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$120.00
2i27/1

19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945


SINCLAIR, D.W.

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 559pp + folding maps, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, slight rubbing to boards & soine extrems)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch 1954

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand World War Two WW2 19 Battalion

$225.00
2i27/3

The Anatomy of Puck: An Examination of Fairy Beliefs Among Shakespeare's Contemporaries and Successors


BRIGGS, K.M.

First edition, Scarce, ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 284pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, light usual library markings, d/w suck down to rear board) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling, several massive pieces of cover missing, 8cm closed tear to front cover repaired with cellotape, 9cm tear to rear cover repaired with cellotape)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1959

KEYWORDS: Fairies English literature History critics modern first edition

$40.00
2i27/6

Air Power in the Next War


SPAIGHT, J.M.

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, viii + 181pp, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1938

KEYWORDS: Aeronautics Military Air power History War aviation

$72.50
2i27/10

Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy


MCKINNEY, J.B.

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 462pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light soiling, light rubbing, several small closed tears to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military Army World War Two history Medical care Campaigns Middle East

$50.00
2i27/11

No Star at the Pole: A History of Navigation From Stone Age to the 20th Century for All Who Enjoy the Sea


HAY, JOAN & HAY, DAVID

Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 230pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG (light rubbing, few small nicks to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight & Co. 1972

KEYWORDS: Navigation History

$47.50
2i27/12

Armies and Warfare in Europe 1648-1789


CHILDS, JOHN

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus, Nr Fine (bookseller's label to fep) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, covered in clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Europe History Military art science Armies

$100.00
2i27/18

Day After Day


NANSEN, ODD & JOHN, KATHERINE (trans)

First UK Edition, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 600pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co. 1947

KEYWORDS: Prisoners prisons concentration camps World War Two WW2 autobiography Norwegian history

$80.00
2i27/21

Rails to Nowhere: The History of the Nelson Railway


VOLLER, LOIS

Octavo, green cloth boards, frontispiece, 344pp, illus, VG (a touch of foxing and slightly cocked) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling, bookplate to fep)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways trains history Nelson locomotion

$40.00
2i27/33

Paradoxes of War: On the Art of National Self-Entrapment


MAOZ, ZEEV

Super octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 367pp, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light rubbing),

PUBLISHER: Unwin Hyman 1990

KEYWORDS: Paradoxes War Politics history

$75.00
2i27/42

Tamihana the Kingmaker


RICKARD, L.S.

Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 200pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light tanning to page edges, d/w stuck down to pastedowns with cellotape) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: Wiremu Tamihana biography New Zealand History

$50.00
2i27/45

The Astronomical and Mathematical Foundations of Geography


COTTER, CHARLES H.

First edition, octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, red colouring to top page edges, ix + 244pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light foxing, light soiling, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1966

KEYWORDS: Mathematical Astronomical geography science history

$20.00
xxrmg126162

Napoleon: 1812


NICOLSON, NIGEL

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985

KEYWORDS: history military biography memoir Napoleon Bonaparte Russia

$30.00
xxrmg126168

Napoleon in Russia


PALMER, ALAN

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: Andre Deutsch 1967

KEYWORDS: first edition military history war biography memoir Napoleon Bonaparte Russia politics

$20.00
xxrmh126179

Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW


COLEMAN JR, JOHN S.

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: Texas A&M University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: military Japan war history ww2 second world war prisoner of war America US autobiography memoir John S. Coleman Jr

$20.00
xxrmh126184

Napoleon: The Myth of the Saviour


TULARD, JEAN & WAUGH, TERESA (Trans)

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1984

KEYWORDS: military history Napoleon Bonaparte politics biography memoir

$8.50
xxrmh126197

The Defeat of John Hawkins: A Biography of his Third Slaving Voyage


UNWIN, RAYNER

Paperback (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: Pelican Books 1962

KEYWORDS: biography memoir John Hawkins exploration travel history slavery slave trade merchant shipping maritime nautical

$12.00
xxrmh126201

Henderson: A History of the Life of Alexander Henderson First Lord Farringdon and of Henderson Administration


WAINWRIGHT, DAVID

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: Quiller Press 1986

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alexander Henderson business history entrepreneur

$15.00
xxrmh126203

The Battlement Garden: Britain From the Wars of the Roses to the Age of Shakespeare


HODGES, C. WALTER

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: Andre Deutsch 1979

KEYWORDS: history Great Britain tudors civilization battlement garden politics religion state

$18.50
xxrmh126217

The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered: The A. J. P. Taylor After Twenty-Five Years


MARTEL, GORDON (Ed)

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: Allen & Unwin 1986

KEYWORDS: military history war second world war ww2 essays literature Germany

$25.00
xxrmh126218

Opening the Manifest on Otago's Infant Years: Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Otago Harbour and Coast 1770-1860


CHURCH, IAN N.

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: Otago Heritage Books 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping history port Otago trade merchant harbour Dunedin

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