Search Results: Authors starting with B from Tinakori Books

Christchurch: School of Music, University of Canterbury, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ix, 133 pages. Clean uncirculated ex-library copy.

Geneve: Librairie Droz, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 598 pages. .

London: Thames and Hudson, 1975. Book. Nearly Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. Oblong. 200 pages, 23 pages of text, 172 plates select bibliography, index, etc., Ex-library copy with the usual markings, clean..

Melbourne: Felton Bequests Committee, 1927. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. p. 95-159. Ex-library copy, clean..

Wellington: Alexander Turnbull Library, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Interim Edition. Part II. Notifications from the Alexander Turnbull Library. ii, 185, ix pages. Name and handwriting on front cover..

Masterton: Masteron centennial Committee, 1954. Book. Good. Green Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 108 pages, coloured frontispiece, b/w plates, endpaper maps. Also includes a list of pre-publication subscribers..

Noumea: South Pacific Commission, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 97 pages, colour and b/w illustrations. Lettuce, Taro, Papaya shoots, Cabbage, Nightshade, Winged bean, Chayote, Jointfir, Water spinach, Pumpkin, Chinese cabbage, Drumstick, Cassava, Kale seedlings, Water dropwort, Watercress, Tropical spinach, Sweet potato, Taro (leaves), Fern, Edible hibiscus, Basella .

Washington: United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, 1926. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 226 pages, b/w plates, maps (one coloured and folding). Ex-institutional library..

Paris: Le Ministere De La Marine et Des Colonies, 1840. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. partie non officielle Tome II. 1184 pages, 2 folding plates, spine detached but present. Contains many highly interesting articles on navigation, hydrography, voyages of discovery, whaling, commerce, naval construction, science, arts, discoveries, inventions, physics, geology, natural history, naval hygene, statistics and history of the colonies, legislation and administration, obituaries, naval literaturehistory, shipwrecks, etc..

Paris: Le Ministere De La Marine et Des Colonies, 1840. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1375 pages. spine detached but present..

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 118 pages, illustrations. Tears on edges of the the dust wrapper..

London: David & Charles, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 167 Pages, plates, illustrations, 2 maps. Dust jacket price clipped..

National Library of New Zealand, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 69 pages, colour and b/w photos. Text is in Maori and English..

Melbourne: Messenger Office, St Patrick's College, 1922. Book. Good. Brown Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 261 pages, frontispiece. The title on the front cover is partially rubbed off. A rare first edition..

London: Trubner, 1868. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 38 pages plus 12, 8 pages of Trubner advertising. Gilt illustration of Ganesha on front cover. Old names on front endpaper, pencil annotations on first page. .

Polynesian Society: New Plymouth, 1928. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pages 359-462. Articles: The story of Tawhaki, by Henare Potae, p 359-366; Prehistoric drains on the Kaipara, west coast, by Edwin Harding, p 367-368; Samoan head-shaping, by Andrew Thomson, p 369-371; Word list, p 372-376; Language, mythology, and songs of Bwaidoga. Goodenough Island, S.E. Papua, by D. Jenness and A. Ballantyne, p 377-402; Grammatical value of constructions with e in the Polynesian dialects compared with similar cases in Indonesia, by A. Lafeber, p 403-425; The blood theory of the Melanesians, New Guinea, by Stephen Lehner, p 426-450; also notes and quries: A Maori stone anchor; ra rare form of pendant; artificial islet refuges of Lake Horowhenua..

Polynesian Society: New Plymouth, 1928. Book. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pages 257-358. Articles: The story of Rua and Tangaroa. An origin myth. How the art of wood-carving was acquired by man, p 257-260; The story of Ngae and Tutununui. An east coast version of the Kae-Tutunui myth, p 261-270; Language, mythology, and songs of Bwaidoga. Goodenough Island, S.E. Papua, by D. Jenness and A. Ballantyne, p 271-299; On the origin of the Polynesian passive, by Spencer Churchward, p 300-305; Some observations on Polynesian verbs, by H. W. Williams, p 306-317; A system of diacritical marks designed to facilitate the comparative study of the Polynesian languages, by J. Frank Stimson, p 318-325; Tahitian names for the nights of the moon, by J. Frank Stimson, p 326-337; The nights of the moon, by H. W. Williams, p 338-356.

Auckland: Heinemann, 1986. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 205 pages, b/w illustrations. Spine sunned. .

London: James Nisbet, 1869. Book. Very Good. Green Cloth. First Edition. vi, 126, 2 pages, frontispiece, extra illustrated title page, 2 b/w plates. Old name and date on front endpaper. One is an early illustration of a parachute. .

Tulsa: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1983. Book. Very Good. Spiral Binding. Facsimile Reprint. Oblong. 3 large and heavy volumes. .