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Auckland, New Zealand: Godwit, 1997. NZ Fiction. Suburban comedy whose protagonist fends off almost anything from importunate men to furry animals in the laundry. Pp 260, review copy with label removed from front, a couple of paragraphs marked in margins and review by Gordon McLaughlan laid in, spine is cocked. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 1989. NZ Fiction. Portrays double standards among the high society of colonial South Canterbury. "Celia Wylde sets tongues wagging and hearts breaking amongst polite society in the fledgling Canterbury province. A tale of greed, lust and double dealing amongst New Zealand's ruling classes." CONDITION Pp 320, nice copy with some handling wear and edge browning. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Turnbull Library, 1990. Covers the Simonsen Opera Co tour 1876, early printed music of NZ, Salked collection of records and players, the Douglas Lilburn collection and more. Pp 97-182 bright and crisp copy with illus. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Turnbull Library, 1986. Covers Courtship & Marriage in Colonial NZ, Letters Caroline Abraham, June Starke, Womens history collection, Woman Photographers and more. Pp 5-89 bright and crisp copy with illus. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann, 1979. Wraps are scuffed to front with crease to rear, 46 pages are nice and crisp.. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Collins, 1986. Origins and habits of New Zealand's giant Moa bird. Fully colour illustrated throughout. Written for children. Aimed at 5 to 9 year olds. CONDITION 32 pages, juvenile gift inscription inside, wear to cnrs.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gaskin, Chris . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Zealand: Sceptre, 1989. NZ Fiction. Three generations of women confront the social upheavals which Halleys Comet apparently introduced in 1986, including homosexuality and the passage of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, Alzheimers disease and the Womens Movement. CONDITION Pp 312, bright and clean, gift inscription and name label. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2001. "It's not more money, bigger offices, better benefits, or flextime. Recentsurveys reveal that the number one reason employees quit their jobsis that they don't feel valued on a human level. Growing employmentopportunities and the lure of Internet companies have brought this problem to near crisis level. Now, Dottie Gandy, a former regional director with the Franklin Covey Company, provides a simple, principle-based solution that will work to solve the problem in any business. In this clear, straight-foward book, she gives us a step-by-step plan that managers can implement immediately and which yields compelling results, including: A strong sense of loyalty and commitment among employees; A new corporate culture built on a foundation of trust and designed to weather storms; A renewed sense of mission that can have a substantial impact on the bottom line." CONDITION Covers unworn, 202 pages. Copy is crisp with edge toning and dampstain to… Leer más

London, United Kingdom: Flamingo, 1994. Herbert Gold describes his love of Haiti, which began when he first visited the island in the early 1950s. Over the years he cultivated a cadre of friends who provided him entrance into the inner circle of Haitian society, and reveals what it's like to be a blanc who feels completely at home in a black society. A kaleidoscope of impressions and experiences: voodoo ceremonies, cockfights, machete-armed police, malnourished children, young boys peddled for homosexual use, artists, writers, carnivals, and the sound of drums. CONDITION 303 pages, has mild handling signs and edge toning. . Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Flamingo, 1997. Offbeat and candid account of a passionate yet difficult relationship through exotic cafes and bars of the world. From the red earth medinas of Morocco to Pondicherry on the Bay of Bengal, opening night glitz at Londons Caf Royale, to break up at desert in Timbuktu. Written by Australian poet and playwright of the Westend Musical Hot Shoe Shuffle. CONDITION 282 pages, Crisp and bright with the slightest handling signs. . Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Corgi, 1983. A survey of sixty gravediggers in France showed that every one of them had at some time dug up coffins containing evidence that live bodies had been placed in them. Here are the records of the dead and some that have survived and lived to tell their stories. CONDITION 119 pages, crisp copy with toning, crease top rear cnr. . Re-Issue. Soft Cover. Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombes, 1940. Not Dated c1940's.An adaption of the Australian portion of this story. For ages 12 to 14 year olds. 144 pages with b/w illus. Name inside front dated 1947 and rubbed to spine ends otherwise nice clean copy.. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Zealand: Alister Taylor, 1993. A novel set in the Pacific War. Uncommon title. The Great novel of the pacific war by New Zealand's most distinguished investigative writer - a personal saga of Japan, America, Australia and New Zealand at war. To the young japanese warrior Takuro - like millions of other were marched southwards into the Pacific - the sword he wore was the badge of a samurai and the glory of ancient Japan, the land founded by the Sun Goddess. But to a schoolboy in New Zealand, in the path of the great invasion, the samurai sword was a symbol of dishonour, of Pearl Harbour, treachery, cruelty and aggression. CONDITION 208 pages. Ex Library, nice internally with minimal markings, cover is well handled. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

United Kingdom: The Phoenix Press , 1935. Not Dated c1930. An address delivered at the Sovereign Grace Meeting, YMCA London November 1931, originally published in the Bible Quarterley. CONDITION 20 pages, stapled have been removed and neatly whip stitched too preserve leaving rust marks, some atmospheric staining.. Pamphlet. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1965. 32 pages with maps and photo illus. Bright and clean, unworn. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Zealand: Victoria University College, 1964. Articles. Discontinuous distribution of plants in NZ pt 1, C J Burrows. What are Whitebait? R M McDowall. NZ filmy ferns -m hymenophyllaceae, L R Bublitz. Food of Monarch Butterfly Larvae in NZ, G W Ramsay. Opossum or, Possum? R I Kean. Moss Genera in NZ, K W Allison. Intraspecific variation in NZ Sea Star, H B Fell CONDITION pp 123 to 186 with illus. Cream card wraps, bright. Plus index to Vol 12 1964.. Edition Unstated. Magazine. Near Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Christchurch, New Zealand: Hazard Press, 2000. NZ Fiction. "In the tradition of the Gothic novel with a comptemporary twist, The Lizard Song is a thoughtful examination of addiction. A lethal cocktail of hallucination, nightmare and insanity. The main character, Paul, is battling against his dark side, his dreams are poisoned by the death of his younger brother, whom he fears he killed." CONDITION 84 pages, crisp unworn copy. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. NZ Fiction. "The novel explores the nature of personal communication and the way in which it is obstructed or complicated by sexual attraction and by the burdens of the past. Aiming to tap current nineteen-forties nostalgia." 248 pages, bright and crisp. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Vintage, 1991. "Emma, the narrator, is a young woman seemingly excluded from the alliances that unite those around her. She feels forsaken as a child when her sister, Kate, marries and moves away. She is bereft when Clarrie, the interloper, claims her mother's affections. But their is a more sinister betrayal that remains with Emma into adulthood and undermines, she believes, her capacity for love." CONDITION 130 pages, copy is crisp with mild handling signs. #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin, 1992. NZ Fiction. 18 short stories about rural women in NZ that challenge the myths that glorify colonial life and mask the reality of womens lives. CONDITION 159 pages, nice crisp copy with edge browing to pages, #New Zealand Literature#. Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.