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$119.00
p30/1

Club Cameos


portraits of the day

N/A

355pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.black dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,title browned,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1879

KEYWORDS: biography literature history club cameos

$51.00
p30/2

New Cloak,Old Dagger


how britain's spies came in from the cold

SMITH,MICHAEL

first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1996

KEYWORDS: military history politics spies michael smith

$29.75
p30/4

Modern Paris


SHERARD,ROBERT HARBOROUGH

[first edition] 300pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: t.werner laurie london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history geography paris robert harborough sherard

$42.50
p30/12

Japanalia


BUSH,LEWIS W.

first edition thus [colonial edition] 193pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several mod.losses,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: gifford london 1938

KEYWORDS: japan geography history travel

$127.50
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Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry


KINGSTON,WILLIAM H.G.

[first edition] 568pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,lacks prelims.but has title page,sl.loss to head of title but not affecting text,some minor soiling to contents,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1880

KEYWORDS: travel history nautical columbus parry william kingston

$42.50
p30/27

Pictures from Roman Life and Story


CHURCH,A.J.

[first edition] 344pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt/blacl/grey dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bevelled edges sl.worn,prelims.sl.soiled,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]

KEYWORDS: literature history roman life church

$25.50
p30/28

Round the Globe


through greater britain

PROCTER,W.C.

[first edition thus - isbister home library] 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (fawn cloth w.green/white/black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and stained,bevelled edges sl.worn,gm stain to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: isbister london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history travel procter literature

$42.50
p30/30

Invention and Discovery


TEMPLE,RALPH;TEMPLE,CHANDOS

first edition 442pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.pink/blue/yellow/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,school prize bookplate to ffep,owner's bookplate to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1896

KEYWORDS: history science literature invention discovery temple

$42.50
2d7/13

The Life of Goethe


GOETHE;LEWES,GEORGE HENRY

second impression 578pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.unevenly sunned boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: george routledge london [nd]

KEYWORDS: goethe literature history biography george henry clewes

$850.00
2d5/34

The Age of Uncertainty


GALBRAITH,JOHN KENNETH;MULDOON,SIR ROBERT

first edition [inscribed by author to late former nz prime minister robert muldoon] 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] FINE (brown cloth,author's warm inscription to ffep - dated 1977) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: bbc andre deustch london 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history john kenneth galbraith robert muldoon signed

$15.00
q5/16

Escape From Germany


CRAWLEY,AIDAN

first edition 318pp VG (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped,some internal tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1956

KEYWORDS: military history biography aidan crawley

$17.00
q5/19

The Forest Trees of Britain


BOULGER,G.S.

[first edition] 431pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue textured cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london 1912

KEYWORDS: natural history britain boulger

$30.00
q5/20

City of the Plains: A History of Hastings


BOYD,M.B.

first edition 464pp ills.[b/w] VG+ super octavo hardcover in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1984

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history hastings boyd

$21.25
q5/24

English Children's Books 1600 to 1900


MUIR,PERCY

third impression 256pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.shelf wear,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: batsford london 1979

KEYWORDS: literature children's books percy muir history

$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

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