WELLS, B.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leather bound turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckled colouring to page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 311pp, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate chafing to boards, moderate discolouration to page edges, ex-libris plate tofront pastedown, moderate scuff to fep with sl loss, minimal ex-library stamps, heavy crack to gutter of preface pg, light underlining in ink sporadically to a few pgs)

PUBLISHER: Edmondson & Avery 1878

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Taranaki

WELLS, PETER

octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history race relations Carl Sylvius Kereote Rau Kaiwhatu murder justice law crime signed

MARAIS, J. S.

Ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 384pp, tatty (heavy creasing/bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to gutters with bizarre attempts at repair using mesh/cloth, moderate annotations & underlining in both ink & pencil to text throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization pioneers politics

HOUSTON, J.

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, scruffy (heavy chipping to spine extrems, heavy creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & staining to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport soccer football history illustrated

McNAB, ROBERT

Octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 377pp, map of NZ & surrounding islands to prelims, VG+ (tidy copy, prev. owner's ownership inscrp. in ink to fep., moderate creasing & light chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate staining to boards, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Smith (Printer) 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration pioneers colonisation colonization

FRAENKEL, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 249pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light soiling to rear board, previous owner's name in ink to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chippping to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2005

KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history anthropology Africa autobiography memoir Peter Fraenkel diaspora holocaust persecution

WESTRA, ANS & BAXTER, JAMES K. & SHADBOLT, TIM

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, 124pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing to spine & covers with light chafing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner heavily scuffed chipped)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture contemporary history illustrated pictorial collection anthology photos photography

LOWER, MARK ANTONY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to spine & boards with blind stamp decoration, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 319pp + 24pp adverts, illus, tatty (heavy cracking to spine & hinges, rear board almost completely detached, heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter with failed attempt at tape repair)

PUBLISHER: John Russell Smith 1845

KEYWORDS: heraldry genealogy family history illustrated coats coat of arms England English

WILSON, JOHN

Square imperial octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Canterbury south island

HARRIS, OLIVE B. A. & HAWKINS, VALENTINE DUNN (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, viii + 264pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine with some surface loss, moderate creasing to covers & corners, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: O. B. Harris 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Hokianga Hawkins family signed

SETON, GEORGE (ADVOCATE)

Super octavo, quarter leather bound and red buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with gilt rule & decoration to spine, gilt coat of arms motif to front board, top page edges stained deep red, xxvii + 548pp + unpaginated lists to rear, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to board extrems, heavy cracking to leather on spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, multiple ex-libris plates to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Edmonston and Douglas 1863

KEYWORDS: heraldry genealogy family law legal use Scotland illustrated coat coats of arms history

MOALA, KALAFI

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 304pp, VG (light creasing to cover edges & corners, moderate foxing & staining to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Pacmedia Publishers 2002

KEYWORDS: Tonga Pacific islands media journalism Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper history

N/A

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule & regimental insignia to boards, page edges speckled red, frontispiece, xl + 361pp, illus, colour plates (all present), VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, ligth discolouration to spine, heavy bruising to board corners, moderate tanning to page edges, full title page completely missing, frontispiece completely detached but re-attached with heavy tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutter at half title page)

PUBLISHER: Harrison & Sons circa 1882

KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army 8th regiment king's Liverpool illustrated

RISSIK, DAVID

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 352pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light creasing to spinee xtrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: The Durham Light Infantry 1945

KEYWORDS: military history Durham light infantry British army illustrated maps ww2 second world war two 2

RUSSELL, ROBERT H.

Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 592pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (ligth creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Wilton Historical Society 2007

KEYWORDS: Connecticut history US America illustrated culture

HOWARD, MICHAEL & SPARROW, JOHN & LOYD, Gen.-SIR H. C. (Fore)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt rule & decoration with regimental insignia to front board, blind rule to rear board, xvii + 593pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG (moderate bruising & light scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavycreasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning to spine & cover edges, moderate water staining to spine)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: military history British army coldstream guards lilywhites maps illustrated

GARDYNE, Lt.-Col. C. GREENHILL

2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spines, black regimental insignia to front boards, frontispieces, illus title pages, xx-xxiv + 438pp-346pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & chafing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 320-321 of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1929

KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army 75th regiment illustrated maps Scotland Scottish

MOORHEAD, MURRAY

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: NZ Founders 1991

KEYWORDS: Taranaki New Zealand 150 years pictorial history

COOPER, FREDERICK

Super octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Cambridge Uni Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Africa history colonial post-colonial

REVEREND CANON PIKE, V.J.

Super octavo green slim 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Gale and Polden c. July 1958

KEYWORDS: Programme ceremony presentation of colours South Wales Borderers Monmouthshire Regiment 1958 military history royalty