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$18.50
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Eyewitness in Zululand: The campaign reminiscences of Colonel W A Dunne, CB South Africa, 1877-1881


BENNETT, IAN (lIEUT-COLONEL)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Greenhill 1989

KEYWORDS: account military history zulu wars Kaffir Zulu Sekukuni Boer Colonel Dunne

$24.50
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The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685 - c.1712


MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER (ed)

Quarto 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: MacDonald & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: History biography Celia Fiennes English England social castles stately homes

$13.50
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Picture of a Province


HISTORIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HAWKE'S BAY

Octavo stapled light card cover (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: Swailes (1958) ???

KEYWORDS: Hawke's Bay New Zealand centennial history pictorial

$17.50
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Salamis: The Greatest Naval Battle of the Ancient World 480 B.C.


STRAUSS, BARRY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Arrow 2005

KEYWORDS: Salamis naval warfare battle military history

$22.50
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A Pictorial History of New Zealand


MADDOCK, SHIRLEY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pictorial

$30.00
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The Jazz Guitar: Its evolution and its players


SUMMERFIELD, MAURICE J.

Quarto 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: Ashley Mark 1978

KEYWORDS: Jazz guitar musicians history

$35.00
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Great American Generals of World War 2: MacArthur: Eisenhower: Patton


MAYER, S.L. (intro)

Quarto 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: Bison 1984

KEYWORDS: American generals military history WW2 world war two

$9.00
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76 Hours: The Invasion of Tarawa


HAMMEL, ERIC M. & LANE, JOHN E.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Tower 1980

KEYWORDS: Tawara Atoll WW2 military history

$22.50
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The Triumph of Music: Composers, musicians and their audiences, 1700 to the present


BLANNING, TIM

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in gloss band semi 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: Allen Lane 2008

KEYWORDS: Music composers history stadiums concerts classical

$120.00
1y14/30

Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement


BAYLISS, E. R.

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, dark brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing to covers, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald Co (Printer) 1970

KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand history Canterbury illustrated

$45.00
1y14/36

A History of Powerco: Delivering New Zealand's Energy Future


LONSDALE, CHRIS & WINDER, VIRGINIA & McNAUGHTON, KAREN

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, FINE, in d/w, Nr FINE (sl scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Powerco n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand power energy business Powerco history

$40.00
1y14/38

Petticoat Pioneers: South Island Women of the Colonial Era: BookThree


HARPER, BARBARA

Imperial octavo, turquoise heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 248pp, illus, VG in d/w (VG)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated south island culture

$245.00
1y15/5

The Franco-German War to the Catastrophe of Sedan and the Fall of Strassburg


BORBSTAEDT, Col. A. & DWYER, Maj. F.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black stamp decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, viii + 701pp, illus, folding maps/tabular views/battle plans/tableau to rear, VG- (light creasing & moderate surface loss to spine, light scuffing to boards, light surface loss to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to full length of gutters, light water staining to eps)

PUBLISHER: Asher & Co 1873

KEYWORDS: military history France Germany first edition politics

$33.50
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Dusky Bay: In the Steps of Captain Cook


BEGG, A. CHARLES & BEGG, NEIL C.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1975

KEYWORDS: Dusky Bay New Zealand Captain James Cook history Johann Forster

$19.50
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No Other Home Than This: A History of European New Zealanders


ANDREWS, JOHN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand social cultural history heritage

$10.00
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Peter the Great


KLYUCHEVSKY, VASILI & ARCHIBALD, LILIANA (trans)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1965

KEYWORDS: History Russia Peter the Great Biography

$40.00
1y15/7

Pioneering Millicent and District: Celebrating 100 Years of the Millicent Agricultural Bureau 1888 to 1988


GREENFIELD, MARK

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to rear cover, numbers '4183' in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Millicent Agricultural Bureau 1988

KEYWORDS: Australia illustrated history agriculture farming exploration settlement

$42.50
1y15/10

The Naval War of 1812


FORESTER, C. S.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval equip't motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & boards with some surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, previous owner's name in ink & bookseller's sm stamp to front pastedown, sm inscription in felt pen to half title page, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss & tape repair, light tanning & soiling to both internal & external sides)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition history navy naval military nautical maritime war politics 1812

$90.00
1y15/17

Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen


HINGLEY, RICHARD & UNWIN, CHRISTINA

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xviii + 293pp, illus, Near FINE (numbers '4945' in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 0.5cm closed tear to top corner edge)

PUBLISHER: Hambledon and London 2005

KEYWORDS: ancient history boudica boadicea Roman invasion warrior Britain archaeology

$70.00
1y15/18

Children of the Back Lanes: Destitute and Neglected Children in Colonial New South Wales


RAMSLAND, JOHN

Octavo, brown heavy card boards, illus eps, 256pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: New South Wales University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Australia history New South Wales illustrated children youth poverty

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