JONES, ROBERT J. & SPRINGHALL, BRIGADIER R.J.

Imperial octavo, deep maroon cloth boards, copper lettering to spine, copper decoration to front cover, illus, 575pp, VG (minor bruising to spine extrems and board corners, minor foxing on a few pages and page edge, light tanning to eps, very sound)

PUBLISHER: 1958

KEYWORDS: history militia military England Great Britain Yorkshire uniform equipment campaigns history statistics officers

UNDERHILL, BRIGADIER, W. E.

imperial octavo, folding maps in rear pocket (in very good condition), green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to front board, frontispiece, illus, photographic plates, ix + 277pp, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, slight bruising and rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Underhill 1957

KEYWORDS: history militia military England Great Britain Leicestershire uniform equipment Italy Singapore Palestine Tobruk Norway Greece Burma campaigns history statistics officers

JOHNSON, ERIC

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2000

KEYWORDS: History Nazis social history Third Reich Hitler

ALSOP, PETER & STEWART, GARY & ROBERTS, KEVIN (fore)

large quarto, beautifully illus heavy card boards, silver lettering on black spine, photo illus on eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 440pp, illus, VG+, in d/w VG+ (slightly sun-faded along spine)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2013

KEYWORDS: advertising marketing New Zealand development history products history social culture

HIGHAM, ROBIN (ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1971

KEYWORDS: History reference sources guide military history

BULLFINCH, THOMAS

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bracken Books 1986

KEYWORDS: art history mythology ancient history illustrated

NORRIS, HERBERT

Small quarto, deep purple cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine with gilt & red illustration on spine & front cover; frontispiece, pages numbered 385-832: 447pp, illus, a little scruffy but sound (mod. rubbing, soiling and insect damage to covers; edges mod. bruised with sl. surface loss on spine extrems; mod. tanning with sl. foxing to eps & page edges; slightly cocked) in d/w scruffy (bruising, rubbing, soiling & insect damage; edges worn with small open tears; 70x50cm open tear on spine, dampstaining inside)

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1938 (?)

KEYWORDS: history costume fashion manufacture sewing England History Tudor Tudors fabrics material

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.

4 VOLUME SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top of page edges stained red, xi-xxi + 322pp-416pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board edges with sl surface loss, light foxing to page edges and prelims, slight foxing to pages throughout all vols) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing and chipping and occasional tears to covers- severe to vol 1, archival tape repairs to edges of vols 1, 7cm closed tear to cover of vol 2, moderate foxing & tanning to all covers)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1956-1958

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill history Great Britiain illustrated literature culture language grammar syntax pre-history

GALBRAITH, RUSSELL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mainstream Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: history rms queen elizabeth history maritime

RECKITT, BASIL N.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: A Brown & Sons 1965

KEYWORDS: history memoir reckitt family history

JOHN, R. A.

Quarto 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 cost

PUBLISHER: R. A John 2017

KEYWORDS: new zealand history train rail steam history dunedin christchurch otago

ORBELL, MARGARET & MOON, GEOFF (phot)

Quarto 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 cost

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1996

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand culture history natural history

SPEIGHT, R. & WALL, ARNOLD & LAING, R. M. (eds)

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BOTANIST DAVID GALLOWAY, Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 1927

KEYWORDS: natural history Canterbury New Zealand history science

JARDINE, N. (ed) & SECORD, J. A. (ed) & SPARY, E. C. (ed)

SIGNED & DATED BY PREVIOUS OWNER BOTANIST DAVID GALLOWAY, Imperial octavo illus light card covers, gold and purple lettering to spine and covers, printed fep, frontispiece, xxi+501pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing and light denting to spine & covers, sl. scuffing to covers, light soiling to front cover, v. sl soiling to page edges, previous owners name in ink and stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: University of Cambridge Press 1996

KEYWORDS: natural history culture essays history science research ecology environment illustrated

SHARMA, SRI RAM

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

PUBLISHER: Motilala Banarsidass 1971

KEYWORDS: History Indian history marwar

HULL, PETER & ARNOLD-FOSTER, NIGEL

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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Pitman Press Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: Peter Hull Nigel Arnold-Foster vintage car history cars automobiles history development design era

BUTT, ISAAC

FIRST EDITION, DELIGHTFULLY BOUND, 2x VOLUME SET, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, lxxiv+472pp / xi+535pp, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1867 to pastedown of vol. 1, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings remain to exterior), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines (moderate soiling to spine of vol. 1), light foxing & soiling within)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1860

KEYWORDS: Italy Italian history Napoleon Kingdom of Pius VII Papal territories Papal States Lombardy Austria European history Pius VI Congress Vienna Murat Bourbons Tuscany Siciliy Republics

M'CRIE, REV. THOMAS; MILLER, HUGH; ANDERSON, REV. JAMES; FLEMING, PROFESSOR; & BALFOUR, PROFESSOR

FIRST EDITION?, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, viii+436pp, illus. (all plates PRESENT), VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1866 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, library catalogue number to spine (v. small, unobtrusive), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: John Greig & Son [1847]

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Scots history Bass Rock North Berwick Am Bas Firth of Forth Christian Christianity hermits hermit hermitage John Spreul natural history geology martyrology zoology botany biology science

CHE, YEUNG TAT

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO RUSSELL BECK, TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 135pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: One Thousand Snuff Bottles House 2000 (Memorial Issue)

KEYWORDS: text in Chinese and English ancient history exhibition Canterbury Museum illustrated ancient history archaeology signed carving artefacts

AVENI, ANTHONY

Ex Library 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: BasicBooks 1989

KEYWORDS: history science world history anthropology archaeology astronomy astrology