GREEN, R. C. (Intro)

Small quarto, light card stapled wrappers with green lettering to front, 71pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, v slight staining, inscription in ink to front cover, moderate foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Royal Ontario Museum 1973

KEYWORDS: Eastern Solomon Islands anthropology archaeology ethnography social cultural history

HOLMES, DAVID

Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine,184pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine and edges)

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1993

KEYWORDS: David Holmes Chatham Islands autobiograhy memoir history

HORNELL, JAMES

First edition, imperial octavo, green coth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 181pp + xviii black & white plates, VG (light soiling to boards & spine, bruising & creasing to spine extrems, some bruising to board corners, ding to rear board upper edge, moderate foxing to page edges, slight foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Government Press 1914

KEYWORDS: James Hornell Indian sacred chank conch Turbinela Pyrum fisheries history trade Hindu Buddhism religion

PARHAM, J. W.

Revised edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 462pp + xxix index, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, owner's name stamp to page edges, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: The Government Printer, Suva / Government of Fiji 1972

KEYWORDS: JW Parham Fiji Islands plants flora botany natural history

RICHARDS, E. C. (Ed)

Octavo, green boards with orange cloth spine, frontispiece, vii + 58pp, illus, VG (slight staining to rear board, some tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG (browning to spine & less so to edges, light creasing to edges, bruising & chipping to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: EC Richards New Zealand Enys W Izard Mrs Brittan Canterbury Castle HillTrelissick local natural history Haast

WALLACE, ALFRED R.

Fifth edition, original binding, super octavo, green buckram boards with black & gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt & black decorative rule to front board & spine, gilt Australian scene motif to front board, gilt Maori chief motif to spine, black coated eps, frontispiece with tissueguard, xx + 672pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (folding map at page 1 torn off so only half page remains, chaffing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, rubbing to spine sides, light staining to boards, binding shaken, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, staining to lower edges of some pages, sporadic foxing, occasional staining to pages, closed tears & tanning to some folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Edwards Stanford 1888

KEYWORDS: Alfred R Walace Australia New Zealand Australasia oceania polynesia travel geography ethnology history

DANCE, S. PETER

1986 revised edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 265pp + 32pp plates at rear, illus, VG+ (bookseller's sticker to lower pastedown, owner's name stamp to upper f.e.p., small round yellow sticker to lower f.e.p., v v light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: E. J. Brill 1986

KEYWORDS: S Peter Dance shell collecting collections shells conchology history

POWELL, E. ALEXANDER

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus with maps, VG- (heavy fading, staining & soiling to boards, dampstaining to front board fore-edge offset to front pastedown, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Long Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: E Alexander Powell Asia near East middle East politics government moslem muslim history Turkey Armenia Syria Mesopotamia Persia Palestine

RICHARDSON, JOYCE . (Compiler)

Imperial octavo, green light card covers, printed eps, 115pp (numbered 133-248), illus, VG- (moderate soiling to covers, light crease to rear cover, owner's name stamp to front cover & f.e.p., light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Science Information Division DSIR 1981

KEYWORDS: Joyce Richardson New Zealand brachiopods marine biology zoology science ecology natural history

MASKELL, W. M.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule & motif to front board, patterned eps, 116pp + xxiii plates with descriptions on facing pages, VG- (mottled heavy fading to boards, some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, rubbing with slight loss of surface to board edges. some tanning to eps & page edges, owner's bookplate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Geo. Didsbury, Government Printer 1887

KEYWORDS: WM Maske New Zealand agriculture scale insects coccididae entomology ecology pests natural history

BAHADOR, BABAK & LIVINGSTON, STEVE (Foreword)

Octavo, blac cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xxiii + 236pp, VG+ (v slight soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling, some creasing to upper edges & rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2007

KEYWORDS: Babak Bahador Kosovo civil war news media studies cnn effect history

BRETT, HENRY & BRADWELL, CYRIL R. (Ed)

One volume condensed edition, Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, pale blue eps, xii + 235pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards and scuffing to board and spine extrems, prev owners details in ink to fep, light tanning and soiling to eps and moderate focing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate tanning, in plastic protective cover with blue taped edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1984

KEYWORDS: Henry Brett New Zealand immigrant immigration ships boats nautical history

ROBSON, G. C.

2 volume set, imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind rule to boards, xi + 236 + 7 plates (vol I), xi + 359pp + 6 plates (vol II), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, slight fading to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The British Museum 1929

KEYWORDS: GC Robson cephalopoda octopdinae octopoda octopus marine biology zoology natural history science

GODLEY, CHARLOTTE & GODLEY, JOHN R. (Ed/Notes)

Octavo, yellow cloth boards with red lettering to spine, forntispiece, xxi + 387pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, owner's name to f.e.p., v light foxing to pages, moderate foxing to plates) in d/w, VG- (creasing to edges, archival tape repairs to chipping around spine, light soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: John R Charlotte Godley New Zealand correspondence letters memoirs social history

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C.

Lacks f.e.p., folding frontis present, super octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering & decoration to front board & spine, folding frontispiece, xvi + 675pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, owner's bookplate to front pastedown, lacks f.e.p., some foxing to prelims, light tanning to page edges, soiling to rear eps, creasing to lower terminals)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (nd)

KEYWORDS: Johannes C Andersen New Zealand Maori culture life anthropology social history

BRUN, JACQUES

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, quarter- bound patterned red boards with gilt lettering & bands to black leather spine, marbled eps, 146pp + 9 plates + 17pp, illus, VG- (moderate-heavy rubbing to boards & spine, light bruising to board corners, bookseller's sticker to upper front pastedown, rear gutter cracked, gutters towards rear cracked, some foxing to prelims, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: H. Georg / Georges Massonn 1880

KEYWORDS: J Jacques Brun TEXT IN FRENCH diatomees diatoms jura marine biology science pelagiques natural history

GRUNOW, A.

TEXT IN GERMAN, octavo, half-bound marbled boards with gilt lettering to brown leather spine, blue eps, 158pp + plates at rear, VG (moderate rubbing to boards & spine, light soiling to boards, owner's bookplate to front pastedown, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: 1862

KEYWORDS: A Grunow TEXT IN GERMAN diatomaceen diatoms marine biology science natural history

STUART MILL, JOHN

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: Penguin 1989

KEYWORDS: specials John Stuart Mill biography autobiography philosophy history poltics economics

THORNE, CHRISTOPHER

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: Unwin / Counterpoint 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Chistopher Thorne international relation history sociology war

DIDON, JOAN

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: Vintage 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Joan Didon current affairs history politics