GOMBRICH, E. H.

First edition, octavo, blue stapled wrappers, red lettering to wrappers, 60pp, illus plates, VG ( Light fading to spine, v.slight foxing to wrapper & upper page edges, v.light pencil annotation to margins, )

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: lecture art history

LAJARD, FELIX

TEXT IN FRENCH, rare, 2 volume set, quarto + large folio, half bound, pink cloth boards with gilt lettering to leather spine, gilt tooling to raised bands on spine, t.e.g., grey eps, viii +692pp (text), 26 + cii plates (plates), front board of plates volume is detached (but present) otherwise set is VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate rubbing & staining to leather, moderate foxing - heavier towards prelims & terminals - some plates have significant foxing while others are clean, moderately heavy tanning to page edges prelims & terminals, bruising & surface loss to board corners of plates volume, owner's ex libris label & small newpaper clipping of book ad to front pastedown of text volume)

PUBLISHER: A L'Imprimerie Imperiale 1867

KEYWORDS: Mithra Mithraism religion spirituality ancient history text in French

GILBERT, JARROD

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand gangs history culture crime sociology

TROTTER, ANN (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics foreign policy affairs history

OWEN, BRUCE B.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: The Vestry of the Mission District of Bombay-Pokeno 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history church building architecture religion Christianity

GENT, ROBERT H. VAN & CELLARIUS, ANDREAS

Elephant folio, illus boards with velvet spine, gilt lettering to spine & boards, black eps, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (10cm crack to rear hinge, very light soiling to eps, light rubbing to spine) Comes in original cardboard presentation box (light puncturing to front cardboard, 3 cm dent to spine and light water staining to spine)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2006

KEYWORDS: science history constellations charts planets astronomy

HILMARSSON, JOHANN OLI

Super octavo, illus boards, illus eps, 125pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, small nick to lower front board edge)

PUBLISHER: Mal og Menning 2008

KEYWORDS: Puffin natural history birds ornithology

FORBES, ROSITA

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 317pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing & moderate tanning to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Grayson & Grayson 1937

KEYWORDS: Women History Sociology

TAYLOR, MERLIN MOORE

First edition, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & light rubbing to boards, small nicks to bottom front board, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1924

KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea history travel Ethnology

FORBES, A. GRUAR

First edition, octavo, red cloth board with gilt lettering & gilt decoration to spine & front board, a.e.g., frontispiece, viii + 430pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, previous owners's label to f.e.p.)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Searle 1874

KEYWORDS: geography travel history Africa exploration

JAGADEESAN, J.

Super octavo, illus ligth card covers, viii + 348pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to cover, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Sathya Sai Baba 1995

KEYWORDS: religion hinduism history

GRAY, COLIN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 166pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to cover, light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink & inscription to title page)

PUBLISHER: Random Century 1990

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand aviation airplane

CLARK, KENNETH

Octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 321pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Constable 1950

KEYWORDS: Gothic Architecture England History

YATE, WILLIAM

Map present coloured plate at p22 not p 2, second edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 310pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside 1835

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion christianity church missionary history

LATHAM, DARRELL

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 463pp, illus, VG (light foxing & light tanning to page edges, newspaper clipping pasted in to title, prev owner's name to fep. in ink) in d/w VG (light fading, moderate bruising to spine extrems and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1984

KEYWORDS: Gold mines mining New Zealand Buller District history West Coast South Island

COCHRAN, JUDITH

Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, Nr fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Crook Helm 1986

KEYWORDS: Education Egypt history

SMYTHIES, BERTRAM E.

First edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 561pp + folding map at rear, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light cellotape residue to eps, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1960

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology Borneo natural history

LEVER, JILL

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 144pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate fading, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Trefoil Books 1982

KEYWORDS: architecture design arts history furniture

PAYELLE, G. & MOLLARD, ARMAND & MARINGER, G. & PAILLOUT (transcriber)

Super octavo, in stapled wrapper (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: The Daily Chronicle 1914

KEYWORDS: military history France Germany transcript

PUTKOWSKI, JULIAN & DUNNING, MARK

Inscribed and signed by the author. Imperial octavo 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2012

KEYWORDS: military history WW1 world war one WWI