Colin Amodeo (27 results)

Oblong quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With b&w illstns. Library markings in front and rear endpapers and to dust jacket which is intact and well protected.

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy which feels unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 192p (2p) D-J Paper over boards With illustrations and cartoons, the experiences at, and the role of Burnham Camp in peace and war.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. His torpedo boat was roughly the size of a large civilian cruising launch. She carried torpedoes named Sugar (starboard) and Pudding (port side). In this plywood hull with ammunition and fuel, the crews knew they were manning a floating bomb. This very readable story is balanced with wicked humour history and heroism. It opens a window on the sea war in the Mediterranean and brings to life the extraordinary war story of a well-known Cantabrian. DJ; heavy. 160 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 280 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fire Sugar, Fire Pudding. Pat Clark Hall's Letters from a Torpedo Boat 1943 -1945. Edited by Colin Amodeo. Publisher: Clark Hall Family, New Zealand, 2009, FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE. OUT OF PRINT Large hardback with jacket, very good, minor marks. 160 pages, illustrated. His torpedo boat was roughly the size of a large civilian cruising launch. She carried torpedoes named Sugar (starboard) and Pudding (port side). In this plywood hull with ammunition and fuel, the crews knew they were manning a floating bomb. This very readable story is balanced with wicked humour, history and heroism. It opens a window on the sea war in the Mediterranean and brings to life the extraordinary war story of a well-known Cantabrian. Includes over 100 illustrations, photos and maps. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 189 pages. 189 pages. tidy copy -with newspaper clipping and service memorial for Ian Qu ilter and signature of w j Baguley & death notice for E C Claydon.

Pattern of the Years: The Story of Blackwell's Department Store 1871-2018 by Colin Amodeo. Publisher: Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand : Blackwells Department Store, [2018]. Softback, some minor shelf/edge wear, gift inscription to ffep otherwise excellent. A history of this Kaiapoi department store. 168 pages, illustrated. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 189 pages illustrated. Blue Cloth HB. No dust jacket ( probably as published ) Collector's edition ? illustrations and lists, a record of the hundred-and-more years of this Canterbury lifeboat service, its development, its people and its rescues.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus glossy boards, red & white lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to boards).

On Parade!' Shirley Boys High School the first 50 Years. By Colin Amodeo. VERY SCARCE. Publisher: Shirley Boys High School Old Boys' Assoc, 2007, First Edition. Near new hardcover with dust jacket. No owner inscriptions, minor marks. Jacket has some creasing with shelf/edge wear and marks. 308 pages with photos. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. HEAVY BOOK THAT MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 224p Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine With illustrations, the life of this magistrate and coroner in the pioneer world of Akaroa and Banks Peninsula.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 288p Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine With maps and illustrations, a new study of the foundations of Canterbury and Christchurch, and the role played by the surveyors and pre-settlement workers.

