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xxrnb126743

The Romance of Paris Streets


STEUART, MARY D.

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: Chapman & Dodd 1923

KEYWORDS: travel exploration France Paris history Mary D. Steuart

$10.00
xxrnb126756

In Harm's Way: A RNVR Officer at War 1940-44


HOBDAY, GEOFFREY & HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore)

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: Heinemann 1985 approx

KEYWORDS: navy British history autobiography memoir military Geoffrey Hobday New Zealand

$30.00
xxrnb126762

History of the Sanders Cup 1921-1946


WHEATLEY, P. OWEN & REID, BRYAN G.

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: The National Printing Co 1946

KEYWORDS: sailing maritime nautical sport sanders cup history New Zealand

$10.00
xxrnb126771

The Bushrangers


JOY, WILLIAM & PRIOR, TOM

First edition, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Shakespeare Head Press 1963

KEYWORDS: history Australia modern first edition colony bushrangers culture

$25.00
2i32/9

Murdoch


MURDOCH, SHARON & JOHNSTON, MELINDA

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 208pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016

KEYWORDS: cartoons history New Zealand

$70.00
2i32/19

Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974


VAN DER KISTE, JOHN

First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 200pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page eges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (slight gum staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: Greek history royal family royalty kings biography

$12.50
2i32/32

Big Ideas: 100 Wonders of New Zealand Engineering


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, 240pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, v light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand engineering buildings bridges history

$45.00
2i32/49

Pio and Pio District Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Booklet 1896-1956


ELLIOTT, GABRIEL E. (Ed)

Octavo, blue light card sewn wrappers covered with home-made beige light card covers, handwritten ink title to homemade covers, yellow lettering to blue cover, 39pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Pio Pio Jubilee Committee 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pio Pio local history

$245.00
2i32/50

The Complete Atlas consisting of 120 Maps of Modern, Historical Classical, and Physical Geography


BRYCE, JAMES & COLLIER, WILLIAM & SCHMITZ, LEONHARD

Small folio, half bound, brown cloth boards, gilt decorative rule to maroon spine, spine sides & board corners, gilt lettering to spine, aeg, 219pp + 114pp maps + 71pp index, illus & many with tissue guard, VG- (front board completely detached, leather spine present & partly attached but in ruins, some chaffing to boards, 4cm x 1cm tear with loss of leather to side of board, moderate foxing to prelims, light sporadic foxing elsewhere, page 57 loose). State of binding of text block is sounder than description would indicate. 9 of 16 chromolithographs present; missing are Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, Pekin, New York and Melbourne

PUBLISHER: William Collins & Sons 1878

KEYWORDS: history classics atlas geography

$40.00
2i33/12

Richard Davis 1790-1863: Missionary to the Maori People of New Zealand 1824-1863


A Record of His Descendants to His Great, Great Great Grandchildren

WOODALL, J. H> (Ed)

Loosely enclosed archive of original photographs of Kemp House over a period of many years, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers wiht blue lettering to front, 39pp, VG (some foxing, occasional page corner folded over)

PUBLISHER:

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Richard Davis missionary reference history

$85.00
2i33/15

The Achelles Series Part X: Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard


BEGEMANN, EGBERT HAVERKAMP

Small quarto, black cloth boards, red title label with gilt lettering to spine, red eps, viii + 157pp, illus plates to rear, VG+ ( v.light foxing to page edges & prelims, light bruising to spine extrems, exlibris sticker to front pastedown,) in d/w VG ( v.slight foxing, chipping with loss to centre spine, slight puckering to cellophane spine side, light brusing to spine extrems, price clipped, price sticke to front flap,) in tatty slipcase

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1975(?)

KEYWORDS: history tapestries Rubens art painting

$55.00
2i33/30

A King's Feast: The Goldsmith's Art and Royal Banqueting in the 18th Century


KROG, OLE VILLUMSEN (Ed)

Quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 286pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: The ROyal Exhibition Fund 1991

KEYWORDS: art collectibles antiques silverware gold goldsmithing history

$50.00
2i33/31

Kalenderminiaturen der Studenbucher: Mettelalterliches Leben im Jahreslauf


HANSEN, WILHELM

Large quarto, browny-orange cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & brown illus to front board, 291pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges) in card slipcase TEXT IN GERMAN

PUBLISHER: Georg DW Callwey 1984

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art history

$120.00
2i33/36

The Polish AIr FOrce at War: The Official History Volume 1 1939-1943, Vol 2 1943-1945


CYNK, JERZY B.

Two-volume set, very large quarto, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 670pp over two volumes, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Poland Polish military aviation Air Force history Second World War Two

$48.50
2i33/38

Swift to the Sky: New Zealand's Military Aviation History


MARTYN, ERROL W.

Large quarto, blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 232pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Penguin Viking 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation military history

$100.00
2i33/43

Never Say Die


HAWKINS, COLONEL JACK

First edition, octavo, black buckram boards wit red lettering to spine, 196pp, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some fading to spine, some bruising & creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Dorrance & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: Colonel Jack Hawkins autobiography US Marine Corps military history

$600.00
2i33/47

From Kastamuni to Kedos, being a Record of Experiences of Prisoners of War in Turkey 1916-1918


WOOLLEY, C. L. (ed)

First edition, small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, vii + 179pp, illus, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name to fep, owner's name & address in ink to rear ep, some staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1921

KEYWORDS: First World War One WWI Turkey Turkish POWs prisoners of war military history

$40.00
xxeoc126786

The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and its Engineering Legacy


BREER, CARL & YANIK, ANTHONY J. (Ed)

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: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc 1994

KEYWORDS: engineering history Chrysler business economics autobiography Carl Breer Fred M Zeder Owen Skelton

$40.00
xxrnc126804

Along the Hills: A History of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council 1864-1989


WATSON, JAMES

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: Heathcote County Council 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlement Canterbury Heathcote county council

$12.00
xxrnc126806

Because Each Life is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch


AL-REHAIEF, MOHAMMED ODEH & COPLON, JEFF

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: HarperCollins 2003 approx

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief military modern history Iraq US America Jessica Lynch

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