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$36.50
2g1/15

The Seas Around New Zealand


WESTERSKOV, KIM & PROBERT, KEITH

Quarto, orangey-brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 181pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board lower edges & corners, owner's name in ink to half-title page, in VG+ d/w (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1981

KEYWORDS: Kim Westerskov Keith Probert New Zealand oceans seas marine environment biology geology topography flora fauna natural history fish seals whales sharks dolphins shoreline

$35.00
2g2/11

Look Over My Shoulder


HUSBAND, JOHN & MILLAR, LYNLEY

Signed by author & artist, oblong slim imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 92pp, illus, nr fine (bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1997

KEYWORDS: John Husband Lynley Millar Southland Otago New Zealand art pictures drawing sketches history poetry poems verse

$30.00
2g2/20

Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America


COLLIER, RUTH BERINS

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 230pp, nr fine (small stain to front board upper left corner)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Ruth Berins Collier politics political science democracy unions labour Western Europe South America history

$30.00
2g2a/23

Potato Growing in Australia


SEYMOUR, G.

duodecimo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG- (frontispiece loose, light soiling and creasing to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N.D.

KEYWORDS: australian agriculture potatoes g. seymour history vegetables gardening

$19.50
xxkpc55913

The University of London 1836-1986: An Illustrated History


With a foreword by HRH The Princess Anne

HARTE, NEGLEY

Imperial octavo softcover (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: Athlone Press 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Negley harte University of London history academia

$2500.00
os2/20

Scottish Arms, Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A.D. 1370-1678


reproduced in fascimile from contemporary manuscripts, with heraldic and genealogical notes

STODART, ROBERT RIDDLE

rare and handsome two volume set, elephant folio, limited numbered edition (#12 of 60 large paper copies signed by publisher William Paterson), half-bound blue leather/blue cloth with red label, gilt lettering and rule, and five raised bands to spine, gilt upper edges, (volume I) xxv + 126 chromolithographic plates, (volume II) 425pp, both volumes VG+ (wear and rubbing to extremities, light soiling to boards, light foxing and soiling to some pages, small hole to front board and scratch across rear board of volume I, small stains to front board and small hole to rear board of volume II) THIS ITEM IS VERY HEAVY AND POSTAGE WILL ACCORDINGLY BE EXPENSIVE

PUBLISHER: William Paterson 1881

KEYWORDS: robert riddle stodart scotland scottish arms history armorial bearings heraldry genealogy family

$22.50
ak3/10/1561

The Gumdigger; The Story of Kauri Gum


REED, A.H.

Tidy ex-library, FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 168pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: new zealand history kauri gum a.h. reed

$75.00
2g11/9

The Future of Colonies


BARNES, LEONARD

first edition with review slip enclosed, duodecimo, light card covers, 46pp, VG (light wear, tanning and foxing to page edges, small hole to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1936

KEYWORDS: history first edition colonies leonard barnes journalism

$15.00
xxdga55936

The Garden Pest Book; An Illustrated New Zealand Guide


drawings by Karen Mason

CHAPMAN, BRUCE & PENMAN, DAVID

softcover imperial octavo (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: Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history gardening bugs insects entomology bruce chapman david penman karen mason specials

$10.00
xxdjd55955

Man to Man


SKINNER, TOM & BERRY, JOHN

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1980

KEYWORDS: auotbiography new zealand politics union tom skinner john berry history specials

$9.50
xxkpg56018

Richard III


SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

paperback (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: Signet Classics 1964

KEYWORDS: specials william shakespeare plays history theatre literature

$12.50
xxkpg56022

The Holt Report


LARKIN, JOHN & BARKER, GEOFFREY

paperback (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: Age Insight

KEYWORDS: specials crime history report australia harold holt john larkin geoffrey barker

$22.50
xxkqa56052

Camden's Britannia - Surrey and Sussex


COPLEY, GORDON J. (annot. & ed.)

hardback super octavo with d/w (NEAR FINE); 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: Hutchinson 1977

KEYWORDS: specials surrey sussex britain geography history travel topography

$15.00
xxkqa56055

R.L.S.: A Life Study


CALDER, JENNI

hardback octavo with 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: Hamish Hamilton 1980

KEYWORDS: specials robert louis stevenson jenni calder biography history literature

$12.50
xxkqa56042

Turning Point - The Making of a Captain


FITZPATRICK, SEAN & JOHNSTONE, DUNCAN

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Penguin 1998

KEYWORDS: specials photography rugby new zealand history sean fitzpatrick all blacks

$18.50
xxkqa56051

The Quest for Paradise: A History of the World's Gardens


KING, RONALD

quarto hardback with 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: Mayflower Books 1979

KEYWORDS: specials gardens ronald king culture history architecture economy

$645.00
2g11/15

The New Zealand Alpine Journal; A Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure by Members of the New Zealand Alpine


N/A

8 volume set, facsimile edition, limited numbered edition, runs from vol. 1 1892 to vol. 8 1940, octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, blind rule to boards, illus including near fine folding diagrams and VG+ maps in rear pocket, all volumes VG+ (light wear to extremities, light foxing and soiling to eps and page edges) in VG d/w (most volumes light wear and light soiling with v light creasing and tiny closed tears to edges, vol 1. with narrow chip to lower rear flap corner, vol. IV with small chip to upper spine), all volumes in protective plastic cover, a very tidy set

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1975-1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand alpine journal club mountain exploration adventure travel history mountaineering sport outdoors

$50.00
2g11/18

Royalty in New Zealand: A Visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York to New Zealand 10th June to 27th June, 1901; A Descriptive Narrative


LOUGHNAN, R.A.

quarto, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to boards, patterned eps, illus half title, xiv + 391pp, illus , VG- (heavy wear to spine with tanning, fraying and chipping, internally the spine is coming away from text block, only partially attached at front, insect damage to fep, water stains to covers, light foxing) includes folding map VG- (creasing and foxing with large repaired tear)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: new zealand history english british monarchy royal family duke and duchess of cornwell and york r.a. loughnan

$45.00
2g11/20

The Exploration of The Pacific


BEAGLEHOLE, J.C.

second edition, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind-stamped emblem to rear board, xv + 411pp, illus including VG folding maps (light wear and creasing, v light foxing), VG (light wear, white mark to front board, light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG- dw (light soiling, numerous small closed tears to edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1947

KEYWORDS: j.c. beaglehole history travel exploration pacific

$55.00
2g11/23

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 3 1947


WADMAN, HOWARD (ed)

imperial octavo, grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece tipped in, 171pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, pencil owner's name to fep, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: H.H. Tombs 1947

KEYWORDS: howard wadman new zealand arts history year book

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