PUTTICK, Lieutenant-General Sir EDWARD

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 655pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all counted & present, VG- (heavy fading & light foxing to spine, moderate scuffing & fraying to board & spine extrems, minro fading & discolouration to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light crack to gutters, minor wrinkling to occasional page, prev. owner's name ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 25 battalion

CRAYON, PORTE (STROTHER, DAVID HUNTER) & EBY Jr, CECIL D (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title pages, xxi + 296pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, minor creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1959

KEYWORDS: Porte Crayon David Hunter Strother US America American history old deep south essays literature writings

BUICK, T LINDSAY

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, sm biographical pamphlet on author tipped in to prelims, xxiii + 393pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading/tanning to spine, moderate bruising to top edge of rear board, minor chafing/surface loss to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, occasional sl cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing/soiling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history te tiriti o Waitangi treaty T Lindsay Buick colonisation colonizations British Maori crown governance

FORREST, EARLE R & RAINE, WILLIAM MacLEOD (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped, sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- tidy archival tape reinforcement, light to moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1953

KEYWORDS: US America American history feuds conflicts cattle farms farming Graham-Tewksbury feud Pleasant Valley Arizona first editions

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD et al

Oblong elephant folio, illus heavy boards, blank green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to leather spine, moderate scuffing to board edes, moderate soiling & foxing to boards with moderate chafing & surface loss also to rear, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, pages/contents throughout are in lovely condition)

PUBLISHER: A D Willis 1889

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lithographs art paintings history cities towns historical

CODY, J F

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine [erased], frontispiece, xvi + 514pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all present except map of southern Italy opp. pg315, G+ (binding v sloppy- boards shaky, heavy creasing & scuffing to spine with gilt lettering erased, moderate staining/soiling to boards, moderate scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling/staining to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters, folding map opp. pg315 mostly ripped out, remaining folding maps lightly/moderately creased)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 28 Maori Battalion

SEXTON, RAE

Tidy ex-library, square octavo, blue buckram boards, jacket neatly affixed to boards, 107pp + index to rear, VG+ (minor library markingssl tape staining to front & rear eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover & neatly taped to boards, minor staining & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: AMHS / Australasian Maritime Historical Society 1984

KEYWORDS: military history deserters naval navy Australia New Zealand 19th nineteenth century

SAWYER, EUGENE T & SULLIVAN, JOSEPH A (Fore)

ONLY 500 COPIES PRINTED, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to white title plate on red cloth spine, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 92pp, VG (moderate foxing & light scuffing to spine, light rubbing to board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Biobooks 1944

KEYWORDS: Tiburcio Vasquez US American America highwaymen true crime history stage robbers

BATE, JOHN L H

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: RailRomances N/D (c.2001)

KEYWORDS: signed John L H Bate transport history trains rail railways Talyllyn RAilway Preservation Society locomotives steam

OLIVER, R D (Preface)

Super octavo, brown/grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board with illus plate also, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 264pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. ownership inscription in ink to ffep, minor creasing to frontis, light sporadic foxing throughout, moderate foxing & soilling to pg61)

PUBLISHER: Charpentier Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: maritime history HMS Excellent navy training schools school naval military

WALLACE, FREDERICK WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp maritime illus to front board, illus/map to front eps, frontispiece, xii + 282pp, illus, VG- (spine cocked, sl scuffing to extrems, minor bruising to extrems of rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, other light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical windships history

LENIASHIN, VLADIMIR (Compiled & Intro) & PAMFILOV, YURI (Trans) & VESELKOV, VALENTIN (Designed by)

Square quarto, burgundy silky cloth boards, white lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, 26pp + 157 illus pp + list to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to half title page, light to moderate adhesion to pages- pgs20-21 stuck together, occasional light soiling to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, 3cm closed tear [tape repair] to top edge nr spine, 3cm closed tear [tape repairs] to base of front cover nr front flap, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1986

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Soviet art artists modern history late 20th twentieth century

CHATTERTON, E KEBLE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration & illus plate to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 362pp, illus, folding diagrams to rear, VG (light rubbing & scuffing to spine extrems, sl bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to rear board, light chafing & soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's embossed stamp to top corner of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & frequently throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history sailing ships development

CHATTERTON, E KEBLE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spine, gilt lettering & coloured illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 347pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals & also throughout, prev. bookseller's sm embossed stamp to ffep, binding loose)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history fore aft rig ships

LUBBOCK, BASIL (Storied by) & SPURLING, J (Pictured by) & HOOK, F A (Ed) & CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (Ed) & SMITH, C FOX (Intro)

3 VOLUMES, ALL FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSIONS (1927, 1929 & 1936), ALL LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spines & front boards, gilt maritime illus to rear boards, top page edges stained blue, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate insect damage to front eps of vol 1, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Blue Peter Publishing Company 1927-36

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical clippers clipper ships history first editions

GETTINGS, FRED

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Trafalgar Square Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: first UK editions folklore lore demons demonology occult history

COOK, GARY J

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 200pp, illus/photos, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, moderate fading & light tanning to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, lg annotation in ink to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2002

KEYWORDS: signed Gary J Cook trave writing literature New Zealand history prehistory

GOWER, Lord RONALD SUTHERLAND

REBOUND IN THREE QUARTER LEATHER, octavo, three quarter leatherbound red/white boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine with single raised band also, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 144pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spine, moderate scuffing/surface loss to spine board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor leather staining to edges of front & rear eps, prev. owner's name & date in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy foxing throughout but mostly to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1902

KEYWORDS: leather bindings Sir Joshua Reynolds biography biographies memoir art history

HOGELAND, WILLIAM

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: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2017

KEYWORDS: united states history army military washington william hogeland

HUCKER, CHARLES O (ed)

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: Columbia University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: chinese china ming government political history specials