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Tawse Tales - Told Out of School Henderson New Zealand, Richardson Press. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0908624158) Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. limited edition, (500 gram rate) sewn sections with stiff paper wrappers glued over card endpapers, hand set type, some minor surface insect damage to wrappers not affecting the text, 56pp, ltd edition of 250 copies, this out of series and un-numbered, New Zealand authors reminisce of corporal punishment in their school days. Very Good/No Jacket. Book number: 005892 € 18.00 [Appr.: US$ 22.6 | £UK 14.5 | JP¥ 1796] Catalogue: New Zealand Fiction
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New Zealand - A Panoramic Journey Auckland, Backroads Press, 2004. (ISBN: 0476000475) 230x310mm, unpaginated, profusely and beautifully illustrated, hardcover. Crease to title page. Cloth a little worn at edges. Near very good condition in near very good dustjacket. -- Titles BooksBook number: 31594 NZD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 11.31 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 898] Catalogue: New Zealand - General
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The Best of Auckland Globetrotter, 2004. Paperback. Pp: 96. Practical, informative and user-friendly, the Best Of Auckland offers visitors the highlights of the city in a concise format, with fold our mapping and a handy directory of places to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax. ISBN: 9781843306115. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed. Book number: U618321 € 5.95 [Appr.: US$ 7.47 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 594] Catalogue: Reizen en landen
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Boys' Own Stories: Short Stories by New Zealand Men Tandem Press 2000 Paperback, 183pp. (ISBN: 1877178691). Very Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 166539 NZD 22.43 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 16.91 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1343] Catalogue: General
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Boys' Own Stories: Short Stories By New Zealand Men Tandem Press 2000 Paperback, 192pp. "The stunning success of young women fiction writers in New Zealand in recent years has overshadowed the fact that young male fictioneers have also been busy writing quality short stories. Boys Own Stories is a collection of eighteen stories by male writers, all under the age of forty. It includes work by award winning short story writers such as Carl Nixon and Denis Baker, along with novelists like Peter Feeney and Chad Taylor. Selected by noted writer, editor and reviewer, Graeme Lay, Boys Own Stories shows that the art of short story writing is alive and well regardless of authorial gender and if there is a contest between the sexes, the boys are holding their own.The AuthorsDenis Baker, Andrei Baltakmens, William Brandt, Mark Broatch, James Brown, Peter Feeney, Michael Galvin, David Geary, Tim Jones, Phil Kawana, Zion A. Komene, John McCrystal, Carl Nixon, Rob O'Neill, Antonius Papaspiropoulos, Duncan Sarkies, Bernard Steeds and Chad Taylor. Ex Library", (ISBN: 9781877178696). Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 493540 NZD 22.43 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 16.91 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1343] Catalogue: General
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Dear Mr Cairney Mallinson Rendel 1985 Paperback, 143pp. ex lib tape stains, (ISBN: 0908606370). Fair. -- Book HavenBook number: 367953 NZD 18.98 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 14.31 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1136] Catalogue: General
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The Fools on the Hill Century Hutchinson Group 1988 Paperback, 276pp. (ISBN: 9781869410131). Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 447117 NZD 20.13 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 15.17 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1205] Catalogue: General
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The Fools on the Hill Auckland, Century Hutchinson, 1988, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1869410130) 215x140mm, 253 pages, paperback. Lean to spine. Otherwise very good condition. -- Titles BooksBook number: 9237 NZD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 6.03 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 479] Catalogue: Fiction - New Zealand
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The Fools On The Hill Century Hutchinson Group 1988 Paperback, 276pp. (ISBN: 9781869410131). Very Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 533559 NZD 18.98 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 14.31 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1136] Catalogue: General
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The Fools on the Hill. Auckland, Century Hutchinson. 1988. Soft Cover, 22 x 14. Three students meet at Victoria University in 1963. Drugs and protest are unknown, the pubs close at six o'clock but the subsequently coming of age of these students coincides with a sexual and political revolution which blows them all apart. An important novel that takes an uncompromising and sometimes humorous look at our recent past, the way things were in the decade when everything changed. 253 pp. Very Good/No Jacket. -- Book SavvyBook number: 005622 NZD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 US$ 11.31 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 898]
