PISIER, GEORGES

Text in French, Imperial octavo, blue stapled wrapper with black lettering to front wrapper, vi + 89pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, slight soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (moderate creasing to cover edges, 1cm tear with loss to top of spine, light soiling & rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: De La Societe D'Etudes Historiques 1975

KEYWORDS: travel Andrew CheyneAndrew history New Caledonia Social life customs sociology

GILLESPIE, W.M.

First edition?, super octavo, dark green boards with black spine & gilt lettering to spine with flower motifs, xiv + 173pp, illus, VG- (sporadic foxing in pages, heavy rubbing and bruising to spine, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to boards, heavy browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co. 1876

KEYWORDS: surveying history geology topography levelling reference W M Gillespie

MANN, THOMAS

2 Volumes, First edition, octavo, beige boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, top page edges coloured red, 369pp (vol 1) + 295pp (vol 2), VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine edges, small stain mark to spine of vol 1, moderate browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1938

KEYWORDS: Bible History Biblical events Joseph Son of Jacob Fiction religion literature modern first edition

LEARY, NORMAN

Imperial octavo, green boards with black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 103pp, illus, VG+ (slight fainding to bottom of spine) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing to covers, light creasing to edges, moderate bruising to cover corners & spine edges)

PUBLISHER: Service Printers 1977

KEYWORDS: Pioneers New Zealand Hunterville History

WILKINSON, SIR J. GARDNER

2 volume set, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xvi + 419pp (vol 1) + x + 438pp (vol 2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine edges & extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, sporadic foxing through pages, heavy browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: Egypt Civilization ancient history sociology reference

ULRICHSEN, KRISTIAN COATES

Octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, x + 262pp, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2011

KEYWORDS: military strategic history Great Britain Army Egyptian Expeditionary Force Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Logistics

HANNA, TIM

super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 496pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2008

KEYWORDS: John Britten Motorcycles Racing sport New Zealand Design construction Biography history

N/A

Oblong quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: (n/d)

KEYWORDS: philippine nautical Coast Guard history

CUTLACK, F.M.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxix + 493pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine edges, modereate rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1939

KEYWORDS: Australia history World War One WW1 flying planes aviation Aerial operations

FORT, CHARLES

First edition, Super octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 351pp, VG (light to moderate foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, light bruising to board corners & spine edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1931

KEYWORDS: Science Miscellanea wonders Scientific curiosities history cosmology space

ALLFREY, SUE

Large 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock Ltd 1980 approx

KEYWORDS: equestrian horses dressage grooming breed history farming war military

GOLDING, HARRY (Ed)

Torn page, large super octavo hardcover (tatty) no d/w; 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: Ward, Lock and Co Ltd n/d

KEYWORDS: motor transport cars history engineering travel exploration

WATKIN, DAVID

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: John Murray 1968

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Thomas Hope neo-classicism art history

DALTON, DAVID (Comp) & FARREN, MICK (Comp)

Large super 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: Omnibus Press 1980

KEYWORDS: autobiography Rolling Stones memoir music history rock and roll Mick Jagger

RENNIE, JAMES ALAN

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: Rich and Cowan 1951

KEYWORDS: history Scotland celtic clans

BLUNT, WILFRID

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1974

KEYWORDS: music composer classical biography memoir Felix Mendelssohn history

YEFIMOVA, L. & BELOGORSKAYA, R.

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, dark beige eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG+ ( light soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges, moderate browning to page edges) in d/w VG+ ( light fading to spine extrems, light foxing to cover, light soiling to cover)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1987

KEYWORDS: Embroidery lace Russia reference Soviet Union History

CHUIKOV, VASILY & RYABOR, VASILY

First edition, text in russian, inscribed & signed by Wladimir Bykow ( Russian Ambassador to New Zealand), Quarto, illus boards with red lettering to spine & front board, dark red eps, 391pp, illus, VG+ (two small gum stains to fep, 4cm closed tear to bottom spine)

PUBLISHER: 1984

KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 history Russia Soviet Union photography arts

UNDERHILL, JOHN

Imperial octavo, illus board with black lettering to spine & front board, light purple eps, illus title page, unpagenated, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: 2013

KEYWORDS: travel New Zealand history painting arts sketches

TEMPLETON, MALCOLM

Super octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, green eps, illus title page, 176pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 1995

KEYWORDS: United Nations history New Zealand politics Foreign relations