacket painting by painting by W W Stewart.
ISBN0589015109
nautical, merchant marine, wrecks, shipping
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$65 C/D
Reed 1984 Sixth edition, revised and enlarged, 491pp + plates
[#4447 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, review pasted to rear end-paper.
$10 B/C
Little Brown and Co, 2010, 391 pages. ISBN9780316051644 [#2619 science ]
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 ]
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 ]
The definitive account of New Zealand's worst maritime disaster since 1894.
ship wreck, marine, T E V Wahine
VG- hardback in VG- dust jacket.
Jacket has been contact sealed.
Book has a College Library stamp to closed fore edge and the half-title, otherwise unmarked.
$20 C/C
Reed 1969 first edition, 221pp+plates.
[#4410 ]
A historical and practical look at draught horse involvement in New Zealands agricultural foundation.
Includes good information on horse drawn farm machinery.
The author spent the first sixteen years of his working life on a large Wairarapa Station where the mighty Draught Horse provided the motive power for much of the farming work.
He gives details of the working methods and techniques, the specialised equipment involved and of the life of the horses and their masters, with whom they enjoyed such a close working relationship.
Illustrated with archival photographs drawn from the Alexander Turnbull Library and other recent photographs of some of the survivors of these splendid animals.
ISBN0908887086
Equine, Equestrian, Farm Machinery, Beasts of Burden, Friends in Chains, working horses
VG softback
$30 B/B
Cosmos Publications 1992 first edition, 72pp.
[#4454 ]
The author recounts his career on deisel and steam locomotives on the railways of the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
ISBN
NZR, Rimutaka, Deisel, steam, trains, photographs
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket that has some edge wear and an area with minor surface loss to rear panel.
$15 C/B
Reed 1967, 184pp + plates.
[#3534 ]
The First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica.
ISBN0002117371
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with some edge wear.
$15 C/C
Collins 1975 first edition, 223pp + plates, map endpapers.
[#5498 ]
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 ]
VG+ bookseller label to title.
$20 B/B[ST 42]
Longman Scientific & Technical 1986 softcover, 110pp. Intended for City and Guilds 224 Electronics servicing and the BTEC Certificate and diploma courses. ISBN 0582988527
A basic information guide, mainly statistical and technical, with a bibliography.
aeroplanes, aircraft, rnzaf, nzpaf, cnzcr
VG stapled softcover
$20 C/B
Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand 1972, 56pp.
[#5099 ]
Memoirs by a career pilot and member of 75 Squadron RAF and 490 Squadron RNZAF. McGreal served in wartime and later for Tasman Airways and the Civil Aviation department.
ISBN0473027615
wwii, ww2, PACSAA, 75 Sqdn RAF, Sunderlands, TEAL, Coral Route
VG softback
$30 C/B
Maurice McGreal 1998, viii 208pp.
[#3501 ]
The first three decades of Arrow International, a construction firm formed in Dunedin in 1984 by Ron Anderson and Bob Foster.
ISBN 9780473359447
Well illustrated throughout.
VG+ softback
$45 D/C
Arrow International Group Ltd 2016 first edition, 240pp.
[#4713 ]
Facts after 12 years of speculation on the sinking of a 20,000 tonne Soviet cruise liner in the Marlborough Sounds.
The inquiry into the accident was riddled with anomalies which the author seeks to elucidate.
ISBN9780473053314
nautical, shipwreck, sinking, russian, espionage, conspiracy
VG+ softback
$25 C/B
Nationwide Book Distributors Ltd 1999 first reprint, 131 pages.
[#2495]
Many conspiracy theories have arisen about why this Russian liner struck rocks and sank, with the loss of a crew member, in Queen Charlotte Sound.
It was under the guidance of a New Zealand pilot, and with the help of the Russian crew and many locals the ship was successfully abandoned with just one casualty.
ISBN9780908561698
maritime, shipping, disaster, shipwreck, Picton, Marlborough
VG softback
$25 C/B
Cape Catley Ltd. 1999. 200 pp.
[#3650, 3922 ]
FN
$15 B/A [ST 35]
Technical Press 1974 third edition revised and metricated, softcover, 89pp. ISBN 0291394361 boiler making
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 ]
The autobiography of Paul Owen, an award-winning motoring journalist and motorsport author.
The chief editor for New Zealand Autocar Magazine.
ISBN 9780958238878
motoring, motor sport
VG softback, small gift inscription on the inside front cover.
$20 C/B
Phantom House Books 2005 first edition, 192pp + plates.
[#4971 ]
VG G+ DW sunned spine, lamination peeling, small water mark foot of spine, closed top edges of pages has small note in pen as to conversion of inches to centimetres!
$40 C/D [ST 41]
Maurice Michael 1979 first edition hardcover folio, 287pp. Black and white and colour photographs and diagrams throughout. Complete history of boat building from antiquity to the present. ISBN 0540071870
Frank Ponder recounts his career as a Government Architect for the New Zealand Ministry of Works.
