BALLANTYNE, TONY

Imperial octavo, light card covers with purple lettering to gold spine, 374pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Tony Ballantyne New Zealand colonial history colonisation colonialism

BOAST, RICHARD

Imperial octavo, red & black light card covers with white & black lettering, xxi + 485pp, VG+ (slight soiling to page edges, light creasing to front cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Richard Boast New Zealand Crown Maori land government policy history

MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black & white lettering, ii + 178pp, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: Murray Moorhead New Zealand history New Plymouth pioneers

THEBAUD, REV. AUG. J.

Ex library, first edition, small quarto, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering in gilt decorative panels to front board, black embossed decorative rule to front board, blind stamped decorative rule to rear board, aeg, brown coated eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiii + 532pp + 4 smaller pages of book ads, VG- (light library markings, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, some darkening to spine, front hinge cracked, moderately heavy foxing)

PUBLISHER: Excelsior Catholic Publishing House 1883

KEYWORDS: first edition Rev Aug J Thebaud Ireland Irish history Celtic Catholicism religion christianity

PLOWMAN, PETER

Large quarto, illus light card covers, 192pp, illus, nr fine (small bend to front cover upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing / Transpress NZ 2009

KEYWORDS: Peter Plowman Australia New Zealand maritime nautical history migrants ships boats shipping companies P&O White Star Line Orient Line

FREDERIKSON, STAN & FREDERIKSON, CHRIS (Eds)

Folio, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus eps, 287pp, illus, VG+ (crease to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Waitanguru Jubilee Committee 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitanguru Ngapaenga Mangaohae Upper Lower Mangaotaki local history

N/A

Lacks rear cover, small quarto, brown paper wrappers with black & orange lettering to front, 131pp, illus, VG- (rear cover missing, 3cm of upper & lower spine extrems exposed, tape residue staining to front cover, some tanning creasing & soiling to front cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch City Council 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch City Council jubilee history

LAM, PETER Y. K. & CARSWELL, JOHN & RUSSELL, TRISTAN et al

Associated photos & corrospondence loosely enclosed, quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 150pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to upper board corners & spine extrems, light rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, light creasing to edges, some foxing inside)

PUBLISHER: The Southeast Asian Ceramic Society / Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: Tristan Russell John Carswell Peter YK Lam Asia Asian Tioman Island Malaysia Malaysia Song Dynasty Guangdong ceramics archaeology anthropology ancient history

STEAD, OLIVER (Ed) & PFEIFFER, KRZYSZTOF (Photog)

Limited numbered edition (153 of 200) in slipcase, folio, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus mounted to front board, brown eps, 195pp, illus, nr fine, in slipcase, black cloth boards with silver lettering & mounted illus to board, VG+ (v slight rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2001

KEYWORDS: Krzysztof Pfeiffer Auckland War Memorial Museum New Zealand artefacts treasures art collections science natural history craft

MORETTI, FRANCO (Ed)

First edition, this volume only, imperial octavo, cream heavy card boards with gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, pale blue eps, x + 950pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown, slight staining to front board, v slight soiling to page edges) iin d/w, VG (some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Franco Moretti novels literary criticism history essays first edition

TARLING, NICHOLAS

Super octavo, red light card covers with white lettering, xii + 313pp, VG (some fading to spine, slight creasing to cover corners, v light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: RoutledgeCurzon 2004

KEYWORDS: Nicholas Tarling Southeast Asia imperialism politics history

ECCLES, A. N. R. ALFRED

Facsimile reproduction, octavo,blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, pale blue eps, folding illustration, 379pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG+ (light browning)

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

KEYWORDS: ANR Alfred Eccles Donald Reid New Zealand pioneer biography history

WARU, RAY

Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering, illus eps, illus title page, 384pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Random House 2012

KEYWORDS: Ray Waru Archives New Zealand social history

RICCI, CORRADO & BISHOP, MORRIS (Trans)

Super octavo, black cloth boards with git motif to front board, gilt decorative rule & gilt lettering in red title panel to spine, upper page edges stained red, black eps, frontispiece, xii + 321pp, VG (some tanning to page edges, some staining to front & rear pastedowns, date in ink to fep verso, owner's name stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Peter Owen Ltd 1956

KEYWORDS: Corrado Ricci Beatrice Cenci biography true crime execution Italy Italian history Vatican

LATTIMORE, OWEN

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 331pp +8pp book catalogue, illus, G+ (frontispiece loose, moderately heavy staining & chaffing to boards, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, rear hinge completely cracked & fraying, heavy browning to eps, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, annotation in red pencil to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: Owen Lattimore Turkestan Mongolia China travel desert history caravan trade

BATES, ARTHUR P. & THOMSEN, PHIL (Eds)

Folio, illus glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine, 184pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Heritge Press Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: Arthur P Bates Phi Thomsen New Zealand Whanganui River local history

GIBBONS, PETER

Folio, maroon glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, 252pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (closed tear to upper spine repaired with archival tape, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Waikato Chamber of Commerce 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Gibbons New Zealand Waikato local history commerce industry trade

SCHALDACH, WILLIAM J.

Two-volume set in slipcase, large quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spines & front boards, gilt fish motif to front boards, frontispiece, xii + 138pp, xiv + 138pp, illus, nr fine (slight staining to spines) in matching slipcase, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Freshnet Press 1970

KEYWORDS: William J Schaldach sport fishing angling art painting natural history

STAPLETON, IAN

Imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Ian Stapleton 1990

KEYWORDS: Ian Stapleton Wollangarra Australia Australian local history

PEARCE, G. L.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: specials GL Pearce New Zealand volcanoes geology volcanology natural history