POINTON, MARCIA

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 426pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 3x closed tears to edges/folds of flaps- archival tape repair, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: jewellrey jewelry gem stones gems history vintage literature art society agency

BRACKEN, THOMAS & STOUT, Sir ROBERT (Historical Sketch) & GREY, Sir GEORGE (Preface)

Imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & black illus to front board, aeg, patterned eps, viii + 359pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor chipping/cracking to head of spine, minor scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to rest of boards, light discolouration to eps, large gift inscription in ink to verso of title page, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to prelims/terminals & sporadically throughout, pgs 163-166 partially loose, minor rust staining to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Arthur T Keirle 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical Thomas Bracken Maoriland jubilee volume

CAINE, C STEWART (Ed)

VERY TATTY, sm octavo, yellow light card wrappers, black lettering to spine [missing], 693pp, G- (spine completely missing with binding heavily cracked & exposed, sections of page block separated at binding, rear cover miraculously still attached but heavily stained from attempts at tape repair, front cover completely detached & heavily stained with tape repairs, horizontal closed tear with archival tape repair, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, with the exception of occasional minor foxing the contents are still reasonably tidy & legible)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket Wisden cricketers' almanacks past years 20s 1920s twenties 1927

BURNS, ROBERT G H

SCARCE, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 284pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: English folk rock music history

DAWSON, LESLIE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2013

KEYWORDS: flying boats history passenger civil aviation engineering maritime aquatic nautical

BEALE, NICK & D'AMICO, FERDINANDO & VALENTINI, GABRIELE

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Italian Italy aviation axis air force

OGILVY, DAVID

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 174pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine, minor creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: aviation history dh88 dh 88 comet de Havilland monoplane monoplanes

RICKENBACKER, EDWARD V

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, blue lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 458pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading/discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Edward V Rickenbacker military history aviation pilots

FLINTHAM, VIC & THOMAS, ANDREW

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to base of covers, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2008

KEYWORDS: military history aviation British Commonwealth allied air force unit codes

WALKER, PERCY B

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 375pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor soiling/discolouration to rear eps/terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to base of spine, light creasing & scuffing to edges, sl chafing, light tanning to flaps) in slipcase, VG (moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions aviation history aeroplanes royal aircraft establishment Farnborough

BROWN, K S et al (Compiled by) & ROBERTSON, BRUCE (Ed)

Quarto, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (minor foxing & discolouration to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minro wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate fading & cracking/tearing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1961

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare aircraft planes fighter US American army air force design engineering

PENTLAND, GEOFFREY

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 66pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning & eps) in d/w, VG+ (prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps, sl scuffing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes aircraft p-40 kittyhawk Australia Australian ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 air force

VERNALEKEN, CHRISTOPH & HANDIG, MARTIN

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, patterned/printed eps, illus title page, 408pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to base of boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation fighter planes Junkers Ju 388 design engineering luftwaffe German Germany

BARBAS, BERND & GOYAT, RICHARD et al (Illus)

2 VOLS, FIRST EDITIONS, quarto, blue & red heavy boards, white lettering to spines, illus front eps, vol 1- 172pp, vol 2- 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to edges/extrems, minor fading to spine of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (minor fading to spines, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1985

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes pilots luftwaffe nazi Germany German first editions

SWEETMAN, SIMON

Imperial octavo, illus orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, illus title page, 208pp, illus/phtoos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pop music history songs musicians bands singers

PHILLIPS, TONY

Oblong imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to spine & front board, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Christchurch International Airport 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation history Christchurch International Airport

JENTZ, THOMAS L & DOYLE, HILARY L

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, grey/white lettering to spine, illus eps, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & edges/extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 nazi Germany German armoured vehicles tanks panzer panzers

FRANKS, NORMAN L R

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims, occasional sl soiling to pages) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, label residue to rear, general minor tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aston Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Norman L R Franks military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force Coast Command coastal u-boats aviation maritime

PECZKOWSKI, ROBERT & WOTOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF (Colour Illus)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 120pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Stratus 2006

KEYWORDS: military history aviation German nazi Germany luftwaffe fighter planes aircraft Messerschmitt Me 410 design engineering

ROOKE, DEREK SENOGLES

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, v + (5) + 486pp, illus, errata slip loosely enclosed to pg87, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Guild Bindery Press 1993

KEYWORDS: signed first editions military history autobiography memoir Derek Senogles Rooke ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fleet air arm Royal Navy aviation maritime warfare