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Wander is the only book in print to capture New Zealand’s private walks — a travel companion as beautiful to as it is useful in your pack. Inside, you’ll find professional photography, detailed maps, track s and weblinks. Each chapter carries a personal touch, a page written in the host’s ow...

In this fiery memoir about identity and belonging, Ngahuia te Awekotuku describes what was possible for a restless working-class girl from the pa. After moving to Auckland for university, Ngahuia advocates resistance as a founding member of Nga Tamatoa and the Women's and Gay Liberation movements, b...

Book 1 of a remarkable trilogy. This epic historical adventure tells the story of pre-colonial Aotearoa New Zealand like it's never been told before. A young Maori man, compelled to learn the stories of his ancestors, to his family marae on the east coast of the North Island to speak to his elderly...

Very rare and very scarce, this is a 1998 first (and only) edition copy of Lewis' controversial expose of Dunedin Police.First edition published by Hodder Moa Beckett, 1998Paperback, G condition. Wear/bending on bottom right front cover, minor wear/foxing on pages. 280pp

This is an interesting, popular book providing a concise introduction to Waka, the history and recent renaissance of waka taua, types, , construction, crewing and paddling techniques.Published by Reed, second ed. 2005. Pre loved VG copy.

Published in 1969 by Hooker & Co, 200 years after Cook's arrival. Features art work by William Hodges, John Webber, John Hawkesworth.Large format soft cover book, 15pp. G condition

Rebound in leather with purchasing certificate from Dickens Old Curiosity Shop, London. This appears to be a circa late 1940’s New Edition as it refers to a post war context. Frontis sheet damaged and repaired, colour and b&w plates. 768pp plus advertisements to rear.A lovely collectors copy. Look...

This lovely rebound cookery bible is a sixth reprint from 1979. Published by The MacMillan Press. 536pp. VG condition.A lovely collectors copy. Looks fabulous on the shelf with other leather editions as a stunning set. Set of four lovely cookery books available at $240 - just call us to enquire.

A rare find. Rebound in leather, G to VG condition, some extensive foxing. Published by Ward, Lock & of London. 128pp.A nice collectors copy. Looks fabulous on the shelf with other leather editions as a stunning set. Set of four lovely cookery books available at $240 - just call us to enquire.

Published by W. Foulsham, rebound in leather. This is an early edition pre-dating photography being added to later editions so perhaps 1920s/1930s. VG condition, nice and tidy, little foxing. This Cookery Book was mass produced but scarce these days so its still a little treasure. 255pp.A nice colle...

Published by Blackie and Son Ltd, London, Glasgow and Dublin.Cloth and gilt lettered hard cover, minor tape repairs to last page, otherwise a VG copy for its considerable vintage.

This is a stunning, full leather, embossed and gilted treasure. Published by J.W Lyon & 1877."Hazards and Perils of Early Navigators, Cruelties and Experiences of Noted Buccaneers, Conquests and Prizes of the great Pirates, Discoveries and Achievements of the great Captains.."From the Ark to the pre...

VG pre loved copy, first edition published by Harper Collins 2025

Edited by David McGill, published by Reed 2004, 293pp.Hard cover, tidy dust jacket. VG

First edition, published by Bridget Williams Books, 2012

Published by the Department of Internal Affairs, Bulletin of the Historical Branch No.1This bulletin is a comprehensive historical account of our first seat of government at Kororareka (Russell), once described as the 'hell hole of the Pacific'.This copy formed part of Ron Brownson's private collect...

This is a scarce facsimile edition of the original cyclopedia published in 1907.This edition published by R. McMillan, Papakura publisher, 1983Ex the estate of prominent art gallery curator Ron Brownson.Gilted, embossed half leather boards, NF condition.

Stamp 3rd Field Regiment, Army to the cover, this scarce find is an important historical record of training methods and field instruction at the end of WWII when the British War Office and its counterpart was still highly active.Soft covers, stapled, 170pp.G condition

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...