HAFFNER, SEBASTIAN & OSERS, EWALD (Trans)

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: Macmillan Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany Hitler power abuse ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history

N/A

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional smatterings of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping pocket books passenger guides travel information historical history

SHUSTER, JAN

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 104pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & tanning to edges & flaps, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: United Writers 1989

KEYWORDS: Jan Shuster Czechoslovakia history autobiography autobiographies memoir childhood politics political

DUFF, DOUGLAS V

LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 337pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1934

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Douglas V Duff British merchant seamen history

WILSON, JOHN (Compiled & Ed by)

TIRED COPY, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 321pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, sm water staining to lower pg corners of prelims, top portion of title page removed, v heavy cracking to gutters- binding loosened, occasional annotation to margins)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island Otago Dunedin early settlers pioneers settlements John Wilson

MacGOWAN, MICHAEL & IREMONGER, VALENTIN (Trans)

Ex-library, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 150pp, illus/photo, VG (spine cocked, usual library markings, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (1x corner sl clipped, light creasing & v heavy tape staining to flaps & cover edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, front flap & base of covers untidily trimmed)

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1962

KEYWORDS: goldmining gold mining history Michael MacGowan Ireland American autobiography autobiographies memoir

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H

THIRD EDITION, LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt NZ illus to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 444pp, illus/photos, 2x folding maps to rear, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate foxing and tanning to eps and page edges, moderate creasing to folded maps)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sheep stations Tutira rural communities agriculture farming

GREY, CAM

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 269pp, Near FINE (sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: ancient Roman history communities rural countryside classical studies

DURRANI, Lt-Col MAHMOOD KHAN

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 368pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 3cm loss to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1955

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography autobiographies memoir Lt Col Mahmood Khan Durrani pows prisoners of war

BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L R (Drawings)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed

CLEMENT, WILLIAM EDWARDS

LACKS D/W, octavo, cream & green buckram boards, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & boards, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light staining to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Public Revenue Education Council 1958

KEYWORDS: history finance economics Winston Churchill politics tax taxation

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 1374-2159, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 677-1373, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, top pages stained blue, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/chafing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Educational Book Company 1956-58

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill literature writings prose history English speaking peoples Chartwell edition

PAUSTOVSKY, KONSTANTIN & HARARI, MANYA (Trans) & DUNCAN, MICHAEL (Trans)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, erratum slip tipped in to copyright page, 256pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Press 1965

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Konstantin Paustovsky Russia Russian history

THORNTON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996

KEYWORDS: signed Geoffrey Thornton New Zealand construction buildings architecture engineering concrete history historical

BATCHEN, GEOFFREY

Quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & boards, photographic plate to front board, printed eps, 15pp + plates to rear, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & front board)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2008

KEYWORDS: photography art history photographers William Henry Fox Talbot biography biographies memoir

STODDART, JANE T

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xliv + 471pp, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1908

KEYWORDS: history Mary Queen of Scots biography biographies memoir royal family France 16th sixteenth century

CHAMBERLAIN, HOWARD E

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H E Chamberlain 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers meritorious service medal recipients history military