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$40.00
1y62a/50

From Sweden to Northern Wairoa


SUNDBERG, JOEL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: J E Sundberg 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand genealogy family history settlers Swedish descent Joel Sundberg signed

$40.00
1y62a/55

A Night of Terror: The Story of the Athenia Affair


CAULFIELD, MAX

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & tanning/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1958

KEYWORDS: civil maritime disasters nautical Athenia passenger ships history first editions

$40.00
1y69a/2

Tramps in the Far North


BOLITHO, H HECTOR

Sm octavo, cream patterned light card covers, ribbon bound, navy blue lettering to covers, 30pp, illus/photos, VG (ribbon v delicate- heavily frayed, light to moderate tanning & foxing to covers, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history H Hector Bolitho north island tramps walks hiking northland travel guides literature

$80.00
1y69a/13

Air War for Burma: The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia 1942-1945


SHORES, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo, brown heavy boatrds, gilt lettering to spine, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & sl fading to extremsprev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderaet fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2005

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat campaigns South-East Asia raf usaf

$45.00
1y69a/16

The Wild Pig in New Zealand


HOLDEN, PHILIP

SIGNED, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 257pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: signed Philip Holden New Zealand hunting wild pig pigs history

$80.00
1y69a/17

War Surgery and Medicine (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)


STOUT, T DUNCAN M

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp NZ motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 779pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to front board, light tanning & foxingsoiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some loss, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press 1954

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 medical surgery medicine

$65.00
1y69a/21

With the Bible in North Africa


CAMPBELL, DUGALD

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 118pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, v heavy tearing to front cover, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Ritchie 1944

KEYWORDS: Africa travel writing literature religion Christianity history Dugald Campbell

$325.00
1y69a/22

The Chamberlain: An Australian Story


HAZELDEN, JOHN V

Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & board extrems, light fading to spine, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Peleus Press 2003

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Australia Australian racing cars history Chamberlain

$100.00
1y69a/24

Small Car Racing and Record Breaking: A Study of the Cyclecar Formulae 1913-1939


HAWKE, MIKE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Magna Press 2002

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport cyclecar formulae cars car racing design history

$165.00
1y69a/27

Hispano Suiza


D'ANDRES, ERNEST SCHMID & HEUMANN, JULES M (Avant Propos) & WALDRON, DAVID (Version Anglaise)

TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & white lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Editions D'Art J P Barthelemy 1997

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH automotive classic vintage cars Hispano Suiza history

$50.00
1y69a/28

Raymond Mays of Bourne


McGREGOR, MICHAEL

Quarto, illus stapled light light card covers, white lettering to covers, 56pp, illus/photos, VG (light wrinkling & rubbing to covers with minor fading also, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dr Michael McGregor c.1994

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport cars car racing era brm Bourne Lincolnshire Raymond Mays history

$60.00
1y69a/30

Haynes Great Cars: Jaguar XK


THORLEY, NIGEL

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 152pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Haynes 2008

KEYWORDS: Haynes automotive great cars series design history engineering classic vintage Jaguar xk

$40.00
1y69a/31

Haynes Great Cars: Mini


ROBSON, GRAHAM

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 159pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Haynes 2009

KEYWORDS: Haynes automotive great cars series design history engineering classic vintage Mini

$45.00
1y69a/32

Haynes Great Cars: Jaguar Mark 1 & 2


THORLEY, NIGEL

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards), in d/w, Neaer FINE (sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Haynes 2005

KEYWORDS: Haynes automotive great cars series design history engineering classic vintage Jaguar mark 1 2 one two

$245.00
1y69a/33

Lancia Aurelia GT


ANSELMI, ANGELO TITO (Collana diretta da / Series directed by) & BERNABO, FERRUCCIO (a Cura di / Ed)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 2002

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN automotive cars classic vintage Lancia aurelia gt design history engineering development

$125.00
1y69a/34

The BMC/BL Competitions Department: 25 Years in Motorsport - the Cars, the People, the Events


PRICE, BILL

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 392pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges with sl chipping also, light to moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: auotomotive motorsport cars racing bmc bl races history

$100.00
1y69a/37

Lancia. L'armonia e L'Invenzione


FELICIOLI, RICCARDO P

TEXT IN ENGLISH, DUTCH & ITALIAN, square imperial octavo, blue light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 237pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing, moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Alessandra Chiti (Co-ordination by) 1996

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ENGLISH, DUTCH & ITALIAN automotive Italian cars Lancia history development design business

$60.00
1y69b/4

Le Piccole Grandi Marche Automobilistiche Italiane


COSTANTINO, AUGUSTO & GHIDELLA, VITTORIO (Presentazione di)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp car illus to front board, illus eps, 112pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Instituto Geografico de Agostini 1983

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN automotive cars motoring history

$100.00
1y69b/8

Speed on Salt: A History of the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA


EYSTON, GEORGE & BRADLEY, W F & CAMPBELL, Sir MALCOLM (Fore)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, red lettering to beige buckram spine, blue lettering to front board, frontispiece xii + 84pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising & heavy scuffing to board edges/extrems, heavy staining to spine, moderate chafing/soiling & creasing to boards, light fading to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown- historical/faded, minor foxing sporadically throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1936

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring motorsport racing salt flats Utah America American history speed

$60.00
1y69b/9

An Illustrated History of the Bentley Car: 1919-1931


BENTLEY, W O

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate rubbing & tanning to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp & sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, heavy wrinkling/separation to plastic coating of jacket, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring high performance cars Bentley history early 20th twentieth century

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