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ORIGINAL BINDING, SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece, iv + 424pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims inc. map/frontispiece, minor cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history original bindings exploration development early settlers anthropology customs culture Maori

NANSEN, FRIDTJOF & SVERDRUP, OTTO (Appendix)

2 VOL SET, COLONIAL EDITION- NO MAPS OR ILLUS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind decoration to front boards, deckled page edges, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 351pp, vol 2- vii + 471pp + 8pp catalogue to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, ffeps to both vols missing, moderate foxing to eps of both vols, newspaper clipping of author taped to front pastedown of vol 1, light foxing to prelims & terminals of both vols, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: exploration nautical maritime Fram Dr Nansen Lieutenant Johansen history Fridtjoff Nansen

TANCRED, Hon H J et al (Commissioners)

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate creasing & closed tearing to spine, moderate creasing & tanning to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to back page, minor cracking to rear gutter, minor loosening at string binding)

PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times 1864

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education commission reports history historical 19th nineteenth century school schools scholling

BEATTIE, HERRIES

Ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 141pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light chafing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy tape staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie early settlers pioneers explorers Fiordland

ABBOT, GAVIN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey & white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trucks truckers trucking haulage comapnies Gavin M Abbot logging loggers

ABBOT, GAVIN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey & white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 157pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trucks truckers trucking haulage comapnies Gavin M Abbot logging loggers

HARRIS, PATRICIA and CLIFF (Compiled by) & COOKE, RON (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C & S Publications 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers settlements King Country communities Otunui

GATLEY, JULIA (Ed) & TREEP, LUCY (Ed)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 273pp + unpaginated terminals, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schoold school buildings design architecture history Auckland planning development centennial centenary

COHRS, HEINZ-HERBERT

Quarto, white heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 260pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to top edges of boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997

KEYWORDS: history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery earthmovers earthmoving tools mechanical engineering

COHRS, HEINZ-HERBERT & BACHMANN, OLIVER et al

Quarto, white heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997

KEYWORDS: cranes history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery tools mechanical engineering

BECKETT, RICHARD

Quarto, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian social history axe wood chopping competitions competitive New Zealand rural sports

MONTALVO, MARIA LUISA LOBO & THOMAS, HUGH (Prologue)

Heavy quart, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Monacelli Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Havana history culture historical cultural architecture buildings Cuba Cuban south America American unesco

BAKER, ALLAN C

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, iv + 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Irwell Press 2010

KEYWORDS: transport trains rail steam locomotives history design engineering coronation pacifics

UPADHYAYA, S C (Complete Trans from Original Sanskrit) & CHANDRA, MOTI (Fore)

Quarto, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, xvi + 272pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, light to moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelilms & terminals, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with some failing yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, heavy fading to spine, heavy wrinkling & chafing/surface loss)

PUBLISHER: D B Taraporevala Sons & Co 1963

KEYWORDS: Hindu Hinuism relationships love sex kama sutra English translations culture history historical erotica

SAUNDERS, J J

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 275pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to ffep & terminals, occasional patch of sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971

KEYWORDS: history Turkey Turks Mongols war conflict conquests geopolitics

JOHNSON Jr, MELVIN M & HAVEN, CHARLES T

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & black illus to spine, blind stamp gun illus to front board, xii + 374pp, charts to rear pocket, illus, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, note stipped in to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Morrow and Co 1944

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry bullets ammo ammunition history cartridges ballistics

DALY, LLOYD W (ed); MUSCARELLA, GRACE (illus.)

Super 8vo, 317 pp.; black cl bds, spine lettered in white & yellow; illus. eps, frontis., illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy tearing (open tears to spine & upper right bds extrems) & chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff 1961

KEYWORDS: Fables of Aesop moralistic moral didactic ancient Greek Greece classical history literature

STEWARD, JULIAN H & FARON, LOUIS C

Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: McGray-Hill Book Company 1959

KEYWORDS: South America native population peoples American culture history

UNDERHILL, RUTH MURRAY; STOLLER, MARIANNE (illus.)

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1963

KEYWORDS: United States North America Native American history

SPIRO, MELFORD E (ed)

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1965

KEYWORDS: anthropology cultural culture social history religion