Military History from NZ Story

Lovely copy of highly collectible FIRST HARDBACK EDITION -- VERY SCARCE IN SUCH CONDITION. Accompanied by col. + b&w illustrations.

A survey of Waka Taua - Maori War Canoe - accompanied by b+w illustrations.

Edited journals of Ensign Best, a young British Army officer in NZ, from 1837-1843.

History of the Naval Base at Waitemata, NZ illustrated with b+ w photos.

1973 1st edition soft-covers lge-format-A4 320 pages, b&w illus Tight & content substantially clean internally, but externally well handled & marked. Mooted as 'Volume One' (of series) but likely the only issue Old Militaria, Arms & Armor (Robert Held 1973)

2000 1st Edition b&w photos 208 pages ('paperback' version with index) Nearly 'as new' condition all round with tiny amount of edge-rubbing front cover - VG example of copy with index included. NZ in WWI Passchendaele massacre, Harper 2000 VG

1948 1st edition h/b, 337pp (incl index) + 48pp b&w plates Very clean & tight, with sm foxing spot, minor mark closed fore-edge, penned name fep, black spine-titles on vg royal blue cloth with lightish minor rubbing of edges, remnant of original dw-front loosely inserted. NZ Naval Story .... (Taylor ed-1 1948 HB VG)

1921 1st Edition h/b, b&w photos, foldout maps A few pages soiled, maps foxed, otherwise content substantially clean, inscription-free, covers worn with external splits of both spine ribs (but not detached) -- apart from tatty spine, a sound copy. WW1 Canterbury Regiment NZEF (Ferguson 1921)

1960 1st Edition h/b b&w photos Very tight & clean (a few minor fox spots outer closed edge), tidy penned name fep, covers bright & crisp with a teench of edge-rubbing & a couple of light (superficial) marks -- a very good copy indeed of this scarce history of a NZ military unit -- VG Formed in 1911 (with… Saber más sobre este artículo

1981. Hardcover; Larger format. Very Good/very good. Tight & clean, inscription free with some memento ephemera loosely tipped in, gilt spine-titles on navy ..[of course].. tips-rubbed cloth, original dw protected in mylar and fade free.