N/A

Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, illus. title page, unpaginated, illus: collectible card slots with illus. cards inserted - several are missing and several loose but still present, exact count not completed, G+ (heavy soiling & chipping to boards with slight surface loss to spine extrems, heavy cracking to gutters, moderately heavy foxing & tanning to pages, condition of cards varies - generally light soiling & creasing but a couple with heavy creasing/tearing)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe n/d

KEYWORDS: collectibles cards collections collector's items books tobler and & co display albums chocolate confectionary swiss history historical illustrated

MCELROY, WENDY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to grey spine, vii + 208pp, VG+ (light soiling & creasing to covers, bookseller's barcode label to spine)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: gender studies feminism feminist individualism individualist history journals the word liberty lucifer the light bearer collected writings writers collections biographies profiles

WONG, DIANA (photog)

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; Oblong imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, photo illus title page, unpaginated, photo illus, VG (inscription in blue ink to fep, light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling/discolouration to prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (several small or moderately-sized closed & open tears to corners, edges & spine extrems with archival tape repairs, heavy rubbing & creasing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abco Press Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand north island auckland women gender photos photography art artists collections diana wong 1970s social cultural history

COOKE, C. R. (ed)

HORRIBLE TAPE 'REPAIR' TO SPINE BY PREV. OWNER; Octavo, illus light card covers, adverts & illus prelims, 272pp, photo & advert illus, VG- (heavy wear to spine, repaired by prev. owner with white masking tape - unnattractive but book is in one piece, heavy cracking to gutters & binding delicate, light soiling & moderate creasing to covers with a couple of small close tears, heavy staining from adhesive residue to eps, otherwise light foxing, creasing & tanning to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Thames Printing Company, Ltd. 1927

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island thames history jubilee diamond anniversary celebrations souvenirs illustrated

Lady DUFF GORDON

FIRST EDITION; SCARCE; Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece photo portrait, 288pp, illus photo plates, VG (heavy sun-fading to boards & spine, plus light rubbing & soiling, light cracking to gutters - binding becoming delicate in parts & boards v. slightly shaky, but still fairly sturdy overall, light foxing to pages throughout, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, bookseller's label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds Publishers (London) Limited 1932

KEYWORDS: scarce first editions autobiography autobiographies memoirs english england edwardian history historical fashion designers social society culture cultural lady duff gordon lucy christiana house of lucile titanic survivors illustrated

KELLY, LESLIE G.

Ex-library; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 113pp, illus photo plates & maps, VG (moderate scuffing, fraying & sun-fading to board and spine extrems, sl. surface loss to spine extrems, light tanning to end pages, usual library markings to prelims and terminals, covered in clear protective wrap- taped to pastedowns - good reading copy)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1951

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand north island bay of islands northland france french travel exploration voyages journeys expeditions terra australis tasman marine ocean ship sea early history historical colonialism

N/A

Quarto, stapled paper covers, 48pp, illus/adverts, G (covers entirely detached, heavy chipping, creasing & tanning, plus light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: n/a 1911

KEYWORDS: england english great britain british fashion clothing style dress magazines periodicals media journalism history historical illustrated

WUNDRAM, MANFRE & PAPE, THOMAS & MARTON, PAOLO (photog)

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 245pp, illus: photos, architectural drawings & maps, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & sun-fading to covers, light soiling & creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH 1993

KEYWORDS: italy italian renaissance architects architecture western art history andrea palladio buildings design andrea palladio palladinism classical villas

HALL-JONES, JOHN

Ex-library, lacks d/w; Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps - maps, 146pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling & tanning to pages, front cover fragment of d/w pasted to front board, d/w flap fragments pasted to pastedowns, usual library markings)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: ex library new zealand south island otago southland early settler history 19th nineteenth century john turnbull thomson surveying surveyor general exploration explorers mapping map drawing charting colonialism

FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

FEP TORN/CUT; Super octavo, blue & black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 629pp, illus, VG (fep torn/cut, otherwise VG+ with light rubbing & soiling to boards and page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling, moderate creasing, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand united states of america american u.s.a. comparitive history politics political culture cultural values society government democracy democratic liberty freedom individualism

