MEESON, J T (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 195pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, 80

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand alpine journals past issues vol ii 2 two historical history mountaineering mountain adventure clubs

BATHGATE, ALEXANDER

LACKS FEP, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, vii + 286pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title pages, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: James Maclehose 1874

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago colonialism history colonial

PRATT, M A RUGBY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press / J Alfred Sharp 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand southern Maoriland history M A Rugby Pratt

BEATTIE, H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to verso of half title page, occasional cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history T B Kennard Otago pakeha biography biographies memoir first editions

SIM, J A (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 420pp + index to rear, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Alpine Journal history historical past issues journals club clubs volume vi 6 six

HOWARD, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY- warmly inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate fading & scuffing to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, aforementioned inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sm pocket to rear pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate tanning to spine, moderate staining to rear, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions association copies signed Basil Howard New Zealand history Stewart Island Rakiura whaling early settlers pioneers

GREEN, WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD

LACKS FEP, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 350pp, VG (spine cocked, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand alpine alps Mount Cook glaciers travel writing literature William Spotswood Green

FRANKLIN, JAMES

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 465pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive protective wrapper- fully affixed, light creasing/wrinkling, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Macleay Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history philosophy Australia

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, frontispiece, xxxvi + 1035pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, top corners of pgs961-982 creased)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1958

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past issues 1958 almanacks cricket statistics results

PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board (heavily rubbed), printed eps, viii + 935pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing & cracking to spine & hinges, light rubbing to board edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to front gutter- binding sloppy, light cracking & foxing to gutters & pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1949

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past issues 1949 almanacks cricket statistics results

ROSS, MALCOLM & HAWERIDGE, R (Illus)

Square octavo, illus string bound covers, red lettering to front cover, aeg, unpaginated, illus with tissue guards, VG- (heavy tearing to spine/covers, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to covers with sm ink stains also, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co N/D (c.1900s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated west coast sounds historic history historical

ROBERTS, W H S

Octavo, black buckram boards, lettering to title plate on spine- heavilt rubbed, printed eps, 502pp, VG (moderate rubbing to spine, light bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light cracking to spine/hinges, moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of preface page, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Fraser 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history north Otago Oamaru 19th nineteenth century early settlers pioneers

STACK, CANON

Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, G+ (heavy creasing & light tanning to spine, moderate wrinkling & foxing to covers, top portion of spine missing- front cover flapping loose, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1898

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Maori history heritage culture customs folklore lore legends myths mythology

PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed & Preface)

LACKS D/W & OTHER SM BLOCKS OF PAGES, sm octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps & prelims/terminals, viii + 1003pp, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate staining & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding loose & sloppy, some sm blocks of pages missing)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1950

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden past years issues 1950 almanacks statistics results

TREMAYNE, DAVID (Text) & SCHLEGELMILCH, RAINER W (Prologue)

Oblong quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 539pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Konemann 2012

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports motor racing cars history photography Rainer W Schlegelmilch art

BAILEY, ALFRED M & SORENSEN, J H

Super 8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Denver Museum of Natural History 1962

KEYWORDS: Campbell Island natural history subantarctic New Zealand

ASH, LAMORNA

Super 8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2020

KEYWORDS: Lamorna Ash fish cornfish fishing town community social history

DEWAR, G E

8vo hardcover (VG-), lacking ffep; 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand South Southern pioneering pioneer 19th century history

KNIGHT, IAN; HOOK, ADAM (illus.)

8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Osprey 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history fortifications war warfare

DUFF, GEOFFREY

Ex-library. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey P. Duff 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand South Island history Tarras Central Otago