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$42.50
q22/18

Portraits of Thirty Authors


JACOBS,LEONEBEL

ex-lib.first edition 8pp+tipped-in plates [b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,untrimmed edges,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: charles scribner's new york 1937

KEYWORDS: history biography arts leonebel jacobs literature

$35.00
q22/20

John Castle's Hauraki Gulf


CASTLE,JOHN [ILLS.];DYKES,MERVYN [TEXT]

first edition signed by artist 96pp ills.[tipped-in col.plates by john castle] VG+ (beige cloth,author's sign.to half-title) in VG+ d/w(sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history geography john castle mervyn dykes

$34.00
q22/23

Arts Year Book 6


LEE-JOHNSON,ERIC [ED.]

first edition thus 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history eric lee-johnson

$42.50
q22/25

The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games


vol.ii crocodile shooting - hound breeding

SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE,EARL OF [ED.]

ex-lib.first edition this vol.only 448pp ills.[b/w and col.;some col.detached but present] G+ (green cloth w.green half leather,gilt.compartments to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,3cm loss to head of spine,usual libr.labels and stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked w.some pp loose)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1911

KEYWORDS: sport games history

$85.00
q22/26

The Life and Times of the late Duke of Wellington


vol.iv

WELLINGTON,DUKE OF

vol.iv only 364pp ills.[b/w] G+ (green cloth boards w.tan half leather,raised bands and title labels to spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,has decorative title page but possibly lacks standard title page,paper separation at prelim.gutters,contents sl.soiled/foxed incl.margins of plates,most plates have tissue guards present,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: london printing and publishing london [nd]

KEYWORDS: military history biography duke wellington

$75.00
q23/7

A Centennial History of Tauranga


GIFFORD,W.H.;WILLIAMS,H.BRADNEY

first edition 351pp ills.[b/w] octavo, green cloth boards, VG (light bruising and scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing and soiling to boards and spine, fep tanned, light foxing to page edges thoughout)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington [1940]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography tauranga gifford

$34.00
1m37/47

The Cockroach


CAMERON,EWEN

first edition 111pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1961

KEYWORDS: natural history science cockroach ewen cameron

$29.75
2d20/40

The Anglo-Saxons


DICKINS,BRUCE

first edition 322pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,dealer's label to front pastedown,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bowes & bowes london 1959

KEYWORDS: history anglo saxons bruce dickins britain

$42.50
q23/19

Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior


JOHNSGARD,PAUL A.

first edition 378pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: cornell university press ithaca 1965

KEYWORDS: natural history waterfowl paul johnsgard

$102.00
q23/20

A New History of Muhlenberg County


CAMPLIN,PAUL

first edition 289pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: caney station books greenville 1984

KEYWORDS: history muhlenberg america geography paul camplin

$29.75
2g9/34

Catalogue of Maps in the Essex Record Office 1566-1855


N/A

first edition 106pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding map in pocket at rear] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled and unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,spine cracked and shaky w.sl.paper separation at title gutter,sl.foxing to verso of map,insect nibbles to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: essex county council chelmsford 1947

KEYWORDS: maps atlas essex geography history

$34.00
2d19/23

The Handbook of Aviculture


WOOLHAM,FRANK

first edition 368pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (red cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: blandford press poole 1987

KEYWORDS: science natural history aviculture ornithology frank woolham

$35.00
q23/24

East of Everest


HILLARY,EDMUND;LOWE,GEORGE

first edition 48pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.and dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some sl.losses)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand history mountaineering everest edmund hillary george lowe

$127.50
q23/26

A Guy Family History


from leeds to 'lealands'

HOWIE,MARGARET;LEYLAND,JEAN

first edition 242pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: guy family committee auckland 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history margaret howie jean leyland guy

$170.00
q23/28

Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese Ceramics


ALLEN,ANTHONY J.

first edition 340pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (black cloth,minor soiling) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: allen's enterprises auckland 2006

KEYWORDS: arts ceramics history chinese anthony allen antiques

$68.00
q24/3

L'Expedition Archeologique d'Edward W.Gifford et Richard Shutler jr. en Nouvelle-Caledonie au cours de l'annee 1952 [Edward W.Gifford and Richard Shutler Jr's Archaeological Expedition to New Caledonia in 1952]


SAND,CHRISTOPHE;KIRCH,PATRICK V.

first edition 192pp [text in french/english] ills.[b/w and col.] F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: sand & kirch noumea [2002]

KEYWORDS: travel geography history christophe sand patrick kirch edward gifford richard shutler new caledonia

$46.75
q24/12

William Pember Reeves New Zealand Fabian


REEVES,WILLIAM PEMBER;SINCLAIR,KEITH

first edition inscribed by author 356pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.rubbed,author's inscr.to ffep,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history william pember reeves keith sinclair signed

$8.50
q25/5

Violence in New Zealand


RITCHIE,JANE AND JAMES

first edition 175pp VG+ in wrappers

PUBLISHER: allen & unwin wellington 1990

KEYWORDS: new zealand history jane ritchie james ritchie sociology

$212.50
q25/11

Light Lines and Tight Lines


PLATTS,W.CARTER

[first edition] 243pp ills.[b/w] VG- (tan cloth w.brown/black/white dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.contents sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)

PUBLISHER: jarrold london [nd]

KEYWORDS: fishing sport history carter platts

$17.00
q25/12

Riptide in the Pacific


N/A

first edition 68pp VG- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.insect holes to extrems.of covers)

PUBLISHER: auckland university college labour club auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history pacific

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