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$40.00
3b3/26

Scarlet: Clarrie Grimmett, Test Cricketer


MALLETT, ASHLEY

Super octavo, green heavy boards, xi + 271pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, 1.5cm closed tear to base of rear, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Cricket Publishing Company 2008

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers Clarrie Grimmett biography biographies memoir

$95.00
3b3/29

New Zealand Rough Riders: In the South African War 1899-1902 (Eight Edition)


STOWERS, RICHARD

8TH EDITION, quarto, illus light card wrappers, brown & white lettering to spine, 274pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Richard Stowers 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history South Africa African rough riders soldiers

$45.00
3b3/31

The Master's Touch: Racing With Etienne de Mestre, Winner of Five Melbourne Cups


PATERSON, KEITH W

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Keith Paterson 2008

KEYWORDS: sport history equine horseracing horses horse racing etienne Livingston de Mestre

$350.00
3b3/38

Rakiura: A History of Stewart Island New Zealand


HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, moderate general soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand Rakiura Stewart Island Basil Howard history

$45.00
3b3/40

Standing Upright Here: New Zealand in the Nuclear Age 1945-1990


TEMPLETON, MALCOLM

SIGNED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & white/black lettering to spine, 621pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges & spine, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: signed Malcolm Templeton New Zealand modern history nuclear oceania France foreign relations

$75.00
3b2/2

The Story of Two Campaigns: Official War History of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, 1914-1919


NICOL, Sergt C G

FACSIMILE REPRINT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 265pp, maps to rear, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: N & M Press (modern facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE REPRINT military history New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war campaigns

$60.00
3b2/3

Air Whaler


GRIERSON, JOHN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 243pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional sl foxing/soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Smapson Low, Marston & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: aviation history Antarctica south pole Antarctic

$40.00
3b2/4

The Story of the Solomons


FOX, CHARLES

Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to rear board, minor insect damage to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially removed, light tanning & creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/wm VG (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges/folds at flaps, other minor soiling, 2cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, other sl closed tearing/chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: D O M Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Solomon Islands history colonialism anthropology geopolitics

$70.00
3b2/10

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd; Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History: Volume III


PLUCHE, NOEL ANTOINE & HUMPHREYS, Mr SAMUEL (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed off) with raised bands also, frontispiece, 400pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to front & rear hinges/gutters- front board shaky, leather peeling from front board, other moderate rubbing & soiling/chafing to boards & spine, heavy tannin & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling throughout, illus opp. pg61 has heavy creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Printed by A Reilly, for Edw. Exshaw, at the Bible on Cork Hill, M,DCC,XLII (1742)

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings natural history Noel Antoine Pluche historical

$60.00
3b2/14

Maori and Pakeha in North Otago


STEVENSON, G B

MISBOUND- PAGE BLOCK UPSIDE DOWN, octavo, illus stiffened covers, black lettering to spine, 156pp + index to rear, illus, VG- (moderate rust staining to spine, heavy soiling & moderate tanning to covers & page edges, light foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1940s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori pakeha North Otago history early settlers

$70.00
3b2/16

The Victorian Church (2 Vol Set)


CHADWICK, OWEN

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- x + 606pp, vol 2- viii + 510pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps of vol 1, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols, occasional cracking to gutters throughout, occasional foxing throughout, binding a little sloppy) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1966-70

KEYWORDS: history religion religious church churches Victorian era 19th nineteenth century England English

$47.50
3b1/2

Piranesi: Antichita Romane Vedute di Roma


PIRANESI, GIOVANNI-BATTISTA & RESCH, RAFFAELLA et al

TEXT IN ITALIAN, square imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown/green lettering to spine, 172pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to half title page & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta 2000

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN antiquity ancient Rome landscapes scenery art Piranesi history historical

$67.50
3b1/4

The Eagle and the Spade: Archaeology in Rome During the Napoleonic Era


RIDLEY, RONALD T

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxviii + 328pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman archeology archaeology antiquity history historical Napoleonic era early 19th nineteenth century

$60.00
3b1/5

Religions of Rome (2 Vol Set)


BEARD, MARY & NORTH, JOHN & PRICE, SIMON

2 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & grey/brown lettering to spines, vol 1- xxiv + 454pp, vol 2- xiv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spines & cover edges, light chafing tpo covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear of both vols, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman religion religions history

$45.00
3b1/7

A History of the Ranfurly Telephone Exchange 1922-1987


McGRATH, ROSS K (Compiled by)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ross K McGrath 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ranfurly telephone exchange communication

$40.00
3b1/8

Maniototo Inquests 1869-1925


HARRISON, HAZEL

Quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to front cover, (6) + 79pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling & creasing/curling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hazel Harrison 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maniototo mining accidents research inquests

$45.00
3b1/15

A History of Greek Literature


LESKY, ALBIN & WILLIS, JAMES (Trans) & DE HEER, CORNELIS (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering on silver gilt backing to spine, top page edges stained red, xviii + 921pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing, light to moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, sm pencil annotation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Greek literature history criticism

$40.00
3b1/19

The Invention of Jane Harrison


BEARD, MARY

Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography

$65.00
3b1/22

New Zealand Jesus: Social and Religious Transformations of an Image, 1890-1940


TROUGHTON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 268pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious Christianity history doctrines Jesus Christ

$45.00
3b1/31

Our Buried History: Coast Road Church Wainuiomata


HIRA, COLLEEN

Super ocatvo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, 216pp, illus/photos, folding map of cemetery loosely enclosed to rear, VG+ (prev. bookseller's sm labels to spine & front coversl chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wainuiomata Pioneer Church Preservation Society Inc 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural communities history old churches Wainuiomata Wesleyan church

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