DOYLE, A CONAN

ORIGINAL BINDING, ALL 5 FOLDING MAPS PRESENT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 552pp, VG (moderate tanning to spine, moderate chipping to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, prev. owner's details in ink to prelims, light to moderate patches of foxing throughout, folding maps have minor creasing & foxing but still tidy)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder, & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: Arthur Conan Doyle Boer war history accounts maps 19th nineteenth century

HORNE, JOHN

Octavo, purple buckram boards, black lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 188pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading/discolouration to spine, minor insect damage to front hinge of spine, moderate to heavy fading & soiling to boards, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wick: W Rae 1906

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scotsmen Scottish history heritage portraits John Horne

FILDES, H

FIRST EDITION, loosely enclosed single page signed holograph letter of publishing interest from the author to the publisher A H Reed, octavo, maroon stiff card covers, lg illus plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 15pp, illus/plates, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers Captain James Cook Maori tribes bush countryside iwi first editions

VON HAAST, H F

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blu etextured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 1142pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light insect damage to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & foxing to folding maps at rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss/tape repairs to edges, light tanning & moderate wrinkling to spine- minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: H F von Haast 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers Sir Julius von Haast biography biographies memoir history first editions

TE HURINUI, PEI

FIRST EDITION, A NICE COPY! Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing/curling to spine, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, rear gutter separated at staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Tainui people Pei te Hurinui literature history heritage culture first editions

HAY, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 215pp, VG- (heavy cracking & fraying to spine hinges- still firmly affixed, moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' details to ffep, light foxing throuhgout)

PUBLISHER: The Christchurch Press Company 1915

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Canterbury Banks Peninsula early settlers pioneers

BULLER, Rev JAMES

INC. FOLDING MAP, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 503pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to rear hinge & spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep glued dow to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1878

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Rev James Buller religion Christianity

HIGHT, JAMES et al (Eds)

3 VOL SET, octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, printed/maps at eps of vols 2&3, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional sl cracking at gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges/extresm, light fading/tanning to spines, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1957-71

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury early settlers pioneers development

COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, TIPPED IN PLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 266pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine- heavy but tidy archival repairs, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with archival repairs, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions signed James Cowan New Zealand history Maori culture heritage

COBBETT, WILLIAM & BRIGGS, ASA (Intro)

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue & black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained orange- faded, printed eps, vol 1- xii + 320pp, vol 2- v + 335pp + catalogue to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges- otherwise still a tidy set) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spines, sl bruising to spine of vol 1, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1957-66

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature William Cobbett England Everyman's Library series rural countryside historical history

REED, A W

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green stiff card covers, lg illus title plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 23pp, illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to covers- sl tanning also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, prev owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand history Maori A W Reed

COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 65pp, illus, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning to covers, sm gouge to rear cover, moderate rusting to staples, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tearing at front gutter to staples, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, author's signature tipped in to verso of intro page, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history rail railways trains James Cowan

TIMPERLEY, H J (Compiled & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, 222pp, VG- (heavy creasing/scuffing & fading/discolouration to spine, moderate creasing & tanning/foxing to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Thacker, Spink & Co 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions military war history Japan China Japanese Chinese

ROBERTSON, JOHN & CHAUVEL, General Sir HARRY (Intro) & ALLEN, Colonel The Hon Sir JAMES (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking & soiling to spine, moderate scuffing to board extrems, heavy soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev, ownership markings to front pastedown, heavy scuff/paper residue to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, some terminal pages may be missing, light to moderate soiling & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history cameliers mounted imperial camel brigade Palestine middle east

LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD (Intro & Comm) & JACQUIOT, ALINE (Notes)

UK FIRST EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 224pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1975

KEYWORDS: first UK editions fantasy surrealism art history appreciation

BOSSEMEYER, JAMES L (Compiled & Ed)

Oblong quarto, glossy heavy boards, gilt lettering to blue buckram spine, numbered tabs to page fore-edges, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate chafing/soiling & tanning to boards, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges & eps, occasional adhesion to page top corners)

PUBLISHER: National Association of Travel Organizations 1960

KEYWORDS: travel history USA America United States reference

KELLY, VINCE & SHEAHAN, The Hon W F (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + (4) + 204pp, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & moderate foxing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Frank Fahy military Australia Australian history

REED, A W & HAYWARD, RUDALL C (Based on the film scenario by)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY A W REED & RUDALL HAYWARD, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 176pp, illus, VG (moderate fading & chipping to spine, sl fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed first editions A W Reed Rudall Hayward New Zealand film history historical literature

BARR, JOHN (Intro)

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 142pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning & creasing to spine, base of spine missing, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to covers, light creasing/curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some separation of covers to page block at ends, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history catalogues collections Auckland Art Gallery Mackelvie collection

DUGDALE, LESLEY N

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to spine, light creasing to edges & flaps, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir maritime nautical Captain William Crush Daldy 19th nineteenth century