YUTANG, LIN

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy) ; 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: Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: lin yutang china chinese sino-japanese war history military asia

BRAMWELL, ANNA

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: Yale University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: anna bramwell ecology environmentalism history politics nature conservation

ACKROYD, PETER

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: Pan 2014

KEYWORDS: peter ackroyd britain british history civil war england english

NESS, WILLIAM H.

Imperial 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: Arms and Armour 1989

KEYWORDS: p-47 thunderbolt warbirds military aviation history airplane airplanes aeroplane aeroplanes

EVANS, ALAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & covers, light soiling & staining to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stadia / Tempus Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: sport rugby union history British Irish Lions tour New Zealand Australia Ceylon 1950 fifties 50s

BEST, ELSDON

Octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering & rule to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 110pp, illus/photos, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer, Gov't Printer N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Elsdon Best Waikaremoana travel writing literature history

RALEIGH, Sir WALTER & RALIEGH, LADY (Ed) & SMITH, DAVID NICHOL (Preface)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces- tissue guard to vol 1 only, vol 1- xxvii + pgs 1-272, vol 2- xii + pgs 273-571, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns, sm chunk of prelims to vol 1 loosened but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1926

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Raleigh letters correspondence history autobiography

HASEKAMP, UTA

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, pgs 73-76 & pgs 225-228 torn out-missing) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 2018

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Uta Hasekemp art nouveau culture

OLLIER, EDMUND (Preface)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & black decorative rule to spine & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 576pp, vol 2- xiv + 574pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping with some surface loss to extrems, heavy soiling/discolouration to spines & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims, frontis to vol 2 partially detached, heavy cracking to hinge of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin N/D

KEYWORDS: military history France Germany Franco-Prussian war

REED, A. H. (Ed) & SCALES, SID (Illus) [TROLLOPE, ANTHONY]

LOOSELY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt letterign to spine, 156pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Anthony Trollope travel history writing literature

ENNIS, HELEN

Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, ix + 277pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & covers, light fading, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 2004

KEYWORDS: art photos photography Australia Australian culture social history collection criticism appreciation

McKENNEY, THOMAS L. & HALL, JAMES & HODGE, FREDERICK WEBB (Ed) & BUSHNELL, DAVID I. (Ed) & BRAUNHOLTZ, H. J. (Intro)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus to front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, viii-lxii + 355-458pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light water staining to base of pages, varying degrees of insect damage to vols 2 + 3, moderate water damage to rear board of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: John Grant 1933-34

KEYWORDS: North America indigenous people anthropology native Indian tribes culture history US American

CROPPER, ELIZABETH & DEMPSEY, CHARLES

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xix + 374pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with some minor fading, light chafing to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation Nicolas Poussin paintings history

FRASER, KENNEDY (Intro)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, blind lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxiv + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling, prev. booksellers' labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Randon House 1992

KEYWORDS: fashion magazines Vogue photography history centenary centennial models

ROBSON, GRAHAM

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to sine & cover egdes, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to half title page)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2001

KEYWORDS: classic cars automotive Austin-Healey 100 3000 design engineering history

TIBBLES, IAN

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trains transport West Coast steam locomotives rail railways history

JUNGE, NORMAN

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light soiling to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomative Society 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trains transport history steam locomotives rail railways

BRETT, ANDRE & VAN DER WEERDEN, SAM (Maps)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 367pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand passenger rail transport trains history

WILKINS, IVOR

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 432pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history flying flight classic planes engineering design

HUNTER, Capt. KENNETH E. & TACKLEY, MARGARET E.

THIS VOL. ONLY, 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: Brassey's 1994

KEYWORDS: japan united states world war two second wwii military history american army brasseys pacific kenneth hunter margaret tackley official pictorial record photography