BROWN, G. I.

Imperial octavo, black cloth boads with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, iii + 256pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: GI Brown explosives uses social history gunpowder dynamite guncotton gelignite cordite ballistite TNT RDX TEPN ANFO atomic bombs H-bomb war terrorism

MORTIMER, F. J. (Ed)

Quarto, brown light card covers with dark brown taped spine, frontispiece tipped in photogram, 34pp + 64 pp b&w plates + 30pp index & adverts, VG- (bruising to spine extrems, creasing to corners, 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge & to rear cover fore-edge, owner's name in ink rubbed out to front cover upper corner, tanning to some page edges, creasing to a few page corners)

PUBLISHER: Iliffe & Sons 1921

KEYWORDS: FJ Mortimer photograms photography photographs art history

HUGHES, ROBERT

Quarto, black light card covers with yellow, blue & pink lettering to spine & front cover, 446pp, illus, NR FINE

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1996 Updated & Enlarged

KEYWORDS: Robert Hughes BBC television series art painting sculpture architecture history 20th century C20

CAMPBELL, HAMISH & HUTCHING, GERARD

Signed and inscribed by author Hamish Campbell, Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, white lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, 239pp, illus, VG+ (sl wear to spine and cover extrems, sticker to front cover showing that it is an autographed edition).

PUBLISHER: Penguin & GNS Science 2007

KEYWORDS: Hamish Campbell Gerard Hutching New Zealand ancient natural history Zealandia kiwi kakapo kokako geology science

RIUS / DEL RIO, EDUARDO

Octavo Softcover (Good+); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Writers and Readers 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Rius comics cartoons Nicaragua history politics humour

RIUS / RIO, EDUARDO DEL

octavo softcover (Good+); 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Writers and Readers 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Ruis Eduardo del Rio cuba comics cartoon Cuban history politics humour

CHURCHOUSE, JACK

Oblong quarto, khaki boards with gilt lettering to spine, khaki eps, illus title page, xiv + 162pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to board lower edges, 1cm ding to front board upper edge, soiling to 1cm of lower page edges, ) in d/w, VG (1cm closed tear to rear upper edge, some staining to inside upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Jack Churchouse Leonard robertson Whangaroa New Zealand nautical maritime history sailing shipwrecks barquentine topsail scow

MURRAY, HUGH et al

Two-volume set complete, super octavo, marbled heavy card boards, quarter velum, black lettering on label to spine, xii + 1567pp + 16pp adverts, illus with over 1000 wood engravings, maps & diagrams, VG- (upper 8cm of spine missing & front board/spine fold cracked & loose to volume 1, both vols - rubbing, fading & soiling to boards & spines, inscription to fep, tanning & foxing to eps, browning to page edges, light foxing to occasional pages)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 1834

KEYWORDS: Hugh Murray William Wallace Robert Jameson WJ Hooker William Swainson encyclopaedia reference geography geology botany natural history zoology earth physical world politics government

OWENS, J. M. R.

Ex-library, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (fading to boards, tanning to upper page edges) in d/w, VG- ( bruising to spine extrems & edges, tanning to spine inside)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: JMR Owens New Zealand missionaries Wesleyan mission Whangaroa religiohn history Maori pakeha

BISHTON, DEREK

Imperial octavo, illus black light card covers, illus prelims, 136pp, illus, VG- (dampstaining to page lower edges & to rear cover lower edge)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1986

KEYWORDS: Derek Bishton Rastafarianism Rasta Africa history culture music lifestyle Ethiopia Jamaica Britain

OLIVER, W. H. & THOMSON, JANE M.

Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontrispiece map, v + 251pp, illus, VG (v small ding to frontr board upper edge, prev. owner's inscription to fep) in d/w, VG- (light soiling to rear, bruising to spine extrems & upper edges, damage to front flap fold with some creasing, 2cm closed tear to rear upper edge)

PUBLISHER: East Coast Development Research Assn 1971

KEYWORDS: WH Oliver Jane Thomson New Zealand Gisborne East Coast history pioneers settlers economic development government

CAMPBELL, DAVID PATON

Octavo, brown light card covers with gilt lettering & gilt rule to front cover, frontispiece, 79pp, illus, G+ (dampstaining to front cover & first 15-or-so pages, damage with loss to front edges, creasing to edges, 3cm closed tear to centre spine, crease to rear cover upper corner). Without the staining / damage to front cover, this book would be in pretty good condition, possible VG)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co Invercargil 1934

KEYWORDS: David Paton Campbell New Zealand Rae Budding social history politics

CARTER, PAUL

First edition, Sebastian Black's copy, octavo, black boards with silver lettering to spine, x + 214pp, illus, nr fine (tanning to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (bruising & light creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1992

KEYWORDS: Paul Carter first edition history language linguistics ethnography travel migration culture

BATHGATE, JOHN

original wraps inside card covers, octavo, new grey heavy card boards with dark blue cloth spine covering original illus paper wrappers, frontispiece, iv + folding colour map + 123pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (some staining & discolouration to original wrapper, reasonably heavy foxing to prelims, browning to page edges, staining to page lower edges)

PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers 1884

KEYWORDS: John Bathgate New Zealand history resources climate land title agriculture farming gold cities shipping manufacturing banks transport revenue education colony

TAYLOR, DAVID M.

Super octavo, light blue boards wit gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 218pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1955

KEYWORDS: David M Taylor New Zealand early manuscripts history art Bible

LORD, H. A. LEIGHTON

imperial octavo, teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt philips motif to front board, frontispiece, vii + 115 pp, illus, VG+ (very slight rubbing to spine extrems, very very slight foxing to fep) in d/w VG (slight creasing to spine & moderate creasing to spine extrems, light rubbing to edges and corners)

PUBLISHER: Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: H A Leighton Lord electrical industry new zealand philips history

WILSON, SIR CHARLES

All volumes professionally and beautifully re-backed utilising original binding to the extent that it is difficult to detect, new eps, original four-page prospectus & testimonials and history of a few subscribers loosely enclosed, four-volume set, quarto, small folio, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule to front board & spine & black decorative motifs to spine & front board, new eps, aeg, frontispiece & tissue guard between it & illus title page, x + 240pp (vol 1), vi + 240pp (vol 2), vi + map + 240pp (vol3) vi + map + 236pp + 4pp adverts (vol 4), illus, VG (some rubbing to board edges, slight bruising to board corners, some soiling spots & rubbing to boards, moderate browning to prelims & to tissue guards (but not to engravings), some slight foxing) HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: JS Virtue & Co Ltd circa 1880

KEYWORDS: HEAVY Sir Charles Wilson Palestine Sinai Egypt travel history scenery architecture cities temples castles ruins

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

Beautiful six-volume set, octavo, bound in full leather, gilt rule to marbled polished leather board edges & gilt lettering to panelled spine, marbled page edges, xiiv + 439pp (vol 1), ii + 437pp (vol 2), ii + 412pp (vol 3), ii + 427pp (vol 4), ii + 444pp (vol 5), ii + 199pp + apeox 220pp index (vol 6), illus, VG+ (bruising & rubbing to board corners, esp to vol 1 & 2, fading to marbled page edges of vols 3 & 4, owner's name in ink to feps, some light foxing, creasing to occasional pages)

PUBLISHER: F Wingrave et al 1805

KEYWORDS: Oliver Goldsmith natural history animals zoology science nature

TIFFIN, CHRIS (ED.)

Softcover super 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: South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Chris Tiffen South Pacific history sociology literature essays

DOLCI, DANILO

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 1966

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Danilo Dolci history sociology poverty