ROBINSON, JOHN MARTIN & WYATT, WOODROW (Fore)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 287pp, illus, folding family history chart to rear, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: architecture history Wyatt Wyatville family English buildings architects

REID, R C

SECOND EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & brown illus to spine, coloured lettering with coloured & gilt illus to front board, aeg, delicately patterned eps, 176p, illus/plates- 9 of the 20 plates missing, G (heavy rubbing & scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout, 9 of the 20 plates have been removed- some of them quite brutally)

PUBLISHER: The Colonail Printing and Publishing Company 1886

KEYWORDS: old historical travel books south island New Zealand R C Reid history appreciation

FORTY, ADRIAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 245pp + bibliography to rear, VG (light bruising & fading to board corners & edges, spine sl cocked, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light soiling to & foxing to eps, moderate crack to rear gutter, light to moderate pencil underlining & annotation throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate fading & tanning, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions consumerism history historical design manufacturing

DE MONTCLOS, JEAN-MARIE PEROUSE

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light tanning & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1974

KEYWORDS: architecture architectural history Etienne-Louis Boullee architects France Franch revolution design

RUTHERFORD, J

Octavo, pink stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 46pp, VG (light fading/tanning to stapled spine, light soiling & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University College 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke rebellion Bayley Memorial Lecture 19th nineteenth century wars

BURROWS, Rev R

ORIGINAL BINDING (SPINE REINFORCED), octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (firm reinforcement to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges/corners- minor loss to bottom corner of front cover, moderate foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, heavy rusting at staples)

PUBLISHER: Upton & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke 19th nineteenth century diaries Rev R Burrows wars

STEVENS-STRATTEN, S W

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1996

KEYWORDS: automotive heavy goods vehicles lorries trucks British hgv transport history engineering design

THE CYCLOPEDIA COMPANY

Quarto, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, decorated eps, illus title page, xxvi + 767pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, moderate fading & chafing/soiling to boards, minor soiling to page edges, moderate scuffing to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of preface page & to rear, occasional light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias cyclopedia encyclopaedia encyclopedia geograpy history towns cities districts historical research

CHINNERY, VICTOR

Tidy ex-library, quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 618pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club 1993

KEYWORDS: furniture antiques oak English New England British design interior furnishings history historical

GRINDLEY, G W

POCKET OF MAPS TO REAR, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 68pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, minor chafing to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geological survey bulletins surveys Eglinton Valley history historical Southland

JOHNSTON, MIKE

THIS VOL ONLY, very tidy ex-library, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 456pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tape/adhesive residue to spine & board corners/edges, minimal library markings, light soiling to page edges, light adhesive staining/residue to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldfields gold mining goldmining Marlborough history

ELDER, JOHN RAWSON (Ed)

LIMITED SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, to ppage edges stained blue, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light scuffing & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some loss, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, sm scuff to top corner of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: signed limited edition New Zealand history early settlers pioneers

HIROA, TE RANGI / BUCK, Sir PETER

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 551pp + xxiv plates to rear, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (bottom half of tanned spine missing, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy closed tearing at folds/creases of flaps & spine)

PUBLISHER: Maori Purposes Fund Board / Whitcombe & Tombs 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Sir Peter Buck Hiroa Te Rangi settlements early settlers anthropology

SYMONDS, R W

Folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration/illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & wrinkling to eps, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & rubbing to spine & covers, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Connoisseur 1955

KEYWORDS: antique collecting antiques furniture 17th 18th seventeenth eighteenth century history historical collectables collectibles guides resources

GUDGEON, Thos. WAYTH

TIDILY RE-BACKED INCORPORATING ORIGINAL SPINE & BOARDS, imperial octavo, half leatherbound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, all page edges stained red, blank presentation page to prelims, frontispiece, 620pp + xxxvi to rear, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & minor staining to spine & boards, moderate scuffing & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial pioneers early settlers

KNIGHT, ROB

NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, heavy ink annotation to terminals, occasional patch of soiling to pages) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges- heavy surface loss & arvchival tape repairs, moderate generalised chafing, ink numerals to rear)

PUBLISHER: R J Knight 1975

KEYWORDS: signed Rob Knight New Zealand genealogy family history McKenzie Lower Rangitikei early settlers pioneers

STEELE, JOHN

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, 349pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, signature & inscription in ink [Best wishes, John Steele] to full title page)

PUBLISHER: David Ling 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography biographies memoir Dr Arthur Purchas

MAGAS, BRANKA

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 743pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, moderate rubbing to extrems, tape & scuffing to board edges, moderate soiling to page edges, minor scuffing to front & rear pastedowns, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (1x single library label to base of spine, light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Saqi Books 2007

KEYWORDS: history Croatia culture

SMITH, JACK

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 587pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand business construction history Fletcher Construction

BEECHING, WILLIAM C

Super octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, xliii + 212pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, sl creasing & tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 1989

KEYWORDS: history Canada Canadian volunteers Spain Spanish civil war