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$50.00
2e10b/10

Scholarship and Fierce Sincerity: Henry D. A. Major: The Face of Anglican Modernism


PEARSON, CLIVE & DAVIDSON, ALLAN & LINEHAM, PETER

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 245pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2006

KEYWORDS: religion theology Henry D A Major anglican modernism philosophy religious history New Zealand biographies settlers pioneers

$75.00
2e10b/11

The Maungatapu Mountain Murders


GRACE, A. A. (Preface & Postscript)

Octavo, illus light wrappers, blank spine, 158pp, VG- (moderate tanning & creasing/cracking to spine & cover edges with some minor creasing & closed tearing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy rusting & cracking at gutters/staples)

PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime murder homicide Burgess Levy Kelly Sullivan Nelson history historical convictions

$40.00
2e10b/13

By Bible, Hammer & Compass: Pacific Adventures of James and William Puckey, 1796-1827: Carpenters, Missionaries, Mariners


PUCKEY, ADRIENNE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, iv + 234pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing & soiling, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Sean Millar Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration south seas biographies memoir James William Puckey history pioneers settlers Pacific

$50.00
2e10b/22

St. Stephen's School: Missionary and Multiracial Origins


OLD, BRIAN

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 110pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brian Old 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education schools history St Stephen's religious missionary

$50.00
2e10b/31

Chathams Resurgent: How the Islanders Overcame 150 Years on Misrule


RENNIE, HUGH

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, xiii + 366pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust history politics political government governance

$40.00
2e21a/6

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places and People


PAGE, MICHAEL & INGPEN, ROBERT

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & covers with considerable attempts at repairs with both tape & correction fluid- mostly internal, minor water staining & soiling to page edges, moderate creasing/curling to page corners, light cracking to gutters, moderate soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Studio 1998

KEYWORDS: fantasy fantastical creatures supernatural magic magical encyclopedia encyclopaedia mythlogy legends culture cultural history

$200.00
2e21a/7

Worship: A History of New Zealand Church Design


McKAY, BILL & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Lg quarto, gold coloured heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems- minor surface loss, sl scuffing to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems with 4cm closed tear & archival tape repair at base)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religious buildings architecture history churches design

$42.50
2e21a/9

The Greatest Movies You'll Never See


BRAUND, SIMON (General Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & minor closed tearing to edges- some discreet tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 2013

KEYWORDS: movies history cinema film studies unmade scrapped collection criticism

$450.00
2e21a/11

Reports or Causes in Chancery


CARY, Sir GEORGE

Duodecimo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, page edges stained red, unpaginated prelims + 116pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & surface loss to spine & boards/extrems- gilt lettering to spine faded, heavy tanning to page edges, ffep missing, historic annotation & underlining in ink to text throughout, hand drawn map in pencil to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: W. Lee, D. Pakeman and G. Bedell 1650

KEYWORDS: law legal William Lambert Sir George Cary chancery history high court of justice Lord Chancellor's British Great Britain UK

$40.00
2e21a/26

Della Missione a Roma di Antonio Rosmini-Serbati Negli Anni 1848-49 Commentario


ROSMINI, ANTONIO & MALUSA, LUCIANO (A Cura di)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, super octavo, cream light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, clxxxiii + 510pp, VG (sl creasing & fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters, considerable highlighting & underlining/annotation to text in places) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Edizione Rosminiane Sodalitas 1998

KEYWORDS: text in Italian Antonio Rosmini Serbati theology literature history religion religious rosminian

$120.00
2e16a/2

Census of New South Wales: November 1828


SAINTY, MALCOLM R. (Ed) & JOHNSON, KEITH A. (Ed)

Lg quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 475pp, includes loosely enclosed corrigenda & addenda, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading & bending to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Library of Australian History 1985

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian census New South Wales nsw history settlers

$50.00
2e16a/3

Early History of New Zealand Part III; Brett's Historical Series


LEYS, THOMAS

PART III ONLY, quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, pgs 377-560 only, illus/photos, tatty, (v heavy chipping & loss to cover edges & spine, light tape repairs to spine, moderate fading, tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: H. Brett N/D

