BRAUNIAS, STEVE

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: Awa Press 2014

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology natural history bird watching

BIGGAR, NIGEL

Super octavo 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: William Collins 2023

KEYWORDS: history colonialism slavery geopolitics

MOLKENTIN, MICHAEL

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: Allen & Unwin 2019

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Anzacs anzac soldiers Sir Ross Smith air race history biography biographies memoir

ROSS, RUTH M

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: Department of Internal Affairs 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers politics

LEE, A L

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Auckland Province 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitianga Maori history women children wahine tamariki

GREY, Sir GEORGE

Octavo hardcover (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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1929

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology myths folklore lore history anthropology New Zealand pacific islands islanders

THODE, HENRY & J F C L (Trans) & THOMA, HANS (Marginal Designs)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, beige buckram boards, red & black lettering to front board, gilt ring illus to front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims, 179pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, prev owner's name in coloured pencil to prelims, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Macqueen 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Henry Thode art history historians German

BEST, ELSDON

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, vol 1- octavo, vol 2- oblong quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spine of vol 1, vol 1- vii + (5) + 1211pp, vol 2- 8pp + 34x genealogical tables (all present) + unpaginated index to rear, lg folding map to rear pocket of vol 2, VG (light bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines & board edges, light foxing & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, minor rubbing to rear ep of vol 2, minor tanning & foxing to top edge of folding map at rear- otherwise map is in generally v tidy condition)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Elsdon Best Tuhoe tribe Maori early tribes anthropology BOP Bay of Plenty

HUNT, GEOFF & STOCKWIN, JULIAN (Fore) & CORDINGLY, DAVID (Intro)

Square quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, 144pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/surface loss to extrems, minor crease to ffep, sm patch of staining to half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge, sl chipping, minor wrinkling & chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2005

KEYWORDS: maritime marine art history historical Geoff Hunt navies naval

BARRY, Captain W JACKSON

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 253pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & staining to spine, minor bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, moderate foxing througout, moderate chipping/tearing to base of ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters, 3cm scuff to index page at rear)

PUBLISHER: McKee, Gamble, Printers and Publishers 1897

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian colonies colonial history Captain W Jackson Barry signed

AUSTIN, Lieut.-Col. W S (Compiled by)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, xx + 587pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & light scuffing to board corners, moderate wrinkling to material on boards with minor soiling also, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light foxing & creasing/closed tearing to folding maps- still reasonably tidy, heavy crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: L T Watkins Ltd 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history Rifle Brigade expeditionary force ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

McCALLION, A J & BENNETT, E D & GARDNER, A L (Compilers)

Super octavo, beige light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, 91pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning & creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history BOP Bay of Plenty north island early settlers pioneers

CLARKSON, THOMAS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plate, gilt rule to spine, (6) + 592pp, G+ (4cm loss to top spine extrem, heavy rubbing/cracking & surface loss to spine, heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate to heavy chafing/staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & moderate staining to eps, ex-libris bookplate residue to front pastedown, moderate creasing to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, patches of light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row 1808

KEYWORDS: British slavery slave trade history 18th eighteenth century abolition Africa African Great Britain

PIKE, DOUGLAS

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, xii + 580pp, VG+ (sl bruising & minor rubbing to extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers & spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: south Australia Australian history 19th nineteenth century SA colonialism

SHARP, ANDREW

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography

BUICK, T LINDSAY

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 478pp + ads to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1976 (Hart and Keeling 1900)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T Lindsay Buick Marlborough

NORTH, MARIANNE & SYMONDS, Mrs JOHN ADDINGTON (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST REPRINT, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 316pp, illus, VG (sl fading to spine, minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1893 (First reprint)

KEYWORDS: first editions (first reprint) Marianne North nature botany botanists journals diaries history historical biology biologists

RUDEL, HANS ULRICH & BADER, Group Captain DOUGLAS (Fore) & HUDSON, LYNTON (Trans)

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 259pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, moderate staining to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing/chipping to spine & folds/creases of flaps, light to moderate staining/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Euphorian Books 1954

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter pilots German luftwaffe Hans Ulrich Rudel autobiography autobiographies memoir amputees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

DEMOLINS, EDMOND & LAVIGNE, LOUIS BERT. (Trans)

SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, xl + 427pp + catalogues to rear, G+ (heavy cracking & staining to spine- spine partially detached/flapping, heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate amount of library stamps, heavy annotation & underlining to text, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Leadenhall Press 1899

KEYWORDS: English speaking people anglo-saxon anthropology social history French

MONCKTON, Captain C A W

FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 287pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions New Guinea history magistrates Captain C A W Monckton