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Outdoors; it's always the best time of year! Especially when the whole world lies open before us. But where are the greatest experiences beckoning to adventure seekers and outdoor fans? Experiences such as being on an aurora borealis safari in Tromso, Norway; taking a stand-up paddling trip on Italy...

A scarce copy signed by the explorer and author himself, published by George Allen & Unwin, 1980, this copy is in VG condition.The story of an epic journey in a traditional sailing craft in 1977, from the ancient home of the Sumerians at the meeting place of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, all the...

New Zealand is the first country to have compiled a checklist of its entire living and fossil biota.This trilogy provides a review and inventory of New Zealands's entire living and fossil biodiversity - an international effort involving 238 New Zealand and overseas specialists and the most comprehen...

This is quite a scarce find. An authors copy signed and inscribed as a gift to the authors Doctor in 1915.First edition, published by Whitcombe and Tombs 1915.Card covers, ex library copy. Spine repairs, G condition

The original essential guide to everything that's right and occasionally goes wrong with your MGB! Take it from a proud MGB owner, this manual is very very good!Written by Stuart Turner, a competitions manager with B.M.C and John Organ a race car tuning expert at Abington, published by G.T. Foulis o...

First published in 1865 this is the graphic story of adventure and endurance of those who survived the wrecking of the Grafton on the Auckland Islands in 1864.This edition published by A H & A W Reed in 1943 is now a rare find. Ex lib. copy, card covers, b&w illustrations and maps. 125pp. VG conditi...

This little treasure is a 1976 hard cover edition with vibrant coloured illustrations, 50 pages of memories and joy! VG condition

This large chart dates from 1970 , published to commemorate the bicentenary of Cook's landing in on 9th of October 1769. It includes an inset of the first published chart based on Cook's exploration between 1769 and 1770 and shows the track of Endeavour's circumnavigation of the country.Wood framed...

This is a lovely first year hard cover 5th edition from 1960 of this massive literature and television hit.Published by Collins & Harvill Press London. Colour and b&w illustrations. 155ppScarce, VG condition.Why not combine it with our companion listing. Living Free The Story of Elsa and her cubs.

This is a lovely first edition from 1961 of this volume which formed part of the massive literature and television hit - Born Free.Published by Collins & Harvill Press London. Colour and b&w illustrations. 146ppScarce, VG condition.Why not combine it with our companion listing. the original Born Fre...

This is a scarce first edition of this iconic expeditionary story - Hillary and Tenzing's success on the world's tallest peak. Colour and B&W plates throughout.Cloth hard cover, published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1953.G condition. Missing dust jacket, cover marks and scuffing, sun worn spine. Minor fo...

Written by A W Reed, illustrated by Stewart Irwin here are some of the iconic myths and legends from the ten thousand islands of the mighty Pacific Ocean.Published by A H & A W Reed, cloth hard cover, tidy dust jacket, 136pp.VG, sound, tidy, very minor foxing.

This a vibrant cloth hard cover copy published by Collins Clear Light Press, gilted, embossed, it will look stunning on any library shelf.VG condition for aged, foxing, minor scuffs but tidy and sound.

This little hard cover book published as a first edition by Peter Pauper Press, New York in 1962, has a interesting vibrant format, black and red illustrations, drawn by Jeff Hill. Dust jacket intact, foxing and sun fading in parts, but tidy overall - VG for age.

Written by Mark Kurlansky, this best seller provides a whole different perspective on global and maritime history. Published by Vintage Books, third ed. 1999Paperback, 294pp. VG

The distortion of New Zealand's history by greed, bigotry and right-wing politics.Published by Random House, 1st ed. 2007Paperback, 384pp. VG

A fascinating book described as a 'a thoughtful and devastating critique of such new learning and a careful and accessible survey of modern archaeological, antropological, genetic and linguistic findings about the origins of New Zealanders and Pacific Islanders".Written by K.R.Howe, published by Pen...

Fourth edition 1983 published by University of Hawaii Press.Paperback, VG

A first edition by the accomplished author, published by Faber & Faber 1998.The story of Josef Mandl, an Austrian-Jewish anti-fascist who flees Vienna in the 1930s and is later interned as an enemy alien on Somes Island in New Zealand during World War II.Paper back, 1st edition, card dust jacket,VG

By the iconic authority on Cordon Bleu de Paris cookery and confectionary preparation.This hefty volume is a not only an absolute masterpiece, it will also make a stunning addition to any library or designer kitchen shelf!Published by Virtue & Co, seventh revised edition 1978. Half leather covers, g...

This is a stunning copy of this iconic book.The American Woman’s Cook Book, edited by Ruth Berolzheimer. Published by Consolidated, 1947.VG condition. A lovely half leather book with a special “National Binding". Colour illustrations. 824pp.

Published by Ward, Lock & Co, this appears to be a 1940’s “new" edition scaled down slightly for the economic/war conditions of the day. Colour plates. Cloth hard cover. G to VG condition. Foxing, Dust jacket sound, strong binding.

The iconic cookery bible!Published by Ward, Lock and Co, with attractive embossed cloth cover. 8 colour plates. G to VG. Foxing, minor inner spine damage. Dust jacket missing.

A stunning large cookery book, colour illustrations, 1064pp.Published by Hamlyn, third English Impression 1979.Cloth covers, gilded. Lost dust jacket. VG condition.