Editore: Author., Christchurch, New Zealand., 1948
Da: Peter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970. PBFA, BCSA), Cambridge, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 48pp. c.18cm. Soft covers. Signed by the author on inside front cover. A good clean copy. (New Zealand author).
Editore: Published by the Author, Christchurch Dorest, 1980
Da: R.D.HOOKER, Christchurch, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. Plates maps and plans (illustratore). 1st Edition. New. No date but C1980's.
Editore: Printed for the Author, Christchurch, NZ, 1946
Da: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Stapled Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 32pp. "With the Author's Compliments J.M. Armfield on half title. Covers a little age-toned. Signed by Author. Book.
Editore: Published by the Author, Christchurch Dorset, 1990
Da: R.D.HOOKER, Christchurch, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. Many plates plans map and drawings (illustratore). 1st Edition. New.
Editore: Published by the Author, Christchurch, 1987
Da: R.D.HOOKER, Christchurch, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. Many plates (illustratore). 1st Edition. New.
Editore: Published by The Author, Christchurch, 1985
Da: R.D.HOOKER, Christchurch, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. Drawings (illustratore). 1st Edition. New. The North Porch and Bell Tower.
Editore: Published by the Author, Christchurch, 1999
Da: R.D.HOOKER, Christchurch, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good +. Plates (illustratore). 1st Edition. A few marks on the rear cover other wise As New.
Editore: Published by the Author, Christchurch Dorset, 2011
Da: R.D.HOOKER, Christchurch, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: New. Many examples most in colour (illustratore). 1st Edition. New. One small mark on front cover.
Editore: The Author, Merivale, Christchurch, 1977
Da: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. 181 pp. b/w plates. Light edgewear & fading to d/j. v small nick & tear.
Editore: Author, Christchurch, 2004
ISBN 10: 0476004233 ISBN 13: 9780476004238
Da: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Nuova Zelanda
Soft Covers. Condizione: VG. No Jacket. Photos, Document Reproductions, Drawings, Newspaper Clippings, Diagram, (illustratore). 1st. Professor Alexander William Bickerton arrived in NZ in 1876 to assist with the establishement of the Canterbury College (which became the University) and was appointed the first professor at the college. In the early 1880s the Professor purchased a large property in sandhills that later became the Christchurch suburb of Wainoni and began developing what became his Wainoni Park. Initially the Park was a social point for the university students. A large garden setting was established to become the location of fireworks displays, dances and theatrical perfrormances. According to Tim Baker's introduction the Park was the location of NZ's second commune and one of the country's first sanatoria. In later years it developed as Christchurch's "famous pleasure park and gardens" which from 1903 ro 1914 attracted "hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world,." The Park had its own zoo, provided camping space for groups ranging for religiious organisations,pioneer settler reunions to Boy Scout gatherings. On the Park the Bickerton family established a fireworks factory, a lake where mock battles with model warships were staged and a studio for artists. Scientific, astronomical and other learned lectures or studies took place alongside theatrical presentations and the fireworks displays,The sanatorium in the sand hills closed when a Government establishement was built, hot air bolloons were demonstrated while galas and fairs were held there. Prodessor Bicketon's academic skill should not be overlooked --- Sir Ernest Rutherford (first scientist to split the atom) was one of his students and as the author comments " "He and the Prof were more than just teacher and student,The Prof was Rutherford's friend, colleague and mentor.". When Professor Bickerton died in London in 1929, the halcyon days of the Pleasure Park were well over. Largely forgotten by the mid-1950s this story of Wainoni Park, and its Professor, has recorded it for posterity in Tim Baker's fine study. First edition of 2004, published in Christchirch by the author. This is an ex-library copy, but the only indication of this is a library codeing stamp lower front corner page one. Illustrated througthout with b/w photos, document reproductions, newspaper clippings, drawings etc. Book condition is VG with small felt pen mark lower page adges adjacent spine. text block otherwise excellent. VG card covers have been reinforced with applied clear plastic sheet, light crease across rear top corner.
Editore: published by the author at Christchurch, Dorset UK 1st 1977, 1977
Da: Yesterday's Books, BOURNEMOUTH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
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62pp : a new play in 3 acts based on the vision of the Mysterious Carpenter at Twynham Abbey, the play was first performed at Christchurch Pirory in Febraury 1978; thin card covers, almost vg, loosely inserted are a theatre programme for the first production & A SIGNED LETTER from the author (2 sides) UNIQUE.
