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Their Name Liveth Some Pictures of Commonwealth War Cemeteries 1914-1918 1939-1945
volume v parts 1/2/3
first edition volume v parts 1/2/3 ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: commonwealth war graves commission london 1961
KEYWORDS: military history commonwealth war cemeteries
Their Name Liveth Some Pictures of Commonwealth War Cemeteries 1914-1918 1939-1945
volume I
first edition 32pp+ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.sl.foxed,facsimile letter from the queen tipped-in)
PUBLISHER: methuen london [1954]
KEYWORDS: military history commonwealth war cemeteries
Their Name Liveth Some Pictures of Commonwealth War Cemeteries 1914-1918 1939-1945
volume vi part ii
first edition volume vi part ii 27pp+ills.[b/w] VG+ (in red paper wrappers,sl.wear to extrems.,title sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: commonwealth war graves commission london 1968
KEYWORDS: military history war cemeteries
Whaling and Sealing at the Chatham Islands
first edition 75+90pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,minor soiling) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: roebuck canberra 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history chatham islands rhys richards
General Hints to Emigrants
209pp+ads. G (green cloth wrappers,top cover detahced but present,lacks spine,remains of label to top cover,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,ads,to eps,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: virtue london 1866
KEYWORDS: history literature emigrants travel
The Truth About My Father
ex-lib.first edition 229pp VG- (blue cloth w.libr.labels to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1924
KEYWORDS: history biography tolstoi tolstoy literature
La Maniere de Bien Penser Dans Les Ouvrages D'Esprit
new edition 459pp [text in french] G+ (marbled paper boards w.half-leather ,gilt bands and stamps to spine,top board barely attached,rubbed and soiled,spine attached only at lower hinge,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,some minor foxing to margins,speckled edges,tight)
PUBLISHER: chez les libraires affocies paris 1771
KEYWORDS: history literature bouhours
The Irish Guards in the Great War
2 vols.
2 vols. 320/223pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: spellmount staplehurst 1997
KEYWORDS: military history irish guards rudyard kipling
Rider on a Grey Horse
first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1958
KEYWORDS: history military biography barry joynson cork
Surgeon Henry's Trifles
ex-lib.first edition 281pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (brown cloth,soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from pastedowns,ffep missing,content edges sl.foxed) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses,internal tape stains)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970
KEYWORDS: military history biography pat hayward
New Zealand Artillery in the Field 1914-18
first edition 314pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] G (blue cloth,spine detached but present however w.3cm loss to foot,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,paper separation at prelim.gutters,content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky) Bagnall B1957
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs auckland 1922
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history artillery byrne
Footprints Farewell
first edition 236pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: nikau press nelson 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand history nelson jeff newport
Chapman's Centenary Memorial of Captain Cook's Description of New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago
first edition 166pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps - 1 plate missing from pg.107] G (binding copy,top board detached and rear board missing,top board stained and rubbed,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,lacks prelims.,text block starts at title page and ends with final page of index,some sl.foxing to contents,sections separating w.some detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: chapman auckland 1870
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history captain cook geography travel
Navy & Army Illustrated
vol.IV
first edition this vol.only vol.iv [may 28th 1897 - october 21st 1897] 376pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (khaki cloth w.red/green/blue dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,ep edges soiled,aeg sl.rubbed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hudson & kearns george newnes london [nd]
KEYWORDS: navy army history military charles robinson
Plant-Life
first edition 380pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth w.green/white/yellow dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,boards sunned w.spine browned,chipping to spine and hinges w.rear hinge split full length,content edges sl.foxed o/w contents incl.plates clean)
PUBLISHER: black london 1915
KEYWORDS: natural history plant-life charles hall
L'Indochine en Guerre
ex-lib.first edition 324pp [text in french] ills.[b/w w.tipped-in col.plates] VG+ (red cloth w.gilt borders,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm split to head of upper hinge,usual libr,stamps,contents clean incl.plates)
PUBLISHER: les presses modernes paris 1954
KEYWORDS: military history arts jean marchand
The Book of The Zoo
[first edition] 263pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (green cloth w.black/grey/yellow zebra stamp to top board and polar bear to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: natural history zoo duncan
Reading the Skin Adornment,Display and Society among the Wahgi
first edition 164pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (red cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in NF d/w (spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: british museum publications london [1989]
KEYWORDS: anthropology sociology history wahgi michael o'hanlon
Tattoos From Paradise
first edition 204pp ills.[b/w and col.] folio hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG)
PUBLISHER: schiffer 1999
KEYWORDS: maori tattoo history arts mark blackburn pacific polynesian
Clippers for the Record
first edition signed by author 161pp ills.[b/w] NF (in glossy wrappers,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,owner's label to title page along with author's sign.)
PUBLISHER: spectrum publications melbourne 1984
KEYWORDS: nautical history marny matheson signed clippers