SACKVILLE-WEST, V & REIBER, ANDREW & MacKNIGHT, NANCY (Ed)

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: Michael Joseph 1980

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence V Sackville-West Andrew Reiber literature literary history

COLLINS JUDITH & BELL, QUENTIN (Fore)

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: Secker & Warburg 1983

KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury group furniture industry history trade England English art

McLAUCHLAN, GORDON

Quarto 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: Viking / Penguin 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand alcohol alcoholic drink drinks beverages beer history culture brewing

BUTCHER, J W

8vo, uncoloured heavy card bds, black lettering to spine & front bds, xiii + 968 pp., map facing p. 1, VG (light soiling & chaffing/ rubbing to boards & spine, light bruising & chipping to board/spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to top pg edge, sl tanning & foxing to fore & bottom edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light sporadic foxing throughout, moderate stain & 4cm closed tear to l. 103, marginalia to pg. 1)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks 1919

KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics population census year book 20th century social history

FRASER, MALCOLM

8vo, tan heavy card bds, black lettering to brown cloth spine, black lettering to front board, x + 414 pp., VG- (light soiling & rubbing to bds & spine, light bruising to board extrems, moderate cracking to front board extrem, light to moderate tanning/soiling to pg edges, ownership inscription to ffep, v light cracking to front gutter, v sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks 1920

KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics population census year book 20th century social history

BERDYAEV, NICOLAS; LOWRIE, DONALD A (transl)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy bds, gilt lettering to spine, 344 pp., VG (sl soiling, v sl bruising to upper spine extrem, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ownership inscription & prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep, moderate marginalia/annotation & underlining in pen throughout) in d/w VG (light foxing & soiling- moderate at spine, light to moderate chipping to spine extrems, light closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1955

KEYWORDS: criticism history creative creativity religion love morality society philosophy

WARD, Sir J G

8vo, illus cloth boards, gilt lettering & black rules & tooling to front board & spine, decorated eps, frontis., vi + 779 pp.,addenda & corrigenda, VG (sl tearing to front & back board joints, v sl scuffing, to boards & spine, light bruising to spine/board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light foxing & tanning to prelims/terminals, minor marginalia, creasing to paper at central gutters)

PUBLISHER: John MacKay 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand social history census population statistics land trade industry revenue politics year book

BROWN, HELEN (Ed) & NORTON, TAKEREI (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, 1cm closed tear/bruise to fore edge of front cover, sl bruising to spine, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu / Bridget Williams 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history culture Ngai Tahu deed of settlement collections archives heritage

WATT, J P C

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, illus prelims, 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: J P C Watt 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rakiura Stewart Island Kaipipi shipyard ross sea whalers whaling history maritime nautical

HARWELL, RICHARD (& FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL)

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xvi + 780pp, illus, Near FINE (minor creasing to edges of rear eps)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D (c.1985?)

KEYWORDS: US America American former presidents history politics political leaders George Washington abridgments Library of the Presidents series government full leather bindings

GENTRY, STEVEN

Quarto, white faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 346pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (sl wrinkling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2013

KEYWORDS: natural history Kermadec islands New Zealand Pacific landscape geology nature wildlife

SHERRATT, S (Ed)

2 VOL SET + 1 VOL PLATES, quarto, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spines, 1013pp + vol of plates in folder complete with folding diagrams to front & rear pockets, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl soiling/staining to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising)

PUBLISHER: Thera Foundation - Petros M Nomikos and The Thera Foundation 2000

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology ancient history wall paintings houses homes Thera proceedings

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

2 VOL SET, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, deckled/rough cut edges, frontispieces- tissue guard to vol 1, teg, vol 1- xii + 435pp, vol 2- vi + 464pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing/surface loss & bruising to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning/soiling to page edges, minor insect damage to spine of vol 2, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of both vols, light to moderate insect damage to front gutters of vol 2, heavy cracking to front gutters of vol 1- pgs i-vi detached but present, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims of vol 1, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly quite minor)

PUBLISHER: Dodd, Mead & Company 1905

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Alfred Russel Wallace nature naturalists natural history exploration

REINDORF, Rev CARL CHRISTIAN & REINDORF, Dr C E (Biographical Sketch)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xvi + 346pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to prelims, sl scuffing to copyright page, sl creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor water staining, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Ghana Universities Press 1966

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Gold Coast Asante Ashanti Africa Ghana history culture customs Carl Christian Reindorf

BOORSTIN, DANIEL J & BOORSTIN, RUTH F (Ed)

HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent/patterned eps, unpaginated prelims, 210pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1995

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Daniel J Boorstin literature history philosophy

CHURCHILL, Right Hon WINSTON S & CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S (Compiled by)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 313pp, VG+ (lacks Sept 1939 House of Commons speech, lacks pagination to 214 & 294, pagination present to pg 78, sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1941

KEYWORDS: first editions speeches Winston Churchill government history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 British prime ministers

SMITH, G BARNETT

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus/plates- counted all present, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light cahfing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, presentation plate tpo front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps, varying degrees of foxing & tanning throughout- mostly light, most plates detached but present & with pencil doodles to rear of plates, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1900

KEYWORDS: exploration adventure south pole antarctic history

WILLIAMS, JACK K

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 109pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate rubbing & creasing/chipping to spine & extrems, light creasing & closed tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/chafing)

PUBLISHER: Texas A&M University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions dueling southern states history social life customs code of honour honor US America American

REDDISH, ARTHUR

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 96pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps & title/copyright pages)

PUBLISHER: Arthur Reddish N/D

KEYWORDS: war history El Alamein Arthur Reddish autobiography autobiogarphies memoir British tank regiment

BUICK, T LINDSAY

Ex-library, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 393pp, illus/photos, folded chart/diagram, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & heavy scuffing & surface loss to board edges/extrems, moderate tape residue/staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, base of rear ep missing, folding diagram lightly foxed & moderately creased with tape repairs) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori treaty of Waitangi documents colonisation colonies British T Lindsay Buick