He worked on many developments in the Pacific Islands, including Hurricane relief and infrastructure such as airports.
He designed Scott Base and helped with preservation of Scott and Shackleton's Huts.
Not just of interest for the biographical material, but as a record of the importance of the Ministry of Works.
ISBN0473036843
MV Maui Pomare, Niue, Rarotonga, Pacific Islands, infrastructure, development, Antarctica, flying boats, Samoa, airport design
VG- hardback in VG+ dust jacket. Two pages have a black line penned to margin to highlight a section of text, otherwise an excellent copy.
$25 B/C
Wenlock House 1996 first edition, 160pp.
[#3916 ]
Quincey has written an account of a 63 day solo journey across the Tasman Sea in a rowboat.
He left from the Hokianga and made landfall at Marcus Beach north of Brisbane.
Based on the log he kept daily during his epic adventure.
ISBN0340227575
nautical, solo, tasman sea, sailing
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with a short repaired tear.
$20 C/C
Hodder 1977 first edition, xv 203pp + plates.
[#3605 ]
Good history of non-military aircraft and flying in New Zealand.
llustrated in black and white photos throughout.
ISBN0589009052
Aircraft, Flying,
VG- hardback in G+ dust jacket. Book is missing first blank page. Dust jacket has some sun fading and repaired tear to spine.
$20 B/C
Reed 1975, 188pp.
[#3933 ]
The story of the charting of the New Zealand coast, from Tasman and Captain Cook, to the Royal New Zealand Navy and modern times.
marine, nautical, mapping, hydrographic, survey, charts
VG- hardback in VG dust jacket.
Some minor humidity rippling to rear few pages, but NOT waterstained except for the last blank endpaper)
$25 C/C
AH and AW Reed 1969 first edition, 277pp.
[#4106 ]
FN
$35 C/C [ST 36]
MacMillan 1992 softcover, 335pp. ISBN 0333536967
Robin's account of his 1978 Round the World yacht race experience.
ISBN 0589012509
sailing, Whitbread Round-the-World Race,
Very Good hardback in Very Good
$20 C/C
Reed 1978 First Edition, 207pp + colour plates.
[#5669 ]
Captioned photographs of New Zealand vintage racing car rallying.
VG- hardback in G+ dust jacket. Jacket is edge worn with some short tears and handling soiling. Front cover of book sunfaded at top.
$50 D/D
Moa Publications 1972, 96pp.
[#3194 ]
Volume 1.
The basic book of seamanship for officers and men joing the Royal Navy.
Ship Knowledge and safety, Seamanship, Ship Organisation, Shiphandling and Navigation.
With diagrams etc.
Includes uses of rope, cordage, knots etc.
B.R.67(1)
VG hardback
$35 C/C
HMSO 1964 new edition, x 494pp.
[#5236 ]
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 ]
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 ]
The true story of how an Australian and New Zealand crew salvaged eight tons of gold from a ship sunk in the midst of a German laid minefield in the Tasman Sea in the midst of the Second World War.
The scarce war-time printing of this fascinating story.
Claymore, Niagara, shipwreck, deep sea diving, John Johnstone
VG- softback, folded sheets stapled in paper wrappers with photo of diver J Johnstone on front.
From the Kelly Tarlton Shipwreck Museum, with pen inscription and stamp to title page.
$75 C/B
Reed 1943 second printing after 1942, 51pp.
[#5543 ]
The true story of how an Australian and New Zealand crew salvaged eight tons of gold from a ship sunk in the midst of a German laid minefield in the Tasman Sea in the midst of the Second World War.
ISBN 9780864177667
Claymore, Niagara, shipwreck, deep sea diving, John Johnstone
VG softback
$20 C/B
Kangaroo Press 1996, 160pp.
[#5544 ]
A semi-autobiography in which Shute writes of his childhood, the Easter 1916 Dublin Rising (his father was Secretary to the Post Office), and military service during World War One. It includes his aviation engineering career, and his involvement in the airship R100. He was also a passenger on this airship's flight to Canada in 1930.
G+ hardback with no dust jacket. Lacks front free end paper. Minor tape marks to endpapers.
$10 C/C
Heinemann 1954 first reprint. 249pp + plates.
[#3284 ]
Shoestring Shipping in the South Pacific.
As a partner in the Silk and Boyd company of cargo carriers, Don recounts his life sailing the trade routes of the Pacific.
ISBN 9780908877492
maritime, shipping,transportation, merchant marine
G+ softback with minor wear, two digit number in pen inside front cover and to first page.
$20 C/B
Godwit Publishing 1994 first edition, 244pp.
[#5190 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with slightly sunned spine
$20 B/C
Whitcoulls 1975,128pp. ISBN0723304270 [#2639 new zealand rail transport ]
An account of the amazing feat of seamanship by Slocum, who circled the globe without a crew on his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles.
ISBN0760719861
nautical, solo yachting, seafaring
VG- softback
$10 A/B
Barnes and Noble 2000, 264pp.
