'Attunga', 20 foot sailing Catamaran. Sheet No. 1
Victoria, Australia: A.R.A.I.A, 1959. Unbound. Sheet 1 (of 4). Original blueprint of a sailing catamaran, named "ATTUNGA", made in Australia, 1959. Copywrighted by A.R.A.I.A.
Transport/Aviation
The Austin magazine and advocate
London: Car and general Insur crop, 1936. Soft cover. Vol ix, no.8-10. pp741-1126.Original front wrapper, sewn. Illustrated with vehicle images, maps scenes of England countryside. Adverts and articles on car parts. Golf.
Cinq Semaines en Ballon Voyage de Decouvertes En Afrique Part Trois Anglais Illustrations par MM. Riou et de Montaut, Edited by J Hetzel + Voyages au Centre de La Terre
Paris: Bibliothque, 1871. Riou et de Montaut. Original Quarter Morocco. pp.267,220. 2 stories bound together illustrated throughout. aeg. A very good copy.
Excursion fares and timetables to the Lake District, Southern Alps and Hanmer Hot Springs
Wellington: Government Printer, 1889. Soft cover. 15 pp, double-page map, original lithograph wrappers, stained.Tourist pamphlet including descriptions of the major lakes and resorts in the South Island, and railway timetables and fares.
FLIGHT and Aircraft Engineer : The First Aeronautical Weekly in the World.
London: Flight Publishing Company, 1942. Original Printed Wrappers. 47 issues (of 52) Illustrations. Contains advertising matter.An extremely rare set of the scarce war-time issues. A good example with all covers in good condition. A true gem. Will require additional postage.
JANE'S Fighting Ships of World War I
London: Studio Editions, 1990. Revised and Enlarged. Cloth. pp.320, fully illustrated, photographs and diagrams. Originally published in 1919, revised and expanded, with foreword by Captain John Moore RN. This heavy volume will require additional postage.
Register of Ships 1975-76. 2 Vols
London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1975. Full-Leather. 2 vols, A-L and M-Z. Full leather-like with gilt titles. Heavy volumes will require additional postage.
Royal NZ Airforce display, Rongatai
welligton: NZAF welfare fund, 1938. Soft cover. pp 84. Illustrated souvenir with images of aircraft and related adverts. Arare and very interesting item.
SEA BREEZES : The P.S.N.C. Magazine.
Liverpool: 1929. Disbound. December 1929 (No. 121, Vol XIII) - September 1930 (No. 130, Vol XIII). Photographs and illustrations throughout.
The Ships of the Royal Navy; Lithographed in Colours, in a Series of Illustrations from Original Drawings
Londo n: Griffin & Co, 1873. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. pp. 15. 24 coloured lithographed plates. original decorated cloth, gilt, a e g. Some foxing. A very good copy of this rare work.
The Railways of Scotland: Their Present Position. With a Glance At Their Past and a Forecase of Their Future
London: Murray, 1890. Half Morocco. pp vi, 199. Coloured folding map (linen backed). Contemporary half morocco. Neat gilt crests on spine and front board. A handsome copy.
Reliving the Era of the Great Airships
Toronto: Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Madison Press, 1994. Marschall, Ken. Cloth. Illustrated with photos and paintings throughout. pp. 230.
Catalogue of Automotive Parts
Auckland: B Johnson & Sons Ltd, 1937. Soft cover. pp 32, wrappers, catalogue from B Johnson & Sons, Parnell Rise, Auckland, manufacturing motor engineers and grinding specialists. Illustrated including photographs of machinery.
Deed of Mortgage, Edward John Barnes, 1st. Part., Hugh Keenan, 2nd Part, Riccarton Timber Company Limited, Kaiapoi Shipping and Trading Company Limited, 3rd Part., Dated 6 Sept. 1921.
1921. Unbound. 14 typewritten pages of documents with salient points underlined in black and one cancelled stamp. Deed between E.J. Barnes of Christchurch and H. Keenan of Kokiri, Westland. 33 x 21 cm.
Ships and Shipwrecks of The Americas. A History Based on Underwater Archaeology
London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. Cloth. pp 272. Numerous plates and illustrations, many colour. Very good in good d/w - some slight fading to spine of d/w.
From London to Dunedin in 1863. From His Journal of The Voyage.
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1952. Limited Edition. Printed Wrapper. pp 36. No. 4 of limited edition of 150. Typewritten, staple bound. Printed wrappers. Signed by A.H. Reed on tp. Rare.
Signed First Day Cover
1979. No Binding. Philatelic First Day pictorial cover,11.5 x 19 cm, RAF Museum FF10, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first flight from England to Australia, November/December 1919. No. 0161 of 1485. Signed "Jean Batten" on front. Date stamp of 12 November 1979 on verso, with stamp of "Concorde Project.....
The Ben Line : The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. Of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships Owned and Managed By Them 1825-1955.
Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1956. 1st Edition. Cloth. pp.ix,222. Plates, maps on end papers. Small section torn from lower front of dustwrapper, otherwise d/w good and now protected. Very good internally.
A Century of Style : Great Ships of the Union Line, 1875-1976.
Wellington: Reed, 1982. Cloth. pp.x,238. Illustrations, maps (including on end papers). A nice copy in very good, protected dustwrapper.
Modern Fleets (reprinted from the Journal of the Royal United Service institution) ; (and) Compass Disturbances in Iron Ships : Lecture Delivered at the U.S. Naval War College, September 1886 By Lieut. C.C.Cornwell.
Washington, DC: Govt Printer (for) Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. 1887. Half Morocco. pp.65. Plates (some coloured, some folded) Naval professional papers, no. 22. Half morocco and marbled boards. Gold library stamp on spine, library sticker inside front cover. Plates include Curve of deviations for USS Atlanta 1886 and USS.....
Old Ship Prints.
London: Spring Books. 1965. Original Cloth. pp.xii,182. Plates (incl maps), (some coloured) The history of the sailing ship traced in art from the earliest 15th century woodcuts to Victorian lithographs.
Overseas Graphic. Dodge
Detroit: Chrysler Corporation, 1940. Soft cover. Pp.17 28cm x 22cm. Magazine format of a publication promoting the Dodge car, but including other articles and photographs of dealerships, overseas sites, etc. Green and black cover shows a 1940 model Dodge sedan. Interesting publication in good condition.
Signed slips
1936. No Binding. Two signed slips, "Ernie Clark" with five newspaper clippings from 1936. Clark was only the second person after Jean Batten to fly solo from England to New Zealand. Clark (1906-1964) was the second person to fly solo from Britain to New Zealand, in 1936, being beaten by.....
Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Volume IV.
Leicester, UK: Aircraft (Technical) Publications (for) Harborough, 1943. Cloth. pp.liii,76. Illustrations, plates (some folded), diagrams (some folded) Includes advertising matter.
Spirit Of Sail. Clippers, Windjammers, and Tall Ships
Auckland: David Bateman, 1987. CHRISTOPHER, Peter. Cloth. pp 176. Lavishly illustrated throughout. Illustrated endpapers. Very good in vg d/w.