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$180.00
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Napoleon at St. Helena


O'MEARA, BARRY EDWARD

2 volume set, Super octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, green eps, frontispiece, xciv + 367pp (vol1), 397pp (vol2), illus, VG (previous owner's labek to fep, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley & Son 1888

KEYWORDS: biography Emperor of the French Napoleon I Captivity france history

$345.00
2f48a/14

The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919


REGIMANT, OFFICERS OF THE & POWLES, C.G. (ed)

closed tears to folding map archivally repaired, Octavo red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, vii + 267pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, small nick to spine, light soiling to page edges, previous owner's name staped to title page)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury army military Mounted Rifles Regiment world war one WW1

$400.00
2f48a/30

War and Peace


TOLSTOI, LYOF N.

First english edition, wear to spines, spome pages loose, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & gilt decoration to front board, 359pp (vol1), 392pp (vol2), 424pp (vol3), 405pp (vol4), VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light soiling & light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, heavy wear to spine with major cracking to spine hinges)

PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1889

KEYWORDS: Russia History Alexander I Fiction literature

$65.00
2f48a/31

History of the 12th (Eastern) Division in the Great War


SCOTT, ARTHUR B. & BRUMWELL, P. MIDDLETON

Super octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 272pp + folding map, VG (previous owner's name in ink to title page, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Nisbet & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Army military 12th Division Eastern World War One WW1 Campaigns France Regimental history

$45.00
2f48a/32

History of New Zealand 1642-1861


SAUNDERS, ALFRED

Super octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 467pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light cracking to spine hinge)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1896

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand

$10.00
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South Dakota: A Bicentennial History


MILTON, JOHN R.

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: W. W. Norton & Co 1977

KEYWORDS: America South Dakota history

$10.00
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Charleston: Past & Present


BELL, QUENTIN & GARNETT, ANGELICA & GARNETT, HENRIETTA & SHONE, RICHARD

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: The Hogarth Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Charleston history architecture travel guide

$8.50
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The Making of Modern RUssia


KOCHAN, LIIONEL & ABRAHAM, RICHARD

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: Pelican / Penguin 1988 (second edition)

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history

$9.00
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The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern History 1789-1945


TOWNSON, DUNCAN

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: Penguin Books 1994

KEYWORDS: history dictionary reference

$8.50
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The Germans: Who Are They Now?


WATSON, ALAN

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: Mandarin 1994

KEYWORDS: culture history society people sociology Germany German social anthropology

$8.50
xxpid134189

Tony's Ten Years: Memories of the Blair Administration


BOULTON, ADAM

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: Pocket Books 2009

KEYWORDS: biography Tony Blair Adam Boulton politics political history United Kingdom

$9.50
xxpid134190

Another Story: Women and the Falklands War


CARR, JEAN & EWART-BIGGS, JANE (intro)

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: Hamish Hamilton 1984

KEYWORDS: military history Britain United Kingdom Falklands War women Argentina Maggie Margaret Thatcher Falkland Islands

$10.00
xxpid134191

Frederick the Great: King of Russia


FRASER, DAVID

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: Penguin Books 2000

KEYWORDS: biography Frederick the Great Russian Prussian history David Fraser

$9.00
xxpid134194

Canterbury Cathedral


BABINGTON, MARGARET

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn); 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1948

KEYWORDS: Canterbury Cathedral architecture history medieval United Kingdom England St. Thomas shrine

$20.00
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Richmond Golf Club, A Centenary History 1891-1991


BRENNAND, TOM & DI BIASE, PAUL (foreword)

Imperial 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: Tom Brennand 1990

KEYWORDS: Richmond golf club history centenary United Kingdom

$14.00
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Professing the New Rhetorics, A Sourcebook


ENOS, THERESA & BROWN, STUART C.

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: Blair Press/Prentice-Hall 1994

KEYWORDS: English langauge rhetoric history teaching study

$35.00
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Springbok Challenge, Book Two


WATERS, JOHN W.

Imperial octavo, in stapled wrapper (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: Viscount Printing & Publishing Co. 1966(?)

KEYWORDS: rugby sport history New Zealand Springboks All Blacks 1965 Tour pictorial record

$12.50
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Armchair Nation: An Intimate History of Britain in Front of the TV


MORAN, JOE

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: Profile Books 2014

KEYWORDS: UK United Kingdom history society television material culture media

$40.00
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Sunday Soldiers: A Brief History of the Wellington Regiment - City of Wellington's Own


LEA, PETER A.

Octavo, tan heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 206pp, illus, VG+ (v light fading to bottom spine extrem, light creasing to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges, v sl tanning to eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, 2cm open tear with loss, price clipped, heavy sun fading to spine, moderate/heavy soiling to rear, light chaffing & soiling to front, light internal tanning)

PUBLISHER: Wellington Regiment 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated Wellington

$95.00
2f48a/36

Charles J Ayton Diary 1899-1904: Goldminer, Rabbiter & Peat Digger of Central Otago


AYTON, CHARLES J. CHILD, JOHN (Intro)

Oblong imperial octavo, yellow illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 130pp, illus, VG+ (v light creasing to spine extrems & edges, light sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Maniototo Early Settlers' Association 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history central otago diary memoir journal Charles J Ayton agriculture farming goldmining

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