THOMSON, JOHN

paperback octavo with french flaps (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: Hazard Press

KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori specials john thomson

PAYNE, BILL

scarce, super octavo illus light card covers, 151pp, illus VG

PUBLISHER: reed 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sociology gangs crime violence bill payne

DENNEHY, GLENNIS & NEWBOLD, GREG

first edition, signed by Glennis Dennehy, super octavo illus light card covers, 208pp, illus VG+

PUBLISHER: reed 2001

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sociology crime gangs greg newbold glennis dennehy

TARR, A R

octavo illus light card covers, 142pp, illus VG- UNCOMMON

PUBLISHER: (1978)

KEYWORDS: new zealand employment history contractors federation a r tarr sociology

ROBERTSON, C J R & HYVONEN, P & FRASER, M J & PICKARD, C R

first edition quarto illus gloss boards, illus eps, x + 533pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing) grid reference bookmark at rear

PUBLISHER: ornithological society of new zealand 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand ornithology birds natural history c j r robertson p hyvonen m j fraser c r pickard

n/a

Quarto illus heavy card boards with burgundy cloth tape spine, 6 + 34 plates (illus) VG+ (sl toning, a couple of date stamps at rear) a very tidy, sound and presentable copy of this notoriously fragile book

PUBLISHER: survey department 1885

KEYWORDS: new zealand photography art history geography

SMALLFIELD, P W et al

two volumes, tall imperial octavo black boards with gilt lettering (1) iv + 190pp (illus with maps and charts) (2) ii + pp191-367 (illus with maps and charts). Ex library VG scarce

PUBLISHER: rural development division, department of agriculture 1947

KEYWORDS: new zealand sheep farming agriculture industry history p w smallfield reference

CHARRAS, Lt Colonel

first edition octavo marbled haevy card with cloth spine and corners 14pp 5 large folding maps VG a few small closed tears, mild foxing. A very useable and presentable copy

PUBLISHER: lacroix, verboeckhovern 1863

KEYWORDS: maps cartography military history waterloo lt colonel charras napoleon

PARKER, SALLY K

first edition quarto blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 181pp, illus, VG+ (small owners stamp to ep) in VG d/w heavy sun fading to covers and light soiling)

PUBLISHER: cambridge borough council 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand history cambridge sally k parker

LINDBERGH, CHARLES A

first edition super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, xx + 1038pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (closed tears to extremities) INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author and dated 1970

PUBLISHER: harcourt brace jovanovich 1970

KEYWORDS: charles a lindbergh aviation history military autobiography signed journals

BROSNAN, ALAN & HENRY, DUKE & TAUBERT, BOB

first edition octavo illus light card covers, 336pp, illus VG

PUBLISHER: Tees 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history biography sas alan brosnan duke henry bob taubert

KELLY, LESLIE G

first edition imperial octavo green cloth boards with black lettering, 114pp, illus VG (moderate bruising and sunning to spine, light wear to board extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to upper page edges and prelims) in VG- d/w (chipping to spine extrems, tanning to spine, moderate rubbing to covers) increasingly uncommon book

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1951

KEYWORDS: new zealand history leslie g kelly marion dufresne bay of islands maori

SORRENSON, M P K

quarto yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, vi + 246pp VG Covers are soiled but contents are clean. A Bound unpublished (?) typescript by a major new zealand historian

PUBLISHER: auckland university college 1955

KEYWORDS: new zealand history m p k sorreson maori treaty of waitangi

ALLEN, PEGGY (FORD)

first edition quarto spiral bound light card covers, 231pp, illus VG+ (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: privately published 1996

KEYWORDS: rotorua history new zealand peggy ford allen

COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD R

first edition (n.d. but 1894) small octavo printed light card covers, vii + 167pp + 16pp adverts VG (soiling to covers with some pencil annotation to cover and fep, moderate tanning, small chip to head of spine) RARE in this original state (or in any state for that matter)

PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1894

KEYWORDS: matabeleland south africa zimbabwe rhodesia military history archibald r colquhoun

CALVERT, ALBERT F

first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, xiv +large coloured folding map+ 386pp +2pp adverts VG (light soiling, light foxing, light bruising to corners, closed tear to map where it joins to book) A tidy presentable copy

PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1896

KEYWORDS: alfred f calvert australia history exploration travel

CALVERT, ALBERT F

first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, iv + large folding coloured map + 238pp + 20pp adverts VG ( moderate rubbing and soiling, occassional foxing, closed tear to map at join to book)

PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1895

KEYWORDS: australia history exploration traverl albert f calvert

GARDNER, J STARKIE

first edition imperial octavo maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and armorial device and blindrule, two parts bound as one (as issued)(1) 100pp, illus (2) 96pp, illus VG+ (light bruising to extremities, sl foxing to prelim, booksellers labels to fep) very clean tidy copy

PUBLISHER: seeley and co 1898

KEYWORDS: history arms armour military england j starkie gardner

CHAMPION, F W

first edition imperial octao blue cloth boards with black printed label and gilt to spine, xviii + 226pp, illus VG+v light bruising, light sunning to spine, sl discolouration to eps, faint tanning)

PUBLISHER: doubleday doran 1928

KEYWORDS: photography wildlife zoology tigers animals f w champion natural history

COOPER, JOHN S & WESTWOOD, KENNETH J

first edition small folio marbled boards with three quarter maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 80pp, illus Near FINE (light rubbing to extremities, owners details to fep) #38, one of only 100 copies produced, this copy is even scarcer being ISCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors. Promotional flier loosely inserted

PUBLISHER: cooper and westwood 1989

KEYWORDS: history biography gunsmithing weapons antiques firearms gun pistols military john dafte john s cooper kenneth j westwood signed