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$38.50
2g3/16

Battle For Egypt: The Summer of 1942


SCOULLAR, J. L.

first edition 400pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled,spine sl.shaky) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses incl.lower half of rear cover,tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1955

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history scoullar egypt

$38.50
xxyhb5915

New Zealand Aspirations in the Pacific in the Nineteenth Century


ROSS,ANGUS

first edition 332pp octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled boards, eps and content edges sl.foxed, prev. owners name in ink to front pastedown) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed, v small tears/chipping to extrems)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1964

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics angus ross

$1100.00
r7/19

A Personal Narrative of Those Transactions in the County Wexford,in which the Author was engaged,during the awful period of 1798


CLONEY,THOMAS

first edition [reading copy] 276pp+errata slip and publisher's slip tipped-in at rear G (quite possibly the original binding of greenish paper boards w.grey cloth spine,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many surface losses,rear hinge has been chewed,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,contents foxed,several sections detached,appears to be missing ppvii/viii however it could have been mis-paginated as the text seems to run logically,lacks pp105-108,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at many sections,errata slip and publisher's note both tipped-in at rear)

PUBLISHER: printed for author by james m'mullen dublin 1832

KEYWORDS: history biography law wexford thomas cloney

$180.00
r7/22

Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants


TAYLOR,RICHARD

first edition 490pp ills.[b/w incl.8 plates at rear - listed as being col.but in fact b/w] G (binding copy,blue cloth,top board detached,most of spine missing,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,eps creased and soiled w.several inscriptions,some staining and wrinkling to content edges,lacks map of new zealand,spine cracked,some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: wertheim and macintosh london 1855

KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori richard taylor

$127.50
2g9/26

The Ruthwell Cross


CASSIDY,BRENDAN [ED.]

first edition 205pp+plates [b/w] NF ( in glossy wrappers,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: department of art and archaeology princeton 1992

KEYWORDS: history antiquity brendan cassidy ruthwell cross

$85.00
r7/25

A Research on The Eucalypts Especially in Regard to Their Essential Oils


BAKER,RICHARD T.;SMITH,HENRY G.

second edition 471pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG- (red cloth w.blind borders and blind stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned w.boards unevenly sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's blind stamp and sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,stain to lower edge w.some pp stuck together but not affecting text or plates just lower margins)

PUBLISHER: government of the state of new south wales sydney 1920

KEYWORDS: natural history eucalypts science richard baker henry smith

$145.00
r7/26a

Eucalyptographia A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the Adjoining Islands (sixth decade only)


VON MUELLER,BARON FERD.

first edition issue 6 only unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG (in card wrappers w.blue cloth spines,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,some sl.foxing to contents incl.some plates,some minor stains to margins)

PUBLISHER: joh n ferres government printer melbourne 1880

KEYWORDS: natural history science eucalypts eucalyptographia von mueller australia

$255.00
r7/29

Anno Regni Gulielmi Et Mariae Regis & Reginae Angliae,Scotiae,Franciae, & Hiberniae,Primo. On the Twenty fifth Day of July,Anno Dom.1689. In the First Year of Their Majesties Reign,this Act passed the Royal Assent


N/A

first edition 303pp G (full leather w.top board detached but present,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,tape reinforcing to fep gutter,bookplate of joannis towneley de towneley to front pastedown,title page detached w.top board,sl.foxing to contents,speckled edges,block is tight despite top board being detached)

PUBLISHER: baskett london 1756

KEYWORDS: history royalty law william mary

$22.50
2g3/6

New Zealand Adrift


STEVENS,GRAEME R.

first edition 442pp ills.[b/w w.few col.] VG+ (brown cloth,minor tape stains to eps) in VG+ d/w (in removable clear cover)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography geology graeme stevens

$127.50
r8/17

History of English Literature


4 vols.

TAINE,H.A.

new edition 4 vols.433/447/462/476pp VG (red cloth w.paper title labels to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,separation at fep gutter of vol.1,owner's inscr.to ffep vol.1,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spines cracked)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1883

KEYWORDS: literature history taine

$32.50
2g3/15

Land of the Three Rivers: A centennial history of piako county


VENNELL,C.W.;MORE,DAVID

first edition 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] super octavo, green cloth boards VG+ (eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: wilson & horton auckland 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history piako vennell david more

$25.50
2g8/34

Mostly a Farmer


WATERS,LANCE

first edition 193pp F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: cape catley whatamongo bay 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history lance waters

$25.00
xxfab6033

The Story of Northland


REED, A. H.

first edition 395pp ills.[b/w] octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography northland reed

$29.75
2g8/23

The Making of a New Zealander


MULGAN,ALAN

reprint signed by author 215pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1959

KEYWORDS: new zealand history alan mulgan biography signed

$35.00
ak3/21/3846

Wingspread


the pioneering of aviation in new zealand

WHITE,LEO

first edition signed by author 191pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title dated 1941,spine cracked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: unity press auckland 1941

KEYWORDS: new zealand history aviation leo white signed

$14.00
2g8/45

The Man on the twenty dollar note


KINGSFORD-SMITH, CHARLES; MCNALLY, WARD

octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: reed sydney 1976

KEYWORDS: history aviation biography charles kingford-smith ward mcnally

$35.00
1y38/6075

Te Hokowhitu A Tu


the maori pioneer battalion in the first world war

PUGSLEY,CHRISTOPHER

first edition 147pp ills.[b/w] quarto maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine VG+ (sl foxing to upper page edgesand end pages) in VG+ d/w (sl scuffing and soiling, moderate foxing to inner side of d/w)

PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand history military maori battalion christopher pugsley

$63.75
r8/22

Gog and Magog and I


SAYER,T.LEWES

first edition inscribed by author 184pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps to extrems.,author's inscription [but no signature] to ffep dated 3.v.35,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: london guildhall history biography lewes sayer

$22.50
2g4/35

The Blyton Phenomenon


RAY,SHEILA G.

second impression 246pp NF (burgundy cloth,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,remains of price sticker to front cover)

PUBLISHER: deutsch london 1983

KEYWORDS: literature history enid blyton sheila ray

$25.50
2g5/7

Westcountry Harbour


the port of teignmouth 1690-1975

TRUMP,H.J.

first edition 204pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,minor soiling,content edges v.sl.soiled,rfep loose) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: brunswick press teignmouth 1976

KEYWORDS: nautical geography history teignmouth trump

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