LANG, JOHN DUNMORE

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, WITH MAP, octavo, green textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece/map, xvi + 339pp, VG (light bruising & moderate chipping to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, many pages uncut, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1852

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history John Dunmore Lang colonies British settlers first edition

JARVIS, ROBIN

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 246pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & soiling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000

KEYWORDS: English literature 19th nineteenth century history literary criticism travel Britain walking

GARRETT, JOHN

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 514pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine, light creasing to rear cover, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, bonus inscription in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies / WCC Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: history Christianity oceania ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pacific islands colonies

CUNNINGHAM, G. H.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges inc. flaps, attempts at tape repairs to closed tearing at edges, heavy chafing & staining to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military biography memoir squadron leader McGregor aviation history first edition

FENN, AMOR

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xx + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light chipping & 2cm closed tear to frontispiece, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1920

KEYWORDS: art history buildings architecture mythology symbolism mouldings ornaments

MUIR, Sir WILLIAM

REVISED SECOND EDITION WITH MAPS, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & ornate decoration to spine & front board, xv + 612pp, folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, cracking to some gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals, some occassional underlining to text- discreet & unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract 1892

KEYWORDS: caliphate religion religious history exploration Arabia Syria Iran Asia Minor Persia Khorasan

DE SISTO, FRANK V. & LECOCQ, LAURENT (illus)

THIS VOL ONLY. Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, green lettering to covers, 72pp, illus - photog, FINE

PUBLISHER: Concord Publications Company 2009

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii sturmeschutze sturmartillerie military history

DE SISTO, FRANK V. & LECOCQ, LAURENT (illus)

THIS VOL ONLY. Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, brown lettering to covers, 72pp, illus - photog, FINE

PUBLISHER: Concord Publications Company 2008

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii sturmeschutze sturmartillerie military history

MEREDITH, Mrs. CHARLES [aka MEREDITH, LOUISA ANNE]

Small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and rule, xi + 164pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine and boards, sporadic tanning and browing)

PUBLISHER: John Murrary 1846

KEYWORDS: colonial history australia aus new south wales nsw

CRAIK, GEORGE

Front board and ep detached, small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and decorative rule, and raised bands, marbled page edges, marbles eps, frontispiece of NZ map, iv + 424pp, illus, poor (heaving rubbing to spine and boards, front board detached, sporadic tanning and browning)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight 1830

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history maori

TRAVERS, W. T. LOCKE

Octavo, maroon heavy cloth boards, blind stamp rules to boards and gilt lettering and rule to spine, iv + 274pp, VG- (moderate fading to spine, light chipping to spine extrems, light sporadic soiling to boards, and light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Edwards & Co. Publishers 1889

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history travelogue

BARKER, LADY

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt embossed lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, deckled page edges, dark green eps, frontispiece of sheep station, xii + 238pp + 40pp adverts, VG- (heavy fading and soiling to spine, and partially to board edges, 7cm crack to external hinge)

PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand farm farming station settlement history memoir

WALPOLE, Lt. Hon. FRED.

2 VOLUME SET. Super octavo, marble heavy boards, half bound in tan leather, 2 dark green title plates with gilt lettering, gilt rule and decoration to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, xiv + 432pp, ix + 415pp, illus, VG+ (sporadic rubbing to boards, crack to front gutter Volume 1)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley 1849

KEYWORDS: collingwood ship travel pacific history fred walpole autobiographical

COWAN, JAMES

Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to cover, landscape eps, frontispiece, 156pp, illus & fold out maps to rear, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG (light chipping to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: The Tongariro National Park Board / Ferguson and Osborn Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history tongariro national park

SYMONDSON, ANTHONY & BUCKNALL, STEPHEN ARTHUR & [COMPER, SIR NINIAN]

Super octavo, soft glossy card covers, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG+ (mild bruising/creasing to spine + extrems w/ 3mm closed tear to foot of spine, mild adhesive residue, very mild soling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Spire Books & the Ecclesiological Society 2006

KEYWORDS: sir ninian compter architecture architect gothic revial church painted glass history britain british

LANGLEY, BATTY

RARE FIRST EDITION, large quarto, brown wave-patterned buckram boards, half bound in brown leather, gilt lettering + gilt tooling to spine, blind stamped decoration to binding, unpaginated illus prelims + 136pp + 38 plates (some foldouts, interspersed and to rear), VG- (moderate-heavy bruising to spine + extrems w/ some surface loss to leather and fraying to buckram, 2cm tear at head of spine, light-moderate rubbing + mild staining to boards, heavy foxing + moderate tanning to page edges, crack running length of front gutter, moderate foxing + prev owner's name in blue pencil to fep, moderate discolouration + light creasing to pages throughout, light to moderately heavy foxing throughout, sporadic mild-moderate staining to margins, occasional unobtrusive notes & figures in pencil to margins throughout, 3cm crack to foot of rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman, B. Lintot, J. Woodman and D. Lyons, C. King, E. Symon, and W, Bell 1726

KEYWORDS: geometry landscape architecutre surveying batty langley mathematics architectural history britain british gardening

MARSH, R.G. (photo.) & BLENCOWE, J.R. (photo.)

Octavo, string-bound wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG- (mild soiling & light-moderate creasing to wrappers w/ 1cm chip to front cover, mild soiling, rubbing, + creasing throughout)

PUBLISHER: R.G. Marsh and J.R. Blencowe, undated, ca. first decades of the 20th century

KEYWORDS: rotorua new zealand history photogram photograms r.g. marsh j.r. blencowe

N/A & CARTWRIGHT (photo.)

Octavo, string-bound soft wrappers, gilt lettering to cover, 20pp., illus, VG- (moderate creasing w/ some chipping to extrems, chipping to head & foot of spine, light rubbing & soiling + mild discolouration to wrappers, mild foxing & light discolouration throughout)

PUBLISHER: Fergusson Limd., undated, ca. 1914

KEYWORDS: hamilton new zealand photographs history photos

N/A & HECTOR, JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT. Super octavo, peach stiff card covers quarter bound in blue cloth, title plate to spine, xl + 546pp + 50 plates, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine w/ most of title plate gone, large dampstain to both covers, light rubbing + soiling to covers, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to both eps, light foxing throughout, binding cracking)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1883

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute james hector natural history philosophy science

N/A & HECTOR, JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT. Super octavo, soft card covers, black lettering to spine, xix + 661pp + 48 plates, illus, VG- (moderately heavy rubbing/bruising to spine w/ surface loss & 1cm chip missing from foot, moderately heavy foxing to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderately heavy foxing to eps, light-moderate foxing throughout

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1897

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute james hector natural history philosophy science