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The Fools on the Hill Century Hutchinson 1988 Paperback, 253pp. (ISBN: 1869410130). Very Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 120113 NZD 20.13 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 15.17 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1205] Catalogue: General
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Globetrotter: the Best of Auckland New Holland Publishers Ltd 2004 Paperback, 96pp. "The Globetrotter Best Of Auckland is an attractive, handy pocket guide to the popular destination and is ideal for making the most of a short visit. With its small format and fold-out maps it is perfect if travlers want to carry a guide with them wherever they go. The book feature well presented, to-the-point sections of the highlights of the city and region, places of interest, activities, accommodations, where to eat out, entertainment, and excursions. It features activities for children, travel tips, a generic index, and a sites index. The text entries are cross referenced with the fold-out maps, which include city plans, public transport, and archeological site plans where relevant. ", (ISBN: 1843306115). Near Mint. -- Book HavenBook number: 190822 NZD 13.23 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 9.97 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 792] Catalogue: General
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Globetrotter New Zealand Guide New Holland, 2005. Third Edition. Soft Cover. 1845371011 Excellent condition, in a plastic cover with the Globetrotter New Zealand Travel Map ISBN 184537097X, map has a light crease at the fold of the plastic cover, guide has small mark on title page. Very Good . Book number: 005671 USD 32.99 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 2621] Catalogue: Geography/Travel
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Leaving One-Foot Island "Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited 1998 Paperback", 112pp. "Tuaine tells her story in the form of a diary. She has come to Auckland from the Cook Islands to study, and goes through many experiences as a young stranger in a new land. This story is intended for young people, and is based on a previously published short story, The Jacket. The author is a novelist and editor. ", (ISBN: 9780908783335). Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 754917 NZD 13.23 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 9.97 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 792] Catalogue: General
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The Mentor Whatamongo Bay: Cape Catley, (1978). Softcover. ISBN: 0908561040. Creasing to spine.; vii, [1], 179 pages. Softcover edition. New Zealand novel. "The Mentor is a thriller of the contemporary New Zealand literary scene. The Mentor himself is a shadowy figure who from his self-imposed exile has for 30 years guided and followed the fortunes of the New Zealand literary community." - from the blurb on rear wrapper. ; 16mo. Good+ with no dust jacket . Book number: 10781 USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 | £UK 16 | JP¥ 1986]
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The Mentor Cape Catley 1978 Paperback. The Mentor is a thriller of the contemporary New Zealand literary scene. The Mentor himself is a shadowy figure who from his self-imposed exile has for 30 years guided and followed the fortunes of the New Zealand literary community.' , (ISBN: 0908561040). Good. -- Book HavenBook number: 762971 NZD 24.73 [Appr.: EURO 15 US$ 18.64 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 1481] Catalogue: General
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The Miss Tutti Frutti Contest: Travel Tales Of The South Pacific (Ginger) Awa Press 2004 Paperback, 260pp. "This marvelous collection of travel stories from the South Pacific reveals Paul Gauguin's shocking Tahitian secrets, retraces the last tragic days of Robert Louis Stevenson, and recounts the author's own haunting by Herman Melville, as well as his attempts to seduce the Slovenian Olympic ski team in the Cook Islands. ", (ISBN: 9780958250900). Mint. -- Book HavenBook number: 564530 NZD 41.98 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 31.64 | £UK 20.25 | JP¥ 2514] Catalogue: General
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Passages. Journeys in Polynesia Tandem Press (NZ), 1993. Paperback. Pp: 232. ISBN: 9780908884209. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed. Book number: U259689 € 22.50 [Appr.: US$ 28.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2244] Catalogue: Reizen en landen
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Samoa - Pacific Pride Auckland. 2000. Pasifika Press. 1st Ed. (6), 90 PP with 16 b/w and 73 colour illustrations (2 flags, 2 maps and 69 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Lower front corner bumped, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 20 x 22.7. (ISBN: 908597193) Book number: 42033 AUD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 39.11 | £UK 25 | JP¥ 3107]
