THOMPSON, L M

LACKS D/W, 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: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: modern history South Africa unification early 20th twentieth century

BEMONT, CHARLES & JACOB, E F (Trans)

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: Oxford University Press 1930

KEYWORDS: English history Simon de Montfort Earl of Leicester 13th thirteenth century biography biographies

GILMAN, ARTHUR

THE STORY OF THE NATIONS SERIES, ex-library, 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: T Fisher Unwin 1897

KEYWORDS: story of the nations series literature history saracens Arthur Gilman

PARK, MUNGO & MILLER, RONALD (Ed & Intro)

Sm 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: Everyman's Library / J M Dent & Sons 1969

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Africa Mungo Park history historical

DOORLY, ELEANOR & DE LA MARE, WALTER (Intro) & GIBBINGS, ROBERT (Woodcuts)

Sm 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: Penguin 1949

KEYWORDS: naturalists natural history insects entomology Jean Henri Fabre

RICHARDS, RHYS

Super octavo, blue illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 264pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Paremata Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moriori history culture heritage Chatham Islands

WINCHESTER, JIM (General Ed)

Oblong imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine area) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Grange Books 2006

KEYWORDS: military modern history aviation fighter planes aircraft cold war design engineering

CRAIG, BARRY & VANDERWAL, RON & WINTER, CHRISTINE

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, yellow & black lettering to spine, viii + 281pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ligh tcreasing/scuffing to cover edges, sl scuffing to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Museum Victoria Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: war museum Victoria collections history artefacts

DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 317pp + catalogue to rear, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature spirituality religion travel history historical

MAY, GITA

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 237pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: art history biography memoir Elisabeth Viglee le Brun

YULE, VALERIE

Super octavo, red illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 559pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Book Pal 2012

KEYWORDS: first editions Valerie Yule etymology English language linguistics history writing spelling

PHILLIPS, F L

SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 214pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to egdes, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Tohu Publishers 1989

KEYWORDS: signed F L Phillips New Zealand history Maori Tainui migration anthropology geography

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + 342pp, vol 2- vii + 342pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to page eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literature history spiritualism first editions physical psychic science esoteric

BAGNALL, A G & PETERSEN, G C

Octavo, green buckram boards, lettering to spine- faded, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing & bruising spine & board extrems/edges, lettering on spine faded, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, minor discolouration sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration explorers biography biographies memoir William Colenso

HARVEY, BOB & TINDALL, Sir STEPHEN (Fore)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, square quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oratia 2019

KEYWORDS: signed Bob Harvey New Zealand history Waitemata Auckland photography maritime

kEYSER, MICHAEL & WILLIAMS, JONATHAN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 462pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Bentley Publishers 1999

KEYWORDS: movies film history cinema Steve McQueen Le Mans automotive racing behind the scenes

PEREIRA, CHRIS & ROBB, TOMMY (Fore)

Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine & front cover, sl creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: motorsport motorcycle racing GP races history sixties 60s 1960s

BRETT, BEV & MacPHERSON, JOHN ALICK (Trans)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, xix + 147pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl warping to whole item, prev. owner's details in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Bev Brett 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history letters correspondence Mac-Talla John Munro

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, yellow cloth light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, printed inside covers, xxxii + 1043pp, VG (light fading/soiling & moderate creasing/fraying to spine, moderate soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1956

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden cricket almanacks 1956 past years

DYER, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine, 186pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand home ownership buildings water damage leaking leaky homes building standards history construction