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$18.50
xxrck147648

The Pillar of Fire or, Israel in Bondage


INGRAHAM, J. H.

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: George Routledge & Sons N/D

KEYWORDS: christian history moses egypt

$100.00
1y37/47

Sawmills & Bush Tramways of the Mamaku & Rotorua District


SOMERVELL, BRYON

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 166pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Rotorua & District Historical Society Inc. 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history North Island

$225.00
1y37/49

Historical Records of The Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1919-1948


KNIGHT, Col. C. R. B. & KING FREDERIK IX OF DENMARK (Fore) & SCARLETT, Maj.-Gen. P. G. (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt dragon motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxiv + 512pp, illus, folding maps throughout, VG (light scuffing & surface loss to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners & edges, light chafing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss & neat tape repairs, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1951

KEYWORDS: military history illustrated the buffs politics regiments

$40.00
1y37/50

Puriri: A History of the School and District


CLARK, REX (Compiled & Ed)

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 88pp, illus, VG+ (light sun fading & curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Puriri School Jubilee Committee 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Puriri school North Island

$945.00
1y38/2

The Grand Prix Car: Volume 1 & 2


POMEROY, LAURENCE & CRESSWELL, L. C. (Illus)

FIRST REVISED EDITIONS, TWO VOLUME SET, SCARCE IN D/W, imperial octavo, vol 1- maroon buckram boards, vol 2- green buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spines, 267-344pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light discolouration to boards of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, heavy foxing to spines, moderate foxing to covers, light staining to spine of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1954

KEYWORDS: cars grand prix illustrated motor sport history racing engines engineering

$65.00
1y38/3

Golden Memories: Tuakau & Districts 1942-1992


GRAHAM, R. BRUCE (Pref)

Quarto, illus light card covers, illus eps, 60pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing around spine & covers, light creasing to cover corners, light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: W. J. Deed Printing (Printer) 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Tuakau north island

$60.00
1y38/10

The History of Williamstown: From its First Settlement to a City 1834-1934


ELSUM, WILLIAM H. & ACKERLY, ADA (Pref)

1985 FACSIMILE REPRINT, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt town crest to front board, viii + 144pp + 19pp index, illus, VG (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board edges, light sun fading to spine & board edges, light scuffing & staining to boards, light tanning to page edges, sm numbering in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Williamstown City Council 1985

KEYWORDS: Williamstown history illustrated Australia settlement

$25.00
xxrcl147655

The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race


DODD, CHRISTOPHER

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: Stanley Paul & Co. 1983

KEYWORDS: history boast england race

$32.50
xxrcl147658

The Loneliest Man in the World: The Inside Story of the 30 - Year Imprisonment of Rudolf Hess


BIRD, EUGENE K.

Ex-Library, 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: Secker & Warburg 1974

KEYWORDS: history rudolf hess nazi party world war two ww2 wwii germany

$15.00
xxrcl147666

Hippies, Drugs and Promiscuity


LABIN, SUZANNE & WINSTON, STEPHANIE

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: Arlington House 1972

KEYWORDS: history counter culture hippies academic

$30.00
xxrcl147694

The Victorian Mountaineers


CLARK, RONALD

Ownership Signature of Mavis Davidson & Gifting Letter to her Pasted to FEP, 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: B. T Batsford 1953

KEYWORDS: history explorer victoria

$32.50
xxrcl147696

The Taking of the Bastille: July 14th, 1789


GODECHOT, JACQUES & STEWART, JEAN (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: Faber & Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: history bastille france

$33.50
ak1/22/3243

High Hopes in Hard Times: A History of Grey Lynn and Westmere


HIYAMA, KAAREN

Oblong quarto softcover (VG-, slight damp wrinkling); 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: Media Studies Trust 1991

KEYWORDS: history new zealand auckland grey lynn westmere

$22.50
xxgef147703

Exploring the Connection Bewteen Mormons and Masons


BROWN, MATTHEW B.

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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: Covenant 2009

KEYWORDS: Freemasonry discourse history mason Nauvoo Mormon

$16.50
xxgeh147736

Treasures of Britain and Treasures of Ireland


VARIOUS

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: Drive Publicatiosn 1984

KEYWORDS: travel history archaeology architecture england britain ireland

$285.00
1y38/27

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


GIBBON, EDWARD & MILMAN, Rev. H. H. (Notes)

4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, half bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, folding maps to vols 1, 2 & 3, viii-xxvii + 464-529pp, VG- (spine missing but partially present to vol 1, heavy chipping & cracking to spines- with some heavy loss to vol 2, age appropriate scuffing & chafing to boards & board edges with some surface loss, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters with slightly shaky boards, owner's name lightly in pencil to full title page of vol 1, moderate but sporadic tanning & foxing to pages throughout all vols, light creasing to folding maps but otherwise in very good condition)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1843-1844

KEYWORDS: ancient history politics military antiquity Rome Italy Europe Edward Gibbon classical

$40.00
1y38/28

Random Recollections of the House of Commons From the Year 1830 to the Close of 1835 Including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of All Parties


ONE OF NO PARTY

Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plates with raised bands & gilt rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xii + 382pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine with loosened title plate, moderate scuffing to boards & edges/corners, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1836

KEYWORDS: politics political history anecdotes biographies collection anthology

$60.00
1y38/31

History of British India


MURRAY, HUGH

FOLDING MAP & 7 TITLE PLATES, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 748pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page egdes, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 9cm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 1850

KEYWORDS: history politics British India colonisation colonies military empire

$125.00
1y38/33

The Fiji of Today


BURTON, JOHN WEAR & SMALL, Rev. A. J. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & Fijian illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising.creasing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to gutters, some mild folding to top of page corners, light lining in pencil to some pages)

PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly 1910

KEYWORDS: first edition Fiji exploration travel history illustrated pacific culture plantations

$100.00
1y38/34

Historical Record of the 76th Hindoostan Regiment From Its Formation in 1787 to 30th June 1881


HAYDEN, Lieu.-COLONEL F. A. (Comp. & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 275pp, 7 folding maps + 5 plates with tissue guards, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, sm inscription in ink to rear pastedown, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: A. C. Lomax's Successors 1908

KEYWORDS: first edition history military Hindoostan Duke of Wellington war

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