GRAY, ARTHUR J.

Small octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and cover, frontispiece, xvi + 153pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (moderate bruising and tanning to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, gutter cracked at fep) in d/w scruffy (large section missing to rear cover and half of spine, heavy tearing and chipping to hinges and extrems, moderate rubbing and light soiling)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: Arthur J Gray New Zealand Katikati Kati Kati centenary Northern Ireland history settlers

GRAHAM, GEORGE & SIMMONS, D. R. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card brown covers, 39pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland Institute & Museum 1980

KEYWORDS: George Graham DR Simmons New Zealand Auckland Maori place names meaning history

MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Ex library, imperial octavo, blue light card covers, 178pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, rubbing to covers, archival tape reinforcement to front & rear hinges, crease to rear cover upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth pioneers history

AITKEN, A.C.; FENTON, P.C. (introd.)

octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 123pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1995

KEYWORDS: a.c. aitken autobiography dunedin otago new zealand history mathematics

PARCELL, JAMES CROMBIE

octavo, tan cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ix + 370pp, illus, VG (v light wear, light foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (light wear and rubbing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: james crombie parcell otago new zealand history cromwell bannockburn

GREEN, J.R.

handsome four volume set, super octavo, three quarter bound brown leather and brown buckram, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, five raised bands to spine, marbled eps and page edges, frontispiece, 1906pp running across all volumes, illus including VG+ folding diagram, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to boards, v light soiling, occasional foxing throughout all volumes), altogether a very lovely set

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1892-4

KEYWORDS: j.r. green history english people england britain kate norgate

MAXWELL, Sir HERBERT

undated, quarto, black buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, xii + 240pp, illus, VG (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to eps and page edges, slightly cocked)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswode

KEYWORDS: biography queen victoria her majesty british monarchy history britain england english sir herbert maxwell

HAROLD, CHILDE

rebound with original front cover, small quarto, heavy card boards with tan cloth and gilt lettering to spine, new eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing throughout esp. to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Art-Union of London 1855

KEYWORDS: childe harold illustrations arts history

MATHEW, BRIAN & REDOUTE, PIERRE-JOSEPH

quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and fading to boards, v light foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing, small closed tears to head and tail of spine)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1982

KEYWORDS: brian mathew pierre-joseph redoute arts natural history botany flowers lilies

MITRA, NRIPENDRA NATH (Ed)

This volume only, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 420pp, VG (heavy rubbing to boards, bruising & fraying to board edges & corners, number 15 in red crayon to front board & half-title page, tanning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Annual Register Office 1943

KEYWORDS: Nripendra Nath Mitra Indian public affairs politics economics industry education social history reference

PICTON, JOHN

Small quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Barbican Art Gallery 1995

KEYWORDS: John Picton African art textiles Barbican exhibition design manufacture cloth weaving materials history

TINBERGEN, NIKO

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus, VG (light wear and fading to boards, ink owner's name to fep, light foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (torn: small segment missing to corner/front of jacket, moderate segments missing also to top of rear and top of spine, moderate chipping scuffing and closed tears also)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: niko tinbergen natural history naturalist herring gull birds ornithology

CASTLEMAN, RIVA (Ed)

Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 160pp, illus, nr fine (v slight foxing to prelims), in d/w, VG+ (label residue stain to front upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art New York 1991

KEYWORDS: Riva Castleman modern art 1940s paintings sculpture European American Latin American drawing printmaking architecture design art history exhibition

OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS ASSN

Octavo, stapled paper wrappers (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Otago Early Settlers Association 1956

KEYWORDS: spepcials Otago Early Settlers New Zealand history pioneers

SUTTON, R. J.

Octavo, dark green cloth boards with white lettering to spine & white & orange stamp motif & rule to front board, frontispiece, 285pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to prelims, owner's name in ink to fep) with d/w folded and enclosed at rear, G+ (very scruffy)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul 1959

KEYWORDS: RJ Sutton postage stamps philately history anecdotes people errors designs frauds forgeries counterfeits oddities

CHURCH, IAN (Ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 467pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: Friends of the Hocken Collection 2008

KEYWORDS: Ian Church Hocken Library Otago New Zealand early European exploration east coast Otago history sealing whaling Kai Tahu Maori Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island archaeology logs journals exploreers court cases land claims reference

LOWE, GEORGE & LEWIS-JONES, HUW

Small quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind stamped dolphin motif to front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2013

KEYWORDS: George Lowe Huw Lewis-Jones Mount Everest first ascent mountaineering climbing Sir Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay photographic pictorial record history Chris Bonington Kenton Cool Peter Hillary Tom Hornbein Reinhold Messner Colin Monteath Jan Morris Norbu

MCLEAN, GAVIN

Imperial octavo, turquoise green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 239pp, illus, VG+ in d/w, VG (light sunning to spine and back cover, light creasing to extrems

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society 1990 / Welling Harbour Board Maritime Museum 1990

KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean Southern Octopus Union Steamship Company New Zealand maritime history shipping James Mills fuel transport trade union

WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 194pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name & address in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: Matthew Wright New Zealand 2nd Division Second World War Two military history North African war Egypt El Alamein Tebaga Gap Minqar Qaim

HILTON, JAMES (Ed)

Oblong quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Wellington Harbour Board 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Wellington Harbour Board New Zealand maritime history Port Nicholson port pictorial record photographic record