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$40.00
ak4/21a/15

Waitakere's West Coasters


WOODWARD, MARY D

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minro scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, inscription in ink to author's note page)

PUBLISHER: Mary D Woodward 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settler spioneers Waitakere west coast

$40.00
ak5/3a/2

Quelques Artistes Suisses: Auberjonois, Barraud, Blanchet, Haller, Tscharner, Walser


GEORGE, WALDEMAR

TEXT IN FRENCH, SPINE MISSING, lg quarto, grey light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, 52pp + plates to rear- not counted, G- (spine completey missing- delicate string binding exposed, rear cover completely deatched but present, some page edges remain uncut, moderate staining & discolouration to covers- light paint splats to rear cover, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, some pages detached- some pages potentially missing given the delicate condition of spine/binding, minor soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Editions Le Triangle Paris 1928

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH swiss art artists history

$45.00
ak5/3a/3

History of Wellington Post-Office and its Buildings


ANDERSON, ARCHD. G (Illus & Decorations)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 42pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine, moderate foxing to covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to bottom corners of prelims, moderate rusting & separation to staples)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1913

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington post office history buildings historical

$48.50
ak5/3a/6

Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (New and Expanded Edition)


HOCKNEY, DAVID

Lg quarto, illus card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 328pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2006

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation David Hockney old masters techniques

$50.00
2g38/40

From Mobilization to Revolution


TILLY, CHARLES

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 349pp, illus/diagrams, VG (moderate fading to spine & rear cover edges, moderate creasing to cover edges, sl soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, half title page partially detached, prev. owner's label to verso of full title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1978

KEYWORDS: social history sciences sociology revolution movements

$45.00
2g38/44

Istoria Russkogo Literaturrogo Yazyka / History of the Russian Literary Language - Course of Lectures


EFIMOV, A I

TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, 431pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to board extrems/edges, moderate soiling & rubbing to spine, light tanning & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscription in ink to ffep, prev. owner's ink markings ot rear pastedown, v heavy crack to rear gutter, binding sloppy with rear board shaky)

PUBLISHER: Moscow University 1954

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN first editions literature literary lectures history

$165.00
2g38/48

3 RAR in South Vietnam 1967-1968: A Record of the Operational Service of the Third Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam 12th December 1967 - 20th November 1968


STUART, Major R F (Ed)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 104pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Printcraft Press 1968

KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Vietnam war military history Australia 3 rar royal australian regiment

$45.00
2g38/49

System Mauser: A Pictorial History of the Model 1896 Self-Loading Pistol


BREATHED Jr, JOHN W & SCHROEDER Jr, JOSEPH J

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasig & chipping to edges- discreet tape repair/reinforcement, heavy fading to spine, moderate rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Handgun Press 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions handguns weapons weaponry small firearms Mauser history pistols

$45.00
2g39/2

The Silent Migration: Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club 1937-1948


GRACE, PATRICIA & RAMSDEN, IRIHAPETI & DENNIS, JONATHAN

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori urban migration Maori Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club history anecdotes

$40.00
2g39/5

Die Chagall-Fenster in Zurich


VOGELSANGER-DE ROCHE, IRMGARD

TEXT IN GERMAN, IN SLIPCASE, contains stapled pamphlet and smaller folder of concertina illus, square super octavo, grey light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 89pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to spines & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Orell Fussli Verlag 1988

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Marc Chagall art history windows Fraumunster Zurich Germany German

$100.00
2g39/6

The Wyatts: An Architectural Dynasty


ROBINSON, JOHN MARTIN & WYATT, WOODROW (Fore)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 287pp, illus, folding family history chart to rear, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: architecture history Wyatt Wyatville family English buildings architects

$325.00
2g39/7

Rambles on the Golden Coast of the South Island of New Zealand


REID, R C

SECOND EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & brown illus to spine, coloured lettering with coloured & gilt illus to front board, aeg, delicately patterned eps, 176p, illus/plates- 9 of the 20 plates missing, G (heavy rubbing & scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout, 9 of the 20 plates have been removed- some of them quite brutally)

PUBLISHER: The Colonail Printing and Publishing Company 1886

KEYWORDS: old historical travel books south island New Zealand R C Reid history appreciation

$40.00
2g39/16

Objects of Desire: Design and Society 1750-1980


FORTY, ADRIAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 245pp + bibliography to rear, VG (light bruising & fading to board corners & edges, spine sl cocked, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light soiling to & foxing to eps, moderate crack to rear gutter, light to moderate pencil underlining & annotation throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate fading & tanning, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions consumerism history historical design manufacturing

$100.00
2g39/17

Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799) Theoretician of Revolutionary Architecture


DE MONTCLOS, JEAN-MARIE PEROUSE

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light tanning & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1974

KEYWORDS: architecture architectural history Etienne-Louis Boullee architects France Franch revolution design

$45.00
2g39/18

Hone Heke's Rebellion 1844-1846: An Episode in the Establishment of British Rule in New Zealand, Delivered as the Bayly Memorial Lecture, 15 November, 1946


RUTHERFORD, J

Octavo, pink stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 46pp, VG (light fading/tanning to stapled spine, light soiling & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University College 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke rebellion Bayley Memorial Lecture 19th nineteenth century wars

$245.00
2g39/19

Extracts From a Diary Kept by the Rev R Burrows During Heke's War in the North, in 1845


BURROWS, Rev R

ORIGINAL BINDING (SPINE REINFORCED), octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (firm reinforcement to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges/corners- minor loss to bottom corner of front cover, moderate foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, heavy rusting at staples)

PUBLISHER: Upton & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke 19th nineteenth century diaries Rev R Burrows wars

$40.00
2g39/21

British Lorries 1900-1992


STEVENS-STRATTEN, S W

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1996

KEYWORDS: automotive heavy goods vehicles lorries trucks British hgv transport history engineering design

$200.00
2g39/25

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 6: Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, and Wellington Provincial Districts


THE CYCLOPEDIA COMPANY

Quarto, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, decorated eps, illus title page, xxvi + 767pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, moderate fading & chafing/soiling to boards, minor soiling to page edges, moderate scuffing to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of preface page & to rear, occasional light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias cyclopedia encyclopaedia encyclopedia geograpy history towns cities districts historical research

$50.00
2g39/26

Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England


CHINNERY, VICTOR

Tidy ex-library, quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 618pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club 1993

KEYWORDS: furniture antiques oak English New England British design interior furnishings history historical

$45.00
2g39/28

The Geology of the Eglinton Valley, Southland (New Zealand Geological Survey, Bulletin n.s. 58)


GRINDLEY, G W

POCKET OF MAPS TO REAR, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 68pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, minor chafing to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geological survey bulletins surveys Eglinton Valley history historical Southland

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