JORDAN, JOSHUA DAVID (transl)

Paperback (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Semiotext(e) 2011

KEYWORDS: history historical conflict exploitation working industry

TAYLOR, RICHARD

V tidy ex-library, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cosmos Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Hauraki regiment battalions regiments battle honours

THWAITES, IAN & FLETCHER, RIE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to spine, vii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history bookplates ex libris society Auckland

THWAITES, IAN

Loosely enclosed signed single page holograph letter from author to fellow historian Kay Boese, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature history Auckland Museum historic buildings culture Ian Thwaites

FLEURE, H J

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on front board, frontispiece, 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor pencil markings to margins, sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Benn Brothers 1923

KEYWORDS: first editions England Wales English Welsh anthropology research human remains ancient history archeology archaeology

NOAKES, ANDREW

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges, light foxing to prelims, light water damage to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Marks & Spencer 2004

KEYWORDS: automotive cars high performance sports history design engineering

GRAY, JONATHAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 595pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Gray 2008

KEYWORDS: religious artefacts ark of the covenant Christian archeology archaeology investigations Jerusalem Judaea Judea Jewish heritage ancient history antiquity

HAIGH, GIDEON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, xiii + 609pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 2012

KEYWORDS: social history work environment office psychology

REEVES, The Hon WILLIAM PEMBER & WRAY, CECIL J (Additional Piece)

UNCOMMON IN SUCH A NICE JACKET! Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt Maori decoration/illus to front board, frontispiece, 390pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, occasional spots of foxing & tanning throughout, light creasing & foxing to folding map- 5cm closed tear also) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, light tanning & soiling overall)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Aotearoa culture heritage William Pember Reeves

WILSON, Mrs ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, teal buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 322pp, illus, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to reverse of frontispiece, minor foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor annotation to terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1894

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel journals writing literature Mrs Robert Wilson first editions

MEADE, Lieut The Hon HERBERT

SECOND EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY - ownership bookplate of Rev Sidney Meade, brother of the author & of the editor of the book, with folding map to pg170, frontispiece features naked Maori maidens bathing - an image which isn't always present, super octavo, green half leatherbound buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 375pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light wrinkling to buckram on rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, sm ownership ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1871

KEYWORDS: second editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature association copies south seas islands heritage culture

TINNE, J ERNEST

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering & illus to front board, folding map frontispiece, unpaginatd prelims + 124pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical travel writing literature north island exploration

HARROP, A J

LIMITED FIRST EDITION- SCARCE IN SUCH A LOVELY CONDITION! Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 423pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand News / Whitcombe & Tombs 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history wars conflict Maori pakeha England English

HILLARY, EDMUND & SPARK, A (Maps) & DJURKOUIC, GEORGE (Sketches)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- EARLY SIGNATURE STYLE, A TRULY LOVELY COPY! Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders signed first editions Sir Edmund Hillary exploration adventure travel literature writing climbing mountaineering autobiography autobiographies memoir history historical

DONNE, T E

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & rule to spine, gilt tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional light to moderate foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Seeley Service & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori history heritage culture customs anthropology

THE MEN OF ANZAC & BIRDWOOD, Sir W R (Intro)

BEAUTIFUL COPY OF A FIRST EDITION, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blue lettering with illus plate to front board, frontispiece, xv + 170pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board corners/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, sl scuffing to front eps, minor cracking to some gutters, light to moderate tanning to text pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1916

KEYWORDS: first editions military history historical ww1 the great war Gallipoli anzacs anzac soldiers first 1st world war one i 1

ELDER, JOHN RAWSON

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, blue lettering & sm coloured illus to grey buckram spine, yellow lettering & coloured illus to front board, maps/illus to front eps, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine, sl staining/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history goldmining gold goldseekers bushrangers

TAYLOR, Rev RICHARD

SCARCE FIRST EDITION, this is the book that inspired Elsdon Best to become an Ethnologist. Super octavo, rebacked with leather & raised bands (& gilt lettering & decoration) utilizing the original green buckram boards, frontispiece, 490pp + 6pp to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to board extrems, moderate rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling & moderate scuffing to eps, light to moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, light foxing & staining to prelims & terminals, sm adhesive barcode label to rear pastedown, some page edges may remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Wertheim and Macintosh, 24, Paternoster-Row 1855

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori heritage history culture antiquarian books historical Maui customs Rev Richard Taylor anthropology ethnology

GREY, Sir GEORGE

SECOND EDITION, in English & Te Reo Maori, super octavo, teal textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus/decoration to spine & boards, vignettes to prelims, xxiii + 255pp for English language section, 199pp for te reo Maori section at rear, illus, has a lovely old book smell, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, heavily tanned throughout as is typical of these copies but still reasonably tidy, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep- historical, some page edges may remain uncut, page edges are also very brittle and easily cracked, title page for te reo Maori section is heavily chipped/cracked/torn from tanning, multiple closed tears to pages of Maori section due to attempts at reading whilst not realising page top edges being uncut, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Evening Star Office (Printer) 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand second editions history historical anthropology ethnology Polynesian Maori Sir George Grey traditions heritage culture te reo English

PAYTON, E W

FIRST EDITION- A LOVELY COPY! Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 368pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, smatterings of moderate foxing throughout, sporadic cracking to gutters, sm ink stamp to back page, 2cm closed tear & light to moderate foxing to folding map at rear)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature E W Payton first editions