Forgotten Forty-Niners: Being an Account of the Men & Women Who Paved the Way in 1849 for the Canterbury Pilgrims in 1850 by Colin Amodeo. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Publisher: The Caxton Press 2003. VERY SCARCE. Softback in very good condition, no owner inscriptions, some fading and creasing to spine, creasing to spine, minor marks. 236 page with illustrations. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 224p Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine With illustrations, a study of Akaroa on Banks Peninsula and its magistrate, John Watson.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Summer Ships. Being an Account of the First Six Ships Sent out From England by the Canterbury Association in 1850-1851 by Colin Amodeo. Published by Caxton Press, 2001, first paperback edition. Very good softback, light shelf/edge wear. No inscriptions. Pages very good, minor marks. 358 pages, illustrated. This book tells the story of the way 'Canterbury' came into being in the first two vital years of its history. Its focus is the people who turned swampland into farms and towns and the immigrant life common to much of mid-19th century New Zealand. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Mosquito Fleet of Canterbury An Impression of the Years 1830-1870 By Colin Amodeo, Bill Huntley (Illustrated by). Publisher: Caxton Press 2005, First Edition. VERY SCARCE. Very good softback, no owner inscriptions, minor marks, light shelf-wear, creasing and sellotape along front edge of spine. 307 pages, illustrated. The Mosquito Fleet Of Canterbury records an almost forgotten aspect of Canterbury history - the role of sea transport in the development of the province. It explores the range of shipping and shipbuilding activity in early Canterbury and includes ship specifications, chronologies, fleet lists and shipping companies while Bill Huntley's sketches and paintings bring a strongly visual dimension to the text. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Lyttelton Pride: a history of Lyttelton Engineering and its forerunners by Colin Amodeo. Published by Lyttelton Engineering, Christchurch, 2004. SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 200 COPIES. Very good hardback with jacket, binding firm, some minor bumping, no inscriptions, pages excellent. Jacket has some light shelf-wear. pages, illustrated. Lyttelton Pride was commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the forming of Lyttelton Engineering and records the history of the company and it's forerunners dating back to the 1850's. The book was written by Colin Amodeo, a widely published Canterbury historian and launched by Bob Parker, Mayor of Banks Peninsular at a ceremony held at the Christchurch Gondola on 11 May 2004. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 210mm x 297mm x. 360 pages. Signed by the author. A well researched history of the first 6 ships sent out from England to NZ in 1850-51. 4/02/2008. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Taking the Bar : A History of Kaiapoi Port by Colin Amodeo. Publisher: Kaiapoi Maritime Heritage Trust 2017, First Edition. SCARCE. Softback in excellent near new condition with no inscriptions. Slight shelf-wear to covers. 168 pages, illustrated. "The port of Kaiapoi has a history that begins before the arrival of European settlers in the early 1850s. Maori trading parties used the Cam, Waimakariri and Styx Rivers as an inland water route to settlements further north. In 1849, the first coastal trading vessels from Wellington and Nelson crossed the Waimakariri bar to bring supplies to Captain Thomas's surveyors conducting the 'Mandeville Survey' in the Kaiapoi area. By the 1860s, Kaiapoi was the main port for the farms and stations of North Canterbury and the fleet of small cutters, schooners and ketches maintained a lively trade with Lyttelton as well as Christchurch via the Heathcote River."--Book flap. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

Large quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, red lettering to spine & front cover, printed eps, frontispiece, 358pp, illus, VG+.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. No signatures.; 168 pages + 19 colour illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Large format softcover book. Page dimensions: 296 x 209mm. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. "A detailed account of the port at Kaiapoi has been long overdue. In 2017, the Kaiapoi Maritime Heritage Trust decided it was time to record over 160 years of shipping and boating on the Waimakariri and Kaiapoi Rivers. 'Taking the bar' begins with early 19th Century accounts of Ngai Tahu commerce before the arrival of European settlers anda continues the Kaiapoi story up to the present day. This is a lively account of human endeavour on an often wild river with a difficult and dangerous entrance which could defeat even the best of ship's masters and crews. Profusely illustrated, with anecdotes and footnotes, 'Taking the bar' makes a significant contribution to North Canterbury history." - from blue on rear cover.

Hb. Condition: NF+. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Deluxe First & Numbered Edition. Deluxe First & Numbered Edition No. 713 of 750 copies. Clean light beige/cream fabric cloth on boards, navy blue cloth spine wrap and gilt border trim. Blindstamped titles. Edges: very faint couple of small smudges to fore-edge. Eps: illustrated with news clippings from The Lyttelton Times. Frontis: with tissue guard and art frame surrounds; colour painting of Port Lyttelton in 1850 by W.H. Raworth, a surveyor emigrating in Sir George Seymour. Beautifully illustrated plates, colour & b/w illustrations. Binding is As New. Navy blue ribbon bookmarker. 358p Box slipcase: As New: solid. Navy blue case with colour art illustration to front & gilt titles. Book & case: 315 x 220 mm / 2kgs.

Hb. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Deluxe Edition & Numbered. Clean buff coloured fabric cloth on boards with blindstamped titles. Blue spine wrap, gilt titles and border trim. Eps; illustrated with pages from the Lyttleton Times. Frontis: colur illustration of Port Lyttleton in1850, by W.H. Raworth, a surveyor emigrating in the Sir George Seymour, with tissue guard. Immaculate contents. Each coloured plate with its own tissue guard. Binding is As New. Navy blue ribbon bookmarker. 358p Box slipcase: As New. Navy blue boards with colour illustrated cover. Solid. Heavy: 315 x220 mm / 2 kgs.

Quarto illus. light card covers with French flaps, illus., 306pp, nr. FINE NR.