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$60.00
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Poussin's Humour


GREEN, TONY

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlv + 222pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Paravail 2009

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Nicolas Poussin paintings humour humor

$160.00
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Captain Joseph Nias and the Treaty of Waitangi


HALL, T. D. H.

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF HISTORIAN JOHANNES ANDERSON, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, aforementioned ownership signature to half title page)

PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori pakeha treaty of Waitangi Captain Joseph Nias history

$55.00
2f51g/15

Waitangi: Ninety-Four Years After


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

Super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 122pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitangi history treaty Maori pakeha T Lindsay Buick

$45.00
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Courbet's Realism


FRIED, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, xviii + 378pp, illus, VG (moderate curling to covers, light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges, some occasional annotation throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1992

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation interpretation realism Custave Courbet

$40.00
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The Story of Gate Pa: April 29th, 1864


MAIR, Captain GILBERT & GIFFORD, W. H. (Supplemented & Compiled by)

Duodecimo, green light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & fading to spine & front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bay of Plenty Times 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Gate Pa battles

$100.00
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The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

SCARCE IN D/W, Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine & boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 393pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims, occasional sl cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to covers & flaps, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history treaty of Waitangi Captain William Hobson British colonisation colonies T Lindsay Buick

$40.00
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Only Connect.....: Art and the Spectator in the Italian Renaissance: The A. W. Mellion Lectures in the Fine Arts 1988


SHEARMAN, JOHN

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 281pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to some gutters, light to moderate annotations to margins in pencil throughout)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation renaissance Italy Italian lectures A W Mellon

$95.00
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The Origin of Perspective


DAMISCH, HUBERT & GOODMAN, JOHN (Trans)

Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, xxiv + 477pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional pencil underlining & annotations) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, sm red label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1994

KEYWORDS: philosophy perspective criticism appreciation history Hubert Damisch

$90.00
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The Writing of the Walls: Architectural Theory in the Late Enlightenment


VIDLER, ANTHONY

Quarto, black cloth boards, green lettering to spine, vii + 230pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading & scuffing to spine & edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton Architectural Press 1986

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings philosophy neoclassicism history France French enlightenment

$175.00
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The History and Function of the Auckland City Art Gallery in Constructing a Canon of Modernist New Zealand Art


BROWN, MARIA E.

UNPUBLISHED THESIS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards & page edges, occasional underlining & annotation in pencil & ink)

PUBLISHER: Maria E. Brown 1999

KEYWORDS: art history New Zealand thesis theses Maria E Brown Auckland City Art Gallery galleries acquisitions exhibitions modernism

$90.00
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Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle


McCAULEY, ELIZABETH ANNE et al

Quarto, burnt orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xviii + 297pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, boards v sl warped, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine/cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2004

KEYWORDS: art history collections Isabella Stewart Gardner Palazzo Barbaro

$90.00
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The 9 Lungs - Success Beyond 3 Generations: The Confucian Enduring Leadership Par Excellence


HEAN-TATT, Dr. ONG

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xxxi + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges with light fading to also, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Dragon Press 1996

KEYWORDS: 9 lungs ancient Chinese wisdom philosophy China culture ancient history antuiquity principles

$80.00
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Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman


FRIEDEWALD, BORIS

Quarto, illus heavy boards, purple & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Prestel Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: art photography photos collections women female photgraphers history

$145.00
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The Land of Midian


PHILBY, H. ST. JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine- blackened, frontispiece, xi + 286pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to board edges, light soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, moderate wrinkling

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions Midian travel literature exploration middle east ancient history antiquity

$100.00
2g13a/23

Studies in Maori Rites and Myths


JOHANSEN, J. PRYTZ

Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG (light creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history

$50.00
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Authorship & Publication: A Concise Guide For Authors in Matters Relating to Printing and Publishing ; Including the Law of Copyright, and a Bibliographical Appendix


N/A

Super octavo, mottled green buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, frontispiece, viii + 480pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & soiling to spine & boards, lg red lettering to spine, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps & prelims, occasional markings in ink to margins)

PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1883

KEYWORDS: writing publishing printing literature law copyright history guide

$50.00
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The Great War: Volume One


CHURCHILL, The Right Hon. WINSTON S.

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, 512pp + iv contents pgs to rear, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards- heavy to rear, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, moderate creasing to pgs at gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1933)

KEYWORDS: military history Winston Churchill ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war politics

$125.00
2g13a/29

Leif's House in Vineland / Graves of the Northmen


HORSFORD, EBEN NORTON & HORSFORD, CORNELIA

Quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, folding map, 40pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine & boards- minor soiling, 1cm scuff to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable cracking to some gutters, occasional markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: Damrell and Upham 1893

KEYWORDS: history literature Eben Norton Horsford Cornelia

$50.00
2g13a/31

The Great War


CHURCHILL, The Right Hon. WINSTON

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, pgs 513-1024 + iv contents to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional creasing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes Ltd N/D (c.1930s)

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war Winston Churchill

$50.00
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Whaling in the Dominion of New Zealand: Discovery Reports Vol VII, pp. 239-252, Plates XI-XIII, December 1933


OMMANNEY, F. D.

Quarto, blue light card covers, black lettering to covers, pgs 239-252, illus/plates, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with moderate tanning, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand whaling discovery reports history maritime marine life nautical

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