WECHSBERG, JOSEPH

Super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 314pp, illus, VG (some fading to boards, owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's label & number in ink to front pastedown, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning, some creasing & closed tears to spine head

PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars1973

KEYWORDS: music musical instrument history violins violin

REED, E. J.

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, folding frontispiece, xxxii + 332pp, illus, VG- (moderate brusing & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some staining & fading to spine & boards, some browning to page edges, occasional light foxing)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1869

KEYWORDS: iron-clad ships iron-clads shipping warships naval nautical history marine engineering

SPILLER, PETER

First edition, small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xxvi + 475pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Brookers Ltd 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal system COurt of Appeal justice history

BUCHAN, WILLIAM

Octavo, full polished leather binding with gilt lettering in black panel to spine, xl + 798pp + 1pp book ads, VG- (some damage to spine sides & extrems, front hinge cracked, some staining & wear to boards & spine, front hinge cracking, soiling to eps, heavy browning & foxing to page edges, lighter foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Cadell & W Davies, J Johnson et al 1807

KEYWORDS: history of medicine disease treatment health cures illness

GUNDRY, SHERIDAN

Large quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, x + 326pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (fading to spine, light rubbing, moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Eastland Energy 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Poverty Bay Eastland energy electricity power generation industry history

LIPTON, LAWRENCE

First UK edition, super octavo, red boards with brown lettering to spine, 318pp, illus, VG- (some light staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy browning to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: WH Allen 1960

KEYWORDS: beat generation music history

FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to black spine, xxv + 629pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand United States USA history politics justice

LUXFORD, MAJOR J. H.

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 255pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (moderate staining & soiling to boards, browning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, some sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltdf 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history World War One WW1 Palestine France Machine Gun Corps

ALDRESON, E. A. H.

Original binding, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 308pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (light browning to spine, light staining to boards, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, heavy browning to page edges and eps, sporadic light foxing, creasing to some folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1989

KEYWORDS: South Africa military history Mounted Infantry Mashonaland Field Force

DACKER, BILL

Quarto, illus light card covers, illus title page, 154pp, illus, VG (light rubbing creasing and foxing to covers, ligth scuffing to corners of cover, prev owners details in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Ngai Kai tahu history

AITKEN, SIR MAX

This volume only, octavo, red cloth boards with blind lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, xx + 243pp + 2pp appendix + 4pp press opinions, VG- (browning to spine, some fading & staining to boards, light tanning to page edges, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1916 (12th edition)

KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian expeditionary force military history World War One WW1

BEAVERBROOK, LORD

This volume only, octavo, red cloth boards with blind lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, xx + 258pp, VG- (browning & fading to spine, some fading & staining to boards, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in pencil to front paste down, heavy browning to eps, rear hinge paper cracked)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1917

KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian expeditionary force military history World War One WW1

HAWKINS, SIR JOHN

Three-volume set, original binding, small quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards & spine, xxxvi + 963pp + 16pp index & appendix (vols 1 & 2), frontispiece with tissueguard + 59 full-page plates with tissueguards (vol.3), VG- for vols 1&2 (heavy scuffing with some loss of surface to boards & spines, some staining to boards, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, lighter sporadic foxing elsewhere), Vol. 3 poor (condition as per other volumes plus completely disbound but all plates present, 8cm tear to spine)

PUBLISHER: Novello, Ewer & Co 1875

KEYWORDS: history science music theory

HALL-JONES, GERARD

Signed by author, super octavo, illus heavy card boards with blue lettering to white spine, illus eps, frontispiece map, 119pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Gerard Hall-Jones 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mountain climbing mountaineering Milford history

FERGUSON, CAPT. DAVID

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, blue & red rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, vii + 364pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War One WW1 Canterbury Regiment

POWLES, C. GUY

Lacks map at rear, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 284pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (lacks map at rear, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to eps, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Sinai Palestine first world war one ww1 wwI military history

SUEN, WONG HONG & WATERSON, ROXANA

Dated signed & inscribed to John Hall-Jones from the author, thanking him for assistance in the publication, together with loosely enclosed christmas card signed dated & inscribed by author to John Hall-Jones, and copy of a letter from Hall-Jones to author and holograph notes on the book by Hall-Jones, oblong quarto, green cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, pale greeen eps, 176pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Editions Didier Millet / National Museum of Singapore 2010

KEYWORDS: Singapore art prints portraits paintings history signed

DEANS, JOHN & ACLAND, MAJOR L. G. D. (Foreword) et al

Copy of author F. G. Hall-Jones, octavo, cream cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, VG (light tanning to spine, newspaper clipping of review written by FG Hall-Jones pasted to rear ep verso, pencil annotations by Hall-Jones to rear ep,light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning, light rubbing & soiling, moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed (nd, 1938?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury pioneers Deans family biography letters correspondence memoirs history

GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.

LACKS D/W, Signed limited numbered first edition, octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps,252pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, v v slight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand H Guthrie-Smith natural history animals wildlife autobiography memoirs signed

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Imperial 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: P.D. Hasselberg 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antarctica history travel environment