BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE & ROSS, Sir E. DENISON (Memoir)

FOLDING MAP TO REAR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt motif & rule to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxii + 650pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl water staining to edges of eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926

KEYWORDS: history exploration Persia autobiography memoir Edward Granville Browne culture travel

FITZGERALD, E. A. & CONWAY, Sir MARTIN ET AL (Contributions)

HEAVY STAINING, ALL PLATES PRESENT BUT SOME LOOSE, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 363pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear pocket, scruffy (heavy bruising & scuffing to board extrems/edges, heavy cracking & loss to title plates, heavy staining to boards, spine & pg corners, vv heavy staining to some middle pages & plates, v heavy cracking to gutters, heavy staining & closed tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration climbing Alps history travel E A Fitzgerald

WESTON, Flt.Lt. FREDERICK GEORGE

SIGNED, LETTER FROM AUTHOR TIPPED TO FFEP, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 299pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, errata slip tipped in to pg214) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Brewin Books 1999

KEYWORDS: aviation history autobiography memoir Frederick Weston military raf air force British

COSH, MARY

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 1105pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: John Donaldson Publishers 2003

KEYWORDS: history Scotland Edinburgh illustrated social 18th 19th century

EARL, MAURIE (Compiled)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, iii + 209pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Maurie Earl n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Isaac Mary Gibbs genealogy Bromwell Cole Quinney Hodgkinson Elvines Trower Fenemor Stringer Ilton Mead Nelson regional pioneers settlers

EARL, MAURIE (Compiled)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, illus stapled glossy light card covers, 170pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Maurie Earl n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy isaac Mary Gibbs Bromell Cole Quinney Hodgkinson Elvines Trower Fenemor Stringer Ilton Mead settlers pioneers

DANGERFIELD, J. A. (Compiled)

Lg quarto, yellow & white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, v + 72pp, VG (light creasing & soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep with white adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: J A Dangerfield 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history rail Otago railway Lewis Coal Mine Molyneux Coal Point trains

ABRAHAMSON, JENNY & ENYS, CHARLES (Illus) & O'MALLEY, JOHN (Photos)

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Wily Publications 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Castle Hill sheep station farming agriculture Canterbury provincial John Charles Enys photos paintings art collection

HUGHES, QUENTIN & SMITH, GRAHAM (Photos) & WRIGHTSON, DAVID (Photos)

Quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & extrems, light fading & moderate scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries 1964

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings English British Liverpool history

JAY, FRANK

Octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 255pp, illus/plates, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, plate opp. pg218 detached but present, light foxing to pgs throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co n/d

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Frank Jay military history mercenaries British Irish Spanish Italian

HECTOR, JAMES

BOARDS HANGING TENUOUSLY BY A COUPLE OF THREADS! Super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, lxv + 471pp, tatty (boards v loose but stiil attached, heavy scuffing to spine extrems with some loss, moderate scuffing to board corners & edges, moderate to heavy staining to boards, moderate to heavy soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters otherwise internally pretty sound, prev. owner's name plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers, 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand institute proceedings transactions history

TAYLOR, ALISTER

Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing/curling & fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art Goldie Maori portraits history culture

FOGEL, JOSHUA A.

LACKS FEP, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 417pp, VG (lacks ffep, spine sl cocked, heavy creasing to pg xvii) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: China Chinese travel exploration history criticism writing Japanese

FOGEL, JOSHUA A.

LACKS FEP, super octavo, red cloth boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 420pp, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light soiling to page edges, ffep missing, occasional light markings in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some surface loss, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Council on East Asian Studies Harvard University 1984

KEYWORDS: politics sinology Chinese history Naito Konan

BEATTIE, HERRIES

Octavo, green stapled light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 150pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & fading to covers, moderate tanning to page edges, light rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers (Printer) 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Moari customs lore folk tales collection Herries Beattie

GUINESS, M. GERALDINE & TAYLOR, J. HUDSON (Intro)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 476pp, folding maps, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings, 4cm & 2cm losses to top edge of title page, light cracking to gutters, moderate closed tearing to 1x folding map, light chipping to some page edges)

PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1894

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history religion missionaries British Christianity

TIPPING, H. AVRAY

Folio, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, lxiv + 375pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate staining to boards, spine cocked, light soiling & foxing to pages & edges, heavy cracking to some gutters, light folding to some page corners)

PUBLISHER: Country Life 1925

KEYWORDS: English gardens stately homes houses photos history country life nature landscaping landscapes gardening

WEBB, BEATRICE & MacKENZIE, NORMAN (Ed) & MacKENZIE, JEANNE (Ed)

4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green and/or black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus/printed eps, xvi-xv + 376-519pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light creasing to spines, prev. owner's name in ink to eps of all vols, 2cm stain to pgs103-105 of vol 1, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & protective plastic covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Virago Press 1982-1985

KEYWORDS: diary journal Beatrice Webb autobiography memoir socialism socialists politics British history

DE SILVA, R. K.

Lg quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 404pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems/edges, light soiling to top page edges, prev. ownership/library labels to front pastedown- no other library markings/labels present, light cracking to some gutters throughout, light soiling to some prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. ownership/library labels to rear- no other library markings present)

PUBLISHER: Serendib Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: Ceylon Sri Lanka newspapers media history 19th nineteenth century engravings art

HINE, ANNE (Collated)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 361pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ligth creasing & curling to spine & edges/corners)

PUBLISHER: The Royal New Zealand Naval Women's Association 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand navy women history military biographies rnznwa rnzn naval service