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$45.00
ak2/3a/15

100 Years of Semi Trucks


ADAMS, RONALD G

Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt ruck illus to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading & tanning to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: transport semi trucks automotive history haulage

$140.00
ak2/3a/17

Mana at Mangungu: A Biography of William White 1794-1875, Wesleyan Missionary at Whangaroa and Hokianga


GITTOS, MURRAY B

SCARCE, quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 142pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss at spine/staples- sl tearing at bottom staple, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, sm adhesive label residue to frnt cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to inside front cover, occasional sl soiling/foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: M B Gittos 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography biographies memoir early settlers pioneers religion wesleyan missionaries William White

$40.00
ak2/3a/20

The Royal Ulster Rifles 1793-1957


CORBALLY, Lieut-Col M J P M

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, 199pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, tape reinforcement to spine extrems, light to moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy crack at front gutter staples, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, sm ex-libris label tipped in to foreword page)

PUBLISHER: The Paramount Press 1959

KEYWORDS: military history Royal Ulster Rifles county of Dublin regiment royal county down regiment 83rd 86th infantry Ireland Irish

$7500.00
ak3/1a/1

Treasures of the Turnbull Library: Unpublished Manuscript


ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C

ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY NZ HISTORIAN JOHANNES ANDERSEN, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, photos tipped in, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name (G C Petersen) in ink to ffep with inscription in ink by Petersen on title page, minor wrinkling & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Johannes C Andersen N/D

KEYWORDS: unpublished manuscripts Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand history Johannes C Andersen National Library literature literary academic

$100.00
ak3/1a/2

Trucks: A Vintage Collection (from the Bill Richardson Truck Museum, Invercargill, New Zealand)


BILL RICHARDSON TRUCK MUSEUM & LIND, CLIVE (Fore)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, boards lightly warped, moderate cracking to some gutters, heavy cracking to gutter of half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Company 2006

KEYWORDS: Bill Richardson Truck Museum transport history New Zealand automotive vintage classic collections

$100.00
ak3/1a/8

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues: and With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command


N/A

SIER FAMILY BIBLE, imperial octavo, leather (?) heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, 1216pp, G- (front board & ffep completely detached but present, v heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, spine brittle, heavy rubbing & surface loss to spine & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, past Sier family members' details in ink to prelims, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout- to rear in particular, heavy staining to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1858

KEYWORDS: old family bibles Sier family history bible religion religious texts Christianity 19th nineteenth century

$85.00
ak3/1a/9

La Especie Humana, La Creacion y la Evolucion (Tercera Edicion)


SPENCER, HERBERT

TEXT IN SPANISH, sm octavo, patterned brown leather boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plates on spine, raised bands & gilt decoration to spine also, marbled eps, 202pp + index to rear, VG (minor rubbing to spine & board edges, light staining/soiling & chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to pages throughout, occasional creasing/folding to page corners, minor cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: MADRID, Imprenta, calle del Rollo, 7, bajo. 1887

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN SPANISH human history evolution creation Herbert Spencer science biology

$40.00
ak3/1a/15

United States Coastal Charts 1783-1861


GUTHORN, PETER J

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled eps, 224pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: US America American history maritime coastal charts sailing nautical maps cartography navigation exploration

$100.00
ak4/2a/3

Records of the Royal Sussex Regiment: A Catalogue


READMAN, A E (Ed)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to orange cloth spine, frontispiece, xi + 290pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & fading to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: West Sussex County Council 1985

KEYWORDS: military history Royal Sussex Regiment records catalogues

$80.00
ak4/2a/5

Reports of Geological Explorations During 1876-7, With Maps and Sections


HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, light blue light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 157pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (heavy cracking & moderate loss to spine- partial loss with binding exposed, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: James Hughes, Printer 1877

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology geological surveys reports history historical

$175.00
ak4/2a/6

Myths & Legends of the Middle Ages: Their Origin and Influence on Literature and Art


GUERBER, H A

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, top page edges stained green- faded, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 405pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate chipping to edges- tape reinforcement, light soiling & moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1926

KEYWORDS: literature art myths legends mythology history historical middle ages

$185.00
ak4/13a/2gc

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (8 Vol Boxed Set)


GIBBON, EDWARD & RADICE, BETTY (Ed & Intro) & FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE (Ed & Intro)

8 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, cream lightly marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rule/decoration to spines & front boards, illus/maps to eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcases (x2) VG (light to moderate splitting at joins, light staining & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman decline and fall politics political folio society church papacy

$450.00
ak4/13a/3

Acts of the Provincial Legislature of the Province of Wellington, from the Year 1853 to the Year 1873


N/A

LACKS COVERS, ex-library, octavo, light card wrappers (missing), gilt lettering to spine, 7pp + 284pp, G (wrappers missing, spine present with clear tape covering attaching makeshift covers, heavy chipping to spine, heavy creasing/chipping & soiling to makeshift covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, couple of library stamps to prelims- no other markings detected, occasional minor soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Thomas McKenzie, Printer 1873

KEYWORDS: New Zealand provincial history legislature acts reports 19th nineteenth century Wellington

$60.00
ak4/13a/4

The Royal New Zealand Ballet at Sixty


SHENNAN, JENNIFER (Ed) & ROWSE, ANNE (Ed)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 344pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/discolouration & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Royal New Zealand Ballet dance history dancers

$50.00
ak4/13a/6

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy


HUTTON, RONALD

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 397pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to fold of front flap, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: BCA / Basil Blackwell 1991

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Great Britain British Isles pagan religion religions nature

$40.00
ak4/13a/14

Letters from Private Henare Tikitanu


FUSSELL, J C

Sm octavo, illus light stapled wrappers, brown lettering to front cover, 28pp, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front eps, moderate foxing & soiling throughout, light rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Worthington & Co, Printers 1917

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Private Henare Tikitanu letters correspondence travel

$80.00
ak4/13a/19

A History of British Carpets: From the Introduction of the Craft Until the Present Day


TATTERSALL, C E C

FIRST EDITION, sm folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 182pp + xxiv ads to rear, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & light bruising to spine & board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, with compliments plate tipped in to verso of half title page, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: F Lewis (Publishers) Limited 1934

KEYWORDS: textiles carpets British Great Britain history first editions crafts

$30.00
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Tunis is Mad Tonight: The Life and Times of New Zealand Journalist Douglas Brass


COX, PETER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2025

KEYWORDS: New Zealand journalism history journalists biography memoir Douglas Brass

$9.50
xxdsf216909

About Catherine de Medici


DE BALZAC, HONORE

Octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1915

KEYWORDS: Catherine de Medici Honore de Balzac literature history

$32.50
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Wars Without End: Nga Pakanga Whenua o Mua: New Zealand's Land Wars - A Maori Perspective


KEENAN, DANNY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand land wars Maori history

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