BAKER, E C R

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co 1962

KEYWORDS: military history British armed forces RAF Royal Air Force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter pilots

PHILPOT, OLIVER

LACKS D/W, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE TIPPED IN TO FULL TITLE PAGE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps/illus to eps, 412pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece partially detached but present, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

KEYWORDS: signed Oliver Philpot military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force pows prisoners of war Stalag Luft III escapees autobiography memoir

BURLEIGH, BENNET

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 305pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor bruising/rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling/staining to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light pencil annotation to margins, sl cracking to gutters, minor foxing & tape repairs/creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1899

KEYWORDS: British colonies colonialism history Soudan Africa Sirdar Khalifa army campaigns

CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xiv + 498pp, folding maps- all 3 present, VG (light rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling also to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & minor closed tearing to front folding map, sm gouge to pg xiv of prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to pg1)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Winston Churchill Africa African war

GERALD, E A FITZ & VINES, STUART et al (Contributions)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt bird illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 390pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional patch of moderate foxing throughout, 1x map at rear has moderate creasing & tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: exploration mountain climbing mountaineering Argentina South America history historical ascents

SMITH, Sir HARRY & SMITH, G C MOORE (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt military insignia to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xxiv + 382pp, vol 2- ix + 434pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading/tanning & soiling to spines, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns, moderate cracking to gutters of vol 2- boards sl shaky, minor cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1902

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith history military

YOUNG, DESMOND (Text) & McKENNA, JUSTIN (Sketches)

REPRINT (SEPTEMBER 1916), oblong imperial ocatvo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to blue buckram spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to board corners/edges, moderate to heavy soiling & discolouration to boards- minor chafing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's pencil annotation to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1916

KEYWORDS: military history anecdotes sketches verse literature ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

Oblong quarto, plastic spiral bound illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hardwicke Knight Otago Dunedin photos photography

DE LINT, Dr J G & SINGER, CHARLES (Fore)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 96pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board corners, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: H K Lewis & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: old medical books anatomy history illustrated artists pioneers

VERDON, PAUL

Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated autograph pages to prelims + 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in lovely presentation box, VG (moderate cracking to case corners- some splitting to joins, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand olympic heroes medallists sport history signed autographs profiles athletes special editions

PARSHALL, JONATHAN B & TULLY, ANTHONY P

Imperial 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: Potomac Books 2007

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 famous battles Midway naval navy warfare Japanese Japan

MACKAY, JAMES

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: Mainstream Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history William Wallace Braveheart war English

WATKIN, DAVID

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: Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: architecture design history David Watkin development

WITTLIN, JOZEF & SANDS, PHILIPPE & MATAR, DIANA (Photos)

Sm 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: Pushkin Press 2016

KEYWORDS: history Ukraine essays prose literature Jozef Wittlin Philippe Sands

GAUNT, WILLIAM

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: Cardinal / Sphere Books 1975

KEYWORDS: art history pre-raphaelite

COBB, RICHARD

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: Penguin 2018

KEYWORDS: war history France French occupation Germans Richard Cobb 20th twentieth century

HEINZ, COLIN

Imperial octavo stiff 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: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rivers natural history south island southern alps landscapes

WALKER, VERN

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: David Ling Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand athletics athletes track runners Peter Snell history sport

EISEN, JONATHAN (Intro) & SMITH, KATHERINE JOYCE (Intro)

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: The Auckland Institute of Technology Press 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand records competition facts history

McCONVILLE, CHRIS

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: Edward Arnold 1987

KEYWORDS: Australia Ireland Irish settlers history