DAVIDSON, BASIL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967

KEYWORDS: Africa African culture history archaeology monuments

KING, MICHAEL

Ex library quarto stapled light card covers (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: Dept of Ed. Wellington 1988

KEYWORDS: Ngata Apirana Ngati Porou biography history maori New Zealand politics

JUDGE, HARRY (ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: History world encyclopedia ancient to1800

ABELL, SAM

Quarto softcover with french flaps (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: University of Oregon Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Natural history art photography Amazon Amazonia

IZETT, JAMES

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, printed eps, vii + 451pp, illus, v tatty (v heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, heavy damp staining to board edges & eps, owner's name in pencil to frotn pastedown, fep & prelim pgs i-vi missing, clumps of pgs either v loose or completely detached)

PUBLISHER: Unknown- copyright page missing (Possibly John Mackay, Gov't Printer)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated lore history myths legends antiquity

BROOKES, EDWIN STANLEY

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind decorative stamp to boards, frontispiece, viii + 204pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, very heavy chipping to spine extrems with 2cm loss to base, light bruising to board corners, heavy discolouration & 3cm scuff with loss to spine, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, sl insect damage to rear board & pastedown, moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: H. Brett 1892

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history illustrated Taranaki settlers colonisation colonization

REASON, JOYCE

FIRST EDITION, JULY 1943, PUBLISHED BY EDINBURGH HOUSE NOT CARGATE PRESS- UNUSUAL VARIANT, small octavo, illus stiff card boards, black lettering to spine, 80pp, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & scuffing to spine, moderate foxing to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy water stain to internal side of rear cover, sunday school stamp in ink to internal side of front board)

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh House Press 1943

KEYWORDS: first edition China politics Asia communism history

MORSE, C. O. ET AL

Octavo, illus stapled card wrappers, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, light chafing/creasing & soiling to covers & edges, light rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Swailes Printing (Printer) 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated Napier jubilee diamond sixty 60 years history

FULTON, R. V. ET AL

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 128pp, illus, folding photo to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (Printer) 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Boys' high school diamond jubilee illustrated history education Dunedin

MANKEKAR, D. R.

Paperback (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: Deep Publicatiosn 1970

KEYWORDS: war history india pakistan politics battle

REEVES, WILLIAM PEMBER

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Viking 1987

KEYWORDS: history new zealand colonisation

PICARD, LIZA

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 2003

KEYWORDS: elizabethan london history daily life everyday england

ABRAHAM, GERALD

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: concise music history ancient classical

McCARTHY, CONAL & STOCKER, MARK (Eds)

Lg quarto, illus glossy hard boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Viictoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history illustrated essays literature Maori art Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

MACKENZIE, LIEUTENANT F. W. & MACKENZIE, Capt. F. W. (After) & BETT, ANDREW (Pref)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 82pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name & inscription in ink to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel exploration history north island first edition

KERSE, ELIZABETH (Ed) & MacKAY, L. G. (Fore)

Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 339pp, illus, VG+ (spine v sl cocked,. light bruising to spine extrems, sunning to lower board edges) in d/w VG (moderate sun fading to spine and rear cover, small closed tear to upper edge). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Knapdale Book Committee circa 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history farming pioneers settlements Knapdale settlers anthropology culture

HOLBORN, MARK

Square 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Gordon Fraser 1978

KEYWORDS: japan japanese garden landscaping garden history

SWAINSON, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION. octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, 16pp adverts + 392pp, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate loss to edges of title plate on spine, moderatew chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, spine completely detached from binding, buckram sl detached from front board at internal edge)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans and John Taylor 1840

KEYWORDS: taxidermy zoology first edition science animals natural history

DAVIS, COLONEL JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 307pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising to board corners, moderate soiling & light discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, inscription in ink to fep, light water staining to base of feps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1906

KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army illustrated maps queen's royal regiment

EWING, MAJOR JOHN & SALVESEN, The Rt. Hon. LORD (Fore)

2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind regimental insignia stamp to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxi-xii + 825pp, illus, folding maps, plates to rear of vol 2, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name stamp to feps, moderate cracking to rear gutters, moderate foxing to maps but still reasonably tidy)

PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1925

KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army royal regiment of foot illustrated maps