[#4170]
photographic survey of London and North Eastern Railways locomotives from the steam age.
Covers North Eastern and Scottish areas.
Black and white photos.
ISBN 0711001944
A1 Pacific, A3 Pacific, steam engines, railways, trains, British
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$20 B/C
Ian Allan1974,112pp.
[#5109 ]
The history of the development of the New Zealand Villa style house.
With chapters on conservation and restoration.
ISBN 9780141004747
architecture, building, historic buildings
VG softback
$30 B/B
Penguin Books 2002 Revised and Updated Edition, 104pp
[#5519 ]
A history of the inception, growth and decline of commercial commuter trams in New Zealand towns and cities. Profusely illustrated.
ISBN186934000X
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$35 B/C
Grantham House Publishing, 1985. 112pp. [#2907]
From carts and coaches, to trams and omnibuses.
Illustrated throughout with photos in the text.
ISBN0589007203
commuter transport, trams, cablecars, omnibus
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket.
$30 B/C
Reed 1973 first edition, 221pp
[#3976 ]
Social and technical history of the steam era of New Zealand railways.
Well illustrated with b/w photographs, diagrams and colour paintings.
ISBN 0589003828
railways, steam locomotives, transport, new zealand
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$35 B/D
Reed 1974 reprint, 143pp.
[#5174B ]
Stories about the beginning of aircraft manufacturing in New Zealand, which touch lightly on the imperfections of man and man made machines; record the worldwide, warm hearted friendship of the Amateur radio movement and vividly recount the hazards and frustrations a small dedicated band of New Zealand pilots faced in their efforts to deliver New Zealand manufactured aircraft to international customers.
Tait recounts his own career in aviation, including his long-distance delivery of aircraft, and use of Ham Radio contacts around the world.
ISBN0473000415
flying, aviation, light aircraft, air trainers, biography
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket.
Signed by the author.
$35 C/C
Hamilton Publishers 1980 first edition, 268pp + plates.
[#3973 ]
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 ]
VG scuffed covers, price label to title page
$25 B/B [ST 33]
Goodheart-Wilcox 1986 softcover,128pp well illustrated with diagrams and photos. ISBN 0870065505
The story of the early regional airlines, South Island Airways, Trans Island Airways and West Coast Airways and the maverick pilots who flew the rugged south island landscape.
ISBN 0908790317
aviation, commercial, flying, New Zealand
VG- softback
$20 C/B
Hazard Press 1991 first edition, 229pp.
[#5191 ]
The history of automobile factories in New Zealand, from the Model T's of the Colonial Motor Company in the 1920s, to the end of local manufacturing in 1998.
ISBN9780790008462
automobile, manufacturing, cars, motoring
VG softback, large format
$65 B/C
Reed 2002 first edition, 223pp.
[#4213 ]
VG bookseller label to fep
$40 C/C [ST 39]
Stanley Thornes 1991 softcover, 512pp. ISBN 0859501205
Harry Wigley was a pioneer commercial pilot, flying in the Southern Alps.
During WWII he saw service in the Pacific Islands with the RNZAF.
Mount Cook Airlines, Bougainville, Pacific, WW2, Bonar Glacier
VG- hardback in VG- dust jacket with short tear and edgewear.
$20 C/C
Reed 1965 second impression, 222pp + plates.
[#4555 ]
Harry Wigley was a pioneer commercial pilot, flying in the Southern Alps.
During WWII he saw service in the Pacific Islands with the RNZAF.
ISBN0589003283
Mount Cook Airlines, Bougainville, Pacific, WW2, Bonar Glacier
FINE hardback in FINE dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Reed 1977 Second Edition, 222pp + plates.
[#3968 ]
A biography of the man responsible for New Zealand's Air Force, and the whole of New Zealand's Civil Aviation set up.
Canterbury, Flying, Aeroplanes
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
Pen name to fep, jacket with some rubbing fading to blue colour, light edge wear with some minor chipping loss to extremities.
$45 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1952 First Edition, xiv 145pp.
[#5604 ]
When he was sacked from his job, John Wray decided to build a boat on his parents front lawn! Finally he launched the Ngataki and spent a lifetime of adventure sailing the South seas.
ISBN0246133791
VG softback but title page is missing.
$15 C/B
Grafton The Mariner's Library, 235pp.
[#3422 ]
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
$25 B/C
Whitcoulls 2002, 144pp.
[#4259 ]
From early Maori and European settlement through the boom days of the late 1900's into the Depression-era projects of the early twentieth century and on to the Think Big years, Wonders of New Zealand Engineering features 100 projects from around the country with informative text, fact boxes and historic photographs.
Roads, bridges, dams, railway viaducts and tunnels, Burt Monro's super-fast motorcycles - and much more
ISBN9781869791070
civil engineering, transport, hydro-electricity, power scheme, public works
VG softback
$25 B/D
Random House 2010 reprint, 240 pp.
[#3453 ]
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 ]