WESTPHAL, GENERAL SIEGFRIED

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & discolouration to board corners, light rubbing to top of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy cracking & chipping with tape repairs/reinforcement to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions military history German army third reich command leaders

KWOK, PUI-LAN

Octavo, coloured glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 225pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label & soiling to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Scholars Press 1991

KEYWORDS: China Chinese women religion Christianity faith history church

REYNOLDS, COLIN

Quarto, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 125pp + photographic section to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, lg ink gift inscription to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Colin Reynolds 1984

KEYWORDS: England English schools history Wilson Marriage School St Leonard's Parish Hythe Wesleyan Day academic institutions

SUMNER, ANN (Ed) & SMITH, GREG (Ed) et al

Ex-library, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 287pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edgestape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / National Museums & Galleries of Wales 2003

KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography Thomas Jones artists 18th eighteenth century Welsh Wales landscapes appreciation criticism

XIN, YANG & CHONGZHENG, NIE & SHAOJUN, LANG & BARNHART, RICHARD M & CAHILL, JAMES & HUNG, WU

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 402pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / Foreign Languages Press 1997

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation criticism China Chinese historical

CLARK, KENNETH

Sm folio, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontipsiece, 218pp, illus, VG+ (minor foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges, moderate fading & light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: art history Sandro Botticelli Dante Divine Comedy literature literary

BECK, JAMES

Octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in clear d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Willis, Locker & Owens 1992

KEYWORDS: contemporary art criticism appreciation modern history society psychology urban settings

STEVENS, G (Compiled) & BARTHOLOMEW, D H (Compiled)

VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, printed eps, xxxiv + (6) + 322pp + 73pp to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate tanning/fading & staining to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing& soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, heavy crack to front & rear gutters, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pages throughout, some minor creasing & loosening to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: G Stevens & D H Bartholomew 1866

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories 19th nineteenth century businesses history past years historical

GRIBBIN, G A

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 237pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking/damage to front & rear gutters, ownership ink markings/inscriptions to prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Geddis & Blomfield (Printer) 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies ara lodges history signed first editions

BAXTER, CAPTAIN D R

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#332/500), imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, xv + 536pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light creasing to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing to spine & covers, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: South China Morning Post (Printer) 1966

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms history historical signed special numbered editions Captain D R Baxter gunmakers

ARCHEY, GILBERT

Quarto, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light foxing & tanning to board edges, sl foxing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, minor scuffing to folding illus to rear)

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical art Maori culture cultural artefacts artists tribal tribes

BLACKMORE, HOWARD L

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOLS - BOOK & SUPPLEMENT, quarto, blue cloth boards, cream heavy boards & blue lettering to spine of supplement vol, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps to main vol, frontispieces, vol 1- 222pp, supplement vol- 156pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page of main vol & ffep of supplement vol) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Shumway Publisher / Museum Restoration Service 1986-1999

KEYWORDS: gunsmiths gunmakers London history antique weapons weaponry antiques firearms

MACMORRAN, GEORGE

SCARCE, ex-library, octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 178pp, VG- (library stamps/markings, tidy tape reinforcement to spine & gutters, moderate to heavy soiling & tape staining to boards, heavy rusting to staples & separation to gutters/staples)

PUBLISHER: S & W Mackay 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools Wellington history masters teachers

N/A

FIRST ISSUE, SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, printed inside covers, xvi + 164pp, VG- (heavy but tidy tape reinforcement/repairs to spine & rear cover, moderate foxing & staining/soiling to covers, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, numerous ownership ink stamps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing throughout, bottom half of 131-132 detached)

PUBLISHER: Thames Advertiser 1881

KEYWORDS: first issues New Zealand past years directories Thames directory 1881 history historical

WRIGHT, PHILIP

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1974

KEYWORDS: history of tractors farm farming equipment

GRAYLAND, EUGENE C

Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: new zealand history disaster natural earthquake

ELDER, J R

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Presbterian Bookroom n/d

KEYWORDS: presbyterian church history new zealand

MORRIS, BILL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Exisle 2022

KEYWORDS: gondwana prehistory tectonic drift supercontinent natural history

ELLIOT, CHARLES

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ticknor & Fields 1992

KEYWORDS: french european history aristocracy savoy marie adelaide versailles

MISHIMA, YUKIO & SPARLING, KATHRYN (Trans)

REVIEW COPY, UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Japanese literature history culture Samurai English translation first UK editions Yukio Mishima Japan review copies