MacMASTER, HAMISH & PURDY, MARTIN (Ed & Typeset)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus/printed inside covers, 206pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medals history commemorative catalogues

FIGUIER, LOUIS

TEXT IN DANISH, DANISH FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leatherbound black heavy boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges - faded, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 378pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing/rubbing to leatherwork, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor cracking to front gutter, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's label tipped in to prelims, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: P G Philipsens Forlag 1867

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH Danish first editions geology history geological Louis Figuier

GOMBRICH, E H

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes, 1cm light crack to rear gutter) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear & rear flap, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions art history renaissance E H Gombrich

MEYER, R J

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, x + 118pp, illus, folding diagrams to rear, VG (moderate brusiing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate fading/staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm patch of label residue to front pastedown, white out to front & rear eps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & tearing/loss to edges, light tanning & soiling, 2cm open tear to spine- tape repairs to interior)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed first editions shipping Lake Wakatip history Queenstown

THOMPSON, HELEN M

CAPPER PRESS REPRINT, SIGNED & DATED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with tape repairs & sl loss, moderate to heavy discolouration, moderate soiling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history settlers Strath Taieri Macraes district Otago signed Helen M Thompson

MACGREGOR, MIRIAM

SIGNED, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, 312pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl bruising to top edge of front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: signed Miriam Macgregor New Zealand history early stations rural Hawke's Bay

STAFFORD, D M

Provenance of Stuart Park (former director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum & anthropologist). Super 8vo, pp. xi + 573; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller' sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: D M Stafford New Zealand Maori history Te Arawa tribe tribes

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; GABLE, JOHN ALLEN (introd)

Super 8vo, pp. xlii + 308; navy blue leather boards, spine lettered in gilt, board paneled & decorated in gilt; aeg, textured eps, illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Eaton Press 1999

KEYWORDS: the Eaton Press Theodore Roosevelt 19th century military history

COCHRANE, GRACE

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 434 + [14 (index)]; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in white; illus. eps & prelims, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: New South Wales University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: Grace Cochrane Australia Australian arts crafts movement history design

MEGGS, PHILIP B

Imp. 8vo, pp. [14] + 511; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in copper gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing; prev bookseller's sticker to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 1983

KEYWORDS: Philip B Meggs graphic arts design history

DESMOND, RAY; HOPPER, STEPHEN D (forew)

Second edition. Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 476; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Kew Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew history Ray Desmond

SWAINSON, WILLIAM

Rebound. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. viii + 416 + [22 (advts)]; half-bound in red leather with red cl boards, gilt panel spine; teg, textured eps, map as frontis., VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; pp. i-viii loose; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co. 1859

KEYWORDS: William Swainson early New Zealand settlers colony colonial colonization history

MACLEAN, CHRIS

Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 344; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: Chirs MacLean John Pascoe mountain mountaineering New Zealand history life lives biography

LOMBARDI, JOHN V

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xviii + 217; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; maps; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; tape to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to boards to eps; library markings to eps, ht & spine); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate to heavy adhesive residue to plastic wrapper covering).

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Publishing Corporation 1971

KEYWORDS: John V Lombardi Venezuela slavery slaveholding abolition social history South America

YAACOBI, GAD

Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 329; brown heavy card boards, black label to spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps & ht).

PUBLISHER: Praeger 1982

KEYWORDS: Gad Yaacobi Israel Israeli government politics political history

KHADDURI, MAJID

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. x + 265; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in white; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps, ht & spine); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & loss to spine extrem at head).

PUBLISHER: The Middle Eaast Institute 1978

KEYWORDS: Majid Khadduri socialism socialist Iraq Iraqi politics 20th century political history

STRONG, MARTIN C & HORSE, HARRY (Illus)

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Canongate Books 1999

KEYWORDS: alternative music history discographies Indie bands musicians

GOMBRICH, E H

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ntional Gallery Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: art history criticism theory E H Gombrich cast shadows

WAUGH, RICHARD J (Ed) & KING, JOHN (Cont.) & LEGG, PAUL BEAUCHAMP (Cont.)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Richard J Waugh 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation transport history signed Richard J Waugh

HAWKE, DAVID FREEMAN

Ex-library, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1974

KEYWORDS: Thomas Paine US American history revolution biography biographies