MADELID, LARS & PALM, CARL MAGNUS (transl.)

Octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 301pp., nr. FINE (v. sl. creasing and soiling to some pages, minor)

PUBLISHER: Premium Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: british rock pop music tours touring reference history london swinging 60s sixties 1960s rolling stones beatles blues mod carnaby street who kinks jimi hendrix small faces pink floyd yardbirds john mayall bluesbreakers

GENERAL STAFF, WAR OFFICE

This vol. only; octavo red cloth boards, folding maps in rear pocket, illus., adverts to eps., 333pp, VG- (a split to rear hinge of spine is the main fault; otherwise, generally tidy: light scuffing to boards, light tanning foxing and occasional soiling within and to maps also)

PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1907

KEYWORDS: anglo somali anglo-somali war dervish somalia horn africa east eastern offical history operations british military army scramble colonialism colonial empire

PARKYNS, G. J.

2x volume set; super octavo brown leather boards, elaborate gilt border and design to front and spines, gilt lettering to spines, gilt edged, illus., vol. 1: xii+120pp / vol. 2: 165pp ; VG (light to moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and light foxing within, prev. owner's stamp to fep.'s, light soiling within)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: british ancient history monastic baronial remains monastery monasteries cathedrals castles architecture abbey abbeys houses

MULGAN, DAVID

Sundry associated signatures to fep. (ex-pupils and relatives, signed at the unveiling of the plaque to commemorate the 75th anniversart of the first flight of the Manurewa); octavo brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus., 150pp., VG+ (light crease to spine, light tanning and foxing to edges & within) in d/w VG ( moderate soiling and light scuffing, creasing)

PUBLISHER: Wingfield Press 1960

KEYWORDS: new zealand civil aviation flying flight history planes walsh brothers flying school manurewa plane

GENERAL SIKORSKI HISTORICAL INSTITUTE [KOMARNICKI, TYTUS (pref.) & BIEGANSKI, STANISLAW (ed.)]

This vol. only; super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lvi+866pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light tanning within) in d/w VG (moderate soiling, light scuffing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1967

KEYWORDS: polish soviet polish-soviet relations diplomacy foreign affairs political politics european history world war two second ww2 2 poland russia russian

HAUSSERMANN, MARTIN

Quarto black cloth boards, silver lettering, illus., 149pp., nr. FINE in d/w (nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Delius Klasing Verlag 2005

KEYWORDS: mercedes benz mercedes-benz s class s-class cars automotive transport history brochures advertising daimler chrysler DaimlerChrysler group archive

TE POPI, HEMI HENARE [POPE, JAMES HENRY]

TRUE FIRST EDITION; translation of Health for the Maori: A Manual for Use in Native Schools, Bagnall 4644; duodecimo faded cloth boards (red once, perhaps), tooled borders and lettering to front, 129pp., VG- (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning soiling and light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Kai-Ta o te Kawanatanga [AKA Government Printer] 1884

KEYWORDS: te reo maori language james henry pope history health kura native school schools

STACK, J. W. & REED, A. H. (ed.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus. eps., 255pp, VG (sl. scuffing to boards, light tanning and foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing chipping and creasing, minor archival tape repairs to top of spine)

PUBLISHER: A. H. and A. W. Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand history maoriland j w stack colonial pioneer settler james west

BOND, BRIAN

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+419pp., nr. FINE (sl. tanning to pages) in d/w nr. VG+ (price clipped, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press [Oxford] 1980

KEYWORDS: british military history diplomacy diplomatic foreign policy affairs imperial empire army war ministry government politics political

CREASY, MARTIN

FIRST EDITION, qquare octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 139pp., VG+ (sl. fading to spine, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Tempus 2007

KEYWORDS: music pop rock history package tours tour 1960's 1960s 60's sixties beatles del shannon kinds yardbirds hollies small faces gene pitney troggs roy orbison walkers jimi hendrix cat engelbert

STRONG, SIR KENNETH

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii+271pp., illus., VG- (heavy soiling to boards, light foxing and soiling within) in d/w VG (light scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ginger / Cassel & Companyl 1968

KEYWORDS: sir kenneth strong intelligence espionage spy spies troubles british irish world war two 2 second ww2 military history

RALEGH, SIR WALTER & PATRIDES, C. A. (ed.)

