CUTNER, H.

Hardcover octavo (VG) in d/w (G) ; 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: Watts & Co. 1950

KEYWORDS: specials H Cutner history sex worship custom anthropology

GAMBLE, SIDNEY GOMPERTZ

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 544pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG- (staining to boards, dampstaining to rear board & last few pages, bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sellotape residue stains & soiling to eps, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1942

KEYWORDS: Sidney Gompertz Gamble fire service brigades history causes prevention water supply explosions alarms fire engines salvage building construction

IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & silver motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, viii + 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to front board, owner's name crossed out on fep) in d/w, VG+ (slight browning to upper edges, spine & inside, light rubbing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957

KEYWORDS: first editoin Ion L Idriess Coral Sea sailing adventure exploration nautical voyages history

PASCALL, JEREMY (Ed)

Two-volumes complete with index, ex library, bound in two volumes, quarto, yellow boards with silver lettering to orange spine, 1484pp in total, illus, VG+ (rubbing to some board corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Phoebus Publishing Co 1974/76

KEYWORDS: ex library pop music rock and roll history singers bands groups biography musicians

MCLEAN, GAVIN

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 424pp, illus, VG+ (small stain to front board lower edge, owner's name in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean New Zealand political history governors general Grey Jervois Fergusson Bledisloe

BONFANTE, LARISSA (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xxviii + 289pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Larissa Bonfante Etruscans studies archaeology ancient history

KHADER, AICHA BEN ABED BEN & SOREN, DAVID (Eds)

Quarto, illus white & red light card covers, 238pp, illus, VG+ (label residue stain to front cover upper edge, slight soiling spots to front cover, black pen mark to lower page edges)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1987

KEYWORDS: Aicha Ben Abed ben Khader David Soren Martha Cooper Carthage Rome Punic Tunisia ancient history archaeology

ROBINSON, NEIL

hardcover octavo first edition (VG+) in 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Neil Robinson first edition norman mcleod maritime history nautical voyage new zealand australia scotland

Armstrong, J. R.

hardcover imperial octavo (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: Phillimore & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: specials J R Armstrong sussex history england

DAVIDSON, JAMES

softcover octavo (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: Fontana 1998

KEYWORDS: specials James Davidson history classical athens politics of consumption hedonism literature

BREW, MARGIT

signed by author, super octavo, light card covers, 319 pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Margit Brew 2007

KEYWORDS: Margit Brew Scandinavia New Zealand history settlers immigration Norwegian Swedes DanesBror Erik Friberg biography

WILSON, JOHN ALEXANDER

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board & black illus to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 255pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling and scuffing to boards, light sunning to spine and rear board, light foxing to page edges and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1907

KEYWORDS: John Alexander Wilson New Zealand Maori history Te Waharoa biography

RANKIN, NICHOLAS

First edition, super octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, orange eps, 397pp, illus, VG+ (staining to boards) in d/w, VG+ (bruising to lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2011

KEYWORDS: first edition Nicholas Rankin Ian Fleming World War Two WWII 30 Assault Unit North Africa Sicily Normandy Paris Germany biography military history

NEILSON, D. R.

First edition, square quarto, oatmeal cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 120pp, illus with pencil drawings & 12 tipped-in colour plates, VG+ (slight fading to spine, staining to title page lower corner, foxing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition DR Neilson New Zealand Wellington harbour history art drawings pictorial record

MCLEAN, GAVIN & MCGIBBON, IAN & GENTRY, KYNAN (Eds

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 512pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to front cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2009

KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean Ian McGibbon Kynan Gentry New Zealand military history letters diaries memoirs South Africa Korea WWI WWII Vietnam Gulf War

NISTRI, ROSSANO & PONTONI, GERMANO

first edition Oblong Imperial Octavo (Nr Fine) in 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: Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft 1998

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Germano Pontoni Licio Damiani Corrado Barberis Rossano Nistri Claudio Carboni recipes italian goose history cooking folklore cookery cuisine

HUTCHING, MEGAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 304pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2008

KEYWORDS: Megan Hutching New Zealand history pioneers settlers women girls

COLE, BARBARA

Limited numbered signed edition in full leather (no.636 of 1500), imperial octavo, royal blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, SAS badge embedded in front board, aeg, royal blue eps, ix + 489pp, illus, fine, in blue heavy card slipcase, VG+, and blue leather Elite SAS bookmark with gilt lettering & motif, fine

PUBLISHER: Three Knights 1984

KEYWORDS: Barbara Cole Rhodesian SAS Special Aar Services military history elite fighting force counter insurgency Africa Mozambique Zambia Botswana zimbabwe

HOLMES, T. RICE

First edition, octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, xi + 192pp, illus with folding maps, VG+ (tanning to eps & folding maps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (tanning to spine & edges, fading to spine with loss of visible lettering, insect damage to spine extrems, browning internally)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1931

KEYWORDS: T Rice Holmes Roman Empire history Augustus Octavia ancient Rome

BARKER, ERNEST

hardcover octavo (VG-) in d/w (G+), 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: Oxford University Press 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Ernest Barker greek philosophy politics political science classics ancient history aristotle theory