MILLINGTON-DRAKE, SIR EUGEN (Ed)

First edition, quarto, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt battleship motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxvi + 500pp, illus + folding map, VG+ (bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing & light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (some damp-staining & wrinkling to spine, several small closed tears to spine extrems & to edges & corners, light staining to rear)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition Sir Eugen Millington-Drake Earl Mountbatten of Burma Sir Philip Vian naval history battles First Second World War One Two WW1 WW2 Coronel Falklands Plate navy sailors seamen Admiral Graf von Spee

STORRY, RICHARD

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: Pelican / Penguin 1965

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Storry Japan Japanese history

COLLINS, CAPTAIN L. M.

Octavo hardcover (fine) in d/w (fine); 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: Souvenir Press 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Captain L M Collins Titanic nautical maritime shipwreck sinking theory history evidence

SCOULLAR, J. L.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front, frontispiece, xv + 400pp, illus VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to lower board edges, slight tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (light fading to spine, 7cm tear with loss to upper edges, some chipping & bruising with loss to edges, repaired with tape inside, light rubbing with some loss)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1955

KEYWORDS: J L Scoullar New Zealand Egypt second world war two ww2 wwII official military history

BEST, ELSDON

This volume only, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, 424pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, middle gutter cracked) in d/w, VG (light creasing to covers, sunning to spine)

PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer, Government Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: Elsdon Best New Zealand Maori religion mythology myths culture history anthropology

WOODHOUSE, OWEN

First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front, lavender eps, frontispiece, xix + 480pp, illus,VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling & rubbing, slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Magari Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Sir Owen Woodhouse Peggy Woodhouse New Zealand biography autobiography correspondence letters army second world war two ww2 wwII history

MASON, W. WYNNE

Super octavo, green cloth boardswith gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, folding maps, xxvi + 546pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, scruffy (creasing, chipping and tears to edges, light rubbing with some loss,adhesive tape to front and rear upper covers)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1954

KEYWORDS: W Wynne Mason New Zealand second world war two ww2 wwII Prisoners of War POW official military history

MARKS, JANE

Octavo softcover (VG); all our pecials 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Jane Marks Jewish children Holocaust survivors biography memoirs history

CHAFE, WILLIAM H. & SITKOFF, HARVARD (Eds)

Octavo softcover (VG); all our pecials 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: specials William H Chafe Harvard Sitkoff Postwar America American history

CHADWICK, OWEN

Paperback (VG); all our pecials 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Pelican / Penguin 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Owen Chadwick Christian church reformation religion theology history

ST. JOHN, SPENSER

Two-volume facsimile reprint set, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, xix + frontispiece folding map + 400pp (vol.1), xviii + frontispiece folding map + 420pp (vol.2), illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974 (facsimile reprint of Smith Elder 1862 edition)

KEYWORDS: Spenser St John Far East Sarawak Sabah East Malaysia Brunei history travel exploration James Brooke Dayaks

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (red cancellation stamps to eps, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light scuffing, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Da Gama Publishers (n/d)

KEYWORDS: South African Airways aviation aeronautic history transport airlines

GRAHAME-WHITE, CLAUDE

First edition, small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 263pp, illus, VG- (archival tape repairs to tears on page 97 but no loss of text, owner's name in ink to fep, some browning to spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light soiling & fading to boards, moderate browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition Claude Grahame-White aviation aeronautics flying aeroplanes aircraft history

BRITTENDEN, WAYNE

Square quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps & purple spine, printed eps, 304pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: Wayne Brittenden New Zealand cinema picture theatre film social photographic history entertainment

LORIGAN, JOE

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, iillus eps, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling spot to front, v slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Napier Park Racing Club 1987

KEYWORDS: Joe Lorigan New Zealand Napier horse racing sport racingcourse club history

HARRISON, G.B.

Octavo softcover (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Dunmore 1983

KEYWORDS: specials gb harrison humanity history english language

n/a

Scarce, octavo, light card covers with black lettering & car illustration to front cover, viii + 64pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning, browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Temple Press Ltd (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Halford Cycles light cars cyclecars transport history catalogue Lagonda JBS Horstman Aviette Bayard Chater Lea

TEMPLETON, HUGH

Signed by author on title page, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Templar Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Hugh Templeton New Zealand Southland Templeton family biography agriculture farming history

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM

Limited numbered facsimile reprint, numbered edition of 500, oblong atlas folio, half bound with green cloth boards and gilt lettering between five raised bands to dark green leather spine, green card eps, illus title page, 1pp text, illus with 15 full-page plates including several folding plates, VG+ (occasional very sl. foxing within, light scuffing and soiling to boards, very tidy)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1968 facsimile reprint (of Smith Elder & Co 1845)

KEYWORDS: Edward Jerningham Wakefield New Zealand history art drawings scenery plants

BRYANT, G.

Octavo hardcover (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: Collins 1972

KEYWORDS: specials G Bryant New Zealand Victoria Cross recipients biographies biography history