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$150.00
1u32b/12

The Land Speed Record 1898-1999


CLARKE, R. M. (Compiled) & TREMAYNE, DAVID (Fore)

NUMBERED EDITION (#219/600), quarto, green faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 699pp illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Brooklands Books N/D c.1999

KEYWORDS: land speed record illustrated history transport motoring motor sport

$40.00
1u32b/14

Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream


WATTS, STEVEN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 529pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 2008

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Hugh Hefner erotica pornography playboy illustrated history entertainment

$25.00
xxfne171302

Colonial Architecture in New Zealand


STACPOOLE, JOHN

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: colonial architecture new zealand aotearoa nz history benjamin mountfort frederick thatcher f. w. petre

$12.00
xxfni171310

A Christmas Garland: A New Zealand Christmas Album 1642 - 1900 in Twelve Parts


MADDOCK, SHIRLEY & EASTHER, MICHAEL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins 1980

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand christmas album traditions aotearoa history religion christianity

$38.80
xxfnj171321

Ticonderoga: Tales of an Enchanted Yacht


A Mystic Seaport Museum Book

SOMER, JACK A.

Ex-library. Large 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Concepts Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: yachts sailing ticonderoga history maritime

$30.00
xxfnj171322

A Nautical Journey: An Illustrated Maritime History From Cook to Shackleton


BELL, DAVID C.

Ex-library. Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Quiller 2010

KEYWORDS: maritime history sailing illustrated great britain british exploration

$25.00
xxfnj171323

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967


MOLON, DOMINIC

Ex-library. Large quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2008

KEYWORDS: rock and roll art music history punk

$32.50
xxfic171294a

The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon, C.B. at Kartoum


Printed from the Original Mss.

GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE; HAKE, A. EGMONT (forew.)

octavo hardcover (VG-) with fold-out map in rear ; 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: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1885

KEYWORDS: mahdist war sudan britain british military history colonialism charles gordon

$40.00
1u36a/7

Stirling Moss: My Racing Life


MOSS, Sir STIRLING & TAYLOR, SIMON & HAMILTON, LEWIS (Fore)

Quarto, green heavy boards, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Evro 2015

KEYWORDS: motorsports motoring cars sport motor history automotive automobile illustrated autobiography memoir Stirling Moss racing

$70.00
1u36a/10

Bo Granath Racing 1961-2006: Episodes From a Road-Racing Rider's Life to, in and From Motorcycle Races in the GPs, SM and Other International Events 1961-1979


GRANATH, BO

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to edges, sl chafing to boards, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: Bo Granath 2015

KEYWORDS: motor racing motorcycles bikes illustrated history culture Europe photos photography sports sport autobiography Bo Granath signed

$175.00
1u36a/13

The Grand Prix Motocycle: The Official Technical History


CAMERON, KEVIN & BURGALETA, PEPE (Illus) & ROBERTS Sr, KENNY (Fore)

Lg quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 216p, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (v sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: grand prix motor cycle motorcycle sport racing illustrated technical history hobbies

$200.00
1u36a/24

Curia Regis Rolls of the Reign of Henry III (Preserved in the Public Record Office) Vol XIII 11 to 14 Henry III (1227-1230)


EVANS, DAVID L. (Preface)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiii + 762pp, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl staining to boards, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, ligth fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1959

KEYWORDS: rolls domestic history medieval English law social economis Easter term Hilary term curia regis

$145.00
1u36a/25

The Gates of India Being an Historical Narrative


HOLDICH, COLONEL SIR THOMAS

ALL MAPS PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, deckled page edges, xv + 555pp, folding maps throughout- all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, ligth fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing & occassional closed tearing to maps)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: India travel exploration maps history antiquity

$65.00
1u36a/26

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of the Reign of Elizabeth Addenda 1566-1579 (Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office)


GREEN, MARY ANNE EVERETT (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, many pages uncut, lxi + 667pp + 30pp catalogue to rear, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, ligth chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, ligth cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Longman & Co and Trubner & Co 1871

KEYWORDS: domestic papers rolls history domestic state addenda Queen Elizabeth

$65.00
1u36a/28

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series of teh Reign of Elizabeth 1601-1603; With Addenda 1547-1565 (Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office)


GREEN, MARY ANNE EVERETT (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, Imperial octavo, green heavy boards with green cloth spine, deckled page edges, ix + 711pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to board corners & edges with some surface loss, moderate peeling to boards, boards sl shaky- moderate cracking to gutters, moderate tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Longman & Co and Trubner & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: calendar state papers domestic history England Queen Elizabeth rolls

$48.50
1u36a/35

British and Foreign Arms & Armour


ASHDOWN, CHARLES HENRY

Super octavo, green buckram boards, black & white lettering to spine, brown lettering & knightly illus to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xiv + 384pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to extrems with some moderate scuffing, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep torn out & missing, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1909

KEYWORDS: armour illustrated history military British arms weaponry war medieval knights saxons romans normans

$75.00
1u37a/2

Norton; The Racing Story


WALKER, MICK

Imperial octavo black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Norton racing motorcycle illustrated history motor sport engineering

$60.00
1u37a/3

The Coolemans of Wanganui (The Way We Were)


COLEMAN, BOB

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 362pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: H & A Print (Printer) 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motor sport motorcycles illustrated history Coleman

$60.00
1u37a/5

Race Across the Great Divide: How the 1970s Transformed Aussie Motorcycle Racing


FLACK, DARRYL & COX, DON

Square quarto, green glossy heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 324pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bellbird Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: Australia motorcycle racing history illustrated sport motor sports

$175.00
1u37a/9

The History of the Cotton Famine: From the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works Act


ARNOLD, R. ARTHUR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, xiv + 570pp + 16pp adverts to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, sm ink stain to front board, moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, prev. owner'sname in ink to ffep, light annotation to text in pencil sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Saunders, Otley and Co 1864

KEYWORDS: first edition history cotton famine industry public works act British Britain work industrial relations first edition

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