MANCHESTER, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Litte, Brown and Company 1983

KEYWORDS: winston churchill biography british history empire imperialism

HARARI, YUVAL NOAH

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 costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015

KEYWORDS: human history evolution homo sapiens cultue cultural humans

PATTERSON, ANNABEL (ed., introd.)

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: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies 1998

KEYWORDS: nicholas throckmorton england english britain british tudor treason history

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

CHWAST, SEYMOUR & HELLER, STEVEN (Ed) & VENEZKY, MARTIN (Ed) & GLASER, MILTON (Intro)

Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems, sm black ink mark to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2004

KEYWORDS: graphics design illustrations history art push pin

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

MOON, PAUL

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 453pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Atuanui Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa north island Waikato rivers waterways history

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