MOSELEY, H N

FIRST EDITION, ALL PLATES & MAPS PRESENT, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 620pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters of prelims, moderate foxing & light soiling to prelims, prev. owner's name to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1879

KEYWORDS: first editions exploration history voyages naturalists HMS Challenger 19th nineteenth century nature science

BARRY, L S (Original Work) & BROWN, L C (Ed)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, map at rear eps, 389pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history industry trade infrastructure

DE GUINGAND, Major-General SIR FRANCIS

Ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 488pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, 2cm crack to head of spine, light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, some prelims & terminals removed- yellowing tape to 'ffep', occasional light soiling througout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1947

KEYWORDS: military history operation victory army middle east

VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, BOTH MAPS & ALL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges- faded, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: first English edition New Zealand geography geology natural history Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter Auckland Nelson

DE QUATREFAGES, A & OTTE, E C (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, vii + 375pp, VG- (heavy water damage & staining to boards & eps, moderate tanning to spine, minor bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts 1857

KEYWORDS: exploration history historical travel literature Europe France Spain Sicily

COOKE, RON

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: C & S Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ngapuke north island

TAYLOR, JOHN W R (Fore)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing, sl creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Studio Editions 1990

KEYWORDS: military history Jane's Janes fighting aircraft fighter planes ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war aerial combat warfare aviation

LEWISOHN, MARK & McCARTNEY, PAUL (Interview)

Square quarto, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers, minor fading to spine also, light foxing & soiling to page edges, amusing gift inscription in ink to inside front cover, moderate crack to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: The Hamlyn Publishing Group 1988

KEYWORDS: britpop British pop bands history music musicians The Beatles Abbey Road recording sessions

ROSS, Squadron Leader J M S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, illus/maps- all maps counted & present, VG (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing to board edges/corners, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, 3cm stain to preface page, sl foxing to prelims, occasional closed tear to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (heavy cracking & tearing to fold of front flap- failed yellowing tape repairs, other heavy creasing & chipping to edges, minor fading to spine, moderate loss to base of spine, general tanning & soiling & other discreet but yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1955

KEYWORDS: official history series histories RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation

GUDINSKI, MICHAEL (Fore) & GLANVILLE, ELOISE (Ed) & MORGAN, SARAH (Ed)

LACKS FEP, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 283pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, ffep ripped out, pgs263-266 detached but present- otherwise still a tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: Frontier Touring Co 2011

KEYWORDS: entertainment music business history posters art

MATTHEWS, ELLA

FIRST EDITION, SIGNIFICANT ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine, mior soiling to boards, light bruising to board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling & foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (significant loss & archival repair to spine & front cover, other moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, prev. owner's details in pencil to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Ella Matthews 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history gold discoveries Buller

POINTON, MARCIA

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 426pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 3x closed tears to edges/folds of flaps- archival tape repair, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: jewellrey jewelry gem stones gems history vintage literature art society agency

BRACKEN, THOMAS & STOUT, Sir ROBERT (Historical Sketch) & GREY, Sir GEORGE (Preface)

Imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & black illus to front board, aeg, patterned eps, viii + 359pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor chipping/cracking to head of spine, minor scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to rest of boards, light discolouration to eps, large gift inscription in ink to verso of title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to prelims/terminals & sporadically throughout, pgs 163-166 partially loose, minor rust staining to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Arthur T Keirle 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical Thomas Bracken Maoriland jubilee volume

CAINE, C STEWART (Ed)

VERY TATTY, sm octavo, yellow light card wrappers, black lettering to spine [missing], 693pp, G- (spine completely missing with binding heavily cracked & exposed, sections of page block separated at binding, rear cover miraculously still attached but heavily stained from attempts at tape repair, front cover completely detached & heavily stained with tape repairs, horizontal closed tear with archival tape repair, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, with the exception of occasional minor foxing the contents are still reasonably tidy & legible)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket Wisden cricketers' almanacks past years 20s 1920s twenties 1927

BURNS, ROBERT G H

SCARCE, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 284pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: English folk rock music history

SHAW, W B KENNEDY & OWEN, DAVID LLOYD (Fore)

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Presidio Press 1989

KEYWORDS: LRDG long range desert group history military western desert

DAWSON, LESLIE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2013

KEYWORDS: flying boats history passenger civil aviation engineering maritime aquatic nautical

BEALE, NICK & D'AMICO, FERDINANDO & VALENTINI, GABRIELE

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Italian Italy aviation axis air force

OGILVY, DAVID

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 174pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine, minor creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: aviation history dh88 dh 88 comet de Havilland monoplane monoplanes

RICKENBACKER, EDWARD V

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, blue lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 458pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading/discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Edward V Rickenbacker military history aviation pilots