CAREY, S WARREN

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 413pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: science theory natural history geology planet earth

CALASSO, ROBERTO; MCEWEN, ALASTAIR (transl)

Super 8vo, pp. [10] + 337; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2012

KEYWORDS: Roberto Calasso poets authors 19th century Paris Charles Baudelaire literary social history

BUCKLEY, FRANCES (ed)

4to, 57; illus. light card covers, spiral bound; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Grey District Library 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Greymouth street names Frances Buckley

SITWELL, SACHEVERELL & BLUNT, WILFRID

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 189pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1990

KEYWORDS: botany botanical books flowers history historical bibliography bibliographies catalogues

OVERTON, J NIGEL

NO D/W, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/maps to eps, 211pp, illus, VG (binding a little sloppy, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, vertical creasing to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Mr J Nigel Overton 1984

KEYWORDS: signed J Nigel Overton New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Otapiri Lora Gorge Benmore Kuana

GRAMICCIA, GABRIELE

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 222pp, illus, folding Ledger family tree to rear, related ephemera loosely enclosed, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl chafign & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1988

KEYWORDS: Charles Ledger family history biography biographies memoir plants botany industry animals alpacas quinine cinchona trees

BRODIE, JAMES and AUDREY (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious settlers quakers

SCOTT, Hy [HENRY]

In tidy blue home-made sleeve/jacket with stiff board inserts by a prev. owner, octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, decorated border to title page, 86pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to brown covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor rusting & tearing at staples, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to title page, page removed from prelims, minor cracking at rear gutter, minor vertical creasing to whole page block)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago 19th nineteenth century Henry Scott

JACKSON, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow light card covers- stapled with black reinforcement tape at spine, black lettering to front cover, (2) + 62pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: first editions geology geological New Zealand semi-precious stones gold rubies emeralds sapphires mining history historical

n/a

Super 8vo, pp. x + 1402 + 17a-64a; green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in copper; lettering to pg edges in black, advt eps, illus. advts; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, esp to spine extrems; med. closed tear to cl of front board head extrem; light to modertae tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate creasing, tanning, foxing & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy).

PUBLISHER: Stone, Son, & Co. 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury Nelson Marlborough Westland directory social history 20th century

n/a

Imp. 8vo, pp. xx + 1406; red cl boards, spine lettered in black, front & rear board lettered in gilt; advt eps & prelims, coloured plates, illus. advts; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chiping, esp to spine; 3cm tear to front joint; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to front gutter, after p. xviii, boards detatched from textblock; Errors & Ommission & calendar pg cutout to rear loose; moderate tanning, foing & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: Wise's New Zealand post office directory social history Auckland North Island 20th century

HOLE, Rev CHARLES

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xxxviii + 677; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; centrepiece in blind to boards; some illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Church Missionary Society 1896

KEYWORDS: Rev Charles Hole Church Missionary Society Africa Asia missionaries Christian Christianity religion religious history

MACAIRT, SEAN (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. lii + 596; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; some annotations in pencil to rear).

PUBLISHER: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1988

KEYWORDS: Sean MacAirt Old Irish celtic language history annals of Innisfallen manuscripts

MACAIRT, SEAN & MACNIOCAILL, GEAROID (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 597; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; some annotations in pencil to rear).

PUBLISHER: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1983

KEYWORDS: Sean MacAirt Gearoid MacNiocaill Old Irish celtic language history annals of Ulster manuscripts

GUTTERY, WALTER T

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus/photos, folded photo at rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Walter T Guttery 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ohai rural communities coalfields coal companies pioneers

BIRD, MICHAEL

Quarto 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: Platypus Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics sailplanes gliding gliders history

CALHOUN, ANN (Essay) & ROGERS, ANNA (Ed)

Oblong 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: Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand arts crafts exhibitions Christchurch Art Gallery history historical

HUDSON, BILL

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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: Oxford Publishing Company 1984

KEYWORDS: transport history wagons industry carts designs

WILKINSON, GERALD

Quarto 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1974

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Turner 19th nineteenth century romantics

BURNS, ROWAN & NATHAN, SIMON

Quarto spiralbound 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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence James Hector Joseph Dalton Hooker history New Zealand geology botany