THOMSON, Mrs CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards, xiv + 226pp + 16pp to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & inscription in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, some terminal pages loose but still present)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill (N/D)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature history historical journals Canterbury Mrs Charles Thomson

HOLMSTROM, DARWIN (Ed)

Quarto, black faux leather boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 3x illus plates to front board, illus eps & prelims, double-sided fold-out poster loosely enclosed at front, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & bruising/rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2016

KEYWORDS: classic motorbikes motorcycles Harley Davidson history design evolution

QUINN, D MICHAEL

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 477pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 2cm scuff to base of front cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1996

KEYWORDS: history lgbtq communities 19th nineteenth century US America American same-sex couples relationships Mormon church faith religion

HAGGERTY, GEORGE E

Octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, xii + 214pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay men homosexuals homosexual homosexuality 18th eighteenth century history sexuality sexual orientation literature

BLOFELD, JOHN

8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Shambhala 2000

KEYWORDS: John Blofeld Tao Taoism Taoist philosophy Eastern history spiritual spirituality

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Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: P.E.N. 1943

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand Lady Newall history

SARGEAUNT, JOHN

Sm 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: B. H. Blackwell 1920

KEYWORDS: John Sargeaunt botany plants plantlife Virgil classical history Rome Roman ancient

BHATIA, B M

Tidy ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, folding map to prelims, x + 389pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising & staining to board edges, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor adhesive staining to eps, light foxing ot prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, price clipped, light tape residue/staining to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Asia Publishing House 1967

KEYWORDS: India economy famine poverty economics history

FRISBIE, JOHNNY & DUNN, TOM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LACKS D/W, octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to yellow spine, black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, 239pp, illus, VG (whole item slightly warped/bent, light bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to baords, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1959

KEYWORDS: south seas pacific signed first editions history Frisbie family

REES, WILLIAM LEE & REES, LILY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration & rule to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, (6) + 496pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutter- boards shaky, moderate wrinkling to prelims, inscription in ink to title page, moderate foxing & pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: H Brett of Lake Takapuna 1892

KEYWORDS: Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir history historical

BECHSTEIN, J M

Sm octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, raised bands & gilt lettering to red leather title plate to spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, vi + 311pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to leatherwork, light to moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack at gutter of title page- tidyish glue repairs, occasional ight cracking to other gutters, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Groombridge and Sons 1885

KEYWORDS: birds captivity natural history ornithology care breeding food

COX, ERIC

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 140pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Pentland Books 2001

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 1st 4th 8th armoured brigade campaigns Eric Cox autobiography autobiographies memoir British Army armed forces soldiers

TREGEAR, EDWARD

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, (4) + 107pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Edward Tregear Maori culture heritage history historical customs beliefs

BRERETON, Major C B

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 290pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, single plate loose but present, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Selwyn & Blount 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history campaigns ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war 12th (Nelson) Company

THOMAS, W B 'SANDY' & McLEAN, DENIS (Compiled by)

SIGNED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Dryden Press 2004

KEYWORDS: signed W B Sandy Thomas autobiography autobiographies memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war battles Crete history

BRADSHAW, JOHN

BOTH MAPS PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, xii + 402pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to spine & front board extrems, moderate bruising/gouging to fore-edge of rear board, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional minor cracking to gutters, some page edges still uncut)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical 19th nineteenth century history

JACKSON, JAMES C

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 312pp, folding map & illus, VG+ (sl warping & bruising to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Malaya Press 1968

KEYWORDS: history Asia China Malaya agriculture farming plantations

BARBER, LAURIE & LORD, CLIFF

LACKS D/W, SPECIAL NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#37), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Signals Incorporated 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals Army Signalling

BATEMAN, WILLIAM

Ex-library, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board only, 486pp, VG- (usual library markings, heavy scuffing to top edge of spine with some cracking to hinges, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to other extrems, heavy staining to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: J T Smith & Co 1881

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial colonisation colonization early settlers settlements European

NOLAN, MELANIE

Super octavo, teal glossy light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, minor soiling to page edges, light soiling to preface page)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family whanau studies working class classes history