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$50.00
2g7/33

Complete Waterfowl Studies vol.1 Dabbling & Whistling Ducks


BURK,BRUCE

first edition vol.1 only 234pp ills.[b/w and col.] Fine in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: schiffer exton [1984]

KEYWORDS: natural history ducks waterfowl bruce burk

$75.00
2g9/4

RBK A Very Parfit Gentil Knight


HARRIS,SIMON

first edition inscribed by author 175pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: rooke publishing clenchwarton 2004

KEYWORDS: military history biography simon harris signed

$40.00
2g3/48

The Life Story of T.J.Hunt


HUNT,T.J.

third edition signed by author 58pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (green cloth,sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's dated sign.to portrait - feb 1937)

PUBLISHER: hunt [np] 1937

KEYWORDS: biography history hunt signed

$45.00
2g6/11

Broadsides of the Industrial North


VICINUS,MARTHA

first edition 79pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: frank graham newcastle upon tyne 1975

KEYWORDS: history newspapers broadsides martha vicinus

$40.00
2g9/49

Jaycee


BUTTERWORTH,GRAHAM & SUSAN

first edition 293pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: ngaio press wellington 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand history jaycee butterworth

$60.00
r28/17

Rambles in Polynesia


'SUNDOWNER'

first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897

KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner

$125.00
r28/18

Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits


DE WINDT,HARRY

first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898

KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields

$250.00
r28/22

Steam Turbines


GENTSCH,WILHELM;LIDDELL,ARTHUR R.[TRANSL.]

first uk edition 375pp ills.[b/w w.4 folding plates at rear] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to folding plates)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1906

KEYWORDS: nautical engineering history steam turbines gentsch liddell

$50.00
r29/1

English Forests and Forest Trees


N/A

first edition 406pp ills.[b/w] VG- (terracotta cloth w.blind dec.borders and gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled,sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: ingram cooke london 1853

KEYWORDS: natural history science english forest trees botany

$125.00
r29/6

Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle [3 vols.]


BUCKLE,HENRY THOMAS;TAYLOR,HELEN [ED.]

ex-library first edition [3 vols.] 598/704/708pp VG- (library rebinds,vols.1/2 in blue cloth,vol.3 in green cloth w.half leather,sl.rubbed and soiled vols.1/2,vol.3 rubbed w.rear board detached but present,spine of vol.3 chipped and worn,usual libr.stamps and labels)

PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1872

KEYWORDS: history biography literature henry thomas buckle

$50.00
r29/7

Green Design Design for the Environment


MACKENZIE,DOROTHY

ex-libr.first edition 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (few libr.stamps and labels o/w contents clean and tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: laurence king london 1991

KEYWORDS: design history arts dorothy mackenzie

$20.00
r29/22

The History of All Souls College Library


CRASTER,SIR EDMUND

first edition 128pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,dealer's label to ffep) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1971

KEYWORDS: history architecture all souls library craster

$20.00
r29/23

The Penny Histories


NEUBERG,VICTOR E.

first edition thus [juvenile library] 227pp ills.[b/w] NF (paper boards w.red cloth spine,content edges v.sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1968

KEYWORDS: literature history arts penny histories neuburg

$25.00
r29/25

Photographic View Album of Stirling


N/A

first edition 16pp ills.[b/w] printed on pink paper VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to title page,contents sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: valentine dundee [nd]

KEYWORDS: arts history geography travel stirling scotland

$995.00
r30/3

Works of Henry Lord Brougham [11 volumes]


BROUGHAM,LORD

11 volumes various editions uniformly bound in half leather 492/438/442/497/444/456/424/424/445/462/469pp VG+ (rebound in marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands to spines w.gilt stamps and gilt-on-red/black title labels,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.chipping to head of spine on one volume,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.to mod.foxing of contents but generally in very tidy condition) scarce complete 11 volume set attractively rebound in half leather; comprises - Lives of Philosophers / Men of Letters / Sketches of Statesmen [3 vols.] / Natural Theology / Dissertations and Addresses / Historical and Political Dissertations / Speeches [2 vols.] / British Constitution - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: griffin london 1857-1862

KEYWORDS: lord brougham history biography literature politics

$25.00
r30/5

From Blake to A Vision


RAINE,KATHLEEN

first edition 64pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers w.flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to half-title)

PUBLISHER: dolmen press dublin 1979

KEYWORDS: arts history william blake kathleen raine

$55.00
2g10/12

Voices From Vietnam


BARNZ,BILLY [BARNES,WILLIAM JOHN]

first edition 339pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: willson scott christchurch [2008]

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history billy barnz vietnam

$30.00
s1/13

The Flight of Alcock & Brown


WALLACE,GRAHAM

ex-lib.first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.losses to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: putnam london 1955

KEYWORDS: aviation history travel alcock brown graham wallace

$25.00
s1/19

Castles and Churches of the Crusading Kingdom


BOASE,T.S.R.

first edition 121pp ills.[b/w w.col.plates tipped-in] VG+ (beige cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1967

KEYWORDS: castles churches crusades boase theology history

$24.50
s2/1

Bishop in the Dock The Sedition Trial of James Liston


SWEETMAN,RORY

first edition inscribed by author 327pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed,author's inscr.to title page)

PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography rory sweetman james liston law signed

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