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$100.00
3c4/33

The Summa Musice: A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers


PAGE, CHRISTOPHER (Ed, Trans & Intro)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 275pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University {ress 1991

KEYWORDS: music theory history singing singers manuals instruction chants

$100.00
3c4/34

Theoricum Opus Musice Discipline


GAFFURIO, FRANCHINO & RUINI, CESARINO (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, lxxii + unpaginated text, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Libreria Musicale Italiana 1996

KEYWORDS: music theory history Greek

$75.00
3c4/35

Raffaele Brandolini on Music and Poetry (De musica et poetica, 1513)


BRANDOLINI, RAFFAELE & MOYER, ANN E (Trans, Intro & Notes) & LAUREYS, MARC (Assist)

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxxv + 124pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2001

KEYWORDS: Raffaele Brandolini music poetry history historical theory criticism

$100.00
3c4/36

Musica Enchiriadis and Scolica Enchiriadis


ERICKSON, RAYMOND (Trans, Intro & Notes) & PALISCA, CLAUDE V (Ed)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, liv + 106pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, occasional pencil annotation) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: music theory history Scolica enchiriadis musica

$70.00
3c4/40

The Dodge Story


McPHERSON, THOMAS A

Quarto, white heavy bpards, red gilt lettering to spine, red gilt lettering & illus to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked/warped, light to moderate bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to spine & boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to bottom corner of front board, sl soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Crestline / Motorbooks International 1992

KEYWORDS: classic vintage cars automotive Dodge design history

$40.00
3c4/42

Mack 50 Years: New Zealand Trucking


McCOID, DAVE (Editorial Director)

Quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Long Haul Publications 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand haulage transport history Mack trucking magazine

$90.00
3c4/43

A Classic World & When the Engine Roars


BEGG, GEORGE & LIND, CLIVE A

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 234pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Begg and Allen 1999

KEYWORDS: signed George Begg New Zealand Zealanders automotive motor sport cars racing history high performance

$45.00
3c3/2

6th New Zealand Men's Indoor Basketball Championships, Monday to Thursday 17th to 20th Sept. 1951 Souvenir Programme


N/A

SCARCE, octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, green & black lettering to front cover, 16pp, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & creasing to covers, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate creasing & minor notation in ink to contents with occasional staining also)

PUBLISHER: D Rabone & Co (Printer) 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports programmes souvenirs basketball men championships

$45.00
3c3/3

NZ Men's Basketball Champs: 16, 17, 18, 19 September 1952 Souvenir Programme


N/A

SCARCE, octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to covers, sl rusting to staples, occasional minor foxing, page edges cut roughly)

PUBLISHER: Times Print (Printer) 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports programmes souvenirs basketball men championships

$42.50
3c3/4

School Football: A Rugby Handbook for the Scholar and Player


FLETCHER, T A (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 136pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing/tearing & foxing/soiling/discolouration to covers, moderate creasing & chipping to spine- minor loss to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to contents, blue pencil markings to title page)

PUBLISHER: N Z Rugby Football Union 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand sport history rugby union school football handbooks

$100.00
3c3/5

The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1935: Five Players of the Year Phootgraphs - Records - Reviews


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed) & MASTERS, READ (Ed) & SWAN, ARTHUR C (Ed)

Sm octavo, green illus light card wrappers, green lettering to covers, printed inside cover, 128pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & foxing/soiling to covers, sl cracking/chipping to spine extrems, 2.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate rusting to staples, occasional sl tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wright and Carman Ltd 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanacks rugby union past years

$40.00
3c3/6

The New Zealand Maori Rugby Tour 1926-1927: New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, France, England, Wales, Canada


PRINGLE, D J C & ROBINSON, T P (TOM)

Ex-library, octavo, white illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 80pp, illus/photos, VG- (yellowing tape staining to spine & cover edges, moderate to heavy cracking/tearing to spine & cover edges, usual library markings, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, contents clean)

PUBLISHER: Akaroa Mail Company 1971

KEYWORDS: sport history New Zealand rugby union past years tours Maori programmes

$40.00
3c3/9

Rugby Record: Southland Maoris Versus Canterbury Maoris, Curtain Raiser- Marist v Canterbury Colts Saturday August 30th 1952


N/A

Octavo, stapled white light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 16pp, VG (moderate creasing to covers- whole item has been vertically folded at some stage, minor soiling to covers & contents, staples rusty)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams (Printer) 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union programmes history past games Canterbury Rugby Union Maori Maoris souvenirs Southland

$65.00
3c3/14

The Amazing Summer of '55: The Year of Motor Racing's Biggest Dramas, Worst Tragedies amd Greatest Victories


YOUNG, EOIN & BROOK, TONY (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: signed Eoin Young motor sport racing cars automotive history

$50.00
3c3/15

Full Throttle


BIRKIN, Sir HENRY (TIM) & The Right Hon THE EARL HOWE (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/photos, VG- (minor discolouration & rubbing to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' ink markings & stamps to front eps, prev. owner's single ink stamp to title page, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (heavy scuffing & loss to spine & edges- tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, bottom corner of rear flap torn off)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions motor sport racing history Sir Henry Tim Birkin automotive high performance drivers

$65.00
3c3/29

The Maytown Settlement, Canterbury, New Zealand: Particulars, Terms, and Conditions of Disposal and Occupation of 397 Acres 2 Rods 13 Perches, Open on Monday 28th April 1902


DUNCAN, Hon T Y (Under Instruction of) & BRODRICK, T N (Map Survey from)

Octavo, stapled pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 13pp, map to rear- present, VG- (rear cover missing, heavy chipping/tearing to edges of front cover, minor tanning & prev. owner's name in ink to front cover also, minor creasing & chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jon Mackay, Government Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlements Maytown settlement Canterbury

$40.00
3c3/43

French Visitors to Newfoundland: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Travel Writings


JAMIESON, SCOTT (Trans & Ed) & THAREAU, ANNE (Trans & Ed) & ROMPKEY, RONALD (Original French Edition Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, x + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl curling & tanning to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: ISER Books 2013

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings anthologies collections Newfoundland history historical

$40.00
3c3/48

Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles


EMOFF, RON

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 194pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: folk music culture Guadeloupe history

$25.00
3c3/52

Hakoro Ki Te Iwi: The Story of Captain Howell and His Family


WILSON, EVA

Octavo, red light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front covers, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges, minor staining to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Times Printing Service (Printer) 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Captain Howell family

$70.00
3c3/53

The Parihaka Story


SCOTT, DICK

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori

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