PEOPLE'S COMMISARIAT OF JUSTICE OF THE USSR

Octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to grey spine, unpaginated prelims + 800pp, errata slip to rear, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, prev. owner's in k stamp to front pastedown & half title page, minor staining to prelims, minor wear & tear to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: People's Commisariat of Justice of the USSR 1938

KEYWORDS: law legal proceedings historical history Russia Russian USSR court crime criminal charges code

HASLUCK, PAUL

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 229pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Australia Australians anthropology ethnicity native indigenous WA western 19th nineteenth century history

ANDREWS, MALCOLM

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue & red lettering to spine, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1996

KEYWORDS: first editions ocean liners P&O fairstar ships maritime nautical history cruise ships

MAC LAMPRECHT, BARBARA & GOSSEL, PETER (Ed) & NEUTRA, DION (Preface & Ed Assist) & SHULMAN, JULIUS (Epilogue & Principle Photo)

HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, oblong lg quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 464pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate cracking & archival tape repairs to base of spine, heavy fading to spine & front board, minor bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2010

KEYWORDS: architecture architects buildings history design engineering Richard Neutra

ORCHARD, VINCENT

Folio, white light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 9pp + plates, VG (moderate soiling to top extrem of spine, minor tanning & creasing to cover edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- archival repair to top of spine, light fading to spine, moderate tanning, heavy creasing to front flap- odd triangle shape missing also)

PUBLISHER: The Ariel Press 1966

KEYWORDS: art Great Britain British throughbred racing horses paintings history historical

CROSBY, RON

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white and blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 271pp, illus +16 plates VG+ (sl.rubbing & curling to spine and cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Oratia 2023

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wars te kooti whanganui whakatohea waioeka maori aotearoa ron crosby bay of plenty east coast first editions thomas porter

LOVETT, RICHARD

Octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & cover, teg, page fore-edges deckled, frontispiece, 511pp + 9 plates + folding map at rear, VG (heavy fading & rubbing to spine, heavy scuffing to spine extrems- material flapping, minor bruising to board corners, gift inscription in ink to ffep, several gutters wityh moderate cracking- terminals partially detached, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light to moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, several pages uncut)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1902

KEYWORDS: james chalmers autobiography biography christian missionary scottish christianity history travel writing

SCHIFF, THOMAS R (Photos & Afterword) & MANGUEL, ALBERTO (Intro) &

Folio, red cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 231pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Aperture 2017

KEYWORDS: historical buildings libraries architecture history photos design

McCRAE, Ensign ALEXANDER & CHAPMAN, The Hon. Sir FREDERICK REVANS (Ed) & ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C (Notes)

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to front board, printed/patterned eps, 33pp, illus, VG (light chafing/tanning & bruising to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookplate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1928

KEYWORDS: Alexander Turnbull Library bulletins history historical New Zealand Alexander McCrae journal diaries

CORSO, R et al

TEXT IN ITALIAN, octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to covers, 102pp, illus/folding maps, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning to spine, light creasing & soiling to covers/edges, moderate tanning to page edges, medium ink stamps to front cover & prelims, pg3-6 partailly detached but still present and affixed, other sections of page block partially detached, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 80-81, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stabilimento Poligrafico Editoriale P. Maggi 1935

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN geographical bulletins history historical

ROBERTSON, MANNING & SELLEY, H R (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige/grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, deckled edges to base of page block, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions essays prose literature architecture buildings design history

SERGEANT, PHILIP W

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 328pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light staining to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical figures Philip W Sergeant

CHILTON, CHAS. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS FOLDING MAP TO REAR POCKET, quarto, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt penguin illus to front board, pgs 389-848pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems/edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutter, minor foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 1909

KEYWORDS: nature zoology animals New Zealand subantarctic islands geology botany south southern Hinemoa expeditions history historical data

LANGMEAD, DONALD

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, xvi + 280pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front & rear covers, minor soiling & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 245-264)

PUBLISHER: Crossing Press 1994

KEYWORDS: George Strickland Kingston architects architecture buildings history biography biographies memoir

BAGNALL, A G & PETERSEN, G C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate creasing to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir William Colenso history early settlers pioneers first editions

BUICK, T LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & bruising to spine & extrems, light bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading & scuffing & soiling to spine, minor fadin gto top of front cover, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand war history Hone Heke Maori

SAMBROOK, JOHN

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: Chatto & Windus 1989

KEYWORDS: architecture design doorways fanlights decoration British history historical buildings

BIGGAR, NIGEL

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: William Collins 2023

KEYWORDS: history colonialism slavery geopolitics

MOLKENTIN, MICHAEL

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: Allen & Unwin 2019

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Anzacs anzac soldiers Sir Ross Smith air race history biography biographies memoir

LEE, A L

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Auckland Province 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitianga Maori history women children wahine tamariki