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Books — Printed & Written Material - Webb's
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| Number of lots recorded: | 37 |
| Lots with images: | 37 |
| Prices available: | 37 |
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Books
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| *** | A complete set of the three official publications of Cook's voyages in first Editions, comprising: first voyage, Hawkesworth, John, an Account of the voyages Undertaken by the order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,… | *** |  |
| *** | A complete set of three official publications of Cook's voyages in second editions, including the first voyage 1773, second voyage 1777, third voyage 1785 with atlas, cook, Captain James (by John Hawkesworth), first voyage, an account of the voyages… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Walter Lawry Buller a History of the birds of New Zealand, John van Voorst, London, 1873, coloured illustrations by J. G. Keulemans. 5p of reviews and notices concerning a proposed issue of Supplement. | *** |  |
| *** | A rare first edition copy of Augustus Hamilton's 'Maori Art', 1896. Published by 'The Governors of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington, New Zealand'. Printed by 'Fergusson & Mitchell, Printers and Manufacturing Stationers, Princes Street, Dunedin, NZ'.… | *** |  |
| *** | Cook's voyages to the Pacific Ocean first Octavo edition, three of four volumes, being the first three., published August 13th, 1784 by J. Fielding Pater nofter row. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for making… | *** |  |
| *** | C.F. Goldie, his life & Painting' - Alister Taylor and Jan Glen. Published in 1977. Signed by Alister Taylor. A m ajor catalogue raisonne with biography of Goldie. Beautifully bound in quarter leather and linen binding and housed in a solander box. Height… | *** |  |
| *** | C.F. Goldie, prints, drawings & Criticism' - Alister Taylor and Jan Glen, Published in 1977. A m ajor catalogue raisonne with biography of Goldie. Beautifully bound in quarter leather and linen binding and housed in a solander box. Height 40 cm, width 32… | *** |  |
| *** | 'C.F. Goldie, his life & Painting' - Alister Taylor and Jan Glen, Published in 1977. Signed by Alister Taylor. A major catalogue raisonnewith biography of Goldie. Beautifully bound in quarter leather and linen binding and housed in a solander box, height… | *** |  |
| *** | Mrs Beeton's book of Household Management, published by Ward, Lock & Co Ltd. London 1915. Height 21.8 cm. Width 10.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Major Cyril Earle, T.D. 'The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire pottery', the volume illustrating over seven hundred different pieces | *** |  |
| *** | A Mrs Beeton's Everyday Cookery book cloth covers 1923 edition, sold with 1936 edition of Who's Who | *** |  |
| *** | Twenty-five bound volumes of 'The journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society'. London : Printed by Grillford Limited, 1973-97. 8vo. Illustrated. Maroon cloth bindings with title to spines. Contents clean. A superb resource. Includes a separate… | *** |  |
| *** | The Transvaal War album : the British Forces in South Africa : an album, wherein the various regiments and other principal units [London] G. Newnes [1900?]. Folio. 268 p., illustrated. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Binding weak, lacks several pages… | *** |  |
| *** | The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Plus three. 2nd ed. Auckland : Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921. 8vo. xix, 330 p., illustrated. Brown cloth boards with mild shelf wear. New endpapers. Ex libris. Occasional foxing to contents. A strong copy. G to G+. 'The New… | *** |  |
| *** | Boer War tribute medals. Plus one. Limited ed. Sandton : Constantia Classics Publications, 1982. 4to. xiv, 240, ivii p., illustrated. Hard cover with dust jacket. Bookplate of J A L Gibson to pastedown. Limted edition of 1500 copies, this is copy 1172. A… | *** |  |
| *** | The navy as I have known it, 1849-1899. Plus eight. 1st ed. London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, limited, 1904. Thick 8vo. xvi, 472 p., frontispiece. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Lacking dust jacket. Mild shelf wear. Contains several… | *** |  |
| *** | Sketches of the character, manners, and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland : with details of the military service of t 3rd ed. Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., 1825. 2v. Rebacked. Brown leather with raised bands to spine. Mild… | *** |  |
| *** | The war at sea, 1939-1945. In four volumes. London : H.M.S.O., 1956-1976. Thick 8vo., illustrated, maps. Volume one, two and three (in two parts). Green cloth boards. Mild browning to dust jackets on v. 2 and v. 3. Ex libris. Contents clean. Volume one is… | *** |  |
