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$12.00
xxsrk118263

High Noon for Coaches


MILLAR, J. HALKET

Revised and enlarged edition, Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: Coaching Transportation New Zealand History

$22.50
xxsrk118265

History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century


GOOCH, G.P.

Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Longmans 1958

KEYWORDS: history historians

$35.00
xxsrk118266

The Industrialization of the Continental Powers 1780-1914


TREBILOCK, CLIVE

First edition, Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Longman 1981

KEYWORDS: history power

$10.00
xxsrk118275

Red Love: The Story of an East German Family


LEO, MAXIM

Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Puskin Press 2014

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir history

$8.50
xxsrk118280

Endgame: Solving the Iraq Crisis


RITTER, SCOTT

Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2002

KEYWORDS: Iraq Foreign countries Weapons history

$20.00
xxsrk118281

P.S.: A Memoir


SALINGER, PIERRE

Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Griffon 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography history

$12.00
xxsrk118282

Weimar and the Rise of Nazi Germany 1918-33


LAYTON, GEOFF

Imperial octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Murray 2010

KEYWORDS: Political science Germany history

$16.50
xxsrk118283

Revolution until Victory? The Politics and History of the Plo


RUBIN, BARRY

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: politics government history

$12.00
xxsrk118284

Their Trade is Treachery


PINCHER, CHAPMAN

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1981

KEYWORDS: Espionage Russian Great Britain History

$14.00
xxsrk118287

Supping with the Devils


YOUNG, HUGO

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2003

KEYWORDS: politics Great Britain history

$40.00
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Nungesser: Le Chevalier de Ciel


JULLIAN, MARCEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, light blue boards with darker blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 253pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some bruising & creasing to eps, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Le Livre Contemporain 1961

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Roland Nungesser biography French aviation history

$1500.00
2i2/50

With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914


DAVIS, JOHN KING

First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1919

KEYWORDS: John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history

$400.00
2i3/1

Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air FOrce 1919-1939


OMISSI, DAVID E.

First edition, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 260pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force aviation history

$45.00
2i3/4

Unternehmen Barbarossa im Bild: Der Russlandkrieg Fotografiert von Soldaten


CARELL, PAUL

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards with black & white lettering to spine, 466pp, heavily illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ullstein Sonderausgabe 1985

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN photographic photography illustrated pictorial military history

$85.00
2i3/7

Air Challenge and The Locusts


BAYLY, HUGH WANSEY

Inscribed dated & signed by author, octavo, light blue cloth boards with white lettering & white aeroplane motif to spine, xvii + 240pp, VG (slight fading to spine & boards, moderate browning to page edges, some heavy browning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate browning & foxing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1939

KEYWORDS: aviation aircraft history

$100.00
2i3/11

The Ariel Story: A History of the Ariel Motorcycle


HARTLEY, PETER

Scarce, octavo, illus yellow light card covers with red & black lettering, xii + 316pp, illus, VG (some fading & staining to covers, some foxing to page edges, creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Goose & SOns /Argus Books Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: Ariel motorbikes motorcycles transport history

$100.00
2i3/12

Brough Superior: The Rolls-Royce of Motor Cycles


CLARK, RONALD H.

Octavo, black heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 176pp, illus, VG (some tanning & foxing, light bruising & fading to board edges & spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate browning)

PUBLISHER: Goose & Son 1974

KEYWORDS: Brough Superior motorbikes motorcycles transport history

$125.00
2i3/14

Cannibals won for Christ; A Storty of Missionary Perils and Triumphs in Tongoa New Hebrides


MICHELSEN, OSCAR

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt & black illus to spine, gilt & black lettering and illus to front board, blind stamped leaf motif to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 188pp + 4pp book ads, illus, VG- (heavy browning to spine, page edges, eps, tissue guard and title page, slight bruising to spine extrems, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Moirgabn & Scott (n/d) but inscription dated 1898

KEYWORDS: Oscar Michelsen autobiography missionary missionaries Tongoa New Hebrides religion christianity history

$50.00
2i3/23

Jacksons Bay: A Centennial History


ROXBURGH, IRVINE

Octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, iii + 198pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing and light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, spine v sl cocked, gift inscription in ink to front paste down) in d/w, VG (moderate sunning to covers, light scuffing to the rear cover with small patches of loss)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Jacksons Bay history

$120.00
2i3/38

Prince Ahmad of Egypt


BLAND, JAMES

First edition, scarce in d/w, super octavo, orange cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp + 8pp book ads, illus, VG (moderate browning & foxing to page edges & eps, tiny stain spots to front board, some tanning to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy creasing to edges & spine extrems, tape reinforcement/repairs to upper edges, some tanning & staining)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1939

KEYWORDS: Egypt Egyptian Prince Ahmad Seif-ed-Din biography history

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