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$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

$30.00
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

$40.00
w18/11

Prazske Zahrady


BASEOVA,OLGA

[first edition] 247pp [text in Czech/English/German/Russian] ills.[b/w and col.] FINE in FINE dustwrapper

PUBLISHER: [np 1991]

KEYWORDS: prague gardens geography travel history baseova prazske zahrady

$35.00
w18/12

The Spice of Life


MITCHELL,HAROLD

first edition inscribed by author's daughter 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,author's daughter's inscr.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974

KEYWORDS: biography history harold mitchell signed

$200.00
w18/15

Negro Nobodies Being a Series of Sketches of Peasant Life in Jamaica


DE MONTAGNAC,NOEL

ex-lib.first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 212pp VERY GOOD- (yellow cloth w.dec.black boarders,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,lib.stamp to prelim.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1899

KEYWORDS: history geography jamaica negro montagnac

$150.00
w18/18

Among the Man-Eaters


GAGGIN,JOHN

first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 250pp VERY GOOD- (yellow cloth w.dec.black borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,insect holes to prelims.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1900

KEYWORDS: geography history travel john gaggin

$40.00
w18/19

Lawrence of Arabia


LAWRENCE,T.E.; WILSON,JEREMY

reprint 1188pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and bookplate to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) heavy item

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1990

KEYWORDS: biography military history lawrence arabia wilson

$75.00
w18/25

Twelve Secrets of the Caucasus


ESSAD-BEY

first edition 323pp VERY GOOD- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: nash & grayson london 1931

KEYWORDS: history geography caucasus essad-bey

$18.50
w18/27

Whitestone Oamaru; A Victorian Architectural Heritage


SHAW, PETER

first edition 80pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: craig potton nelson 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history oamaru architecture shaw

$50.00
w18/29

The Mediterranean Passion


PEMBLE,JOHN

first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,v.sl.stain to foot of final few pp) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1987

KEYWORDS: history travel pemble mediterranean

$250.00
w19/1

The Early History of Banking in England


RICHARDS,R.D.

[first edition] 319pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,2x1cm loss to fore-edge of ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history banking business richards

$175.00
w19/10

The Evolutionist at Large


ALLEN,GRANT

first edition [publisher's catalogue at rear dated January,1881] 215pp GOOD+ (beige cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,browned spine,full split to lower spine creating a flap of the cloth,splits to upper hinge,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1881

KEYWORDS: natural history science allen grant evolution

$50.00
w19/12

Isole Nelle Nuvole


CORRADINI,MARIO

first edition signed by author 167pp [text in Italian] ills.[col.] FINE (glossy boards,author's sign.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: casa editrice athesia bolzano bozen 1990

KEYWORDS: geography history italy signed mario corradini

$100.00
w19/14

Naming for Power


JAVED,NASEEM

first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 256pp FINE (black cloth,author's inscr.to prelim. - To Sir Edmund Hillary with respect & admiration & love Nassem Nov.95. ,a handwritten letter by author to Sir Edmund on hotel paper is loosely inserted) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy

PUBLISHER: linkbridge publishing new york 1993

KEYWORDS: business history naseem javed edmund hillary signed

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