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

FISKE, JOHN

2 volume set, Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, black eps, xv + 465pp + 2pp adverts (vol 1) + vii + 523pp (Vol 2), VG (moderate browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges, light fraying to spine edges, light soiling to boards & spine, library labels to fep, bishopgate stamp to title page, light foxing to first few pages, moderate scuffing to board corners)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1874

KEYWORDS: Cosmic Philosophy Evolution Positivism history

DUNIS, SERGE

Quarto, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 286pp, VG+ (moderate rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Noumea & Pape'ete 2008

KEYWORDS: Folklore Oceania Legends mythology history

MARTIN, JOHN E.

Inscribed & signed by the Author, illus light card covers, illus title page, 270pp + folding map, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2008

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Parliamentary Library politics history law

KEELING, E.H.

Colour folding maps at rear, first edition, Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 240pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards with light staining to upper rear board, light scuffing to board corners, light bruising to spine edges, moderate damp staining to edges of first few pages & eps, sporadic foxing to pages, moderate browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges, 2 small nicks to front board edges, previous owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1924

KEYWORDS: E H Keeling history Prisoners prisons Turkish World War One autobiography Britian Russia

SULLIVAN, KANCHO ROBERT

Signed by author, Super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 270pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges, light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: GKR Karate Admin Services 2009

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography sports Robert Sullivan Martial artists Australia Karate history

ELLISON, SEACOME

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 298pp, illus, VG- (front hinge delicate - sllightly cracked & front board shaky, binding cocked, moderate fading to spine, light bruising & slight fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light staining to boards, light soiling to eps, owner's name to f.e.p.,moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to plates, tissue guard opp p96 torn)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1838

KEYWORDS: France prison escape prisoner of war POW military history autobiography memoir

STEWART, BASIL

First edition, Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 326pp + 2pp adverts + 3 folding maps, illus, VG- (light fraying to spine edges, moderate fading to boards, heavy fading to spine, light rubbin to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light dampstaining to left side of front board, previous owner's name in pencil to fep, small amount of underlining in pencil to pages, heavy browning to page edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Covenant Publishing 1927

KEYWORDS: history ancient Egypt Anglo Saxon Great Pyramid

BOURNE, JOHN

octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, xii + 474pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, ligth puckering to bottom of front board, heavy bruising to board edges, bookseller's lebel to fep, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: steam engine locomotion engineering history trains transport reference vehicle manual

LAKE, ATWELL

First edition, Octavo, Red boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece, xv + 367pp + 4pp adverts, VG (bookshop label to fep, bounding label to lower rep, previous owner's name & date in ink to half title page, moderate soiling to boards, ligth rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1856

KEYWORDS: Russia Prisonsers history Blockades military Crimean War autobiography Atwell Lake

MONTGOMERIE, H.S.

Folding chart at rear, first edition, scarce in d/w, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 309pp, illus, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, folding chart is in excellent condition) in d/w, VG- (heavy soiling, creasing & small tears & chips to edges some repaired with tape inside, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate 1937

KEYWORDS: William Bligh Australia History autobiography Bounty Ship nautical exploration

COOK, JAMES

Super octavo, white & beige boards with gilt lettering to spine, 133pp, VG+ (very light soiling to boards) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing, 8cm closed tear to rear cover, 7cm tear with loss & 3cm tear with loss to bottom of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Endeavour Ship nautical Voyages travel Cook James autobiography history H M S Endeavour