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$18.50
xxpja134855

Three Years or the Duration: The Memoirs of a Munition Worker 1914-1918


HAMILTON, PEGGY

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1978

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Peggy Hamilton munitionettes ww1 first world war ammunition military history women

$20.00
xxpja134856

One Marine's Tale


HOLLIS, GENERAL SIR LESLIE & ISMAY, GENERAL LORD (Fore) & SHEPHERD, GENERAL LEMUEL C. (Intro)

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: Andre Deutsch 1956

KEYWORDS: military history Leslie Hollis autobiography memoir marines ww2 second world war

$8.50
xxpja134857

The Mighty Continent: A View of Europe in the Twentieth Century


TERRAINE, JOHN

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: Futura 1976

KEYWORDS: Europe modern history politics culture

$14.00
xxpja134859

The Borgias


JOHNSON, MARION

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: Penguin Books 2001

KEYWORDS: history Borgia renaissance Italy politics religion

$15.00
xxpja134860

The Eighty-Five Days: The Story of the Battle of the Scheldt


THOMPSON, R. W.

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Hutchinson 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition ww2 second world war battle of the scheldt military history

$18.50
xxpja134861

Turn Back the Clock


HOSKEN, EVELYN

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1968

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury history culture

$15.00
xxpja134862

Cities and Civilizations


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1996

KEYWORDS: history ancient anthropology archaeology sociology civiizations

$10.00
xxpja134865

Greatness: Who Makes History and Why


SIMONTON, DEAN KEITH

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: The Guilford Press 1994

KEYWORDS: history education text book psychology

$12.00
xxpja134870

Time Line History of the World


KERR, GORDON

Slim 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: Futura 2007

KEYWORDS: history world politics religion geography

$33.50
xxpja134878

The Kimberley Flying Column: Being Reminiscences of Service in the South African War of 1899-1903


PERHAM, TROOPER FRANK

Octavo 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Timaru 1957?

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand Boer war autobiography memoir Frank Perham

$125.00
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Dominion Museum: Bulletin No. 10: Maori Religion and Mythology Being an Account of the Cosmology, Anthropogeny, Religious Beliefs and Rites, Magic and Folk Lore of the Maori Folk in New Zealand


BEST, ELSDON

First edition, imperial octavo, brown light card covers, 264pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing and tanning to covers, paper tape reinforcement to spine, light scuffing to edges, light tanning and foxing to content edges, paper tape reinforcement at front gutter, prev owners name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Govt. Printer 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Religion Mythology Cosmology magic folklore

$50.00
2s9a/9

The Ken Avery Songbook: Ideal for Singsongs and Campfire Choruses


AVERY, KEN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, unpagenated, illus, VG (ligth soiling & ligth rubbing to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Avery Songs (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history songs

$50.00
2s9a/15

Continental Circus and Other Races Between the Wars


MELLORS, TED

First edition, brown cloth boards with black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (front hinge of cover with 10cm closed tear repaired with cellotape, moderate bruising to spine extrems repaired with cellotape, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: T.T. Special 1949

KEYWORDS: motorcycle racing history sports

$50.00
2s9a/16

Forts of Darkness and Soldiers of Light: A Missionary Book for Boys and Girls


N/A

Octavo, illus boards, frontispiece, viii + 104pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Church Missionary Society 1895

KEYWORDS: missionary church religion christianity history

$50.00
2s9a/19

De Levensstandaard in De Xve En Xvie Eeuw Te Antwerpen


SCHOLLIERS, E.

Text in dutch, super octavo, light card covers, xxxii + 284pp, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light soiling & light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: De Sikkel, 1960

KEYWORDS: Cost standard living Belgium Antwerp reference history text in dutch

$150.00
2s9a/25

The Bird Paintings of C.G. Finch-Davies


FINCH-DAVIES, C.G.

numbered limited edition, small folio, brown cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, yellow eps, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Winchester King 1984

KEYWORDS: paintings arts ornithology birds natural history South Africa

$40.00
2s9a/31

Art in Australia


FINEY, GEORGE

Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 74pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to covers, slight small closed tears to cover edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Kyle House 1931

KEYWORDS: caricatures arts history Australia

$85.00
2s9a/35

Diary of Life in a Stalag : A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story


RAWLINS, ALF

Uncommon, signed by author, octavo, blue illus light card covers, 69pp, illus VG- ( Heavy fading to spine, light soiling to covers & page edges, light rubbing to spine extrems & Cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlins 1991(?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history prisoner of war world war 2

$50.00
2s9a/36

The Plans of War : The General Staff and British Military Strategy c. 1900-1916


GOOCH, JOHN

Light annotation in pencil, some underlining,First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 348pp, VG ( Light rubbing & v.slight soiling to boards, light brusing to board corners & spine extrems, annotation in pencil, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG ( Heavy fading to spine

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1974

KEYWORDS: Military history strategy britain

$15.00
xxpjb134882

Madame de Pompadour


MITFORD, NANCY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1968

KEYWORDS: Madame de Pompadour biography Nancy Mitford French France history

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