BECHSTEIN, J M

Sm octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, raised bands & gilt lettering to red leather title plate to spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, vi + 311pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to leatherwork, light to moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack at gutter of title page- tidyish glue repairs, occasional ight cracking to other gutters, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Groombridge and Sons 1885

KEYWORDS: birds captivity natural history ornithology care breeding food

COX, ERIC

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Pentland Books 2001

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 1st 4th 8th armoured brigade campaigns Eric Cox autobiography autobiographies memoir British Army armed forces soldiers

TREGEAR, EDWARD

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, (4) + 107pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Edward Tregear Maori culture heritage history historical customs beliefs

BRERETON, Major C B

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 290pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, single plate loose but present, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Selwyn & Blount 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history campaigns ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war 12th (Nelson) Company

THOMAS, W B 'SANDY' & McLEAN, DENIS (Compiled by)

SIGNED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Dryden Press 2004

KEYWORDS: signed W B Sandy Thomas autobiography autobiographies memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war battles Crete history

BRADSHAW, JOHN

BOTH MAPS PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, xii + 402pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to spine & front board extrems, moderate bruising/gouging to fore-edge of rear board, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional minor cracking to gutters, some page edges still uncut)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical 19th nineteenth century history

JACKSON, JAMES C

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 312pp, folding map & illus, VG+ (sl warping & bruising to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Malaya Press 1968

KEYWORDS: history Asia China Malaya agriculture farming plantations

BARBER, LAURIE & LORD, CLIFF

LACKS D/W, SPECIAL NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#37), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Signals Incorporated 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals Army Signalling

BATEMAN, WILLIAM

Ex-library, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board only, 486pp, VG- (usual library markings, heavy scuffing to top edge of spine with some cracking to hinges, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to other extrems, heavy staining to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: J T Smith & Co 1881

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial colonisation colonization early settlers settlements European

CARBERY, Lieut.-Col. A D

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black letetring & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, xix + 567pp, 3x lg folding maps to rear pocket, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, minor fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, some prelim pgs detached)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions military history New Zealand Medical Service ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

NOLAN, MELANIE

Super octavo, teal glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, minor soiling to page edges, light soiling to preface page)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family whanau studies working class classes history

PORTER, ROY (Ed) & TEICH, MIKULAS (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & teal lettering to spine, xiii + 408pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, occasional pencil markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: history sex sexuality sexology customs anthropology social science

MURPHY, LAWRENCE R

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 340pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harrington Park Press 1988

KEYWORDS: gay homosexuality sexual orientation military navy US gays Rhode Island Newport modern history trials law legal sodomy

TURLEY, HANS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ix + 199pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to covers, light to moderate fading to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New York University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: gay pirates homosexuality men masculinity literature lgbtq history

MARTIN, BRIAN JOSEPH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, xvii + 379pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University Press of New England 2011

KEYWORDS: history France French sexuality military soldiers relations gay lgbtq men homosexuality

COOK, HERA

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 412pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to rear/flap, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: relationships women sex history sexual revolution

LUCEY, MICHAEL

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 321pp, VG+ (light curling & fading to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: sexuality sexual orientation gay lgbtq lesbian studies French literature history homosexuality

KOVEN, SETH

Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, map of London to prelims, xvii + 399pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: history Victorian London poverty slums voluntarism sex gender social politics

CAMILLE, MICHAEL & RIFKIN, ADRIAN (Eds)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & pink lettering to spine, (4) + 160pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: art history collecting sexuality gay lgbtq collections

KALNIETE, SANDRA & GAILITIS, MARGITA (Trans)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, 367pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Riga 2006

KEYWORDS: incarceration Gulag prison camps history Sandra Kalniete