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, Near FINE ( 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

SMELLIE, ALEXANDER

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: The Banner of Truth Trust 1975

KEYWORDS: Scotland religion history Church persecution Christianity

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

DUCKERS, PETER

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: Shire Publications Ltd 2001

KEYWORDS: Britain war military soldiers awards history decoration

SELLAR, R. J. B. & HORROCKS, Lieut.-Gen. Sir BRIAN (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, illus eps, xiii + 288pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w,VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, subtle tape repair to top spine extrem, moderate fading to spine, ligth chafing & discolouration to covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1960

KEYWORDS: military history yeomanry yeoman yeomen armoured warfare British army Scottish Scotland illustrated fife forfar

ARCHER, THOMAS

TWO VOLUME SET (FOUR VOLUMES BOUND AS TWO), imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering with raised bands & tooling to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, viii + 576-544pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy scufifng to spines with sl surface loss, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title pages, light creasing & closed tears to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1887

KEYWORDS: military history illustrated Egypt Soudan maps antiquity ancient British empire anthropology culture

TRENWITH, ALICK & TENWITH, LYNNE (Preface)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, iii + 354pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chafing to spine & covers, moderate water staining to rear cover & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Blanchard Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 autobiography memoir Alick Trenwith rmt reserve mechanical transport company

BLACKER, K. C. & LUNN, R. S. & WESTGATE, R. G.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 491pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, owner's name in ink to fep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing to covers, tape residue to flap edges)

PUBLISHER: H. J. Publications 1977

KEYWORDS: transport London buses illustrated history

DREYER, ADMIRAL SIR FREDERIC C.

FIRST EDITION, lg octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, scruffy (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with heavy ugly tape repairs, tape reinforcement to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 3cm gouge to spine)

PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1955

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history military warfare illustrated navy naval British autobiography memoir Admiral Sir Frederic C Dreyer first edition