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$1250.00
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The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

$450.00
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BIG Beatles in Germany


MILISIC, ROMAN (Narrative) & KRUGER, ULF (Fore) & SHERIDAN, TONY (Afterword) ZINT, GUNTER et al (Photos)

SIGNED BY TONY SHERIDAN, GUNTER ZINT & ULF KRUGER, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#878/1750), quarto, illus heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to black leather spine, illus eps, 4x sheets of postage stamp effect collectables/souvenir in folded glassine paper loosely enclosed at front, frontispiece, illus prelims & terminals, heart shaped plate with German script tipped in to verso of signatory page, 138pp, illus/photos, FINE, in transparent & illus/photo perspex slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & scratching)

PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: signed special limited editions popular pop music The Beatles memorabilia Britpop British bands Germany German tours entertainment history historical

$225.00
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Trout-Fishing and Sport in Maoriland


HAMILTON, G D

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to spine & boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, xix + 428pp, sm map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, 2cm loss to bottom corner of front board, light rubbing & moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & dedication page, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters of prelims, minor closed tearing to base of pg xiv at gutter, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Government Printer 1904

KEYWORDS: hobbies history trout fly fishing flyfishing angling New Zealand Maoriland

$450.00
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The Immortals: The Book of New Zealand Cricket Test Players


VERDON, PAUL

SIGNED BY NUMEROUS NZ PLAYERS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/665), quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated signatory pages, 268pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ presentation box (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: special editions signed New Zealand sport cricket history players portraits statistics

$100.00
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The Art of Porcelain: How Spanish Porcelain Became World Famous


LLADRO, J

DATED & SIGNED BY J LLADRO, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Salvat Editores 1984

KEYWORDS: signed J Lladro antiques porcelain Spain Spanish artefacts fine china history crafts

$785.00
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Crossfire Hurricane: 25 Years of The Rolling Stones in the USA: The Photographs of Bob Gruen


GRUEN, BOB

AUTOGRAPHED BY BOB GRUEN, LIMITED SIGNED EDITION (#731/1750), quarto, illus heavy leather-feel boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 136pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine/hinges, sl foxing to page edges) in VG+ slipcase (light bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: signed special editions Bob Gruen The Rolling Stones rock bands photography photos collection American tours British history music musicians photographers

$375.00
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Generals of the Rugby World Cup


VERDON, PAUL

SIGNED BY PAUL VERDON & AUTOGRAPHED BY VARIOUS PLAYERS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/590), quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, light brown lettering to spine, patterned eps, autograph/signatory pages to prelims, 277pp + 3pp to rear, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ clamshell presentation case (sl bruising to extrems, corners/joins of box lightly cracked/split- still very sturdy)

PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: signed special editions sport history rugby union world cup flyhalves players profiles first five-eighths number 10 jersey

$1500.00
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Golden Dreams / Liverpool Days (Boxed 2 Vol Set)


SCHELER, MAX & KIRCHHERR, ASTRID

AUTOGRAPHED BY ASTRID KIRCHHERR & MAX SCHELER, NUMBERED LIMITED EDITIONS (#1699/2500 & #1770/2500), imperial octavo, Golden Dreams- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, Liverpool Days- beige cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, both vols have sm illus/photos plate to front boards, illus eps & prelims, both vols are 122pp each, illus/photos, Near FINE (minor foxing to spine of Liverpool Days) in individual illus Near FINE slipcases, both presented in VG+ single box (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1994-96

KEYWORDS: signed special editions Astrid Kirchherr Max Scheler photos photography British pop memorabilia bands The Beatles history music musicians Britpop biography biographies biographical

$3950.00
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Fifty Years Adrift


TAYLOR, DEREK & HARRISON, GEORGE (Ed)

SIGNED BY DEREK TAYLOR & GEORGE HARRISON, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt lettering & tooling/decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt rule with gilt & red illus to front board, gilt rule & author signature to rear board, aeg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 541pp + 3pp to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor discolouration to leatherwork- otherwise a beautiful specimen) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl soiling to title plate)

PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1984

KEYWORDS: signed special editions Derek Taylor George Harrison The Beatles memorabilia British pop bands press agents officer media history Britpop tours

$125.00
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Marching Onward: A History of The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1845-1992


LATTER, Brigadier E G

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 336pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment autobiography autobiographies biographies memoirs Brigadier E Edward G Latter signed

$175.00
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The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook


BEAGLEHOLE, J C

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait of James Cook to front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xi + 760pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to top corner of ffep, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1974

KEYWORDS: exploration history voyages Captain James Cook The Endeavour 18th eighteenth century discovery biography biographies memoir maritime nautical

$35.00
xx33pol202201

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942


HASTINGS, MAX

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: William Collins 2021

KEYWORDS: military history Max Hastings ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 battles Malta operations operation pedestal

$35.00
xx33pol202203

Express to Hindustan: An Account of a Motor-Car Journey from London to Delhi


ELLIS, M H

FIRST EDITION, ex-library- minimal markings, 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: John Lane / Bodley Head 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature car road trips M H Ellis history historical

$20.00
xx33pol202204

The Ghost Tattoo


BERNARD, TONY

Super 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: Allen & Unwin 2022

KEYWORDS: war history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 holocaust Jewish persecution nazi Germany survivors pows prisoners of war Auschwitz Poland Polish

$15.00
xx33pol202210

The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1961 (Fourteenth Year of Issue)


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed)

Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; 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: Sporting Publications 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1961 games game statistics

$25.00
xx33pol202211

The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1963 (Sixteenth Year of Issue)


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; 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: Sporting Publications 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1963 games game statistics signed Arthur H Carman

$15.00
xx33pol202212

The Hakluyt Society: Continental Travel and Journeys Beyond Europe in the Early Modern Period: An Overlooked Connection: Annual Lecture 2008


CAREY, DANIEL

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2009

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2008 exploration voyages history historical

$15.00
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The Hakluyt Society: Invented and Apocryphal Narratives of Travel from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day: Annual Lecture 2010


HOWGEGO, RAYMOND

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2010

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2010 exploration voyages history historical ancient Egypt

$15.00
xx33pol202214

The Hakluyt Society: 'A Just and Honourabel Commerce' Abolitionist Experimentation in Sierra Leone on Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: Annual Lecture 2013


SCHWARZ, SUZANNE

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2014

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2013 exploration voyages history historical Sierra Leone

$15.00
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The Hakluyt Society: Pedro Paez's History of Ethiopia: On Exploration, Refutation and Censorship: Annual Lecture 2011


RAMOS, MANUEL JOAO

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2012

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2011 exploration voyages history historical Ethiopia Pedro Paez

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