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The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1901 (Tenth Year of Issue)
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, vi + 640pp, folding charts to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate warping to front board, light to moderate soiling & chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership sm ink stamps to title page & rear pastedown, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1901
KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1903 (Twelfth Year of Issue)
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, vi + 755pp, folding chart to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. ownership ink stamp to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1903
KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles
Log-Letters From The Challenger (Fourth Edition, Revised)
EX-LIBRARY- REBACKED, FOURTH EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, white handwritten lettering to spine, folding map frotnispiece, 512pp + 36pp catalogue to rear, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional foxing to prelims & terminalslight cracking to rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1877
KEYWORDS: exploration The Challenger maritime nautical history logs letters correspondence travel
Watch the Down Wind: The Story of Flight Lieutenant Rod Hoffman, of Bomber Command, from Invercargill, New Zealand and Nettie Adams, ex-British Land Army of Seagrave, Leicestershire, England
SIGNED, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & relative ephemera stapled to inside front cover, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Jeanette Hoffman-Jukes (nee Adams) 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history autobiograpical memoirs Rod Hoffman Nettie Adams biographies signed
Marsigli's Europe 1680-1730- The Life and Times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, Soldier and Virtuoso
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 356pp, illus, VG+ (sl brusiing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli Europe European science scientists military history warfare politics
Fields of Gold: A History of the Dominican Sisters in Western Australia
Oblong super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxi + 376pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dominican Sisters of Western Australia 1999
KEYWORDS: West Australia Australian catholic schools education religious religion history Dominican sisters
The Day's Run
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 381pp, illus/photos, VG, in d/w VG
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press (Printer) 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers military history war naval navy
The Descendants of Robert William Elliston
Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xxvi + 468pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Adelaide Proformat 1995
KEYWORDS: family history geneaology Robert William Elliston Australia Australian
There and Back: The Story of a Branch of the Malcolm Family Through the Centuries
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, spine faded, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Lindsay Malcolm 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scottish heritage settlers Malcolm family history genealogy
The Hunters 1860-2000 of Tua Marina and Masterton and Associated Families Horgans and Haxtons
SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 109pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Patricia Golder 2000
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history family ancestry genealogy Hunter pioneers settlers
Ford: The Racing History
Quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 319pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl bruising & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chevron Publishing Group 1989
KEYWORDS: motorsports Ford racing history automotive Australia Australian
Selwyn: From the Hills to the Sea
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 279pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling & chafing to spine & covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ellesmere Camera Club 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Selwyn
From Bush & Swamp: The Centenary of Shannon 1887-1987
EX-LIBRARY, SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, illus prelims & terminals, 255pp, illus/prelims, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, usual library markings, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1987
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history early settlers Shannon Marjorie Law
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Beggars: Containing His Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and Many Entertaining Particulars of That Extraordinary Man
Duodecimo, blue buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, illus title page, 311pp + mixed paginated catalogues to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims, ffep missing, heavy cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Smith N/D
KEYWORDS: literature Bampfylde-Moore Carew history biographies memoir
With the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders
DELICATE! Octavo, black leather covers, gilt rule to spine, gilt lettering to front cover, 200pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy cracking to spine- partially detached & flapping, front board partially detached, heavy scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to covers, moderate insect damage to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy creasing & tape repairs to folding illus, numerous pages detached and/or heavily creased)
PUBLISHER: The Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand 4th fourth rough riders military history
Australian Coins, Notes & Medals
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Horwitz Grahame / Castle Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian antiques coins notes medals collectables collectibles militaria military history
A Link With the Past
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO LOOSLEY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 283pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oswald-Sealy (New Zealand) Ltd 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed Eliot R Davis
Great Britain and Ireland 1689-1887
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine & front board, 320pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light staining & fading to spine, light chafing to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning, foxing & staining to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, blind embossed publishers mark to title page)
PUBLISHER: T. Nelson and Sons 1892
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Ireland history British Irish monarchs
Follow the Money: The Money Trail Through History
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: WordBridge 2013
KEYWORDS: money history currency ruben alvarado economics
The Path to Assyria: A Call for National Renewal
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: Tigris Press 2020
KEYWORDS: assyria assyrian middle east history conflict
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