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$50.00
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The Road to Three Pagodas


BURTON, REGINALD

First edition, octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 180pp, map to prelims, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, v sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light internal tanning)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1963

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir Reginald Burton military history pow prisoner

$120.00
1w45/32

Svardet Och Varjan: Som Armevapen: The History of the Swedish Army Sword 1500-1860


SEITZ, HERIBERT

Captions and summary in English, TEXT IN SWEDISH, imperial octavo, light grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue sword motif to spine & front board, illus half title page, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v light creasing to spine extrems, v sl soiling to spine & front board, light tanning to page edges, ex libris label & owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Militarlitteraturforeningen 1955

KEYWORDS: Sweden weaponry swords military history swedish illustrated army text in Swedish

$25.00
1w45/33

Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861 (Parts I and II): Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen Transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (Part III)


JONES, A. G. E.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps & prelims, xviii + 277pp + 104pp index, illus, SCRUFFY reading copy only(heavy creasing & fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing and rubbing to covers, closed tear to rear cover, pages 89-94 loose, prev owners details in ink to fep, light soiling & tanning to covers and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1986

KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical registrar trade log records history south seas

$55.00
1w45/37

A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia: With Some Accounts of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People


BLANC, HENRY

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 409pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine extrems, v sl soiling to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 1970

KEYWORDS: Abyssinia geography culture history prisoner captivity Emperor Theodore

$11.00
xxfrc140313

The Place Where Souls Are Born


KENEALLY, THOMAS

first edition 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1992

KEYWORDS: travel writing North America Indians history

$8.50
xxfub140327

Harvest of Journeys


INNES, HAMMOND

Scruffy, 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: Fontana Books 1965

KEYWORDS: Travel Voyages Whaling Norway History

$10.00
xxfvd140331

The Mountains of Serbia: Travels Through Inland Yugoslavia


KINDERSLEY, ANNE

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: Readers Union 1977

KEYWORDS: Mountains Serbia travel history

$8.50
xxfwf140339

The Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls


SILBERMAN, NEIL ASHER

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 1995

KEYWORDS: religion history dead scrolls

$8.50
xxfwf140340

Future Shock


TOFFLER, ALVIN

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: Pan Books

KEYWORDS: sociology history civilisation

$19.50
xxqaa140347

Steam on the Waitemata


STEWART, W.W.

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: Reed (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history steam ships nautical Waitemata

$30.00
xxqaa140351

Vintage New Zealand Launches: A Winkelmann Portfolio


ROBIN, ELLIOTT & KIDD, HAROLD

Square 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: David Ling 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Launches History

$19.50
xxqaa140357

Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company N.Z. Ltd


CHURCHOUSE, JACK

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: Milwood Press 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Steam ships nautical

$16.50
xxqaa140360

The Pathfinders


NEVIN, DAVID

Imperial 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: Time-Life Books 1980

KEYWORDS: Aeronautics United States History aviation

$16.50
xxqaa140361

The Pathfinders


NEVIN, DAVID

Imperial 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: Time-Life Books 1981

KEYWORDS: Aeronautics United States History aviation

$15.50
xxqaa140362

The Men-of-War


HOWARTH, DAVID

Imperial 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: Time-Life Books 1980

KEYWORDS: Navies History Warships nautical

$20.00
xxqaa140366

Ocean Liners: The Golden Years


PRIOR, RUPERT

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: Tiger Books 1993

KEYWORDS: ocean liners nautical ships history

$20.00
xxqab140403

The Last Rising of the Agricultural Labourers: Rural Life and Protest in Nineteenth-Century England


REAY, BARRY

Imperial 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Breviary Studd Publications 2010

KEYWORDS: England English agricuture agricultural rural history

$25.00
xxqab140405

The Third Sex


WILLY & SCHEHR, LAWRENCE R, (Trans/Intro)

Octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 costs

PUBLISHER: The University of Illinois 2007

KEYWORDS: sexuality homosexuality gay culture European social history

$26.50
xxqab140417

Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America's Debate on Homosexuality


FEJES, FRED

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2010

KEYWORDS: America American social history sexuality homosexuality gay rights

$14.00
xxqac140422

Flexible Bodies: The ROle of Immunity in American Culture from the Days of Polio to the Age of Aids


MARTIN, EMILY

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: Beacon Press 1994

KEYWORDS: American culture immunity vaccination immunisation social history science anthropology

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