NATURAL HISTORY SECRETARY (Ed)

Re-bound, super octavo, heavy card boards with black cloth spine & black cloth board corners, original title labels mounted to front board, iv + pages 413 to 450, illus with colour plates, most pages as yet unopened (uncut), VG- (closed tears to fore-edge of most pages, page 455 torn in half but all present, heavy tanning)

PUBLISHER: Asiatic Society 1887

KEYWORDS: Asiatic Society Bengal Siam natural history science insects butterflies lepidoptery entomology

LUBBOCK, BASIL

Two-volume set, first editions, quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt sailing ship motif to front boards, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 518pp (vol.1), xv + 443pp (vol.2), illus plus folding maps, VG (heavy foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, some staining to boards, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927 & 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition Basil Lubbock windjammers transport nautical maritime history sailing ships clippers squareriggers

WILKIE, R. M. ET AL

Octavo, reddish-brown leather boards with gilt lettering & battalion insignia to front board, illus eps, xv + 62pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ex-members' Association 1981

KEYWORDS: Second Battalion New Zealand Scottish military history

KNOWLES, JAMES (Ed)

This volume only, quarto, half bound, brownish cloth boards with gilt lettering in green & dark brown decorative panels between five raised bands to polished leather spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, iv + 1182pp, illus with folding map at page 686, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, spine extrems & board corners, heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, lighter foxing to page edges, some creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: C Kegan Paul & Co 1878

KEYWORDS: Nineteenth Century monthly magazine current affairs politics history society

POWELL, JOCELYN M & KULUNGA, A. ET AL

Quarto, cream light card stapled wrapper with black lettering, green cloth spine, v + 68pp, illus + large folding map in pocket at rear, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, lighter tanning elsewhere, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: University of Papua New Guinea Dept of Geography 1975

KEYWORDS: Jocelyn Powell A Kulunga R Moge C Pono F Zimika J Golson Papua New Guinea Mount Hagen geography archeology agricultural history

LAMBERT, ARTHUR H.

Ex library, large quarto, green & cream light card covers with red & black lettering, illus eps, 127pp, illus, VG (library labels to front pastedown, library markings to title page)

PUBLISHER: AH Lambert 2001

KEYWORDS: Arthur H Lambert autobiography New Zealand World War Two Greece Crete military history

KURZMAN, DAN

First edition, imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 750pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, archival tape repairs to lower spine & to closed tear to front upper edge, small closed tears to edges, some creasing, some tanning)

PUBLISHER: Vallentine, Mitchell & Co 1979

KEYWORDS: Dan Kurzman Israel Arab-Israeli War Middle East military political history

OLSEN, BYRON & CABADAS, JOSEPH

Oblong folio, black boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 192pp, illus, nr fine, in nr fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / MBI Publishing Co 2002

KEYWORDS: Byron Olsen Joseph Cabadas Ben Hamper USA American automotive engineering industry automobiles cars factory Duryea Henry Ford Ransom Olds William Durant Walter Chrysler transport history

THE NATURAL HISTORY SECRETARY (Ed)

Original wrappers but rebound as hardcover, super octavo, heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, blue illus cover page, 52pp, illus with three plates to rear - two hand-coloured, VG- (moderately heavy browning & foxing, repair to last colour plate, nicks & tears with loss to original cover page edges)

PUBLISHER: Asiatic Society of Bengal 1878

KEYWORDS: natural history WT Blandford R Lydekker Col. RH Keatinge Lieut Col HH Godwin-Austen Col JT Walker Captain J Waterhouse Asiatic Society of Bengal

CARPENTER, ALFRED & GILES, G. M. & THOMAS, OLDFIELD & BLANORD, W. T.

9 plates, two of them hand coloured, original wrappers but bound as hardcover, super octavo, patterned heavy card boards with pale red cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, 53pp + 9 plates, VG (light bruising to lower spine extrem, light rubbing to boards, light-moderate tanning, light foxing, slight chipping to original cover edges)

PUBLISHER: The Asiatic Society of Bengal 1888

KEYWORDS: Alfred Carpenter GM Giles Oldfield Thomas WT Blanford Asiatic Society of Bengal natural history science

BLYTH, ED & GROTE, ARTHUR & ANDERSON, DR. J. & DOBSON, G. E. & WALDEN, ARTHUR VISCOUNT

Original wrappers but bound as hardcover, super octavo, patterened heavy card boards with black cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, xxiv + 167pp, pages unopened (uncut), VG (light rubbing to boards, light tanning, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Asiatic Society of Bengal 1875

KEYWORDS: Mr Ed Blyth Arthur Grote Dr J Anderson GE Dobson Arthur Viscount Walden Asiatic Society of Bengal Burma animals birds natural history

HYDE, ROBIN & BODDY, GILLIAN (Ed) & MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE (Ed)

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Robin Hyde Gillian Boddy Jacqueline Matthews New Zealand literature journalism essays politics history

TONKS, JOY

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen Publishers 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Joy Tonks New Zealand Symphony Orchestra music history

RESTALL, ROBIN 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Robin L Restall finches birds ornithology aviculture natural history

ESLER, LLOYD

Octavo Stapled Wrapper (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Lloyd Esler 1999

KEYWORDS: Specials Southland Shells New Zealand Lloyd Esler Natural History Conchology Gastropods

POULSEN, B. R.

Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotives Society Inc. 1975

KEYWORDS: Specials B R Poulsen Steam Locomotives trains Railway New Zealand History Photography

STOTT, BOB

Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Southern Press Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: Specials Bob Stott Rimutaka trains Locomotives History Railways New Zealand

MCGAVIN, T. A.

Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1972

KEYWORDS: Specials T A McGavin New Zealand History Trains Locomotives Railways Photography

WOODS, GEORGE (Drawing)

Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Price, Milburn and Company Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand History Trains Locomotives Railways Photography Wellington Auckland

MCGAVIN, T. A.

Octavo stapled wrappers (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1974

KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand Trains Locomotives Railways TA McGavin transport history