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$42.50
3c3/4

School Football: A Rugby Handbook for the Scholar and Player


FLETCHER, T A (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 136pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing/tearing & foxing/soiling/discolouration to covers, moderate creasing & chipping to spine- minor loss to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to contents, blue pencil markings to title page)

PUBLISHER: N Z Rugby Football Union 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand sport history rugby union school football handbooks

$100.00
3c3/5

The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1935: Five Players of the Year Phootgraphs - Records - Reviews


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed) & MASTERS, READ (Ed) & SWAN, ARTHUR C (Ed)

Sm octavo, green illus light card wrappers, green lettering to covers, printed inside cover, 128pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & foxing/soiling to covers, sl cracking/chipping to spine extrems, 2.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate rusting to staples, occasional sl tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wright and Carman Ltd 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanacks rugby union past years

$40.00
3c3/6

The New Zealand Maori Rugby Tour 1926-1927: New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, France, England, Wales, Canada


PRINGLE, D J C & ROBINSON, T P (TOM)

Ex-library, octavo, white illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 80pp, illus/photos, VG- (yellowing tape staining to spine & cover edges, moderate to heavy cracking/tearing to spine & cover edges, usual library markings, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, contents clean)

PUBLISHER: Akaroa Mail Company 1971

KEYWORDS: sport history New Zealand rugby union past years tours Maori programmes

$40.00
3c3/9

Rugby Record: Southland Maoris Versus Canterbury Maoris, Curtain Raiser- Marist v Canterbury Colts Saturday August 30th 1952


N/A

Octavo, stapled white light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 16pp, VG (moderate creasing to covers- whole item has been vertically folded at some stage, minor soiling to covers & contents, staples rusty)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams (Printer) 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union programmes history past games Canterbury Rugby Union Maori Maoris souvenirs Southland

$65.00
3c3/14

The Amazing Summer of '55: The Year of Motor Racing's Biggest Dramas, Worst Tragedies amd Greatest Victories


YOUNG, EOIN & BROOK, TONY (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: signed Eoin Young motor sport racing cars automotive history

$50.00
3c3/15

Full Throttle


BIRKIN, Sir HENRY (TIM) & The Right Hon THE EARL HOWE (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/photos, VG- (minor discolouration & rubbing to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' ink markings & stamps to front eps, prev. owner's single ink stamp to title page, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (heavy scuffing & loss to spine & edges- tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, bottom corner of rear flap torn off)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions motor sport racing history Sir Henry Tim Birkin automotive high performance drivers

$100.00
3c3/22

25 Battalion: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45


PUTTICK, Lieutenant-General SIR EDWARD

Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 654pp, illus/maps, G+ (heavy cracking to front hinge, heavy scuffing & frayoing to spine, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, some maps have creasing and/or closed tears)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official histories history series military 25 battalion ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$65.00
3c3/29

The Maytown Settlement, Canterbury, New Zealand: Particulars, Terms, and Conditions of Disposal and Occupation of 397 Acres 2 Rods 13 Perches, Open on Monday 28th April 1902


DUNCAN, Hon T Y (Under Instruction of) & BRODRICK, T N (Map Survey from)

Octavo, stapled pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 13pp, map to rear- present, VG- (rear cover missing, heavy chipping/tearing to edges of front cover, minor tanning & prev. owner's name in ink to front cover also, minor creasing & chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jon Mackay, Government Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlements Maytown settlement Canterbury

$40.00
3c3/43

French Visitors to Newfoundland: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Travel Writings


JAMIESON, SCOTT (Trans & Ed) & THAREAU, ANNE (Trans & Ed) & ROMPKEY, RONALD (Original French Edition Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, x + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl curling & tanning to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: ISER Books 2013

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings anthologies collections Newfoundland history historical

$40.00
3c3/48

Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles


EMOFF, RON

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 194pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: folk music culture Guadeloupe history

$80.00
3c3/52

Hakoro Ki Te Iwi: The Story of Captain Howell and His Family


WILSON, EVA

Octavo, red light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front covers, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges, minor staining to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Times Printing Service (Printer) 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Captain Howell family

$70.00
3c3/53

The Parihaka Story


SCOTT, DICK

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori

$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

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