BISHOP, GILBERT

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & boards, 310pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, ligth soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page with som eminor water satining, presentation plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals with light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1911

KEYWORDS: slaves slave trading history British slavery

RUPKE, NICOLAAS A. (Ed)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 373pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 1987

KEYWORDS: vivisection animals surgery history philosophy anaimal experimentation

COATES, ISAAC

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, ligth soiling & foxing/tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers history Isaac Coates

LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, lxiii + 554pp total, folding map to rear of vol 1, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration explorers Sir John Mandeville maritime nautical

MALTHUS, CECIL

LACKS D/W; BOARDS STAINED; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: cecil malthus new zealand anzac great first world war one ww1 wwi military history memoir

REED, A.H.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn at base of spine) ; 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: Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: a.h. reed new zealand history general popular

BARRAUD, C. D. (Illus) & TRAVERS, W. T. L. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, elephant folio, half leather bound terracotta buckram boards, decorative gilt lettering & tooling to front board, beautiful hand decorated gift/presentation plate, frontispiece, 40pp, 31 chromo- & plain lithographs with 31 woodcuts- all seemingly present, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss & soiling/staining, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, minor wrinkling to buckram on boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & wrinkling to eps with minor foxing, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of dedication page, moderate closed tearing to some page & plate edges, light sporadic soiling & tanning/foxing to pages throughout) in protective heavy boarded folder, leather spine & clasps, VG- (heavy tanning & foxing with moderate scuffing & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Samson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington 1877

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first editions illustrated townships lakes history historical drawings illustrations

BARBER, LAURIE & LORD, CLIFF

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, sl fading)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Signals Incorporated 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history royal corps of signals army signalling communications

NICHOLAS, JOHN LIDDIARD

2 VOL SET, TASTEFULLY REBOUND, half leather biund marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines with gilt rule/decoration & raised bands, frontispieces, vol 1- xx + 431pp, vol 2- xii + 397pp, folding map to vol 1, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spines, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate creasing & minor closed tearing to folding map with light to moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: James Black and Son 1817

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maritime travel literature exploration nautical Samuel Marsden John Liddiard Nicholas

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

SIGNED & NUMBERED, oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black spiral bound, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hardwicke Knight art photos photography collection Otago Dunedin history historical signed Port Chalmers

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, red spiral bound, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling/scuffing to cover edges, light soiling & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hardwicke Knight art photos photography collection Otago Dunedin history historical buildings

EVELYN, JOHN

SECOND EDITION, ONLY ONE PLATE PRESENT, OWNERSHIP OF A DESCENDANT OF THE AUTHOR! Sm octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt rule & raised bands, gilt rule to boards, red speckling to page edges, xxxvi + 140pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, moderate scuffing & bruising to boards, 4cm crack to lower front hinge, moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters throughout, ex-libris plate & prev. seller's sm label to front pastedown, heavy tanning & light foxing to edges of eps & prelims/terminals, age appropriate discolouration to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: J. Payne 1755

KEYWORDS: chalcography craft hobbies John Evelyn copper brass engraving masters history

N/A

ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 87pp, maps & plates/illus, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges with some light soiling, light tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, minor soiling & creasing to folding maps & illus/plates)

PUBLISHER: W. & J. Mackay & Co 1921

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i the Great War Royal Engineers bridges construction building

EASTON-THOMPSON, ISOBEL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history nurses nursing Isobel Easton-Thompson China medical staff CORSO autobiography memoir

OVERY, RICHARD

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1998

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Russia Russian

DEDOPULOS, TIM

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: Viking / Penguin 2006

KEYWORDS: secret societies freemasons freemasonry masonic history

COOK, JUDITH & DORAN, GREGORY (Fore)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+) some adhesion to pages; 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: Sutton Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: history theatre theater playwrights Elizabethan Jacobean period England English actors

NICHOL, JOHN

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: William Collins 2015

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii dambusters 617 squadron Lancaster bombers war heroes

WEST, GARY

Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Luath Press Ltd 2013

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history culture music tradition traditional

FREISENBRUCH, ANNELISE

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: Jonathan Cape 2010

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman history women antiquity