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$50.00
2g13a/54

Tuapeka County 1876-1926


n/a

Typed manuscript. Obl 4to, unpaginated; patterned heavy card bds, maroon cl spine, paper label to front board; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; bdg sloppy; price sticker to front board; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout);

PUBLISHER: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Tuapeka 19th 20tu century

$40.00
2g13a/70

Printer and Playground: An Autobiography


SIMON, OLIVER

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 156; grey cl bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to front pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; price clipped to front flap, price drawn over with black ink; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1956

KEYWORDS: Simon Oliver printing printer typography type publishing history book arts design life lives biography autobiography

$75.00
2g24c/3

The Visual Index of Artists' Signatures and Monograms


JACKSON, RADWAY; FESTING, ANDREW (introd)

Super 8vo, pp. 239; cream heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; signatures; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & moderate foxing).

PUBLISHER: W. Foulsham & Co. 1991

KEYWORDS: art artist signature monogram history identification index collection collector

$48.50
2g24c/7

Burrell Showman's Road Locomotives: The Study of Showman's Type Road Locomotives Manufactured by Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd.


LANE, MICHAEL R

Super 8vo, pp. 319; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; lg closed tear to spine & front cover fold; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Model & Allied Publications 1971

KEYWORDS: Chalres Burrell Showman road locomotives automobile vehicle history

$40.00
2g24c/9

Ploughing by Steam: A History of Steam Cultivation over the Years


TYLER, COLIN & HAINING, JOHN

Super 8vo, pp. 360; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Model & Allied Publications 1970

KEYWORDS: steam engine history application plough ploughing

$75.00
2g24c/10

Racing Voiturettes


KARSLAKE, KENT

Rebacked. 8vo, pp. 376; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; some foxing throughout); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1950

KEYWORDS: Kent Karslake car vehicle automobile racing race history 20th century

$52.50
ak1/20a/4

The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44


DERRY, SAM

LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239p, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees Rome British armed defence forces

$125.00
ak1/20a/9

Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes


REID, IAN

LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 305pp, VG- (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/staining & water damage to boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims, heavy crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, minor staining to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Victro Gollancz 1947

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
ak1/20a/10

Views on Air Defence


GOLOVINE, Lieut.-General N N

Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 100pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/sioling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden N/D (c.1938)

KEYWORDS: military history raf royal air force British armed forces aerial defence defense aviation warfare

$125.00
ak1/20a/11

Les Naufrages ou Vingt Mois Sur un Recif des Iles Auckland


RAYNAL, F E

TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece, maps to prelims, xii + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & boards with minor surface loss, moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate fading & soiling to page edges, patches of moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Libraire Hachette et Cie 1882

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Auckland Island islands history historical accounts

$200.00
ak1/20a/12

My Russian Jailers in China


VASEL, GEORG & GRIFFIN, GERALD (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war China Chinese

$65.00
ak1/20a/13

The Third Route


SASSOON, The Right Honourable Sir PHILIP & WILDER, THORNTON (Intro)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, to ppage edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges & base, frontispiece, xv + 279pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining/discolouration to rear board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light rubbing & tanning to front eps, light foxing to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1929

KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes flight

$40.00
ak1/20a/14

The Russian Empire 1801-1917


SETON-WATSON, HUGH

REPRINT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 813pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive protective cover- fully affixed, price clipped, light creasing to edges, light soiling, minor bleeding of text from adhesive, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967 (Reprint)

KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian 19th nineteenth century politics political

$45.00
ak1/20a/15

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume I (With an Introduction and Appendices)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xx + 442pp, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

$45.00
ak1/20a/16

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume III (With an Introduction and Appendices)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs787-1230, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

$45.00
ak1/20a/17

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume IV (With an Introduction and Appendices)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs1231-1752, illus/map, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

$90.00
ak1/20a/18

Bentley: The Story


FRANKEL, ANDREW

Lg heavy quarto, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Redwood Publilshing 2003

KEYWORDS: automotive car manufacturers Bentley history design engineering

$40.00
ak1/20a/20

Beautiful Dunedin: Its Environs, and the Cold Lakes of Otago


FAHEY, W H

Octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated illus adverts to prelims, 140pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy cerasing & chipping/loss to spine, moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Evening Star Co 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical guides travel brochures Dunedin Otago

$50.00
ak1/20a/22

Oxford Composer Companions: J S Bach


BOYD, MALCOLM (Ed) & BUTT, JOHN (Consultant Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xxv + 626pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, plate residue to ffep, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Johann Sebastian J S Bach reference history

$200.00
ak1/20a/26

Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)


CUNEO, JOHN R

2 VOL SET, super octavo, vol 1- blue buckram boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vol 2- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 338pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 503pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to spines & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spines & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG-/G+ (heavy/v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing to spines, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Military Service Publishing Company 1942-47

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft German luftwaffe fighter planes

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