GEORGE, S C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, light to moderate foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp & name in ink to ffep, minor patches of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, minor wrinkling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1973

KEYWORDS: military history maritime naval German high seas fleet Scapa Flow salvage operations disasters first editions

LANE-POOLE, STANLEY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map to prelims, frontispiece with tissue guard, 212pp + catalogue to rear, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, minor water damage & staining to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top edges of catalogue pages at rear remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1893

KEYWORDS: rulers of India series history pre-colonialism biographies Aurangzib

GRIFFIN, Sir LEPEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, 223pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims/terminals, 4cm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1892

KEYWORDS: rulers of India series history biographies Maharaja Ranjit Singh first editions

GRONER, ERICH & MICKEL, PETER (Drawings) & MRVA, FRANZ (Drawings) & JUNG, DIETER (Revised & Expanded) & MAASS, MARTIN (Revised & Expanded)

THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 243pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1990

KEYWORDS: military history Germany German warships vessels war surface design engineering kriegsmarine battleships cruisers

JENKINS, J J (Illus)

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2018

KEYWORDS: military history art J J Jenkins Napoleonic wars Napoleon

MOLLOY, MAUREEN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, hand-typed genealogy chart tipped in to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers history Nova Scotia Scottish

REED, A H and A W (Eds)

2 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, publisher's motif to eps, vol 1- 192pp, vol 2- 262pp, illus, folding map to rear of each vol, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, minor adhesive staining to edges of prelims of vol 2) in d/w, VG (moderate adhesive staining & scuffing to edges of vol 2, moderate creasing & chipping to base of front cover to vol 1, light general creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, minor tanning to vol 2)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1969

KEYWORDS: exploration history Australia New Zealand boxed sets Captain James Cook explorers voyages journals diaries

ROBINSON, JOHN

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, 68pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tross Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hone Heke conflict war Maori leaders colonialism

BATES, ARTHUR P

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & lightly bruised, sl bruising to board extrems, minor adhesive staining to base of boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm annotation in ink to front pastedown/map & prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (top edge of jacket trimmed, sl creasing & rubbing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed first editions Arthur P Bates history Wanganui River

PEART, ALAN McGREGOR

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2008

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation spitfire fighter pilots New Zealand RNZAF Alan McGregor Peart first editions

HARRISON, ADA (Chosen by) & AUSTIN, ROBERT (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp motif to front board, deckled page edges, illus prelims, x + 150pp, illus, VG (light to moderate soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasioanl light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping, tanning & loss to spine, heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Howe 1926

KEYWORDS: art history literature Bernadino of Siena franciscan monks first editions

WOODHOUSE, SUSAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xli + 564pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Weaver Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Garfield Todd biography biographies memoir Rhodesia Africa African politics political history

FOOTE, EILEEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, viii + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eileen Foote 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waikouaiti 19th nineteenth century whaling agriculture farming gold mining

MORRIS, E E (Ed)

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & foxing to eps & prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887-1889

KEYWORDS: cassell's picturesque Austalasia history illustrated Australia New Zealand pacific

MACNAMARA, N C

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 339pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Martin Breen 1999

KEYWORDS: family history genealogy MacNamara sept Clare Ireland Irish

BECK, LEWIS WHITE

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + (3) + 556pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1969 (?)

KEYWORDS: Immanuel Kant kantian philosophy history historical philosophers German

TOOMER, HEATHER & REED, ELSPETH (Drawings & Patterns)

SIGNED, square octavo, illus light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, printed eps, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Heather Toomer Antique Lace 2004

KEYWORDS: history historical babies baby attire clothing textiles lace design antiques patterns signed Heather Toomer

HURST, GEOFF & HART, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Headline 2001

KEYWORDS: English soccer football history Geoff Hurst world cup winners autobiography autobiographies memoir players first editions

THOMAS, CHARLES S

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: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand highland pipes piping pipe bands association history music Scottish

BLUNDELL, W D G

Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy crack to central gutter, some pages detached but present; 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: Almark Publishing 1973

KEYWORDS: British Royal Navy military history naval warfare battleships design engineering