GAGG, JOHN

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1971

KEYWORDS: canals england english britain british photographic photos industry history shipping industry technology

WILKINSON, COLIN B.

Oblong octavo stapled wrappers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Colin B. Wilkinson 1981

KEYWORDS: 1931 hawke's bay earthquake new zealand natural disaster disasters history

MCGREGOR, ROBERT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Art Deco Trust 2002

KEYWORDS: 1931 hawke's bay earthquake new zealand natural disaster disasters history

NEWPORT, J. N. W.

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 428pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to board edges, binding sloppy- boards shaky, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, usual library markings throughout, 3cm closed tear to rear pastedown, light tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & internal tape reinforcements, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers settlements Nelson

SOLE, LARAINE

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 300pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & cover edges, usual library markings, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy patch of label residue to inside rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Waverley settlers pioneers

MATTHEWS, NEVIL and PRUE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, map to ffep, illus prelims, x + 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to front eps)

PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Rapaura Marlborough region district

HARVEY, STEWART

Quarto, illus light card covers, brown & black lettering to spine, x + 218pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing/curling to cover egdes & spine, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stewart Harvey 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy settlers pioneers James Settree Francois Marie Paranthoiene

CAMPBELL, FELICITY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, grey & white lettering to spine, 272pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & chafing to spine & covers, sl soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers European settlers Wanganui emigration Captain Jock McGregor signed

REINIKKA, MERLE A.

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 324pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Timber Press 1995

KEYWORDS: orchids plants flowers history botany culture

ANDERSON, STUART (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xviii + 318pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine & front board, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pharmaceutical Press 2005

KEYWORDS: history medicine pharmacy pharmaceuticals apothecaries health

LAWFORD-HINRICHSEN, IRENE & MENUHIN, YEHUDI (Fore)

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 332pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Edition Press 2000

KEYWORDS: C F Peters music publishers history publishing

BOGGS, WINTHROP S. & POOLE, BERTRAM W. H. & HUBER, HARRY E.

Octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 186pp + 65pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping & closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Quarterman Publications 1975

KEYWORDS: postage stamps philately history Newfoundland

TREGEAR, E.

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board, 165pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate pencil scribbling throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1891

KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature fairy tales folklore history

BISHOP, GILBERT

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & boards, 310pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, ligth soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page with som eminor water satining, presentation plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals with light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: slaves slave trading history British slavery

RUPKE, NICOLAAS A. (Ed)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 373pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 1987

KEYWORDS: vivisection animals surgery history philosophy anaimal experimentation

COATES, ISAAC

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, ligth soiling & foxing/tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers history Isaac Coates

LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, lxiii + 554pp total, folding map to rear of vol 1, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration explorers Sir John Mandeville maritime nautical

MALTHUS, CECIL

LACKS D/W; BOARDS STAINED; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: cecil malthus new zealand anzac great first world war one ww1 wwi military history memoir

REED, A.H.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn at base of spine) ; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: a.h. reed new zealand history general popular

BARRAUD, C. D. (Illus) & TRAVERS, W. T. L. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, elephant folio, half leather bound terracotta buckram boards, decorative gilt lettering & tooling to front board, beautiful hand decorated gift/presentation plate, frontispiece, 40pp, 31 chromo- & plain lithographs with 31 woodcuts- all seemingly present, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss & soiling/staining, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, minor wrinkling to buckram on boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & wrinkling to eps with minor foxing, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of dedication page, moderate closed tearing to some page & plate edges, light sporadic soiling & tanning/foxing to pages throughout) in protective heavy boarded folder, leather spine & clasps, VG- (heavy tanning & foxing with moderate scuffing & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington 1877

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions illustrated townships lakes history historical drawings illustrations