SMITH, ROBIN

Heavy. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii + 992; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; prev bookseller's sticker to rear cover).

PUBLISHER: Canongate 2001

KEYWORDS: Robin Smith Scotland Scottish history development guide handbook cities city towns villages

ALLISON, DAVID

OWNERSHIP OF FORMER DIRECTOR OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light creasing to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm soldiers roll of honour honor 20th twentieth century FAA RNAS Royal Navy Air Service

SMITH, NIGEL J

Quarto, light card covers- front cover illus & laminated, black clasp to spine, 62pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to front cover, minor creasing & soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Pickelhaube Press 1995

KEYWORDS: German Danish war history 19th nineteenth century second 2nd Schleswing

STURTIVANT, RAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 544pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate rubbing to board edges/extrems, binding a little sloppy, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names/labels to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy wrinkling/creasing, moderate chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Air-Britain (Historians) 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm squadrons aerial aircraft carriers naval navy

A NURSING SISTER

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 154pp, VG+ (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Leonaur 2011

KEYWORDS: military history women nursing nurses ww1 dirst 1st world war one i 1 the great war dairies journals

LOGEZ, FREDERIC

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & title page, 79pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl chafing to boards) with red title band, VG- (heavy creasing to rear, full vertical tear at rear with tidy archival repair)

PUBLISHER: Editions Degeorge 2014

KEYWORDS: graphic novels comics comic books military history famous battles Arras centenary centennial ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

JENSEN, DAVID

INSCRIBED & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, square quarto, illus light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2014

KEYWORDS: signed David Jensen south pole antarctica Mawson's huts Australia Australian expeditions exploration Dr Douglas Mawson history historical

SVIENTSITSK, V I & OTKOVYCH, V P

TEXT IN CYRILLIC, WITH BOOKLET OF FRENCH & GERMAN TRANSLATIONS, lg quarto, brown heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to base of spine, numerous page corners folded) in d/w, VG (light creasing & occasioanl closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Mystetskvo, Kiev 1991

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC Ukraine Ukrainian art history folk painting

DESMOND, RAY & PRANCE, Sir GHILLEAN (Preface)

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name (Davd Galloway) in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front cover, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club / Royal Botanic Gardens 2006

KEYWORDS: plants botany explorers Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker exploration travel history

NOLDEN, SASCHA & NATHAN, SIMON & MILDENHALL, ESME

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 219pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to covers, minor annotation to text/margins)

PUBLISHER: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2013

KEYWORDS: signed letters correspondence history historical 19th nineteenth century Julius Haast Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker geoscience nature plants botany botanical

CAREY, S WARREN

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 413pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: science theory natural history geology planet earth

CALASSO, ROBERTO; MCEWEN, ALASTAIR (transl)

Super 8vo, pp. [10] + 337; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2012

KEYWORDS: Roberto Calasso poets authors 19th century Paris Charles Baudelaire literary social history

BUCKLEY, FRANCES (ed)

4to, 57; illus. light card covers, spiral bound; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Grey District Library 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Greymouth street names Frances Buckley

SITWELL, SACHEVERELL & BLUNT, WILFRID

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 189pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1990

KEYWORDS: botany botanical books flowers history historical bibliography bibliographies catalogues

OVERTON, J NIGEL

NO D/W, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/maps to eps, 211pp, illus, VG (binding a little sloppy, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, vertical creasing to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Mr J Nigel Overton 1984

KEYWORDS: signed J Nigel Overton New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Otapiri Lora Gorge Benmore Kuana

BRODIE, JAMES and AUDREY (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious settlers quakers

SCOTT, Hy [HENRY]

In tidy blue home-made sleeve/jacket with stiff board inserts by a prev. owner, octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, decorated border to title page, 86pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to brown covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor rusting & tearing at staples, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to title page, page removed from prelims, minor cracking at rear gutter, minor vertical creasing to whole page block)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago 19th nineteenth century Henry Scott

JACKSON, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow light card covers- stapled with black reinforcement tape at spine, black lettering to front cover, (2) + 62pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: first editions geology geological New Zealand semi-precious stones gold rubies emeralds sapphires mining history historical

n/a

Imp. 8vo, pp. xx + 1406; red cl boards, spine lettered in black, front & rear board lettered in gilt; advt eps & prelims, coloured plates, illus. advts; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chiping, esp to spine; 3cm tear to front joint; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to front gutter, after p. xviii, boards detatched from textblock; Errors & Ommission & calendar pg cutout to rear loose; moderate tanning, foing & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: Wise's New Zealand post office directory social history Auckland North Island 20th century

HOLE, Rev CHARLES

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xxxviii + 677; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; centrepiece in blind to boards; some illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Church Missionary Society 1896

KEYWORDS: Rev Charles Hole Church Missionary Society Africa Asia missionaries Christian Christianity religion religious history