NEW ZEALAND NON-FICTION from Fortuna Books

Wellington: Government Printer, 1971 stapled foolscap sheets with cloth spine, printed cover with library shelfmark and stamp, spine gilt titled with shelf mark. 190pp + pocket at rear with numerous folding maps. September 1971, map by Dept Lands And Survey. ex library with minimal stamps. a local government report on the proposed changing of counties in the… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1950 blue cloth shows insect damage around the margins of the pastedown endpaper, ink name and date to fep, top edge dusty, DW some chipping to the top edge, bottom of spine. price clipped. small scuff to cover and short tear to top left corner, 251pp + plates, biography of one of the founding fathers… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1970 211pp+ plates, photo end papers. dust jacket has a couple of tiny tears in the edges, one small piece of tape on reverse , excellent condition all round. "leader of a four man climbing party marooned for nine days in snow cave on Mt Aspiring." the author recounts over twenty years of his experiences in… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1978 excellent copy, DW slightest surface soiling to the laminated surface. 156pp+ plates and maps, map end papers. history of the pioneers of the region made famous by Samuel Butler's "Erewhon" such as Acland and von Haast, also the club climbers of the 1930s.The book was compiled in the 1930s but not published until this first edition.… Read more about this item

MacMillan, 1883 first edition of this RARE New Zealand alpine mountaineering title. a solid copy but has a few faults and would benefit from a touch up by a binder, original red cloth with black borders to the upper board and blind ones to the lower board, spine has black and gilt pannelling and titling as well as a gilt… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1975 small gift inscription to fep otherwise VG copy. 32pp with text, B&W line illustrations and full page colour paintings of wild West Coast scenery. (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Brent Trolle. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Nelson New Zealand: R Lucas & Son, 1947 original stapled card wraps, remains of part of the rear panel of the dustwrapper present, pencil name and address to title. viii, 98pp + plates, folding map at rear tidy and no tears. A history of ther Murchison district from pre-European Maori times upto 1947.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

Palmerston North: Palmerston North Public Library, 1979 spine split at head otherwise VG copy, 133pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Palmerston North: Massey Alumni Association, 1977 light surface soiling to boards, clear plastic wrapper, some minor foxing to edges, 171pp includes illustrations. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1970 Hardback in slip case, signed de luxe edition. number 342 of limited edition of 500 copies,Signed by the artist, Magnificent production as new, sharp and crisp. blue leatherette boards and end papers of Lambton Harbour, John Gibb oil of 1885, Near Fine. Dust jacket, illustration of Harbour and tall ship Pamir, near fine , all this… Read more about this item

Timaru: Timaru High School Old Girls Association, 1980 name to front paste down, light edge rubbing to DW, 215pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: George Allen Unwin, 1923 volume two only (of two ) of the 1923 reprint edition. Blue cloth , gilt spine, spine edges rubbed, corners worn, lower board surface soiled, corner of top edges of pages soiled. Ex-library bookplate to paste down, stamp to fep, reverse of half title and also to the first part of the… Read more about this item

Christchurch: University of Canterbury, 1980 near fine in same DW. Seven essays on the New Zealand provinces in the early days. Titles; Jim Gardner a tribute / Auckland's political opposition in the crown colony period / Slavaging the Canterbury plan; Henry Sewell and the founding of Canterbury / Samuel Butler; exploration and imagination / 'The beauty and fashion of… Read more about this item

Palmerston North: H. L. Young Limited, 1940 author argues against some of the war-time measures as being a dictatorship of the democracy against the successful small worker or businessman ( with regards to taxation etc) supplementary to No 1, 45pp + printed wrappers, stapled rusted otherwise VG, (200 gram rate) . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo… Read more about this item

Wellington: Tongariro National Park Board, 1927 Topography, Geology, Alpine and Volcanic Features, History and Maori Folk-Lore, tidy red limp cloth cover titled in black with some light handling soiling, decorative end papers, stamp at the bottom of the reverse of the frontis [BOOKLAND]. otherwise VG and tidy copy, the rear large folding map is detached and with a short… Read more about this item

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1912 slate blue boards titled black, rubbed to edges and lightly soiled, 447pp well illustrated with maps and photos and diagrams. Bagnalls M1185. contributions by J W Gregory, A Hamilton & G Hogben. print run of 5000c. Internally excellent tidy copy.. revised. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Auckland: General Synod of the Anglican Church of New Zealand , 1928 undated but internal evidence would place at 1928, stapled paper wrappers with pasted on illustration, tidy but the first inside page has some silverfish damage to the corners, 72pp + index, well illustrated with photos, gives details of C of E hospices and schemes throughout New Zealand .… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1982 216pp + b&w plates, DW minimal wear. history of New Zealands Salvation Army and its good works, signed to title page by author. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1978 proof copy with sewn sheets in plain teal blue wrappers, light rubbing to joints, 278pp + plates. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Wellington: Mallinson Rendel, 1983 first book printing of this peice originally published in New Zealand newspaper in 1892 after a visit made by Kipling, this story is absent from the standard collections of Kipling's works, introduction by Harry Rickets, a good description of the situation in New Zealand at the time of Kipling's visit, and his predictions for it's future,… Read more about this item