KELLY, LESLIE G (TE PUTU)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was clouded by controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 483pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy wrinkling & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- considerable tape repairs all over, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu

JOHNSTON, E A

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 205pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl tanning to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Skyline Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: aviation disasters airships early 20th twentieth century history r101 Ernest L Johnston

VON KARDORFF, URSULA & BUTLER, EWAN (Trans)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history nazi Germany Berlin diaries journals Ursula von Kardorff

JAKI, STANLEY L

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 367pp, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner of prelims cut-out - otherwise a very tidy copy) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to egdes, moderate chafing & soiling, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Scottish Academic Press 1974

KEYWORDS: science ancient history philosophy Stanley L Jaki religion physics theology

ECCLES, JOHN C & GIBSON, WILLIAM C

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 269pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, top corner of ffep cut-out, minor pen underlining) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/tanning to spine, sl chafing, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Springer - Verlag 1979

KEYWORDS: neurophysiology medical biographies biography memoir Sherrington history

YUTANG, LIN

Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 251pp, VG (boards lightly warped & soiled, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, 5cm loss to rear, light tanning & fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1960

KEYWORDS: religion religious history theology Christian beliefs Christianity philosophy paganism pagan Lin Yutang

BROOKES, BARBARA

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 195pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, top corner of ffep missing/removed, light underlining & ink markings to margins throughout- unobtrusive) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm N/D (c.1990s?)

KEYWORDS: England English abortion laws legal reformation reform history early 20th twentieth century reproductive rights women women's health

CAVE, RODERICK

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, 376pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing/chipping to spine & edges- archival tape repairs, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions printing history print literature

N/A

Ex-library, octavo, blue stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 129pp, illus, folding charts to rear, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing & tanning to board edges, moderate scuffing to spine with 1cm loss to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1931

KEYWORDS: history historical aviation disasters airships r101 inquiry inquiries reports investigations

COOK, JEFFREY

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt letteringf to front board, vi + 85pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Jeffrey Cook 1997

KEYWORDS: history aviation design engineering flight flying zrs-4/5

VAN TREUREN, RICHARD G

Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Atlantis Productions 2009

KEYWORDS: military weapons weaponry aviation marine navy naval airships submarines history engineering

COUNTRYMAN, BARRY

VINYL RECORD LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled/patterned eps frontispiece, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Boston Mills Press 1982

KEYWORDS: airships r-100 r100 aviation history Canada flight engineering design

ARPEE, EDWARD

LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/rule to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, xx + 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arpee1953

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett naval aviation US navy

BURCHETT, WILFRED & WINNINGTON, ALAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/photos to prelims, 111pp, G+ (ugly tape reinforcement to spine, v heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Britain-China Friendship Association N/D

KEYWORDS: military history Koje Island pows prisoners of war violence abuse Korean Chinese American soldiers troops massacres

CHILTON-YOUNG, FRANCIS

LACKS FFEP, super octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & illus to spine & front board, vii + 772pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling page edges, ffep missing, prev. owner's details in blue pencil to front pastedown, heavy cracking & scuffing to front & rear gutters, pgs 15/16 top portion detached/missing, heavy tearing to top edges of pgs 743-748 with some minor loss)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: hobbies carpentry woodwork home repairs historical history

ZUCKER, IRVING (Compiled by)

Quarto, red/maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl wrinkling to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, heavy rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: French history art advertising

OSLEY, A S (Selected, Introduced & Translated by) & WOLPE, BERTHOLD (Account)

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980

KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne

FINDLATER, RICHARD

LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955

KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature

ROOSEVELT, ANNA CURTENIUS

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, xxvii + 495pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to spine & board extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1990

KEYWORDS: antiquity South America Brazil Marajo Island ancient history archeology archaeology geophysical excavations geology

MACDONNEL, D E

Sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, vii + 416pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to leatherwork, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to terminal pages only, sporadic light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: G & W B Whittaker 1822

KEYWORDS: dictionary Latin French history historical language English translations languages