REEVES, WILLIAM PEMBER

Octavo, nicely rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling & raised bands to spine, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xv + 430pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to board & spine extrems, minor soiling & chafing to leatherwork, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 2cm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel writing literature heritage William Pember Reeves

BUTLER, ANNIE R

A LOVELY COPY! Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, xi + 260pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, award plate to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology ethnology history historical Maori heritage culture Annie R Butler

BARKER, LADY

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, lovely copy in original binding, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with black decoration to spine, black rule & motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 238pp + catalogue to rear, VG (spine sl cocked, in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light tanning to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light smatterings of foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1871

KEYWORDS: first editions (2nd impression) New Zealand rural life history historical station stations farming letters correspondence Lady Barker

CLYDE, CONSTANCE & MULGAN, ALAN E

A LOVELY COPY! Quarto, maroon light card covers, illus plate to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, unpaginated prelims, 58pp + catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to cover edges, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's ink stamp to reverse of frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture heritage customs history historical travel writing literature

MANING, FREDERICK EDWARD (A PAKEHA MAORI)

FIRST EDITION- ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind decoration to boards, viii + 216pp, VG- (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to board extrems, heavy cracking to rear hinge & spine- some flapping, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky esp. rear board, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to title page & verso of, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co 1863

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

N/A

Octavo, red cloth stiff card covers, black lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, printed eps, unpaginated illus prelims + 194pp + memoranda to rear, VG+ (sl fraying to cover edges, prev. owner's sm ex-libris plate to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Thos. Cook & Son 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical tourist travel writing literature guides history

PETRE, The Hon HENRY WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION- PLATES, MAP & ADVERTISING PRESENT, octavo, blue buckram stiffened covers, gilt lettering to front cover, blind stamp decoration to covers, folding map/frontispiece, 94pp + adverts to rear, illus, VG- (moderate wrinkling & bruising/fraying to covers & edges with light soiling also, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover, 5cm closed tear to folding map- older repair to reverse side, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co 1841

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers colonies colonial

MURRAY, H (Preface)

Duodecimo, green cloth boards, black lettering to neat/modern title plate on spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, vignettes, xi + 353pp, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine & board edges- some surface loss, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, neat modern title plate affixed to front pastedown, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1827

KEYWORDS: history historical exploration southern oceans New Zealand voyages British adventure

SCHAEFFER, EDITH

Octavo, yellow cloth boards, black lettering to spine, black menorah illus to front board, 224pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, minor scuffing/surface loss to front)

PUBLISHER: Tyndale 1976

KEYWORDS: religion religious history Christianity Jewish faith philosophy theology Judaism

MACDONALD, FINLAY (Ed) & KERR, RUTH (Ed)

Heavy quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & bruising to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate water staining to base of page block at gutters)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand west Auckland regional history Waitakere geology heritage

ROMANOS, JOSEPH

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: Moa Beckett 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports athletics track field Arthur Lydiard coaches trainers athletes biographies first editions

KENNEDY, ROBERT F & MACMILLAN, HAROLD (Fore) & McNAMARA, ROBERT (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pan Books / Macmillan 1969

KEYWORDS: US politics Cuba Cuban missile crisis modern history JFK Russian Russian Khrushchev Kennedy nuclear bombs

FORD, JOHN BEVAN

Folio stapled stiff 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: Te Waka Toi N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history heritage Maori cultural essays literature

THWAITES, IAN & FLETCHER, RIE

Imperial 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: Puriri Press / Auckland Ex Libris Society 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Ex Libris Society literary bookplates history

KING, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies first editions memoir Te Puea Maori history historical

WHEELER-BENNETT, JOHN W

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: Macmillan 1967

KEYWORDS: aviatin history Hindenburg German Germany

HANNA, GEORGE H (Trans)

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: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1960

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history English translations soviet USSR

BATTY, DAVID

Quarto 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: Carlton Books 2004

KEYWORDS: military history Japan Japanese war illustrated tv tie-ins

FOWLER, WILL

Quarto 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: Spellmount 2005

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 tank battles land Prokhorovka Kursk Russia

SIMKINS, PETER

Quarto 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: Bramley Books 1999

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war 1 i one the great war