FRASER, ANTONIA

Paperback (VG+) illus; 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: Mandarin 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Antonia Fraser women leaders war history

HOPE, SHANTON

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) illus; 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: Robert Hale 1958

KEYWORDS: specials Shanton Hope oil industry petroleum travel history

ROBNETT, GEORGE W.

Super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Omni 1985

KEYWORDS: specials George W. Robnett history politics sociology immigration

MAY, PHILIP ROSS

Octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 63pp, VG+ (tiny scuff mark to lower spine) in d/w, VG (light chaffing to rear, edges, folds & corners, some tanning, esp to inside)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1971

KEYWORDS: Philip Ross May history California gold rush goldmining Nevada Comstock Lode geology etymology

OAKLEY, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp + 4pp book adverts, illus, VG (moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sporadic light foxing) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, tatty tape reinforcement to upper spine & upper edges, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Walton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Gilbert Oakley history corporal punishment sadism masochism rod birch whip flagellation school prison armed forces

O'CONNOR, SUE

Folio, illus light card covers, xviii + 155pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to front & rear cover upper corners)

PUBLISHER: ANH Publications / Australian National University 1999

KEYWORDS: Sue O'Connor archaeology natural history Australia Aboriginal Aborigine Kimberley

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

DADDS, E. (Ed)

9 of 10 volumes (lacks volume 10), limited numbered editions, duodecimo, light card covers, VG (light tanning & soiling to some covers, light creasing to spines)

PUBLISHER: The Barnego Flat Centennial Fund Advisory Board / The Nag's Head Press 1964

KEYWORDS: E Dadds New Zealand Barnego Flat local centennial history limited numbered edition

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

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

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