AMORY Jr., COPLEY

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, illus front eps, frontispiece, xviii + 230pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & boards, light soiling to boards, light to moderate taning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions travel literature writing Persia culture social history Copley Amory Jr

WILSON, J. J.

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 219pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine & extrems, heavy bruising to board edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various ex-libris ink stamps & pencil markings to eps & thorughout, light foxing sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Tablet Printing and Publishing Co 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history church Christianity Christian pioneers settlers religion religious

GANN, WILLIAM D.

Super octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 191pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, moderate fadign to spine & edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Lambert Gann Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: stocks stock market trading finance money history trends trend detector

PARK, Professor JAMES

SCARCE, POSSIBLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT; Octavo stapled green light card covers, 14pp, VG- (inscription to top of front cover in pencil reads Professor Cotton with complements, additional v shaped mark in pencil next to inscription appears to have been added later, heavy vertical crease along middle of entire pamphlet where previously folded in half, additional approx. 15cm light crease to bottom right section of front cover, additional small creases or folds to cover/page corners, light soiling & moisture staining and heavy tanning/fading to covers, partial remnant of sticker to rear cover, light scuffing/rubbing to extrems resulting in approx. 2cm closed tear along bottom of staple fold, owner's name in black ink to first page, intermittent light soiling/foxing to pages, light staining to pages from staple rust)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co., Ltd. 1922

KEYWORDS: professor james park maori early europeans explorations expeditions travel colonialism western otago south island new zealand dunedin witness daily times history lecture pamphlets scarce

n/a

HAND-PAINTED WATERCOLOURS CIRCA 1880's, TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH; Octavo concertina-style pages in purple cloth boards, label with Chinese lettering in black & red ink pasted to front board, upper & lower page edges stained red, unpaginated, beautifully illus. hand-painted watercolour plates on paper-mounted cloth, VG- (boards slightly warped/cocked, light-moderate rubbing/soiling to boards, moderate scuffing to board extrems, remnants of previous label to front board suggest current label may be a replacement or may have been reapplied, one page-fold has a closed approx. 5cm tear not infringing on text/plates, all text/plates clean other than a few intermittent spots of soiling, reverse side of all pages blank due to concertina-style binding, light dampstaining to some bottom corners on reverse side only, moderate foxing to page edges only)

PUBLISHER: n/a n/d

KEYWORDS: eight noble steeds complete pictures text in chinese art illustrated watercolours hand painted paintings horses equestrian picbald bay rabbit imperial yellow snow flake rainbow moon dragon peach blossom date wonder history hsitorical accordion type binding

MILLEN, JULIA & DI SOMMA, MARK (ed)

Oblong imperial octavo red heavy card boards with black cloth to spine, silver Glaxo logo & lettering to spine, gilt Glaxo logo with black lettering to front board, Glaxo logo printed eps, 182pp, photo illus, VG (light scuffing/bruising/soiling to boards, moderate soiling from moisture to eps, light soiling to prelims/endmatter, v. light staining to page extrems from moisture, with occasional small spots of light grazing from where pages have been unstuck) in d/w, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to covers, light-moderate foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Glaxo New Zealand Limited 1991

KEYWORDS: glaxo new zealand pharmaceutical industry pharmacy business corporate history food animal health multinationals wellington bunnythorpe bonnie babies julia millen

N/A

Lg folio, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, xxxi, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, boards sl warped, some minor adhesion with moderate occasional foxing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: TMP / Third Millenium Trust 2002

KEYWORDS: bible ancient history biblical antiquity religious religion timecharts chronology

BLAEU, JOAN & VAN DER KROGT, PETER (Intro & Texts)

HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, lg folio, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 591pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, archival tape repair to 45mm closed tear to upper edge of rear cover, heavy creasing & closed tearing with discreet tape repairs to rear coverlight tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2005

KEYWORDS: historical atlases atlas maior history 17th seventeenth century geography geopolitics cartography maps

GARRAN, Hon. ANDREW & SCHELL, FREDERIC B. (Illus Supervision)

HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, black leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, aeg, gilt tooling to board inside edges, gilt rule & blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, 800pp total + prelims to each vol, illus/maps, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spines & boards with moderate staining/soiling also, lacks loose railway/telegraph postal maps as is usually the case, Papua map in vol 3 loose but present, varying degrees of scuffing & chipping to board edges- internal, varying degrees of foxing sporadically throughout, loose map of PNG has heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges along with considerable soiling & foxing also) a beautful set despite damage, please feel free to request photos

PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Australasia maps cartography geography history historical geopolitics atlas atlases

REDFERN, WALTER

Octavo, maroon glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 184pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Legenda / European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford 2001

KEYWORDS: Jean-Pierre Brisset humanities literature language French linguistics history

HARVEY, DENIS

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 144pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name label & ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1979

KEYWORDS: gypsies culture history travelling travellers

DESOTO, LUCY

Square imperial octavo, black glossy heavy boards, white & grey lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 175pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: music entertainment history Australia Australian late 20th twentieth century

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.

4 VOL SET, VOLS 2, 3 & 4 FIRST EDITIONS- VOL 1 REPRINT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor water damage to lower extrems- light staining & wrinkling to lower page edges, top corner of ffep of vol 2 clipped, numerous ex-libris stamps in ink to prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy closed tearing & tape repairs to spine of vol 1, moderate tanning & staining, vols 1, 3 & 4 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1956-58

KEYWORDS: British history politics political Winston Churchill first editions geopolitics war monarchy

STRAWHORN, JOHN & BOYD, WILLIAM

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon, printed eps, frontispiece, folding map to rear, xviii + 885pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals inc. folding map, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1951

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history Ayrshire statistics historical data

PAWELSKI, CHERYL (Compiled by) & SANDOVAL, ANDREW (Compiled by)

COMPLETE WITH 6 CDs AT REAR, quarto, illus heavy boards, white & gold lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Capitol Records 2005

KEYWORDS: music history The Band entertainment folk

GIONO, JEAN & DE MENDELSSOHN, PETER (Trans)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1956

KEYWORDS: true crime history homicide murder Sir Jack Drummond Gaston Dominici miscarriages of justice wrongful convictions law legal

HURLEY, FRANK

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1949

KEYWORDS: exploration travel adventure Ernest Shackleton south pole Antarctica history

CHRISTIAN, HARRISON

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Ultimo Press 2022

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 New Guinea Rabaul

GUARDINI, ROMANO & BRIEFS, ELINOR (Trans)

Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: theology religion catholicism catholic church philosphy literature Romano Guardini Augustine antiquity ancient history

KEYES, FRANCES PARKINSON

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953

KEYWORDS: religion theology Bernadette of Lourdes history