HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, grey boards, black lettering to title plate on brown spine, black lettering to front cover, xxxix (total) + 462pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & loss to title plate on spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate creasing to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, page top edges uncut in places, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers 1881

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past years data resources research history historical

WATSON, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, decked page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 315pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, 1cm scuff to rear board, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1904

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese culture heritage Gilbert Watson history

IDRIESS, ION L

Octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 356pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- edges likely adhesive stained, light to moderate tanning to spine, light fading to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1937

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian biography biographies memoir Sir Sidney Kidman history

ICHIKAWA, HARUKO (ICHIKAWA, Mrs SANKI) & PLOMER, WILLIAM (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained green, 380pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1940

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Europe Haruko Ichikawa history

LONGFORD, JOSEPH H

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 314pp, folding map to rear, catalogue to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl wrinkling & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1912

KEYWORDS: culture heritage Japan Japanese history customs

CARPENTER, FRANK G

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, gilt maritime motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, xiv + 306pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Korea Frank G Carpenter history culture

JOHNS, LESLIE W

Super octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp + 32pp to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: military history Japan Japanese soldiers Leslie W Johns customs culture

IDRIESS, ION L

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: Angus and Robertson 1950

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian diamonds diamond industry stone of destiny history precious stones

RILKE, RAINER MARIA & HOUSTON, G CRAIG (Trans) & TUCKER, WILLIAM (Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Quartet Encounters 1986

KEYWORDS: essays literature Rainer Maria Rilke art history criticism

SCHIFF, STACY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2016

KEYWORDS: Salem witch trials history persecution Massachusetts witches 17th seventeenth century

CUMBERLAND, KENNETH B

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history topical geographies series

JOHNSON, P N (Text) & GASKIN, C (Illus)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Fiordland National Park 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history landscape geology Homer

ALEXANDER, JOHN H

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: A H & A W Reed 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cities history Wellington buildings architecture

RISTORI, B

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: A G Betts & Son 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Nelson region province

FINLAYSON, RODERICK & SMITH, JOAN (Illus)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: R E Owen, Govt Printer 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history school education bulletins

FINLAYSON, RODERICK & SMITH, JOAN (Illus)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: R E Owen, Govt Printer 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history school education bulletins

TAYLOR, Mr F L (Script)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Roslyn fabric industry textiles materials

SIME, ALEX

REPRINT, octavo stapled light card covers (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: Otago Heritage Books 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago settlements Purakanui

WASLEY, DON

Oblong super octavo hardcover (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: A H & A W Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history flight civilian aircraft

PALMER, A N & STEWART, W W

FIRST EDITION, imperial 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: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions steam trains locomotives rail history New Zealand transport