REASON, JOYCE

FIRST EDITION, JULY 1943, PUBLISHED BY EDINBURGH HOUSE NOT CARGATE PRESS- UNUSUAL VARIANT, small octavo, illus stiff card boards, black lettering to spine, 80pp, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & scuffing to spine, moderate foxing to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy water stain to internal side of rear cover, sunday school stamp in ink to internal side of front board)

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh House Press 1943

KEYWORDS: first edition China politics Asia communism history

MORSE, C. O. ET AL

Octavo, illus stapled card wrappers, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, light chafing/creasing & soiling to covers & edges, light rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Swailes Printing (Printer) 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated Napier jubilee diamond sixty 60 years history

FULTON, R. V. ET AL

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 128pp, illus, folding photo to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (Printer) 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Boys' high school diamond jubilee illustrated history education Dunedin

MANKEKAR, D. R.

Paperback (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: Deep Publicatiosn 1970

KEYWORDS: war history india pakistan politics battle

REEVES, WILLIAM PEMBER

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: Viking 1987

KEYWORDS: history new zealand colonisation

PICARD, LIZA

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: St. Martin's Press 2003

KEYWORDS: elizabethan london history daily life everyday england

ABRAHAM, GERALD

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: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: concise music history ancient classical

McCARTHY, CONAL & STOCKER, MARK (Eds)

Lg quarto, illus glossy hard boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Viictoria University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history illustrated essays literature Maori art Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

MACKENZIE, LIEUTENANT F. W. & MACKENZIE, Capt. F. W. (After) & BETT, ANDREW (Pref)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 82pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name & inscription in ink to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel exploration history north island first edition

HOLBORN, MARK

Square quarto 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: Gordon Fraser 1978

KEYWORDS: japan japanese garden landscaping garden history

SWAINSON, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION. octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, 16pp adverts + 392pp, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate loss to edges of title plate on spine, moderatew chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, spine completely detached from binding, buckram sl detached from front board at internal edge)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans and John Taylor 1840

KEYWORDS: taxidermy zoology first edition science animals natural history

BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, terracotta coloured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frotnispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 260pp, illus, VG (fep missing, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand moas moa hunting animals Maori history antiquity archeaology first edition

DAVIS, COLONEL JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 307pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising to board corners, moderate soiling & light discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, inscription in ink to fep, light water staining to base of feps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1906

KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army illustrated maps queen's royal regiment

EWING, MAJOR JOHN & SALVESEN, The Rt. Hon. LORD (Fore)

2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind regimental insignia stamp to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxi-xii + 825pp, illus, folding maps, plates to rear of vol 2, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name stamp to feps, moderate cracking to rear gutters, moderate foxing to maps but still reasonably tidy)

PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1925

KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army royal regiment of foot illustrated maps

BRERETON, J. M. & H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt regimental insignia to front board, frontispiece, xiii + 494pp, illus, VG+ (ligth bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: The Regiment 1982

KEYWORDS: military history royal dragoon guards 4th fourth 7th seventh illustrated cavalry British army

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