DE MONTCLOS, JEAN-MARIE PEROUSE

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light tanning & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1974

KEYWORDS: architecture architectural history Etienne-Louis Boullee architects France Franch revolution design

RUTHERFORD, J

Octavo, pink stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 46pp, VG (light fading/tanning to stapled spine, light soiling & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University College 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke rebellion Bayley Memorial Lecture 19th nineteenth century wars

BURROWS, Rev R

ORIGINAL BINDING (SPINE REINFORCED), octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (firm reinforcement to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges/corners- minor loss to bottom corner of front cover, moderate foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, heavy rusting at staples)

PUBLISHER: Upton & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history British rule colonialism Hone Heke 19th nineteenth century diaries Rev R Burrows wars

STEVENS-STRATTEN, S W

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1996

KEYWORDS: automotive heavy goods vehicles lorries trucks British hgv transport history engineering design

THE CYCLOPEDIA COMPANY

Quarto, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, decorated eps, illus title page, xxvi + 767pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, moderate fading & chafing/soiling to boards, minor soiling to page edges, moderate scuffing to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims, heavy crack to gutter of preface page & to rear, occasional light cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias cyclopedia encyclopaedia encyclopedia geograpy history towns cities districts historical research

GRINDLEY, G W

POCKET OF MAPS TO REAR, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 68pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, minor chafing to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geological survey bulletins surveys Eglinton Valley history historical Southland

ELDER, JOHN RAWSON (Ed)

LIMITED SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light scuffing, bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, SCRUFFY (heavy chipping and tearing to spine and front cover, moderate tanning, soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: signed limited edition New Zealand history early settlers pioneers

GUDGEON, Thos. WAYTH

TIDILY RE-BACKED INCORPORATING ORIGINAL SPINE & BOARDS, imperial octavo, half leatherbound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, all page edges stained red, blank presentation page to prelims, frontispiece, 620pp + xxxvi to rear, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & minor staining to spine & boards, moderate scuffing & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial pioneers early settlers

KNIGHT, ROB

NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, heavy ink annotation to terminals, occasional patch of soiling to pages) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges- heavy surface loss & arvchival tape repairs, moderate generalised chafing, ink numerals to rear)

PUBLISHER: R J Knight 1975

KEYWORDS: signed Rob Knight New Zealand genealogy family history McKenzie Lower Rangitikei early settlers pioneers

SMITH, JACK

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 587pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand business construction history Fletcher Construction

BEECHING, WILLIAM C

Super octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, xliii + 212pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, sl creasing & tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 1989

KEYWORDS: history Canada Canadian volunteers Spain Spanish civil war

MOORE, Captain JOHN E (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, (108) + 688pp, illus, VG (light soiling & foxing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts 1975

KEYWORDS: military history Janes Jane's fighting ships past years previous issues 70s seventies maritime naval warfare navies design identification engineering

MOORE, Captain JOHN E (Ed)

Tidy ex-library, lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, (219) + 816pp, illus, VG (minimal librray markings, minor tape staining & fading to board edges, light soiling to boards, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (single library label to base of spine, moderate general wrinkling, rear flap fore-edge roughly trimmed, top corners of both flaps clipped with minor foxing also, light general chafing)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Pubilshing Inc 1985

KEYWORDS: military history Janes Jane's fighting ships past years previous issues 80s eighties maritime naval warfare navies design identification engineering

TANNER, JOHN (General Editor)

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding aeroplane diagram frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1977

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare Mosquito aircraft

COLLEDGE, MALCOLM A R

Imperial octavo, green/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling/staining & bruising to board edges, minor soiling to spine & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity art Palmyra archaeology archeology

McMURTRY GEORGE & MCmURTRY, JOYCE (Illus)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 458pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, VG+ (ligh tcreasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: R G C McMurtry 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed George McMurtry early settlers pioneers Moutere history

HOPE, ROBERT & HRH THE DUKE OF YORK (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, grey lettering to spine, 324pp, illus, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light discolouration to spine, sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sm bibliographical note stapled in to top corner of title page)

PUBLISHER: Churnet Valley Books 2003

KEYWORDS: military history Crimea Crimean war Staffordshire regiment of foot 38th

LAMSTER, MARK

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Public Affairs 2006

KEYWORDS: baseball spalding twentieth century ameican sporting history

MCNEILL, WILLIAM H.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1991

KEYWORDS: western history william mcneill social

O'BRIEN, BILL

EX-LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Longacre 2010

KEYWORDS: new zealand police policing history