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$120.00
1y48a/19

Tangi


TURNER, DENNIS; OPPENHEIM, ROGER (introd)

SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Obl fol. pp. [50] unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front gutters; light to moderate tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori social history illustration illustrated pictorial

$95.00
1y48a/25

The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture


SOMERVILLE, KATIE & KAMITSIS, LYDIA & WHITFIELD, DANIELLE

Fol., pp. xv + 236; black heavy card bds; all edges stained black, photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Victoria 2017

KEYWORDS: high fashion art arts Dior clothing designer history 20th century

$995.00
os3/28

The Kafirs Illustrated: A Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-coloured Lithographs


ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH & BRADLOW, FRANK R (New Intro)

Elephant folio, green leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/plates - plates counted & all present, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: A A Balkema 1974

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints George French G F Angas Africa African Amazulu Amaponda Amakosa tribes history anthropology art travel Kafir

$40.00
1q1a/1

Keith Richards: A Rock 'n' Roll Life


MILKOWSKI, BILL (Text) & DE FABIANIS, VALERIA MANFERTO (Ed) & PIACCO, PAOLA (Graphic Design)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, green & grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, sl chafing/soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: WS White Star Publishers 2012

KEYWORDS: The Rolling Stones Keith Richards biography biographies memoir rock music musicians history entertainment

$50.00
1q1a/2

The Beatles: It Was 50 Years Ago Today


BURROWS, TERRY

INC. 5x PRINTS, DVD, POSTERS & MANY ENCLOSURES, quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 133pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine, prev. bookseller's retail label to front pastedown) in clamshell presentation box, VG (light bruising to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, internal framing/border section with ribbon detached but present & still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Carlton Books 2012

KEYWORDS: britpop pop popular music bands history The Beatles illustrated entertainment

$45.00
1q1a/3

Punk on 45: Revolutions on Vinyl 1976-79


WALSH, GAVIN & WOODS, PAUL A (Text)

Square super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, yellow lettering to spine, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's retail label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Plexus Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: punk music history 70s seventies album covers art rock albums

$200.00
1q1a/9

Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs (Second Edition)


GREY, Sir GEORGE

SECOND EDITION, suepr octavo, black/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule/decoration to boards, vignette, illus title page, xxiii + 255pp + 199pp in te reo Maori to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate chipping to top edge of spine, light fading to spine, heavy tanning & light soiling to page edges, gift presentation/inscription in ink to ffep, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, moderate tanning/discolouration to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, some pages remain uncut at top edges)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Evening Star Office 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Polynesia Polynesian myths mythology folklore lore religion

$200.00
1q1a/10

The Boer Fight for Freedom (Facsimile Reproduction)


DAVITT, MICHAEL

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#472/1000), quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, raised bands to spine, teg, illus/maps to eps, unpaginated prelims, xii + 607pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to edges, moderate chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana 1988

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints Boer war Africa African anglo-boer history military

$245.00
1q1a/14

New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson


VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND & SAUTER, EDWARD (Trans)

ALL PLATES & BOTH MAPS PRESENT, imperial octavo, teal/blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, gilt illus & blind decoration to front board, marbled page edges, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 515pp, folding maps to rear, G+ (spine completely detached but present- with minor chipping also, moderate scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, 5cm tear to front gutter, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lettering to rear eps in pencil, minor closed tearing & foxing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography natural history geology Auckland Nelson

$300.00
1q1a/17

Flemish Painting, from the 16th to the 18th Century: Relaying Ideas from Erasmus to Diderot


DE VOLDERE, FLORENCE & HENNEQUET, MAXIME (Contributor) & DOREL, DAPHNE (Contributor) & LE ROY LADURIE, EMMANUEL (Preface)

Quarto, red silky cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 320pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor rubbing to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Umberto Allemandi & C 2010

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Flemish painting paintings painters

$425.00
1q27b/1

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England


EDWARD, EARL OF CLARENDON

SET OF 3 VOLS, BOUND IN 6 BOOKS, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine/leather title plates to spine with raised bands only, gilt decoration to board edges, mixed pagination, illus title pages, G+ (v heavy chipping & scuffing to spines/extrems with heavy insect damage also, moderate to heavy chafing/scuffing & staining to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, front board of vol 1 partially detached, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of all vols, moderate cracking to front hinge of vol 5, moderate foxing & tanning to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1807

KEYWORDS: England English history civil war wars conflict rebellions antiquarian books Earl of Clarendon Edward

$245.00
1q27b/3

Pablo Picasso Drawings


PICASSO, PABLO & JARDOT, MAURICE (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 160pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate foxing & soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & minor creasing to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Harry N Abrams 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions art history collections drawings sketches Pablo Picasso

$40.00
1q27b/7

Great War Tommy: The British Soldier 1914-18 (All Models): Owners' Workshop Manual


DOYLE, PETER

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 156pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to board & spine extrems, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: first editions military history equipment ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war British soldiers uniforms weapons weaponry

$120.00
1q27b/8

Two Years on Trek; Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa


DU MOULIN, Lt-Colonel & PANTON, Col J G (Preface) & BIDDER, H F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, vi + 323pp + x appendix to rear, folding map to rear, illus/maps, G+ (heavy cracking & scuffing to spine, moderate to heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- rear board partially detached, moderate water staining to front eps & prelims, light foxing throughout, moderate foxing to terminals & folding map, v heavy tanning to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Murray & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: first editions royal sussex regiment military history South Africa African tours

$40.00
1q27b/15

Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet


ELLIOTT, EDMUND E R & DE BOISMENU, The Most Rev Mgr A (Prefatory Letter)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/map to front eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Carmelite Fathers, National Scapular Headquarters N/D (c.1960?)

KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands Papua New Guinea PNG religious biographies biography memoir Mother Marie-Therese Noblet catholic church missionaries history

$60.00
1q27b/17

Lives of the Artists (3 Vol Boxed Set)


VASARI, GIORGIO & BULL, GEORGE (Trans)

3 VOLS IN SLIPCASE, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & gilt & black rule/decoration to spines & front boards, top page edges stained brown, mixed pagination, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1993

KEYWORDS: art history artists folio society biographies

$50.00
1y48a/31

The New Zealand Herald, Friday November 13, 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)


N/A

FACSIMILE REPRINT OF FIRST ISSUE OF NZ HERALD, elephant folio, facsimile reprint newspaper- folded, 6pp, VG+ (folded to size, occasional sl closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Herald 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)

KEYWORDS: printed news history NZ New Zealand Herlad facsimile reprints 1863 first issues past newspapers historical

$40.00
1y48a/41

The Merlin in Perspective - the Combat Years


HARVEY-BAILEY, ALEC

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 204pp, folding table to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust 1995

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat rolls-royce engines merlin merlins ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter planes

$90.00
1y48a/48

Grand Prix Ferrari: The Years of Enzo Ferrari's Power, 1948-1980


PRITCHARD, ANTHONY

LIMITED EDITION, heavy square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: limited editions automotive motorsports grand prix Enzo Ferrari f1 formula one 1 history racing

$45.00
1u35a/1

The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory


FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 504pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing/bruising & discolouration to board edges, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light adhesion to page corners/edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/wrinkling to spine & edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Books 1986

KEYWORDS: heraldry family crests coats of arms history historical art

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