STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR

TWO FOLDING MAPS IN REAR POCKET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 784pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to front & rear eps, some bruising & creasing to page edges, light tanning & creasing to one folding map at rear, closed tears to one map)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co. N/D (c.1921?)

KEYWORDS: exploration polar regions history arctic north pole travel eskimos

THE BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, 481pp + 110pp synopsis of species to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & board edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters near front, sl cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker, Treacher and Co. 1831

KEYWORDS: natural history reptiles Baron Cuvier animals classification

BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & SMITH, Lieut.- Col. CHARLES HAMILTON

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 680pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning to page egdes, light tape staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals fish aquatic natural history Baron Cuvier classifications

BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 601pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light discolouration & crackling to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals natural history Baron Cuvier classifications molluscs sea life marine biology shells shell identification

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to title plate to spine, 577pp + lxii, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate creasing & tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards with prev. owner's name in ink to front board, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, pgs 371-382 loose but still attached, some pages remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1884

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transactions proceedings records history 1883 animals nature crustaceans insects entomology

GOVERNOR PHILLIP et al

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#79/1000), FULL LEATHERBOUND, ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO D/W, quarto, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, teg, frontispiece, 298pp + lxxiv appendix to rear, illus & folding maps, VG (light bruising/warping to board corners, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, explanatory note by Norman B.Tindale tipped in to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & neat/tidy archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Georgian House Pty 1950

KEYWORDS: Governor Phillip Botany Bay exploration travel adventures history ethnography Australia Australian

ALPERS, ANTONY

Super octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Polynesian illus to front board & spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970

KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian art myths legends antiquity ancient history anthropology culture south seas

LEYS, THOMSON W. (Ed)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, 1208pp, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonist guide history culture cyclopedia cyclopaedia pioneers settlers

SWALLOW, RONA

Quarto, spiral bound illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 68pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing & soiling to clear covers)

PUBLISHER: Rona Swallow 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Rona Swallow autobiography memoir settlers pioneers

GOING, KEITH & GOING, CYRIL M. C.

Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)

PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers

PAINTER, JANE

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light cracking to front gutter, sm inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Jeff Oliver Print (Printer) 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Kamo community

BRADFIELD, ANN

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (of100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history

DACHS, A. J. & REA, W. F.

Octavo, orange light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, viii + 260pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers with some sl surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Mambo Press 1979

KEYWORDS: Zimbabwe Africa African countries religion catholic church history religious Christianity

WATERHOUSE, FRANCIS A. & WIMBUSH, ROGER L.

Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, vii + 248pp, scruffy (moderate warping to boards, heavy cracking to top spine extrem/front hinge, moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, some foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir Francis Waterhouse legionnaires french foreign legion soldiers history war military service

BALLARA, ANGELA

Super octavo, patterened light card covers, grey & black lettering to spine, 400pp, illus/photos, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing to eps, moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori iwi tribes ancient history anthropology antiquity

KEYS, LILLIAN

Imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering & title plate to spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1957

KEYWORDS: John Baptist Francis Pompallier Ocieania New Zealand religion religious history Christianity biography memoir

McCUE, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 232pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light scuffing to photos from prev. adhesion- pages now separated) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges with some light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1996

KEYWORDS: first edition military war history sas British special forces operation bulbasket ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

WILKINSON, PETER & ASTLEY, JOAN BRIGHT

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1993

KEYWORDS: soe special operations executives biography memoir Colin Gubbins military history ww2 2nd second world war 2 two first edition

JOHNSON, STEVEN L.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & cultural motif to spine & front board, xviii + 503pp, VG (minimal external library markings, some internal library markings throughout, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Clearwater Publishing Company 1977

KEYWORDS: bibliography American Indian native documents congressional serial set history US America indians

BERESINER, YASHA

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 295pp, illus, VG (moderate warping to boards, light staining & fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to cover edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: maps cartography British counties antiques antique collecting collector's guide reference price geopolitics history