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$35.00
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The Book of Iris: A Life of Robin Hyde


CHALLIS, DEREK & RAWLINSON, GLORIA [HYDE, ROBIN]

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, xxii + 778pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Robin Hyde Journalists New Zealand biography history

$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

$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

$12.00
xxrmh126207

Conquest Without Victory: A New Zealander in the Greek and French Resistance


JORDAN, WILLIAM [MAJOR BILL]

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: Little Hills Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Bill William Jordan military history resistance war Greece France

$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

$18.50
xxrmh126221

On the Slopes of Signal Hill: Historical Aspects of Opoho and its Surrounds


BLAIR, ERNIE & KERSE, ELIZABETH

Super octavo softcover, light card covers (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 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Opoho Signal Hill history pictorial

$17.50
xxrmh126224

A History of the University of Canterbury 1873-1973


GARDNER, W. J. & BEARDSLEY, E. T. & CARTER, T. E.

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: University of Canterbury Press 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history university Canterbury architecture graduation

$15.00
xxsho126225

The Fifth Schedule: The Story of Waimate's Open Community Hospital 1874-1975


SHACKLETON, BERNICE E.

Ex-library, 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: Craig Printing 1984

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand hospital Waimate healthcare health system

$100.00
2i27/50

Palace of the Kremlin


DEVYATOV, SERGEY & ZHURALEVA, ELENA

TEXT IN RUSSIAN, Quarto, read cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, red eps, 431pp, Fine in d/w Fine, in slipcase Nr fine. Palace of the Kremlin ( A wonderfully illustrated edition in a dust jacket & slipcase, The album represents the Kremlin as the palace residence of the Grand Duke first, then the Russian Tsar, the Russian Emperor and, finally, the President of Russia. Includes 500 photographs, many published for the frst time)

PUBLISHER: Slovo 2006

KEYWORDS: Palace of the Kremlin text in Russian architecture history Russia

$14.00
xxsie126233

A Guided Journey: Memories and Reflections


DAVISON, YVONNE

Octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Yvonne Davison 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history autobiography Yvonne Davison

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