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$45.00
1y69b/29

Terra Australis 10: The Emergence of Mailu: as a Central Place in Coastal Papuan Prehistory


IRWIN, GEOFFREY

ONE PAGE LOOSE, SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xx + 262pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing/scuffing & fading to spine, moderate scuffing to covers & edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- various chunks of page block partially detached, pg 88-89 detached)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Irwin / Australian National University 1985

KEYWORDS: signed Australia Australian prehistory prehistoric archeology archaeology ancient history anthropology excavations Mailu

$40.00
1y69b/31

The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport


GEORGANO, G N (Ed) & MOSS, STIRLING (Fore)

Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 656pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to front board, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press / Michael Joseph 1971

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport encyclopedia encyclopaedia car racing cars history

$245.00
1y69b/32

Zagato: Settant'anni Vissuti di Corsa / Seventy Years in the Fast Lane


MARCHIANO, MICHELE

TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, square quarto, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 1989

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive history motoring Zagato Italian motorsport

$40.00
1y69b/34

Road Star Hat Trick: Being an Account of Two Seasons of B Bira the Racing Motorist in 1937 and 1938 (Fourth Edition)


PRINCE CHULA OF SIAM (CHAKRABONGSE)

FOURTH EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeplight tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis 1948

KEYWORDS: birabongse bhanude B Bira biography biographies memoir automotive racing motorists drivers history

$70.00
1y69b/35

Specials


BOLSTER, JOHN

LACKS D/W, octavo, peach buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 170pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive cars racing history

$45.00
1y69b/37

Targa Florio: An Authentic History of the Famous Motor Race


BRADLEY, W F

LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 164pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to half title page, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: automotive history motorsport Targa Florio races

$145.00
1y69b/38

The History of the Geelong Speed Trials 1956-1985


GRANT, GARY

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#20/1000), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 291pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to top edges of boards & spine, sl soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Gary Grant 1986

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions automotive motorsport Geelong races history speed trials

$40.00
1y69b/39

Riley: The Production and Compettition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars


BIRMINGHAM, A T

SECOND EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading ot spine, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Riley history motor cars design development production

$40.00
1y69b/40

Brooklands Giants


BODDY, BILL

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1995

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport brooklands racing circuit drivers cars history

$120.00
1y69b/43

Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand


VERCOE, GRAHAM

SIGNED, quarto, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 328pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor archival tape repairs to top edge, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Graham Vercoe automotive motoring motorsport New Zealand history cars racing

$100.00
1y69b/44

Napier: The First to Wear the Green


VENABLES, DAVID & BODDY, BILL (Fore)

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1998

KEYWORDS: British Napier design automotive motorsport motoring engineering history

$16.50
xxhqo199510

Fear in the Night


BRATHWAITE, ERROL

SECOND IMP., 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: The Caxton Press 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers military war history aviation pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir

$30.00
xxhqp199514

Little Cyclone


NEAVE, AIREY

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1954

KEYWORDS: war military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees escape true stories Airey Neave

$22.50
xxhqr199523

Against the Evidence: The Becker-Rosenthal Affair


LOGAN, ANDY

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971

KEYWORDS: true crime murder homicide New York Becker-Rosenthal affair history

$10.00
xxhrd199561

Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton


FARWELL, BYRON

Octavo softcover (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: Penguin 1990

KEYWORDS: Sir Richard Francis Burton biography biographies memoir history

$25.00
xxhrk199587

Of Their Own Choice


CHURCHILL, PETER

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G) jacket v tatty; 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1952

KEYWORDS: Captain Peter Churchill war military history France French ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 autobiography autobiographies memoir

$35.00
xxhrk199588

Around the World in Eighty Years: Memoirs of Hugh Clark


CLARK, HUGH

SIGNED, octavo softcover (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: Hugh Clark 2004

KEYWORDS: signed Hugh Clark New Zealand history autobiography autobiographies memoir

$22.50
xxhrk199589

The English Pre-Raphaelite Painters, Their Associates and Successors


BATE, PERCY

Tidy ex-library- rebacked incorporating original boards, octavo hardcover (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: George Bell & Sons 1905

KEYWORDS: art history English pre-raphaelite painters artists

$38.50
xxhrk199590

Marco Polo


ARMIT, TONY

Octavo softcover (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: Tony Armit 2022

KEYWORDS: exploration round the world voyages adventure New Zealand Zealanders history

$30.00
xxhrl199593

Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar


SCOTT, TOM

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super 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: Upstart Press 2020

KEYWORDS: signed Tom Scott military history soldiers New Zealand biography biographies memoir Charles Upham vc victoria cross recipients

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