LONG,MAX FREEDOM

first edition inscribed by the author 288pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.blind ruled borders,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to ffep - to mel ward - my friend by proxy through shack and george,max freedom long laguna beach 1936,inscr.to ffep verso - best wishes mel - from shack dec.1936,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: rider london 1936

KEYWORDS: literature history signed max freedom long magic occult

WHITING, NEIL

Ex library, first edition 264pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: robert brown coorparoo [1994]

KEYWORDS: natural history shipwrecks nautical neil whiting papua new guinea

OLIVER,F.W.

2 vols.rebound 777/983pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (simple rebind in green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,titling to spines barely visible,eps sl.foxed,content edges v.sl.soiled,contents clean and tight)

PUBLISHER: blackie london 1894/1895

KEYWORDS: natural history oliver

REED,A.W.

first edition inscribed by author 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep and to card loosely inserted) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: educational explorers reading 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand publishing biography history signed reed

WADE,M.S.

first edition 332pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep which is second half of map,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/worn) in G d/w (rough,in 2 pieces w.front cover missing)

PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1927

KEYWORDS: history biography geography canada alexander mackenzie wade

LITTLEJOHNS,J.

first edition 152pp ills.[b/w and tipped-in col.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: isaac pitman london 1933

KEYWORDS: arts crafts littlejohns history

GRIFFITH,T.GWYNFOR

first edition 147pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1955

KEYWORDS: literature history bandello gwynfor griffith

STANLEY,ARTHUR PENRHYN

second edition 548pp+ads.[fold-out maps] VG- (brown embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1856

KEYWORDS: geography history sinai palestine stanley

N/A

half leather 760pp ills.[b/w] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half leather,gilt band w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some paper surface losses to boards,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.soiled w.owner's bookplate [dated 1915] to ffep verso,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: beeton london [nd]

KEYWORDS: natural history gardening beeton horticulture

CUSTINE,MARQUIS DE

half leather 532pp VG (marbled paper boards w.black half leather,gilt bands and stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.sl.foxed,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: longman,brown,green london 1855

KEYWORDS: russia history literature marquis de custine

GOULD,FREDERICK J.

ex-lib.first edition 140pp VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,libr.marks to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: watts london 1917

KEYWORDS: education history gould

FILDES, H.

first edition 15pp+ills.[b/w] octavo heavy card covers, VG (col.ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,some minor internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history ngati mamoe hildes

EADDY,P.A.

[first edition] signed by author 154pp ills.[b/w] VG- (ill.pale blue paper boards,rubbed and stained,tape repairs to hinges as boards are loosening,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history signed eaddy scows

KIRK,ALLAN A.

first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (pale blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1968

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history cook strait allan kirk

WEIR,ALISON

first edition proof copy [review copy] 474pp VG+ (in glossy wrappers,review stamp to half-title,sl.stain to fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature history biography proof copies alison weir

ROBERTS,MORLEY;HUDSON,W.H.

first edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,boards sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: eveleigh nash london 1924

KEYWORDS: biography history literature hudson morley roberts

DAVIS,JOHN KING

first edition 118pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,one plate loosening)

PUBLISHER: abel,dykes auckland 1911

KEYWORDS: new zealand history st.john's college auckland john king davis

SAMPSON,GEORGE

1094pp VG+ [blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,boards sl.sunned,spine sunned, binding sl.shaky] lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: cambridge university press london 1943

KEYWORDS: history english literature george sampson

COON,CARLETON.S

first edition 413pp ills.[b/w] maps on eps VG+ [ochre cloth,spine and rear board sl.sunned, underlining to front eps] lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1972

KEYWORDS: anthropology history geography hunting carleton coon

DOWNES,DAVID ANTHONY

first edition ex-lib 176pp VG+ [blue cloth,usual library marks and stamps]in VG d/w[lib mark to spine and sl.wear to extrems]

PUBLISHER: bookman associates new york1965

KEYWORDS: biography history victorian literature hopkins pater david anthony downes