BEETON, Mrs. ISABELLA

REVISED SECOND EDITION, 241st THOUSAND, octavo, quarter leather bound green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, printed eps, xl + 1139pp + ads to rear, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tape staining to spine, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- historic, moderate foxing to prelims & pages throughout, pgs xiii & xiv moved to verso of full title page- not missing!) Despite it's condition, it has wonderfully retained a lot of its naturally aged charm and even has a small contribution of another's cooking exploits from over the years loosely enclosed. Please feel free to email us directly to ask for photos!

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Tyler 1869 (?)

KEYWORDS: cookbooks Mrs Beeton cooking cookery culinary household skills history chores recipes

KING, EDWARD

Imperial octavo, full leather bound boards, ornate gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule & decoration to boards, aeg, illus eps, vii + 864pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, 3cm loss/chip to top spine extrem, moderate chafing to boards, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters- occasioanl prelim pg loose but still attached, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, moderate foxing to page edges but text block clear)

PUBLISHER: People's Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Europe travel literature exploration history social commentary Edward King collection prose writings

HOUBEN, HUGO & GUILLAUD, HUBERT

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 362pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Intermediate Technology Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: architecture building materials earth buildings ancient history construction

PEDERSEN, MAGGIE CAMPBELL

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED ALSO INSCRIBED & SIGNED XMAS CARD FROM HER & SIGNED HOLOGRAPH NOTE ON NOTEPAD PAPER, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: NAG Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Maggie Campbell Pedersen signed travel literature ivory trade antiques crafts animals craft material history culture artefacts

HERFORT, FRANK

Oblong super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Benteli 2022

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian soviet undergrounds transport architecture design building metro stations history

RIASANOVSKY, NICHOLAS V.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: russia russian history soviet union nicholas riasanovsky textbooks

STEMM, JAMES (ed.) & VON GALEN, COUNT FERDINAND

Quarto 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: The Arizone Aerospace Foundation 2008

KEYWORDS: pima air & space museum aeronautics aeroplane aeroplanes airplane airplanes aircraft history technology commercial military

TOURNADRE, NICOLAS & DORJE, SANGDA & RAMBLE, CHARLES (Trans) & KAPSTEIN, MATTHEW (Fore)

Sm quarto, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, discs to inside both front & rear covers, 563pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, light foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Snow Lion Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: languages linguistics Tibet Tibetan antiquity history civilization civilisation grammar

N/A

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, metal studs to blue cloth spine/boards, black lettering to front board, sm pamphlet attached to front eps, unpaginated, illus/diagrams, VG- (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to board extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps with moderate creasing, light foxing to attached pamphlet)

PUBLISHER: E. V. Paul, Gov't Printer 1940

KEYWORDS: military history aviation rnzaf air force training New Zealand nz Aotearoa education flight flying pilots pilot

McCLOY, NICOLA & KING, JANE (Photo)

Square super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 299pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine cocked, light creasing & scuffing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa buildings historic architecture history biographies

ELDRED-GRIGG, STEVAN & ELDRED-GRIGG, HUGH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white, brown & green lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 427pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges with some light occasional creasing)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii society history social commentary literature art

ROBINSON, JOHN MARTIN

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sm red ink mark/smudge to front)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 2014

KEYWORDS: English country houses ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii military history Britain

HOWITT, BOB

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY SIR WILSON, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 277pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Aotearoa sport history biography memoir Sir Wilson Whineray rugby union

ARDALAN, NADER & BAKHTIAR, LALEH

Square quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xviii + 151pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & soilingto board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards with some light foxing also, moderate wrinkling to some rear pages) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy creasing & chipping with loss to spine & edges, major reinforcement work to internal sides with stiff lamination to whole jacket for preservation)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1973

KEYWORDS: architecture history Persia Persian ancient antiquity sufi tradition

N/A

Quarto, illus/printed light card covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers & edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light rusting & separation to staples at spine)

PUBLISHER: McLeod & Slade Ltd (Printer) 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa north island towns regional local history Stratford jubilee

MULLER, JENS & WIEDEMANN, JULIUS (Ed)

TEXT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH & GERMAN, folio, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & prelims, 480pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2021

KEYWORDS: graphic design history art late 20th twentieth century business logos

ALONSO, ANGEL CABO & VALVERDE, JOSE FILGUEIRA & VARELA, JOSE LUIS & LAMAS, MAUEL CHAMOSO

TEXT IN SPANISH, lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 434pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & board extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Noguer 1976

KEYWORDS: text in Spanish geography history culture Galicia

MEYER, ANTHONY JP & WIPPERFURTH, OLAF (Photos)

HEAVY EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 640pp, illus/photos, VG (usual but minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, heavy but tidy archival tape repairs to front guttersl wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG (adhesive mylar/laminate, occasional library labels, light chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1995

KEYWORDS: Oceania art antiquity ancient history artefacts oceanic Melanesia Polynesia Micronesia archeology archaeology geography culture exploration anthropology

HUTCHINS, GRAHAM

Oblong imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl sccuffing to extrems, prev. owner's ink stamps to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa rail travel transport railways locomotives history Graham Hutchins

MALING, PETER B.

LIMITED NUMBERED (#16/400) 'DELUXE' EDITION, lg folio, half faux leather bound blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt map of Zealandia to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 316pp, illus/maps, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals) in slipcase, VG+ (sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa maps history cartography historic charts exploration limited deluxe edition editions