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$100.00
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Five Months on a German Raider: Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the Wolf


TRAYES, F. G.

First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 187pp + 4pp adverts, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners with sl surface loss, light tanning to page edges & eps, owner's ex-libris labels to pastedowns, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, bookseller's label to back pastedown, 3cm tear with loss to upper corners of pgs 83-86, 1cm closed tear to bottom pg 83/84)

PUBLISHER: Headley Bros 1919

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir F. G. Trayes ww1 first world war military history prisoner of war maritime nautical

$60.00
2i34/8

The Diary of Peter Bussell (1806-1814)


BUSSELL, PETER & TURNER, G. A. (Ed & Pref)

Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, plates, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning to page edges & page 232, light foxing to prelims, v light staining & rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1931

KEYWORDS: diary journal autobiography memoir Peter Bussell maritime navy British military history nautical

$25.00
xxrnd126894

Dresden 1945: The Devil's Tinderbox


MCKEE, ALEXANDER

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1982

KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war Dresden bomb attack Germany first edition

$18.50
xxrnd126916

The Dangerous Book For Boys


IGGULDEN, CONN & IGGULDEN, HAL

Quarto hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2006

KEYWORDS: children's history dangerous book for boys how to guide

$10.00
xxrnd126943

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an 18th Century Ship and its Cargo of Female Convicts


REES, SIAN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder

KEYWORDS: history Australia convicts women Lady Julian maritime nautical crime punishment colonies brothel prostitution

$8.50
xxrne126954

Jack the Ripper: Summing Up and Verdict


WILSON, COLIN & ODELL, ROBIN & GAUTE, J. H. H. (Ed)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Corgi 1988

KEYWORDS: jack the ripper history crime murder mystery London true real life

$22.50
xxrne126973

Introduction to Documentary


NICHOLS, BILL

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: film cultural studies education text book history criticism documentary

$30.00
xxrne126975

Magnitude Eight Plus


GRAPES, RODNEY

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand earthquake science geology history culture Wellington 1855 diaries anecdotes biographies journals

$26.50
xxrne126976

Catholic Record Society: Recusant Roll No. I, 1592-3: Exchequer Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Pipe Office Series


CALTHROP, M. M. C.

MOST TEXT IN LATIN, this volume only, super octavo hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Catholic Record Society 1916

KEYWORDS: catholic church British recusant roll finance financial economics history list debt most text in latin

$20.00
xxrne126977

History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union


N/A

Super octavo hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Foriegn Languages Publishing House 1960

KEYWORDS: history politics Russia Soviet Union communism

$9.00
xxrne126986

The Morte Darthur: Parts Seven and Eight


MALORY, SIR THOMAS & BREWER, D. S. (Ed & Intro)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1968

KEYWORDS: literature literary critcism history arthurian legend king arthur

$26.50
xxrne126993

Open 7 Days: A Celebration of the New Zealand General Store


DONOVAN, DON

Oblong quarto 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Random Century 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture general store community pictorial

$8.50
xxrne127004

All You Need Is Love


PALMER, TONY & MEDLICOTT, PAUL (Ed)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Futura 1977

KEYWORDS: music culture history media entertainment

$85.00
2i34/16

70 Photographic Gems of Wellington, the Empire City of New Zealand


n/a

Oblong quarto, greay light card covers tied with yellow cord, black lettering with green kiwi motif to front cover, unpaginated but aprox 22pp of photographs, VG (some tanning & soiling to covers, small stain to front cover, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs n/d (circa 1919)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington photographs photographic history

$50.00
2i34/27

Milford Sound: An Illustrated History of the Sound, the Track and the ROad


HALL-JONES, JOHN

Oblong quarto, glossy illus heavy card boards with blue & black lettering, illus eps, 147pp, illus, VG+ (some fading to spine and extrems)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand MIlford SOund fiordland history

$175.00
2i34/29

83 Squadron 1917-1969


LOW, RONALD G. & HARPER, FRANK E.

Inscribed & signed by author Frank Harper to NZ Aviation Author Rex Cording, two-page holograph signed letter from author to Cording loosely enclosed, quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 333pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges, light fading)

PUBLISHER: RG LOw 1992

KEYWORDS: aviation 83 squadron history

$275.00
2i34/30

Freyberg's 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy 1943-46


MUNRO, RAY D.

Signed by author, signed typed note from the author to MIlitary HIstorian R Cording loosely enclosed, quarto, blue light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black taped spine, vi + 244pp + 2pp biography, illus, VG+ (light taning to page edges, v slight creasing to some edges)

PUBLISHER: Ray Munro 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Italy Second WOrld War Two WW2 Freyberg 2nd New Zealand Division

$65.00
2i34/35

The Third Republic from its Origins to the Great War 1871-1914


MAYEUR, JEAN-MARI & REBERIOUX, MADELEINE & FOSTER, J. R (Trans)

Octavo, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 392pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University PRess 1984

KEYWORDS: France French history

$450.00
2i34/46

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig BUrchard Part II: The Eucharist Series Volumes 1 and 2


DE POORTER, NORA

Two-volume set in slipcases, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative title panel to spine, 510pp across two vols, illus with 230 b&w illus, VG+ (v v slight foxing, owner's ex libris label to front pastedowns) in d/w, nr fine, in red light card slipcases

PUBLISHER: Harvey Miller / Hayden & Son 1978

KEYWORDS: art history tapestry painting

$100.00
2i34/50

The BIrth of Independent Air Power: British Air Policy in the FIrst WOrld War


COOPER, MALCOLM

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, xix + 169pp, illus, VG+ (v small stain to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1986

KEYWORDS: Brtish Britain aviation history First World War One WW1

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