WILLIAMS, REV. DAVID

Small octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front, gilt bands to spine, illus., 305pp+adverts at rear, G+ (front board detached and spine cracked; moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and occasional soiling within, prev. owner's name in ink to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper 1830

KEYWORDS: history literature science popular philosophy reference preceptor's assistant preceptor rev reverend williams david

MORRIS, ROGER

Oblong octavo (long) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1992

KEYWORDS: maritime naval history boats ships atlantic sail sailing

SANDBROOK, DOMINIC

Super octavo grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., xii+970pp, nr. FINE in d/w (nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: british english britain history modern twentieth 20th century sociology culture politics political

JOYNSON, VERNON

Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., vi+762pp, nr. FINE (a touch of soiling to bottom edge text block, unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Borderline Productions 2017

KEYWORDS: vernor joynson discography reference music history australian new zealand turkish african middle eastern rock pop r & b rnb rhythm and blues folk psych psychedelic prog progressive record collecting collector

MING-CHU, FENG (ed.)

Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., pp, nr. FINE (tiny scuff to top of spine, minor, w. light creasing also)

PUBLISHER: National Palace Museum / Chou Kung-shin 2010

KEYWORDS: national museum palace taipei tawain tawainese chinese art history jade pottery antiques antique ancient art

CLEMENT, F. & EGERTON, C.

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo brown cloth boards, gilt (faded) lettering to spine, pp., VG (lacks d/w, light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and light to moderate foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's name in pen to fep.)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1938

KEYWORDS: king bangangte cameroon central west africa african history french cameroons

RAGSDALE, HUGH

Super octavo red cloth boards, white lettering to front & spine, pp., nr. FINE (a touch of tanning and foxing to edges, minor)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1988

KEYWORDS: russia russian history tsar monarchy paul pavel psychology historiography europe european czar

TOLKIEN, J. R. R.; TOLKIEN, CHRISTOPHER; SIBLEY, BRIAN; & HOWE, JOHN (illus.)

Scarce boxed gift pack, comprising: (1) the book [small octavo grey heavy card boards, black text and decoration, xxxii+443pp+maps at rear, VG+ (light tanning, otherwise nr. FINE)]; (2) CD in grey card sleeve (Christopher Tolkien Reads an Excerpt From the Silmarillion); (3) a postcard (Tanequetil); & (4) another book [The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North, by Brian Sibley & John Howe; illus. light card covers with large folding map, nr. FINE]; all the above in grey card box VG (minor tears to interior, some v. sl. soiling to exterior)

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1999

KEYWORDS: scarce limited tolkien j r silmarillion middle earth art maps history fantasy literature

KENNEY, ROWLAND

FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii+263pp., VG (light scuffing to boards, light to moderate soiling foxing and tanning to edges and within)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1913

KEYWORDS: rail railways train trains locomotive transport history engine engines engineering labour union unions strike workers unionism politics political all grades movement 1911 general royal commission

PEPPER, ART & LAURIE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo turquoise cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, xii+516pp., illus., VG (sl. cocked, light soiling and scuffing to boards; light tanning soiling and foxing within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and chipping with archival tape repairs to small lost segment base of spine, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Schrimer Books 1979

KEYWORDS: art pepper jazz biography american music alto saxophone saxophonist autobiography history

JONES, GWYN & MAGNUSSON, MAGNUS (intro.)

Imperial octavo maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration, illus., xxii+490pp., nr. FINE in slipcase VG+ (sl. scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: folio socitey viking vikings europe european scandinavia scandinavian history

WARBURTON, CHARLOTTE ELIOT; & MEAD, A. .D. (ed.)

Ex-library octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, 152pp, VG (very tidy ex-library, minimal markings; tape stain to spine and light soiling to boards; occasional light soiling and foxing (minor); lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Keeling & Mundy 1965

KEYWORDS: wanganui river new zealand local regional history

HALL-JONES, JOHN

Includes loosley inserted Supplement to Doubtful Harbour (quarto white illus. light card stapled covers, 8pp, VG+ (sl. rust stains around staples)); actual book details: quarto green illus. light card covers, illus., 60pp., VG+ (a touch of fading & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1984

KEYWORDS: doubtful harbour new zealand history maritime fiordland south island captain alessandro alaspina don felipe bauza spanish spain exploration captain john grono j l stokes sir james hector

AMODEO, COLIN & HUNTLEY, BILL (illus.)

Quarto illus. light card covers with French flaps, illus., 306pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 2005

KEYWORDS: new zealand canterbury maritime regional history mosquito fleet ships naval sail sailing colonial settler pioneer shipping shipbuilding

GARNER, JEAN

Octavo blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 362pp, illus.., nr. FINE (occasional sl. soiling, prev. owner's stamp to fep.) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Dryden Press 1995

KEYWORDS: john hall new zealand history politcs womens suffrage parihaka biography canterbury christchurch

DAWSON, BEE

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 192pp., VG+ (light scuffing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: hobsonville air force station royal new zealand rnzaf aviation local regional history bee dawson signed waitemata harbour

ESQUEMELING, JOHN

Super ocavo brown/red cloth boards, gilt lettering and figure to spine, illus., xxxv+508pp., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1898

KEYWORDS: buccaneers jamacia west indies tortuga caribbean america american history pirates naval maritime piracy captain sir henry morgan buccaneer lolonois francis privateer privateers anglo-spanish war military

LEGLER, JOSEPH & WESTOW, T. L. (transl.)

2x vol. set; super ocatavo orange cloth boards, lettering to spine, vol. 1: xv+432pp / vol. 2: ix+544pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light tanning and foxing throughout) in d/w's VG- (usual stamps and markings, clear tape to top & bottom, moderate soiling and light foxing, scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Association Press 1960

KEYWORDS: christianity christian history church reformation protestant revolution europe european theology theological religion religious spirituality

ADAMS, DANIEL ET AL. [D. C. THOMAS & CO.]

Large quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus. eps., illus., 352pp, nr. FINE (sl. tanning to edges) in d/w nr. FINE (sl. scuffing)

PUBLISHER: D. C. Thomas & Co. / Waverley Books 2008

KEYWORDS: the beano history comics childrens literature comic british dennis the menace bash street kids

DOWNING, CHARLES

Octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering and desing to spine, illus., x+679pp, VG (light fading, soiling, scuffing & rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning and foxing within, creasing to a handful of miscut pages where they have been folded by prev. owner so the book may still flat on shelf (minor))

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Son, 1872

KEYWORDS: american horticulture fruit plants trees fruits planting gardening botany gardens us usa history charles downing propagation orchard apples cherries grapes plums pears