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$15.00
xxsef148389

The Story of Marco Polo


PRICE, OLIVER & CASTELLON, FEDERICO (illus)

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: Samson Low 1960

KEYWORDS: children's stories history marco polo illustarted

$25.00
xxseg148397

ABC of Heraldry


ROTHERY, GUY CADOGAN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Stanley, Paul & Co 1915

KEYWORDS: heraldry family history crests

$25.00
xxseg148399

Handbook of Heraldry: With INstructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS


Rules for appointment of liveries

CUSSANS, JOHN E.

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: Chatto & Windus 1882

KEYWORDS: heraldry crests coat of arms family history ancestry

$18.50
xxsei148417

Great Tales from English History: Chaucer to the Glorious Revolution 1387-1688


LACEY, ROBERT

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2004

KEYWORDS: history england united kingdom britain

$25.00
xxsei148419

Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince. A Life from Contemporary Documents


PERRY, MARIA

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: Folio Society 1990

KEYWORDS: history royalty england royal family elizabeth the first folio society

$20.00
xxsej148429

Oamaru NZ: Town with a Future


TAIT, A.R (intro)

Imperial octavo stapled wrapper (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: North Otago Progress League (N/D)

KEYWORDS: new zealand history oamaru otago

$16.50
xxsel148457

Politics in the Congo: Decolonization and Independence


YOUNG, CRAWFORD

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: Princeton University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: Congo history politics Africa Belgian

$28.50
xxsen148461

The Pioneer Explorers of New Zealand


ELDER, J.R

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: Blackie & Son 1929

KEYWORDS: new zealand history pioneer explorers colonisers earky settlers

$30.00
xxsen148464

The Encyclopedia of Rock. Vols. 1-3: The Age of Rock 'n' Roll, From Liverpool to San Francisco, The Sounds of the Seventies.


HARDY, PHIL (ed.) & LAING, DAVE (ed.)

3 Volume Set, 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: Panther 1976

KEYWORDS: music history rock n roll

$600.00
1y43/35

Coat of Arms Quarterly January 1950 - Autumn 2010


BROOKE-LITTLE, JOHN (Ed) & CHEESMAN, CLIVE (Ed)

COMPLETE RUN JANUARY 1950 - AUTUMN 2010 IN 35 VOLUMES (1953 IN SAME VOL. AS 1952), & 2 INDEX VOLUMES (1970-1977 & 1978-1998), octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mostly VG-VG+ on older publications (light scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plates to prelims & previous owner's name in pencil to some vols) Near FINE for modern publications

PUBLISHER: The Heraldry Society 1950-2010

KEYWORDS: heraldry coat of arms quarterly family genealogy family history

$50.00
1y43/40

Howick Ranges: A History of Point View Drive


PEAT, JOHN H.

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, illus title page & prelims, 208pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: John H Peat 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Howick Ranges north island

$95.00
1y43/46

History of North Otago From 1853: With Interesting Records of the Developments of Oamaru and its Institutions


ROBERTS, W. H. S. ET AL & LOVELL-SMITH, Mr. (Fore)

Octavo, grey light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, folding map to front, folding frontispiece, 191pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: (Publisher & Printer not stated) 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history north Otago south island Oamaru

$75.00
1y44/10

Porsche 356 & 550: A Pictorial History


RASMUSSEN, HENRY & PORSCHE, FERRY (Fore)

Oblong imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, white & red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Top Ten Publishing 1992

KEYWORDS: cars muscle Porsche 356 550 history motor illustrated pictorial engineering engines

$40.00
1y44/12

Early Fruitgrowing in Canterbury New Zealand


WARD, GERALD

Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate sun fading to cover edges & spine, light scuffing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Spotted Shag Press 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Canterbury fruit growing fruitgrowers culture settlements history horticulture

$28.50
1y44/19

The Noble Horse


DOSSENBACH, MONIQUE & DOSSENBACH, HANS D. & HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore)

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, whit lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with some archival tape repair to top spine extrem, light sun fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1994

KEYWORDS: horses illustrated animals equine history evolution culture

$45.00
xxsep148479

The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861: In Three Volumes


BENSON, ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER & ESHER, VISCOUNT (eds)

3 Vol Set, 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: John Murray 1908

KEYWORDS: Letters Queen Victoria correspondence Britain history royalty

$18.50
xxset148496

Some Early History of the Waimarino


BROWN, M.J. (pres)

Stapled light card wrapper (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: Waimarinio Museum Society (1982?)

KEYWORDS: Waimarino New Zealand history

$48.50
1y44/45

Archangel 1918-1919


IRONSIDE, EDMUND

Octavo, green buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, top page egdes stained green, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Coompany 1953

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Field Marshal Lord Ironside illustrated

$55.00
1y44/46

To Greece: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45


McCLYMONT, W. G.

Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 539pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch DIA 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Greece ww2 second world war 2 two illustrated

$45.00
1y44/48

Roman Eagles Over Ethiopia


DEL VALLE, P. A.

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 201pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Battery Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history military politics illustrated Italy Africa Italo-Ethiopian war

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