FISHER, N.R.E.

Softcover 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: specials N.R.E. Fisher ancient history classical studies societal values social hierarchy culture anthropology

JAMES, H.R.

Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: Macmilland and Co., Limited 1922

KEYWORDS: specials H.R. James ancient history classical studies Athens

PLUTARCH

Ex-library 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: Penguin Books Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Plutarch ancient history biography classical studies

CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Quarto, illus light card covers, printed eps, 64pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: IPL Books Wellington 1989

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Churchman trains transport New Zealand South Island Coastal Pacific pictorial photographic history

COURT, JOHN H.

Squre imperial octavo, blue/black mottled cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)

PUBLISHER: D Bradford Barton (date?)

KEYWORDS: John H Court railways trains steam engines North British Locomotive Company Britain locomotives engineering railway history

DANGERFIELD, J. A.

Quarto, light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black taped spine, 24pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Otago Railway and Locomotive Society

KEYWORDS: JA Dangerfield New Zealand Otago Hyde railways transport trains steam engine accident disaster history

HOLLAND, FRANCIS

First edition, super octavo, red buckram boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 206pp, VG- (browning to spine, fading & soiling to boards, esp front board fore-edge, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, owner's name & year in ink to fep, tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1920

KEYWORDS: Francis Holland Seneca biography ethic physic philosophy literary criticism history classics first edition

MYRES, JOHN L.

First edition, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, iv + 315pp, VG (heavy foxing to eps, cellotape residue stains to eps, tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (cellotape residue stains internally, browning to spine, tanning & foxing, bruising & nicks to rear upper edge & spine upper extrem)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: first edition John L Myres Herodotus classics literary criticism biography Greek literature history

FRASER, EDWARD

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt lettering & gilt rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 382pp + 30pp adverts, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's label to front pastedown, tanning to prelims, foxing, tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1913

KEYWORDS: first edition Edward Fraser Wellington military history soldiers Barrosa Talavera Light Brigade Arroyo Albuhera Badajoz Salamanca

KIRK, T.

Small folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & black decorative rule & black tree motif to front board, brown eps, xv + 345pp, illus + 142plates, VG (binding sl sloppy, heavy bruising and fraying to spine extrems and spine hinges, moderate scuffing to board edges & corners, light rubbing to boards, light foxing to eps and page edges )

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury Government Printer 1889

KEYWORDS: T Kirk New Zealand forest flora plants natural history forestry industry trees shrubs flowers systematic common Maori name distribution genus species timber

n/a

Lacks title page, quarto, half-bound blue cloth boards with gijlt lettering to leather spine & gilt motif to front board, patterned eps, lacks fep, xxvi + 767pp, illus, G+ (heavy rubbing & fading to boards, staining & dampstaining to boards, small portion of front board lower edge broken off, small hole to rear spine upper fold, soiling and rubbing to eps, owner's name in ink to verso ep, lacks title page, foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Co Ltd (1908?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington history towns cities districts people society

GABBA, EMILIO

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 253pp, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Emilio Gabba Dionysius classics Rome Roman Empire Greek Greece ancient history

MARSH, FRANK BURR

Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 313pp, VG+ (tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy browning internally and to spine & edges, bruising with loss to spine extrems, 2cm closed tear to front/flap fold, 2cm closed tear to rear upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1927

KEYWORDS: Frank Burr Marsh Roman empire republic ancient history

TOMLINSON, R. A.

Super octavo, dark pink boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, illus + 2 folding maps, fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1976

KEYWORDS: RA Tomlinson ancient classical Greece history archaeology architecture temples altars gateways theatres stadia monuments construction Acropolis Olympia Delphi Delos

RANSOME-WALLIS, P. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, brown/orange cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG (fading & foxing to spine, staining to front board, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson of London 1959

KEYWORDS: P Ransome-Wallis trains steam engines locomotives railways transport construction electric hydraulic mechanical transmission diesel electric history Switzerland Mexico Australia Britain France USA South Africa Canada

BENFIELD, G. J.

First edition, octavo, yellow boards with blue lettering to spine & front board & blue fishing motif to front board, 24pp adverts + frontispiece + 96pp + folding map to rear, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, foxing, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Angers' Association 1948

KEYWORDS: first edition GJ Benfield Otago Anglers New Zealand Otago fishing trout salmon angling sport history

VINCENT, J

First edition (?), all plates present, super octavo, red cloth boards with title label to front board, 4pp adverts + unpaginated double-page maps, illus, VG- (plastic-covered boards, heavy fading & staining to boards, 2cm missing portion to rear board fore-edge, 3cm tear with loss to rear board/spine fold, sellotape residue stains to eps when plastic cover removed, creasing to Battle of Plataea map, foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Oxford 1825

KEYWORDS: J Vincent Herodotus classics maps plans classical history literary criticism

SAKELLARIOU, M. B. (Ed)

Quarto, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 572pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (foxing, slight bruising to upper edges & upper spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: Ekdotike Athenon 1992

KEYWORDS: MB Sakellariou Greece Greek Macedonia ancient history archaeology historiography hellenism

PEDLEY, JOHN GRIFFITHS

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (slight foxing & tanning) in d/w, VG+ (slight tanning to spine & upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: John Griffiths Pedley Paestum ancient history classical archaeology Greece Rome Greeks Romans

MCLAY, MAUD

octavo stapled 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: Tablet Print 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Maud McLay historical survey kaka point church port molyneux history balclutha