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$120.00
1y39/5

The Indian Frontier War: Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions 1897


JAMES, LIONEL

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt Somali scene motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 300pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy bruising to board corners, heavy discolouration to spine, moderate soiling & light fading to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1898

KEYWORDS: India military politics history colony British empire

$355.00
1y39/8

With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine (The Official History of the New Zealand Machine Corps in the great World War 1914-1918)


LUXFORD, MAJOR J. H.

FIRST EDITION, red buckram boards, black lettering & black military motif to spine & front board, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG (light creasing & staining to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board corners, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name & scribbles in ink to front pastedown, light crack to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 world war one first machine gunners France Palestine illustrated first edition

$440.00
1y39/13

New Zealanders and the Boer War or Soldiers from the Land of the Moa


A NEW ZEALANDER [HAWDON, SARAH E.]

Scarce, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & motif to spine and front board, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to board edges, light bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light moderate rubbing to boards with light surface loss, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev owners graffiti in pen to half-title, light foxing throughout, internal gutter cracked at pp112/3 - binding is sound)

PUBLISHER: Messrs, Gordon and Gotch circa 1902

KEYWORDS: new zealand history boer war memoir military

$75.00
1y39/21

The First of Foot: The History of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)


MUIR, AUGUSTUS & PRINCESS ROYAL MARY (intro)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi+504pp, plates, 4 fold-out maps, VG+ ( v. slight creasing to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems and corners with loss, repaired with archival tape, price clipped, moderate rubbing, light foxing to inside)

PUBLISHER: The Royal Scots Historical Committee1961

KEYWORDS: history royal scots military regiment united kingdom

$150.00
1y39/26

How We Twisted the Dragons Tail: An Account of the Brilliant Naval Operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend Including a Complete List of the Roll of Honour and Awards


with 28 Illustrations

HISLAM, PERCIVAL

FIRST EDITION, Original Binding, small octavo, printed light paper covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 96pp, plates, scruffy (moderate creasing/chipping to covers, spine repaired with archival tape, 5cm closed tear to rear cover repaired with archival tape, light soiling to covers, page edges moderately tanned & soiled, light foxing throughout, front gutter 2/3 cracked repaired with archival tape, slightly shaky)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1918

KEYWORDS: history war zeebrugge ostend navy military

$18.50
xxgig147765

The Scots


HANLEY, CLIFFORD

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: David & Charles 1980

KEYWORDS: Scotland history illustrated politics culture Scottish

$16.50
xxgmd147770

The German Navy 1939-1945


BEKKER, CAJUS

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) d/s (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: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: Navy Germany world war 2 U-Boat battleships history

$8.50
xxgmd147780

CLAN FRASER


MCNIE, ALAN (compiled)

Octavo softcover (NF); 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: Cascade Publishing Company 1989

KEYWORDS: clan history Scotland Fraser heritage

$16.50
xxgmd147781

Waggish Tales of the Czechs originally entitled Gesta Czechorum


LOCKRIDGE, NORMAN (ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG), d/s (Poor); 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: The Candide Press1947

KEYWORDS: Czech history royalty anecdotes anthology

$35.00
xxgna147784

Indochina's Refugees: Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam


SCOTT, JOANNA C.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Co. 1989

KEYWORDS: history south east asia refugees

$24.50
xxgna147786

The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution


ROSEMAN, MARK

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: Penguin 2002

KEYWORDS: history word war two ww2 wwii nazi germany final solution holocaust

$14.50
xxgna147787

Children of the SS


HENRY, CLARISSA & HILLEL, MARC & MOSBACHER, ERIC (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1976

KEYWORDS: history world war two ww2 wwii stolen children aryan race eugenics

$30.00
xxgna147789

The Battles of the Somme


GIBBS, PHILIP

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 cost

PUBLISHER: William Heinnemann 1917

KEYWORDS: history battle war military somme

$17.50
xxgpb147791

An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare


BOURKE, JOANNA

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: Granta 2000

KEYWORDS: war warfare history

$9.00
xxgpd147806

Top Secret Mission


DUKE, MADELAINE & MARSHALL, BRUCE (preface)

FIRST EDITION 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Evans Brothers Limited 1954

KEYWORDS: history war memoir europe

$14.50
xxgqb147811

Squadron Will Move


FORSYTH, R.A

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 cost

PUBLISHER: McMillan & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: history war literature

$16.50
xxgqd147813

To the Bitter End, The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45


CHALMERS, MARTIN (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: Phoenix 2000

KEYWORDS: memoir nazi germany war jew history

$18.50
xxgqd147814

The Unknown Tour De France, The Many Faces of the World's Biggest Bicycle Race


WOODLAND, LES

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Van der Plas Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: cycling racing france sports history

$10.00
xxgrc147824

A History of Sex


SIMONS, G.L

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: New English Library 1970

KEYWORDS: Gender sexuality psychology physiology history feminism anthropology

$10.00
xxgrd147829

The White Tribe of Africa: South Africa in Perspective


HARRISON, DAVID

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 cost

PUBLISHER: MacMillan South Africa 1984

KEYWORDS: history south africa apartheid race afrikans

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