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$40.00
2e16a/43

Dear Old England: A Description of Our Fatherland


WINSCOM, JANE ANNE

Octavo, textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind decoration to boards, frontispiece, viii + 436pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking & chipping to spine & extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, ffep potentially missing, light to moderate chipping to edges of frontispiece, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday 1861

KEYWORDS: English history England British counties

$250.00
2e16a/48

Province of Auckland, New Zealand: Acts & Procedures of the Auckland Provincial Council Session 1, 1853-4, With the Printed Council Papers Appended


N/A

Lg quarto, blue light card covers, blue cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, mixed pagination, folding charts, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping/scuffing to spine & covers with considerable loss to cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, string binding very sloppy & loose)

PUBLISHER: W. C. Wilson, Gov't Printer 1858

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland proceedings procedures council sessions papers history 19th nineteenth century

$40.00
2f17a/2

Wise's New Zealand Index: 9th Edition


WISE, H. (Prepared by)

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, printed eps, frontispiece, 536pp, folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, light soiling & doscolouration to boards, heavy tanning & lg ink stamps to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing throughout, some light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wise index place names suburbs history

$80.00
2f17a/4

The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia (2 Vol Set)


JOSE, ARTHUR WILBERFORCE & CARTER, HERBERT JAMES (Eds)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, blind stamp rule to front boards, frontispiece with tisue guard to vol 2 only, vol 1- ix + 768pp, vol 2- 748pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, minor wrinkling to rear board of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter of vol 1- frontis & tissue guard potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1925-26

KEYWORDS: ecyclopedias encyclopaedias Australia Australian history culture

$100.00
2f17a/12

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1898 (Seventh Year of Issue)


SEDDON, Right Honourable R. J. & DADELSZEN

Octavo, blue half leather bound buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with gilt rule to spine, red speckled page edges, vi + 684pp, folding charts to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate bruising to board edges, light tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to edges of eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to rear pastedown, pencil ownership markings to prelims, occasional page to terminals potentially removed, 1cm closed tear to folding chart to rear)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles

$45.00
2f17a/13

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1909 (Eighteenth Year of Issue)


WARD, The Right Hon. Sir J. G.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, iv + 890pp, colour map of north & south islands, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate crease to ffep & pg 889/890, occasional sm library ink stamp- no other library markings detected,

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles

$70.00
2f17a/14

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1901 (Tenth Year of Issue)


SEDDON, Right Honourable R. J. & DADELSZEN, E. J. VON

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

$70.00
2f17a/15

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1903 (Twelfth Year of Issue)


SEDDON, Right Honourable R. J. & DADELSZEN, E. J. VON

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

$40.00
2f17a/19

Log-Letters From The Challenger (Fourth Edition, Revised)


CAMPBELL, LORD GEORGE

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

$45.00
2f17a/20

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


ADAMS (Nee HOFFMAN), JEANETTE

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

$40.00
2f17a/21

Marsigli's Europe 1680-1730- The Life and Times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, Soldier and Virtuoso


STOYE, JOHN

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

$50.00
2f17a/25

Fields of Gold: A History of the Dominican Sisters in Western Australia


JAMES, RUTH MARCHANT

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

$75.00
2f17a/27

The Descendants of Robert William Elliston


WOOD, MICHAEL J.

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

$40.00
2f17a/30

There and Back: The Story of a Branch of the Malcolm Family Through the Centuries


MALCOLM, LINDSAY

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

$45.00
2f17a/32

The Hunters 1860-2000 of Tua Marina and Masterton and Associated Families Horgans and Haxtons


GOLDER, PATRICIA

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

$70.00
2f17a/33

Ford: The Racing History


WILSON, STEWART

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

$40.00
2f17a/35

Selwyn: From the Hills to the Sea


GRAYBURN, ARTHUR (Intro) & HESLOP, DON G. (Fore)

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

$60.00
2f17a/37

From Fife to Otago: The History of Isabella Fairbairn and Peter Ireland and Their Children and Grandchildren


IRELAND-KENNY, PAULINE (Ed)

SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 140pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & covers/edges)

PUBLISHER: Crown Kerr Printing (Printer) N/D (c.2004)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history genealogy family Isabella Fairbairn Peter Ireland ancestry Scottish

$40.00
2f17a/39

From Bush & Swamp: The Centenary of Shannon 1887-1987


LAW, MARJORIE D.

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

$75.00
2f17a/43

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


NOT STATED

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

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