THODE, HENRY & J F C L (Trans) & THOMA, HANS (Marginal Designs)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, beige buckram boards, red & black lettering to front board, gilt ring illus to front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims, 179pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, prev owner's name in coloured pencil to prelims, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Macqueen 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Henry Thode art history historians German

HUNT, GEOFF & STOCKWIN, JULIAN (Fore) & CORDINGLY, DAVID (Intro)

Square quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, 144pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/surface loss to extrems, minor crease to ffep, sm patch of staining to half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge, sl chipping, minor wrinkling & chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2005

KEYWORDS: maritime marine art history historical Geoff Hunt navies naval

BARRY, Captain W JACKSON

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 253pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & staining to spine, minor bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, moderate foxing througout, moderate chipping/tearing to base of ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters, 3cm scuff to index page at rear)

PUBLISHER: McKee, Gamble, Printers and Publishers 1897

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian colonies colonial history Captain W Jackson Barry signed

AUSTIN, Lieut.-Col. W S (Compiled by)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, xx + 587pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & light scuffing to board corners, moderate wrinkling to material on boards with minor soiling also, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light foxing & creasing/closed tearing to folding maps- still reasonably tidy, heavy crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: L T Watkins Ltd 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history Rifle Brigade expeditionary force ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

McCALLION, A J & BENNETT, E D & GARDNER, A L (Compilers)

Super octavo, beige light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, 91pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning & creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history BOP Bay of Plenty north island early settlers pioneers

CLARKSON, THOMAS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plate, gilt rule to spine, (6) + 592pp, G+ (4cm loss to top spine extrem, heavy rubbing/cracking & surface loss to spine, heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate to heavy chafing/staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & moderate staining to eps, ex-libris bookplate residue to front pastedown, moderate creasing to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, patches of light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row 1808

KEYWORDS: British slavery slave trade history 18th eighteenth century abolition Africa African Great Britain

PIKE, DOUGLAS

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, xii + 580pp, VG+ (sl bruising & minor rubbing to extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers & spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: south Australia Australian history 19th nineteenth century SA colonialism

SHARP, ANDREW

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography

BUICK, T LINDSAY

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 478pp + ads to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1976 (Hart and Keeling 1900)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T Lindsay Buick Marlborough

MONCKTON, Captain C A W

FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 287pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions New Guinea history magistrates Captain C A W Monckton

DOYLE, A CONAN

ORIGINAL BINDING, ALL 5 FOLDING MAPS PRESENT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 552pp, VG (moderate tanning to spine, moderate chipping to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, prev. owner's details in ink to prelims, light to moderate patches of foxing throughout, folding maps have minor creasing & foxing but still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder, & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: Arthur Conan Doyle Boer war history accounts maps 19th nineteenth century

HORNE, JOHN

Octavo, purple buckram boards, black lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 188pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading/discolouration to spine, minor insect damage to front hinge of spine, moderate to heavy fading & soiling to boards, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wick: W Rae 1906

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scotsmen Scottish history heritage portraits John Horne

FILDES, H

FIRST EDITION, loosely enclosed single page signed holograph letter of publishing interest from the author to the publisher A H Reed, octavo, maroon stiff card covers, lg illus plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 15pp, illus/plates, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers Captain James Cook Maori tribes bush countryside iwi first editions

VON HAAST, H F

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blu etextured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 1142pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light insect damage to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & foxing to folding maps at rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss/tape repairs to edges, light tanning & moderate wrinkling to spine- minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: H F von Haast 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers Sir Julius von Haast biography biographies memoir history first editions

TE HURINUI, PEI

FIRST EDITION, A NICE COPY! Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing/curling to spine, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, rear gutter separated at staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Tainui people Pei te Hurinui literature history heritage culture first editions

BULLER, Rev JAMES

INC. FOLDING MAP, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 503pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to rear hinge & spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep glued dow to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1878

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Rev James Buller religion Christianity

HIGHT, JAMES et al (Eds)

3 VOL SET, octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, printed/maps at eps of vols 2&3, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional sl cracking at gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges/extresm, light fading/tanning to spines, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1957-71

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury early settlers pioneers development

COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, TIPPED IN PLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 266pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine- heavy but tidy archival repairs, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with archival repairs, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions signed James Cowan New Zealand history Maori culture heritage

COBBETT, WILLIAM & BRIGGS, ASA (Intro)

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue & black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained orange- faded, printed eps, vol 1- xii + 320pp, vol 2- v + 335pp + catalogue to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges- otherwise still a tidy set) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spines, sl bruising to spine of vol 1, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1957-66

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature William Cobbett England Everyman's Library series rural countryside historical history

REED, A W

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green stiff card covers, lg illus title plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 23pp, illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to covers- sl tanning also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, prev owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand history Maori A W Reed