JOHNSTON, MIKE

THIS VOL ONLY, very tidy ex-library, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 456pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tape/adhesive residue to spine & board corners/edges, minimal library markings, light soiling to page edges, light adhesive staining/residue to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldfields gold mining goldmining Marlborough history

ELDER, JOHN RAWSON (Ed)

LIMITED SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, to ppage edges stained blue, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light scuffing & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some loss, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing, sm scuff to top corner of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: signed limited edition New Zealand history early settlers pioneers

SYMONDS, R W

Folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration/illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & wrinkling to eps, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & rubbing to spine & covers, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Connoisseur 1955

KEYWORDS: antique collecting antiques furniture 17th 18th seventeenth eighteenth century history historical collectables collectibles guides resources

GUDGEON, Thos. WAYTH

TIDILY RE-BACKED INCORPORATING ORIGINAL SPINE & BOARDS, imperial octavo, half leatherbound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, all page edges stained red, blank presentation page to prelims, frontispiece, 620pp + xxxvi to rear, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & minor staining to spine & boards, moderate scuffing & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial pioneers early settlers

KNIGHT, ROB

NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, heavy ink annotation to terminals, occasional patch of soiling to pages) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges- heavy surface loss & arvchival tape repairs, moderate generalised chafing, ink numerals to rear)

PUBLISHER: R J Knight 1975

KEYWORDS: signed Rob Knight New Zealand genealogy family history McKenzie Lower Rangitikei early settlers pioneers

MAGAS, BRANKA

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 743pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, moderate rubbing to extrems, tape & scuffing to board edges, moderate soiling to page edges, minor scuffing to front & rear pastedowns, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (1x single library label to base of spine, light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Saqi Books 2007

KEYWORDS: history Croatia culture

SMITH, JACK

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 587pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand business construction history Fletcher Construction

BEECHING, WILLIAM C

Super octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, xliii + 212pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, sl creasing & tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 1989

KEYWORDS: history Canada Canadian volunteers Spain Spanish civil war

TANNER, JOHN (General Editor)

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1979

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 avaition aircraft weapons weaponry British raf

MOORE, Captain JOHN E (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, (108) + 688pp, illus, VG (light soiling & foxing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts 1975

KEYWORDS: military history Janes Jane's fighting ships past years previous issues 70s seventies maritime naval warfare navies design identification engineering

MOORE, Captain JOHN E (Ed)

Tidy ex-library, lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, (219) + 816pp, illus, VG (minimal librray markings, minor tape staining & fading to board edges, light soiling to boards, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (single library label to base of spine, moderate general wrinkling, rear flap fore-edge roughly trimmed, top corners of both flaps clipped with minor foxing also, light general chafing)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Pubilshing Inc 1985

KEYWORDS: military history Janes Jane's fighting ships past years previous issues 80s eighties maritime naval warfare navies design identification engineering

TANNER, JOHN (General Editor)

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding aeroplane diagram frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1977

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare Mosquito aircraft

TANNER, JOHN (General Editor)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding aircraft diagram frontispiece, 521pp + diagrams to rear, illus, VG+ (minor adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor adhesive staining to edges of front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate adhesive staining to edges with light creasing also, moderate vertical crease to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1977

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare lancaster bombers aircraft

COLLEDGE, MALCOLM A R

Imperial octavo, green/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling/staining & bruising to board edges, minor soiling to spine & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity art Palmyra archaeology archeology

McMURTRY GEORGE & MCmURTRY, JOYCE (Illus)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 458pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, VG+ (ligh tcreasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: R G C McMurtry 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed George McMurtry early settlers pioneers Moutere history

HOPE, ROBERT & HRH THE DUKE OF YORK (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, grey lettering to spine, 324pp, illus, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light discolouration to spine, sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sm bibliographical note stapled in to top corner of title page)

PUBLISHER: Churnet Valley Books 2003

KEYWORDS: military history Crimea Crimean war Staffordshire regiment of foot 38th

HILL, MARGOT HAMILTON & BUCKNELL, PETER A

Folio, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 225pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate fading to bottom edges of boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light soiling to central gutter) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- clear tape reinforcement, price clipped, light to moderate chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1981

KEYWORDS: fashion textiles history evolution clothes clothing

MARDER, T A & MARTIN, JOSEPH S (Principal Photography)

HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, sm folio, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 343pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to base of spine, light soiling to page edges, light cracking to front & rear gutters, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to base of spine with archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, otherwise only light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press 1998

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings design Bernini art historical history 17th seventeenth century

LAMSTER, MARK

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Public Affairs 2006

KEYWORDS: baseball spalding twentieth century ameican sporting history

JAY, MARTIN

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: Little, Brown, & Company 1973

KEYWORDS: dialectic frankfurt school american german cultural history