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$80.00
2f37a/8

Berlin Then and Now


LE TISSIER, TONY

First edition, folio, black faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 472pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to upper edges, light foxing to inside) HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Prints / After the Battle 1992

KEYWORDS: first edition Tony Le Tissier Germany Berlin military history World War Two WW2 German reunification Berlin Wall

$40.00
2f37a/12

One More Mile on the NZR


REID, R. C. (BOB)

Inscribed, signed; quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 128pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003

KEYWORDS: RC Bob Reid New Zealand rail NZR Otago Southland railways transport trains history

$39.50
2f37a/13

From Disaster to Recovery: The Hastings CBD 1931-35


FOWLER, MICHAEL

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xvii +238pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to lower spine extrem, slight creasing to cover corners, price sticker residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Michael Fowler Publishing Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: Michael Fowler New Zealand Hastings CBD local history

$32.50
2f37a/14

Fire in the Hills: A History of Rural Fire-fighting in New Zealand


BEAGLEHOLE, HELEN

Quarto, illus light card covers, 343pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, v slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Helen Beaglehole New Zealand rural fire-fighting fire-fighters firefighters fire brigade history

$40.00
2f37a/17

The Spirit of Man in Asian Art: Being the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Delivered in Harvard University 1933-34


BINYON, LAURENCE

First edition, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule to front board, xv + 217pp + 70pp plates, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, small red stamp to f.e.p., light foxing to page edges) in price clipped d/w, VG- (heavy tanning, some chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1935

KEYWORDS: Laurence Binyon Asian art criticism history essays first edition

$16.50
xxsdu91699

Schott's Almanac 2011


SCHOTT, BEN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Ben Schott American history biography collection reference politics

$35.00
xxsdw91769

Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti; the Path to the Treaty of Waitangi


MOON, PAUL

first edition, octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Moon New Zealand history Waitangi Treaty

$58.00
2f37a/23

The Foxes of the Desert


CARELL, PAUL & SAVILL, MERVYN (Trans)

First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 370pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (some tanning, light staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: Paul Carell Afrika Korps Western Desert Tunisia Second World War Two WW2 Germany military history

$40.00
1b46a/7

Maori


MITCALFE, BARRY

Uncommon signed, oblong quarto, illus black & white light card covers with brown lettering to front, printed eps, 102pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing to covers, some creasing to cover corners, light foxing to prelims, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Coromandel Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Barry Mitcalfe New Zealand Maori life culture art religion agriculture anthropology history

$365.00
1b46a/8

A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, a Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883


FORBES, HENRY O.

First edition, recased ex library, folding maps all present and clean, suer octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xx + 536 +32pp book catalogue, folding maps, illus, VG (usual library markings, v light soiling to boards, light tanning esp to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle& Rivington 1885

KEYWORDS: Henry O Forbes travel exploration natural history first edition

$60.00
1b46a/9

Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain: Restriction of the Industry by the State and the Municipalities


MEYER, HUGO RICHARD

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 386pp + 2pp adverts, VG- (some soiling to boards & spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight fading to spine, light browning to page edges & eps, small crease to several corners, split to front hinge paper)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Co 1907

KEYWORDS: Hugo Richard Meyer Great Britain telephone communication industry history

$70.00
1b46a/13

Innovation and Industry: How Cuddon Engineering Helped Shape a Province


WALTON, DEBORAH G.

Folio, illus silver light card covers with French flaps, white lettering to spine, 353pp, illus, VG (light creasing to cover corners & lower rear cover, owner's inscription to lower title page, v light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cuddon Ltd 2005

KEYWORDS: Deborah G Walton Cuddon engineering Malborough New Zealand business history

$60.00
1b46a/14

New Zealand Force South East Asia Yearbook 1987


MCKEOWN, LT COMMANDER T. R. (Ed)

Folio, illus light card covers, illus eps, 136pp, illus, VG (some tanning & fading to covers, light tanning to page edges, stain spot to upper page edges, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Print N Publish Pte Ltd 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Force South East Asia RNZAF milraary history

$37.50
1b46a/15

The Theatre Royal: An illustrated History to mark the Centennial of the Third Theatre of this Name 1908-2008


MCNAUGHTON, HOWARD ET AL (Eds)

Large quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, white lettering to pink spine, black title lettering to front cover, printed eps, viii + 200pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch Theatre Royal history architecture drama play

$45.00
1b46a/22

Last Port to Antarctica: Dunedin and Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Polar Service


CHURCH, IAN

Signed by author, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 136pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Ian Church New Zealand Dunedin Port Chalmers Antarctica history

$75.00
1b46a/24

Antarctica: The Ross Sea Region


HATHERTON, TREVOR (Ed)

First edition in slipcase, large quarto, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 287pp, fine, in slipcase, nr fine

PUBLISHER: DSIR Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: first edition Trevor Hatherton Antarctica Ross Sea South Pole history exploration geology science

$125.00
1b46a/25

Grub The Bush Baby


GOODALL, JANE

Scarce in such tidy condition, small quarto, illus heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, green eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (light soiling to rear, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, small stain spot to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1970

KEYWORDS: Jane Goodall Grub Hugo Africa childhood photography photographs natural history

$150.00
1b46a/31

Blue Bird: Seven Decades at Sea


CUNLIFFE, TOM

Ex library, large square folio, teal green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, blind-stamped bird motif to front board, illus title page, xii + 288pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sellotape stains to boards & eps) in d/w, VG (library labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Kos Picture Source Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: Tom Cunliffe Kos Tara Getty Blue Bird Dunkirk photography photographs photographic portrait ship yacht boat history

$150.00
1d30a/2

Union County Heritage 1981


MABRY, MANNIE LEE (Ed)

Large quarto, red heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, large blind stamped gilt motif to front board, xi + 499pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to boards, some soiling to boards & spine, library withdrawn stamps to copyright page & rear eps (no other library markings), owner's bookplate to front pastedown, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Union County Heritage Committee 1981

KEYWORDS: Mannie Lee Mabry Union County USA America American local history

$500.00
1d30a/4

The Royal Natural History


Illustrated with Seventy-two Coloured Plates and Sixteen Hundred Engravings

LYDEKKER, RICHARD (Ed) & SCLATER, P. L. (Preface)

12 volume set, a handsome set with lovely bindings, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black & gilt tooled decoration to front board & spine, a.e.g, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, about 300pp per volume, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, some bruising & light fraying to spine extrems, some rubbing to board edges & corners, some fraying to board corners, v light foxing & tanning to prelims including tissue gurd but not affecting frontis, f.e.p. of volume 1 nearly loose, 2cm chip from edge of f.e.p. of vol VII)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co. 1894

KEYWORDS: Richard Lydekker PL Sclater natural history animals biology ecology

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