VALENTIJN, FRANCOIS & ARASARATNAM, SINNAPPAH (trans.& ed.)

FIRST EDITION; 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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1978

KEYWORDS: francois valentijn ceylong hakluyt society first edition exploration history sinnappah arasaratnam holland dutch netherlands east india

ALLEN, W.E.D. (ed.) & MANGO, ANTHONY (trans.)

FIRST EDITION; 2-VOLUME SET; 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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1970

KEYWORDS: russian embassies georgian kings russia georgia history hakluyt society

SADILA-MANTAU, HANS HEINZ & MONNIG, RICHARD (ed.)

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: Terramare Office Berlin 1938

KEYWORDS: nsdap germany german national socialism nazi nazis third reich politics history

TREBLE, H.A. & KING, K.M.

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: Oxford University Press, undated [ca. 1940]

KEYWORDS: rome roman history ceasar cicero h.a. treble k.m. king ancient classical world

WAGENER, ROY

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: Roy Wagener 1983

KEYWORDS: desart shore roy wagener gum digging far north new zealand history aupouri diggers kauri

LAURENCE, DAN H. (Ed)

3 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 925-986pp, VG (usual library markings & coverings, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spines & covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1989

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Bernard Shaw history biography memoir

BEST, ELSDON

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black Maori illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xv + 280pp, illus, VG (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori anthropology ancient history antiquity pre-European Europe culture

CROWHURST, T. E.

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 163pp, VG- (moderate tanning and creasing to covers, heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate soiling, rusting to staples, staples have pulled through at first and last pages, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture settlers pioneers literature T E Crowhurst

FIELD, GREG

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & moderae fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl soiling & foxing to eps, sl cracking to some gutters, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1995

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles Harley Davidson design building engineering engines history

STUNKARD, GEOFF

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to page edges, minor adhesion to some pgs to rear) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: CarTech Inc 2015

KEYWORDS: motor sports automotive racing cars Chrysler v8 Hemi history engineering engines

CHITHAM, ROBERT

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2005

KEYWORDS: architecture history buildings art classical styles orders

BARR, Dr NIALL & HART, Dr RUSSELL

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii German Germany panzer armoured armored vehicles war combat

BATT, ALLAN

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Speedway Classics 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsports history speedway Christchurch racing

KELLY, CHARLIE & BREEZE, JOE (Fore)

Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, 258pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Velo Press 2014

KEYWORDS: hobbies history mountain biking California

CADE, L. H. & HAYCRAFT, W. C. (Revised by)

Sm octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to boards, v + 108pp, illus, VG (light bruising, scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1948

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles Rudge-Whitworth history 30s thirties guide Rudge

HOCKLEY, GEOFF & FRANCE, LAURIE

Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate internal rusting & separation to staples at gutters)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1964?)

KEYWORDS: Pioneer Motor Club history Christchurch New Zealand

BLAIR, E. W. et al

LACKS FOLDING MAPS- COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 66pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, handpainted flag illus & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand reports Auckland harbour Waitemata Manukau canal transport history

PEARSON, CLIVE & DAVIDSON, ALLAN & LINEHAM, PETER

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 245pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2006

KEYWORDS: religion theology Henry D A Major anglican modernism philosophy religious history New Zealand biographies settlers pioneers

GRACE, A. A. (Preface & Postscript)

Octavo, illus light wrappers, blank spine, 158pp, VG- (moderate tanning & creasing/cracking to spine & cover edges with some minor creasing & closed tearing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy rusting & cracking at gutters/staples)

PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime murder homicide Burgess Levy Kelly Sullivan Nelson history historical convictions

OLD, BRIAN

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 110pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brian Old 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education schools history St Stephen's religious missionary