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

CAFFIN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, small octavo brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 186pp, VG (light tanning, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins n/d [c. 1945]

KEYWORDS: john denver new zealand corporal yugoslav brigadier yugoslavia partisans world war two second ww2 2 military history

CARMAN, A. H.; SWAN, A. C.; & MASTERS, READ (ed.)

Small octavo red & white light stapled card covers, 109pp., VG (sl. tanning and foxing within, tears around staples to title and 1st page, binding still sound)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications 1945

KEYWORDS: rugby almanack new zealand 1944 1945 sport sports sporting history

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

CUNNINGHAM, G. H.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR (signed twice: once (with inscription) on the fep, and also on numbered page denoting limited exta-illustrated deluxe edition); octavo blue faux leather boards, blind stamp lettering to front, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, illus., VG (moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, light tanning foxing and soiling within, prev. owner's occasional pencil annotations (interesting in their own right); with some loss to rear pastedown (minor))

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed [n/d, c. 1937]

KEYWORDS: squadron leader mcgregor mac moth new zealand royal airforce air force military history aviation combat memoir biography great war first world one ww1 1

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