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The Faith of the Early Fathers (3 Vol Set)
3 VOLUME SET, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown/black lettering to spines, xviii-xxiv + 298-450pp, VG (usual library markings, moderate creasing & scuffing to spines & covers, 1cm cracks to some hinges, moderate discolouration & soiling to spines & covers, light foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Liturgical Press 1970-79
KEYWORDS: religion faith Christianity history liturgy theology literature scripture
Reports of Geological Explorations During 1886-87 With Maps and Sections
Super octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, li + 270pp, folding maps throughout, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & rear cover with considerable closed tearing & some loss, light to moderate foxing to covers & throughout inc. maps, moderate to heavy insect damage to terminals & appendix, light cracking to gutters throughout, some small closed tearing to some maps)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1887
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology exploration maps colonial history
The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright
Square quarto, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 164pp, illus/photos, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate foxing to boards/page edges/eps, light cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Bramhall House 1965
KEYWORDS: architecture Frank Lloyd Wright buildings history photos illustrated
The Franklin Car: How it Influenced my Life Starting in 1915
WITH PEN ANNOTATIONS OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIAN MAURICE HENDRY, imperial octavo, illus stapled wrapper, black lettering to covers, illus/printed eps, 68pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading & chipping to spine, light creasing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light annotations in pen & pencil throughout- as mentioned above)
PUBLISHER: Comservco 1978
KEYWORDS: cars automotive history Franklin illustrated transport engineering
The FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian Car
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, square super octavo, illus glossy covers, black & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, occasional annotation in ink)
PUBLISHER: Wakefield Press 2002
KEYWORDS: Holden cars transport business automotive fj illustrated history Australian Australia signed
Doble Steam Cars, Buses, Lorries and Railcars
REBOUND, octavo, red cloth boards, frontispiece, 203pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, title handwritten-neatly-to spine in black marker, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pgs 25-32 loose but still attached, occasional ink & pencil annotations to text)
PUBLISHER: Light Steam Power N/D (c.1959?)
KEYWORDS: steam transport history Doble illustrated New Zealand engineering manufacturing
Il Radiatore Nel Tempo
TEXT IN ITALIAN WITH BOOKLET CONTAINING ENGLISH TRANSLATION LOOSELY ENCLOSED, square octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 107pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, letter from publisher taped to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout, light foxing to booklet) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Valeo Sud 1984
KEYWORDS: engineering cars manufacturing radiators history Valeo Italian illustrated
A History of Ottoman Architecture
Lg quarto, illus glossy covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 511pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light curling & creasing to covers & edges with some chafing & soiling, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light creasing to base of terminals)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1992
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history Ottoman empire illustrated
Against the Odds: Battles at Sea 1591-1949
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 272pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, sm numerals to ffep in ink, sm 'ticks' in ink to bibliography sections) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1991
KEYWORDS: military history naval battles navy sea
French Vintage Cars
OCCASIONAL ANNOTATIONS & UNDERSCORING BY AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIAN MAURICEHENDRY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & discolouration to spine & board edges, light scuffing to extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ownerships stamps in ink to eps & prelims, aforementioned annotations & doodlings in ink & pencil)
PUBLISHER: Autosport 1964
KEYWORDS: French vintage cars transport history illustrated photos engines manufacturing automotive
Chopin: Prince of the Romantics
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: Harper Press / Collins 2010
KEYWORDS: chopin biography music musical history the romantics romanticism
Chopin's Funeral
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: Abacus 2004
KEYWORDS: chopin biography music musical history classical
Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942
Quarto, illus light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, 1536pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling & light foxing to page edges, minor occasional highlighting to text, pgs 1081/1082 completely detached but present, sm notation in ink to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Krause Publications 1985
KEYWORDS: cars automotive transport history illustrated photos American US engineering manufacturing
Edsel Ford and E. T. Gregorie: The Remarkable Design Team and Their Classic Fords of the 1930s and 1940s
Oblong imperial octavo, green lettering to spine, xx + 333pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl foxing to page edges, light sporadic highlighting to text, sm numerals in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Society of Automotive Engineers 1999
KEYWORDS: transport cars automotive Edsel Ford E T Gregorie classic Ford design engineering illustrated history
Guahan Guam: The History of Our Island
Oblong quarto, illus glossy boards, green lettering to spine, illus eps, iv + 451pp, illus, VG (light bruising & creasing to spine & extrems, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sanchez Publishing House n/d
KEYWORDS: Guam exploration history illustrated Guahan Chamorro culture
A History of Printing in New Zealand 1830 - 1940
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#97/600), quarto, half bound heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 252pp, illus, VG (reference & prev. ownership stamps & markings- not ex library- to eps & prelims, light tape residue to lower spine extrem, moderate scuffing with some surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Richard Alexander McKay n/d (c.1940)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing history illustrated Maori culture government printing office trade industry
Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand for the Year 1899: With Statistics of Local Governing Bodies for the Year Ended 31st March 1900
Quarto, blue heavy boards with brown cloth spine, black lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, red speckling to page edges, xvi + 529pp, folded chart to rear, VG (light scuffing & chafing to boards & edges, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1900
KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics history historical data colony governing bodies
Report For the Honourable M. B. R. Couch (M.P.) Minister of Police From C. M. Nicholson Re: Paul Chase Shooting
Quarto, brown light card covers with black cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, 119pp + photos & contents to rear, VG (light creasing & chafing to covers, prev. ownership stamps to covers & eps)
PUBLISHER: C. M. Nicholson 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime Paul Chase police shooting shootings history report Attorney-General
The York and Lancaster Regiment 1758-1919 (Vol 1)
THIS VOLUME ONLY, HEAVY TAPE REPAIRS TO SOME GUTTERS, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia & blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xv + 407pp, illus/plates- not counted potentially some missing, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, some pgs loose but temp fixed with past yellowing tape at gutters, light pencil markings to margins sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Butler & Tanner Ltd (Printer) n/d (c.1930)
KEYWORDS: military history York Lancaster regiment illustrated British army 65th 84th foot line infantry
National Gallery Catalogues: The Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings With French Paintings Before 1600
THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, pagination from 430 to 856, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery Company 2014
KEYWORDS: art history catalogue Netherlandish 1600 16th sixteenth century national gallery illustrated