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$85.00
1y33a/22

Footsteps in the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II


GARRETT, JOHN

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 514pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine, light creasing to rear cover, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, bonus inscription in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies / WCC Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: history Christianity oceania ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pacific islands colonies

$225.00
1y33a/24

Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor


CUNNINGHAM, G. H.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges inc. flaps, attempts at tape repairs to closed tearing at edges, heavy chafing & staining to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military biography memoir squadron leader McGregor aviation history first edition

$50.00
1y33a/25

The Russian Fascists: Tragedy and Farce in Exile 1925-1945


STEPHAN, JOHN J.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to red cloth spine, xxii + 450pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1978

KEYWORDS: first edition Russia Russian fascists politics government fascism history

$40.00
1y33a/28

Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts


FENN, AMOR

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xx + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light chipping & 2cm closed tear to frontispiece, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1920

KEYWORDS: art history buildings architecture mythology symbolism mouldings ornaments

$90.00
1y33a/41

The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline and Fall; From Original Sources (Second Edition Revised with Maps)


MUIR, Sir WILLIAM

REVISED SECOND EDITION WITH MAPS, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & ornate decoration to spine & front board, xv + 612pp, folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, cracking to some gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals, some occassional underlining to text- discreet & unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract 1892

KEYWORDS: caliphate religion religious history exploration Arabia Syria Iran Asia Minor Persia Khorasan

$25.00
1y34a/1

New Zealand Cycling Legend 04 - Warwick Dalton : The Lone Eagle


RHODES, JOHN & KENNETT, JONATHAN

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR & WARWICK DALTON. Super octavo, illus light card covers, white and orange text to spine, maroon text to covers, 156pp + 4pp adverts, illus - photog, VG+ (light soiling and v. slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Kennett Brothers 2008

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand sports biography history bicycle bike racing cycling warwick dalton

$40.00
1y34a/2

German Sturmartillerie at War Vol. 2


DE SISTO, FRANK V. & LECOCQ, LAURENT (illus)

THIS VOL ONLY. Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, green lettering to covers, 72pp, illus - photog, FINE

PUBLISHER: Concord Publications Company 2009

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii sturmeschutze sturmartillerie military history

$40.00
1y34a/3

German Sturmartillerie at War Vol. 1


DE SISTO, FRANK V. & LECOCQ, LAURENT (illus)

THIS VOL ONLY. Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, brown lettering to covers, 72pp, illus - photog, FINE

PUBLISHER: Concord Publications Company 2008

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii sturmeschutze sturmartillerie military history

$175.00
1y34a/6

Notes and Sketches in New South Wales : A Residence in that Colony from 1839 - 1844


MEREDITH, Mrs. CHARLES [aka MEREDITH, LOUISA ANNE]

Small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and rule, xi + 164pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine and boards, sporadic tanning and browing)

PUBLISHER: John Murrary 1846

KEYWORDS: colonial history australia aus new south wales nsw

$90.00
1y34a/7

The New Zealanders


CRAIK, GEORGE

Front board and ep detached, small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and decorative rule, and raised bands, marbled page edges, marbles eps, frontispiece of NZ map, iv + 424pp, illus, poor (heaving rubbing to spine and boards, front board detached, sporadic tanning and browning)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight 1830

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history maori

$190.00
1y34a/8

From New Zealand to Lake Michigan


TRAVERS, W. T. LOCKE

Octavo, maroon heavy cloth boards, blind stamp rules to boards and gilt lettering and rule to spine, iv + 274pp, VG- (moderate fading to spine, light chipping to spine extrems, light sporadic soiling to boards, and light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Edwards & Co. Publishers 1889

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history travelogue

$95.00
1y34a/10

Old New Zealand : A Tale of the Good Old Times


A PAKEHA MAORI aka MANING, FREDERICK EDWARD & PEMBROKE, LORD (ed)

TITLE CONTINUED = And A History of the War in the North Against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845, Told By An Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. Octavo, navy heavy cloth boards, blind decorative stamp to boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, deckled page edges, xxi + 362pp + 8pp adverts, VG (light rubbing to spine, slight soiling to boards and v. slight foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co Ltd 1900

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history maori

$145.00
1y37a/3

New Zealand Revisited : Recollections of the Days of My Youth


GORST, Sir JOHN ELDON

FIRST EDITION, super octavom red cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xi + 336pp + 3pp adverts, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine and boards, v. slight foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd 1908

KEYWORDS: first edition aotearoa nz new zealanf history memoir

$135.00
1y37a/10

Edgar Brandt : Master of Art Deco Ironwork


KAHR, JOAN

Square quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, nr FINE in illus d.w nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1999

KEYWORDS: art deco iron work artdeco ironwork edgar brandt artist art history metalsmith metalworking

$850.00
1y37a/14

Station Life in New Zealand


BARKER, LADY

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt embossed lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, deckled page edges, dark green eps, frontispiece of sheep station, xii + 238pp + 40pp adverts, VG- (heavy fading and soiling to spine, and partially to board edges, 7cm crack to external hinge)

PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand farm farming station settlement history memoir

$1250.00
1y37a/15

Four Years in the Pacific in Her Majestys Ship Collingwood from 1844 - 1848 Vol I & Vol II


WALPOLE, Lt. Hon. FRED.

2 VOLUME SET. Super octavo, marble heavy boards, half bound in tan leather, 2 dark green title plates with gilt lettering, gilt rule and decoration to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, xiv + 432pp, ix + 415pp, illus, VG+ (sporadic rubbing to boards, crack to front gutter Volume 1)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley 1849

KEYWORDS: collingwood ship travel pacific history fred walpole autobiographical

$42.50
1y37a/18

The Tongariro National Park New Zealand : Its Topography, Geology, Alpine and Volacanic Features, History and Maori Folklore


COWAN, JAMES

Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to cover, landscape eps, frontispiece, 156pp, illus & fold out maps to rear, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG (light chipping to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: The Tongariro National Park Board / Ferguson and Osborn Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history tongariro national park

$285.00
1y37a/19

The Maori Race


TREGEAR, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue card covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and boards, xviii + 592pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to spine hinges, crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: A. D. Willis 1904

KEYWORDS: first edition aotearoa nz new zealand maori history anthropology

$1950.00
1y38a/2

Voyage de La Corvette L'Astrolabe


D'URVILLE, DUMONT

TEXT IN FRENCH, 5 VOLUME SET. Super octavo, black heavy card boards, half bound in black leather, gilt lettering and rule to spine, raised bands to spine, red and blue speckled page edges, 1: cxvi + 528pp, 2:632pp, 3: 796pp, 4: 760pp, 5: 716pp illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems and board edges, light tanning to page edges and eps)

PUBLISHER: J. Tastu 1830 - 1833

KEYWORDS: test in french exploration maritime history polynesian pacific ocian astrolab voyage de la corvette l'astrolabe dumont d'urville scarce rare

$40.00
1y38a/14

Sir Ninian Comper: An introduction to his life and work with complete gazetteer; with Of the Atmosphere of a Church by Sir Ninian Comper


SYMONDSON, ANTHONY & BUCKNALL, STEPHEN ARTHUR & [COMPER, SIR NINIAN]

Super octavo, soft glossy card covers, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG+ (mild bruising/creasing to spine + extrems w/ 3mm closed tear to foot of spine, mild adhesive residue, very mild soling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Spire Books & the Ecclesiological Society 2006

KEYWORDS: sir ninian compter architecture architect gothic revial church painted glass history britain british

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