WILLIAMS, Dr ANN (Ed) & MARTIN, Professor G H (Ed)

Heavy super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 1436pp, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, 4cm closed tear to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2002

KEYWORDS: Doomsday Domesday Book England English history historical texts medieval middle ages surveys land ownership

GUDGEON, THOS. WAYTH

Imperial octavo, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine & front board, marbled page edges, blank presentation page to prelims, frontispiece, 620pp + addenda/appendices to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork/extrems, moderate chafing & fading to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing throughout, moderate vertical creasing to prelims, slightly cocked, binding slightly sloppy, hinges tape reinforced to endpapers (unobtrusive))

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism Maori England English soldiers colonisation colonization conflict war wars

GISBORNE, THOMAS

Duodecimo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, gilt rule to borders of boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, vignette, (6) + vi + 288pp, VG (moderate cracking to spine with 15mm loss to top extrem, moderate cracking to hinges/spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name & inscription in ink to prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate cracking to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Printed for T Cadell, in The Strand; and W Blackwood, Edinburgh 1823

KEYWORDS: history historical gender roles Thomas Gisborne duties social commentary duty

OLIVER, W H (General Ed)

HEAVY 5 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, VOLS 2 & 4 SIGNED BY CLAUDIA ORANGE, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering spines & front boards, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising & fading to extrems/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, pamphlet tipped in to front pastedown of vol 1, ex-libris plate to ffep of vol 4) in d/w, VG+ (minor wrinkling/creasing, sl chafing & soiling, light to moderate fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Dept of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams / Auckland University Press 1990-2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature dictionaries biographies history historical social

MAURER, ARMAND A

Super octavo, aqua buckram boards, silver & gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, xxiv + 435pp, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chpping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing/chafing to spine & folds/edges)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1968

KEYWORDS: history historical philosophy medieval theosophy theology

BARNES, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 353pp, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges of front cover, sl tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions ancient philosophy philosophers history historical classical literature

BLADES, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 509pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm adhesive residue to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions music history percussion instruments culture

BUTLER, ELIZABETH M

Super octavo, purple illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 329pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: occult occultism magic magick esoteric history rituals religion

N/A

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red stiff buckram boards/covers, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, maps/illus to eps, addenda loosely enclosed to rear, xv + 1102pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, prev. owner's inscription in ink to verso of title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Japan Travel Bureau, Inc 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions travel guides Japan Japanese maps tourist tourism history historical 60s sixties

BENNETT, R S

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black light card covers, orange lettering to spine & front cover, xii + 211pp, VG+ (light creasing/peeling & curling to cover egdes, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to fore-edges of prelim pages)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (c.2000s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history treaty of Tordesillas Waitangi te tiriti o Waitangi sovereignty British colonialism Spain Portugal

WINTERNITZ, EMANUEL

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, light to moderate rubbing & surface loss, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions music musical instruments history historic symbolism western art criticism intepretation appreciation

RUSSELL, RAYMOND & SCHOTT, HOWARD (Revised by)

REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, unpaginated prelims + 208pp + 103 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light rubbing & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to apge edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning, chafing & foxing, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1973

KEYWORDS: revised edtion music history harpsichords clavichords early keyboards instruments classical

LLEWELYN, JOHN

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 238pp, VG+ (boards sl warped, light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light tanning to rear)

PUBLISHER: Humanities Press / Macmillan 1985

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics history hermeneutic existentialism ontology phenomenology

BELL, JOHN L

MISBOUND: pages 229 onwards not included, comprising Appendix 4, bibliography and indices, main text present); Super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xi + 228pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling & tanning to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: mathematics algebra geometry history calculus philosophy theorems

WALLS, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 184pp, Near Fine (sl staining/soiling to top edges of page block) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 2003

KEYWORDS: music history performance entertainment

MARCHADOUR, ALAIN & NEUHAUS, DAVID

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, red gilt lettering to black cloth spine, xiii + 239pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Fordham University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: religion ancient religious history biblical lands Israel antiquity contemporary church Palestine geography geopolitics

DRECKI, JACEK ROMAN

Octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 186pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Quo Vadis 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musical history Ignacy Jan Paderewski musicians piano pianists

WITTNER, LAWRENCE S

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 641pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Lawrence S Wittner nuclear bombs peace history disarmament antinuclear movement politics political

RYAN, PETER (General Editor)

3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt cultural motif to front boards, mixed pagination, folding map to rear pocket of vol 3, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light fading to edges of eps, light foxing & soiling to prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear ep of vol 3, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press / University of Papua and New Guinea 1972

KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia Papua New Guinea history culture heritage antiquity geopolitics

TARLING, NICHOLAS

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, white & brown lettering to spine, 375pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling New Zealand history autobiography autobiogarphies memoir