GILMORE, EDDY

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, VG (light wear and fading, v light foxing) in VG d/w (light wear, soiling to rear, small closed tears to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition eddy gilmore russian history cossacks politics soviet union

FIELD, HARRY

octavo, blue buckram boards with black lettering to front board, 122pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, tears to front spine edge, light fading, prev owner's details in pen within)

PUBLISHER: Unity Press 1960

KEYWORDS: harry field military history new zealand northland regiment

WILSON, IAN

paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Orion 1999

KEYWORDS: specials ian wilson turin shroud history religion archaeology science

ALDERTON, GEO. E.

octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and blind rule to front board, frontispiece, vii + 76pp, VG (moderate soiling and foxing to boards, moderate tanning to spine, light scuffing/fraying to spine extrems and board corners, moderate tanning to eps, prev owners ink stamp to fep, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1884

KEYWORDS: new zealand history agriculture geo. E. alderton auckland gardening fruit oranges

POWLES, C. GUY

octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering and decorative black rule to front board, xvi + 284pp, illus including VG- folding maps (foxing and creasing, large closed tear to rear map), VG- (archival tape repairs to spine, sloppy bind, some maps missing, wear and soiling to boards, fraying to edges, foxing, tanning and soiling to some pages)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: c. guy powles major a. wilkie new zealand military history sinai palestine

BROWN, MARGARET C.

First edition, thin oblong quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, x + 102pp, illus, VG (newspaper clippings taped to prelims, crease to rear cover upper corner & reading crease to spine edge, discolouration spot to front cover upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Murchison District Historical Society 1987

KEYWORDS: Margaret C Brown New Zealand history Lyell Murchison Buller River gold quartz mining transport earthquake

HAYMAN, PIERS

Quarto, blue card boards with silver lettering to spine, red eps, 134pp, illus, VG (rubbing to spine extrems & board edges) in VG d/w (slight marking)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: Piers Hayman New Zealand birds natural history ornithology art sketches drawings illustrations

LAURENSON, STAN G.

First edition, signed by author, imperial octavo, orange boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + map + 225pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, two tiny soil spots to front board, tape residue stains to eps) in VG+ d/w (bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition SG Laurenson New Zealand Rangitikei history

BACRI, CLOTILDE & DAUM, NOEL & PETRY, CLAUDE

Large quarto, black cloth boards with blind lettering to front & gilt lettering to spine, black eps, 269pp, illus, VG+ (spotting to boards, foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (bruising to edges, 2cm closed tear to upper spine/front cover fold, rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 1993

KEYWORDS: Clotilde Bacri Noel Daum claude Petry art Art Deco Nouveau Daum glass craftsmanship design technique history objets d'art collectors

WATERS, S. D.

Super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind motif to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 570pp, illus + folding maps, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to board/spine edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, white out to front eps, light tanning & foxig throughout)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Internal Affairs 1956

KEYWORDS: SD Waters New Zealand World War Two second world war WWII naval history navy

HARROWFIELD, DAVID L.

First edition, uncommon in hardcover, super octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, 88pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Antarctic Heritage Trust 1995

KEYWORDS: first edition David L Harrowfield Antarctica Ross Sea history archaeology historic sites conservation

CERNOHORSKY,WALTER O.

Signed by author, super octavo, royal blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, VG+ (v light bruising to lower spine extrem, owner's name in ink to fep, sellotape residue stains to front pastedown, foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sellotape to spine extrems, sellotape residue stain to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Pacific Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: Walter O Cernohorsky reference pacific shells conchology zoology natural history

ATKINSON, NEILL

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, xii + 172pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Neill Atkinson New Zealand maritime history merchant mariners sail steamships 1840-1940 sailors lore yarns shanties rituals culture

WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Quarto, illus light card covers, illus prelims, 144pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name& address stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2008

KEYWORDS: Matthew Wright New Zealand motorbikes motorcycles transport sport entertainment racing Indian Harleys Triumphs motorised bicycles pictorial photographic history

HARRIS, BRUCE

hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson

KEYWORDS: bruce harris england australia cricket sport history specials

FRINDALL, BILL (ed)

this volume only, hardcover super octavo (VG) d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1990

KEYWORDS: bill frindall test cricket sport history wisden specials

FRINDALL, BILL (ed)

softcover super octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Jane's 1979

KEYWORDS: bill frindall wisden history test cricket sport specials

KUROWSKI, FRANZ

super octavo, dark maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 381pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Miliitary History Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Franz Kurowski Second World War Two WWII Adolf Hitler nazis Third Reich Konigsberg Breslau Wesel Kolbewrg Danzig Posen East Pruyssia military history Germany

WILY, HENRY E. R. L

Signed numbered edition (No.30) presentation copy, super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering, frontispiece, 261pp, illus, VG+ (fading to spine & board edges, v slight bruising to spine extrems, browning to eps, tanning to page margins, foxing to page edges_)

PUBLISHER: Franklin Printing & Publishing 1939

KEYWORDS: Henry ERL Wily New Zealand Auckland history settlement colonisation Manukau Franklin Raglan Waipa County

HUNTFORD, ROLAND

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 665pp, illus, VG (heavy staining to front page edges, v slight bruising to spine extrems, small stain spot to rear eps) in d/w, VG (damp-staining to lower edges, esp internally, bruising & creasing to edges, particularly upper front edge, sellotape repair to front upper corner/flap fold, several pin-prick holes to rear)

PUBLISHER: Book Club / Hodder & Stoughton 1985

KEYWORDS: Roland Huntford Robert Falcon Scott Roald Amundsen biography South Pole history