CLARKE, MARY & CRISP, CLEMENT

Sm quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (2cm gouge to front hinge, light bruising & rubbing to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (2cm gouge [repaired] to spine/front cover area, light fading to spine, light creasing & tearing to edges, light creasing & tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Studio Vista / Cassell & Collier Macmillan 1978

KEYWORDS: dance history ballet stage art design

JEWITT, LLEWELLYN

Duodecimo, red buckram stiff card covers, black lettering & decoration to front cover, frontispiece, xvi + 77pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & fading to spine, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover, minor foxing throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Grant N/D

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles antique coins English history historical

PETRIE, HAZEL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & blue lettering to spine, ix + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & peeling to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history slavery

QUEIROZ, JUAN PABLO (Ed) & DE ELIA, TOMAS (Ed & Photos) & DEL CARRIL, BONIFACIO (Intro) & AIRA, CESAR (Text)

Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 220pp, illus/photos, VG (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, minor soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & fading to edges, light tanning to edges of flaps, adhesive staining to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 1995

KEYWORDS: Argentina homes country estates working ranches estancias culture heritage history historical

CLAPHAM, IAN (Compiled by)

Quarto, illus pink light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 436pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soilin to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Fraser Family Reunion 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Fraser Lower Rangitikei genealogy

CATTON, BRUCE

3 VOL SET, UK FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue/orange/brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, maps/illus to eps, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & fading to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, minor spots of foxing throughout, moderate foxing to prelims of vols 1 + 2, minor soiling to top edges of page block of vol 3) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & soiling to spines, heavy foxing to rear covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, vols 1 + 2 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1961-66

KEYWORDS: UK first editions US American civil war history military Bruce Catton

JIAO, TIANLONG (Ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 219pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, light soiling & foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing & peeling to top edges)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 2007

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology maritime ancient history artefacts China Pacific

WALTER, JOHN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 576pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2001

KEYWORDS: firearms weapons weaponry guns pistols military rifles gunsmiths history gunmakers

STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR & OSBORN, HENRY FAIRFIELD (Fore) & BROCK, REGINALD WALTER (Fore)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims , prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: Vilhjalmur Stefansson anthropology eskimos natural history exploration

BLAXLAND, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxiv + 428pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Royal Australian Corps of Signals Corps Committee 1998

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings Australia military history Royal Australian Corps of Signals communications

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, lii + 1170pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1976

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, iv + 1122pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing/chipping to spine extrems- some loss to base, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, general creasng & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1977

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics

BARROW, BLANCHE CALDWELL & PHILLIPS, JOHN NEAL (Ed) & WEISER, ESTHER L (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xlvii + 325pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, shallow horizontal scrape to front cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2004

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir true crime associates Bonnie Clyde Blanche Caldwell Barrow US America history

NEELE, GEORGE P & SIMMONS, Professor JACK (New Intro)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (7) + 544pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing/bruising to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: EP Publishing 1974

KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains G P Neele

FEI, HSIAO-TUNG & MALINOWSKI, Professor BRONISLAW (Preface)

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 300pp + 16pp to rear, illus, VG (moderate staining to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology Dr Hsiao-Tung Fei poverty peasants

PYKE, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- base of spine partially detached & flapping, moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, top edges of title page to pg12 removed- text unaffected, heavy cracking at gutters- mostly at rear, 3cm gash to rear ep, occasional pencil annotation, light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company 1887

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Otago gold goldmining history

GILLIES, ANGUS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 272pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas

COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional light pencil marking to margins)

PUBLISHER: Harry H Tombs 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori European settlers James Cowan

NEEDHAM, JOSEPH & LING, WANG (Research Assist.)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology

HUGGETT, JOAN

Oblong quarto, red glossy heavy boards, black lettering & street illus to front board, 24pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust 2014

KEYWORDS: Dunedin Chinese Gardens Shanghai photography travel culture history Joan Huggett