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$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

$42.50
q22/18

Portraits of Thirty Authors


JACOBS,LEONEBEL

ex-lib.first edition 8pp+tipped-in plates [b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,untrimmed edges,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: charles scribner's new york 1937

KEYWORDS: history biography arts leonebel jacobs literature

$35.00
q22/20

John Castle's Hauraki Gulf


CASTLE,JOHN [ILLS.];DYKES,MERVYN [TEXT]

first edition signed by artist 96pp ills.[tipped-in col.plates by john castle] VG+ (beige cloth,author's sign.to half-title) in VG+ d/w(sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history geography john castle mervyn dykes

$34.00
q22/23

Arts Year Book 6


LEE-JOHNSON,ERIC [ED.]

first edition thus 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history eric lee-johnson

$42.50
q22/25

The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games


vol.ii crocodile shooting - hound breeding

SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE,EARL OF [ED.]

ex-lib.first edition this vol.only 448pp ills.[b/w and col.;some col.detached but present] G+ (green cloth w.green half leather,gilt.compartments to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,3cm loss to head of spine,usual libr.labels and stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked w.some pp loose)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1911

KEYWORDS: sport games history

$85.00
q22/26

The Life and Times of the late Duke of Wellington


vol.iv

WELLINGTON,DUKE OF

vol.iv only 364pp ills.[b/w] G+ (green cloth boards w.tan half leather,raised bands and title labels to spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,has decorative title page but possibly lacks standard title page,paper separation at prelim.gutters,contents sl.soiled/foxed incl.margins of plates,most plates have tissue guards present,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: london printing and publishing london [nd]

KEYWORDS: military history biography duke wellington

$75.00
q23/7

A Centennial History of Tauranga


GIFFORD,W.H.;WILLIAMS,H.BRADNEY

first edition 351pp ills.[b/w] octavo, green cloth boards, VG (light bruising and scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing and soiling to boards and spine, fep tanned, light foxing to page edges thoughout)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington [1940]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography tauranga gifford

$34.00
1m37/47

The Cockroach


CAMERON,EWEN

first edition 111pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1961

KEYWORDS: natural history science cockroach ewen cameron

$29.75
2d20/40

The Anglo-Saxons


DICKINS,BRUCE

first edition 322pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,dealer's label to front pastedown,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bowes & bowes london 1959

KEYWORDS: history anglo saxons bruce dickins britain

$42.50
q23/19

Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior


JOHNSGARD,PAUL A.

first edition 378pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: cornell university press ithaca 1965

KEYWORDS: natural history waterfowl paul johnsgard

$102.00
q23/20

A New History of Muhlenberg County


CAMPLIN,PAUL

first edition 289pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: caney station books greenville 1984

KEYWORDS: history muhlenberg america geography paul camplin

$29.75
2g9/34

Catalogue of Maps in the Essex Record Office 1566-1855


N/A

first edition 106pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding map in pocket at rear] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled and unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,spine cracked and shaky w.sl.paper separation at title gutter,sl.foxing to verso of map,insect nibbles to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: essex county council chelmsford 1947

KEYWORDS: maps atlas essex geography history

$34.00
2d19/23

The Handbook of Aviculture


WOOLHAM,FRANK

first edition 368pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (red cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: blandford press poole 1987

KEYWORDS: science natural history aviculture ornithology frank woolham

$35.00
q23/24

East of Everest


HILLARY,EDMUND;LOWE,GEORGE

first edition 48pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo hardcover, VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems, prev owners sign and dealer's sticker to ffep, eps and page edges foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,moderate foxing, chipping and wear to extrems, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand history mountaineering everest edmund hillary george lowe

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