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Tangi
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
The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture
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
The Kafirs Illustrated: A Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-coloured Lithographs
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
Keith Richards: A Rock 'n' Roll Life
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
The Beatles: It Was 50 Years Ago Today
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
Punk on 45: Revolutions on Vinyl 1976-79
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
Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs (Second Edition)
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
The Boer Fight for Freedom (Facsimile Reproduction)
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
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
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
Flemish Painting, from the 16th to the 18th Century: Relaying Ideas from Erasmus to Diderot
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
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England
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
Pablo Picasso Drawings
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
Great War Tommy: The British Soldier 1914-18 (All Models): Owners' Workshop Manual
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
Two Years on Trek; Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa
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
Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet
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
Lives of the Artists (3 Vol Boxed Set)
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
The New Zealand Herald, Friday November 13, 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)
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
The Merlin in Perspective - the Combat Years
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
Grand Prix Ferrari: The Years of Enzo Ferrari's Power, 1948-1980
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
The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory
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