Steele roberts ltd wellington (45 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Ten New Zealanders in their 80's reflect on life in old age. Arthur Lydiard reflects.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Landscape format.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. A couple of tiny marks on the first page and a pen gift inscription.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Minor library markings, no wear. Clear laminate protection to the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy signed by the author on the title page. Landscape format. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 23cm, 78pp, soft covers. Minor thumbing. VG copy, almost as new. Recent poetry from daughter of Barbara Else.

Illustrated Papered Boards. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 22x28 cm landscape, 49 pp, illus eps, captioned colour photos of old postcards throughout, illus papered boards. VG copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Very clean ex Taupo Library copy. The Waikanae river mouth, lagoons and estuary on the Kapiti Coast are a particularly favoured habitat for native, introduced and migrant birds. The estuary is host to over 60 species, including godwits that migrate to and from Siberia. Builder Mik Peryer retired to live near the estuary and found himself taking tours and telling stories about the sanctuary's birdlife. This book will appeal to all bird lovers and those who enjoy a good yarn. …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 190pp. This is the story of Taiwanese immigrants to Australia. The cover has minor wear and the page edges are lightly foxed. The corners are lightly worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm). …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. A Very clean copy. Wellington at Work in the 1890s is compiled from two rich sources: illustrations from four beautifully produced posters that came out in 1895 as supplements to the New Zealand Times, and supporting text from the 1897 Cyclopedia of New Zealand. The result is a colourful account of late Victorian life, with some intriguing facts - did you know that a shipyard in Manners Street built ocean-going steamships, or that a Lambton Quay chemist produced chocolate-flavoured worm tablets for ailing Wellingtonians? This is the companion volume to last year's book Old Wellington in Colour.…

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 21 cm, 160 pp, b&w photo illus, soft covers. Author-signed gift inscription to half title. Life story of engineer George Smithees, founder of the New Zealand Smitheess family. George worked in Australia, Petone, Wanganui, and elsewhere in New Zealand. Item contains some information on his descendants including a family tree. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condición: As New. This copy is like new and has no faults. Lloyd Geering was born in Rangiora in 1918, educated chiefly in Otago, and holds honours degrees in Mathematics and Old Testament Studies. Ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he served in Kurow, Dunedin and Wellington. He held Chairs of Old Testament Studies at theological colleges in Brisbane and Dunedin before being appointed as the foundation Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. He was married to Nancy McKenzie in 1943 (d. 1949), to Elaine Parker in 1951 (d. 2001) and in 2004 to Shirley White of Christchurch. He has three children, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Since his retirement in 1984 Lloyd has continued to lecture widely throughout New Zealand and overseas. He was a regular columnist on religious topics for the Auckland Star and the NZ Listener. He was awarded an Honorary DD by the University of Otago in 1976, a CBE in the New Year Honours in 1988, made a PCNZM in 2001, and admitted to the Order of New Zealand in 2007.…

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 23cm, 192pp, colour photo illus, soft covers. Author inscription to title page. VG copy. Story of a visit by a New Zealander with many Irish relatives. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 24cm, 183pp, b&w photo illus, soft covers - mild corner bump. Name inside front cover, VG copy. A life at the forefront of health care.

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 24 cm, 228 pp, b&w photo illus, soft covers. VG copy.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine first edition copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Light shelf wear only and a tiny hint of dulling down to the wraps. The contents are like new. A History of the labour movement in New Zealand.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. A very close to new copy. How can traditional Maori built environments inform contemporary urban development? - How could Maori values inspire our visions for the 21st century city? - What can indigenous knowledge tell us about how to create a more sustainable design for the future? Taone Tupa Ora suggests answers to these important questions, bringing together perspectives on a broad range of urban issues, from Maori development to architecture, town planning to strategic growth management. It collects stories of iwi experiences in the 21st century, and suggests principles and theories on which to base change.…

No Binding. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Pictorial card covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: New. Unopened in publishers shrink wrap. "What a fine thing it is to have this full and final show of Barry's wrerterly productivity laid out expansively, matched by a photo-essay that shows Barry doing what he always did most: working, in his own self-made situ. Laid out, too, in the long thin lines he loved to trace, on paper/ canvas, in clay, in the landscape. Curling across the page in those transitional curves that were in fact his strongest formal signature; and the thing that sent the radius of his work out, in the end, to some kind of infinity." - David Craig. …

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 27.5cm, 96 pp, colour (and a few b&w) photo illus, soft covers. Small name to flyleaf. VG copy.

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 29cm, 195pp, figs, b&w photo illus in text, soft covers. VG copy.

Papered Boards. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 25 cm, 218 pp, maps, b&w photo illus, colour photo plates, d/w. VG copy.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 154 pages. Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy of a scarce title.

Soft Covers. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition. 27.5cm, 96 pp, colour (and a few b&w) photo illus, soft covers. Signed by the author at base of title page. VG copy. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 336 pages. This book, written on behalf of the poet's widow Dorothea Mason, has been some t hirty years in the making. In 1998 Victoria University Press agreed to publish a revised version of Asclepius's manuscript, to be co-authored by Rachel Barrowma n. Eventually it was decided - because of diverging views on R.A.K. Mason and on the nature of biography - to produce separate volumes. This is Asclepius's orig inal text, which stands on its own or may be read as a companion volume.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns. Minor markings and wear, clear laminate protection to covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australian ed. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, tables, appendices, bottom corner tip rear cover creased, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear, old price marks. 190 pp. This study by Tim Beal and Farib Sos reveals that Taiwanese migrants come to Australia and New Zealand more commonly for a better lifestyle rather than for business reasons. Their report consists of a survey of the problems they have faced as independent Chinese migrants, and how they overcame them. The appendices (half the book) include detailed quotes from interviews with Taiwanese migrants to both countries. This report also discusses immigration policy and practices, including multiculturalism, and recommends changes. (This copy: English-language edition, published by the Asia Pacific Research Institute, New Zealand, 1999.).…