SCHOENBAUM, S

Super octavo (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: Clarendon 1991

KEYWORDS: shakespeare history theater theatre biography culture cultural studies

PUTIGNY, BOB (text) & DE KERSAUSON, O (photos) & FOLCO, M. (photos) & DUCHENE, J.P. (photos)

Square 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: les editions du pacifique 1976

KEYWORDS: easter island rapa nui pacific photographs photos history culture

MILLER, DAVID

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1958

KEYWORDS: entomology insects bugs new zealand natural history biology

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

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

FITZGERALD, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, oblong quarto, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ex-libris ink stamps to eps- front & back)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 2013

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Aotearoa transport history rail railways signal boxes trains stations h j wynne era early 20th twentieth century

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

PHILSON, MARIANNE

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Duder family history settlers pioneers genealogy reunion committee HMS Buffalo

McKINLAY, ERNEST

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 164pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in pencil to ffep) in d/w, tatty (v heavy chipping & open tearing to edges, v heavy but tidy archival tape repairs, heavy tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David M. Lister 1939

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Aotearoa military history entertainers Europe Ernest McKinlay

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

SOOTHILL, LUCY & HOSIE, LADY (Fore)

Super octavo, light blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue chinese characters/lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 339pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to verso of ffep, 5cm closed tear to gutter of full title page, light cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1931

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration China culture history social commentary Lucy Soothill

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

KELLY, ROB ROY

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, green lettering to spine, 351pp, illus, VG (moderate curling & creasing to covers, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sl soiling to page edges, light foxing to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Liber Apertus Press 2010

KEYWORDS: US America American lettering graphics typography wood type types 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