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi+418pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w VG (light scuffing, light soiling to reverse, heavy fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1971

KEYWORDS: sir walter ralegh elizabethan world english history renaissance historiography england british extracts

CHEESMAN, E. C.

Octavo maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, 248pp., illus., VG (light scuffing rubbing and fading to boards, light soiling and foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's catalogue number in ink to fep. (unobtrusive), lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Harborough Publishing 1946

KEYWORDS: air transport auxiliary aviation ata a.t.a. a t royal air force british military history cheesman scarce flight world war two second ww2 2

ORANGE, CLAUDIA

5x VOLUME SET, VERY HEAVY; tidy ex-library first editions, usual stamps and markings thus; all tall quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering; vol. one: 1769-1869 / vol. two: 1870-1900 / vol. three: 1901-1920 / vol. four: 1921-1940 / vol. five: 1941-1960; all VG+ (stamps & occasional v. sl. foxing tanning or soiling, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (nr. FINE if not for stamps/stickers)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin / Department of Internal Affairs / Bridget Williams Books / Auckland University Press 1990 - 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand dictionary national biography reference history

CARON, ELSA (ed.) [THE CREW OF THE FRI]

Oblong octavo black illus. light card covers, xiii+138pp, illus., VG- (light scuffing and creasing to covers, minor insect damage to front inside cover, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974

KEYWORDS: nuclear test testing pacific polynesia fri yacht french bomb mururoa atoll maritime new zealand history tahiti

DODD, EDWARD

Small folio blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & emblem to front corner, illus., eps., illus., 192pp., VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within) in d/w VG (price-clipped, light scuffing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Nautical Publishing Company 1972

KEYWORDS: polynesian seafaring maritime navigation pacific islands island pasifika history celestial nautical boats sea ocean

LAWRENCE, ALISTAIR & MARTIN, SIR GEORGE (forew.)

Tall oblong quarto black cloth boards, silver lettering, illus. eps., illus., 303pp., nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE (v. sl. scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2012

KEYWORDS: beatles recording studio studios abbey road music british history sir george martin rock pop emi elgar

JEPHSON, HENRY

PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP OF THE EARL OF BELMORE, super octavo, white buckram boards, gilt stamped motiff to front board, gilt stamped lettering & motiff to spine, teg, deckled pages, fold out map after contents page, vii + 440 pp, VG ( light bruising to spine edges, light scuffing & chaffing to boards, slight foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to front & rear eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, some pages remain uncut and joined on one edge, pencil marks on fep, former owners name with date in pen to fep )

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1907

KEYWORDS: history London city UK sanitary sewer system evolution Henry Jephson

GORDON, MAJOR LAWRENCE L.

Super octavo, navy blue cloth boards, silver, green & maroon stamped medal to front board, silver stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 416 pp, foldout ribbon char to centre, illust, TATTY ( heavy cracking to hinges, medium sized ex libris sticker to front pastedown, heavy bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges, light chaffing to boards, corrigenda & addenda page stapled to fep, light sporadic foxing & throughout, light tanning to front & rear eps )

PUBLISHER: Gale and Polden Ltd 1950

KEYWORDS: history Britain British war medals medal ribbons ribbon colour color

SINCLAIR, KEVIN et al

Oblong folio, heavy black card boards, black stamped lettering to front board & spine, illust prelims, 259 pp, Near Fine ( slight scuffing to board edges, v slight tanning to page edges, message of endearment written in pen to front pastedown ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight chaffing & soiling to outside & inside covers, )

PUBLISHER: South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd 2003

KEYWORDS: history one hundred years South China Morning Post newspaper news articles stories photos black & white