POMARE, Sir MAUI & COWAN, JAMES; PETERSON, STUART (illus.)

First edition, thus. Super royal 8vo, pp. xi + 320; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in gold koru; illus. eps, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in blue ink to ffep, tp, p. 20, 47, 79, 143, 207 & colophon; sm closed tear to p. 191 at top edge; light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (N.Z.) 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history Maori social history myth mythology legend

BARTON, R N (forew)

8vo stapled light card covers (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times [1964]

KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century New Zealand history Lawrence high school centennial centennary history

MACKENZIE, Mrs PETER (MACKENZIE, ALICE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- yellowing tape repairs to base, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, heavy crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Martins Bay history Alice Mackenzie early settlers pioneers

ECOTT, TIM

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 2004

KEYWORDS: Tim Ecott vanilla plant history natural history

DE OVIEDO Y VALDES, GONZALO FERNANDEZ & DILLE, GLEN F (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xix + 194pp, illus/maps, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2021

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Spanish Portuguese expeditions 16th sixteenth century Indies natural history

HARTHAN, JOHN

4to, pp. 288; brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device to front board in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to back).,

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1981

KEYWORDS: printing publishing history book arts design illustrated history illustrations

DOWALL, A E D

8vo stapled light card covers (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Presbyterian Church in Balclutha N.D.

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Balclutha Otago centennial centenary history Presbyterian Church

LANG, W H & LAMBERT, G W (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack N/D (c.1910s?)

KEYWORDS: Australia Australain history exploration history discovery

PARSONS, RONALD

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: marime nautical history sailing history Australia Australian New Zealand ships vessels

ANGERMEYER, JOHANNA

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 1989

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Galapagos island history exploration adventure Hans Angermeyer travel history literature

REED, A W & DANSEY, H D B (Illus)

RE-BACKED, octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori culture heritage history anthropology migration

DIMENT, JUDITH A & HUMPHRIES, CHRISTOPHER J & NEWINGTON, LINDA & SHAUGHNESSY, ELAINE

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to top edge of title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear ep, minor creasing to bottom corner of page block)

PUBLISHER: Meckler Publishing / British Museum (Natural History) 1984

KEYWORDS: Joseph Banks nature naturalists Endeavour voyages history historical catalogues British Museum Natural History botany Australia 18th eighteenth century art drawings

ALEXANDER, W B

Octavo, beige stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (light to moderate soiling & foxing to covers/edges, minor soiling & tanning to page edges, light rusting of stapled to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: V K Jones & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: zoology Australia history historical discoveries 17th seventeenth century natural history

MORRISON-SCOTT, T C S & SAWYER, F C

Imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to covers, pgs 43-50, illus/plates, VG+ (prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, light wrinkling & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1950

KEYWORDS: British Museum bulletins zoology natural history Captain Cook kangaroos Australia Australian animals history exploration discoveries

ID, KALLE & PETER, BRUCE

4to, pp. 328; illus. heavy card boards; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Nautilus 2017

KEYWORDS: Kalle Id Bruce Peter Finland shipbuilding ship ships building maritime history industry technology history

FULLER, THOMAS; NUTALL, P AUSTIN (notes)

Three volume set. Rebacked, retaining original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xxx + 582 + 8 (advts), xii + 591, xii + 584; brown cl boards, boards paneled & decorated in arabesques, spine lettered in gilt; frontis. (v.1 only), top & fore edges sl deckled; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals)., some unopened pgs;

PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg 1860

KEYWORDS: Thomas Fuller England English history worthies directory county counties directories occupations social history

LORIMER, H L

Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 552; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top pg edge stained red, illus., 32 plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1950

KEYWORDS: Homer Homeric Greece Greek ancient classical history antiquities archaeology history

KIDSON, A L

LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus/folding maps, VG (usual library markings/stamps, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs / War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official history guides ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Petrol Company army corps

DARBISHIRE, O V

Quarto, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, Pps 29-76 + plates to rear, VG (moderate cracking/tearing to spine, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor closed tearing to top edges of some pages)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1923

KEYWORDS: British Antarctic expeditions exploration botany natural history south pole Antarctica history historical lichen lichens Terra Nova reports

BLUNT, ANTHONY

Super 8vo softcover (VG), some annotations; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press

KEYWORDS: Anthony Blunt Borromini architecture history art history historian life lives