ROBERTS, CHARLES G D

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 529pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers 1906

KEYWORDS: geography history exploration travel discoveries

HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK (Ed)

FOLDING MAP AT REAR, octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 456pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, ffe missing, ex-libris ink stamp to verso of frotnispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, illus/plate to pg 160-161 detached & mostly missing- only sm remnant remains & is very brittle, sm section of page 377-380 torn & partially missing)

PUBLISHER: Thos de la Rue & Co 1884

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Colonel Gordon Central Africa adventure exploration history customs

SMILES, SAMUEL & ROLT, L T C (New Intro)

3 VOL SET, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xvi + 484pp, vol 2- xiv + 502pp, vol 3- xx + 512pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spines)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1968

KEYWORDS: history civil engineering Samuel Smiles Great Britain British industrialisation

BACON, ROY

Square octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to front board, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to spine & edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Niton Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: motor bikes motorcycles Ariel history design evolution postwar

WALKER, MICK

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sm staining to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & soiling to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2003

KEYWORDS: motor bikes motorcycles Ariel history design evolution

SIMON, JOE & KIRBY, JACK & EVANIER, MARK (Selected & Ed) & SIMON, JIM (Afterword)

Heavy quarto, illus heavy boards, black & cream lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 375pp + notes to rear, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ābrams ComicArts 2014

KEYWORDS: art cartoons Simon and Kirby Studio comic books history

SANDERS, YVONNE & CHRISP, TESSA (Photography)

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 304pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yvonne Sanders Antiques 2015

KEYWORDS: antique stores shops history Yvonne Sanders Antiques New Zealand businesses

LAM, RUTH & LOWE, BEVERLY & WONG, HELEN & WONG, MICHAEL & KING, CAROLYN

2 VOL SET, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, red & black lettering to spines, 904pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to front covers)

PUBLISHER: Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chinese communities settlers pioneers fruit shops business trade

LELAND, THOMAS (trans)

THIS VOL. ONLY; Third edition, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine, xlviii + 349pp, VG- (heavy soiling to boards, moderate cracking to spine, hinges & gutters, with heavy surface loss to spine, prev. owners' names in ink to eps, light soiling & discolouration to pages, intermiitent light pencil annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. Longman 1777

KEYWORDS: ancient greek athens history classical studies literature oration oratory thomas leland demosthenes

WOLDT, A.

TEXT IN GERMAN, Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt & black ink stamped decorative rule to spine & front board, marble page edges, patterned eps, vi + 431pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light staining, rubbing & chipping to boards & spine, light cracking to gutters - boards v. slightly shaky, light tanning/discolouration to page edges, prev. owner's name & bookseller's label to verso fep)

PUBLISHER: Verlag von Max Spohr 1884

KEYWORDS: text in german travel exploration expeditions voyages captain jacobsen alaskan northwest americans united states history indigenous natives anthropology

N/A

LACKS D/W; TEXT IN JAPANESE & ENGLISH; Ex-library; large quarto, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 181pp, illus. colour plates, folding map, VG (light soiling & sun-fading to boards, light tanning to page edges, light creasing to folding map, small library stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: n/a n/d

KEYWORDS: ex-library text in japanese japan architecture design history imperial palace illustrated photography pictorial guides

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

THIS VOL. ONLY; Fourth series; oblong octavo, spiral-bound light card covers, illus. prelims, unpaginated, illus. photo plates, VG (light foxing/soiling throughout, moderate to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Hardwicke Knight Collection 1992

KEYWORDS: dunedin otago south island new zealand pictorial history early settler colonial photographs photography collections hardwicke knight

WHITE, JEANIE

Quarto illus. stapled light card covers, illus prelims, 34pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: n/a 1989

KEYWORDS: nelson south island new zealand south street history historic houses buildings

HOBHOUSE, HENRY

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine; x + 245pp, illus - maps, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling/discolouration, light chipping & creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited

KEYWORDS: first editions plants botany vegetables food crops agricultural political social history quinine sugar tea cotton potatoes

KEMP, MARTIN

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 314pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light sun-fading to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: italy italian renaissance art cultural history artists theory european

ZIMMERMAN, Fr. ANTHONY

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 159pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light rubbing & creasing to extrems, moderate sun-fading)

PUBLISHER: Vantage Press, Inc. 1991

KEYWORDS: bible biblical studies history religion christianity genesis adam and eve garden of eden paradise native indigenous aboriginal ancient creation myths mythology

GASSON, JAMES

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus. photo plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, prev. owner's stamp to prelims, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, light chipping to extrems, approx. 5mm closed tear to top of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: biography biographies new zealand military history world war one wwi first great dick travis savage gallipoli france french opotiki

FULBROOK, MARY

Super octavo, illus. light card covers, white lettering to black spine, xii + 307pp, VG (light rubbing and creasing to covers, large but light diagonal crease to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: east germany gdr european cold war communist communism history dictatorships authoritarianism political politics

HARDING, Sir HAROLD & DAVEY, AMANDA (ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR; Super octavo, illus. light card covers, viii + 266pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to cover extrems, editor's autograph in blue ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Tilia Publishing UK 2015

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography autobiographies memoirs sir harold harding britain england english british tunnelling society civil engineering channel tunnel history

KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD

THIS VOL. ONLY, Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained blue, xix + 451pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, light discolouration to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate discolouration - more so to spine, light rubbing & chipping to extrems, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Press Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: john maynard keynes essays collections anthologies economics politics political history english england british britain keynesian