CLOSE, CAPTAIN D G (Ed) & ABBOTT, Mrs GLORIA (Typists)

TYPED LETTER LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering & military insignia to front board, frontispiece, 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: 1 RNZIR Dieppe Barracks 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history royal infantry regiment journal southeast asia late 20th twentieth century first 1st battalion

MONCRIEFF, A R HOPE

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 443pp, illus- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine heavily cracked & flapping, moderate chafing & soiling ot boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, varying degrees of foxing & pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D

KEYWORDS: ancient history myths legends Greek Rome Greece Roman mythology

HOPE, THOMAS

THIS VOL ONLY, SPINE MISSING OTHERWISE BINDING SOUND, super octavo, brown heavy leather boards, gilt rule to boards, gilt stamp illus/motif to front board, marbled page edges & eps, unpaginated, illus/plates- uncounted presumed all present, G+ (spine missing, boards heavily chafed & soiled/stained, moderate cracking to som egutters, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Henry G Bohn 1841

KEYWORDS: ancient costumes clothing attire history historical Rome Greece roman greek

BROCK, CAPTAIN C E

Quarto, brown stapled light card covers, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning & staining to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, moderate rusting & staining to staples at spine, 2x photos tipped in to inside front cover, moderate discolouration to front & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Capt. C E Brock 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 1st first battalion royal new zealand infantry regiment

HORNER, FRANCES

SCARCE FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus buckram boards, maroon & cream lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 237pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some pgs loose, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly quite moderate)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

KEYWORDS: scarce first editions Frances Horner English nobility history

HAMILTON, DOM ADAM (Ed, Notes & Additions)

2 VOLS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to cream buckram spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xx + 277pp, vol 2- xx + 219pp, folding charts/diagrams to rear of both vols, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spines, light to moderate chafing/fading to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, ffep of vol 2 partially detached, varying degrees of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1904-06

KEYWORDS: history family tree St Monica canoness English augustinian religion religious

ALSOP, PETER & STEWART, GARY & ROBERTS, KEVIN (Fore)

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, heavy quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 439pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & front board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed history advertising media posters artwork business art

SAHLSTROM, BERIT

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, x + 179pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to board edges, light chafing & soiling ot boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Uppsala 1990

KEYWORDS: politics political artwork posters propaganda Africa African Ethiopia Mozambique campaigns art history

WILSON, JAMES

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 495pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: JH Productions 2018

KEYWORDS: British armed forces army military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war savage club

BLACKLEDGE, W J & BRENNAN, Ex-Legionnaire TERRY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 246pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & fraying/surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate to heavy cracking to spine hinges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, moderate staining to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, varying degrees of foxing throughout, sm ink 'tick' to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1937

KEYWORDS: history death squads literature ejercito legion women combat

CRUISE, Major RICHARD A.

Octavo, maroon cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 162pp, illus, VG- (moderate cracking to gutters - boards moderately shaky, moderately heavy fading to boards incl. lettering, light rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning/soiling to pages, prev. owner's stamp to eps, prelims & several pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Brett Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. 1921

KEYWORDS: new zealand journals diaries diary memoirs travel writing exploration maritime ocean journeys voyages ships early history colonialism hms dromedary richard a cruise

MURE, Major A. H.

Octavo, brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine, black rule to front board, 206pp, VG (light soiling & scuffing to boards, light-moderate tanning & foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: W. & R. Chambers, Limited 1919

KEYWORDS: memoirs autobiography autobiographies military narrative history world war one first wwi gallipoli the royal scots warfare conflicts combat battles major ah mure

NEALE, JUNE E.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, illus advert in prelims, viii + 144pp, photo illus, VG (moderate sun-fading to top left corner of covers, light rubbing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Police - Nelson District 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island nelson police district history early colonial nineteenth 19th twentieth 20th century illustrated law enforcement

MITTON, MERVYN A.

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, photo illus prelims, 145pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to boards, light soiling & occasional adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing, in removeable protective plastic sleeve)

PUBLISHER: Quiller Press Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: great britain british england english police law enforcement history antiques artifacts collectibles collector's equipments armaments weapons truncheons tipstaves

THOMSON, DAVID A. & KAGEI, HENDRIK

Numbered limited edition 745/750; Quarto, illus light card cover, white lettering to blue spine, erratta slip loosely enclosed, photo illus prelims, 174pp, photo illus, VG (heavy sun-fading to spine, light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light bending to top page corners)

PUBLISHER: David A. Thomson / New Zealand Police - Timaru 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island south canterbury north otago police history early colonial nineteenth 19th twentieth 20th century illustrated law enforcement

O'HARA, C. R.

Quarto, illus light card covers with clear plastic protective covers, illus title page, 146pp + 4pp photo portraits at rear, illus, VG (light rubbing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling, tanning & creasing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Northland Publications 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island northland police centennial centenary history early colonial nineteenth 19th twentieth 20th century illustrated law enforcement

CUNNINGHAM, W. T.

Sm. octavo, tan heavy card boards, black lettering to boards, adverts to pastedowns, 160pp + 6pp adverts at front + 2pp adverts at rear, illus plates & maps, VG- (heavy wear to spine with surface loss to extrems & extensive tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutters - binding delicate with some pages coming loose, but book still in one piece, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Thos. Cook & Son n/d (c. 1895)

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism guide books handbooks nineteenth 19th century history historical maps illustrated thermal hot springs lakes southern sounds

N/A

Oblong sm. octavo, red stapled & twine-bound light card covers, white stamped lettering & photo illus to front cover, unpaginated, photo illus, VG- (moderate scuffing, creasing & soiling to covers with a couple of small closed tears, moderate chipping to lettering, moderate foxing to prelims/terminals, otherwise light soiling & creasing to pages throughout, prev. owners name in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Department of Tourist and Health Resorts n/d (c. 1905)

KEYWORDS: new zealand travel tourist tourism early photography books collections history historical illustrated health resorts nature towns landscapes

Aunt DAISY

Stored in protective plastic sleeve; Sm. octavo, illus light card covers with staples to spine, black lettering to spine, advert to inside front cover, photo portait to foreword, 184pp, occasional adverts dotted throughout, G+ (heavy soiling, creasing & chipping to front cover, tape repairs attempted by still half-detached from spine, rear cover missing, front page also coming loose, light-moderate soiling & creasing/some chipping to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mrs. D. Basham n/d

KEYWORDS: new zealand cooking cookery cookbooks recipes cuisine culinary historical history aunt daisy souvenirs collectibles

KING, JESSIE M (drawings)

Octavo, light blue heavy card boards, unpaginated, illus. plates, G+ (heavy cracking to spine/gutters - binding delicate & rear board coming loose, moderately heavy soiling to boards & light-moderate foxing to pages, plates mostly clean) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & creasing, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: T.N. Foulis n/d

KEYWORDS: scotland scottish art artists illustrators illustrations jessie m king urban landscapes houses buildings landmarks history historical