HESELTINE, RICHARD (Text) & ZUMBRUNN, MICHEL

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & staining to board extrems/edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, some moderate creasing/folding to some page corners) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Merrell 2006

KEYWORDS: automotive classic vintage cars Italian Italy design history high performance engineering

VINCI, LEO (Compiled by)

Octavo, green illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 134pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Neptune Press 1992

KEYWORDS: occult occultism esoteric spirituality enochian angels angel magic magick guides deities manuals Dr John Dee Edward Kelly languages ancient language dictionary origins historical history

GREEN, EVAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 281pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some archival tape repairs, moderate discolouration/fading/tanning, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions automotive motor racing marathons rallies history historical world cup

TAYLOR, JERRY

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2001

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand Australian soldiers 4rar/nz battalion Vietnam southeast Asia anzac

RUSSELL, MONTAGU

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus plate to front cover, 47pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate staining/discolouration to covers, light tanning throughout, some pages may be missing)

PUBLISHER: M Smethurst 1931

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Russell north island Bay of Islands travel writing literature guides historical signed Montagu Russell

TE HURINUI, PEI

Octavo, green illus stapled light card covers, black lettering & illus/decoration to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to cover edges, moderate tanning & soiling/chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate separation of gutters at staples, moderate rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl, Printer N/D (c.1945)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature Pei Te Hurinui history historical

ALLEY, REWI

8vo 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

PUBLISHER: New World Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Rewi Alley Vietnam Viet Nam China refugee social history

ALLEY, REWI

8vo stapled light card covers (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

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand-China Society 1972

KEYWORDS: Rewi Alley China Taiwan social history

JORDAN, JOSHUA DAVID (transl)

Paperback (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

PUBLISHER: Semiotext(e) 2011

KEYWORDS: history historical conflict exploitation working industry

THWAITES, IAN & FLETCHER, RIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to spine, vii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history bookplates ex libris society Auckland

THWAITES, IAN

Loosely enclosed signed single page holograph letter from author to fellow historian Kay Boese, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature history Auckland Museum historic buildings culture Ian Thwaites

FLEURE, H J

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on front board, frontispiece, 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor pencil markings to margins, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Benn Brothers 1923

KEYWORDS: first editions England Wales English Welsh anthropology research human remains ancient history archeology archaeology

GRAY, JONATHAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 595pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Gray 2008

KEYWORDS: religious artefacts ark of the covenant Christian archeology archaeology investigations Jerusalem Judaea Judea Jewish heritage ancient history antiquity

HAIGH, GIDEON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, xiii + 609pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 2012

KEYWORDS: social history work environment office psychology

REEVES, The Hon WILLIAM PEMBER & WRAY, CECIL J (Additional Piece)

UNCOMMON IN SUCH A NICE JACKET! Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt Maori decoration/illus to front board, frontispiece, 390pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, occasional spots of foxing & tanning throughout, light creasing & foxing to folding map- 5cm closed tear also) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, light tanning & soiling overall)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Aotearoa culture heritage William Pember Reeves

WILSON, Mrs ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, teal buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 322pp, illus, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to reverse of frontispiece, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor annotation to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1894

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel journals writing literature Mrs Robert Wilson first editions

MEADE, Lieut The Hon HERBERT

SECOND EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - ownership bookplate of Rev Sidney Meade, brother of the author & of the editor of the book, with folding map to pg170, frontispiece features naked Maori maidens bathing - an image which isn't always present, super octavo, green half leatherbound buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 375pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light wrinkling to buckram on rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, sm ownership ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1871

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature association copies south seas islands heritage culture

TINNE, J ERNEST

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & illus to front board, folding map frontispiece, unpaginatd prelims + 124pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature north island exploration

HARROP, A J

LIMITED FIRST EDITION- SCARCE IN SUCH A LOVELY CONDITION! Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 423pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand News / Whitcombe & Tombs 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history wars conflict Maori pakeha England English

DONNE, T E

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & rule to spine, gilt tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional light to moderate foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Seeley Service & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori history heritage culture customs anthropology