Editore: The Author/Christchurch, New Zealand, 1971
Da: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, Nuova Zelanda
Paperback. Condizione: Good. 21 pages. some rubbing to card covers-cycostyled.
Editore: published by the author, Christchurch, 1987
Da: Plane Tree Books, Taupo, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 214pp with b/w photos - burgundy cloth - dustwrapper is very lightly soiled.
Editore: Published by the author The Purple Grouse Press, Christchurch. 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0473074486 ISBN 13: 9780473074487
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
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Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2001). 2001 1st edition. 8vo paperback (146 x 205mm). Pp274. B/w photographs. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Top edge dusty but a very good copy. Numbered & signed by the author. "This is not intended to be either a definitive or professionally compiled bibliography, as you will no doubt soon establish for yourself. It is simply my intention to commit to print a bibliography that should go quite some way towards satisfying the most earnest collector of New Zealand books and associated ephemera on angling and related subjects. While bibliographies tend to be a little dry, I have tried to introduce a slight but non-intrusive edge in order to raise the entertainment level a notch or two." .
Editore: Author/Caxton Press (printer), Christchurch, 2008
Da: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Nuova Zelanda
Hardcover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: NF. Photos, Maps (illustratore). 1st. Edward Chaytor is remembered as a founding figure of the modern NZ Army and became a prominant soldier, serving twice in the South African War, where he was seriously wounderd, He was an early appointment to senior rank in the years before World Wart , being sent to England for training as a staff officer. His adminiatrative skills were put to the test when he was involved in the establishment of the NZEF for WWI. Landing early on the shores at Gallipoli, in the initial confustion he briefly took command of the NZ and Australian forces. Later in the campaign he acted as the eyes and ears for the NZ forces commander. On May 19 he was seriously wounded again. this time in the arm and shoulder. Evacuated to Malta and then to England to recuperate Chaytor returned to Egypt just before the Anzac troops were withdrawn from Gallipoli. His next command was with the NZ Mounted Rifles, attached to the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, where the Mounted Rifles quickly established the reputatuion as its best brigade. He led the brigade against the Turks in the Sinai campaign and then commanded the Anzac Mounted Division, which remained in the forefront of subsequent actions in Palestine and the Jordan Valley. Toward the end of the War in the Middle East he commanded a force of units from a number of countries, which was successful in the capture of Amman and the surrender of the Turkish/German forces followed shortly after. However, Chaytor remained in the theatre on "'Peace keeping " duties until returning to NZ," By then he held the rank of Major-General. In 1919 he became the first NZ born soldier to hold the position of General Officer Commanding NZ Military Forces retiring from that appointment in 1924, but not before he had done much to ensure, the future of the NZ Army by establishing several new permanaent camps, as well as initiating what eventually developed as the Royal New Zealand Air Force. He spent many of his retirement years in England and Italy, and died in England in mid-1939 aged 71. Major General Sir Edward Chaytor came from a family long associated with the British Army, in which his son bacame an artilliary officer and his eldest daughter married a British colonel. As well as following Sir Edward's military career and the family's arrival in NZ, this book also adds much to the record of the WWI activities of NZ forces in the Middle East post- Gallipoli. While the campaigns of the NZers at Gallipoli and subsequently in France are well recorded, the same attention has not been paid to the units remaining in the Egypt-Palestine regions and this biography goes some way to-balancing the books.First published by the author at Caxton Press in 2008, 364 pages including notes, bibliography and index, 16 b/w photographs, several maps. Black hard covers with gilt front/spine titles,NF, ditto the text block, no inscriptions. Unclipped pictorial DJ also NF,
Editore: Author Published, Christchurch, 1996
ISBN 10: 0473038641 ISBN 13: 9780473038649
Da: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Nuova Zelanda
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. With b&w illustrations. Singe by John Haynes on the title page. Fine copy with fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Published by the author The Purple Grouse Press, Christchurch. 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0473074486 ISBN 13: 9780473074487
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2001). 2001 1st edition. 8vo paperback (146 x 205mm). Pp274. B/w photographs. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine new paperback. "This is not intended to be either a definitive or professionally compiled bibliography, as you will no doubt soon establish for yourself. It is simply my intention to commit to print a bibliography that should go quite some way towards satisfying the most earnest collector of New Zealand books and associated ephemera on angling and related subjects. While bibliographies tend to be a little dry, I have tried to introduce a slight but non-intrusive edge in order to raise the entertainment level a notch or two." .
