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$50.00
w15/10

The Spice of Life


MITCHELL,HAROLD

first edition [signed by author's daughter] 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,author's daughter's inscr.to half-title) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974

KEYWORDS: biography military history harold mitchell signed

$20.00
w15/12

Gold and Silver Smiths' Work


POLLEN,JOHN HUNGERFORD

ex-lib.[first edition] 160pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,libr.label to to board,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london [nd]

KEYWORDS: gold silver history arts pollen

$120.00
w15/15

A History of Dancing From the Earliest Ages to Our Own Times


VUILLIER,GASTON

ex-lib.first UK edition 446pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (grey cloth w.gilt stamps to top board and spine,boards detached from binding but present,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,usual lib.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky) tired copy in need of repair or rebind but contents are tidy and complete - heavy item

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1898

KEYWORDS: dancing arts history vuillier

$600.00
w15/16

The Christian in Palestine: or, Scenes of Sacred History, Historical and Descriptive


STEBBING,HENRY; BARTLETT,W.H. [ILLS.]

[first edition - illustrations only] unpaginated ills.[b/w plates incl.title vignette/map/double plate spread of Jerusalem/plan] VERY GOOD (in green diced morocco w.gilt ruled borders,raised bands and gilt dec.stamps to spine,top board detached but present,rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some surface scuffing and losses,3x1cm loss of leather to foot of spine,marbled eps and content edges,sl.to mod.foxing of contents incl.plates although majority of foxing is to margins,most tissue guards present) this volume is plates only - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: george virtue london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history geography theology christian palestine stebbinf bartlett

$75.00
w15/17

Face with Fortitude


JOHNSTON,JAMES IAN

first edition 192pp ills.[b/w] FINE in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: ianswork publishers auckland 2005

KEYWORDS: nautical military history biography johnston

$60.00
w15/25

Frontier: The Battle for the North Island of New Zealand 1860-1872


MAXWELL,PETER

first edition 372pp ills.[b/w] VG (in glossy wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,light foxing,owner's inscr.to half-title,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: celebrity books auckland 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history military peter maxwell

$15.00
w16/4

The Indian Ocean


VILLIERS,ALAN

first edition 255pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,maps to eps,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,rear board stained) in POOR dustwrapper (in 2 pieces,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,lacks most of spine)

PUBLISHER: museum press london 1952

KEYWORDS: nautical history indian ocean villiers travel geography

$180.00
w16/9

25 Battalion


PUTTICK, SIR EDWARD

first edition 654pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ ) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,wear, tear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history battalion puttick

$25.00
w16/16

Quiet With The Hills


GRAY,CONSTANCE

first edition 211pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,4x3cm loss to head of ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch [1970]

KEYWORDS: history biography constance gray

$25.00
w16/19

Sovereignty and Security


LAFFEY,MARK

first edition 102pp ills.[b/w] FINE in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1990

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history laffey

$995.00
w16/21

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies [vols.1-11 1970-1980]


N/A

ex-lib.bound editions VERY GOOD+ (lib.bound in green cloth w.original wrappers bound-in,lib.stamps and labels otherwise contents clean and tight) v.tidy set - heavy items

PUBLISHER: mcgraw-hill / singapore university press singapore 1970-1980

KEYWORDS: southeast asian studies history geography

$15.00
w16/23

Centralized and Automatic Controls in Ships


GRAY,D.

first edition 244pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (black ill.cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: pergammon press oxford 1966

KEYWORDS: nautical history science gray

$40.00
w16/29

A Journey to Edenborough in Scotland


TAYLOR,JOSEPH

first edition limited [425 copies] 182pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: william brown edinburgh 1903

KEYWORDS: history travel geography edenborough taylor

$20.00
w17/4

Remarks on New Zealand, in February 1846


FITZ-ROY,ROBERT

ex-lib.facsimile edition 67pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual lib.stamps and labels) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled w.lib.marks to spine,sl.stained edges)

PUBLISHER: hocken library dunedin 1969

KEYWORDS: new zealand history robert fitzroy biography hocken

$50.00
2f2/30

Barnard on Learning to Fly


BARNARD,C.D.

[first edition] 172pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in GOOD (dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses and creasing,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]

KEYWORDS: aviation transport history barnard flying

$27.50
w17/19

South African Proteaceae in New Zealand


MATTHEWS,LEWIS J.

first edition 256pp ills.[col.by Zoe Carter] small folio Near FINE (red cloth boards with white lettering to spine and motif to cover, light foxing to page edges, sl wear to board corners) in VG+ dustwrapper (creasing to extrems, v light rubbing, sl.soiled) heavy item

PUBLISHER: matthews publishing manakau 1983

KEYWORDS: new zealand south africa natural history proteaceae matthews

$28.50
w17/21

The World of the Kauri


HALKETT,JOHN; SALE,E.V.

first edition 256pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed, owners details to fep) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine sunned)

PUBLISHER: reed methuen auckland 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history kauri sale halkett

$95.00
w17/27

Queen Te Atairangikaahu The First Twenty-five Years


N/A

first edition 141pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: [np,nd 1991]

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori biography queen history

$20.00
w18/4

Russia of To-Day


FRASER,JOHN FOSTER

first edition 296pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (orange cloth w.black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1915

KEYWORDS: russia history geography fraser

$20.00
w18/5

Quaint Subjects of the King


FRASER,JOHN FOSTER

first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth w.b/w photo mounted on top board,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1909

KEYWORDS: geography history travel fraser

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