WHISTLER, HUGH

LACKS D/W & FEP, scruffy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 223pp, illus/plates- some loose and/or missing, G (heavy rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy wrinkling to spine, usual library labels/markings, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boads sl shaky, prelim pgs clipped at lower corner, moderate foxing to prelims & throughout, numerous pgs detached with some plates missing)

PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1924

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Himalayas natural history Hugh Whistler

MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, illus/plate to rear detached but present) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with tearing & loss also, heavy fading to spine & front cover, failing mysterious reinforcement affixed to inside covers, heavy wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams 1943

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history fishing autobiography autobiographies memoir G E George Edward Mannering leisure first editions

CRESWICKE, LOUIS

7 VOL SET- 6 MAIN VOLS & 1 SUPPLEMENT VOL, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spines & front boards, frontispieces, illus/plates- presumed all present, mixed pagination, VG- (moderate to heavy rubbing & bruising to edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spines & boards, spines cocked, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, minor cracking to gutters, occasional underlining to text, occasional loose page)

PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack 1900-01 (Supplement by Caxton Publishing)

KEYWORDS: military history South Africa transvaal war

LLOYD, JOHN (Compiled by) & HOWE, EARL (Intro) & FLETCHER, A F RIVERS (Technical Supplement)

Quarto, illus stiff card covers, spiral bound, 46pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining & ink annotation to rear eps, sm adhesive label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport motoring racing cars E R A high performance cars history

N/A

TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to grey buckram spine, 164pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: SIAS 1972

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive motorsport monza racing motor cars history

BATEMAN, JOHN

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/fading to extrems, sl staining to rear board, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling, prev, bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1994

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport racing vintage classic cars British history

BOSCHI, SEVERO

TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 259pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Terza Edizione 1970

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN cars automotive Maserati motorsport racing history

CRUMP, RICHARD & DE LA RIVE BOX, ROB

Square quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Osprey 1979

KEYWORDS: automotive high performance Maserati history cars design engineering

SMITH, CALRE SYDNEY

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl foxing thorughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chpiing/fading to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1978

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir

OCAMPO, VICTORIA & GARNETT, DAVID (Trans)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, VG (minor fading to spine extrems, moderate tanning & heavy foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1963

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir

MOUSA, SULEIMAN & BUTROS, ALBERT (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 301pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolourtion to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm patch of label residue & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions TE Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir Arabs middle east

MEN OF THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION

REBOUND & RECASED, quarto, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, patternend eps, frontspiece, xvi + 180pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- minor loss to spine extrems, heavy cracking to front hinge/gutter, moderate chafing & fading to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy tanning & light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1917

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers

BLYTHE, LEGETTE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 318pp + 16pp adverts/publisher's catalogue to rear, VG (minor fraying & rubbing/bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev, bookseller's sm label to rear pastedowns, sl foxing throughout, minor chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions Marshal Ney biography biogarphies memoir history

KENNEDY, STETSON

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 230pp, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sm inscription in pencil to title page)

PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 2011

KEYWORDS: US America American history social customs culture race racial discrimination minorities ethnicity segregation

TE-K'UN, CHENG

Imperial 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: W Heffer & Sons / University of Toronto Press 1966

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China Chinese archeology archaeology prehistoric excavations anthropology

N/A

Imperial 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: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand past parliamentary debates government politics political history 1937 historical

N/A (GRIDER, JOHN MACGARACK & SPRING, E W)

Sm 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: Cornstalk Publishing 1928

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war aviation pilots dairies journals

N/A

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) cracking to front hinge; 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: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand past parliamentary debates 1939 government politics political history parliament

SANDON, HENRY & BECKERLEY, JOHN and JOAN (Photos)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, imperial 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1973

KEYWORDS: signed antiques china porcelain royal worcester history identification

JONES, ARTHUR

Tidy ex-library, 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: Doubleday 2003

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir history Pierre Toussaint