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$40.00
ak2/18a/5

Labour of Love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital 1862-1972


WASSNER, ADELHEID

Quarto, illus brown light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 294pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sm newspaper clipping & prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Adelheid Wassner 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin Hospital childbirth birthing units medical

$75.00
ak2/18a/7

The Doctrine of the Nerves: Chapters in the History of Neurology


SPILLANE, JOHN D

Imperial octavo, bue buckram board, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 467pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (lighto to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing, sl tanning to flaps, sm adhesive labels to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: medical neurology history nerves

$48.50
ak2/18a/14

When the Smoke Clears: A History of the Timaru Fire Brigade 1864-1995


THE TIMARU FIRE BRIGADE CLUB

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#95/500), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 145pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Fire Brigade Club 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand emergency services fire service brigade Timaru history

$350.00
ak2/18a/25

Rural Sports, Volume 2 (Parts I + II) and Supplement Volume (3 Vol Set)


DANIEL, Rev Wm B (BARKER, WILLIAM)

REBOUND 3 VOL SET- volume 2 only- bound as 2 vols plus supplement volume, super octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, red speckling to page edges, modern eps, part 1- (6) + 378pp, part 2- (10) + 354pp, supp. vol- (14) + 742pp + index to rear, frontispiece to supplement vol, illus, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to spines & board edges & extrems- some surface loss, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutters of parts 1 & 2, moderate foxing throughout, light chafing to boards- minor surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Philanthropic Society (Printer) 1812-13

KEYWORDS: rural sports angling fly fishing flyfishing hobbies historical history

$40.00
ak2/18a/27

Dunedin: Early Photographs (First Series from the Hardwicke Knight Collection)


KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

FIRST SERIES, tidy ex-library, oblong quarto, illus spiral bound light card covers, red lettering to covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand heritage Dunedin Hardwicke Knight art photos photography history historical

$45.00
ak2/18a/30

The Story of the Arab Legion


GLUBB, Brigadier JOHN BAGOT

Octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, to ppage edges stained red, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, 371pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. booksellers' markings to front eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping/tearing & loss to spine & edges- clear tape repairs, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1948

KEYWORDS: military history Arab legion middle east

$100.00
ak2/18a/33

Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor


CUNNINGHAM, G H

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, top page edges stained blue- faded, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate fading to spine extrems, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional foxing throughout, jacket taped to front board) in d/w, G+ (jacket taped to front board with front flap detached but present, heavy loss & tape repair/reinforcement to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1937?)

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions G H Cunningham biography biographies memoir Squadron-Leader McGregor military history aviation New Zealand

$50.00
ak2/18a/35

Chinese Art Motives


TREDWELL, WINIFRED REED (Interpreted by)

LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 110pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1915

KEYWORDS: art history China Chinese interpretation criticism

$45.00
ak2/18a/36

Pfaltzgraff: America's Potter


WALSH, DAVID A (Researched & Compiled by) & STETLER, POLLY (Researched & Compiled by)

Square super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- sl loss, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Pfaltzgraff Co 1989

KEYWORDS: Pfaltzgraff pottery potters art history crafts

$195.00
ak2/18a/38

Life and Works of Robert Burns: Critical and Analytical Edition


WADDELL, P HATELY

Heavy quarto, half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to leatherwork with some surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking at front gutter, light to moderate soiling throughout, frontis tissue guard & rear ep missing, heavy cracking to rear gutter, annotation in ink to terminal page)

PUBLISHER: David Wilson 1881

KEYWORDS: Robert Burns literature poets poetry verse poems Scotland Scottish literary biography criticism history historical

$125.00
2e9a/1

The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period Vol. I (1845-1864)


COWAN, JAMES

First edition. This volume only. Demy 8vo, pp. xx + 459; red buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in black; frontis., patterned eps, photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; sticker peeled from front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep verso; light cracking to central & rear gutters; bdg sloppy

PUBLISHER: W. A. G. Skinner 1922

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand 19th century history pioneers pioneering Maori war warfare colonization colonial

$175.00
2e9a/7

Alonso Victor de Paredes' Institution, and the Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors [Madrid: ca. 1680]


DE PAREDES, ALONSO VICTOR; ALVAREZ, PABLO (ed); CRUICKSHANK, DON W (forew)

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 449; black buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Legacy Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Alonso Victor de Paredes Pablo Alvarez 18th century printing publishing history methods techniques book arts design letterpress bibliography

$45.00
2e9a/8

The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces


BERRY, W TURNER & JOHNSON, A F & JASPERT, W P

Super 8vo, pp. 358; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt, bds lettered in blind; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; bdg sl sloppy; peeled sticker to front board; light to moderate tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; mdoerate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping and loss; lg closed tear along fold at spine; sm open tear along fold at spine; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1958

KEYWORDS: W Turner Berry A F Johnson w P Jaspert book arts design lettering letters words type faces typefaces printing publishing history bibliography foundry foundries alphabet typography

$100.00
2e9a/10

Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use: A Study in Survivals (2 vols)


UPDIKE, DANIEL BERKELEY

Two volume set. Super 8vo, pp. xlvi + 292, xx + 326; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; foldout sheets, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping & loss; lg open tears to spine extrem at head; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press 1962

KEYWORDS: Daniel Berkeley Updike printing publishing history type typefaces book arts design letter forms alphabet typography

$37.50
2e9a/18

The History of England from 1485 to 1685


MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON; ROWLAND, PETER (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 337; green buckram bds, gilt panel spine, front board paneled & decorated in gilt; top edge stained green, frontis., plates; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in slipcase; VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1985

KEYWORDS: Thomas Babington Macaulay England English history 15th 16th 17th century Folio Society

$37.50
xx146pol208956

The Native Americans: An Illustrated History


THOMAS, DAVID HURST et al & JOSEPHY Jr, ALVIN M (Intro) & BALLANTINE, BETTY and IAN (Ed)

Heavy quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Turner Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: US America American native Indians history anthropology heritage culture

$34.50
xx146pol208958

500 Nations


JOSEPHY Jr, ALVIN M

Heavy quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1994

KEYWORDS: North American Indians native US America history indigenous anthropology heritage

$17.50
xx146pol208961

Selznick's Vision: Gone With the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking


VERTREES, ALAN DAVID & SCHATZ, THOMAS (Ed)

Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 1997

KEYWORDS: David O Selznick film studies movies Hollywood industry producers Gone With the Wind silver screen history

$20.00
xx146pol208962

The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen: More Than Eighty Years of Civil War Movies


KINNARD, ROY

Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: movies film studies Hollywood US Civil war films history

$15.00
xx146pol208963

The First Electric Road: A History of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway


GREEN, ROBERT

Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Mason Press 1989

KEYWORDS: transport history trams tramways box hill doncaster tramwayMelbourne Australia

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