JULLIAN, MARCEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, light blue boards with darker blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 253pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some bruising & creasing to eps, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Le Livre Contemporain 1961

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Roland Nungesser biography French aviation history

DAVIS, JOHN KING

First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1919

KEYWORDS: John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history

OMISSI, DAVID E.

First edition, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 260pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force aviation history

CARELL, PAUL

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards with black & white lettering to spine, 466pp, heavily illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ullstein Sonderausgabe 1985

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN photographic photography illustrated pictorial military history

BAYLY, HUGH WANSEY

Inscribed dated & signed by author, octavo, light blue cloth boards with white lettering & white aeroplane motif to spine, xvii + 240pp, VG (slight fading to spine & boards, moderate browning to page edges, some heavy browning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate browning & foxing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1939

KEYWORDS: aviation aircraft history

HARTLEY, PETER

Scarce, octavo, illus yellow light card covers with red & black lettering, xii + 316pp, illus, VG (some fading & staining to covers, some foxing to page edges, creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Goose & SOns /Argus Books Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: Ariel motorbikes motorcycles transport history

CLARK, RONALD H.

Octavo, black heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 176pp, illus, VG (some tanning & foxing, light bruising & fading to board edges & spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate browning)

PUBLISHER: Goose & Son 1974

KEYWORDS: Brough Superior motorbikes motorcycles transport history

MICHELSEN, OSCAR

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt & black illus to spine, gilt & black lettering and illus to front board, blind stamped leaf motif to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 188pp + 4pp book ads, illus, VG- (heavy browning to spine, page edges, eps, tissue guard and title page, slight bruising to spine extrems, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Moirgabn & Scott (n/d) but inscription dated 1898

KEYWORDS: Oscar Michelsen autobiography missionary missionaries Tongoa New Hebrides religion christianity history

BLAND, JAMES

First edition, scarce in d/w, super octavo, orange cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp + 8pp book ads, illus, VG (moderate browning & foxing to page edges & eps, tiny stain spots to front board, some tanning to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy creasing to edges & spine extrems, tape reinforcement/repairs to upper edges, some tanning & staining)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1939

KEYWORDS: Egypt Egyptian Prince Ahmad Seif-ed-Din biography history

HYDE, H. MONTGOMERY

Imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 539pp, illus, VG+ (v slight staining to boards) in d/w, VG (slight fading to spine, light tannning)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1976

KEYWORDS: military history Britain British air Ministry aviation

CARELL, PAUL & SAVILL, MARTYN (Trans)

First English edition, super octavo, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 370pp, illus, VG+ (slight foxing to page edges, small stain to front board) in d/w, VG (some tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: Afrika Corps Second World War Two WW2 German military history Rommel

EWEN, JACK & FLOOD, JOHN (Eds)

Large quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to black spine, black lettering to white covers, illus eps, 216pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: 100 Jubilee Committee of Dunollie Runanga 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Runanga Dunollie history school education

GOOCH, JOHN

Octavo, grey illus glossy boards with darker grey lettering to spine & boards, 276pp, nr fine (bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass & Co 1995

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautical aircraft military history bombers

CARRINGTON, HUGH

First edition, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson1939

KEYWORDS: biography captain James Cook exploration New Zealand Australia Pacific history

MOOREHEAD, ALAN

First edition, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1960

KEYWORDS: history exploration geography the nile

BARTLETT, C. J.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Longman Group 1984

KEYWORDS: history international politics government

TODD, DENIS

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Denis Todd 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Ranfurly history

HARDMAN, WILLIAM (Ed)

Octavo, glossy brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 511pp, illus + large folding map to rear, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Libraries Board of Australia 1975 (facsimile reprint of Saunders Otley & Co 1865)

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history exploration John McDouall Stuart diaries journals

WATERS, DAVID W

Small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained light blue, frontispiece, xxxix + 696pp, illus, VG (some soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1958

KEYWORDS: England English Elizabethen Stuart maritime nautical navigation history

DIVINE, A, D.

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 256pp, VG (some tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, owner's name & date in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG- (moderate browning to spine & flap folds, tears with loss to spine extrems & corners, 12cm closed tear to front flap fold, price clipped, moderate soiling, moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1944

KEYWORDS: Second World War Two WW2 Tunisia Tunisian campaign military history