LOCK, RON & QUANTRILL, PETER

First edition. Signed & inscribed by authors. Super 8vo, pp. 336; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to rfep in blue & black ink; light to moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 2002

KEYWORDS: Isandlwana British military history war warfare 19th century Zulu Zululand

CARY, ROBERT

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 179; yellow heavy card bds, spine lettered in black; illus. eps, plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep; sticker peeled from ffep; library stamps in pink ink to [ht] & tp); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins 1968

KEYWORDS: 19th century Southern South Africa African war warfare military history

CROWE, ANDREW

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2018

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Maori Polynesian anthropology Pacific voyages exploration

KELLY, LESLIE, G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was cloudedby controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 482pp + index & folding maps to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate scuffing to fore-edge of ffep, prev. owner's details in red ink to reverse of frontispiece) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to edges with considerable -but tidy- archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

PALMER, GEOFFREY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 800pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, adhesive residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history politics political government leaders Geoffrey Palmer autobiography autobiographies memoir law policy Prime Ministers

KELLY, LESLIE G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was clouded by controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 483pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy wrinkling & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- considerable tape repairs all over, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

JOHNSTON, E A

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 205pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl tanning to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Skyline Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: aviation disasters airships early 20th twentieth century history r101 Ernest L Johnston

ECCLES, JOHN C & GIBSON, WILLIAM C

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 269pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, top corner of ffep cut-out, minor pen underlining) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/tanning to spine, sl chafing, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Springer - Verlag 1979

KEYWORDS: neurophysiology medical biographies biography memoir Sherrington history

YUTANG, LIN

Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 251pp, VG (boards lightly warped & soiled, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, 5cm loss to rear, light tanning & fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1960

KEYWORDS: religion religious history theology Christian beliefs Christianity philosophy paganism pagan Lin Yutang

BROOKES, BARBARA

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 195pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, top corner of ffep missing/removed, light underlining & ink markings to margins throughout- unobtrusive) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm N/D (c.1990s?)

KEYWORDS: England English abortion laws legal reformation reform history early 20th twentieth century reproductive rights women women's health

COOK, JEFFREY

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt letteringf to front board, vi + 85pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Jeffrey Cook 1997

KEYWORDS: history aviation design engineering flight flying zrs-4/5

VAN TREUREN, RICHARD G

Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Atlantis Productions 2009

KEYWORDS: military weapons weaponry aviation marine navy naval airships submarines history engineering

COUNTRYMAN, BARRY

VINYL RECORD LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled/patterned eps frontispiece, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Boston Mills Press 1982

KEYWORDS: airships r-100 r100 aviation history Canada flight engineering design

ARPEE, EDWARD

LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/rule to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, xx + 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arpee1953

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett naval aviation US navy

BURCHETT, WILFRED & WINNINGTON, ALAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/photos to prelims, 111pp, G+ (ugly tape reinforcement to spine, v heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Britain-China Friendship Association N/D

KEYWORDS: military history Koje Island pows prisoners of war violence abuse Korean Chinese American soldiers troops massacres

CHILTON-YOUNG, FRANCIS

LACKS FFEP, super octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & illus to spine & front board, vii + 772pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling page edges, ffep missing, prev. owner's details in blue pencil to front pastedown, heavy cracking & scuffing to front & rear gutters, pgs 15/16 top portion detached/missing, heavy tearing to top edges of pgs 743-748 with some minor loss)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: hobbies carpentry woodwork home repairs historical history

ZUCKER, IRVING (Compiled by)

Quarto, red/maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl wrinkling to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, heavy rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: French history art advertising

OSLEY, A S (Selected, Introduced & Translated by) & WOLPE, BERTHOLD (Account)

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980

KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne

FINDLATER, RICHARD

LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955

KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature

ROOSEVELT, ANNA CURTENIUS

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, xxvii + 495pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to spine & board extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1990

KEYWORDS: antiquity South America Brazil Marajo Island ancient history archeology archaeology geophysical excavations geology