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$60.00
ak1/19a/7

European Place-Names in Southern New Zealand


BEATTIE, H

Octavo, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (minor tanning & creasing to cover edges, moderate rust staining to staples, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H Beattie 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history place names European south southern Herries Beattie

$175.00
ak1/19a/14

Camp-Life in Fiordland, New Zealand: A Tale of the Sutherland Falls


McHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp rule to spine & board edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 134pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to title page, light tanning & foxing/soiling throughout, map torn out & missing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1892

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Suthlerland Falls Fiordland landscape

$40.00
ak1/19a/16

Early Days in Murchison: Unfinished Journal George McNee 1880-1946


McNEE, GEORGE

Quarto, green stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 25pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history diaries journals George McNee Murchison

$45.00
ak1/19a/17

Away FromIt All: The Life-Style of Donald Sutherland of Milford Sound, NZ


PARHAM, W T

Quarto, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 24pp + illus/photos to rear, folding map to rear, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning & foxing to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, photo pages tanned)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lakes District Milford Sound Donald Sutherland biography biographies memoir pioneers

$40.00
ak1/19a/18

Wakatipu's Golden Days


DE LA MARE, A J

Quarto, illus spiral bound covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/maps to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 121pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light cracking to top edge of front plastic cover, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A J de la Mare 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lakes District Wakatipu history early settlers pioneers

$350.00
ak1/19a/20

The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand: Reports on the Geo-physics, Geology, Zoology and the Botany of the Islands Lying to the South of New Zealand (2 Vol Set)


CHILTON, Chas (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FOLDING MAP TO REAR POCKET OF VOL 2, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, gilt penguin illus to front boards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spines & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & creasing to ffep of vol 1 with 2cm closed tear to base also, moderate scuffing & surface loss to page edges of vol 1 from prev. adhesion- text block mostly unimpeded, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of ffep, occasional scuffing & surface damage/loss to some pgs of vol 2 from prev. adhesion, minor foxing only to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 1909

KEYWORDS: geology geography subantarctic islands exploration botany zoology reports history exploration New Zealand south southern

$40.00
ak1/19a/21

Diary of F S Pillans of Myres, Inch Clutha, 1st January, 1850 - 2nd June, 1852 (Copy Made in the Hocken Library from the Original Diary)


PILLANS, F S

Quarto, beige folder with metal clasps, handwritten black lettering to front cover, 72pp, VG+ (copied pages- expected black copy markings to page edges, page edges roughly cut, otherwise a reasonably tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: None Stated (1958?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers F S Pillan diary journal Inch Clutha Southland

$40.00
ak1/19a/22

Probing the Nelson Creek Area


EATON, PEACHES

Quarto, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 100pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & tearing to cover edges & spine, light soiling & chafing, sm numerals in ink to rear cover, minor wrinkling throughout, moderate staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: Stanley G P Eaton 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Nelson Creek gold mining prospecting goldmining

$40.00
ak1/19a/27

Comrades in Bondage


FOSTER, FRANK & Fiel-Marshal Lord BIRDWOOD OF ANZAC AND TOTNES (Fore)

SIGNED, DATED & WARMLY INSCRIBED, WITH MODERATE WATER DAMAGE, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, moderate but faint water damage/staining top edges of spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light damp wrinkling to frontispiece) in d/w, VG- (in fully adhesive plastic wrap- fully affixed, price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, light rubbing to spine, minor tanning/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Skeffington and Son N/D (c.1946)

KEYWORDS: signed Frank Foster military history autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
ak1/19a/29

The Naked Flagpole: Battle for Bataan, from the Diary of Richard C Mallonee


MALLONEE, RICHARD C & MALLONEE II, RICHARD C (Ed)

Octavo, faux leather brown boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 204pp, illus/maps, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board corners, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Presidio Press 1980

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles Bataan diaries journals Richard C Mallonee Philippines Japanese occupation

$60.00
ak1/19a/30

It's Further via Gibralter


GIBBS, PATRICK

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading/tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss, moderate tanning to spine & joins/folds, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1961

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs British armed forces

$42.50
ak1/19a/32

A People Apart: The Jews in Europe 1789-1939


VITAL, DAVID

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xviii + 944pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history Europe politics government antisemitism holocaust ethnic ethnicity

$40.00
ak1/19a/35

A Clinton Couple: Letters from Early Days in South Otago


SALINGER, LESLEIGH (Ed)

Octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to title plate on front board, 62pp, VG+ (sl soiling to boardssl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges & folds, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history South Otago Clinton letters correspondence Scottish settlers John Gormack Mary McDonald

$50.00
ak1/19a/36

Looking Back: Glenshee to Otago 1853-56 to 1953-56


AYSON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS

Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to covers, 142pp + unpaginated supplement to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, moderate chipping & tearing to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, minor cracking & rusting to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Clan Ayson of NZ Society N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island centenary centennial Glenshee Otago pioneers settlers

$40.00
2g13/45

Typefaces for Books


SUTTON, JAMES & BARTRAM, ALAN

Imp. 8vo, pp. 288; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters; prev ownership inscription in blue to ht).

PUBLISHER: The British Library 1990

KEYWORDS: type typeface lettering founding book arts design letterpress printing history

$75.00
2g13a/52

Newspaper Cuttings/Obituares 1896-1906


ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY SHERWOOD

This volume only. 4to, pp. 188; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate, rubbing scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; dates covered by work inscribed in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Library 1975

KEYWORDS: Dunedin Public Library Otago newspaper cuttings obituaries 19th 20th century social history

$75.00
2g13a/53

Newspaper Cuttings Volume 7: 1908-1909


ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY SHERWOOD

This volume only. 4to, pp. 189; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate, rubbing scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; volume & dates covered by work inscribed in blue ink to tp;

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Library 1975

KEYWORDS: Dunedin Public Library Otago newspaper cuttings obituaries 19th 20th century social history

$50.00
2g13a/54

Tuapeka County 1876-1926


n/a

Typed manuscript. Obl 4to, unpaginated; patterned heavy card bds, maroon cl spine, paper label to front board; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; bdg sloppy; price sticker to front board; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout);

PUBLISHER: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Tuapeka 19th 20tu century

$40.00
2g13a/70

Printer and Playground: An Autobiography


SIMON, OLIVER

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 156; grey cl bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to front pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; price clipped to front flap, price drawn over with black ink; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1956

KEYWORDS: Simon Oliver printing printer typography type publishing history book arts design life lives biography autobiography

$75.00
2g24c/3

The Visual Index of Artists' Signatures and Monograms


JACKSON, RADWAY; FESTING, ANDREW (introd)

Super 8vo, pp. 239; cream heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; signatures; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & moderate foxing).

PUBLISHER: W. Foulsham & Co. 1991

KEYWORDS: art artist signature monogram history identification index collection collector

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