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$15.00
xxrci147516

The Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing 1910-1950


MCCARTHY, ALBERT

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Spring Books 1974

KEYWORDS: history society culture anthropology dance

$22.50
xxrci147518

The Black Raider


WEYHER, KURT & EHRLIRCH, HANS JURGEN & DINNAGE, PAUL (trans.)

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: Elek Books 1955

KEYWORDS: history war militaru weapons ships naval germany battleships

$22.50
xxrci147519

Monmouthshire: A Green and Smiling Land


The King's England

MEE, ARTHUR

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 1951

KEYWORDS: history travel guide england monmouthshire

$18.50
xxrci147523

The Airmen Who Would Not Die


FULLER, JOHN G.

FIRST UK EDITION, 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: Souvenir Press 1979

KEYWORDS: history plane crash accident airships supernatural seance ghosts

$12.00
xxrci147524

A Book Abour Smuggling in the West Country 1700 - 1850


COXE, ANTONY D. HIPPISLEY

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: Tabb House 1984

KEYWORDS: history smuggling ships

$22.50
xxrci147525

Q-Ships and Their Story


CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE

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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1923

KEYWORDS: q ships history boats navy naval

$13.50
xxrci147528

The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain: Volume One 660 - 1649


RODGER, N.A.M.

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: HarperCollins 1997

KEYWORDS: naval history British Britain sea-power fleet

$14.00
xxrci147532

A Rhyming History of Britain 55BC - AD1966


MUIRDEN, JAMES & ECCLES, DAVID (illus)

Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Constable 2003

KEYWORDS: Poetry literature history britain royalty rhyme

$12.00
xxrci147536

The Tirpitz: The Story, Including the Destruction of the Scharnhorst, of the Campaigns Against the German Battleship


WOODWARD, DAVID

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: William Kimber 1953

KEYWORDS: history world war two ww2 wii tirpitz battleships navy naval germany

$20.00
xxrci147539

Nazi - Soviet Relations 1939-1941: Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Office as Released by the Department of State


SONTAG, RAYMOND JAMES (ed.) & BEDDIE, JAMES STUART (ed.)

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: Didier 1948

KEYWORDS: history nazi germany soviet ussr world war two ww2 wwii

$19.50
xxrci147540

A Concise Economic History of Britain: From the earliest times to 1750


CLAPHAM, SIR JOHN

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: Cambridge University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: History Britain economic agriculture trade manufacturing

$45.00
1y35/23

Turkish Handwoven Carpets: Catalog No. 4


N/A

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus & white lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing to covers, heavy creasing to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, light annotations in pencil to fep, shop owner's name stamp in ink to various pgs throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & corners, moderate chafing to covers, light staining to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Turkish Republic 1990

KEYWORDS: craft Turkey Turkish carpets rugs illustrated pictorial handwoven patterns hobbies history

$40.00
1y35/32

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa (Including Accounts of Tripoli, the Sahara, the Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries Around Lake Chad)


BARTH, HENRY

Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spine with raised bands, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xxxii + 608pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chippping to spine extrems, heavy scuffing to spine & board corners & edges, moderate scuffing to boards with sl surface loss, front board completely detached but present, annotations in ink to pgs sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co. 1890

KEYWORDS: travel exploration Africa illustrated history culture

$180.00
1y35/37

The Maoris of New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiv + 356pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges & corners, light staining & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, book seller's label to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, 1 prelim pg missing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1910

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history culture illustrated traditions religion first edition

$65.00
1y35/47

Lanchester Cars 1895-1956


FREEMAN, TONY & LONG, BRIAN & HOOD, CHRIS (Comps)

LOOSE EPHEMERA & RELEVANT LETTERS OF AUTO AUTHOR MAURICE HENDRY, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 106pp, illus, VG (light chafing & creasing to covers, moderate highlighting & annotation in ink to pages & text sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Academy Management Services Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: cars automobiles Lanchester illustrated history

$45.00
1y36/6

New Flags Flying: Pacific Leadership


JOHNSTONE, IAN & POWLES, MICHAEL (Eds)

AUDIO CD AT REAR POCKET, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 328pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Huia 2012

KEYWORDS: Pacific politics history illustrated

$40.00
1y36/7

The Sikkim Saga


DAS, B S

FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 166pp, illus, VG (moderate sun fading to board edges, light bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name & booksellers' stamps in ink to fep) in d/w & laminate, VG- (moderate creasing to edges, heavy sun fading to spine, heavy soiling & chafing to covers, light creasing to flaps, moderate tanning to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Vikas Publishing House 1983

KEYWORDS: first edition history politics India 38th amendment act constitution

$300.00
1y36/21

The American Rolls-Royce: A comprehensive History of Rolls-Royce of America, Inc.


SOUTTER, ARTHUR W.

INK ANNOTATED BY AUTOMOBILE AUTHOR MAURICE HENDRY, quarto, black buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, Rolls Royce motif to front board, illus prelims, 239pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate soiling to shaky boards, heavy annotation in ink & highlighting to text throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mowbray Company 1976

KEYWORDS: cars automobiles rolls royce history motor engines engineering

$30.00
1y36/26

An Akaroa Precinct


ALLISON, BARBARA L.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 88pp, illlus VG+

PUBLISHER: Barbara Allison 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture illustrated Akaroa Barbara Allison

$45.00
1y36/31

Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean: Maps of Discovery and Scientific Exploration 1500-2000


HAYES, DEREK

Lg quarto, black heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, Near FINE (light creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: The British Museum Press 2001

KEYWORDS: illustrated nautical history maritime exploration maps north Pacific ocean

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