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

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