JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH

Elephant folio, half leatherbound brown buckram boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & illus/rule to front board, aeg, G+ (heavy scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy scuffing & tearing to cloth on boards, 'Dunedin Supreme Court library' ink stamps to title page, front gutter completely cracked- binding completely exposed, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling/staining to prelims, moderate foxing throughout, moderate scuffing to eps, contents/maps contained within are reasonably unaffected with a bulk of foxing to rear of maps, occasional moderate to heavy cracking to other gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1866

KEYWORDS: old maps atlas atlases geography topography

RICHARDSON Jr, L

Quarto, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps, xxxiv + 458pp, illus, VG (moderate warping to spine, moderate soiling & light tanning to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light tanning to spine, moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The John Hopkins University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: geography maps history historical atlas atlases topography dictionaries topographical

AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (Intro & Annotations) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (Intro & Annotations)

Imperial ocatvo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, top page edges stained green, xxxi + 638pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, publisher's label tipped in to title page)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1950

KEYWORDS: geology mining de re metallica minerals mineralogy geography historical

LYELL, Sir CHARLES

NINTH EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece, xii + 835pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing/fraying & discolouration to spine- cloth partially flapping, light to moderate scuffing to board extrems, minor staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, tidy tape reinforcement to front gutters, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, severe crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board flapping loose)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1853

KEYWORDS: geology environment history historical earthquakes volcanos geography earth science sciences

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, BOTH MAPS & ALL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges- faded, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: first English edition New Zealand geography geology natural history Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter Auckland Nelson

GILES, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 325pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine/front cover hinge, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism American history geography

MORRIS, WILLIAM MORRIS & KING, PHILIP B. (ed., illust.) & SCHUMM, STANLEY A. (ed., illust.)

Super octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Geo Books / Geo Abstracts Ltd. 1980

KEYWORDS: William Morris Davis physical geography geomorphology annotated b&w illustrations diagrams

BAINES, JOHN & MALEK, JAROMIR

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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.

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1984

KEYWORDS: atlas atlases ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity geography

TURRILL, W B

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained grey, frontispiece, x + 267pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Martinus Nijhoff 1953

KEYWORDS: botany plants history historical research Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker geography

RICKMERS, W RICKMER

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, base of page block deckled, frontispiece, xv + 563pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's initials in ink to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, sl adhesion to base of pages, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1913

KEYWORDS: travel history historical exploration landscapes geography duab Turkestan

HECTOR, JAMES

MAPS TO REAR, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, pgs37-101, illus, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, sl scuffing/bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minro glue staining to front & rear gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscapes geology land geography formations

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND & PETERMANN, Dr A

Quarto, grey heavy boards, brown cloth spine- no lettering, black lettering to front board, unpaginated, illus/maps- all present, VG- (heavy cracking/tearing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to boards, moderate bruising/creasing to boards, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters, moderate to heavy foxing througout, prev. owner's name in ink to front board & title page)

PUBLISHER: T Delattre 1864

KEYWORDS: maps atlases cartography New Zealand geology geography topography Auckland Nelson atlas