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$40.00
ak5/6/8

Biology Aotearoa: Unique Flora, Fauna and Fungi


PARSONS, STUART

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, 126pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning/soiling & chafing to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearson 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa biology natural history flora fauna native botany plants fungi ecology

$150.00
ak5/6/10

RFK Funeral Train


FUSCO, PAUL & KENNEDY, Senator EDWARD M (Tribute) & MAILER, NORMAN (Essays) & THOMAS, EVAN (Essays)

Oblong quarto, illus light card coevrs, yellow & white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Umbrage Editions Inc 2000

KEYWORDS: US America American statesmen RFK Robert F Kennedy assassinations funeral trains modern history aftermath

$40.00
ak5/6/13

Architectural Monographs: John Soane


SUMMERSON, JOHN et al

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus stiff card covers, red & black lettering to spine- faded, frontispiece, 123pp, illus/folding plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges with minor curling also, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1983

KEYWORDS: first editions John Soane architecture buildings history historical design

$70.00
ak5/6/16

Italian Printmaking: Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: An Annotated Bibliography


KARPINSKI, CAROLINE

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread? Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 305pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor soiling to front board, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to page edges, minor creasing to some page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: G K Hall & Co 1987

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Italian printmaking 15th 16th fifteenth sixteenth century history historical

$45.00
ak5/6/17

Political Anti-Semitism in England 1918-1939


LEBZELTER, GISELA C

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, ix + 222pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl creasing to some prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1978

KEYWORDS: England English history early 20th twentieth century anti-semitism politics political Jews Jewish persecution

$55.00
ak5/6/21

Hoki to Haast: New Zealand's First Airline


WAUGH, RICHARD

SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges, sm numerals in ink to ffep, date & signature in ink to title page, minoradhesion damage to dedication/copyright & foreword pages_

PUBLISHER: The Kynaston Charitable Trust 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation history flight passenger flights Air Travel (NZ) Richard Waugh

$55.00
ak5/6/22

Lost.....Without a Trace? Brian Chadwick & the Missing Dragonfly


WAUGH, RICHARD

SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, 215pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, sl foxing to page edges, sm ink numerals to ffep)

PUBLISHER: The Kynaston Charitable Trust 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation air disasters Brian Chadwick Dragonfly missing aircraft mysteries history

$50.00
ak5/6/24

A History of Religious Architecture: The House of God


SHORT, ERNEST

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 306pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional minor foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor archival repair, light fading to spine, moderate chafing/soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1955

KEYWORDS: historical buildings architecture history religious temples churches abbeys cathedrals

$65.00
ak5/6/27

A History of English and Irish Glass (2 Vols Bound as 1)


THORPE, W. A.

TWO VOLS BOUND AS ONE, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained orange, mixed pagination, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (binding sloppy, light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, rear eps messily affixed) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & soiling, minor cracking to spine)

PUBLISHER: Holland Press 1969

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles glass glassware English Irish England Ireland history

$60.00
ak5/6/28

German Military History 1648-1982: A Critical Bibliography


SHOWALTER, DENNIS E

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread? Octavo, beige buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, xxxiii + 331pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues German military history

$45.00
ak5/6/32

Progress of a Race, or, The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro


GIBSON, J W (Revised & Enlarged) & CROGMAN, W H & WASHINGTON, BOOKER T (Special Featrure) & WILLIAMS, FANNIE BARRIER (Special Feature)

1969 REPRINT, very tidy ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 732pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mnemosyne Publishing 1969

KEYWORDS: African-American US America civil rights history slavery freedom

$40.00
ak5/6/36

Children of Bondage: The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South


REEVES, FLOYD W (Fore) & SUTHERLAND, ROBERT L (Preface)

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm illus plate to front board, xxviii + 299pp, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, sm illus plate to front board partially removed, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, moderate staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: American Council on Education 1944

KEYWORDS: African-American US America black youth juvenile history ethnicity civil rights

$50.00
ak5/6/37

Blues & Gospel Records 1902-1943


DIXON, ROBERT M W (Compiled by) & GODRICH, JOHN (Compiled by)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 900pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Storyville Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: discography discographies blues gospel history early 20th twentieth century music

$40.00
ak5/6/41

The Book of the Dead II: Books on Egypt & Chaldaea Vol VII


BUDGE, E A WALLIS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, xv + pg 79-406pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & rubbing to base of boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & damp staining to eps, light foxing & damp staining to prelims & terminals, moderate spots of foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Chaldea Chaldaea E A Wallis Budge book of the dead antiquity

$50.00
ak5/6/42

The Book of the Dead III: Books on Egypt & Chaldaea Vol VIII


BUDGE, E A WALLIS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, ix + pgs 407-698 + index to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, sl soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Chaldea Chaldaea E A Wallis Budge book of the dead antiquity

$150.00
ak5/6/46

The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians (2 Vol Boxed Set)


PRUCHA, FRANCIS PAUL

2 VOL BOXED SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, 1302pp total, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl staining to boards, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & peeling to joins/extrems, light chafing & staining)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1984

KEYWORDS: US American American history native Indians government politics governance

$40.00
2s2c/19

They Chose Adventure: Men from New Zealand who fought in British East Africa with the 25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in World War One


FULLER, BRUCE G

Sm 8vo, pp. [6] + vi + 74; illus. light card covers, black cl spine; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; tape to rear cover).

PUBLISHER: Fenreach Trust 2010

KEYWORDS: Bruce G Fuller New Zealand military history First World War One 1 I WWI WW

$40.00
2s2c/20

The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida


LEIGHTON, Rev W A

8vo, pp. [6] + 102 + xxx plates +18 + 3; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, arabesques in blind to boards bordering lettered wreath centrepiece in gilt (in blind to rear board); teg, publisher's tp vignette, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; binder's stamp to rear pastedown (Westleys & Co.); lg segment of cl to spine torn at rear joint, attatched only at front joint, some loss to lettering).

PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1851

KEYWORDS: W A Leighton lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century natural history

$40.00
2s2c/21

A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I


CROMBIE, Rev JAMES M

This volume only. 8vo, pp. viii + 520 + 18; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark; illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg segment of cl to upper half of spine torn at rear joint with heavy loss, cl remaining attached only to front joint; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1894

KEYWORDS: James M Crombie lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century British Museum natural history reference catalogue catalog

$40.00
2s2c/25

Lat inte rattor eller mal fordarva: Linnesamlingar I Uppsala: Uppsala Universitets Jubileumsbok


SJOGREN, ANNA & MOBERG, ROLAND & PONTEN, ANNIKA WINDAHL

Text in Finnish, with English summaries and captions. 4to, pp. 225; red heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to front cover at head; light tanning; gift inscription in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: Uppsala Universitet 2007

KEYWORDS: Finland Finnish language Uppsala Universitet University history botany biology

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