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$100.00
3d2/37

Mangaian Society (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 122)


HIROA, TE RANGI (BUCK, P H)

Super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 207pp, folding map opp. pg4, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine- minor cracking to extrems with archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1934

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins history pacific Mangaia society Peter Buck Te Rangi Hiroa culture anthropology

$75.00
3d2/42

The Vought F4U Corsair: A Comprehensive Guide


MORRISSEY, RAFE & HEGEDUS, JOE

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, folding diagram to rear, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2010

KEYWORDS: military aviation history vought f4u corsair design engineering fighter planes models modelling crafts hobbies

$40.00
3d2/43

Mosquito FB.V1


BROWN, DAVE

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, minor curling to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2009

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft RAF Royal Air Force fighter planes design engineering Mosquito fb.v1

$65.00
3d2/45

The Hawker Sea Fury: Royal Navy & Export Versions (MDF Scaled Down 4)


BRADLEY, PAUL

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2016

KEYWORDS: military aviation history crafts hobbies models modelling hawker sea fury royal navy fighter planes aircraft

$55.00
3d2/46

The Westland Whirlwind: A Detailed Guide to the RAF's Twin-Engine Fighter


FRANKS, RICHARD A

Quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 82pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Valiant Wings Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: military aviation history crafts hobbies models modelling RAF Royal Air Force Westland Whirlwind twin engine fighter planes aircraft

$40.00
3d2/47

Rolling With the Stones


WYMAN, BILL & HAVERS, RICHARD

Heavy lg quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor tanning to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 2002

KEYWORDS: rock music bands musicians The Rolling Stones history biography autobiography Bill Wyman

$45.00
3d2/51

Haugh Family 1872-1987


WHYTE, BETTY (Compiled by)

Octavo, stapled white light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front cover, printed inside covers, 152pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & moderate staining/foxing to covers, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Betty Whyte 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy Haugh early settlers

$65.00
3d2/53

Limehills School: A Souvenir to Commemorate Its Diamond Jubilee 1872-1932


N/A

Octavo, white light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine- binding exposed in places, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, minor closed tears to edges of covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers, contents lightly foxed but tidy)

PUBLISHER: The Southland Times Company (Printer) 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools history Limehills School diamond jubilee souvenirs

$65.00
3d2/54

History of Claremont: Timaru New Zealand 1867-1948


SELBIE, LEN

SCARCE, octavo, blue light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 45pp, illus, VG- (moderate rusting to staples at covers- some minor tearing, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate insect damage to rear cover & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Timaru history Claremont settlers pioneers

$65.00
3d2/55

Jubilee Memoir 1939 Invercargill Park School and Waihopai (Gladstone) School, United in 1914 and Forming the Present Waihopai School (Main, Side and Dryburgh Schools)


N/A

Octavo, cream light card wrappers, brown lettering to covers, 132pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to spine/extrems, moderate soiling to covers, moderate creasing to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Southland News Co 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history jubilee souvenirs Invercargill Waihopai schools

$45.00
3d2/58

Kepler


CASPAR, MAX & HELLMAN, C DORIS (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDIITON, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 401pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, minor fading & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions Johannes Kepler astronomy science history biography physics

$40.00
3d1/4

The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas


GILLESPIE, CHARLES COULSTON

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 562pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to bottom corners of prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to spine & rear cover, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: UK first editions essays literature science history scientific ideas

$40.00
3d1/16

Commentaries on the Laws of England


BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM

Super octavo, beige light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, mixed pagination, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor curling/creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm tear to base of rear cover & terminals, minor separation to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: School of Economic Science N/D (c.1978)

KEYWORDS: common law history historical commentaries laws

$47.50
3d1/51

Half a Century of Vintage Motoring: A History of the Southland Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand


McMILLAN, N A

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Southland Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fifty 50 year anniversary vintage classic cars automotive car clubs Southland branch history signed N A McMillan

$1750.00
3d1/53

New Zealand Scenery: Chromo-Lithographed After Original Water-Color Drawings


GULLY, JOHN & VON HAAST, DR JULIUS (Descriptive Letterpress)

FIRST EDITION, ALL PLATES PRESENT, elephant folio, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, unpaginated, illus/plates- no tissue guards, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking/tearing to spine, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout inc. plates, verso pages of plates discoloured due to lack of tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Marcus Ward & Co 1877

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical scenery watercolours art chromo-lithographs John Gully

$45.00
3e5/3

Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461


HARRISS, GERALD

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 705pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: history England English wars of the roses medieval

$200.00
3e5/7

Sail and Steam


MOORE, WARREN & SPURLING, JACK (Paintings) & CARR, FRANK G G (Intro)

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & maritime illus to front board, aeg, illus prelims, xii + 175pp, illus, Near FINE (light tanning/fading to spine), in slipcase, VG+ (moderate fading & light chafing/soiling, minor bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1980

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical art ships boats Warren Moore Jack Spurling history historical

$40.00
3e5/8

The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD897-1984


ARCHIBALD, E H H & WOODWARD, RAY (Illus)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, sl tanning)

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1984

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical royal navy naval history fighting ships

$75.00
3e5/9

Drawing and Watercolours in Russia: The Eighteenth Century


PETROVA, YEVGENIA (Editor-in-Chief) & GAVRILOVA, YEVGENIA (Articles) & MAXIMOVA, ALEXANDRA (Articles)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Joseph Kiblitsky / Palace Editions 2005

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art drawings watercolours 18th eighteenth century historical history

$50.00
3e5/11

Falconer: The Years to 1980


N/A

Oblong imperial octavo, illus white card wrappers- stapled, blue lettering to covers, 160pp, illus, folded photo page, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co N/D (c.1980s?)

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Falconer family New Zealand early settlers pioneers

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