HARRIS, NORMAN & HEIDENSTROM, P. N. (Statistics)

Octavo stapled light card wrappers (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 costs

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed N/D (c.1964)

KEYWORDS: sport New Zealand olympics olympic games Tokyo 1964 Japan history athletics

COLEMAN, ELIZABETH (Compiled by) & SWIFT, GILLIAN-MARY (Ed)

Octavo stapled light card wrappers (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 costs

PUBLISHER: E. E. Coleman 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hyde railway disaster rail transport trains history Southland 1943 anecdotes crashes

STARRITT, S. STUART

LACKS D/W, octavo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society N/D

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Fridtjof Nansen exploration explorers adventure adventurers history

KNIGHT, E. F.

Octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown lettering to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map to front, xv + 528pp + 24pp ads to rear, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & staining to spine & boards, 3cm crack to front hinge, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1894

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history culture Kashmir west Tibet Gilgit E F Knight

COWAN, JAMES & POMARE, The Hon. Sir MAUI (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W (TIDY ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS), octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 180pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light creasing/folding to edges of folding map to rear, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- neat & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Maori Regimental Committee 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori great war military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 Te Hokowhitu a Tu Gallipoli pioneer battalion France Flanders first edition

STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR

TWO FOLDING MAPS IN REAR POCKET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 784pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to front & rear eps, some bruising & creasing to page edges, light tanning & creasing to one folding map at rear)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co. N/D (c.1921?)

KEYWORDS: exploration polar regions history arctic north pole travel eskimos

THE BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, 481pp + 110pp synopsis of species to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & board edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters near front, sl cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker, Treacher and Co. 1831

KEYWORDS: natural history reptiles Baron Cuvier animals classification

BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & SMITH, Lieut.- Col. CHARLES HAMILTON

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 680pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning to page egdes, light tape staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals fish aquatic natural history Baron Cuvier classifications

BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 601pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light discolouration & crackling to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals natural history Baron Cuvier classifications molluscs sea life marine biology shells shell identification

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to spine, 577pp + lxii, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate creasing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards with prev. owner's name in ink to front board, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, pgs 371-382 loose but still attached, some pages remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transactions proceedings records history 1883 animals nature crustaceans insects entomology

GOVERNOR PHILLIP et al

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#79/1000), FULL LEATHERBOUND, ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO D/W, quarto, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, teg, frontispiece, 298pp + lxxiv appendix to rear, illus & folding maps, VG (light bruising/warping to board corners, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, explanatory note by Norman B.Tindale tipped in to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & neat/tidy archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Georgian House Pty 1950

KEYWORDS: Governor Phillip Botany Bay exploration travel adventures history ethnography Australia Australian

KING, MICHAEL

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, ASSOCIATION COPY RARE! Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, with other ephemera enclosed, 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history biography memoir Dame Whina Cooper Michael King leaders protests politics Maori Land March Maori Women's Welfare League

SALMOND, J. D. & CROWLEY, DESMOND (Ed)

MIS-BOUND UPSIDE DOWN! Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 153pp, VG (bound upside down, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership sm ink stamp to ffep, 1cm closed tears to top edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: Forward Press 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics Labour party trade labour councils unions industrial 8 eight hour day unionism

LIMBRICK, WARREN E. (Ed)

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, illus title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges & corners, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges & eps, 2cm crack/separation to front pages at gutter)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir pioneers settlers Bishop Selwyn religion Christianity religious history

ALPERS, ANTONY

Super octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Polynesian illus to front board & spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian art myths legends antiquity ancient history anthropology culture south seas

LEYS, THOMSON W. (Ed)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, 1208pp, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonist guide history culture cyclopedia cyclopaedia pioneers settlers

AOTERANGI, WIRIHANA & McGREGOR, JOHN (Collected by) & GRAHAM, GEORGE (Trans)

SCARCE, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 23pp, VG (light creasing & curling with light foxing & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Champtaloup & Edmiston 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori ancient history Wirihana Aoterangi Ngatitahinga tribe Raglan antiquity anthropology

SWALLOW, RONA

Quarto, spiral bound illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 68pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing & soiling to clear covers)

PUBLISHER: Rona Swallow 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Rona Swallow autobiography memoir settlers pioneers

GOING, KEITH & GOING, CYRIL M. C.

Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)

PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers

PAINTER, JANE

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light cracking to front gutter, sm inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Jeff Oliver Print (Printer) 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Kamo community