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$120.00
1d27/24

Gallipoli: The Fading Vision


NORTH, JOHN

First edition, octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, red upper page edges, frontispiece, folding map, 390pp, seven folding maps, illus, VG- (moderate tanning to spine and board edges, owner's name in blue ink to f.e.p., light foxing to eps, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional slight foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition John North Galipoli Suvla Anzac Helles General Sir Ian Hamilton military history

$37.50
1d27/26

Huts: Untold Stories from Back-Country New Zealand


PICKERING, MARK

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black and white lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page 383pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name date & address in blue ink to title page, light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Mark Pickering New Zealand mountain huts buildings history

$45.00
1d27/32

By Blueskin Bay


PULLAR, R. G.

Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front, frontispiece, 92pp, illus, VG (sl foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems, prev owner's details in pen to fep) in d/w, VG- (chipping to spine extrems, light scuffing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers (printer) 1957

KEYWORDS: R Pullar New Zealand Blueskin Bay Waitati early settlers history

$19.50
xxkza74723

Canals in Camera


GAGG, JOHN

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in 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: Ian Allen 1970

KEYWORDS: specials John Gagg canal systems photography history first edition

$13.50
xxkzb74735

The Picasso Papers


KRAUSS, ROSALIND 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: MIT Press 1999

KEYWORDS: specials rosalind krauss art modernism history

$18.50
xxkzb74737

Postcommunist Presidents


TARAS, RAY (ed.)

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: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials communism presidents history ray taras politics

$17.50
xxkzc74793

The Nationbuilders


EASTON, BRIAN

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: Auckland University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Brian Easton New Zealand biography biographies politics economics history

$50.00
1d27/37

The Troopers' Tale: The History of the Otago Mounted Rifles


MACKAY, DON (Ed) & JONES, LIEUTENANT GENERAL RHYS

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, silver eps, illus title page, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (old price sticker to front cover, light wear, in plastic protective wrap)

PUBLISHER: Turnbull Ross Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: Don Mackay Lieutenant General Rhys Jones New Zealand Otago Mounted Rifles OMR military history

$600.00
1d27/40

Ancient Warriors of the North Pacific


Their Haidas, their Laws, Customs and Legends, with some historical account of the Queen Charlotte Islands

HARRISON, CHARLES

First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt mask motif to spine and blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 222pp, illus + folding map, VG (lower rear board corner cut off, heavy fading to spine, lighter fading to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, ding to front board upper corner, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: HF & G Witherby 1925

KEYWORDS: Charles Harrison Pacific history Queen Charlotte Islands anthropology customs first edition

$100.00
1d28/5

The Uncensored Dardanelles


Second Impression, with 25 Illustrations and 2 Maps

ASHMEAD-BARTLETT, E.

Ex library, second impression, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, folding map, 287pp, illus, G+ (minimal library markings, three 1cm closed tears to spine, light soiling & fading to boards, 12cm closed tear to spine, bruising & fraying to board corners, owner's name in blue ink to f.e.p., binding lossening, some plates loose, light tanning to eps, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, 5 & 10cm closed tears to map, slight foxing & soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. (nd)

KEYWORDS: E Ashmead-Bartlett Dardenelles Turkey Turkish Gallipoli Cape Helles Achi Baba Sulva Bay ANZAC war military history

$70.00
1d28/14

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1902


Eleventh Year of Issue

VON DADELSZEN, E. J.

super octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering and decorative black rule to front board and spine, blind rule to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece map, vi + 690pp + 2 folding charts to rear, illus, VG (one plate loose, otherwise very tidy)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1902

KEYWORDS: E J von Dadelszen new zealand census statistics history economy industry year book 1902

$60.00
1d28/15

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1907


Sixteenth Year of Issue

VON DADELSZEN, E. J.

super octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering and decorative black rule to front board and spine, blind rule to rear board, upper edges stained brown, patterned eps, frontispiece map, vi + 890pp, illus, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light dings to board corners, some light rubbing to boards, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1907

KEYWORDS: E J von Dadelszen new zealand census statistics history economy industry year book 1907

$15.00
xxkzc74814

The Discovery of New Zealand


BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.

First edition, octavo hardcover (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: Department of Internal Affairs 1939

KEYWORDS: specials first edition J C Beaglehole New Zealand exploration history

$9.50
xxkzc74824

Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars


PHARSALIA, LUCAN & GRAVES, ROBERT (Trans)

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 1956

KEYWORDS: specials Lucan Pharsalia Robert Graves classic literature history

$13.50
xxkzd74838

Cicero's Letters to His Friends: Volume One


CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS & BAILEY, D. R. SHACKLETON

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 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Marcus Tullius Cicero D R Shackleton Bailey classic literature history

$140.00
1d28/34

Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand. A Commemoration: A Jubilee Paper: A Retrospect: A Plain and True Story


Read Before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, October 17th, 1887

COLENSO, WILLIAM

Octavo, grey light card covers, frontispiece with tissue guard, 49pp, illus, VG- (light foxing to covers & pages, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine extrem, 3cm closed tear to rear cover, 1cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, small cosed tears along spine)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors N.Z.I. 1888

KEYWORDS: William Colenso New Zealand history Hawke's Bay philosphical Institute

$40.00
1d28/42

City and Peninsula: The Historic Places of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula Otautahi and Horomaka


WILSON, JOHN & SHAW-BROWN, DUNCAN & WALKER, KERRY

Large quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, v + 200pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Civic Trust 2011

KEYWORDS: John Wilson Duncan Shaw-Brown Kerry Walker New Zealand Christchurch Banks Peninsula history architecture buildings

$50.00
1d28/25

The Fjords of Fiordland


HALL-JONES, JOHN

Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards with yellow and white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 172pp, illus, VG+ (v light rubbing & scratching to boards, sl. cocked, sl. faded spine)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Company Limited 2002

KEYWORDS: John Hall-Jones New Zealand Fiordland Fjords history photography

$40.00
1d28/26

The Opium Smugglers: A True Story of Our Northern Sea


IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to sine, red decoration to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 273pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & tanning to spine, some soiling to boards & spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, v v slight foxing & tanning to prelims, frontispiece coming loose)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1948

KEYWORDS: first edition Ion L Idriess Australia Australian opium smuggling smugglers history autobiography memoir

$135.00
1d29/5

Tuhoe The Children of the Mist Volume 1


A Sketch of the Origin, History, Myths and Beliefs of the Tuhoe Tribe of the Maori of New Zealand; with some account of other eary tribes o the Bay of Plenty District

BEST, ELSDON

This volume only, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 1211pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate creasing to spine and bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, light chaffing to board corners, heavy ding to front board lower corner, owner's name & address stamp to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Polynesian Soc / AH & AW Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: Elsdon Best New Zealand Bay of Plenty Maori Tuhoe history

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