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$70.00
1y52/32

Kenya Diary 1902-1906


MEINERTZHAGEN, COLONEL R.

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, viii + 347pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate staining to spine & rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, bookseller's ink stamp to fep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1957

KEYWORDS: Africa autobiography memoir Colonel R Meinertzhagen history colonies illustrated

$50.00
1y52/36

Rimu Gold


McGEORGE, J. H. W.

Duodecimo, grey stapled light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 24pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling to covers, moderate rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty. (Printer) 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history gold dredging prospecting digging

$17.50
xxsjj149091

Men of the Covenant: The Story of the Scottish Church in the Years of the Persecution


SMELLIE, ALEXANDER

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: The Banner of Truth Trust 1975

KEYWORDS: Scotland religion history Church persecution Christianity

$9.00
xxsjj149094

A Guide to the Waimate Mission House


STACPOOLE, J. M.

Super octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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 Zealand Historic Places Trust 1971

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Waimate photography

$10.00
xxsjj149096

British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000


DUCKERS, PETER

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: Shire Publications Ltd 2001

KEYWORDS: Britain war military soldiers awards history decoration

$185.00
1y53/2

The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1919-1956


SELLAR, R. J. B. & HORROCKS, Lieut.-Gen. Sir BRIAN (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, illus eps, xiii + 288pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w,VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, subtle tape repair to top spine extrem, moderate fading to spine, ligth chafing & discolouration to covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1960

KEYWORDS: military history yeomanry yeoman yeomen armoured warfare British army Scottish Scotland illustrated fife forfar

$475.00
1y53/6

The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire; Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of that Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in it


ARCHER, THOMAS

TWO VOLUME SET (FOUR VOLUMES BOUND AS TWO), imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering with raised bands & tooling to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, viii + 576-544pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy scufifng to spines with sl surface loss, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title pages, light creasing & closed tears to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1887

KEYWORDS: military history illustrated Egypt Soudan maps antiquity ancient British empire anthropology culture

$50.00
1y53/11

Last Man Standing: A Private Soldier's War


TRENWITH, ALICK & TENWITH, LYNNE (Preface)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, iii + 354pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chafing to spine & covers, moderate water staining to rear cover & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Blanchard Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 autobiography memoir Alick Trenwith rmt reserve mechanical transport company

$85.00
1y53/14

London's Buses: Volume One: The Independent Era 1922-1934


BLACKER, K. C. & LUNN, R. S. & WESTGATE, R. G.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 491pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, owner's name in ink to fep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing to covers, tape residue to flap edges)

PUBLISHER: H. J. Publications 1977

KEYWORDS: transport London buses illustrated history

$200.00
1y53/18

The Sea Heritage: A Study of Maritime Warfare


DREYER, ADMIRAL SIR FREDERIC C.

FIRST EDITION, lg octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, scruffy (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with heavy ugly tape repairs, tape reinforcement to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 3cm gouge to spine)

PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1955

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history military warfare illustrated navy naval British autobiography memoir Admiral Sir Frederic C Dreyer first edition

$22.50
xxsbl149151

How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939


WATT, DONALD CAMERON

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: William Heinemann 1989

KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war illustrated

$24.50
xxsbl149154

The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History


MCNEILL, J. R. & MCNEILL, WILLIAM H.

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: W. W. Norton & Company 2003

KEYWORDS: history culture anthropology ancient antiquity mankind

$18.50
xxsap149193

The Collapse of the Soviet Military


ODOM, WILLIAM E.

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: Yale University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Russia Soviet military war history politics

$65.00
1y53/41

Waitangi Tribunal Bibliography, 1975-2005: Tribunal Reports, Research Reports and Other Publications


SHOEBRIDGE, TIM & WILLIAMS, Chief Judge J. V. (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 269pp, illus, Near FINE (v light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Waitangi Tribunal 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitangi tribunal research reports treaty history

$70.00
1y53/42

Unfinished Business: The Second Fifty Years of the Nelson City Council


BELL, C. W.

SIGNED IN 1983 BY DEPUTY MAYOR & CITY MANAGER, octavo, blue faux boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt crest to front board, printed front ep, mayoral plate & blind embossed office stamp to fep, frontispiece, x + 150pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to front board) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers, 4cm closed tear to front cover with subtle tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Nelson City Council 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson south island history city council illustrated signed

$40.00
1y53/43

Sounds of Brass: History of the Takaka Citizens Band


KING, F. BRUCE

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, vi + 156pp + unpaginated appendices, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine with some light discolouration, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Stiles Printing (Printer) circa 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Takaka brass band illustrated

$27.50
xxsav149200

Marvels of Ant Life


KIRBY, W. F.

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: S.W. Patridge & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: ants natural history illustrated

$30.00
xxsav149203

Ordance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Volume Thirty-Eight: Parishes of County Donegal I 1833-5, North-East Donegal


DAY, ANGELIQUE & MCWILLIAMS, PATRICK (eds)

This volume only, imperial 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: The Institute of Irish Studies 1999

KEYWORDS: Ireland history memoirs society culture

$22.50
xxsax149208

Battle for Egypt: The Second New Zealand Division at El Alamein


VARIOUS

Stapled light card covers, 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: Army Board: Wellington 1945

KEYWORDS: world war 2 ww2 New Zealand NZ battle warfare reports history memoirs illustrated photography Egypt maps

$22.50
xxsax149210

Roads to Rome: With the Second New Zealand Division from Maadi to Florence


VARIOUS

Stapled light card covers, 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: Army Board: Wellington 1946

KEYWORDS: world war 2 ww2 New Zealand NZ battle warfare reports history memoirs illustrated photography Italy maps

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