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$65.00
ak2/5/261

The Australian Daughters of Mary Aikenhead: A Century of Charity 1838-1938


CULLEN, REV. JOHN H.

Octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, illus., preface+235pp, VG- (tidy ex-library, usual stamps + borrowing card in pocket at rear, light scuffing & rubbing to baords, moderate fading to spine and front board, tanning & foxing to edges, light foxing and soiling to contents)

PUBLISHER: Pellegrini & Co. 1938

KEYWORDS: Mary Aikenhead Australia australian convent convents pioneer catholic catholicism christian christianity religion history religious spirituality nuns sisters charity

$40.00
ak2/5/266

The Church in A Multi-Cultural Society


ARBUCKLE, G.

Folio hard blue boards, type-written, illus., VG- (ex-library, usual stamps and stickers, moderate scuffing & soiling, prev. owner's name to boards/fep.)

PUBLISHER: Sociological Survey: Pastoral Needs of Maoris and Polynesian Immigrants in New Zealand 1976

KEYWORDS: sociology pastoral care polynesian pacific island Pasifika Maori Mission Marist church religion new zealand history religious christian christianity Wellington catholic catholicism spirituality

$55.00
ak2/5/267

THE STORY CHALLENGE HISTORY OF TAWHITI A MARU


DAVIS, FR. J.

INSCRIBED & SIGNED; Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., 160pp VG+ (tidy ex-library, light wear and scuffing, sl. fading to covers, sticker to spine)

PUBLISHER: NA / Archdiocese of Wellington 1981

KEYWORDS: Maori Mission church religion new zealand history religious christian christianity Wellington catholic catholicism spirituality Wairoa Tawhiti ta whiti a maru

$25.00
ak2/5/268

The Charting of the Oceans: Ten Centuries of Maritime Maps


WHITFIELD, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pomergranate Artbooks 1996

KEYWORDS: Maritime cartography maps history charts ocean shipping

$24.50
ak2/5/269

Speeches That Shaped New Zealand 1814-1956


TEMPLETON, HUGH; TEMPLETON, IAN; & EASBY, JOHN

Super octavo softcover, french flaps, nr. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hurricane Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history speeches politcis colonial pioneer

$37.50
ak2/5/273

Steamers Down the Firth


W. A. LAXON

SIGNED BY AUTHOR ;Octavo stapled 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W. A. Laxon 1966

KEYWORDS: Steamer steamers Auckland Clevedon Steam Navigation Company maritime history New Zealand

$24.50
ak2/5/274

My Just War: The Memoir of a Jewish Red Army Soldier in World War II


TEMKIN, GABRIEL

Octavo hardcover (nr. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Presido 1998

KEYWORDS: world war two 2 ww2 second military history memoir russian front russia red army jewish Poland polish Nazi

$24.50
ak2/5/276

The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty and the Italian Resistance


ROMAGNOLI, G. FRANCO

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (nr. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press 2009

KEYWORDS: autobiography military memoir history Italy italian resistance world war two second 2 ww2

$35.00
ak2/6/295

The Racing Schoner Westward


HAMILTON-ADAMS, C. P.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Stanford Maritime 1976

KEYWORDS: maritime history schooner schooners racing yachts yachting yacht sail sailing Alexander S Cochrane Cowes Westward

$150.00
ak2/6/300

StuG.III-IV at War


MUNCH, KARLHEINZ & TROJCA, WALDEMAR

Quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus., 216pp, VG+ (light to moderate adhesion damage to pages sporadically, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Malopolska Poligrafia / Model Hobby / Trojca Katowice - Speyer 2006

KEYWORDS: operational history company world war 2 two second ww2 German Armed Forces assault gun armoured warfare vehicle armour Panzer Sturmgeschutz III IV Sturmgeschutz-III Sturmgeschutz-IV tanks tank

$70.00
ak2/6/301

Pz.Kpfw.IV Aust. A-F at WAR


MUNCH, KARLHEINZ & TROJCA, WALDEMAR

Quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus., 208pp, VG+ (light adhesion damage to pages sporadically, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Malopolska Poligrafia / Model Hobby / Trojca Katowice - Speyer 2006

KEYWORDS: operational history company world war 2 two second ww2 German Armed Forces assault gun armoured warfare vehicle armour Panzer IV PzKpfw tanks tank

$22.50
xxyjb157228

The Origins of the Maori Wars


SINCLAIR, KEITH

Ex-library, 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: NZ University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: history nz new zealand aotearoa maori wars waitara pictorial

$35.00
xxpfd157274

The Illustrated Atlas of the Nineteenth Century World


MARTIN, MONTGOMERY (ed)

Big quarto (36cm tall), hardcover (NR 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: Bracken / Bestseller Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: atlas history 19th century maps facts geography

$12.50
xxpej157314

Fighter Pilots or World War II


JACKSON, ROBERT

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: Arthur Barker / Weidenfeld 1976

KEYWORDS: fighter pilots world war two ww2 history

$13.50
xxpeb157341

Elizabethan England


DODD, A. H.

Imperial 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: Book Club Associates 1974

KEYWORDS: history elizabethan england pictorial

$40.00
ak2/7/303

The Romance of Ballooning: The Story of the Early Aeronauts


N/A [JOBE, J. (preface)]

Folio hardcover orange cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 197pp., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, unobtrusive tape repair by prev, owner to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Edita Lausanne / Viking Press 1971

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronaut areonautical balloon balloons ballooning history flight

$25.00
ak2/7/308

The Sailors Whom Nelson Led: Their Doings Described By Themselves


FRASER, EDWARD

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1913

KEYWORDS: maritime naval military history age of sail Horatio Nelson Napoleonic wars warfare British Royal Navy

$40.00
ak2/7/309

A Manual of Church History (Volumes 1 & 2)


FUNK, FRANCIS XAVIER; PERCIBALLI, P (trans.) & KENT, W. H. (ed.)

2x VOL. SET, octavo blue cloth boards, xiv+429p / vii+391pp, VG (moderate soiling and fading to boards, esp. to spines, light tanning & foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1938

KEYWORDS: Church history eclesiastical early ancient rome roman empire edict milan council trullo middle ages medieval papacy papal Christian Christianity Europe European religion religious spiritual

$175.00
ak2/8/320

Christianity in India: An Historical Narrative


KAYE, JOHN WILLIAM

LOVELY BINDING, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xvi+522pp, VG+ (school prize presentation inscription from 1868 to prelims., library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings on exterior), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co. 1859

KEYWORDS: India indian history subcontinent religion religious Christian Christianity East Company Bengal mission missions missionary proselytising Protestant Protestants

$345.00
ak2/8/321

Customes and Traditions of Palestine Illustrating the Manners of the Ancient Hebrews


PIEROTTI, ERMETE & BONNEY, T. G. (transl.)

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, viii+280pp, errata slip op. page 1, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1869 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, library catalogue number to spine, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1864

KEYWORDS: Ancient Hebrew Israelite Israel Jewish Judaism Christian Christianity religious religion history middle east biblical holy lands

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