PITT-RIVERS, J. A. & WILSON-FITZGERALD, Col. F. W. (Pref) & MAKINS, Brig.-Gen. ERNEST (Fore0

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to front board, illus eps, xv + 160pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tape residue staining & scuffing to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, light sporadic foxingo to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Clowes & Sons n/d

KEYWORDS: royal dragoons military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 illustrated

NATH, R.

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 188pp + unpaginated plates to rear, VG (moderate discolouration to board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ligth soiling to rear ep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Motilal Banarsidass 1976

KEYWORDS: architecture mughal illustrated buildings history art theology religion

LOW, Lieut.-Col. GAVIN & EVERETT, Col. H. M.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Lt. Col. GAVIN LOW, imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 131pp, illus, VG (light chafing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hughes & Sons/The Griffin Press 1969

KEYWORDS: signed inscribed royal monmouthshire engineers militia British army reserve militia history military

TWINING, RICHARD (Ed)

Octavo, leather half bound brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine with raised bands, marbled page edges & eps, xii + 311pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, light tanning to top page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1887

KEYWORDS: Twining family history collection anthology

BRIGHT, JOAN (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & regimental insignia to spine & front board with gilt rule, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxi + 359pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth discolouration to spine & board edges, light cahfing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name to verso of half title page, heavy cracking to gutter at pg 256/257) folding maps are very delicate but intact

PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1951

KEYWORDS: military history ninth 9th queen's royal lancers British army cavalry illustrated maps

BROWNLIE, Major W. STEEL

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering on title plate to spine, gilt regimental insignia to front board, frontispiece, 639pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy foxing to edges & covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1964

KEYWORDS: military history Ayrshire yeomanry British army reserve light cavalry royal armoured corps illustrated

MAXWELL, PETER

SIGNED COPY, imperial ocatvo, illus glossy card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 372pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to wrappers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Celebrity Books 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed illustrated north island politics Maori European settlers conflict war

HERBERT, DAVID

Octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering on title plate & gilt tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt regimental insignia & rule with blind stamp decoration to front board, marbled page edges, frontispiece, illus half title page, 607pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to board edges, heavy water staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: William P. Nimmo 1876

KEYWORDS: history mutiny rebellion military maritime nautical Bounty Spithead Nore India Highland regiments

BARRETT, C. R. B.

TWO VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, blue half leather bound cream buckram boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule with raised bands to spines, teg, marbled eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, decorated full title pages, xxi-xviii + 393pp-442pp, illus, plates, folding maps, VG (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to feps of both vols)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1911

KEYWORDS: military history xiii 13th thirteenth hussars illustrated maps British army cavalry

WOLIN, RICHARD

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 307pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2006

KEYWORDS: literature essays collection anthology politics political science theory history

HASSEL, SVEN & O'HANLON, I. (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, VG (moderate bruising & creasing to spine & board edges/corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's label & owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, with some tape repairs to internal sides, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, moderate foxing all over)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1959

KEYWORDS: military literature first edition prose history ww2 second world war 2 two

TAYLOR, JAMES

Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to extrems, moderate scuffing to top of board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to spine, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Wilton House Gentry 1976

KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical illustrated history Ellerman business

LEADBEATER, MAIRE

Super octavo, illus light covers, white & orange lettering to covers & spine, artwork of eye looking through prison bars to front cover, 310pp, illus, VG (7cm closed to tear to front hinge from foot of spine w/ archival tape repair, 7mm closed tear to rear cover at head of spine, v slight brusing to spine extrems, slight scratching to bottom page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics west papua genocide indonesia economics history pacific

COULSTON, ISOBEL N.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, white lettering & black & white photograph of a ship to front cover, xx+156pp, illus, VG (light chipping with slight surface loss to spine extrems, v. light creasing to rear cover, cover slightly warped, light soiling to page corners)

PUBLISHER: The Gisborne Camera Club Inc. 1998

KEYWORDS: history new zealand gisborne photography camera club photographers

WINCHESTER, CLARENCE (ed.) & BIRD, P. R. (ed.)

Contains a lot of related ephemera including RMS Queen Elizabeth Pin in protective case, 2x pieces of A5 paper with RMS QE letterheads, and several newspaper articles relating to its sinking in 1972. Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and motifs to spine and front board, illus eps, xii+148pp, illus, scruffy (light bruising with surface loss to spine, moderate rubbing with surface loss to boards, moderate bruising/fraying to corners, various instances of surface loss to eps from cellotape, 2cm closed tear to front gutter - repaired with cellotape - no tape staining, 'compliments of' paper cellotaped to fep, large owners signature/address in ink to prelims - it seems the owner acquired the book on the RMS QE and is thusly inscribed, damage to prelims where memorial pin has sat, cracked gutter at title, text block itself is still in lovely condition with nice bright plates) in d/w, Poor (heavy creasing with surface loss, many small tears with and without surface loss, top 2cm of spine missing, 2cm patch of surface loss to front motif - extensive attempts at repairs with archival tape, price clipped, heavy rubbing, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Winchester Publications 1947

KEYWORDS: boats ships rms queen elizabeth history cruise liner

YUEN, EDDIE et al (eds)

Imperial 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: Soft Skull Press Inc 2002

KEYWORDS: history anti-capitalist journalism philosophy

SERLING, ROBERT J.

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, viii + 245pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/staining to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Walsworth Publishing Co. 1973

KEYWORDS: aviation illustrated history central airlines business

MEINERTZHAGEN, COLONEL R.

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, viii + 347pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate staining to spine & rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, bookseller's ink stamp to fep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1957

KEYWORDS: Africa autobiography memoir Colonel R Meinertzhagen history colonies illustrated

McGEORGE, J. H. W.

Duodecimo, grey stapled light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 24pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling to covers, moderate rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty. (Printer) 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history gold dredging prospecting digging

STACPOOLE, J. M.

Super octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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: New Zealand Historic Places Trust 1971

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Waimate photography