SEYMOUR, JOHN & SEYMOUR, SALLY (Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1979

KEYWORDS: English countryside history agriculture John Seymour country life

GORDON-STABLES, W

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: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1930s?)

KEYWORDS: literature W Gordon-Stables history

WILSON, IAN

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998

KEYWORDS: religious artefacts shroud of Turin Jesus religion history historical evidence

McCABE, EAMANN & PADLEY, GEMMA

LACKS D/W, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus./photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Laurence King Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: aeriel photos photography art geography history

LESY, MICHAEL & SUSMAN, WARREN (Preface)

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, purple lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (heavy curling & scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing to covers, heavy vertical crease to front cover, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1973

KEYWORDS: Wisconsin history photos photography Frank George Cooper Charles Van Schaick social conditions US America American

PAPE, RICHARD

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water staining & fading to spine extrems, light bruising/scuffing & fading to board edges & extrems, heavy staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, light foxing to prelims, sm scuff to ffep) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & rear- some minor loss, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Odhams Press N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature driving adventure Richard Pape Arctic North Cape Africa South Cape road trips history

CALRKE, GEORGE

REBOUND, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board only, printed eps, frontispiece, 106pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor staining & heavy wrinkling to boards/material, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: J Walch & Sons 1903

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early life settlers pioneers customs George Clarke

GRIERSON, JOHN

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 243pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to front board, heavy staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims, minor water staining to rear, heavy water damage to photo/illus pgs with heavy adhesion & wrinkling, moderate wrinkling to text pages)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: whaling history aviation aerial air

HAMBURGER, JEFFREY F (Ed) & MARTI, SUSAN (Ed) & HAMBURGER, DIETLINDE (Trans) & BYNUM, CAROLINE WALKER (Fore)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 318pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising to board & spine extrems, ex-libris plate to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Christianity art symbolism German Germany medieval history monasticism convents women religion religious orders

PRODGERS, C H

LACKS D/W, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, green rule to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xv + 250pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1924

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature C H Prodgers Peru customs culture history adventure

FONG, NG BICKLEEN

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 145pp, VG+ (prev owners sign in ink to pastedown, old bookstore stamp to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate foxing and scuffing to covers, small tears to edges)

PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology Chinese communities history culture China Ng Bickleen Fong migration

ROBERTS, W H S et al

Octavo, cream light card wrappers, 173pp, illus, folding maps/photos, G+ (extremely heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & cover edges with loss, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, varying degrees of foxing throughout, varying degrees of creasing & tearing to page edges throughout, rusting to staples, covers partially torn from staples)

PUBLISHER: Mail Office, Oamaru N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history north Otago early settlers pioneers Oamaru

N/A

Super octavo, black buckram boards- rivetted, silver gilt lettering to front board, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (heavy soiling & rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, varying degrees of staining to some page edges)

PUBLISHER: The National Roads Board, New Zealand 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand traffic signs markings road use history motoring

IRELAND-KENNY, PAULINE (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 140pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pauline Ireland-Kenny 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy early settlers Scotland Scottish Otago Fairbairn Ireland family

BRIGGS, KATHARINE M & GALSWORTHY, GAY JOHN (Illus)

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained grey, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, light vertical creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2x significant closed tears to base, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1974

KEYWORDS: folklore lore English history Cotswolds legends myths

REISER, OLIVER L

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 106pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate pencil annotations throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Perennial Books 1974

KEYWORDS: England English history Glastonbury King Arthur Isle fo Avalon zodiac

FITZGERALD, MAURICE (Compiled by)

Super octavo, brown textured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xliii + 604pp, VG- (moderate scuffing, chafing & soiling to spine & boards with moderate discolouration also, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep missing, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives

FITZGERALD, MAURICE (Compiled by)

Super octavo, dark blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xl + 558pp, G+ (heavy cracking & rubbing/fading to spine- flapping slightly, moderate chafing , fading & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives

WESLEY, Rev JOHN & BEECHAM, Rev JOHN (Life of the Author)

2 VOL SET, sm octavo, half leather bound black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, vol 1- xlix + 769pp, vol 2- xvi + 992pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & chafing to spines & board extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate staining to page edges of vol 1, v heavy foxing to prelims of vol 1, occasional cracking to gutters- mostly quite heavy- esp. to vol 2 & binding loosened)

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan-Methodist Book-Room N/D (c. early 1800s?)

KEYWORDS: religion religious sermons John Wesley Christianity history

INGLIS, BRIAN

LACKS D/W, super 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: paranormal supernatural phenomena esoteric parapsychology history physical research