Editore: The Author Christchurch, 1949
Da: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, Nuova Zelanda
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 144 pp. b/w plates. A tidy copy with light tanning to spine & page edges.
Editore: Printed by A E Purse for the Author, Christchurch, 1945
Da: E.S.A.W Books, Wellington, WN, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 40pp 8vo wrappers. Some foxing but a very good copy. Book.
Editore: Pegasus Press [for the author], Christchurch, 1968
Da: E.S.A.W Books, Wellington, WN, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 32pp 8vo wrappers. A very good copy. Book.
Editore: Published by the author. Christchurch, New Zealand. 1958, 1958
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxii,69. B/w photograph plates. Burnt orange cloth, spine titled in black. Usual oval hole to dust-wrapper flap else very good copy in badly chipped dust-wrapper with tape marks to rear. Autobiography of a New Zealand trout fisherman, mostly in the years before the war. .
Editore: The Author Christchurch 1944, 1944
Da: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Prima edizione
1st edition chipped wrappers Very Good small octavo 195pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, A history of the early days of aviation in Australia & NZ. One gather reversed but complete. Uncommon.
Editore: Published by the author. Christchurch, New Zealand. 1958, 1958
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxii,69. B/w photograph plates. Burnt orange cloth, spine titled in black. Front end-paper clipped and wrinkled, usual oval hole to dust-wrapper flap else good copy. Autobiography of a New Zealand trout fisherman, mostly in the years before the war. .
Editore: The Author (printed by Pegasus Press), Christchurch, 1959
Da: E.S.A.W Books, Wellington, WN, Nuova Zelanda
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 55pp 8vo wrappers. A very good copy. Bagnall B1163. Book.
Editore: Printed for the Author at the Pegasus Press, Christchurch, 1960
Da: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures.; (61), [3] pages. White wrappers with printed dust jacket. ; 8vo.
Editore: Author/Caxton Press (printer), Christchurch, 1971
Da: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Nuova Zelanda
Hardcover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+. Photos, Maps (illustratore). 1st. Jeff Newport, was a respected and active historian of the Nelson Province and "Collingwood" was his third book. It traces the history of that district, north-east of Nelson in Golden Bay, from the first Maori residents. the arrival of the early European settlers in the 1840s up to 1912. Collingwood came into prominance in 1857 when the discovery of gold in the area created NZ's first gold rush. The iniatial rush of prospectors sought alluvial gold, later moving to alternatives of crushing, dredging and sluicing. This precious metal was not the only natural resource and other activities included sawmilling, flax processing, coal mining and the development of agriculture. Newport's book covers all these, and other, facets of development, plus the advent of local body administration, community amenities and the provision of the shippping services vital to the isolated settlements in the Collingwood district. Few books so well recall the difficulties, hardships, isolation or the pioneers, and their persistance and determination to overcome these obstacles. Jeff Willlson was brought up in the Nelson back country and was eminently qualified to research and compile this first-class history of early Collingwood and adjacent districts. First edition of 1971 printed for the author by Caxton Press, 294 pages including index, 16 page illustrations section includes 26 b/w photographs and three maps. Light green hard covers NF, signed by author on title page, no other inscriptions and text block also NF. Pictorial DJ is VG+ with few chips upper edge. By Author.
Editore: Published by the author. Christchurch, New Zealand. 1958, 1958
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxii,69. B/w photograph plates. Burnt orange cloth, spine titled in black. Usual oval hole to dust-wrapper flap else very good copy in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Autobiography of a New Zealand trout fisherman, mostly in the years before the war. .
Editore: Published by the author. Christchurch, New Zealand. 1958, 1958
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxii,69. B/w photograph plates. Brick-red cloth, spine titled in black. Good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper (usual oval hole to dust-wrapper flap). Inscribed by the author to a former owner. Autobiography of a New Zealand trout fisherman, mostly in the years before the war. .
Editore: Published by the author. Christchurch, New Zealand. 1958, 1958
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1958). 1958 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Ppxii,69. B/w photograph plates. Brick-red cloth, spine titled in black. Good-plus in dust-wrapper (usual oval hole to dust-wrapper flap). Inscribed by the author to a former owner. Autobiography of a New Zealand trout fisherman, mostly in the years before the war. .
Editore: Published by the Author, Christchurch, 2004
ISBN 10: 0476004233 ISBN 13: 9780476004238
Da: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures. Some fading and marks to wrappers. ; 83 pages. Large format softcover book. Page dimensions: 297 x 209mm. Illustrated. New Zealand regional history.; Folio.