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$125.00
2i25/12

The Hejaz Railway


NICHOLSON, JAMES

Large quarto, brown boards wtih gilt lettering to spine & front board, black eps, illus title page, xiii + 193pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Stacey International & Al Turath 2005

KEYWORDS: travel railways trains Hejaz Railway transport history

$65.00
2i25/22

History of the Fleet Marriages; with some account of The Wardens of the Prison, the Parsons, and Their Registers; to which are added Notices of the May Fair, Mint, and Savoy Chapels


BURN, JOHN SOUTHERDEN

Octavo, black cloth boards with title label mounted to spine, 155pp + 1pp book ads, VG (moderate damage to spine plus lower three-quarters semi-detached, heavy browning to title label, bruising to spine extrems, rear hinge cracked, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some tanning & foxing to eps, owner's name in ink & owner's address stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Rivingtons 1834 (Second edition)

KEYWORDS: England Fleet history

$50.00
2i25/23

Rewi's Last Stand


REED, A. W. & HAYWARD, RUDALL (Film version)

Octavo, beige & red light card covers, frontispiece map, 150pp + 1pp Raupo book ads, illus, VG- (moderately heavy tanning & tanning to covers, page edges and eps, staining to cover upper edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history

$45.00
2i25/33

Auckland's Historical Background: Its Relation to Central City Planning


AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL

Large quarto, black & white light card covers with white lettering, 66 pp plus 33pages of illustrations, VG (surface damage to spine, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Auckland City Council 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland history town planning

$24.50
ak4/3/2141

The Sorrow and the Pride: New Zealand War Memorials


MACLEAN, CHRIS & PHILLIPS, JOCK

Very tidy ex-library; Large quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering, 177pp, illus, VG (light creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, usual library markings)

PUBLISHER: GP Books 1990

KEYWORDS: ex library New Zealand military history war memorials

$75.00
2i26/1

The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine


POWLES, LT.COL C. GUY

Octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, brown decorative rule to front board, frontispiece, xv + 284pp, illus plus folding maps, VG+ (some browning to eps, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Sinai Palestine

$55.00
2i26/3

Aircraft and Commerce in War


SPAIGHT, J. M.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, green lettering in white title label to spine, viii + 111pp, VG (heavy foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, three owners' signatures in ink to front pastedown and fep)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: First World War One WW1 aviation military history commerce trade

$60.00
2i26/16

Legacy of Daedalus


MACER-STORY, EUGENIA

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus tile page, ii + 94pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Magick Mirror Communications 1995

KEYWORDS: Daedalus lectures history archaeology philosophy

$55.00
2i26/17

Faulkland Islands Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History


MCDOWALL, R. M. & ALLIBONE, R. M. & CHADDERTON, W. L.

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 102pp, illus, nr fine (v. slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Faulklands Conservation 2005

KEYWORDS: natural history freshwater fishes Faulklands ecology biology zoology ichthyology

$55.00
2i26/18

My Campaign in Mesopotamia


TOWNSHEND, CHARLES V. F.

First edition, ex library, super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, blind decoration & rule to front board corner, lacks fep, frontispiece, 400pp, 8 folding maps, VG- ( heavy fraying to spine, 2cm tear to lower spine extrems, heavy brusing to board corners & edges, moderate soiling & heavy rubbing to boards, front gutter cracked, heavy foxing to page edges, library stamps throughout,)

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1920

KEYWORDS: autobiography Sir Charles Townsend military history mesopotamia

$100.00
2i26/22

My Zeppelins


ECKENER, HUGO & ROBINSON, DOUGLAS (Trans) & ECKENER KNUT

First edition, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 216pp, illus plates, VG ( light to boards, light bruising to spine and board extrems, light foxing to page edges & pages, book seller's stamp to front pastedown) in d/w VG ( moderate rubbing to covers, creasing and chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co. Ltd. 1958

KEYWORDS: Hugo Eckner airships zeppelin blimp aviation history

$140.00
2i26/23

The Founders of Canterbury: Volume 1 Being Letters from the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley and to Other Well-Known Helpers in the Settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand


WAKEFIELD, EDWARD GIBBON & GODLEY, JOHN ROBERT

This volume only (this volume was the only volume to be published), rebound, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, speckled page edges, xvi + 352pp, VG (light browning to page edges & eps, heavy foxing to prelims, light fading & brusing to spine, v.slight soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Stevens and Co. 1868

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury settlers pioneers letters

$40.00
2i26/28

On the Radar: The Story of Piha's World War 2 Radar Station


CONEY, SANDRA

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong octavo, illus light card covers, 206pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Keyhole Press & PPH 2013

KEYWORDS: Radar defense networks New Zealand Piha History World War Two Radar military

$195.00
2i26/32

Twelve Years in Canterbury, New Zealand, with Visits to the Other Provinces, and Reminiscences of the Route Home Through Australia


THOMSON, CHARLES

First edition, very tidy copy in original binding, green cloth boards with gilt decoration to spine, xiv + 226pp + 16pp adverts, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son & Marston 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury travel Charles Thomson

$185.00
2i26/33

The Dardanelles


CALLWELL, C.E.

First edition, all maps present, lieutenants 1924 examination forms loosely enclosed, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 361pp + 6pp adverts, VG (occasional pencil line to margins, light sporadic foxing to pages, moderate fading to spine, light fraying to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Co. 1919

KEYWORDS: World War One Campaigns Turkey Gallipoli Peninsula history military

$85.00
2i26/34

The Ten Islands and Ireland


MACKAY, JOHN

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 352pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light sporadic foxing to pages, library label to upper fep)

PUBLISHER: Maunsel & Co. 1919

KEYWORDS: traffic islands Atlantic Ireland history

$245.00
2i26/40

All the Way Round: Sea Roads to Africa


SMITH, C. FOX

first edition in scarce d/w, octavo, orange cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 284pp, illus, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & boards corners) in d/w VG- (price clipped, moderate dampstaining to spine & front cover, light soiling, light foxing, light creasing, moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1938

KEYWORDS: Ocean travel history Africa nautical ports

$37.50
xxsgd126023

The Pendulum and the Scythe


MARSHALL, KEN

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: Air Research Publications 1996

KEYWORDS: aviation military history ww2 second world war bomber group 4 British

$22.50
xxsgd126024

Waterloo


NAYLOR, JOHN

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: B. T. Batsford 1963

KEYWORDS: history military Waterloo Duke of Wellington Napoleon Bonaparte

$35.00
xxsgf126029

The Great Ingratitude-Bomber Command in World War II


FYFE, JAMES

Octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: G. C. Book Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: military history British ww2 second world war aviation bombers memoirs Sir Arthur Harris

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