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Ocean Liners of the Past: A series of reprints from The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine-Builder The Canadian Pacific Quadruple-Screw Liner Empress of Britain London: Patrick Stephens, 1971 ISBN: 0850590841. Folio. 144pp, B/W photographs, illustrations, plans, diagrams The French Line Quadruple-Screw Turbo-Electric Liner Normandie London: Patrick Stephens, 1972 ISBN: 085059099X. Folio. 30, 166, (35-58)pp, B/W photographs, [...]

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The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company by Alan Bott London: B. T. Batsford, 1972 ISBN: 0713404671 160pp, colour & B/W plates, foldout plans $85.00 A Century of Style: Great Ships Of The Union Line 1875-1976 by N. H. Brewer Auckland: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1982 x, 238pp, B/W plates, ep. [...]

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The Dock & Harbour Authority An Illustrated Monthly Journal Devoted to Matters Appertaining to the Docks and Harbours of the United Kingdom and Abroad London: The Dock and Harbour Authority, 1929-1931 Folio, cloth binding, B/W plates, colour folding maps (The Journal includes information, photographs and plans relating to the building and development of ports in [...]

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Boat Building

Fast Light Boats: A Century of Kiwi Innovation by Grahame Anderson Wellington: Te Papa Press, 1999 First Edition. ISBN: 0909010676 182pp, B/W and colour plates The Logans: New Zealand’s Greatest Boatbuilding Family by Robin Elliott & Harold Kidd Auckland: David Ling, 2001 First Edition. ISBN: 0908990758 132pp, B/W plates Small Yachts: Their Design and Construction [...]

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A Labyrinth of Waterways The Forgotten Story of New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds by Frank W. Ponder Published by Wenlock House in 1986. This is No. 1229 of 1500 copies 168pp with colour & B/W plates and maps

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   The Life of Captain James Cook. by J. C. Beaglehole     The 2nd impression of the biography of Cook published to accompany Beaglehole’s ground-breaking edition of Cook’s Journals.     London: A. & C. Black, 1974. 8vo. Cloth. . Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. ISBN: 0713613823.  xi, 760 pp, B/W plates, [...]

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The Pandora Survey by Brian Byrne Another impressive, beautiful publication by local historian Brian Byrne in a limited, numbered edition of 500 copies, signed by author. 320pp, 19 colour plates, charts, B/W illustrations, tables, references, bibliography, index, chart endpapers. The 1848-1856 Great Survey of New Zealand, carried out initially by Captain John Stokes in HMS [...]

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A Labyrinth of Waterways The Forgotten Story of New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds by Frank W. Ponder. Published by Wenlock House in 1986. This is No. 643 of 1500 copies, signed by the author. 168pp with colour & B/W plates and maps. $310.00 more Nautical titles

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New Zealand Medicinal Plants
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