HVIDT, KRISTIAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers with flaps, black lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & surface loss to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Rebild National Park Society 1976

KEYWORDS: signed US America American migration history emigration migrants pioneers settlers European Denmark Danish

MOON, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, colour shaded lettering to spine, illus title page, 431pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history signed first editions Paul Moon

WOOD, PAMELA

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 376pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa nursing nurses medical history health industry

HVIDT, KRISTIAN

FIRST EDITION, 1975 INSCRIBED DATED & SIGNED, THEN INSCRIBED & DATED AGAIN BY AUTHOR IN 1992, LOOSELY ENCLOSED THREE PUBLISHED BOUND ARTICLES BY AUTHOR- ONE INSCRIBED & SIGNED, super octavo, brown faux leather boards, orange lettering & silver gilt trim to spine & front board, viii + 214pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning, foxing & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition signed US America American migration Denmark Danish social history

VOGEL, JULIUS (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, ALL 7 PHOTOGRAPHS (AS NOTED IN CONTENTS), octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled page edges, 272pp, photos, folding maps & illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss, light fading to marbling on page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout, minor creasing & foxing & closed tearing to folding map at pg184)

PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa handbook history first edition papers collection literature colonists colonial

WALSH, GEO. W.

UNCOMMON, octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, minor damp wrinkling to eps & page edges, light occasional foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Geo. W. Walsh N/D (c.1970)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa New Brighton regional history

FLEMING, JOHN

Super octavo hardcoger (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: John Murray 1962

KEYWORDS: robert adam architect architectire furniture decoration britain british movement neoclassical neoclassicism biography history aesthetics

GLUE, W.A.

Super octavo stapled 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: Historical Publications Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs / Government Printer 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand ensign flag flags history vexillology

BELLAMY, ALAN (photos) & STOTT, BOB (text)

Oblong octavo stapled 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: Southern Press 1974

KEYWORDS: tram trams tramways public transport transportation history new zealand

SCHOENBAUM, S

Super octavo (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: Clarendon 1991

KEYWORDS: shakespeare history theater theatre biography culture cultural studies

PUTIGNY, BOB (text) & DE KERSAUSON, O (photos) & FOLCO, M. (photos) & DUCHENE, J.P. (photos)

Square 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: les editions du pacifique 1976

KEYWORDS: easter island rapa nui pacific photographs photos history culture

MANCHESTER, WILLIAM

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: Litte, Brown and Company 1983

KEYWORDS: winston churchill biography british history empire imperialism

HARARI, YUVAL NOAH

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: HarperCollins 2015

KEYWORDS: human history evolution homo sapiens cultue cultural humans

PATTERSON, ANNABEL (ed., introd.)

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: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies 1998

KEYWORDS: nicholas throckmorton england english britain british tudor treason history

BEETON, Mrs. ISABELLA

REVISED SECOND EDITION, 241st THOUSAND, octavo, quarter leather bound green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, printed eps, xl + 1139pp + ads to rear, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tape staining to spine, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- historic, moderate foxing to prelims & pages throughout, pgs xiii & xiv moved to verso of full title page- not missing!) Despite it's condition, it has wonderfully retained a lot of its naturally aged charm and even has a small contribution of another's cooking exploits from over the years loosely enclosed. Please feel free to email us directly to ask for photos!

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Tyler 1869 (?)

KEYWORDS: cookbooks Mrs Beeton cooking cookery culinary household skills history chores recipes

KING, EDWARD

Imperial octavo, full leather bound boards, ornate gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule & decoration to boards, aeg, illus eps, vii + 864pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, 3cm loss/chip to top spine extrem, moderate chafing to boards, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters- occasioanl prelim pg loose but still attached, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, moderate foxing to page edges but text block clear)

PUBLISHER: People's Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Europe travel literature exploration history social commentary Edward King collection prose writings

HOUBEN, HUGO & GUILLAUD, HUBERT

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 362pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Intermediate Technology Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: architecture building materials earth buildings ancient history construction

PEDERSEN, MAGGIE CAMPBELL

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED ALSO INSCRIBED & SIGNED XMAS CARD FROM HER & SIGNED HOLOGRAPH NOTE ON NOTEPAD PAPER, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: NAG Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Maggie Campbell Pedersen signed travel literature ivory trade antiques crafts animals craft material history culture artefacts

CHWAST, SEYMOUR & HELLER, STEVEN (Ed) & VENEZKY, MARTIN (Ed) & GLASER, MILTON (Intro)

Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems, sm black ink mark to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2004

KEYWORDS: graphics design illustrations history art push pin

HERFORT, FRANK

Oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Benteli 2022

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian soviet undergrounds transport architecture design building metro stations history