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$80.00
3p4/146

Hidden Valley: The History of Rotomany, Inchbonnie, Poerua, Grey County, Westland


ADSHEAD, RONA

FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, gold heavy boards, light blue lettering to spine, illus eps including map, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Peter J Stewart 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Rotomanu Inchbonnie Poerua Grey County Westland New Zealand history

$50.00
3p4/147

Soldier to Settler: An Irish Boy in the British Army Comes to Auckland and Becomes an Otago Pioneer


OFFWOOD, DONALD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green lettering to spine, 268pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal marking to upper page edges, sl curling to wrappers)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 2014

KEYWORDS: signed Donald Offwood British army Otago pioneer Auckland New Zealand Irish military history

$75.00
3p4/150

Sailors and Settlers: The Migration of the Nova Scotian Scots to New Zealand


MCLEAN, JOHN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 444p, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mclean 2010

KEYWORDS: signed history New Zealand Nova Scotia Scotland highlanders sailors settlers sailing migration

$150.00
3p4/151

Cloth Insignia of The SS


ANGOLIA, LTC (ret) JOHN R & COOK, STAN (Assist)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, illus black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to front board, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 496pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine cocked, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl fading to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: R James Bender Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: second edition military nazi Germany SS insignia cloth uniforms facism history war

$60.00
3p4/152

Charlemagne's Legionnaires: French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS 1943-1945


LANDWEHR, RICHARD & BUJEIRO, RAMIRO (illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to front board and spine, illus title page, 272pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to board edgeslight soiling to base of rear board, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Bibliophile Legion Books 1988

KEYWORDS: first edition military Waffen-SS SS Nazi France Charlemagne's Legionnaires Germany history war

$40.00
3p4/153

The Cults of The Roman Empire


TURCAN, ROBERT & NEVILL, ANTONIA (transl

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 399pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor curling to extrems, minor marking and foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1999

KEYWORDS: Rome cults religion roman empire history

$60.00
3p4/154

European Volunteers [Wiking]


STRASSNER, PETER & JOHNSTON, DAVID (transl)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, IX + 316pp, illus/photos VG+ (minor & fading soiling to front and rear boards, minimal bruising to edges of spine, minimal tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany military Europe European war SS Panzer Wiking Division history

$160.00
3p4/157

New Zealand: Past and Present


BULLER, REV JAMES

FIRST EDITION, Sm octavo, illus dark grey buckram boards, black stamped lettering to front board and spine, folding map to frontis, viii + 202pp, illus/photos/ads, VG (archival repairs to closed tears of coloured folding map, 3cm crack to head of front hinge, light chipping to edges of spine, minor soiling & scuffing to spine, light bruising and minimal scuffing to extrems, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, newspaper clipping pasted to ffep, occasional minor pencil annotations & markings to margins, light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1880

KEYWORDS: First Edition New Zealand history

$45.00
3p4/159

Dead Ends and Duffers: Australia's Motoring Dead Ends and Duffers from the Postwar Era


FARMER, GAVIN

Oblong quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, iv + 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal creasing to extrems, minimal marking to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ilinga Books 2015

KEYWORDS: cars automobile mechanics engineering history Australia Dead Ends Duffers postwar war automotive

$100.00
3p4/160

The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial Remembrance


STEINBRENNER, RICHARD T

Oblong quarto, dark red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, 541pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal soiling to upper page edges, minimal foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (minimal soiling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: On Track Publishers 2011

KEYWORDS: trains transport history rail railways locomotive steam American centennial

$40.00
3p4/165

The Political Transformation of Spain after Franco


COVERDALE, JOHN F

Very tidy Ex Library, super octavo, dark oxford blue heavy boards, gilt blue lettering to front board and spine, xi + 150pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges of spine, minor scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to pages throughout, sm amount of library markings)

PUBLISHER: Praeger 1979

KEYWORDS: political history politics Spain Franco

$175.00
3p4/175

The Book of Colt Firearms


SUTHERLAND, R Q & WILSON R L

Folio, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, gilt decoration to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, XV + 604pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal bruising and creasing to spine, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to half title page, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to spine and covers, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to extrems/edges, minor creasing to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Q Sutherland 1971

KEYWORDS: firearms history weapons weaponry guns Colt American western

$50.00
3p4/176

Photosynthesisers: Women and the Lens: Reader


GATT, JAMES (Intro)

Quarto, printed light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, 305pp, VG+ (minor creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & wrappers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Uru Waitakere 2025

KEYWORDS: art photography Maori New Zealand history feminism women

$60.00
3p4/179

Alfredton: The School and The People


EDMONDS, JUNE (ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, bound in brown faux leather, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps eps, 345pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Roydhouse 1987

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Alfredton history society settlers pioneers

$40.00
3p4/180

Christianity: Essence, History and Future


KUNG, HANS

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/diagrams prelims & terminals, xxv + 936pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to wrappers, minor chafing & surface wrinkling to spine & wrapper edges, minor adhesive staining/soiling to rear, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional light pencil underlining & annotation)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 1996

KEYWORDS: religion christianity christian history Hans Kung theology

$145.00
3p4/183

Hey Charger: The Sensational Australian Chrysler Valiant Chargers


FARMER, GAVIN & BRIDGER, GARY

Oblong quarto, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 247pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ilinga Books 2016

KEYWORDS: cars automobile Valiant Charger Australian Chrysler mechanics engineering history automotive

$80.00
3p4/186

Leyland P76: Anything but Average: A History of a Uniquely Australian Motor Car


FARMER, GAVIN

Oblong quarto, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 212pp, illus/photos, loosely enclosed booklet Leyland P76 Comparative Information, VG+ (minimal soiling to page edges, sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, minimal creasing to upper edge of rear flap, minor wrinkling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Ilinga Books 2008

KEYWORDS: cars engineering automobile mechanics history Leyland P76 automotive

$45.00
3p4/191

The Next Vintage: The Babich Family and 100 Years of New Zealand Wine


BASSETT, MICHAEL & BASSETT, JUDITH

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY JOE BABICH, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 220pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal tanning and soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light soiling, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Joe Babich biography wine New Zealand history

$55.00
3q1/194

Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion


WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG & ARRINGTON, ROBERT L (ed) & ADDIS, MARK (ed)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow and white lettering to front board and spine, XVI + 187pp, VG+ (moderate pencil annotations & light highlighting to text, light tanning and foxing to page edges, light foxing to rear eps and terminals)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2001

KEYWORDS: philosophy religion Ludwig Wittgenstein history biography

$80.00
3q1/196

A Pioneer Missionary Among The Maoris 1850-1879: Being Letters and Journals of Thomas Samuel Grace


GRACE, THOMAS SAMUEL & BRITTAN, S J (ed) & GRACE, A V (ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 314pp, illus/photos, VG (front cover of d/w loosely enclosed, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing & rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing/soiling & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: G H Bennett & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Maori pioneers missionaries religion settlers history

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