MORAN, WARREN & FRECKI, IGOR (cartography by)

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 376pp, illus: colour photos, maps & figures, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to boards, occasional light soiling to pages/page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand wine industry winemaking manufacturing alcohol drinking viticulture oenology vineyards grape growing harvesting history geography auckland gisborne hawke's bay wairarapa nelson marlborough canterbury central otago illustrated maps

ROBSON, GRAHAM

THIS VOL. ONLY; Oblong sm. octavo; black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to pages, light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, moderate sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: motoring collecting collections guides 20th twentieth century postwar post-war vintage automotives automobiles vehicles transport cars rolls royce bentley separate chassis era illustrated hobbies leisure history

BADEN-POWELL, Major-General R. S. S.

ONE ILLUS. PLATE MISSING; Ex-library; Sm. octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt soldier on horseback motif to front board, blind-stamped publisher's logo to rear board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 201pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear, illus. plates, VG- (p.159 illus. plate missing, closed tear to p.37 illus. plate, p.59 illus. plate loose but present, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front gutter, light-moderate soiling/tanning to pages, usual library markings to prelims/terminal, spine & first page of text)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1900

KEYWORDS: ex library military history warfare combat conflict sports leisure recreation athleticism athletics athletes recreational robert baden powell scouts scouting illustrated

STONE, I. F.

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece: map, xvii + 364pp, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light soiling, tanning & occasional creasing to pages, newspaper clippings pasted/taped to pastedowns by prev. owner, prev. owner's names in ink to fep, occasional underlining in light pencil)

PUBLISHER: Turnstile Press Limited 1952

KEYWORDS: military history korean war warfare combat conflicts investigative journalism media commentaries united states of america american u.s.a. foreign policy if stone

HARTLEY, PETER

RE-BACKED, INCORPORATING ORIGINAL COVERS; Octavo, red & black heavy card boards, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 316pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards/covers, light foxing to page edges, moderate sun-fading to spine lettering)

PUBLISHER: Goose & Sons, Argus Books Ltd. 1980

KEYWORDS: re-backed motor motorcycles motorbikes bikes automotives automobiles history ariel riding motoring vintage vehicles transport illustrated

CLARK, RONALD H.

Super octavo, salt & pepper cloth boards, quarter-bound in green faux-leather spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 174pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing & tanning to pages, prev. owner's brief inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, heavy sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Goose & Son Publishers 1964

KEYWORDS: motor motorcycles motorbikes bikes automotives automobiles mechanical mechanics engines engineering history brough superior works company england english british great britain riding motoring vintage vehicles transport illustrated

TARUFFI, PIERO & TUBBS, D. B. (trans)

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece portrait, ix + 222pp, illus plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to pages) in d/w, VG- (light damp-staining, moderate discolouration, creasing & chipping with sl. surface loss to spine extrems, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: Temple Press Books 1964

KEYWORDS: memoirs autobiography autobiographies italy italian motoring motorsports sports racing automotives automobiles vehicles transport cars drivers motor motorcyclists motorcycles motorbikes bikes cycles engineers engineering illustrated history

KURTZ, LESTER R. (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, xx + 342pp, VG+ (light-moderate rubbing & soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2018

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality warfare peace pacifism warriors conflicts combat violence studies buddhist buddhism jewish judaism christianity islamic muslim morality faith moral lessons history historical

GLADDEN, NORMAN

Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 200pp, illus: maps, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling to covers, light-moderate chipping & discolouration to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co. Limited 1974

KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries autobiography autobiographies military history world war one first wwi warfare conflicts combat battles battle of the somme 1916 british great britain english england

HOPWOOD, BERT

Super octavo, maroon faux leather-bound boards, gilt lettering to spine, 315pp, illus, VG+ (spine cocked, light soiling to board edges and page edges) in d/w, VG (light wear, bookseller label to rear cover, in protective plastic cover, edges taped)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing Group 1981

KEYWORDS: motor motorcycles motorbikes bikes cycles industry business automotives automobiles mechanical mechanics engines engineering england english british great britain riding motoring vintage vehicles transport illustrated history 20th twentieth century