GEIKIE, Sir ARCHIBALD

Octavo, red/maroon nuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 297pp, VG (minor fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & half title page, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: history geology geological surveys lectures Sir Archibald Geikie

N/A

Quarto, blue illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to spine & covers, minro cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to first page, moderate rusting to staples with moderate cracking to guttersn also)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch city council local politics political history early 20th twentieth century

EVANS, B E

Octavo, grey stiff card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 38pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor rubbing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing/soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking & rusting at staples- front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Herald Printing Works (Printer) 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Pareora West

BEVAN, THOMAS

Ex-library, octavo, stapled green light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 27pp, VG- (usual library markings, spine torn with tape reinforcement/repair, moderate tanning & creasing to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, tape residue to inside covers, minor creasing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Frank Penn, Otaki Mail 1911 (Printer)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonisation colonization history early settlers Thomas Bevan autobiography

THOMSON, Hon Geo M

Octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, part 1- 112pp, part 2- 110pp [222pp total], illus, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover & title page, botton half of front cover torn at spine hinge, minor foxing & tanning/soiling to title page, 2cm closed tear & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of page, heavy crack to rear gutter, staples rusted, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Government Printer 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history animals mammals fish birds marine biology ornithology mammalia nature

BROWNE, HARRIET LOUISA GORE & MORRELL, W P (Ed)

Ex-library, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 50pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitara purchase Taranaki war Maori pakeha politics

LOUGHNAN, R A

Octavo, beige light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 110pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine- tape reinforcement to rear, moderate creasing/chipping to cover edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history gold mining goldmining discoveries

NICOLL, M J & The Rt Hon THE EARL OF CRAWFORD (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxx + 246pp, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolourationt o spine, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing/soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm label tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: exploration history Valhalla RYS voyages Africa West Indies Pacific islands

MILLER, ERIC & RUSSELL, Major-General Sir ANDREW H (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, peach buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 207pp, illus, VG (spine cocked & lightly soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed Eric Miller New Zealand military history sappers soldiers ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war accounts autobiography memoir

VITALIANO, DOROTHY B

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue gilt lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing to front flap, minro soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: geology natural history geomythology myths folklore Dorothy B Vitaliano

GOLOVANOV, YAROSLAV & SINCLAIR-LOUTIT, DAVID (Trans)

Folio, blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine, blue earth illus to boards, illus eps & prelims, 317pp + photos to rear, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to boards/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in clear illus plastic jacket, VG+ (minor wrinkling, minro paper residue to base, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Progress Publishers 1978

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian space astronauts cosmonauts history Yuri Gagarin Soviet

SHEPARD, ODELL

SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbig/bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning/fading & scuffing to spine, other light general tanning & chafing/soiling,

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1967

KEYWORDS: fantasy fantastical creatures unicorns myths mythology folklore lore history Odell Shepard

HEDIN, SVEN

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 442pp, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate wrinkling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ffep missing, moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in pencil to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: exploration history Tibet Himalayas Sven Hedin

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, WARMLY INSCRIBED TO GEOLOGIST WILLIAM NOEL BENSON, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking & foxing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Basil Howard associations copies W N Benson New Zealand Stewart Island Rakiura history

PORTER, ROY

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 288pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: geology history earth science sciences

JACOBSON, H C (Preface)

SECOND EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to front board, viii + 307pp, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep- historical, sl foxing & light soiling to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: H C Jacobson 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history Banks Peninsula early settlers pioneers anecdotes stories tales

AINSWORTH, Brig Gen FRED C & KIRKLEY, Mr JOSEPH W

THIS VOL ONLY, FACSIMILE REPRINT, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, li + 1242pp + 6pp additions & corrections to rear, VG+ (sl soiling to spine & boards, sl tanning & soiling/creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Historical Times Inc 1985 (Washington Printing Office 1901)

KEYWORDS: US America American civil war official records facsimile reprints records union confederates confederacy history

DOUGLAS, MARY (Ed)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, xxxviii + 387pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to top edge, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Tavistock Publications 1970

KEYWORDS: history witches witchcraft confessions accusations trials occult supernatural anthropology essays literature

NASH, JOSEPH

4 VOL SET- OVERSIZED, 25 PLATES PRESENT IN EACH SERIES AS CALLED FOR, PLATES UNCOLOURED, elephant folio, quarter leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus, G (v heavy scuffing & chipping/flapping to leather work on spines, base of spine to vol 2 missing, whole spine to vol 3 completely missing, moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to board corners, heavy discolouration to boards of vol 1, moderate discolouration to boards of vol 4, moderate chafing & soiling/wrinkling to boards, ex-libris platess to front pastdowns of vols 1-3, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown to front pastedown of vol 4, moderate foxing throughout, numerous pages/plates detached but present, heavy cracking to gutters throuhgout)

PUBLISHER: T M Lean, 26, Haymarket 1839-1849

KEYWORDS: Joseph Nash stately homes mansions houses architecture history historical England English

KEAY, JOHN

2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, red & green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus/decoration to front boards, vol 1- xxx + pgs1-331, vol 2- x + pgs332-670, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004

KEYWORDS: India history folio society Indian