COULOMB, L'ABBE A.

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: H. Dessian / Holy See 1914

KEYWORDS: abbot a. coulomb vatican mother marie du couer-de-jesus biography catholic catholicism christianity spirituality religion history first edition ex-library

EDWARDS, CHRIS & MITCHELL, EDWARD J.

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Cato Institute 2008

KEYWORDS: tax competition economics politics history chris edwards daniel j mitchell conservatism neoconservatism

BERNERS-LEE, TIM & FISCHETTI, MARK

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco 1999

KEYWORDS: tim berners-lee internet world wide web technology history

GAVOIS, JEAN

Lg quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 165pp, illus, VG (light water staining to base of boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light water staining to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Otis Elevator Company 1983

KEYWORDS: architecture engineering elevators history Otis business buildings high rise highrise construction

WILSON, J. J.

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, 255pp + index to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to board edges, moderate discolouration & cracking/insect damage to spine, red tape repairs to spine base, moderate to heavy discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate insect damage & heavy cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: J J Wilson 1910

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion Christianity church Christian history settlers pioneers

ALPERS, The Hon. O. T. J. & EARL OF BIRKENHEAD (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by author & with portrait loosely enclosed, super octavo, blue quarter leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering with gilt tooling to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 370pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading & discolouration to spine, light to moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims) with loosely enclosed VG+ portrait

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1928

KEYWORDS: deluxe first editions signed O T J Alpers New Zealand history autobiography memoir pioneers

CHANCELLOR, EDWARD

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to dark grey spine, xiv + 386pp, VG+ (light bruising & foxing to board edges/extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light creasing to top corners of pgs 113-132) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1999

KEYWORDS: economics history finance financial

CHURCHILL, The Rt, Hon. WINSTON S.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, 557pp, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink markings to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, minor archival repair to pgs 531-33)

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1923

KEYWORDS: first editions Winston Churchill early 20th twentieth century history

LAZELL, MARGUERITE

Quarto, illusglossy heavy boards, black & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, 232pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Carlton Books 2013

KEYWORDS: sport cycling history road racing tour de France

HODSON, ARNOLD W. & NELLEN, A. E. (Ed) & WILLIAMS, Sir RALPH (Introductory Note) & SELOUS, F. C. (Fore)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 359pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board corners, moderate fading to spine with light bruising & 1cm crack to top edge, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, moderate foxing sporadically to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1914

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing adventure Kalahari Desert history

TOLAND, JANET (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, 162pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, lg amusing meme printed & glued in to ffep with sm ink inscription just above- wrinkled)

PUBLISHER: NZCS 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history social cultural computers computing technology

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