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$102.00
q6/18

The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield with the Characters


2 vols.

CHESTERFIELD,EARL OF;BRADSHAW,JOHN

first edition 2 vols.1453pp VG (green cloth boards w.red cloth spines,rubbed and stained,sunned spines,eps sl.soiled,contents browned,teg,spines cracked)

PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1893

KEYWORDS: history literature chesterfield john bradshaw

$25.50
q6/20

Root and Branch


wellington street presbyterian church,ballymena 1828-1978

LEITH,JACK

first edition inscribed by author 306pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.elaborate gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,owner's inscr.to half-title w.author's inscr.to title,spine cracked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: congregational committee ballymena [1978]

KEYWORDS: history theology ireland ballymena jack leith

$27.50
q6/27

Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists


PLATTS, UNA

first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled, lightfading to spine)

PUBLISHER: avon fine prints christchurch 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts una platts biography history

$100.00
q7/9

Woven by Water: histories from the whanganui river


YOUNG, DAVID

First edition, Quarto illustrated light card covers, 323pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (slight scuffing and soiling to covers, slight tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: huia wellington 1998

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history whanganui david young

$20.00
q7/10

Portrait of an Air Force


the royal new zealand air force 1937-1987

BENTLEY,GEOFFREY;CONLY,MAURICE

first edition 200pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto VG+ (blue cloth, light bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to page edges) in VG- d/w (light scuffing and soiling, light creasing to edges, front cover torn (8cm) at flap hinge)

PUBLISHER: grantham house wellington 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand air force history military aviation maurice conly geoffrey bentley

$85.00
q7/15

Hart's Annual Army List 1915


vol.1

HART,H.G.

facsimile reprint vol.1 only 876pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: naval & military press dallington 1996

KEYWORDS: military history hart army

$29.75
q7/25

My Schools and Schoolmasters


MILLER,HUGH

[first edition] 562pp+32pp catalogue VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: adam and charles black edinburgh 1865

KEYWORDS: biography history hugh miller

$34.00
q7/28

The Japanese at Home


FUKUDA,IPPEI

first edition 153pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black/orange dec.stamp to top board,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hokuseido press tokyo 1936

KEYWORDS: history japan geography sociology ippei fukuda

$42.50
q8/19

In Limbo


the story of stanley's rear column

GOULD,TONY

first edition inscribed by author 269pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1979

KEYWORDS: history stanley military tony gould signed

$34.00
q8/25

A Trip Round the World in 1887-8


CAINE,W.S.

second edition 398pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to bevelled extrems.,black eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,minor foxing to margins,aeg,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1888

KEYWORDS: history travel geography caine

$85.00
q8/27

Scallop Farming


HARDY,DAVID

ex-lib.first edition 237pp ills.[b/w] VG (laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.labels to top board and spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels)

PUBLISHER: fishing news books 1991

KEYWORDS: fishing scallops david hardy natural history

$65.00
q10/2

Hell and High Water


a german occupation of the chatham islands 1843-1910

NATUSCH, SHEILA

ex-library first edition octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch [1977]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history chatham islands sheila natusch geography military

$25.50
q12/1

Mis-Mated


PETERS,JOHN F.

[first edition] 213pp ills.[b/w] VG- (purple cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to both hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,pencil underlining throughout,spine cracked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]

KEYWORDS: sociology history john peters

$14.00
q12/24

The University & The Community


HUNTER,THOMAS ALEXANDER

first edition 302pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: victoria university college wellington 1946

KEYWORDS: new zealand history victoria university wellington thomas alexander hunter

$63.75
q13/2

Ideals of Nationhood


BLEDISLOE,LORD

first edition inscribed by author 319pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt borders and dec.stamp,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep,paste action to eps,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1935

KEYWORDS: history biography politics new zealand lord bledisloe

$25.00
q13/4

Omai Pacific Envoy


MCCORMICK, E. H.

first edition 364pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] super octavo, red cloth boards VG+ in VG- d/w (light creasing, scuffing and small tears to edges, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand history omai mccormick biography

$25.50
q13/13

Street Corner


LAMB,R.C.

first edition 56pp ills.[b/w] NF (red cloth,eps v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.browned spine,minor wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1967

KEYWORDS: new zealand printing history caxton press lamb

$34.00
q13/17

Aids to Scoutmastership


BADEN-POWELL,LORD

revised edition 125pp+2pp ads. VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]

KEYWORDS: scouts baden-powell history

$63.75
q13/23

The Sons of Temperance Offering for 1850


ARTHUR,T.S.[ED.]

320pp ills.[b/w] VG- (full red morocco w.elaborate gilt stamps to boards and spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.browned,aeg)

PUBLISHER: nafis & cornish new york [1850]

KEYWORDS: history temperance arthur

$130.00
q14/8

Gleanings from French Gardens


ROBINSON,W.

second edition 291pp+14pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.blind borders and gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to bevelled extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate and sign.to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: frederick warne london 1869

KEYWORDS: natural history robinson gardens robinson

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