HAYDON, A L

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, coloured coat of arms to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 431pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine/hinges- spine partially detached, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to rear gutters, numerous sm ex-libris ink stamps throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at front- title page partially detached)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1911

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian law enforcement police mounted history early settlers settlements troopers

GARRATT, JOHN G

Imperial octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt soldier motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, 6cm crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society 1972

KEYWORDS: hobbies toys toy soldiers model figures history historical collectables collectibles

MACKAY, DON (Ed) & JONES, Lieutenant General RHYS (Fore)

Archival tape repairs to d/w, Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 382pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spill stain to page edges) in d/w, VG (closed tape repair to lower front cover, light creasing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Turnbull Ross Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Otago Mounted Rifles OMR

GADDY, JERRY J (Compiled by) & HEFTER, J (Illus)

Quarto, maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 139pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking to gutterslight wrinkling to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Old Army Press 1973

KEYWORDS: US America American history Texas war conflict newspaper reports journalism

LACHOUQUE, HENRY & BROWN, ANNE S K (Trans) & CHANDLER, DAVID G (New Intro)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 564pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1978

KEYWORDS: French war history France Napoleon Bonaparte grand armee leadership military

VON DADELSZEN, E J & SEDDON, Honourable R J (Prepared Under Instruction from)

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, folding map to front, viii + 456pp, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems- minor loss to top edge, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 3cm crack & heavy tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing with 7cm closed tear to folding map, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Samuel Costall, Gov't Printer 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official yearbooks past years 1893 history historical

N/A

ORIGINAL BINDING, SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece, iv + 424pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims inc. map/frontispiece, minor cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history original bindings exploration development early settlers anthropology customs culture Maori

TANCRED, Hon H J et al (Commissioners)

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate creasing & closed tearing to spine, moderate creasing & tanning to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to back page, minor cracking to rear gutter, minor loosening at string binding)

PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times 1864

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education commission reports history historical 19th nineteenth century school schools scholling

BEATTIE, HERRIES

Ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 141pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light chafing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy tape staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie early settlers pioneers explorers Fiordland

ABBOT, GAVIN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey & white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trucks truckers trucking haulage comapnies Gavin M Abbot logging loggers

ABBOT, GAVIN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey & white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 157pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trucks truckers trucking haulage comapnies Gavin M Abbot logging loggers

SIMPSON, PHILIP

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand indigenous trees native Totara culture natural history nature

COHRS, HEINZ-HERBERT

Quarto, white heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 260pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to top edges of boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997

KEYWORDS: history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery earthmovers earthmoving tools mechanical engineering

COHRS, HEINZ-HERBERT & BACHMANN, OLIVER et al

Quarto, white heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997

KEYWORDS: cranes history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery tools mechanical engineering

BECKETT, RICHARD

Quarto, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian social history axe wood chopping competitions competitive New Zealand rural sports

MONTALVO, MARIA LUISA LOBO & THOMAS, HUGH (Prologue)

Heavy quart, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Monacelli Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Havana history culture historical cultural architecture buildings Cuba Cuban south America American unesco

BAKER, ALLAN C

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, iv + 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Irwell Press 2010

KEYWORDS: transport trains rail steam locomotives history design engineering coronation pacifics

UPADHYAYA, S C (Complete Trans from Original Sanskrit) & CHANDRA, MOTI (Fore)

Quarto, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, xvi + 272pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, light to moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelilms & terminals, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with some failing yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, heavy fading to spine, heavy wrinkling & chafing/surface loss)

PUBLISHER: D B Taraporevala Sons & Co 1963

KEYWORDS: Hindu Hinuism relationships love sex kama sutra English translations culture history historical erotica

SAUNDERS, J J

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 275pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to ffep & terminals, occasional patch of sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971

KEYWORDS: history Turkey Turks Mongols war conflict conquests geopolitics

JOHNSON Jr, MELVIN M & HAVEN, CHARLES T

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & black illus to spine, blind stamp gun illus to front board, xii + 374pp, charts to rear pocket, illus, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, note stipped in to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Morrow and Co 1944

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry bullets ammo ammunition history cartridges ballistics