BRADFIELD, ANN

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (of100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history

DACHS, A. J. & REA, W. F.

Octavo, orange light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, viii + 260pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers with some sl surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Mambo Press 1979

KEYWORDS: Zimbabwe Africa African countries religion catholic church history religious Christianity

WATERHOUSE, FRANCIS A. & WIMBUSH, ROGER L.

Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, vii + 248pp, scruffy (moderate warping to boards, heavy cracking to top spine extrem/front hinge, moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, some foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir Francis Waterhouse legionnaires french foreign legion soldiers history war military service

KEYS, LILLIAN

Imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering & title plate to spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1957

KEYWORDS: John Baptist Francis Pompallier Ocieania New Zealand religion religious history Christianity biography memoir

McCUE, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 232pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light scuffing to photos from prev. adhesion- pages now separated) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges with some light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1996

KEYWORDS: first edition military war history sas British special forces operation bulbasket ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

BISHOP, GAVIN

FIRST EDITION, folio, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 65pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, 1mm chip to base of front board)

PUBLISHER: Puffin 2017

KEYWORDS: children's literature New Zealand ancient history antiquity illustrated Aotearoa Maori pakeha exploration first edition

WILKINSON, PETER & ASTLEY, JOAN BRIGHT

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1993

KEYWORDS: soe special operations executives biography memoir Colin Gubbins military history ww2 2nd second world war 2 two first edition

BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 478pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy chipping to buckram at spine with heavy patches of loss, light to moderate cracking at hinge with moderate fading to spine, light to moerate fading & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, boards v stiff, light annotations in pencil to margins)

PUBLISHER: Hart and Keeling 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Marloborough T Lindsay Buick first edition

JOHNSON, STEVEN L.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & cultural motif to spine & front board, xviii + 503pp, VG (minimal external library markings, some internal library markings throughout, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Clearwater Publishing Company 1977

KEYWORDS: bibliography American Indian native documents congressional serial set history US America indians

BERESINER, YASHA

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 295pp, illus, VG (moderate warping to boards, light staining & fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to cover edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: maps cartography British counties antiques antique collecting collector's guide reference price geopolitics history

RITCHIE, RAYMA & GATTI, SUSAN (Sketches) & BROWN, GRAINGER (Map)

Quarto, illus light card covers- stapled, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Pukepuriri Publications 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Ohaeawai

HARRISON, TOM (Compiled)

Quarto, illus light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, 89pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light cracking to front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to contents page, pgs 41-44 out of sequence- correct sequence stated on label to contents page)

PUBLISHER: Pukepuriri Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional family history genealogy Okaihau district photos anecdotes biographies

LOCKE, ELSIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, 36pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to covers at staple points- 1cm loss to lower corner, light to moderate fading & soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to frnot cover- inside & outside, fep attached by one staple only, other closed tearing at spine/staples- covers still attached but a little delicate, moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Communist Party 1950

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Elsie Locke Canterbury history

RUST, BRIAN & FORBES, SANDY

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 1390pp + 72pp amendments to rear, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w attached to boards, VG (light fading, library labels)

PUBLISHER: General Gramophone Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: music entertainment British dance bands history recordings discography discographies

SMITH, WOODRUFF D.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 274pp, VG (light creasing to spine, light scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Germany German colonies history politics political government geopolitics ideology

RANDIER, JEAN & SANDERSON, M. W. B. (Trans) & GAUTIER, LEON (Preface)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 360pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/chipping & tape repairs to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & covers, moderate scuffing to spine)

PUBLISHER: David McKay Company 1969

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships Cape Horn exploration history sailing travel

N/A

SCARCE! Supre octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderaet creasing & tanning to spine & covers, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to rear cover & terminals, moderate tanning to pages throughout, prev. ownership ink stamps to front cover & fep

PUBLISHER: Johnston Press (Printer) A Challenge Publication 1947

KEYWORDS: Cook Islands history Challenge publications Pacific islands

BEEVOR, J. G.

First edition. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1981

KEYWORDS: history special operations executive british intelligence secret wwii second world war two

CHRISTIAN, HARRISON

Super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Ultimo Press 2021

KEYWORDS: history south seas william bligh mutiny on the bounty pitcairn island

BOSCH, DAVID J.

Light annotations. 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Orbis

KEYWORDS: theology of mission christianity christian religious studies religion history teaching