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$75.00
1q20a/2

Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement


BAYLISS, E R

Ex-library, octavo, orange buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing & soiling/taoe residue to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective covers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: E R Bayliss 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tinwald Canterbury plains settlers pioneers settlements

$175.00
1q20a/3

The Voyages of Cadamosto, and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century


CRONE, G R (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xlv + 159pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Cadamosto Western Africa African 15th fifteenth century first editions

$175.00
1q20a/4

Select Documents Illustrating the Four Voyages of Columbus, Including Those Contained in R H Major's Select Letters of Christopher Columbus (2 Vol Set)


COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER & JANE, CECIL (Trans, Ed, Intro & Notes) & TAYLOR, E G R (Supplementary Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some may remain uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- clv + 188pp, vol 2- lxxxix + 164pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1930-33

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration adventures history travel Christopher Columbus documents

$60.00
1q20a/6

Handbook for Australia & New Zealand (Including Also the Fiji Islands) with New Map of the Colonies (Second Edition)


S W SILVER & CO

LACKS FOLDING MAP, sm octavo, red buckram soft boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 449pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, folding map at front missing, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters, some pgs loose and/or out of order)

PUBLISHER: S W Silver & Co / Office of 'The Colonies' 1874

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand travel writing guides literature history historical

$65.00
1q20a/8

Maori Prisoners of War in Dunedin 1869-1872: Deaths and Burials and Survivors


HAROLD, D

UNCOMMON, quarto, illus stapled light card covers, 21pp, illus, VG+ (tidy red adhesive reinforcement to spine, light creasing to covers, light staining to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hexagon 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history prisoners of war Dunedin late 19th nineteenth century death sburials survivors

$100.00
1q20a/9

The Railway Problem in New Zealand


VAILE, SAMUEL

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF HISTORICAL FIGURE & AUTHOR E E VAILE, SON OF SAMUEL VAILE, ex-library, octavo, cream stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, various pagination, VG- (tidy red reinforcement to spine, heavy tanning, creasing & staining to front cover, light chafing & soiling to rear cover, various ink stamps to front eps, minimal library markings, heavy tanning to ffep- brittle edges with chipping/loss)

PUBLISHER: Railway Reform League 1891

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport railway reform league history Samuel Vaile

$40.00
1q20a/11

North to Kimbolton (Birmingham)


WAUGH, D THOMAS

UNCOMMON, octavo, stapled illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 133pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: D Thomas Waugh N/D (c.1986)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Kimbolton history settlers pioneers

$45.00
1q20a/12

The Animals of New Zealand: An Account of the Colony's Air-Breathing Vertebrates


HUTTON, Capt F W & DRUMMOND, JAMES

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & illus front board, frontispiece, 375pp, illus, VG- (heavy foxing and sunning to spine, moderate bruising and soiling to spine extrems and board corners/edges, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges and eps, light soiling page extrems throughout, 3 different owners signs to fep in pen and pencil)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1905

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history animals nature wildlife identification

$55.00
1q20a/14

The Complete Greek Temples


SPAWFORTH, TONY

Imperial octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek temples history antiquity gods architecture buildings

$45.00
1q20a/16

One Small Finger: Overseas Mission in a Changing World, 1949-69


MURRAY, STAN

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand N/D (c.1988)

KEYWORDS: prebysterian church New Zealand religion Asia pacific history missionaries

$95.00
1q20a/18

The Exeter Book


KRAPP, GEORGE PHILIP (Ed) & DOBBIE, ELLIOTT VAN KIRK (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, cxvii + 382pp, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1936

KEYWORDS: anglo-saxon poetry literature Exeter book historical history verse poems

$40.00
1q20a/19

Gout: The Patrician Malady


PORTER, ROY & ROUSSEAU, G S

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 393pp, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: health maladies sickness gout culture history pain

$30.00
xxrlb193164

A History of the Gregynog Press


HARROP, DOROTHY A

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread with no external markings, imperial 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.

PUBLISHER: Private Libraries Association 1980

KEYWORDS: literature literary history Gregynog Press

$20.00
xxrlb193165

Check-list of Works of British Authors Printed Abroad, in Langauges Other Than English, to 1641


SHAABER, M A

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial 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.

PUBLISHER: The Bibliographical Society of America 1975

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues British authors literature literary foreign langauges history historical

$25.00
xxrlc193168

A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army


WHITE, ARTHUR S (Compiled by) & TEMPLER, Field Marshal Sir GERALD W R (Fore)

Ex-library, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: The Society for Army Historical Research 1965

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues regimental military history historical British Army

$18.50
xxrlc193170

A Descriptive Bibliography of Montaigne's Essais 1580-1700


SAYCE, R A & MASKELL, DAVID

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super 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.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press / Bibliographical Society Publication 1983

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literary history Montaigne

$20.00
xxrlc193174

A History of Petts Wood (Millenium Edition)


WAYMARK, PETER

Square octavo softcover (VG) gift inscription in ink to title page; 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: Petts Wood and District Residents' Association 2000

KEYWORDS: Petts Wood history stately homes houses UK England English

$19.50
xxrle193180

Under the Aegis: The Virtues


JENKINSON, MEGAN et al & SHAND, PETER (Ed)

Quarto 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: Fortuna Press 1997

KEYWORDS: art history criticism essays prose literature literary New Zealand artists collages photos photography women

$20.00
xxrle193181

The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry


BERNSTEIN, DAVID J

Quarto 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: BCA 1986

KEYWORDS: history tapestries crafts Bayeux Tapestry art

$22.50
xxrle193182

Mana Tangata: People of Action


CLARKE, STEPHEN

Imperial 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: Point Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rotary clubs history communities community action groups

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