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$75.00
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A History of Carterton: The Story of The First Hundred Years of the Settlement of Carterton: 1857-1957


BAGNALL, A G

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus front pastedown, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 101pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate water staining to top edges of boards, other minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Carterton Borough Council nd (1957)

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Carterton Charles Rooking Carter settlers

$80.00
3p4/146

Hidden Valley: The History of Rotomany, Inchbonnie, Poerua, Grey County, Westland


ADSHEAD, RONA

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, gold heavy boards, light blue lettering to spine, illus eps including map, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Peter J Stewart 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Rotomanu Inchbonnie Poerua Grey County Westland New Zealand history

$50.00
3p4/147

Soldier to Settler: An Irish Boy in the British Army Comes to Auckland and Becomes an Otago Pioneer


OFFWOOD, DONALD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green lettering to spine, 268pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal marking to upper page edges, sl curling to wrappers)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 2014

KEYWORDS: signed Donald Offwood British army Otago pioneer Auckland New Zealand Irish military history

$75.00
3p4/150

Sailors and Settlers: The Migration of the Nova Scotian Scots to New Zealand


MCLEAN, JOHN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 444p, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mclean 2010

KEYWORDS: signed history New Zealand Nova Scotia Scotland highlanders sailors settlers sailing migration

$150.00
3p4/151

Cloth Insignia of The SS


ANGOLIA, LTC (ret) JOHN R & COOK, STAN (Assist)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, illus black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to front board, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 496pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine cocked, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl fading to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: R James Bender Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: second edition military nazi Germany SS insignia cloth uniforms facism history war

$60.00
3p4/152

Charlemagne's Legionnaires: French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS 1943-1945


LANDWEHR, RICHARD & BUJEIRO, RAMIRO (illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus title page, 272pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to board edgeslight soiling to base of rear board, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Bibliophile Legion Books 1988

KEYWORDS: first edition military Waffen-SS SS Nazi France Charlemagne's Legionnaires Germany history war

$40.00
3p4/153

The Cults of The Roman Empire


TURCAN, ROBERT & NEVILL, ANTONIA (transl

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 399pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor curling to extrems, minor marking and foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1999

KEYWORDS: Rome cults religion roman empire history

$60.00
3p4/154

European Volunteers [Wiking]


STRASSNER, PETER & JOHNSTON, DAVID (transl)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, IX + 316pp, illus/photos VG+ (minor & fading soiling to front and rear boards, minimal bruising to edges of spine, minimal tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany military Europe European war SS Panzer Wiking Division history

$160.00
3p4/157

New Zealand: Past and Present


BULLER, REV JAMES

FIRST EDITION, Sm octavo, illus dark grey buckram boards, black stamped lettering to front board and spine, folding map to frontis, viii + 202pp, illus/photos/ads, VG (archival repairs to closed tears of coloured folding map, 3cm crack to head of front hinge, light chipping to edges of spine, minor soiling & scuffing to spine, light bruising and minimal scuffing to extrems, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, newspaper clipping pasted to ffep, occasional minor pencil annotations & markings to margins, light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1880

KEYWORDS: First Edition New Zealand history

$175.00
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Olly: The Life and Times of Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquis of Ripon


GODFREY, RUPERT

UK FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, X + 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, minimal soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minimal creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Godfrey 2012

KEYWORDS: UK first edition biography Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquis of Ripon history

$45.00
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Dead Ends and Duffers: Australia's Motoring Dead Ends and Duffers from the Postwar Era


FARMER, GAVIN

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, iv + 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal creasing to extrems, minimal marking to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ilinga Books 2015

KEYWORDS: cars automobile mechanics engineering history Australia Dead Ends Duffers postwar war automotive

$100.00
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The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial Remembrance


STEINBRENNER, RICHARD T

Oblong quarto, dark red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, 541pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal soiling to upper page edges, minimal foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (minimal soiling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: On Track Publishers 2011

KEYWORDS: trains transport history rail railways locomotive steam American centennial

$40.00
3p4/165

The Political Transformation of Spain after Franco


COVERDALE, JOHN F

Very tidy Ex Library, super octavo, dark oxford blue heavy boards, gilt blue lettering to front board and spine, xi + 150pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to pages throughout, sm amount of library markings)

PUBLISHER: Praeger 1979

KEYWORDS: political history politics Spain Franco

$175.00
3p4/175

The Book of Colt Firearms


SUTHERLAND, R Q & WILSON R L

Folio, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, gilt decoration to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, XV + 604pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal bruising and creasing to spine, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to half title page, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to spine and covers, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to extrems/edges, minor creasing to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Q Sutherland 1971

KEYWORDS: firearms history weapons weaponry guns Colt American western

$50.00
3p4/176

Photosynthesisers: Women and the Lens: Reader


GATT, JAMES (Intro)

Quarto, printed light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, 305pp, VG+ (minor creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & wrappers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Uru Waitakere 2025

KEYWORDS: art photography Maori New Zealand history feminism women

$60.00
3p4/179

Alfredton: The School and The People


EDMONDS, JUNE (ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, bound in brown faux leather, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps eps, 345pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Roydhouse 1987

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Alfredton history society settlers pioneers

$40.00
3p4/180

Christianity: Essence, History and Future


KUNG, HANS

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/diagrams prelims & terminals, xxv + 936pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to wrappers, minor chafing & surface wrinkling to spine & wrapper edges, minor adhesive staining/soiling to rear, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional light pencil underlining & annotation)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 1996

KEYWORDS: religion christianity christian history Hans Kung theology

$145.00
3p4/183

Hey Charger: The Sensational Australian Chrysler Valiant Chargers


FARMER, GAVIN & BRIDGER, GARY

Oblong quarto, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 247pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ilinga Books 2016

KEYWORDS: cars automobile Valiant Charger Australian Chrysler mechanics engineering history automotive

$145.00
3p4/185

Monaro Magic: History Holden Monaro, HSV Coupe and Pontiac GTO 1968-2006


DARWIN, NORM

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 282pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing and soiling to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: H@nd Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: cars engineering automobile mechanics history Holden Monaro HSV Coupe Pontiac GTO automotive

$80.00
3p4/186

Leyland P76: Anything but Average: A History of a Uniquely Australian Motor Car


FARMER, GAVIN

Oblong quarto, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 212pp, illus/photos, loosely enclosed booklet Leyland P76 Comparative Information, VG+ (minimal soiling to page edges, sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, minimal creasing to upper edge of rear flap, minor wrinkling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Ilinga Books 2008

KEYWORDS: cars engineering automobile mechanics history Leyland P76 automotive

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