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$47.50
2g43/19

Railway Reminiscences


NEELE, GEORGE P & SIMMONS, Professor JACK (New Intro)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (7) + 544pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing/bruising to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: EP Publishing 1974

KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains G P Neele

$40.00
2g43/20

Peasant Life in China: A Field Study of Country Life in the Yangtze Valley


FEI, HSIAO-TUNG & MALINOWSKI, Professor BRONISLAW (Preface)

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 300pp + 16pp to rear, illus, VG (moderate staining to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology Dr Hsiao-Tung Fei poverty peasants

$100.00
2g43/32

History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago


PYKE, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- base of spine partially detached & flapping, moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, top edges of title page to pg12 removed- text unaffected, heavy cracking at gutters- mostly at rear, 3cm gash to rear ep, occasional pencil annotation, light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company 1887

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Otago gold goldmining history

$40.00
2g43/50

Ngati Dread: Volume One: Footsteps of Fire


GILLIES, ANGUS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking at front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas

$40.00
2g44/1

Ngati Dread: Volume Two: No Dreadlocks No Cry


GILLIES, ANGUS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 272pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas

$75.00
2g44/3

Hero Stories of New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional light pencil marking to margins)

PUBLISHER: Harry H Tombs 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori European settlers James Cowan

$95.00
2g44/8

Building Greater Britain: Architecture, Imperialism and the Edwardian Baroque Revival c.1885-1920


BREMNER, G A

Quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, xi + 356pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2022

KEYWORDS: architecture Britain British buildings history historical buildings design Edwardian imperialism

$125.00
2g44/10

Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist, Volume I


BEST, ELSDON

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + (3) + 1211pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to edxtrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Elsdon Best history Maori Tuhoe tribe iwi

$220.00
2g44/20

Science and Civilisation in China (2 Vol Set)


NEEDHAM, JOSEPH & LING, WANG (Research Assist.)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology

$40.00
2g44/24

The Cable Car in America: A New Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction as Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways


HILTON, GEORGE W & BIER, JAMES A (Cartography)

Quarto, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 484pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing/soiling to prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss at spine extrems, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, moderate scuffing/cracking to folds of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Howell-North Books 1971

KEYWORDS: trams transport cable cars history US America

$47.50
2g44/25

Shanghai in the 1920s, From the Joan Huggett Collection


HUGGETT, JOAN

Oblong quarto, red glossy heavy boards, black lettering & street illus to front board, 24pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust 2014

KEYWORDS: Dunedin Chinese Gardens Shanghai photography travel culture history Joan Huggett

$160.00
2g44/32

Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand


BRICKELL, CHRIS

SIGNED & INSCRIBED SOFTCOVER, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, 430pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & tanning to spine, light creasing to edges, minor creasing to front flap, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand gay lesbian communities history lgbtq signed Chris Brickell

$80.00
2g44/33

Positively George Street: Sneaky Feelings and the Dunedin Sound - A Personal Reminiscence


BANNISTER, MATTHEW

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue & black lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/phtoos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl curling to cover edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1999

KEYWORDS: signed Matthew Bannister New Zealand Dunedin music scence history entertainmentSneaky Feelings Flying Nun

$75.00
2g44/35

Contrasts


PUGIN, A W N & HITCHCOCK, H R (Intro)

Quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt 'VL' initials to front board, top page edges stained pink- faded, (18) + viii + 104pp + illus to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & staining to boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine- minor loss to extrems, moderate soiling, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Victorian Library / Leicester University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: The Victorian Library series gothic middle ages religion religious art architecture history historical

$47.50
2g44/36

The Growing World of Duncan and Davies: A Horticultural History 1899-2010


JELLYMAN, ALAN

SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus inside covers, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sir Victor Davies Foundation 2011

KEYWORDS: gardening horticulture James Duncan and Victor Davies history signed Alan Jellyman

$100.00
2g44/49

A W N Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival


ATTERBURY, PAUL (Ed) & ALDRICH, MEGAN et al

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG (boards lightly warped, light bruising & fading to top board edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & top edges, sm wrinkled patch to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: architects architecture A W N Pugin design 19th nineteenth century gothic revival history historical

$75.00
2g45/3

Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury


ARMSTRONG, ELIZABETH & BOYD, MICHAEL et al (Essays)

Oblong imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 301pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, sl soiling to page edges, minor soiling to half title page) in d/w, VG (2x 2cm closed tears to top edges, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Orange County Museum of Art / Prestel Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: US America American culture art design modern history 20th twentieth century

$50.00
2g45/8

Piranesi, as Interpreter of Roman Architecture and the Origins of His Intellectual World


KANTOR-KAZOVSKY, LOLA

Octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus plate to front cover, 310pp + illus to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, minor tape residue to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, unfortunate minor coffee stain to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Leo S Olschki Editore 2006

KEYWORDS: ancient architecture buildings design history historical Roman Piranesi

$47.50
2g45/9

Outsiders or Equals? Women Professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961


FITZGERALD, TANYA

Octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine, x + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soilng & curling to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic academia female women professors tertiary university early 20th twentieth century history

$85.00
2g45/20

Scottish Vernacular Furniture


COTTON, BERNARD D

HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, lg quartio, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm adhesive labels to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, generalised minro fading/tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2008

KEYWORDS: Scottish vernacular furniture Scotland historical design antiques history

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