McARTHUR, PIERA

FIRST EDITION, oblong folio, black heavy boards, illus prelims, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2012

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand art Piera McArthur history portraits Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier

MAXSTED, LINDSAY (Fore)

Heavy quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 297pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, sl chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Westpac Banking Corporation 2017

KEYWORDS: banking history banks Westpac Australia Australian finance

N/A

Imperial octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 16pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate tearing to spine extrems & base of front cover, moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & scuffing to covers, whole page block detached at top staple, moderate tanning & foxing to inside covers/eps, light to moderate tanning to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: military history war atlas atlases Europe European America Pacific

SANDERS, JIM (Compiled by) & EVANS, MALCOLM (Illus) & HEGH, TONY (Ed)

Quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, pink lettering to front covers, illus title page, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (2x ring binder holes to staple area, moderate rubbing & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to covers & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Wilson And Horton 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand war history military VC Victoria Cross heroes winners recipients

PLOKHY, SERHII

FIRST EDITION, super ocatvo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, xxii + 376pp, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2023

KEYWORDS: first editions modern history war Russia Ukraine Ukrainian Russian geopolitics

BUCKLE, HENRY THOMAS

Ex-school library, duodecimo, black leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate to spine with raised bands & gilt decoration also, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, mixed pagination, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine, light scuffing & bruising to board corners, minor tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor adhesion to prelims pgs)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1911

KEYWORDS: history England English civilisation civilization

BUTLER, ROGER

Very tidy ex-library, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvii + 294pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light fading & tape residue to board edges, binding sloppy/loose, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (usual library markings/labels, light creasing to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2007

KEYWORDS: art history colonial Australia Australian 19th nineteenth century prints

DAVIDSON, JARED

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine/extrems, light fading to boards)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history labour force convicts criminals law justice development prison prisoners

ARNOLD, PETER

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DAVID TUA & OTHERS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining/residue to front & rear pastedowns) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss to top edge of spine)

PUBLISHER: Bison Books 1988

KEYWORDS: signed sport history boxing boxers profiles greats sporting legends

HEIMANN, JIM (Ed) & WILKERSON, WILLY (Intro)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 764pp + ads to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2001

KEYWORDS: US America American adverts ads advertising history 1940s forties 40s marketing art design

BIHALJI-MERIN, OTO

Lg quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 178pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbinbg/soiling & bruising to boards & edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alpine Fine Arts Collection Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: Vangel Naumovski art appreciation history criticism painters

ADKIN, MARK

TITLE & COPYRIGHT PAGE REMOVED, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp, illus, G+ (heavy soiling to boards, heavy bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, binding a little sloppy, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to prelims, full title page & copyright page roughly cut out/removed, minor water staining to top of page block at spine, occasional soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press N/D

KEYWORDS: military war history French Napoleon Bonaparte Duke Wellington Europe

CLARKE, KENNETH

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library (minimal markings), super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, mino rtape staining to board edges, light general soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, light soiling to contents page) in d/w, VG (usual library labels/markings- minimal, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling- possibly just to plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2002

KEYWORDS: first editions arts crafts hobbies tiles tilemaking design history interior design

WOOD, CHRIS

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 104pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books / Te Rau Herald Print 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways Gisborne steam locomotives

DE LA BRETONNE, RESTIF & BALDICK, ROBERT (Trans, Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1966

KEYWORDS: art history Restif de la Bretonne writers art literature 18th eighteenth century

COLE, BARBARA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FRONT COVER RIPPED OFF, octavo softcover (G-); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Three Knights 1985

KEYWORDS: barbara cole rhodesia rhodesian special air service military history

SISTREN & FORD SMITH, HONOR (ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1986

KEYWORDS: jamaica jamaican history memoir biography women's collective feminist feminism

NEILD, SUZANNE & PEARSON, ROSALIND

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1992

KEYWORDS: lesbian history wlw queer sapphic romance life memoir

BULTMANN, DR RUDOLF

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh the University Press 1957

KEYWORDS: rudolf bultman history eschatology theology christian

HRH DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, PRINCE HENRY (fore)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Published for a Comittee of Old Blues by Hamish Hamilton

KEYWORDS: christ's hospital school charity foundling education history uniform