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$28.50
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Remote the Land's Heart; Wildlife and Landscape in Southern New Zealand


GASKIN, CHRIS

imperial octavo burgundy red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp illus Near FINE in VG+ d/w (light rubbing, v sl crease)

PUBLISHER: john mcIndoe 1985 dunedin

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography natural history chris gaskin

$10.00
xxcmc9250

The Last Migration


CRONIN, VINCENT

octavo hardcover in dustwrapper; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis

KEYWORDS: travel persia iraq history vincent cronin specials

$10.00
xxhvb9261

The Dirty Squad; The Inside Story of the Obscene Publications Branch By its Former Head


HAMES, MICHAEL

octavo hardcover in dustwrapper; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: little brown

KEYWORDS: specials history literature literary criticism michael hames erotica

$35.00
p23a/42

The Barbarian Invasions of Italy


VILLARI, PASQUALE (VILLARI, LINDA trans)

second imp, octavo red cloth boards with gilt motif and lettering, xix + 484pp VG (ex libris with usual markings, clearfilm to boards, some underlining to text)

PUBLISHER: t fisher unwin 1913 london

KEYWORDS: history italy pasquale villari linda

$32.50
p23a/48

Colonial Furniture in New Zealand


NORTHCOTE-BADE, S

super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 164pp + 1 pp adverts, illus, VG+ (bookplate to fep) in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1971 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand furniture antiques design s northcote-bade history

$30.00
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Handbook of New Zealand Microfossils


HORNIBROOK, N DE B

super octavo illus cloth boards, 136pp, illus, foldingdiag at rear, VG (mild soiling)

PUBLISHER: department of scientific and industrial research 1968 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand science history nautral microfossils fossils n de b hornibrook

$35.00
p23a/53

Gronlandisches Tagebuch; Aufzeichnungen Eines Fischers und Jagers (in german)


FREDERIKSEN, THOMAS

super octavo ptinred boards with cloth spine, unpaginated, illus VG+ (owners inscr on fep) in Vg d/w (light fading, sl bruising to extremities)

PUBLISHER: hoffmann und campe 1981 hamburg

KEYWORDS: history expeditions greenland geography travel exploration thomas frederiksen german

$55.00
p23a/63

Treasury of Maori Folklore


REED, A W

super octavo orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 491pp VG+ (sl discolouration to pages and moderate foxing tanning within) in VG+ d/w (light wear and fading to extremities, sl foxing)

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1963 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori mythology history a w reed

$17.50
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Wellington; The First Years of European Settlement 1840-1850


MCLEAN, GAVIN

super octavo illus light card covers, 96pp illus VG+ (owners name to inside cover, v sl wear to corners)

PUBLISHER: penguin 2000 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wellington gavin mclean

$27.50
p23b/5

Pacific Explorer; The Life of Jean Francois De La Perouse 1741-1788


DUNMORE, JOHN (DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN FRANCOIS)

octavo lemon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 318pp, illus VG (staining and soiling to boards and foredges with some bleedthrough, owners blindstamp) in VG d/w (moderate staining and discolouration, light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: dunmore press 1985 palmerston north

KEYWORDS: john dunmore biography history exploration south pacific jean francois de la perouse

$55.00
p23b/14

Muslim Shrines in India; Their Character, History and Significance


TROLL, CHRISTIAN W (ed)

octavo burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, xvi + 327pp illus, VG+ (light soiling, light foxing to eps, file stamp to title page) in VG+ d/w (light bruising to extremities, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press 1989 delhi

KEYWORDS: muslim islam religion india shrines architecture christian w troll theology history

$30.00
p23b/15

One Hundred Years; A History of Wellington Girls' College


HARDING, OLGA E

octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 192pp illus VG+ in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: wellington girls college centennial committee 1982 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand education history wellington girls college olga e harding

$22.50
p23b/17

Arawata Bill; The Story of Legendary Gold Prospector William James O'Leary


DOUGHERTY, IAN

SIGNED, first edition octavo illus light card covers, 160pp illus VG+

PUBLISHER: exisle publishing 1996 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history gold prospecting ian dougherty arawata bill william james o'leary

$13.50
p23b/20

The Smell of Powder; A History of Duelling in New Zealand


KERR, DONALD

oblong octavo grey illus flexiboards, 160pp illus near FINE

PUBLISHER: random house new zealand 2006 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history duelling firearms donald kerr

$32.50
p23b/21

A Fine Prospect; A History of Remuera, Meadowbank and St Johns


CARLYON, JENNY & MORROW, DIANA

oblong super octavo illus flexiboards, 416pp illus, VG+ (small creases to rear upper corner with transferred creasing and small tears to upper corners of last few pages)

PUBLISHER: random house new zealand 2011 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland remuera st johns meadowbank jenny carlyon diana morrow

$30.00
p23b/22

Click! Portraits of New Zealanders


GRAHAM, REG

imperial octavo illus light card covers with french flaps 160pp, illus VG+

PUBLISHER: longacre press 2006 dunedin

KEYWORDS: new zealand art photography history biography portraits reg graham

$30.00
ak2/10/1121

Whites Aviation; Classic New Zealand Aerial Photography


N/A

super oblong octavo illus flexiboards, 296pp illus VG

PUBLISHER: godwit press 2009 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation photography history whites

$27.50
p23b/25

Scribble, Scribble, Scribble; Writings on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother


SCHAMA, SIMON

octavo black boards with silver lettering to spine, xxiv + 427pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: bodley head 2010 london

KEYWORDS: essays journalism history simon schama literature

$160.00
p23b/29

Sketches of Army Life in Russia


GREENE, F V

first edition octavo red cloth boards with black and gilt lettering and motif, v + 326pp + 2pp adverts + 40pp adverts (dated august 1880, some pages uncut) VG (light bruising, light marking and discolouration, bookplate to ffront pastedown, moderate tanning to contents, discolouration to eps). A tight tidy copy of the scarce UK first edition in original binding

PUBLISHER: w h allen 1881 london

KEYWORDS: f v greene military russia history autobiography

$750.00
s12a/1

The Genealogists Magazine - a near complete run from Volume 1 issue #1 (april 1925) through to first issue for Volume 29 issue #1 March 2007.TOGETHER WITH a single matching bound volume comprising The Genealogist's Handbook; Catalogue of Parish Regis


N/A + BOUWENS, B G

Volumes 1 - 14 are bound in 15 volumes of octavo red cloth boards with gilt labels to spines. (plus the additional matching volume indicated in the title of this lot) From Vol 14, issue #11 onwards they are in the original I suspect these should be relatively easy to find as they are quite recent. A Very Tidy Scarce Near Complete Run HEAVY ITEM priced accordingly

PUBLISHER: genealogists magazine 1925-2007 london

KEYWORDS: genealogy biography reference history

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