The Book Cellar

27/07/2026

Here's one for fans of the best writer of fantasy fiction (yes, I'm one!)
The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett, one of the City Watch books.
Hard cover with dust jacket - fading on spine of dust jacket, but otherwise in very good condition.
This is available now in The Book Cellar. Call in there on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday, or phone the Church Office (332 7129) if you want to reserve this for yourself.

17/07/2026

For sale: Spitfire Return to Flight by Bredon Dee – Signed 1st Edition (2010)

$100

Signed by the author Bredon Deere and Squadron Leader Sean Perrett RNZAF

Author: Deere, Brendon
ISBN: 9780473167110
Format: Hardback
Pages: 304 (372 colour and 121 black and white illustrations)
Publisher: ITL Aviation
Publication date: 16/08/2010
Illustrator: Conroy, Gavin

Spitfire Return to Flight: The Story of Supermarine Spitfire PV270 by Bredon Deere. “The story of an example of one of the most famous fighters of all time and one renowned New Zealand Spitfire pilot, Alan Deere”

17/07/2026

For sale: The Pathfinders

$5

Author: David Nevin
Publisher: Time-Life Books, 1980 (first printing)
Format: Hardcover, embossed padded boards, 176 pages, illustrated
ISBN: 0-8094-3256-0 (trade) / 0-8094-3255-2 (library binding)

The Pathfinders by David Nevin — a volume in Time-Life's acclaimed "The Epic of Flight" series. Tells the story of the great pioneering long-distance aviators of the 1920s and '30s: the race across the Atlantic, Lindbergh's Paris flight, the long reach to Australia, and Wiley Post's globe-circling flights. Richly illustrated with historic photographs and artwork throughout.

17/07/2026

For sale: The history of New Zealand Aviation by Ross Ewing & Ross Macpherson

$25
A comprehensive history of aviation in New Zealand — military, civilian, private and commercial.

Publisher Heinemann, Auckland 1986. First edition, 287 pages
ISBN 0868634093
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21610390

17/07/2026

For sale: Bombers: An Illustrated History of Bomber Aircraft, Their Origins and Evolution
$8

Author: Francis Crosby
Publisher: Hermes House (an imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd), London, 2004
Format: Large-format softcover (quarto, approx. 30 × 23 cm), 256 pages

ISBN: 0681068787:

An illustrated A–Z history of bomber aircraft from the earliest planes of World War I through to modern stealth bombers. Features a catalogue of more than 130 aircraft with over 750 photographs.

17/07/2026

For sale: Hurricane at war by Chaz Bowyer
$10

Author: Chaz Bowyer
Published: Ian Allan Ltd, first published 1974, this copy is the 1985 third impression

Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0711005648 ISBN 13: 9780711005648
Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Lt, 1975

A well regarded photographic history of the Hawker Hurricane’s operational service in WWII, covering the Battle of Britain and beyond.

17/07/2026

For sale: NAC: The Illustrated History of New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947–1978

$80

Signed by all three authors: Richard Waugh, with Peter Layne & Graeme McConnell

Publisher: Kynaston Charitable Trust in conjunction with Craig Printing Co, Invercargill, 2007 — First Edition
Format: Oblong quarto hardback, glossy illustrated boards, 320 pages, over 500 photographs and illustrations.

ISBN: 978-0-473-12000-9

NAC: The Illustrated History of New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947–1978 by Richard Waugh, Peter Layne and Graeme McConnell. First edition, 2007. Signed by all three authors on the title page. The first photographic and social history of NAC — New Zealand's major domestic airline and first state-owned enterprise, from its post-war founding through fabric-covered de Havilland biplanes, the DC-3, Dominie, Friendship and Viscount, to the Boeing 737 jets, until its 1978 merger with Air New Zealand. A 320-page oblong quarto hardback with over 500 rare photographs, aircraft histories, an NAC chronology and appendices. A must-have for New Zealand aviation and airline history collectors, and Viscount enthusiasts in particular.

Foreword by Sir Anand Satyanand and Helen Clark.

14/06/2026

09/06/2026

A varied trio of books on offer today. They can be purchased from The Book Cellar on any of its open days, or contact the Church Office any weekday morning.
See individual postings for full details
- A Fabled Land: The Story Of Canterbury's Famous Mesopotamia Station
- The Beginning of the Law, Jim Poulter
- Fighting for Sea Power in the Days of Sail (1918)

09/06/2026

A Fabled Land: The Story Of Canterbury's Famous Mesopotamia Stations - 150 Years Of Station Life by Bruce Ansley
$20
The historic Mesopotamia Station is located in mid-Canterbury at the headwaters of the magnificent Rangitata gorge. 'Mesopotamia', named by Samuel Butler in 1860, means 'the land between two rivers': it lies between the Rangitata and Forest Creek rivers. Author Bruce Ansley has brilliantly captured the spirit of this great sheep station: from the early pioneers who first braved its harsh winters and searing summers to the ingenuity and drive of the present-day owners, the Prouting family. His description of the landscape is at once poetic and immediate and magnificent, taking the reader right to the heart of the high country. The Mesopotamia story gives an astonishing overview of the history of the area, while the imposing power of the rivers, the hills, and the weather are ever present. In this country the mountains have as much personality and character as the members of the station's longtime owners, the Prouting family.
Excellent condition