KEYWORDS: Brett's historical series early history New Zealand settlers pioneers

$40.00
2e16a/14

Wise's New Zealand Index 1939


WISE, H. (Prepared by)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, printed front eps, 516pp, VG (moderate chipping & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutters- front board shaky, moderate tanning to prelims)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand index suburbs townships Wise 1939 history

$350.00
2e16a/15

New Zealand, its Advantages and Prospects, as a British Colony; with a Full Account of the Land Claims, Sales of Crown Lands, Aborigines, etc, etc


TERRY, CHARLES

LACKS MAP, PAGES LOOSE, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards, xi + 366pp, scruffy (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy cracking to front hinge, moderate tanning to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters throuhghout- pages loose- uncounted presumed still all present, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: T. & W. Boone 1842

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history land claims British colonial colonisation colonization crown lands

$150.00
2e16a/18

The History and Antiquities of Boston, and the Villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake and Wrangle; Comprising the Hundred of Skirbeck, in the County of Lincoln


THOMPSON, PISHEY

FRONT BOARD DETACHED, super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, xxii + 824pp, illus, scruffy (front board completely detached, heavy cracking to rear hinge- board v shaky & delicate, heavy scuffing & chipping to extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy chipping & creasing to some page edges, light soiling & foxing to eps, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman & Co / John Noble, Jun. 1856

KEYWORDS: Boston Lincoln county history antiquity villages

$125.00
2e16a/26

Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Royal Engineers Insititute Occasional Papers Vol XXIX 1903


MOORE, Major A. T. (Ed)

Super octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt initials & blind rule to front board, 251pp, folding maps & photos- not counted presumed all present, VG- (light to mdoerate bruising to extrems, heavy soiling/staining to front board edges, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, moderate foxing to some pages/maps throughout, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to some folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Royal Engineers Institute 1904

KEYWORDS: military history royal engineers corps professional papers institute occasional astrographic charts methods engineering

$100.00
2e16a/36

Justice For Austria! Red-White-Red-Book: Descriptions, Documents and Proofs to the Antecedents and History of the Occupation of Austria (From Official Sources) First Part


N/A

Quarto, red & white light card covers, black & red lettering to front cover, 232pp, VG- (moderate chafing & surface loss with creasing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers with light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, v heavy cracking & separation to gutters- binding loose)

PUBLISHER: Austrian State Printing House 1947

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Austria nazi occupation documents German Germany

$245.00
2e16a/39

An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of The Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island


YATE, Rev. WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, LACKS MAP, RECASED WITH NEW EPS, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps to prelims, 310pp + index to rear, illus, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing to pgs throughout, frontis partially loose)

PUBLISHER: Seeley and Burnside 1835

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religious history religion missionaries Christianity north island

$55.00
2e16a/40

The Romance of a Pro-Consul; Being the Personal Life and Memoirs of the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B.


MILNE, JAMES

LOSS OF BOTTOM THIRD OF SPINE, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 214pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, VG- (spine partially missing, moderate scuffing & fraying to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ffep missing, prev. owner's name in pencil to half title page, red staining to lower page edges at rear, moderate tanning to catalogue, sl foxing to prelims, sl cracking & soiling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1899

KEYWORDS: Sir George Grey Australia New Zealand history pioneers settlers autobiography memoir

$75.00
2e16a/41

Memorials of Sergeant William Marjouram; Including Six Years' Service in New Zealand, During the Late Maori War


MARJOURAM, SERGEANT WILLIAM (Ed) & WHITE, SERGEANT WILLIAM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, REAR BOARD DETACHED, sm octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, blind stamp rule to boards, frontispiece, xx + 382pp + 8pp catalogue to rear, VG- (rear board detached, moderate chipping & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light staining to boards, moderate cracking to spine, heavy tanning to page edges, light soiling to eps, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: James Nisbet & Co 1862

KEYWORDS: first editions Sergeant William Marjouram New Zealand military history Maori War wars autobiography memoir

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