AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)

Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. n/d

KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research

BRETT, ANDRE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, green, black & white lettering to spine, 343pp, illus, VG+ (v. light rubbing to covers/page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand 19th nineteenth century history provinces provincial period provincialism politics local government national identity

O'MALLEY, VINCENT

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 688pp, illus colour plates, Nr FINE in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing/creasing)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books Ltd 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island waikato history nineteenth 19th century 1860s military war warfare conflicts maori pakeha tainui settler colonialism

SKINNER, H. D. (text) & DAFF, L. A. (drawings)

Duodecimo, twine-bound illus light card covers, hei-tiki motif to front cover, illus prelims, 15pp, illus, VG (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, small light pencil annotations to first and last page)

PUBLISHER: Otago Museum 1942

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori pounamu hei tiki jewelry jewellery pendants art design history otago museum booklets

SILVA, PHIL A. & STANTON, WARREN R.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 340pp, VG+ (light rubbing & sun--fading to boards) in d/w, VG- (heavy sun-fading, light rubbing & creasing, one small closed tear to top cover near spine with archival tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press New Zealand 1998

KEYWORDS: essay collections anthologies new zealand south island university of otago dunedin history health human social psychology psychological multidisciplinary health and development study academic survey research infants children childhood adolescent adolescence

REES, WILLIAM

THIS VOL. ONLY, LACKS D/W; Tidy ex-library; Imperial octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus / folding maps throughout, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing/discolouration to page edges, light-moderate creasing to folding maps, usual library markings, fragment of d/w glued to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: University of Wales Press 1968

KEYWORDS: ex-library united kingdom british britain english england early industrial history revolution industry chartered companies of the society of mines royal mineral battery works mining

EMMERSON, GEORGE S.

LACKS D/W; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xv +352pp, illus figures & plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, plus light rubbing & soiling, small crack at top of spine, prev. owners name in ink to half-title & title pages, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: european scotland scottish history dance recreation arts entertainment music traditions rituals customs

HODGSON, TERENCE

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 172pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers, light foxing to page edges, prev. owners stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Bookcase 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand pictorial history architectural architecture housing houses homes domestic photography illustrated

SHALDERS, BRUCE

SCARCE; Oblong super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 142pp, illus photo plates, VG (boards slightly cocked with corresponding light vertical crease along front board, light sun-fading to board edges & spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. 2017

KEYWORDS: scarce rare pictorial photographic illustrated history new zealand railways and locomotives society steam trains rails houses architecture architectural building design

WOOD, BRIAN

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to white spine, 230pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & discolouration to covers/flaps, light discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brian Wood 2008

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island west coast greymouth history trade unions workers blackball coal company miners strike industrial actions industry labour employment rights politics illustrated

BREGMAN, RUTGER & MANTON, ELIZABETH (Trans) & MOORE, ERICA (Trans)

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.

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2020

KEYWORDS: history literature Rutger Bregman

SIMONS, MARTIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: military history aviation Germany German luftwaffe ace pilots Peter Riedel biographies memoir

CHADWICK, J

Super octavo, maroon leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, red speckling to page edges, patterned eps, viii + 512pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G (7cm heavy crack to top spine extrem- flapping with unsuccessful attempt at tape repair by prev. owner, heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate rubbing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to eps, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional library ink stamp to pages- none external)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history

MACKENZIE, DONALD A

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlvii + 469pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, light staining to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional plate loose)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: teutonic myths legends literature ancient history

HOPE-MONCRIEFF, A R

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 439pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl staining to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some prelims loose, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: ancient folklore lore literature romance legends myths chivalry history

N/A

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, various files & folders/collection of art work, posters & items together in slipcase, VG+ (some minor bruising to some extrems, occasional light foxing to some items, minor fading & scuffing/bruising to slipcase)

PUBLISHER: The Japan Festival Committee c.1991

KEYWORDS: V&A museum victoria albert exhibitions Japan Japanese culture art artefacts history

MACKENZIE, DONALD A

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlviii + 463pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, sl staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout, some pages loose)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: India Indian myths legends folklore lore ancient history literature

JAMES, W LONGLEY (Compiled & Ed)

HEAVY - EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to title plates to spine with raised bands also, mixed pagination - numbered columns, VG (heavy scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges- some minor surface loss, moderate chafing/scuffing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Trade Auxiliary Company of New Zealand Ltd N/D (c.1928?)

KEYWORDS: law legal history court cases New Zealand gazette reports

WILLIAMS, PETER D

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor soiling to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & damp wrinkling to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Australian Military History Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war battles campaigns Anzac Ridge Australia New Zealand army corps

HEDGES, JILL

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 317pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps, no library markings)

PUBLISHER: I B Tauris and Co 2011

KEYWORDS: South America Argentina history latin