WINSER,JOHN DE S.

first edition 160pp.illus.(b/w) VG+(illus.laminated softcover,v.sl.scuffed, v.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: world ship society kent 1997

KEYWORDS: john de s winser naval history world war two military nautical

BUCHAN, JOHN:

first edition, green cloth, 387pp, VG( vsl edgewear, vsl rubbed, v sl bumped spine head & foot, prev owners sign to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges, internal rear hinge reinforced with tape, v sl shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co London 1932

KEYWORDS: history biography sir walter scott

WOOLF, LEONARD:

first ediiton thus printed in Colombo, Ceylon, green cloth with gilt to spine, lxxx 286pp illus folding map, VG+(v sl bruised rear corners, v sl worn & sunned board edges, sl bumped spine foot & v sl bumped head, sl sunned spine & front board, v sl paste action to ep's, sl foxing to ep's, sl sunned text top & lower edges) d/w VG(v sl wear & creasing to extrems with v sl tears to spine head & foot, v sl foxing, sunned spine with v sl sunned rubbed & soiled covers)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press London 1963

KEYWORDS: history politics leonard woolf ceylon hambantota

WOODMAN, DOROTHY:

first edition, green cloth, 423pp folding maps, VG+( vsl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl soiled, v sl paste action to ep's) d/w VG+( vsl wear tears & creasing to extrems, v sl internal foxing, vsl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Frederick A Praeger New York 1969

KEYWORDS: history hmalaya asian politics

BOSSUET, J. B:

speckled calf with black titla label & decorative gilt to spine, marbled ep's & edges,303pp, VG-(lacks ffep, v sl bruised & sl scuffed corners, sl edgewear, boards rubbedwith sl surface loss, sl soiled & sunend, v sl tears & chipped spine head & foot, sl surface loss to front pastedown, foxing throughout, v sl soiled lower edges of end of text)

PUBLISHER: Libraire Monarchique de N. Pichard Paris 1822

KEYWORDS: history

ARGENZIO, VICTOR:

First UK edition, blue boards, 102pp, illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, prev owner name stamp to title page and 2 locations in contents, v sl foxed edges) d/w in plastic, VG+ (v sl sunned & rubbed, v sl creased extrems, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Allen and Unwin, London, 1967

KEYWORDS: diamonds victor argenzio mines cutting history de beers famous royal thieves investment

DE MONTIFAUD, MARC:

in wrappers, 426pp, G-(spine torn causing binding to separate, all text present but tied together, covers sunned rubbed & soiled, wear & tears to extrems, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Paris 1879

KEYWORDS: history marie magdeleine

BACON, NICHOLAS:

scarce first edition, in green soft cover with black title to front, 39pp, inscr to front reads 'To the most reverend, The Archbishop of New Zealand' dated 1953, VG(sl sunned rubbed & soiled, cover edges worn & creased with 2 very sl tears to lower rear, v sl stain to pp7 -11, text clean)

PUBLISHER: Daniel Press Oxford 1903 (issued 1919)

KEYWORDS: history nicholas bacon poetry

CARSON,ANNETTE

first edition 320pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ quarto hardcover lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: haynes sparkford 1986

KEYWORDS: aviation transport history aerobatics annette carson

SMITH,SYDNEY;FIDDES,FREDERICK SMITH

ninth edition 659pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,some minor annotations in ink,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: churchill london 1949

KEYWORDS: forensic science medicine history sydney smith frederick smith fiddes

TOWNSEND,JOHN

first edition 190pp [b/w frontis.and map] VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,ffep clipped at upper corner,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface scuffs to front cover,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some small closed tears,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: elek london 1961

KEYWORDS: military history biography french foreign legion john townsend

HORNER,JOSEPH G.

fifth edition 437pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,contents mod.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: crosby lockwood london 1925

KEYWORDS: history engineering pattern making technical joseph g.horner

POLLARD,E.;HOOPER,M.D.;MOORE,N.W.

reprint 256pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,minor wear to extrems.w.minor crease to spine,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (covered in clear adhesive plastic,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1979

KEYWORDS: natural history new naturalist hedges science e.pollard m.d.hooper n.w.moore

BARNARD,C.D.

[first edition] 172pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in G d/w (in 2 pieces split at lower hinge,rubbed/soiled/creased,closed tears w.creasing,losses to spine)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]

KEYWORDS: aviation new zealand history c.d.barnard transport

N/A

[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.fold-out panorama at rear] VG- (in wrappers, LACKS FRONT COVER, title and contents sl.soiled, chipping to edges of soiled rear cover)

PUBLISHER: brett auckland 1905

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wanganui river geography arts

DEIGHTON,LEN;SCHWARTZMAN,ARNOLD

first edition 73pp ills.[b/w] F (black cloth,publisher's postcard loosely inserted) in F d/w (publisher's price sticker to front flap)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1978

KEYWORDS: aviation airships history transport len deighton arnold schwartzman

DEMPSTER, F. V:

first edition, blue cloth, 149pp illus, VG(sl sunned & foxed boards, vsl edgewear, ep's sl browned, sl foxing throughout, sl stained fore edge) d/w G-(chipped spine head & foot & rear, rubbed sunned & soiled)

PUBLISHER: S W Partridge & Co London 1932

KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton dempster history nature

WILSON, R, M:

first edition, blue cloth, 246pp, illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, sunned spine, v sl tear to spine head, prev owners inscr to ffep, v sl gum stain to title page, sl foxing to ep's & edges & spasmodically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co Ltd London 1956

KEYWORDS: history world ships

KEHOE, VINCENT J-R:

first edition, brown cloth, 256pp, VG(v sl bruised top crners, v sl edgewear, booksellers stamp to ffep, v sl foxing to text edges) d/w VG-(v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl foxing internally & to flaps, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Hastings House Publishers New York1959

KEYWORDS: history bullfighting toros spain

BOCK, BRUNO: & BOCK, KLAUS:

first uk edition, blue cloth, 269pp illus, VG+(v sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w G+(wear tears & creasing to extrems, v sl internal foxing, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Janes Publishing Co London 1981

KEYWORDS: history russia merchant ships COMECON