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$102.00
r18/9

La Maniere de Bien Penser Dans Les Ouvrages D'Esprit


BOUHOURS

new edition 459pp [text in french] G+ (marbled paper boards w.half-leather ,gilt bands and stamps to spine,top board barely attached,rubbed and soiled,spine attached only at lower hinge,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,some minor foxing to margins,speckled edges,tight)

PUBLISHER: chez les libraires affocies paris 1771

KEYWORDS: history literature bouhours

$63.75
r18/10

The Irish Guards in the Great War


2 vols.

KIPLING,RUDYARD

2 vols. 320/223pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: spellmount staplehurst 1997

KEYWORDS: military history irish guards rudyard kipling

$38.25
r18/12

Rider on a Grey Horse


CORK,BARRY JOYNSON

first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1958

KEYWORDS: history military biography barry joynson cork

$29.75
r18/14

Surgeon Henry's Trifles


HAYWARD,PAT [ED.]

ex-lib.first edition 281pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (brown cloth,soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from pastedowns,ffep missing,content edges sl.foxed) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses,internal tape stains)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970

KEYWORDS: military history biography pat hayward

$60.00
r18/21

New Zealand Artillery in the Field 1914-18


BYRNE,J.R.

first edition 314pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] G (blue cloth,spine detached but present however w.3cm loss to foot,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,paper separation at prelim.gutters,content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky) Bagnall B1957

PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs auckland 1922

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history artillery byrne

$55.00
r18/27

Footprints Farewell


NEWPORT,JEFF

first edition 236pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: nikau press nelson 1990

KEYWORDS: new zealand history nelson jeff newport

$255.00
r19/4

Chapman's Centenary Memorial of Captain Cook's Description of New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago


COOK,CAPTAIN

first edition 166pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps - 1 plate missing from pg.107] G (binding copy,top board detached and rear board missing,top board stained and rubbed,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,lacks prelims.,text block starts at title page and ends with final page of index,some sl.foxing to contents,sections separating w.some detached but all present)

PUBLISHER: chapman auckland 1870

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history captain cook geography travel

$68.00
r19/5

Navy & Army Illustrated


vol.IV

ROBINSON,CHARLES N.[ED.]

first edition this vol.only vol.iv [may 28th 1897 - october 21st 1897] 376pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (khaki cloth w.red/green/blue dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,ep edges soiled,aeg sl.rubbed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: hudson & kearns george newnes london [nd]

KEYWORDS: navy army history military charles robinson

$25.50
r19/10

Plant-Life


HALL,CHARLES A.

first edition 380pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth w.green/white/yellow dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,boards sunned w.spine browned,chipping to spine and hinges w.rear hinge split full length,content edges sl.foxed o/w contents incl.plates clean)

PUBLISHER: black london 1915

KEYWORDS: natural history plant-life charles hall

$170.00
r19/12

L'Indochine en Guerre


MARCHAND,GENERAL JEAN

ex-lib.first edition 324pp [text in french] ills.[b/w w.tipped-in col.plates] VG+ (red cloth w.gilt borders,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm split to head of upper hinge,usual libr,stamps,contents clean incl.plates)

PUBLISHER: les presses modernes paris 1954

KEYWORDS: military history arts jean marchand

$34.00
2g4/8

The Book of The Zoo


DUNCAN,F.MARTIN;DUNCAN,LUCY T.

[first edition] 263pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (green cloth w.black/grey/yellow zebra stamp to top board and polar bear to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london [nd]

KEYWORDS: natural history zoo duncan

$42.50
2g7/39

Reading the Skin Adornment,Display and Society among the Wahgi


O'HANLON,MICHAEL

first edition 164pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (red cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in NF d/w (spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: british museum publications london [1989]

KEYWORDS: anthropology sociology history wahgi michael o'hanlon

$100.00
xxyba6218

Tattoos From Paradise


BLACKBURN, MARK

first edition 204pp ills.[b/w and col.] folio hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: schiffer 1999

KEYWORDS: maori tattoo history arts mark blackburn pacific polynesian

$35.00
2g8/47

Clippers for the Record


MATHESON,MARNY

first edition signed by author 161pp ills.[b/w] NF (in glossy wrappers,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,owner's label to title page along with author's sign.)

PUBLISHER: spectrum publications melbourne 1984

KEYWORDS: nautical history marny matheson signed clippers

$37.50
1b39/14

Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes


EVANS, JEFF

first edition 223pp quarto softcover NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history jeff evans canoe travel

$42.50
2g5/13

Bygone Fife From Culross to St Andrews


WILKIE,JAMES

first edition 393pp [col.frontis.w.b/w fold-out map at rear] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,faint green pencil date to map w.minor creases to edges)

PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1931

KEYWORDS: scotland history geography culross james wilkie fife

$51.00
r19/25

The Annals of Auchterarder and Memorials of Strathearn


REID,ALEXANDER GEORGE

first edition 301pp ills.[b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,blind stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked w.several sections loosening some barely attached)

PUBLISHER: david philips crieff 1899

KEYWORDS: scotland history geography auchterarder strathearn alexander reid

$30.00
r19/27

A Joy For Ever


St.Mary's Parish Church Timaru

MONAGHAN, HAROLD W.

first edition limited [600 copies] 76pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (green cloth,minor soiling to content edges) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: tombs wellington 1945

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history harold monaghan timaru

$20.00
2d19/46

Ballads of the Pacific Northwest


HOOD,ROBERT ALLISON

first edition inscribed by author 170pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,top board sl.stained,minor foxing to content edges,author's inscr.to half-title) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine)

PUBLISHER: ryerson press toronto 1946

KEYWORDS: history pacific northwest robert allison hood signed geography

$20.00
2d19/45

Vignettes of Vancouver


HOOD,ROBERT ALLISON

first edition inscribed by author 84pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to half-title) in Vg d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: education services vancouver 1954

KEYWORDS: geography history robert allison hood signed

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