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2i48a/46

Sawyer's Bay; Including Sawyer's Bay School 1861-2010


CHURCH, IAN

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Sawyers Bay School 150th Anniversary Committee 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Sawyer's Bay history illustrated pioneers settlers school ian Church

$40.00
2i48a/47

Beyond Thames Street: Images of Small Town New Zealand


CRAWFORD, PHIL & MUNRO, MARK

Oblong super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to front cover, 114pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. seller's label to rear, light chafing & creasing to covers, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Arrow Press Ltd 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history photography Phil Crawford Mark Munro photos culture Morrinsville

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2i48a/48

Architecture 3: Arts & Crafts Masterpieces


DUNLOP, BETH (Intro)

Square quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1999

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history art Edward Prior Charles Rennie Mackintosh Bernard Maybeck

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2i48a/49

Architecture 3: Arts & Crafts Houses II (Vol 2 only)


DUNLOP, BETH (Intro)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, square quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards, gift plate tipped in to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1999

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history art Charles Rennie Mackintosh C F A Voysey Greene and Greene

$42.50
2i48a/50

An Outline of European Architecture


PEVSNER, NIKOLAUS

JUBILEE EDITION, square super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 740pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in light pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate creasing to spine & covers) in slipcase, VG (light bruising & moderate cracking to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1960

KEYWORDS: architecture Europe European buildings history Nikolaus Pevsner

$42.50
2i48a/51

Historic Otago


MCLEAN, GAVIN

Square imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history photography photos colonial

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2i48a/53

Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution


DRESSER, CHRISTOPHER & WHITEWAY, MICHAEL (Ed)

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate creasing to covers- particularly to rear, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: V&A Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: Christopher Dresser British design history industrial biography

$65.00
2i48a/55

Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer - 1834-1904


LYONS, HARRY

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club 2005

KEYWORDS: Christopher Dresser design British antiques illustrated photos history

$125.00
2i48a/56

Exquisite Apart: 100 Years of Architecture in New Zealand


WALKER, CHARLES (Ed) & MOLLER, GORDON (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading to board edges)

PUBLISHER: Balasoglou Books 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings history 100 years NZIA awards culture

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2i48a/60

John Jones of Otago: Whaler, Coloniser, Shipowner, Merchant


ECCLES, ALFRED & REED, A. H. & STEWART, W. DOWNIE (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate denting to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & moderate chipping to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing, minor tape repairs to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: A. H. and A. W. Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history regional John Jones biography maritime nautical

$75.00
2i48a/63

Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical


CULVER, ROBERT DUNCAN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, xviii + 1258pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling & chipping to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light scuffing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Christian Focus Publications 2005

KEYWORDS: religion theology academic systematic history religious bible Christianity scripture anthropology

$45.00
2i48a/65

Lands For the People? The Highland Clearances and the Colonisation of New Zealand: A Biography of John McKenzie


BROOKING, TOM

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 363pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & covers, light chafing, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1996

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history biography memoir John McKenzie politics colonisation Otago regional

$34.50
2i48a/70

Bluff Harbour


HALL-JONES, JOHN

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xix + 170pp, (VG+) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: Southland Harbour Board Bluff 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Bluff Harbour Southland exploration pioneers settlers

$60.00
2i48a/72

Pioneers of Martins Bay


MACKENZIE, Mrs. PETER (Fmr. McKENZIE, ALICE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG (lacks fep., light to moderate scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names with white adhesive label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times (Printer) 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers Martins Bay

$57.50
2i51a/3

Hammer & Tap: Shaping Tuapeka County 1876-1976


MARKS, ROBIN

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, in plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated photos Tuapeka Otago regional

$50.00
2i51a/9

Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand: 1876-1980 (2 Vol Set)


PLOWMAN, PETER

2 VOL SET, oblong quarto, blue & green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, vol 1- 224pp, vol 2- 220pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate fading to board edges & spines, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & plastic covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday Australia 1981

KEYWORDS: transport ships maritime nautical steam travel history Australia New Zealand Pacific sea trade passenger

$40.00
2i51a/10

The French at Akaroa: An Adenture in Colonization


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FRONTISPIECE & TISSUE GUARD TORN OUT, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, xvi + 420pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape staining & cracking to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, frontispiece & tissue guard roughly torn out, sm ink markings to lettering on full title page, moderate creasing to page edges of prelims & other pgs sporadically throughout, light foxing & gutter cracks to pgs throughout, moderate to heavy creasing/folding & various closed tears to folding map)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Book Depot 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France French literature history Akaroa T Lindsay Buick colonization colonisation

$45.00
2i51a/15

Reminiscences of Arthur Dudley Dobson; Engineer 1841-1930


DOBSON, ARTHUR DUDLEY, LESTER, G. M. L. (Preface)

1984 RE-PRINT OF SECOND EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, rubbed title plate to spine, black lettering to title plate to front board, frontispiece, 225pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate rubbing to title pate to spine, light bruisin gto extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl tape staining to pastedowns) in mylar cover- taped

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1984 (Reprint of Second Edition by Whitcombe & Tombs)

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arthur Dudley Dobson New Zealand history pioneers settlers

$65.00
2i51a/18

The World Book of Spences (Registration No. 24511)


N/A

Quarto, red light card covers, title window to ffep & black crest on front cover, 87pp + unpaginated genealogical list to rear, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing to covers, 1cm closed tear to title window on front cover, light foxing to page edges, coat of arms pg partially detached- still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Halbert's Family Heritage 1990

KEYWORDS: genealogy family history Spence Halbert's family heritage coat of arms

$45.00
2i51a/26

Pioneering in South Otago


WAITE, Hon. FRED

Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding map frontispiece, 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising& scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing &, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history South Otago pioneers settlers

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