CADE, L. H. & HAYCRAFT, W. C. (Revised by)

Sm octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to boards, v + 108pp, illus, VG (light bruising, scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1948

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles Rudge-Whitworth history 30s thirties guide Rudge

HOCKLEY, GEOFF & FRANCE, LAURIE

Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate internal rusting & separation to staples at gutters)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1964?)

KEYWORDS: Pioneer Motor Club history Christchurch New Zealand

BLAIR, E. W. et al

LACKS FOLDING MAPS- COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 66pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, handpainted flag illus & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand reports Auckland harbour Waitemata Manukau canal transport history

McKENZIE, N. R. & FRASER, Rt. Hon. PETER (INtro)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lower page edges deckled, type-written appreciation of Nova Scotia pioneers tipped in to rear pastedown, xi + 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, handwritten annotations in pencil & green ink to tipped in appreciation to rear) in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1942

KEYWORDS: second editions N R McKenzie New Zealand history Scotland Nova Scotia migration settlers pioneers Gaels exploration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DAWSON, CHRISTOPHER

EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 446pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl sunning to spine, light soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, usual library markings and pockets)

PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1933

KEYWORDS: antiquity ancient history gods religion spirituality prehistoric Europe east culture cultural

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

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

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

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

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

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