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$85.00
q17/23

Catch a Big Fish


FORBES,DAVID CARL [ED.]

first edition 234pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,minor shelf wear,ill.eps,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: newnes london 1967

KEYWORDS: sport fishing natural history david carl forbes

$34.00
q17/25

Civil Aviation in New Zealand


RENDEL,DAVID

first edition 188pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,spine mod.sunned,minor internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: reed london 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand transport aviation history david rendel

$40.00
q17/26

A Voyage to the South Sea


BLIGH, WILLIAM

[facsimile] 264pp [fold-out charts/maps] VG+ (fawn cloth,spine and upper/lower edges sunned to green,minor foxing to verso of fold-outs) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,gum stains to upper/lower edges,spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson richmond 1979

KEYWORDS: nautical history travel william bligh new zealand

$17.00
q17/30

Footsteps of Warfare


WORRALL,R.L.

first edition 236pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,lacks ffep) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1936

KEYWORDS: military history worrall

$170.00
q18/24

Medicinal Plants Garden in Phutthamonthon


N/A

first edition 314pp ills.[col.] NF (ill.laminated boards,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) in F d/w

PUBLISHER: thailand institute of scientific and technological research [nd]

KEYWORDS: plants medicine science natural history thailand

$65.00
q19/7

Revenge


WHITE, JOHN

Limited numbered First edition [180/350], SIGNED by editor, 290pp, black cloth boards, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, moderate tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, small patches of wear with loss to edges of paste downs) in d/w VG- (light scuffing and chipping to extrems, light tanning to spine, light rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1940

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature maori new zealand history john white

$20.00
2d20/13

Twenty Years in Sedlescombe


LUCEY,BERYL

first edition 496pp+index ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,v.sl.rubbed,maps to eps,owner's inscr.and stamp to half-title,content edges v.sl.soiled) in NF d/w (price crossed out on front flap)

PUBLISHER: regency press london [1978]

KEYWORDS: history geography britain sedlescombe beryl lucey

$60.00
q20/14

The War from Coconut Square


PRIDAY,H.E.L.

first edition 144pp ills.[b/w] super octavo softcover VG- (in wrappers, foxed and browned, moderate damp staining to cover, moderate chipping to lower spine extrem., front cover coming loose at foot of spine, contents browned and damp stained to egdes of pages)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1945

KEYWORDS: military history new zealand priday south pacific

$85.00
q20/17

Ambroise Vollard Editeur 1867-1939


VOLLARD,AMBROISE;JOHNSON,UNA E.

ex-lib.first edition limited [300] 214pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,v.sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,minor soiling to content edges) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some losses)

PUBLISHER: wittenborn new york 1944

KEYWORDS: arts biography ambroise vollard history una johnson

$212.50
q20/20

Anno Regni Georgii III [An Acto to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle,and other Flesh Provisions,from Great Britain,for a limited Time]


N/A

first edition [detached from a volume] pp967-972 VG- (4 leaves incl.title page,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor foxing,chipping and wear to extrems.,creasing w.holes from binding,closed tear to title page margin)

PUBLISHER: printed by charles eyre and william strahan london 1771

KEYWORDS: history literature politics george iii acts

$22.50
2g5/16

Trafalgar


an eyewitness history

POCOCK,TOM [ED.]

first edition, imperial octavo hardcover, 238pp ills.[col.] VG+ in VG+ slipcase

PUBLISHER: folio society london 2005

KEYWORDS: nautical trafalgar tom pocock history military

$102.00
2g5/9

Pioneers of the Seven Seas


VILLIERS,ALAN

first edition inscribed by author 220pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep [1968],author's inscr.postcard loosely inserted,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses)

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1956

KEYWORDS: nautical history signed alan villiers

$42.50
q21/8

Australian Schools Rugby Union Handbook 1978


N/A

second edition 180pp ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,rubbed and soiled,sunned,owner's sign.to front cover,squashed insects to title page)

PUBLISHER: australian rugby football schools union [np] 1978

KEYWORDS: sport rugby football history

$34.00
q21/16

The Racing World and Its Inhabitants


WATSON,ALFRED E.T.[ED.]

first edition 309pp ills.[col.] G+ (red cloth w.gilt jockey stamp to top board,spine detached but present,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1904

KEYWORDS: history horse racing sport alfred watson

$102.00
q21/20

Among the Moors


sketches of oriental life

MONTBARD,G.

ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [43/120] signed by author 281pp ills.[duotone] VG- (gold cloth boards w.half vellum,rubbed and stained,gilt-on-brown title label to spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.split to full length of upper hinge,some losses of vellum to spine,libr.label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,signed/numbered colophon to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1894

KEYWORDS: history geography moors travel montbard

$1500.00
q21/22

The Journals of Captain James Cook [3 Vols. (in 4 books) + folio of Maps]


BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.; CAPTAIN COOK, JAMES

5 book set (3 volumes in 4 books + folio of maps) very heavy, extra shipping charges will apply, 684/1021/718/719-1647pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ hardcover (blue cloth w.gilt bust stamp to top boards, maps are clean ) in VG+ d/ws (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: hakluyt society cambridge university press london 1955 / 1961 / 1967

KEYWORDS: james cook travel exploration beaglehole endeavour discovery resolution adventure nautical history

$63.75
q21/24

A Family Affair


CARTER,G.G.

first edition thus signed by author 245pp+appendix ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled,owner's stamp to ffep,author's sign.to title,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sub title handwritten on spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: wesley historical society auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: history new zealand biography carter theology

$63.75
q21/26

The Navy As I Have Known It 1849-1899


FREMANTLE,E.R.

ex-lib.first edition 472pp [b/w frontis.portrait] G (reading copy only,blue cloth w.spine missing,rubbed and stained w.remains of libr.labels,chipping and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1904

KEYWORDS: nautical history biography navy fremantle

$35.00
q22/3

The Wake of The Bounty


WILKINSON,C.S.

first edition 200pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,school presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG- d/w (rubbed and foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: cassell london 1953

KEYWORDS: history nautical the bounty bligh wilkinson travel

$85.00
q22/13

The Life of George Cruikshank


2 vols.

CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE;JERROLD,BLANCHARD

first edition 2 vols. 284/280pp+ads.ills.[b/w by cruikshank] VG (brown cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps to top boards and spines,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.bumps and mod.wear to extrems.,owner's label to ffeps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates detached but present,spines cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1882

KEYWORDS: biography literature history george cruikshank blanchard jerrold

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