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$80.00
2g11/43

Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences


Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution

MACKEY, ALBERT G.

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering & stamping to spine and gilt rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, iii + 1046pp, illus, VG (fading & soiling to boards, bruising & v slight fraying to spine extrems, 2cm missing portion to title page fore-edge, tearing to front gutter paper but still intact, tanning to page edges, foxing, damp-staining to some pages lower edges)

PUBLISHER: McClure Publishing 1917

KEYWORDS: Albert G Mackey Freemasonry history encyclopaedia reference religion occult history

$50.00
2g12/8

Tropical Pacific Marine Shells


CERNOHORSKY,WALTER O.

Signed by author, super octavo, royal blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, VG+ (v light bruising to lower spine extrem, owner's name in ink to fep, sellotape residue stains to front pastedown, foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sellotape to spine extrems, sellotape residue stain to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Pacific Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: Walter O Cernohorsky reference pacific shells conchology zoology natural history

$245.00
2g12/16

The Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students & Research Workers


Volume II Second Edition

CSIRO

This volume only, quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pp 543 to 1137, illus, VG+ (light staining to boards, owner's name & date in ink to half-title page) in VG+ d/w (fading to spine, bruising to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Division of Entomology CSIRO / Melbourne University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: CSIRO Australia insects reference entomology insect fauna biology

$9.00
xxkpi56136

Wooster's World: P. G. Wodehouse's World of Jeeves and Bertie Wooster


JAGGARD, GEOFFREY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Coronet 1967

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Jaggard guide to PG Wodehouse English literature Jeeves Bertie Wooster criticism literature humour specials characters reference

$10.00
xxkqc56164

The Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records


WYNNE-THOMAS, PETER

Quarto 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: Hamlyn Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Peter Wynne Thomas statistics records reference photographs

$50.00
2g14/19

List of Southern African Succulent Plants


National Botanical Institute of South Africa & Succulent Society of South Africa

SMITH, GIDEON & VAN JAARSVELD, ERNST (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus white light card covers xiv + 175pp, illus, VG (vertical crease to front board fore-edge, tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Umdaus Press 1997

KEYWORDS: botany South Africa succulents listing plant family genera distribution maps reference

$65.00
2g16/29

`Windows on a Chinese Past Volume 4


Don's Roll of Chinese

NG, JAMES

First edition, this volume only, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 300pp, illus, near fine, in d/w, near fine

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993

KEYWORDS: James Ng New Zealand China Chinese immigration history Rev Alexander Don Otago Southland goldminers lists names reference

$50.00
2g16/35

The Indian Annual Register: Volume II July to Dec. 1943


An Annual Digest of Public Affairs of India

MITRA, NRIPENDRA NATH (Ed)

This volume only, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 420pp, VG (heavy rubbing to boards, bruising & fraying to board edges & corners, number 15 in red crayon to front board & half-title page, tanning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Annual Register Office 1943

KEYWORDS: Nripendra Nath Mitra Indian public affairs politics economics industry education social history reference

$80.00
2g19/14

Gaining a Foothold: Historical Records of Otago's Eastern Coast 1770-1839


CHURCH, IAN (Ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 467pp, illus, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Friends of the Hocken Collection 2008

KEYWORDS: Ian Church Hocken Library Otago New Zealand early European exploration east coast Otago history sealing whaling Kai Tahu Maori Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island archaeology logs journals exploreers court cases land claims reference

$45.00
2g20/16

Silk in New Zealand


FLETCHER, JOAN

Scarce, inscribed signed & dated by author, octavo, lime green light card stapled covers with black lettering to front & butterfly motif to front & rear, 72pp, illus, VG+ (rubbing to spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Spinning Weaving Woolcrafts Society 1986 (date of intro)

KEYWORDS: Joan Fletcher New Zealand silk spinning weaving crafts sericulture silkworms history reeling dyeing knitting reference

$14.00
xxhqh56925

Duden Oxford; Kompaktworterbuch Englisch (Englisch-Deutsch, Deustch-Englisch)


N/A

text in German, hardback (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Dudenverlag 1992

KEYWORDS: german languages dictionary reference specials

$9.00
xxhqk57045

The Complete Plain Worlds


GOWERS, SIR ERNEST

paperback, foxing (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: Pelican 1962

KEYWORDS: specials sir ernest gowers language reference words grammar

$15.00
xxhql57176

Pacific Liners 1927-1972


EMMONS, FREDERICK

Ex library, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Leonard Fullerton 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Frederick Emmons ex library shipping boats maritime nautical history passenger ships Pacific reference

$37.50
2g21/8

Arrowtown Wildflower: Riverside & Trackside


TEELE, RITA LITTLEWOOD & TEELE, BENJAMIN W. & LAWR

Signed by all three authors, duodecimo, illus laminated light card covers, spiral bound, illus eps, 150pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Lakes District Museum 2008

KEYWORDS: Rita Littlewood Teele Benjamin W Teele Rebecca J Lawrence New Zealand Arrowtown wildflowers flora natural history reference identification

$38.50
2g25/13

Antarctica: An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton


TREWBY, MARY (Ed)

First edition, quarto, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (slight fading to upper board edges), in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2002

KEYWORDS: first edition Mary Trewby Antarctica geology natural history exploration science tourism ecology conservation reference history

$80.00
2g24/33

Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials


Reproduced from the Original Edition of 1874

SQUIBB, G. D. & WAGNER, A. R. (Eds)

Super octavo, yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine, patterned eps, 4pp adverts + xxii + 1125pp, top edges red, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, owner's ex libris label to fep)

PUBLISHER: Tabard Publications Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: GD Squibb A R Wagner Papworth's British ordinary heraldry armorial coats of arms reference

$85.00
2g26/16

The Nag's Head Press: An Outline History and Descriptive Checklist of Publications to June 1992


GORMACK, R. S.

Limited to 100 numbered copies, octavo, red buckram boards with red lettering in white labels to spine & front board, 99pp, illus, VG+ in d/w, Nr fine

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1992

KEYWORDS: RS Gormack New Zealand Nag's Head Press publications publishers books checklist reference

$24.50
2g27/32

A Dictionary of Mottoes


PINE, L. G.

Super octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 303pp, VG+ (sellotape residue stains to boards, foxing) in d/w, VG+ (sellotape staining)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983

KEYWORDS: LG Pine dictionary reference mottoes Latin Greek heraldry words phrases history ancestry

$9.50
xxelf57796

The Newgate Calendar Book Two


The blackest deeds in criminal history told in the blood-soaked pages of the world's most infamous chronicles of crime

WIKINSON, GEORGE THEODORE

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: Panther Books 1962

KEYWORDS: specials George Theodore reference crime nonfiction chronicle

$8.50
xxema57853

Everything you always wanted to know about sex


But were afraid to ask

REUBEN, DAVID

Paperback (G+) lacks title page ; 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: Pan Books Ltd 1971

KEYWORDS: specials David Reuben reference personal development sexuality

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