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$150.00
3c3/55

Province of Auckland: Rules and Regulations for the Hauraki Gold Mining District


N/A

Tidy ex-library, duodecimo, stiffened boards utilizing original covers, patterned eps, 40pp, VG (moderate foxing to boards, moderate staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Henry Field (Printer) 1873

KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldmining gold mining Hauraki rules regulations historical history

$40.00
3c3/57

Germany, Propaganda and Total War, 1914-1918


WELCH, DAVID

Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 355pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Germany German war propaganda communications media history military politics first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$40.00
3c3/58

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - Series I, Volume X, in Two Parts - Part I- Reports (Facsimile Reprint)


SCOTT, Bvt Lieut Col ROBERT N (Prepared by)

FACSIMILE REPRINT, THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 1027pp, VG+ (spine sl warped, sl bruising to board extrems, minro creasing to top corners of pgs 957-1014)

PUBLISHER: Historical Times 1985 (Washington Government Printing Office 1884)

KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history reports Union Confederate confederacy armies official records

$45.00
3c2/1

The South Explored: An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Deep South


HALL-JONES, JOHN

SIGNED, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 165pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed John Hall-Jones deep south history

$50.00
3c2/2

The History of the Geological Society of London


WOODWARD, HORACE B

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 336pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (sl discolouration to spine, light bruising to boar6d extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: London Geological Society 1907

KEYWORDS: Geological Society of London history geology resources records

$60.00
3c2/3

Kaikoura: A History of the District


SHERRARD, J M

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 373pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy staining to boards, moderate bruising & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kaikoura County Council 1966 (Capper Press)

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Kaikoura

$95.00
3c2/6

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel With Studies of Man and Nature


WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

TENTH EDITION (COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME), WITH FOLDING MAP, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, folding map to prelims, xvii + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading/discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges &eps, prev. owner's name in ink & stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to folding map, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: Malay archipelago nature natural history travel exploration Alfred Russel Wallace

$75.00
3c2/7

The Earliest Geological Treatise (1667)


STENO, NICOLAUS [STENSEN, NIELS] & GARBOE, AXEL (Trans, Intro & Notes)

TEXT IN LATIN, WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + 51pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN with English translation history historical geology geological treatise

$47.50
3c2/10

The Founders of Geology


GEIKIE, Sir ARCHIBALD

Octavo, red/maroon nuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 297pp, VG (minor fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & half title page, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: history geology geological surveys lectures Sir Archibald Geikie

$55.00
3c2/13

Te Koparapara: An Introduction to the Maori World


REILLY, MICHAEL et al (Eds)

Imperial ocatvo, black light card wrappers, blue & orange lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 472pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, minor crease/scuff to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture heritage history

$60.00
3c2/14

Public Activities in Christchurch


N/A

Quarto, blue illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to spine & covers, minro cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to first page, moderate rusting to staples with moderate cracking to guttersn also)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch city council local politics political history early 20th twentieth century

$57.50
3c2/16

History of Pareora West


EVANS, B E

Octavo, grey stiff card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 38pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor rubbing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing/soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking & rusting at staples- front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Herald Printing Works (Printer) 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Pareora West

$80.00
3c2/18

Wild Life in New Zealand: Part I- Mammalia, Part II- Introduced Birds and Fish (in single volume)


THOMSON, Hon Geo M

Octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, part 1- 112pp, part 2- 110pp [222pp total], illus, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover & title page, botton half of front cover torn at spine hinge, minor foxing & tanning/soiling to title page, 2cm closed tear & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of page, heavy crack to rear gutter, staples rusted, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Government Printer 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history animals mammals fish birds marine biology ornithology mammalia nature

$40.00
3c2/19

Narrative of the Waitara Purchase and the Taranaki War


BROWNE, HARRIET LOUISA GORE & MORRELL, W P (Ed)

Ex-library, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 50pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitara purchase Taranaki war Maori pakeha politics

$50.00
3c2/21

The First Gold Discoveries


LOUGHNAN, R A

Octavo, beige light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 110pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine- tape reinforcement to rear, moderate creasing/chipping to cover edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history gold mining goldmining discoveries

$70.00
3c2/22

Three Voyages of a Naturalist; Being an Account of Many Little-Known Islands in Three Oceans Visited by the Valhalla RYS


NICOLL, M J & The Rt Hon THE EARL OF CRAWFORD (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxx + 246pp, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolourationt o spine, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing/soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm label tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: exploration history Valhalla RYS voyages Africa West Indies Pacific islands

$100.00
3c2/23

Camps, Tramps & Trenches: The Diary of a New Zealand Sapper, 1917


MILLER, ERIC & RUSSELL, Major-General Sir ANDREW H (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, peach buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 207pp, illus, VG (spine cocked & lightly soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed Eric Miller New Zealand military history sappers soldiers ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war accounts autobiography memoir

$45.00
3c2/28

Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins


VITALIANO, DOROTHY B

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue gilt lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing to front flap, minro soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: geology natural history geomythology myths folklore Dorothy B Vitaliano

$40.00
3c2/38

Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, in Two Volumes (Volume 1)


HEDIN, SVEN

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 442pp, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate wrinkling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ffep missing, moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in pencil to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: exploration history Tibet Himalayas Sven Hedin

$350.00
3c2/39

Rakiura: A History of Stewart Island New Zealand


HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, WARMLY INSCRIBED TO GEOLOGIST WILLIAM NOEL BENSON, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking & foxing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Basil Howard associations copies W N Benson New Zealand Stewart Island Rakiura history

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