RABEL, ROBERTO

ALSO LOOSELY ENCLOSED INCIDENTS RELATING TO THE AUCKLAND DEMONSTRATIONS, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xi + 443pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Vietnam war politics foreign policy

McGINN, BERNARD

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 526pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in tidy plastic protective wrapper, sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Crossroad Herder / Crossroad Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: mysticism history middle ages catholic church catholicism doctrines women

AINY, LUTFIYA & SCHWARTZ, L A (Trans)

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus to front board, illus eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (sl discolouration to upper board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's sm label to ffep, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate peeling & soiling/chafing, light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Irfon Publishing House 1980

KEYWORDS: central Asia Asian art history historical antiquity artefacts

BOWLES, BRYAN

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)

PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945

KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends

SINGH, KHUSHWANT

2 VOL. SET, Fifth impression; Octavo, illus. light card covers, black lettering to spines, xiii+419pp (Vol. I) & xi+411pp (Vol. II), illus plates & maps (folding map at beginning of Part I, Vol. I), VG- (moderate rubbing, creasing, soiling & sun-fading to covers, moderate chipping and creasing to spines, bookseller's price stickers to rear covers & stamps to eps, light-moderate foxing/soiling & discolouration to pages, page edges, plates & folding map)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: history sikhs sikhism khushwant singh religion spirituality church kingdom faith indian punjab social religious political politics guru nanak gobind maharajah ranjit british empire

RAE, LOU

Fourth edition; Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vii+212pp, illus - black & white photos & maps, VG+ (light scuffing, creasing & v. light soiling to covers & spine, light tanning/discolouration to page edges/extrems)

PUBLISHER: L. G. Rae 1986

KEYWORDS: history railways tramways tasmania west coast lou rae australian steam diesel engines trains locomotives trams trains transport

BREYER, SIEGFRIED & KOOP, GERHARD

Oblong octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece photo of the battleship Bismarck in 1941, 188pp, black & white photo illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light scuffing & brusing to board edges, light grazing to front pastedown, bookseller's label to fep, light tanning to page extrems, occasional moderate soiling throughout - heavier to prelims/terminals - resulting in grazing from pages being unstuck in a few spots, occasionally impacting on readability of text) in d/w, VG (moderate soiling/discolouration incl. from dampstaining)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1989

KEYWORDS: germany navy naval warfare 1935 1945 battleships pocket cruisers aircraft carriers graf zeppelin siegfried breyer gerhard koop military pictorial history world war two wwii second nazism third reich combat photography photographic

BERLINER, NANCY

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to yellow spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xv+178pp, colour illus, Nr FINE (light rubbing & v. light soiling to covers, bookseller's price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: yin yu tang architecture daily life chinese houses housing nancy berliner domestic living social history customs anthropology huang cun family huizhou diqu region china peabody essex museum exhibition companion guide

JACOBS, REX (compiled by)

Quarto illus light card covers, red & yellow lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, xii+141pp (unpaginated prelims), illus, VG (light soiling/creasing & light-moderate scuffing to covers/spine, v. light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Rex Jacobs 2001

KEYWORDS: cecil howard taylor soldier's war diary diaries 1916 1919 transcription rex jacobs military history memoirs world war one wwi first great australian infantry forces

SNELL, J.B.

Oblong imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, colour photo plates & illus, Nr FINE (v. light bruising to corners of boards, v. light tanning to page edges/extrems) in d/w, Nr FINE (v. light rubbing & creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Camden Miniature Steam Services 2007

KEYWORDS: mixed gauges jb snell john steam diesel engine locomotives trains preservation railways transport travel history photography photographers memoirs illustrated

KOBER, RUDOLF et al

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Panorama Museum 1999

KEYWORDS: text in German art history exhibition Michel Henricot appreciation

CLIFTON, VIOLET & DUNSANY, LORD (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 288pp + folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light cracking to hinges, light fading & tanning/foxing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to gutter at title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions history exploration Violet Clifton autobiography memoir literature

WILLIAMSON, HAZEL C

Octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & tanning/foxing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, inscribed yours sincereley Hazel C Williamson 2/9/79 in ink to inside front cover, light foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: Hazel C Williamson N/D (c.1979?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maungaturoto settlers pioneers

STEEDMAN, JOHN ARAMETE WAIREHU

SCARCE, super octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine, xi + 201pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers with minor soiling also, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional highlighting to text)

PUBLISHER: John Aramete Wairehu Steedman 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori customs history

MORELAND, A MAUD

Octavo, teal buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, illus/photos, folding maps- 1x detached but loosely enclosed at rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine- 1cm crack to front hinge, minor chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional ownership signature in ink throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature history south island Haast Mount Aspiring westland A Maud Moreland

ALLEN, LOUIS et al (Contributors)

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, ix + 478pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board, minor soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman N/D (c.1990)

KEYWORDS: politics history political scandals

SPICER, CHARLES E

SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & surface loss, sm ink lettering to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd (Printer) 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law enforcement police history Wanganui centennial crime prevention signed Charles E Spicer

FERGUSON, DUGALD

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, iv + 366pp, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & dsicolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edgeslight soiling to eps, sm ex-libris plate residue to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand bush life history customs anthropology culture

WILLIAM CAMDEN, CLARENCEUX, KING AT ARMS & EDMUND GIBSON, LATE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON (Revised, Digested & Published with Large Additions)

15 VERY TIDY, DETAILED MAPS PRESENT, folio, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates with raised bands & gilt tooling to spine, paginated 697-1526 with numerous additions, annals & index to rear, illus & folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, 5mm missing from top edge of spine, moderate scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, moderate chafing & surface loss/soiling to boards, heavy tanning & staining to page edges, light to moderate insect damage to some page corners throughout, light to moderate tanning & wrinkling to eps, occasional sm closed tearing to edge of maps & other pgs, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages- increasing towards rear pages, occasional light crack to some gutters- otherwise gutters largely intact)

PUBLISHER: R Ware, J and P Knapton, T Longman, C Hitch, D Browne, H Lintot, C Davis, J Hodges, A Millar, W Bowyer, J Whiston, J and J Rivington & J Ward 1753

KEYWORDS: ancient maps antique books Great Britain British Britannia Ireland history historical land geography counties

MOLLOY, MAUREEN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 171pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Waipu Nova Scotia