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Samoa. Auckland. Pasifika Press. 2000. (ISBN: 0908597193) Soft cover. Bumped, VG. Softbound 8vo. A very nice general introduction to the place, the people, their history, and current situation. Beautiful color photos throughout. 88pp. Index. Book number: BBP-11434 USD 32.45 [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 20.75 | JP¥ 2578] Catalogue: PACIFIC
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Temptation Island Cape Catley 2000 Paperback, 354pp. "'Seems like every carpetbagger and swindler in the world is targeting the Pacific Islands right now. Drug dealers, tax dodgers, off-shore bankers, casino operators, tobacco companies, B-grade movie makers . The Russian mafia will probably be next. I tell you, Max, there are more sharks around the airport than there are outside side the reef.' When photo journalist Max Davidson is offered an assignment to Avaiiki to investigate a possible aid scam it also gives him the chance to escape a tragedy which has scarred his life. On the island Max meets a fearless newspaper editor, Mose Baumann, who is waging a campaign against corruption in high places. As the lives of Max and Mose become enmeshed, the forces of despotic authority are brought to bear on them, with deadly results. Well characterised, suspenseful and with a theme as topical and urgent as today's headlines, TEMPTATION ISLAND also gives startling iinsights into the contemporary South Pacific. ", (ISBN: 9780908561827). Near Mint. -- Book HavenBook number: 727401 NZD 18.98 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 US$ 14.31 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1136] Catalogue: General
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Temptation Island the Dark Side of Paradise Auckland, Cape Catley., 2000, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0908561822) 354 pages. 175x110mm. Soft cover in good+ condition. Small amount of foxing on lower edge of pages. Previous owners' small sticker on free front endpaper. -- Titles BooksBook number: 22178 NZD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 3.77 | £UK 2.5 | JP¥ 299] Catalogue: Fiction - New Zealand
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The Third Century. New New Zealand Short Short Stories 1999. Pp: 240. The Third Century is a tasty little number that will whet your appetite for more New Zealand writing.' Northern Advocate'Many of these stories are so densely and cleverly written, you'll want to read them more than once.' The DominionAbout the AuthorGraeme Lay was born in Foxton, in the Horowhenua, grew up in Taranaki and was educated at Victoria University of Wellington. Since the 1970s he has lived on Auckland's North Shore, where he is a full-time writer. Two of his young adult novels, Leaving One Foot Island and Return to One Foot Island, were finalists in the NZ Post Children's Book Awards, and he has twice been a finalist in the Cathay Pacific Travel Writer of the Year Award. Married with three adult children, Graeme Lay is also secretary of the Frank Sargeson Trust. His other interests are reading, travel, photography and the sea. ISBN: 9781877178481. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed. Book number: U1869569 € 5.00 [Appr.: US$ 6.28 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 499] Catalogue: Engelse literatuur
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The Town On The Edge Of The World Tandem Press 2002 Paperback, 232pp. "A boy discovers that love can be found in the unlikeliest places, but so too can cruelty. In the islands of the South Pacific, European people search for solace. And amid the harsh realities of today's academia, there is little room for the artistic soul.This three-part collection of short stories takes the reader from a touching coming-of-age sequence in New Zealand to the dream-time that is today's Pacific Islands, then, finally, into the bizarrely hilarious world of literary and academic politics. In turn comic and tragic, these twenty-three stories are never less than heartfelt, as through a colourful cast of characters they explore the experience of growing up and making one's way in the uniquely beautiful region of the South Pacific. Signed", (ISBN: 9781877178979). Near Mint. -- Book HavenBook number: 736494 NZD 21.28 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 16.04 | £UK 10.25 | JP¥ 1274] Catalogue: General
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The Wave Rider Penguin Books 2000 Paperback, 156pp. "Autumn has come to Kaimara and Justine is struck again by how dull the town becomes when the summer crowds leave. She anticipated her own escape - to university in the city. But the arrival of Carl, a stunning surfer from California, has a dramatic impact on Justine and how she views the world around her. And who is the other mysterious stranger in town? Surfing, its risk-taking and sheer exhilaration, is the backdrop to this timeless story of love, betrayal and reconciliation. The Wave Rider explores the tensions of two young people as they seek to fulfil their conflicting ambitions. ", (ISBN: 9780141390284). Fair. -- Book HavenBook number: 505018 NZD 13.23 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 9.97 | £UK 6.5 | JP¥ 792] Catalogue: General
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