BATES, JOHN S.

Octavo stapled wrapper (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: Paper Makers' Association 1938

KEYWORDS: wood pulp technology reference

GRIFFITHS, GEORGE (Ed.)

Spiral bound quarto 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: Otago Heritage Books 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago reference bibliography maps

EDGAR, E. & CONNOR, H. E.

Octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, lxxxi + 650pp, illus, VG (owner's name stamp to fep, light staining to page edges & rear board) in d/w, VG (some light staining)

PUBLISHER: Manaaki Whenua Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora botany grasses gramineae reference

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Quarto, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & boards, printed eps, illus prelims, large folding map at front, xlvi + 943pp, illus, captioned light card tabs for each section, VG- (some staining & soiling to boards, some browning & staining to page edges, occasional soiling spots, light creasing to tabs)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Skinner & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: West Indies Bermudas Bahamas Guianas Central America Venezuela Colombia Antilles Caribbean directory reference business trade commerce

MAITLAND, J. A. FULLER (Ed)

Five-volume set, imperial octavo, blue or green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg, xi + 808pp, vii + 798pp, vii + 864pp, vii + 810pp, viii + 672pp, VG- (bruising, fraying & closed tears to spine extrems, front board of vol.4 detached and repaired with archival tape, soem scuffing & wear to boards, vol.1 front hinge cracked, owner's ex libris stamp to fep all vols, owner's name & address in ink to fep vol.1, relevant handwritten note glued to front pastedown vol.1, tanning to page edges, vol.4 title page detached) VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co 1919, 1914, 1910

KEYWORDS: Grove's music musicians theory dictionary reference

RYAN, P. M.

Super octavo, royal blue glossy heavy card boarsd with red, yellow & white lettering, blue eps, 648pp, VG+ (slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light wear, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: Maori English language reference dictionary lexis

MORGAN, PIERS

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: Ebury Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Great Britain reference celebrities

STEIN, GEORGE N. & FINKELSTEIN, ARTHUR K.

Imperial octavo, dark blue clothboards with gilt & green lettering to spine & front board, xv + 392pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & soiliong to boards, slight tanning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Year Book Medical Publishiers 1973

KEYWORDS: medicine medical reference esophagus stomach radiology tumors

BROWN, LESLEY (Ed)

2 volume set, quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind motif to front boards, patterned eps, speckled page edges, xxvii (vol I) viii (vol 2) + 3801pp (across 2 volumes), VG+ in VG+ d/w. VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: English language dictionary reference etymology

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Ex Friary library, small quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt decorative rule to boards, teg, coated eps, clvi + 438pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining & scuffing to boards, some bruising & small tears to spine extrems, closed tears to spine sides, moderate browningn to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, usu library markings, some foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Grampian Club (?) 1872

KEYWORDS: Cambuskenneth Scotland monastery abbey reference history

GELL, SIR WILLIAM

Two-volume set, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with green cloth spines, gilt lettering in maroon decorative title label, vii + 456pp, 414pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), illus, VG- (moderate fraying to spine extrems, vol 2 title labels missing, bruising to board corners, some browning & staining to boards, heavy browning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims & terminals, bookseller label to front pastedown of vol.1, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Saunders and Otley 1834

KEYWORDS: Rome geography topography reference history

ELLISON, GEORGE

Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to front & rear boards, 64pp, illus, VG (lacks fep, lettering in ink to front board, light foxing to page edges, moderately heavy browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: George Ellison 1925

KEYWORDS: George Ellison electric control gear mechanical electrical engineering reference catalogue

KING, L. C.

Quarto, grey paper stapled wrappers with black lettering, 49pp, illus + large folding geological map at rear, VG- (moderate browning & creasing to covers & first few pages, small closed tear to front upper edge & fep upper edge, some browning)

PUBLISHER: DSIR / GH Loney Government Printer 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Marlborough Awatere geology science reference

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Ex Royal Victoria Yacht Club library, octavo, red leather boards with green leather spine, gilt decorative rule to boards& spine, gilt lettering in red decorative leather panel to spine, a.e.g, gilt dentelle to eps, patterned eps, 149pp + 207pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & boards, red leather title label to spine almost completely torn off, some soiling to upper page edges, Yacht Club label to front pastedown, some staining to eps)

PUBLISHER: M & S Brooke 1805

KEYWORDS: reference maritime nautical naval history

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Large quarto, heavy card boards, 88pp, VG (some labels to front board & front pastedown, light foxing to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Avesta Sheffield 1994

KEYWORDS: engineering corrosion resistance stainless steel chemistry metallurgy design reference

DANEL, RAYMOND & CUNY, JEAN

Quarto, dark blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 475pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to upper edge, light soiling) TEXT IN FRENCH

PUBLISHER: Editions Lariviere 1980

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH aviation history aircraft aeroplanes reference

FARNHAM, EMILY

Ex Library, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Univerity of Oklahoma Press 1971

KEYWORDS: biography history reference

CAVE, YVONNE & PADDISON, VALDA

First edition; Large quarto, glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising and scuffing to spine and board extrems, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand horticulture gardening native plants reference encyclopaedia

WELLS, H. G. & HORRABIN, J. F. (Illus)

First edition thus (first revised edition), wo-volume set, quarto, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped publisher's logo to front board, upper page edgesstained red/brown, frontispiece, x + 384pp + viii + 385-767pp, illus, VG (light staining & rubbing to boards, some tanning to page edges, heavy browning to prelims & terminals, HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: The Waverley Book Co 1925

KEYWORDS: illustrated history encyclopaedia reference

MABBERLEY, D. J.

Slim plastic softcover quarto (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: Cambridge University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: reference dictionary botany flowering plants conifers ferns Cronquist's system zoology gardening forestry agricultre