COMPTON, NIC & SCOTT, PETER (Illus)

Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ivy Press 2016

KEYWORDS: maritime ships boats design history

BOUND, MENSUN

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: Macmillan 2022

KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime shipwrecks Ernest Shackleton Endurance south pole Antarctica

McARA, DON

Oblong super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+) jacket faded & peeling/chipped; 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: Grantham House 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trams tramways cable cars

CHIRNSIDE, MARK

Oblong 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 History Press 2014

KEYWORDS: maritime history shipping lines liners Olympic Titanic Britannic luxury travel

INMAN, MARK LEE

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: Amberley Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime travel history

GRAHAM, OWEN

Octavo spiral bound 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: Otago Central Rail Trail Trust 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel tourism history Otago central rail trail

BOWDEN, TIM

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: Allen & Unwin 2014

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Outram Road Gaol Asia Japan Japanese

BARKER, RALPH

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: Chatto & Windus 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions aviation history Ralph Barker Schneider trophy races

LIFAR, SERGE & HASKELL, ARNOLD (Trans)

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: Hutchinson & Co 1954

KEYWORDS: dance stage Russian ballet history performing arts

GARVEY, NICHOLA

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: HarperCollins 2011

KEYWORDS: Australian gambling history bookeepers betting book-making bookmakers

McCORMICK, CARLO et al & SENO, ETHEL (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, black on yellow lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl bruising to board edges, minor pencil markings to prelims- attempts to erase) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2015

KEYWORDS: urban art graffiti history Banksy

ROSS, Squadron Leader J M S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed govt coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, folding maps- all present, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, heavy loss to edges with moderate creasing & chipping also, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate yellowing & light foxing to flaps, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military official histories history series aviation rnzaf royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

PARHAM, W T

SIGNED, scruffy ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, frontispiece, 221pp, illus, G+ (usual librray markings/pockets, v heavy scruffing & rubbing to spine & board edges- surface loss, heavy tape staining/residue to board edges, other more minor markings to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling & tape staining to eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, binding sloppy) in d/w, G (considerable closed tearing to front hinge/fold, moderate fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, heavy folding/creasing to flaps, heavy water stain to rear flap & cover, moderate soiling, failed attempts at tape repairs to internal sides, long ink inscription in ink to rear)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: signed biography biographies memoir Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky 19th nineteenth century explorers exploration south America history

ATKINSON, J

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xii + 514pp, vol 2- xii + 873pp, illus, VG- (v heavy bruising to base of spine & whole page block of vol 1 - light bruising to extrems otherwise, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ffeps of both vols potentially missing, tape residue & scuffing to front & rear eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, price clipped, moderate creasing/wrinkling, correction fluid & ink to front of vol 1, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1958

KEYWORDS: communication history telephones telephone systems post office British Great Britain

CLANCEY, P A

Super octavo, black & white marbled boards, gilt lettering to brown spine, pgs 145-302, illus, VG+ (sl tanning & rubbing to boards/edges, sl soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: birds exotic southern Mocambique ornithology natural history

CAMPBELL, ANDREW TEARIKI (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine, iv + 148pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, light tasnning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, occasional minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific 1984

KEYWORDS: Tongareva exploration history Penrhyn Island

HENDERSON, JIM

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 378pp, illus/maps, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, RNZAF library markings to front & rear eps- no others detected within, some folding maps may have minor creasing to edges) in d/w, G+ (all corners clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, minor tanning, foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 medical units 2 nzef 4th 6th reserve mechanical transport companies

DAWSON, W D

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 676pp, illus/maps, VG- (heavy chip/loss & archival repair tape to base of spine, light bruising to extrems, lg scuff/chip & stain to bottom corner of rear board, minor generalised soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges with moderate staining also, light foxing & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 18 18th battalion armoured armored regiment first editions

PRINGLE, D J C & GLUE, W A

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 631pp, illus/maps, VG- (moderate to heavy rubbing & bruising to spine, minor bruising & staining to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 20 20th battalion armoured armored regiment

ROSS, ANGUS

Octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 506pp, illus/maps, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, presentation plate tipped in to ffep, moderate foxing to frontis & title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate foxing, minor fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 23 23rd battalion