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2/ Auckland, 1918; being a Partial Record of the War Service in France of the 2/ Auckland Regiment During The Great War
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS AT REAR, INSCRIBED & SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 188pp, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1920
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Auckland France French campaigns first editions
The Velocette Saga: The Story of a Great British Motorcycle
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Amulree Publications 1994
KEYWORDS: automotive motorbikes motorcycles Velocette British engineering design history
Velocette 'Technical Excellence Exemplified'
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1997
KEYWORDS: signed Ivan Rhodes automotive motorbikes motorcycles Velocette British engineering design history
Riding to War
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps, viii + 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & moderatre soiling)
PUBLISHER: Monks 1993
KEYWORDS: first editions 28th light cavalry Indian Army military history
Key to W E Lockhart's Picture of the Jubilee Ceremony in Westminster Abbey 21st June 1887, Painted by Command of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Square duodecimo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp motif to rear board, single large folded illus- cloth backed, VG (moderate scuffing to board extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate foxing & discolouration to eps & back sides of illus, minor weakening & scuffing to folds/creases of illus, light staining to illus)
PUBLISHER: William Doig & Co 1887
KEYWORDS: English monarchy jubilee ceremony Queen Victoria history queens Westminster Abbey guests names
Three Years with the New Zealanders
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, maps to prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing to spine- 2cm loss to base of spine, moderate cracking to hinges, moderate scuffing & bruising to board extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Skeffington & Son N/D
KEYWORDS: first editions military history New Zealand ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers
Young England, Volume I & II 1862-3 (Bound as One Volume)
FIRST EDITION - VERY SCARCE! Imperial octavo, green textured heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, illus title page, 376pp total, illus, VG (heavy bruising/scuffing to spine extrems- light loss to top edge, light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light staining to eps, prev,. owner's name in ink to ffep, historic gift inscription in ink to title page of vol 1, varying degrees of foxing & soiling throughout- mostly light & age appropriate, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor insect damage to top corners of rear pages)
PUBLISHER: W Tweedie 1867
KEYWORDS: young England publications literature past years volumes one i 1 two ii 2 history
Historical Records of the Forty-Third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia & blind rule to boards, frontispiece, 352pp, G+ (heavy scuffing & frayi245ng/surface loss to spine & board extrems, heavy cracking to spine/board hinges, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- binding detached at front but still attached at rear, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some page segments partially detached, various historic inscriptions to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: W Clowes & Sons 1868
KEYWORDS: military history 43rd forty third regiment Monmouthshire light infantry signed
The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs etc (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured decoration to spine & front board, frontis with tissue guards to all vols, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing/rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps plus prelims/terminals also, light to moderate cracking to some gutters- boards of some vols sl shaky, occasional light foxing throughout, minor creasing to prelims of vol 5),
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Publishing N/D
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies history rites rituals antiquity symbolism fraternities
A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum - Anglo-Saxon Series (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xciv + 282pp + illus to rear, vol 2- cxxvi + 544pp + illus to rear, folding map to rear of vol 2, VG+ (light soiling & chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing to folding map) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges with light chipping also, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front flaps)
PUBLISHER: B A Seaby 1970
KEYWORDS: British museum collections English coins currency money history anglo-saxon catalogues
The Pour le Merite and Germany's First Aces
Super octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional creasing to page corners) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hackney Publishing Co 1984
KEYWORDS: military history German Germany war medals recipients pour le merite luftwaffe fighter pilots blue max
Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 (With Supplement Volume)
INCLUDES SUPPLEMENT VOLUME, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#10/100) SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ACES, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to blue leather effect spine, 392pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing) with VG+ 62 page supplement volume
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 1990
KEYWORDS: military aviation history raf British armed forces royal air force pilots fighter aces early 20th twentieth century ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war signed soldiers
The Great War, 1914-1918: New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Roll of Honour
FACSIMILE REPRINT, super octavo, black leather effect boards, gilt lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xviii + 358pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: None Stated (Modern Facsimile Reprint)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first ist world war one i 1 the great war soldiers expeditionary force roll of honour soldiers
Thirty Years of Colonial Government: A Selection From the Despatches and Letters of the Rt Hon. Sir George Ferguson Bowen (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, octavo blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, vol 1- viii + 460pp with catalogue to rear, vol 2- viii + 467pp, VG- (moderate chipping & bruising to spine extrems, moderate chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards & edges, moderate tanning to spines, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, some light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light to moderate patches of foxing throughout, moderate wrinkling to page block of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1889
KEYWORDS: first editions Sir George Ferguson Bowen colonial history British rule colonialism government
Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus prelims, 186pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi / Center for the Study of Southern Culture N/D (c.1980s)
KEYWORDS: art history America American 20th twentieth century black folk criticism
Fernand Khnopff
Square quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt & white lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 303pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked)
PUBLISHER: Mercatorfonds / Yale University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: art history criticism Fernand Khnopff appreciation interpretation
The Unknown Leonardo
Lg heavy quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies Leonardo da Vinci
The Pickelhaube Volume I: Line Infantry
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 354pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Imperial Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry soldiers Prussia pickelhaube war helmets uniforms
L'Uniforme et les Armes des Soldats de la Guerre 1914-1918 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, vol 1- 156pp, vol 2- 156pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & cracking to spine & board extrems, modeate scuffing to spine of vol 2, moderate peeling to rear spine hinge, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 1, light tanning & moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Casterman 1970-71
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war uniforms soldiers
....and Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption, from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 311pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Islet 2018
KEYWORDS: history finance economics debt collection debts lending foreclosure antiquity