| *** | The New Zealand wars : a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. In two volumes. Plus one. Reprint ed. Wellington : Government Printer, 1983. 8vo. 2 v., illustrated. Red cloth boards with pictorial dust jackets. Mild shelf wear.… | *** |  |
| *** | Savo : the incredible naval debacle off Guadalcanal. Plus seven. Sydney : Ure Smith, 1963. 8vo. xv, 237 p., illustrated. Dust jacket, blue cloth boards. Ex libris. Light wear. VG-. 'The hunting of Force Z' by Richard Hough. 2nd edition. London : Collins,… | *** |  |
| *** | Bernard Freyberg, VC : soldier of two nations. Plus six. London ; Auckland : Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. 8vo. 627 p., illustrated, maps, table, ports. Hard cover with dust jacket. Ex libris. Light wear and scattered foxing. VG-. Plus, 'General Lord Freyberg… | *** |  |
| *** | Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Plus six. Auckland : Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. 8vo. 208 p., illustrated, plates, maps, ports. Hard cover with dust jacket. A handsome copy. VG+. Plus, 'They called it Passchendaele : the story of… | *** |  |
| *** | Duel for Kilimanjaro : an account of the East African campaign 1914-1918. Plus six. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963. 8vo. 244 p., illustrated. Hard cover with dust jacket. Wear and foxing. G. Plus, 'The fall of Crete' by Alan Clark. London :… | *** |  |
| *** | Collection of tribal art reference books and catalogues (24) 24 books including various tribal Art catalogues and reference books. Length 29.6 cm. Width 21.2 cm (max. Size) | *** |  |
| *** | Q-ships and their story. Plus four. London : Sidgwick and Jackson, 1922. 8vo. xi, [1], 276 p., illustrated. Quarter bound in blue cloth with gilt insgnia. Marbled endpapers. Presentation certificate mounted to pastedown. Ex libris. Scattered foxing to… | *** |  |
| *** | The rules of the game : Jutland and British naval command. Plus three. 1st ed. London : John Murray, 1996. 8vo. xii, 708 p., illustrated. Maroon cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket. Ex libris. Light wear to covers and contents. VG. Plus, 'Engage the… | *** |  |
| *** | The New Zealand Division in Egypt and Libya : operations 'Lightfoot' and 'Supercharge'. In two volumes. [S.l. : New Zealand Division, 1942]. Folio. 2 v., illustrated, maps. Pt. 1. Narrative and lessons. Pt. 2. Maps and diagrams. Mild wear and spotting. A… | *** |  |
| *** | The Rommel papers. Plus five. London : Collins, 1953. 8vo. xxx, 545 p., illustrated, maps. Hard cover with dust jacket. Wear and foxing. G. Plus, 'Rommel' by Desmond Young ; with a foreword by Sir Claude Auchinleck. London : Collins, 1950. 8vo. 288 p.,… | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick J. Kiesler - Endless Space Exhibition book | *** |  |
| *** | So noble a captain : the life and times of Ferdinand Magellan. Plus five. London : Robert Hale, 1955. 8vo. xv, 318 p., illustrated. Black cloth boards. Dust jacket with wear and rubbing. Maps to lining papers. Bookplate of John Gibson. Wear and occasional… | *** |  |
| *** | The Royal New Zealand Navy. Plus one Wellington : War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs, 1956. Thick 8vo. xvi, 570 p. Plates, illustrated. Dust jacket with light creasing. Blue cloth boards. Ex libris. Mild foxing. G to G+. Plus, 'The white ensign… | *** |  |
| *** | Fourteen titles including 'The sea in modern strategy' by L. W. Martin. London, Chatto & Windus for the Institute for Strategic Studies [1967]. 8vo. 190 p., map, table. Hard cover with dust jacket. G+. Plus thirteen other similar publications. [14]. | *** |  |
| *** | The image maker : the art of James Berry. Plus one. 1st edition. Auckland : Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. 8vo. 192 p., illustrated. Hard cover with dust jacket. Light wear with sunning to spine. Ex libris. Contents clean. A nice copy. VG+. Plus, 'The art of… | *** |  |
| *** | One hundred days : the memoirs of the Falklands battle group commander. Plus three. London : Harper Collins, 1992. 8vo. xix, 360 p., plates. Hard cover with dust jacket. VG. Plus, 'Aim straight: a biography of Admiral Sir Percy Scott' by Peter Padfield.… | *** |  |
| *** | Wolfgang Wersin - Vom Adel Der form Zum Reinen Raum book, the nobility of the form to the pure space.' Origins of Viennese Workstadt 1962. | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas Bracken A Jubilee Volume 'Musings in Maori-Land' 1890, the edition with some faults. | *** |  |
| *** | Blue-water rationale : the naval defence of New Zealand, 1914-1942. Inscribed by the author. Plus two. Wellington : Government Printer, 1981. 8vo. xx, 446 p., illustrated, facsimilies, maps (2 folded). Hard cover with dust jacket. Bookplate of J. A. L.… | *** |  |