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$60.00
ak5/3/8

The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman


SHARP, ANDREW

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 375pp, folding map to prelims, illus/maps, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 10cm closed tear & moderate creasing to rear, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: Abel Janszoon Tasman south pacific exploration history historical voyages Australia 17th seventeenth century

$40.00
ak5/3/13

A Mongraph of the British Lichens: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum Part II (Second Edition Revised)


SMITH, ANNIE LORRAIN

THIS VOL ONLY, SECOND EDITION REVISED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & board edges, ix + 447pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. owner's (David Galloway) ink stamp to prelims)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1926

KEYWORDS: British lichen lichens lichenology British Museum Natural History botany species catalogues

$70.00
ak5/3/17

The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks


TIPTON-MARTIN, TONI & EGERTON, JOHN (Fore) & HABER, BARBARA (Fore)

Quarto, light blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, xviii + 246pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 2020

KEYWORDS: cookbooks cookery cooking history African American heritage culture cultural cuisine bibliography

$47.50
ak5/3/19

Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580: Essays Commemorating the Quadricentennial of Drake's Circumnavigation of the Earth


THROWER, NORMAN J W (Ed)

Quarto, blue marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, frontispiece, xix + 214pp, illus, folding map, VG+ (sl rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light pencil marking to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing/curling to edges, 4cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California 1984

KEYWORDS: exploration history famous voyages explorers Sir Francis Drake maritime nautical essays prose adventure circumnavigation

$62.50
ak5/3/21

Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration


FORD, BRIAN J

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, viii + 208pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev, owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to half title page, binding sl sloppy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The British Library 1992

KEYWORDS: history science discoveries anthropology animals humans botany plants

$50.00
ak5/3/24

History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne 25-27 May 1988


SHORT, P S (Ed)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, v + 326pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine, light fading & chafing to boards, light tanning to board edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990

KEYWORDS: systematic botany Australasia history past proceedings plants nature

$70.00
ak5/3/25

Report on a Botanical Examination of the Higher Waimarino District


TURNER, E PHILLIPS

Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 14pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports Waimarino District nature history historical

$70.00
ak5/3/26

Report on a Botanical Survey of Kapiti Island


COCKAYNE, L

Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 23pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports nature Kapiti history historical

$70.00
ak5/3/27

Report on a Botanical Survey of the Tongariro National Park


COCKAYNE, L

Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 42pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining & prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports nature history historical Tongariro National Park

$245.00
ak5/3/31

Danmarks Oldtid (3 Vol Set)


BRONDSTED, JOHANNES

HEAVY 3 VOL SET, TEXT IN DANISH, quarto, half leatherbound yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, yellow speckling to page edges, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Gyldendal 1957-60

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH ancient history archeology archaeology Denmark

$75.00
ak5/3/32

Indhaus - Oerne


HARTWIG, Dr G

TEXT IN DANISH, octavo, half leatherbound black heavy boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, illus/printed eps, xv + 640pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing/chafing & fading to spine, moderate fading to marbling on page edges with minor tanning also, 3cm crack to front gutter, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & occasionally throughout, ex-libris tab tipped in to recto of ffep)

PUBLISHER: Njoben, P G Philipsens Forlag 1868

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH nature folk life south sea islands exploration Dr G Hartwig history historical

$40.00
ak5/4/1

Armstrong Siddeley: The Postwar Cars


BRADLY, ROBERT PENN

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges- minor loss, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: automotive cars Armstrong Siddeley modern history motoring

$60.00
ak5/4/8

The Mystical and Medical Philosophy of Paracelsus


HALL, MANLY P

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 78pp, VG+ (light fading & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of title page)

PUBLISHER: The Philosophical Research Society 1964

KEYWORDS: philosophy Paracelsus history historical esoteric metaphysics healing

$120.00
ak5/4/22

Medallic Commemoratives of New Zealand 1865-1940


MOREL, LEON G

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front covers, x + 110pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, L G Morel in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: New Century Press (Printer) 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medals history historical commemorative

$40.00
ak5/4/25

People and Plants in Australia


CARR, D J and S G M (Eds)

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, xxi + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) & inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1981

KEYWORDS: botany history historical plants Australia Australian nature

$30.00
ak5/4/26

Musical Elaborations


SAID, EDWARD W

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 109pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1991

KEYWORDS: first editions music musical history performance essays prose literature

$40.00
ak5/4/34

Preserving the Self in the South Seas 1680-1840


LAMB, JONATHAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, xii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to covers with minor chafing also, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history historical literature literary criticism South Seas oceania travel exploration British

$55.00
ak5/4/37

The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London (2 Vol Set)


HERBERT, WILLIAM

2 VOL SET, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xi 498pp, vol 2- xi + 683pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate tanning to spines, 2cm gouge to spine of vol 1, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Augustus M Kelley 1968 (Facsimile reprint of 1834-37 edition)

KEYWORDS: history historical William Herbert fashion attire textiles haberdashery tailors outfits London livery

$40.00
ak5/4/38

Kauri Cameraman: Tudor Washington Collins 1898-1970


CAMPBELL, PAUL

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 143pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine & covers, light soiling & foxing to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Configureation Design Ltd N/D (c.2000s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history photography historical Tudor Washington Collins

$85.00
ak5/4/40

Catalogue of New Zealand Commemorative Medals 1941-2007


MacMASTER, HAMISH & PURDY, MARTIN (Ed & Typeset)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus/printed inside covers, 206pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medals history commemorative catalogues

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