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$29.50
q5/27

Reminiscences of Twelve Months' Residence in New Zealand


MCKILLOP,H.F.

first edition thus 275pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,some minor pencil marks to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover,sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography mckillop

$42.50
q5/28

The World of John Boultbee


BEGG, A. CHARLES; BEGG, NEIL C.

first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed/chipped and soiled,sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979

KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg

$65.00
q5/30

Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist


GUTHRIE-SMITH,H.

first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed

$42.50
q6/1

Birds of the Water,Wood & Waste


GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.

first edition 197pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs wellington 1910

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history guthrie-smith

$212.50
q6/15

Charles Darwin 1809-1882


a centennial commemorative

CHAPMAN,ROGER G.;DUVAL,CLEVELAND T.

first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)

PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval

$340.00
q6/16

Sketches of Field Sports as followed by The Natives of India


JOHNSON,DANIEL

first edition 261pp VG- (marbled paper boards w.burgundy half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to corners and head of spine,several insect holes through binding and margins of contents,new eps,contents browned and mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: longman,hurst,rees,orme,and browne great torrington 1822

KEYWORDS: sport natural history india daniel johnson

$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

$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

$90.00
q11/5

There We Found Brethren


a history of assemblies of brethren in new zealand

LINEHAM,PETER J.

first edition 218pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo hardcover VG (blue vinyl,sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to front ep) in VG- d/w (torn)

PUBLISHER: gph society palmerston north 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand theology history lineham brethren

$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

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