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

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

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

NICHOLS, ROGER

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 430pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Maurice Ravel music musical history composers

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

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

THIRD EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, xvi + 408pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, prev. owner's initials in ink to front pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1911

KEYWORDS: Alfred Russel Wallace natural history nature animals anthropology

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

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

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

FIGUIER, LOUIS

TEXT IN DANISH, DANISH FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leatherbound black heavy boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges - faded, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 378pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing/rubbing to leatherwork, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor cracking to front gutter, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's label tipped in to prelims, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: P G Philipsens Forlag 1867

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH Danish first editions geology history geological Louis Figuier

GOMBRICH, E H

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes, 1cm light crack to rear gutter) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear & rear flap, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions art history renaissance E H Gombrich

MEYER, R J

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, x + 118pp, illus, folding diagrams to rear, VG (moderate brusiing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate fading/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm patch of label residue to front pastedown, white out to front & rear eps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & tearing/loss to edges, light tanning & soiling, 2cm open tear to spine- tape repairs to interior)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed first editions shipping Lake Wakatip history Queenstown

WEBSTER, A H H

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 179pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs / Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Teviot district Roxburgh Millers Flat central Otago

COWAN, JANET C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 163pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & loss to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, some closed tearing to fold of front flap, minor tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning & light staining)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications / Whitcombe & Tombs 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Maniototo early settlers pioneers

THOMPSON, HELEN M

CAPPER PRESS REPRINT, SIGNED & DATED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with tape repairs & sl loss, moderate to heavy discolouration, moderate soiling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history settlers Strath Taieri Macraes district Otago signed Helen M Thompson

HALL-JONES, JOHN

TIPPED IN SIGNATURE, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 199pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate adhesive staining to base of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, messy patch of white out to copyright page) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, light tanning & wrinkling, minor adhesive staining to bottom edge)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1968

KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand Fiordland history early Lakes District

N/A

Octavo, grey heavy stringbound boards, blue trim to board edges/spine area & board corners, 134pp, illus/folding diagrams, VG- (heavy chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front board, moderate staining to gutters, minor soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: R V Paul, Gov't Printer 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains air brakes engineering passenger rail railways maintenance repairs

MACGREGOR, MIRIAM

SIGNED, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, 312pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl bruising to top edge of front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: signed Miriam Macgregor New Zealand history early stations rural Hawke's Bay

EVISON. HARRY C

4to, pp. 312; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Harry C Evison New Zealand colonial history Nai Tahu 19th century

STAFFORD, D M

Provenance of Stuart Park (former director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum & anthropologist). Super 8vo, pp. xi + 573; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller' sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: D M Stafford New Zealand Maori history Te Arawa tribe tribes