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$65.00
2f34a/30

New Zealand: The Brighter Britain of the South:


An Illustrated Description of the Natural Wealth, Conditions of Life, Industries, Trade, and Opportunities for Advancement

FANNING, L. S.

Super octavo, brown light card stapled wrappers with NZ map & blue lettering to front cover, 120pp, illus, VG- (patch of damage to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing to cover edges, some discolouration & staining to covers, owner's name & date in ink to title page, creasing to some page corners)

PUBLISHER: British Empire Exhibition/ WAG Skinner Govt. Printer 1924

KEYWORDS: LS Fanning British Empire Exhibition New Zealand travel history industry culture natural history

$55.00
2f34a/34

Steam in the Southern Pacific


The Story of Merchant Steam Navigation in the Australian Coastal and Intercolonial Trades, and on the Ocean Lines of the Southern Pacific

LAWSON, WILL

Re-bound with new eps & boards, small octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp + 2pp adverts, illus with 54illus, VG (2cm stain to title page, sporadic foxing, moderate tanning to pages, 1cm black stain to upper corner page 148/149, last two pages loose)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1909

KEYWORDS: Will Lawson New Zealand Pacific Ocean nautical maritime history steam merchant navy naval history navigation coastal shipping trade routes boats steamers

$28.50
xxewd62279

Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics


1796 - 1855

GIBBS-SMITH, C.H.

First edition Hardcover imperial octavo (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1962

KEYWORDS: first edition specials C H Gibbs-Smith aviation history biography George Cayley aeronautics English history

$26.50
xxewe62357

Seasoned by Salt


A Historical Album of the Outer Banks

BARFIELD, RODNEY

Softcover square super octavo (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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Rodney Barfield American history Outer Banks North Carolina pictorial history

$14.00
xxhcaa62517

A History of Young People in the West: Volume Two Stormy Evolution to Modern Times


LEVI, GIOVANNI & SCHMITT, JEAN-CLAUDE (Eds)

This volume only, ex library, super octavo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Giovanni Levi Jean-Claude Schmitt history youth young people social history

$13.50
xxdbg63061

The Harbour Board Collection Wellington 1880-1980


CHURCHOUSE, JACK

softcover oblong quarto (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: Wellington Harbour Board 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Jack Churchouse new zealand wellington harbour history ship maritime port photography pictorial history

$28.50
xxdbd63084

British Civil Aircraft 1919-1959: Volume One


JACKSON, A. J.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) large patch of dampstaining to front board lower corner with damage carrying over to lower edges of first 40 pages. Without that fault, book would be 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: Putnam 1959

KEYWORDS: specials AJ Jackson civil aviation history British aircraft aeronautical history aeroplanes

$15.00
xxdoa63091

Unearthing New Zealand


TROTTER, MICHAEL & MCCULLOCH, BEVERLEY

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: Government Printing Office 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Trotter Beverley McCulloch New Zealand archaeology pre-history anthropology history

$20.00
xxezf64069

The Book of The Martyrs of Tolpudde 1834-1934


V/A

hardback quarto, no 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: Trades Union Congress General Council 1934

KEYWORDS: specials history london england uk history labour politics trade union

$65.00
1b45/34

Cadillac Standard of the World: Compete History


With the Editors of Automobile Quarterly

HENDRY, MAURICE D.

Oblong imperial octavo, maroon textured boards with gilt lettering to spine, 447pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, several 1cm closed tears to upper spine extrem, small chaffing patch to rear upper edge, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Princeton Publishing 1977

KEYWORDS: Maurice D Hendry cars transport automobiles cadillac American motorcar history photographic pictorial history

$90.00
1b46/33

Paddle Steamers of Australasia


PARSONS, R. H. & TOLLEY, J. C.

large quarto/small folio, cream light card stapled covers with black lettering to front cover, v + frontispiece maps + 196pp, VG- (light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, reading crease to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: RH Parsons 1967

KEYWORDS: RH Parsons JC Tolley transport Australia New Zealand paddle wheel steamers Murray Darling Rivers steamers tugs vessels ships shipping history Tasmania reference history specications

$150.00
1b47/13

Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference


WILLIAMS, DAVID

Large quarto, navy blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, 3cm closed tear to front upper corner/flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: David Williams nautical maritime naval history camouflage patterns colours schemes function illustrated photographic history warships

$55.00
1b47/17

British Warships 1860-1906: A Photographic History


DINGLE, NICHOLAS J.

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 208pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Maritime 2009

KEYWORDS: Nicholas J Dingle naval maritime nautical history British warships boats ships photographic history

$150.00
1b48/30

Official History of the War: Military Operations France and Belgium 1915: Four-book set: 2 volumes & 2 boxes of maps


n/a

Two-volume set plus 2 boxes of folding maps in matching clamshell boxes, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. Two volumes pristine - still in plastic and never opened (FINE) Two map boxes incomplete. Vol.1 missing maps 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 13. Vol 2 missing maps 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, and diagram 1.

PUBLISHER: Imperial War Museum 1992 facsimile reprint

KEYWORDS: Imperial War Museum official history First World War One WWI military history France Belgium 1915

$245.00
1b48/31

Official History of the War: Military Operations France and Belgium 1916


5-volume set: 2 vols & 2 vols of appendices & box of maps

n/a

2-volume set plus 2 vols of appendices plus 1box of folding maps in matching clamshell boxes, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. All volumes pristine (FINE) and two still in original sealed plastic.

PUBLISHER: Imperial War Museum 1992 facsimile reprint

KEYWORDS: Imperial War Museum official history First World War One WWI military history France Belgium 1916

$34.50
xxkrg65019

Anatomy of the Ship: The Destroyer Campbelton - Complete with a 1/256 Scale Fold-Out Plan


ROSS, AL

hardcover rectangular quarto with 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: Conway 2004

KEYWORDS: specials maritime sea sailing ships history guide illustrated plan building models craft history art al ross campbeltown

$90.00
2f15a/1

Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 1908 Vol. XLI (New Issue)


n/a

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, blue/grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xiv + 471pp, illus, VG- (some dampstaining & soiling to front cover & page upper edges, some bending, 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge & first 10 or so pages, 2cm chaffing with loss to lower spine extrem, light soiling & bruising to cover edges, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

$90.00
2f15a/2

Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 55 (New Issue)


n/a

Super octavo, blue/grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xviii + 884pp, illus, VG- (boards loosening at gutters, moderately heavy dampstaining to front board lower edge carrying over to first two pages, dampstaining to rear board edges carrying over to last three or so pages, light bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, light rubbing to spine label, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

$90.00
2f15a/3

Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 54 (New Issue)


n/a

Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xxxi + 920pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, v slight soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

$15.00
xxdtg67110

Traction Engines in New Zealand


ALEXANDER, RON & RADCLIFFE, GRAHAM

Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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: Steam Traction Society 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Ron Alexander Graham Radcliffe New Zealand transport agriculture history traction engines pictorial photographic history

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