KING, L. W.

This vol. only; octavo orange brown cloth boards with black lettering and border design to front, black lettering to spine, illus., vii+220pp., VG+ (sl. cocked, light scuffing to boards, light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1903

KEYWORDS: egypt chaldea babylon babylonian religion myth mythiology ancient history near middle east

CARELL, PAUL & SAVILL, MERVYN (transl.)

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 370pp., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing, fading, to boards, light tanning and foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's inscription in ink to fep.) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and creasing, with moderate chipping and small segments lost to spine (unobtrusive), light soiling (mostly to reverse))

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co. 1960

KEYWORDS: desert korps rommel africa north african world war two ww2 2 second military history afrika armour german

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

WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY; MYNORS, R. A. B. ET AL.(transl., ed.) & ACKROYD, PETER (intro.)

Super octavo brown cloth boards, with blue & gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering to spine, gilt top edge, illus., xxxix+568pp., nr. FINE in slipcase nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2014

KEYWORDS: folio society william of malmesbury english history british england monarchy

MACMUNN, SIR GEORGE

Super octavo red cloth boards, gilt emblems to front, gilt lettering and figure to spine, illus. endpapers (maps), illus. (incl. both folding maps present), xvi+560pp., VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, light fading to spine, light tanning and light foxing to edges and within)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.

KEYWORDS: military history sikh pioneers 23rd 32nd 34th regimental india indian mutiny dehli field force flying columns lucknow china umbeyla expedition abyssinia second afghan war frontier gilgit chitral tirah waziristan tibet world war one first 1 ww1 third afghan war aden sinai palestine british empire

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

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