TURLEY, ALAN

Super octavo, hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: sport nz new zealand aotearoa rugby union history

LYNAM, RUTH (ed)

Quarto, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1972

KEYWORDS: fashion paris designers history

WILLETT, C. & CUNNINGTON, PHYLLIS

Quarto, hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Vista Books / Longacre Press 1960

KEYWORDS: english costume fashion history

ADAMS, HENRY & CRAM, RALPH ADAMS (Intro)

Quarto, brown quarter bound boards with brown buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, teg, frontis with tissue guard, xiv + 401pp, illus/plates (not counted, presumed all present), VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin N/D (approx. 1913)

KEYWORDS: Chartres cathedral building history architecture art illustrated

REEVES, BEVERLEY

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to front, 138pp, illus, VG+ sl creasing to edges & covers)

PUBLISHER: Beverley Reeves 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial religion Mrs Cowie

WALLIS, J. P. R. & BRADLOW, F. R. (Intro)

LACKS D/W, square quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, xx + 235pp, illus/plates (not counted, presumed all present), VG (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. A. Balkema 1976

KEYWORDS: exploration history travel illustrated South Africa Rhodesia Australia Thomas Baines

SHARP, IAIN

Quarto, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 232pp, illus, Near FINE (sl scuffing to board extrems) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration art collection Charles Heaphy illustrated history

WILKES, J. J.

EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxvii + 572pp + folding map & plates to rear- not counted, presumed all present, VG (usual library markings, tape residue to boards & eps, light scuffing to board extrems, d/w attached to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, food residue to bottom of pgs 286-287) in d/w & plastic protective cover, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to cover & edges, light fading to spine, sl staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: Ancient history Roman Rome Dalmatia settlements illustrated antiquity

STEELE, JOHN

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: John Steele 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers Gideon Smales pioneers illustrated

GRIFFITHS, RALPH A.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, red heavy card boards with blue buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 968pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to boards, d/w taped to boards, tape residue to boards & eps, light foxing to page edges, light vertical creasing to some prelims) in d/w & protective plastic cover, VG- (light creasing to cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history king Henry VI vi sixth 6th English England monarchy royal

HARVEY, WILLIAM & WEAR, ANDREW (intro)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Everyman 1990

KEYWORDS: blood circulation anantomy science biology history of medicine

DIAMOND, JARED

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Vintage

KEYWORDS: popular science history biology ecology linguistics geography

PARKMAN, FRANCIS & TEBBEL, JOHN (ed)

Super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history north american usa military

WALLER, GREGORY A.

Super octavo softcover (nr FINE); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 1995

KEYWORDS: movies media film cinema history kentucky lexington usa america

ZERBST, RAINER

Lg quarto, blue heavy card boards, white lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 239pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2005

KEYWORDS: architecture history buildings Antoni Gaudi Cornet illustrated

MAYDON, J. G.

Octavo, red buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 198pp + ads to rear, illus- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate discolouration & staining to spine, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & eps, fronti & tissue guard almost fully detached but still fixed, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: C. Arthur Pearson 1901

KEYWORDS: military history illustrated General French cavalry war Africa Boer

CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER

FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, octavo, tan cloth boards with armoured train illus to cover, 3 folding maps present, xiv + 498pp + 32pp ads to rear, VG- (heavy cracking to spine/hinges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate bruising to spine & extrems with sl surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, 1cm closed tear to front folding map, pgs 497 + some ads completely detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: first edition Winston Churchill Africa Boer military politics illustrated history

LAMBERT, ANDREW (ed)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, illus title page, 378pp, illus, Near FINE (sl scuffing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Conway 2010

KEYWORDS: ships history maritime illustrated boats art photos photography

WALKER, GEOFF ET AL (Eds) & STEVENS, MARK ET AL (Contributors)

Imperial octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, 96pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & foxing to covers, moderate tanning to pages throughout, moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & number in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Lindsay Wright (COST) N/D (circa 1981)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby history South Africa tour apartheid racism politics protest 1981 COST citizens opposed to the springbok tour

SWEARENGEN, THOMAS F.

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, blue gun motif to front board, vi + 504pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to board edges, heavy crease/fold to top corner of rear board, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to fep, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top front cover, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to internal sides) HEAVY

PUBLISHER: Chesa Ltd 1978

KEYWORDS: weaponry guns fighting shotguns illustrated history