BROWN, LESLEY (Ed)

2 volume set, quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind motif to front boards, patterned eps, speckled page edges, xxvii (vol I) viii (vol 2) + 3801pp (across 2 volumes), VG+ in VG+ d/w. VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: English language dictionary reference etymology

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Ex Friary library, small quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt decorative rule to boards, teg, coated eps, clvi + 438pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining & scuffing to boards, some bruising & small tears to spine extrems, closed tears to spine sides, moderate browningn to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, usu library markings, some foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Grampian Club (?) 1872

KEYWORDS: Cambuskenneth Scotland monastery abbey reference history

GELL, SIR WILLIAM

Two-volume set, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with green cloth spines, gilt lettering in maroon decorative title label, vii + 456pp, 414pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), illus, VG- (moderate fraying to spine extrems, vol 2 title labels missing, bruising to board corners, some browning & staining to boards, heavy browning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims & terminals, bookseller label to front pastedown of vol.1, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Saunders and Otley 1834

KEYWORDS: Rome geography topography reference history

ELLISON, GEORGE

Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to front & rear boards, 64pp, illus, VG (lacks fep, lettering in ink to front board, light foxing to page edges, moderately heavy browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: George Ellison 1925

KEYWORDS: George Ellison electric control gear mechanical electrical engineering reference catalogue

KING, L. C.

Quarto, grey paper stapled wrappers with black lettering, 49pp, illus + large folding geological map at rear, VG- (moderate browning & creasing to covers & first few pages, small closed tear to front upper edge & fep upper edge, some browning)

PUBLISHER: DSIR / GH Loney Government Printer 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Marlborough Awatere geology science reference

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Ex Royal Victoria Yacht Club library, octavo, red leather boards with green leather spine, gilt decorative rule to boards& spine, gilt lettering in red decorative leather panel to spine, a.e.g, gilt dentelle to eps, patterned eps, 149pp + 207pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & boards, red leather title label to spine almost completely torn off, some soiling to upper page edges, Yacht Club label to front pastedown, some staining to eps)

PUBLISHER: M & S Brooke 1805

KEYWORDS: reference maritime nautical naval history

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Large quarto, heavy card boards, 88pp, VG (some labels to front board & front pastedown, light foxing to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Avesta Sheffield 1994

KEYWORDS: engineering corrosion resistance stainless steel chemistry metallurgy design reference

DANEL, RAYMOND & CUNY, JEAN

Quarto, dark blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 475pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to upper edge, light soiling) TEXT IN FRENCH

PUBLISHER: Editions Lariviere 1980

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH aviation history aircraft aeroplanes reference

FARNHAM, EMILY

Ex Library, Super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Univerity of Oklahoma Press 1971

KEYWORDS: biography history reference

CAVE, YVONNE & PADDISON, VALDA

First edition; Large quarto, glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising and scuffing to spine and board extrems, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand horticulture gardening native plants reference encyclopaedia

MABBERLEY, D. J.

Slim plastic softcover quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: reference dictionary botany flowering plants conifers ferns Cronquist's system zoology gardening forestry agricultre

Al-HAMMADI, ABDULLAH M & AL-ABDALRAZAQ, ABDULATEEF

Elephant folio 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 cost. VERY HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: Al Qabas Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Iraq Kuwait war military history crime atlas reference TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH

WILLIAMS, HERBERT W.

First edition, super octavo, red paper stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, xvi + 198pp, VG (moderate fading to covers & esp to spine, chaffing to spine sides, owner's name in ink to front cover, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some foxing & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: WAG Skinner Governement Printer 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori bibliography reference

HECTOR, JAMES (Director)

Reports of 9th to 14th bound together, super octavo, half bound with dark grey textured cloth boards and gilt lettering to black leather spine, paged edges stained speckled red, brown coated eps, 35pp + 50pp + 28pp + 55pp + 39pp + 54pp, VG (heavy scuffing with loss of surface to spine extrems & board corners & spine sides, bookbinder's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to first title page, occasional light foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury Government Printer 1874-1879

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial museum laboratory history reference

HANSON, WILLIAM

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and black map of Australia to front board, brown coated eps, large double-sided folding map + iii + 462pp + 5pp adverts, VG (some staining to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, heavy browning to page edges, inscription in ink to fep verso, 14cm closed tear repaired to folding map, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Charles Potter Government Printer 1892

KEYWORDS: reference Australian geography geographical encyclopaedia New South Wales light-houses

HAYES, JOHN

Quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, xv + 407pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name & date in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (creasing to front & rear flap folds)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: British painting art catalogue reference

URDANG, LAURENCE (Ed)

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Readers Union Group 1972

KEYWORDS: vocabulary words reference dictionary errors

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Super octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Speer / Blount Sporting erquipment 1995

KEYWORDS: guns weapons weaponry rifles pistols reference

OLIVER, W. H. & WILLIAMS, B. R.

Super 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: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history reference

MCCABE, JOSEPH

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) (cover detatching from spine at rear, pen inscription on title page); 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: C. A. Watts & Co 1948

KEYWORDS: rationalism religion philosophy ethics science reference book encyclopedia encyclopaedia