DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 492pp + unpaginated ads to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration/tanning to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & some pgs throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, occasional light annotation to margins in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co 1891

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural history geology nature exploration hms beagle

FRIEDMAN, NORMAN & BAKER III, A. D. (Ship Plans) & RAVEN, ALAN (Ship Plans)

Quarto, light brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 496pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear with archival tape repair to top of spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1984?

KEYWORDS: military history us cruisers design navy naval warships plans engineering maritime nautical

HAMILTON, J. H.

SCARCE, imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 129pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Don McDiarmid (Printer) 1959

KEYWORDS: all red route mail service history trans-pacific British Columbia Australia New Zealand post postal

RULE, S. M. (Ed)

LIMITED EDITION (#481), imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 140pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wyatt & Wilson Print (Printer) N/D c.1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand volunteer fire brigade emergency services Sumner Canterbury regional history

MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 4 VOL SET), imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & coat of arms illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 310pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board corners, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887

KEYWORDS: cassell's Australasia history culture customs Australia New Zealand Dunedin

BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

Lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, illus eps, 55pp ads + 444pp + xxiii index to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, sm tape staining to edges of pgs 334+335) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine with archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampsn Low, Marston & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: jane's fighting ships military maritime nautical navy naval 60s sixties history engineering design

LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiii + 223pp, vol 2- xi + pgs 224-554, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light to moderate soiling to rear boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Sir John Mandeville voyages

FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with sl loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, 2cm hole to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Thomas Best East Indies 17th seventeenth century

WAFER, LIONEL & JOYCE, L. E. ELLIOTT (Ed, Intro, Notes & Appendices)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, folded frontispiece, lxxi + 221pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to edges of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning & staining to spine & front cover, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel expeditions Lionel Wafer secret report Davis's expedition gold mines Darien West Indies Pacific late 17th seventeenth century Isthmus

BURNELL, JOHN & SHEPPARD, SAMUEL T. (Intro & Notes) & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro) & COTTON, Sir EVAN (Notes) & ANSTEY, L. M. (Notes)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, xxx + 192pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning & staining to spine, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Bombay India John Burnell settlers

WOODRUFF, MARK W. & JONES, JAMES L. (forew.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: mark woodruff journalism history military usa vietnam viet nam war imperialism conflict

FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: david hackett fischer history george washington america american war of independence revolution crossing the delaware

BRYDEN, MICHAEL & MARSH, HELENE & SHAUGHNESSY, PETER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1998

KEYWORDS: michael bryden helene marsh peter shaughnessy dugongs whales dolphins seals marine life mammals australasia ocean oceans natural history science

HEIDLER, DAVID S. & HEIDLER, JEANNE T.

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: Basic Books 2018

KEYWORDS: andrew jackson america american president politics political history propaganda david jeanne heidler

WULF, ANDREA

Octavo softcover (Near Fine) ; 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: Windmill Books 2012

KEYWORDS: founding fathers america american history gardening

BROOKHISER, RICHARD & [MARSHALL, JOHN]

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: Basic Books 2018

KEYWORDS: richard brookhiser john marshall america american history supreme court biography

STEWART, DAVID O.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2008

KEYWORDS: 1787 constitution america american independence history david o stewart constitutional congress

COUCH, DICK & HOLLENBECK, CLIFF (photos)

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: Three Rivers Press 2001

KEYWORDS: navy seal class 228 military history

KRAMER, SAMUEL NOAH

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press, undated [ca 2000s]

KEYWORDS: samuel noah kramer sumerian sumeria sumerians ancient world history middle east

KINDER, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Co. 1998

KEYWORDS: s.s. central america shipwreck history nautical maritime sailing boats boat ship ships