FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

FEP TORN/CUT; Super octavo, blue & black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 629pp, illus, VG (fep torn/cut, otherwise VG+ with light rubbing & soiling to boards and page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling, moderate creasing, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand united states of america american u.s.a. comparitive history politics political culture cultural values society government democracy democratic liberty freedom individualism

ROBSON, GRAHAM

THIS VOL. ONLY; Oblong sm. octavo; black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to pages, light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, moderate sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: motoring collecting collections guides 20th twentieth century postwar post-war vintage automotives automobiles vehicles transport cars rolls royce bentley separate chassis era illustrated hobbies leisure history

BADEN-POWELL, Major-General R. S. S.

ONE ILLUS. PLATE MISSING; Ex-library; Sm. octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt soldier on horseback motif to front board, blind-stamped publisher's logo to rear board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 201pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear, illus. plates, VG- (p.159 illus. plate missing, closed tear to p.37 illus. plate, p.59 illus. plate loose but present, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front gutter, light-moderate soiling/tanning to pages, usual library markings to prelims/terminal, spine & first page of text)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1900

KEYWORDS: ex library military history warfare combat conflict sports leisure recreation athleticism athletics athletes recreational robert baden powell scouts scouting illustrated

STONE, I. F.

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece: map, xvii + 364pp, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light soiling, tanning & occasional creasing to pages, newspaper clippings pasted/taped to pastedowns by prev. owner, prev. owner's names in ink to fep, occasional underlining in light pencil)

PUBLISHER: Turnstile Press Limited 1952

KEYWORDS: military history korean war warfare combat conflicts investigative journalism media commentaries united states of america american u.s.a. foreign policy if stone

HARTLEY, PETER

RE-BACKED, INCORPORATING ORIGINAL COVERS; Octavo, red & black heavy card boards, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 316pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards/covers, light foxing to page edges, moderate sun-fading to spine lettering)

PUBLISHER: Goose & Sons, Argus Books Ltd. 1980

KEYWORDS: re-backed motor motorcycles motorbikes bikes automotives automobiles history ariel riding motoring vintage vehicles transport illustrated

CLARK, RONALD H.

Super octavo, salt & pepper cloth boards, quarter-bound in green faux-leather spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 174pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing & tanning to pages, prev. owner's brief inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, heavy sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Goose & Son Publishers 1964

KEYWORDS: motor motorcycles motorbikes bikes automotives automobiles mechanical mechanics engines engineering history brough superior works company england english british great britain riding motoring vintage vehicles transport illustrated

KURTZ, LESTER R. (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, xx + 342pp, VG+ (light-moderate rubbing & soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2018

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality warfare peace pacifism warriors conflicts combat violence studies buddhist buddhism jewish judaism christianity islamic muslim morality faith moral lessons history historical

GLADDEN, NORMAN

Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 200pp, illus: maps, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling to covers, light-moderate chipping & discolouration to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co. Limited 1974

KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries autobiography autobiographies military history world war one first wwi warfare conflicts combat battles battle of the somme 1916 british great britain english england

JOHNSON, TOWNLEY & RABINOWITZ, HYME & SIEFF, PERCY (compiled by)

FIRST EDITION; SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS; ARCHIVAL REPAIR TO SPINE; DUAL LANGUAGE - TEXT IN ENGLISH & AFRIKAANS; Square octavo, white heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, large black rock painting motif to boards, frontispiece, 38pp + 48pp plates at rear, illus plates, VG- (heavy cracking to hinges with archival tape repairs, moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Nasionale Boekhandel BPK 1959

KEYWORDS: signed first editions text in afrikaans text in english south african south west cape province rock paintings cave art early human ancient history archeology archaeology illustrated

BURNET, J. H. (preface)

Octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 32pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, light-moderate foxing, tanning & creasing to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Alexander Museum 1933

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island wanganui whanganui museums early history alexander guide books guides handbooks exhibits illustrated

AMIDI, AMID

Oblong super octavo, light green heavy card boards, white & green lettering to spine, green cartoon characters motif to front board, illus title page, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, moderate sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC 2006

KEYWORDS: united states of america american u.s.a hollywood history art artists animation animated illustrations illustrators graphic design style aesthetics modern cartoons illustrated

BIGWOOD, RICK

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd 2009

KEYWORDS: new zealand law legal judicial history permanent court of appeal 20th twentieth century essay collections commonwealth

[King] JAMES I & MCILWAIN, CHARLES HOWARD (intro)

Ex-library; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind-stamped lettering & publisher's coat of arms motif to front board, cxi + 354pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate fraying to spine extrems, light cracking to gutters, light-moderate soiling & tanning to pages, several small closed tears to page edges throughout & a few pages starting to come loose, usual library markings to prelims, terminals & spine)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1918

KEYWORDS: ex library king james i iv england english scotland scottish monarchs monarchies monarchy royals royalty crown history politics political works writings collected collections speeches

HISS, PHILIP HANSON

Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1941

KEYWORDS: photography photographers art documentary pictorial anthropology ethnology travel writing exploration cultural social history bali indonesia indo pacific islands south east asia oceania

WHITE, Rev. GILBERT & BROWN, Captain THOMAS (with extensive additions)

Sm. octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine, blind-stamped lettering & decorative rule to boards, frontispiece, illus half-title page, xii + 348pp, illus plates, VG- (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, boards sl. cocked, light cracking to gutters, light soiling to pages, moderate discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Griffin and Company 1853

KEYWORDS: england english selborne hampshire natural history science nature naturalists animals zoology fauna

CRAIK, GEORGE

Sm. octavo, half-bound in maroon leather with marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece: map of New Zealand, iv + 424pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to boards & spine, moreso to edges, moderate discolouration to prelims/terminals incl. frontispiece, otherwise occasional light soiling to pages/page edges, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight 1830

KEYWORDS: new zealand early settler colonial popular history 19th nineteenth century exploration discovery navigation cultural social anthropology indigenous colonialism

MOREAU, SIMEON

Sm. octavo, half-bound in maroon/tan leather with marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, frontispiece, vii + 208pp, illus plates, VG- (heavy scuffing to boards, leather binding almost entirely worn away at corners, moderate surface loss to spine extrems., light cracking to gutters, p.32 plate missing, moderately heavy soiling to front section of pages, otherwise light soiling/tanning throughout, small closed tear to table of contents, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown

PUBLISHER: R. Cruttwell 1797

KEYWORDS: england english gloucestershire cheltenham guides guidebooks handbooks tours royal spa natural health resorts towns cities city history

The Marquis DE CUSTINE

Sm. octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering & rule to boards, printed eps, xxiv + 532pp, VG- (moderate rubbing/soiling & heavy fading to boards, moderate cracking to upper spine - boards sl. shaky, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1854

KEYWORDS: text in english travel writing french aristocrats aristocracy history russian russia imperial imperialism

RUSSELL, WILLIAM HOWARD

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR'S FATHER; 2 VOL. SET; ORIGINAL BINDINGS; Octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, frontispieces, xv + 408 / xi + 443, illus / folding map, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light brusing to corners, heavy sun-fading to spines, light chipping to spine extrems., light-moderate soiling to pages - frontispieces fairly heavily soiled, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge 1860

KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries autobiography autobiographies travel writing india indian irish british great britain private secretaries journalists war correspondents imperialism colonialism history

DOTEN, ALFRED & VAN TILBURG CLARK, WALTER (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Nevada Press 1973

KEYWORDS: journals diaries Alfred Doten history autobiography autobiographies memoir