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$65.00
ak1/7/161

Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006


MARSH, ROSALIND

Octavo red, olive and tan light card covers, 594pp, nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang, 2007

KEYWORDS: Russian Russia history soviet post post-soviet literature literary writers writting modern

$120.00
ak1/7/165

Peace and War: A Soldier's Life


MORGAN, GENERAL SIR FREDERICK

SCARCE, Octavo navy blue boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to front board, light foxing and tanning to edges, prev. owner's catalogue number in pen to fep. (unobtrusive), naughty child's/adult's pencil scribble to fep. (easily erasable)) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing with chips and closed tears, moderate soiling, light foxing and tanning)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1961

KEYWORDS: Memoir autobiography military history artillery first world war ww1 India Operation Torch Overlord COSSAC C.O.S.S.A.C. UNRRA U.N.R.R.A. British

$40.00
ak1/7/166

Aspects of Orkney 4: The People of Orkney


BERRY, R. J. & FIRTH, H. N. (editors)

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 346pp, VG+ (v. sl. scuffing to spine), in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Orkney Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Channel Islands Orkney British Isles history regional English Atlantic sociology

$50.00
ak1/7/169

Military Wings


DEERE, BRENDON

2 VOL. SET, octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 120pp (both volumes), VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to covers of both)

PUBLISHER: MS Marketing 1979 (vol. 1) / 1980 (vol. 2)

KEYWORDS: Military aviation New Zealand RNZAF royal air force Canberra Corsair Dakota Kittyhawk Mosquito Mustang Skyhawk Sunderland Vampire history

$40.00
ak1/7/171

Leave No Space For Yearning


GELLATLY, KELLY & HESTER, JOY

Quarto grey light card covers w/ tipped in illustration of painting to cover, black lettering to spine, illus., 64pp, VG+ (light soiling to cover)

PUBLISHER: Heide Museum of Modern Art 2001 first printing

KEYWORDS: Australian art artists artist history painting

$145.00
ak1/7/173

German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933 - 1945


VAJDA, FERENC A. & DANCEY, PETER

Quarto blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 329pp, VG+ (v. slight soiling to edges & endpapers, hint of adhesion, prev. owner's catalouge number in pen to fep., unobtrusive), in d/w nr. FINE (slightest hint of sticker residue to rear) NB ostensibly published by SAE International, in fact 2x stickers with SAE details have been pasted over the Airlife Publishing Ltd. details originally printed (also 1998)

PUBLISHER: SAE International 1998 (Airlife Publishing Ltd.)

KEYWORDS: Luftwaffe german aircraft aviation military history world war 2 ww2 RLM Reich

$25.00
ak1/7/181

Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign


D'ESTE, CARLO

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1983

KEYWORDS: world war 2 ww2 military history normandy field marshall montgomery monty european theartre france

$40.00
ak2/5/182

Galeria Mundi III: Eine Reise Durch Die Museen / A Journey Through the Galleries / Une Promenade A Travers Les Musees / Una Gira por los Museos


N/A (HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT)

HEAVY, TEXT IN GERMAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH & SPANISH, large folio pale grey cloth boards, illus., 268pp, VG+ (light foxing to boards & contents), in d/w VG+ (light foxing to covers, moderate foxing to reverse, small chip to bottom of spine), in slipcase VG (moderate foxing, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft 1988

KEYWORDS: Museums art history european Portugal Libson Antwerp Brussels Belgium Paris France Lugano Zurich Switzerland Winerthur Dresden Germany painting

$26.50
ak1/8/186

Early Man and the Ocean


HEYERDAHL, THOR

FIRST EDITION octavo hardover (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: George Allen & Unwin 1978

KEYWORDS: Modern first edition ocean oceans sea culture navigation sociology east island polynesia polynesian maritime history anthropology Pacific Atlantic voyage voyaging

$27.50
ak1/8/188

A Sailor's War


LOMBARD-HOBSON, SAM & MONSARRAT, ANN (foreword)

FIRSTE EDITION; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime naval navy history royal world war 2 ww2 military nicolas monsarrat dunkirk mediterranean

$25.00
ak1/8/190

Battle for Empire: The Very First World War 1756-63


POCOCK, TOM

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+, would be nr. FINE but for price clip); 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: Caxton Editions 1998

KEYWORDS: military history world seven years war sea power naval british george washington james wolfe americas george byng admiral william pitt

$26.50
ak1/8/191

Elizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that Saved England


HUTCHINSON, ROBERT

Octavo hardcover (nr. FINE) 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2006

KEYWORDS: english british history world queen elizabeth first 1st francis walsingham espionage spanish armada reformation elizabethan

$25.00
ak1/8/192

Saints, Scholars and Schizophrenics: Mental Illness in Rural Ireland


SCHEPER-HUGHES, NANCY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2001 (Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Updated and Expanded)

KEYWORDS: Ballyban rural Ireland irish history british isles psychology sociology dingle peninsula ethnography

$26.50
ak1/8/195

Havelock North: From Village to Burough 1860 - 1952


GRANT, S. W. & DICK, PATRICIA (illus.)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hawkes Bay Newspapers Limited 1978

KEYWORDS: havelock north new zealand hastings regional history north island waimarama napier hawke's bay hawkes east coast north island

$32.50
ak1/8/196

No Place to Linger: Saga of a Wartime Atlantic Kiwi


HOLM, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Holmwork Publishers 1985

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history anzac naval maritime navy atlantic world war 2 ww2 u boat u-boats royal convoy convoys

$25.00
ak1/8/199

On A Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren


JARDINE, LISA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins harper collins 2002

KEYWORDS: Sir Christopher Wren St Pauls saint cathedral architect architectural history art british england english biography

$35.00
ak1/8/199

A Short History of American Capitalism


WEINBERG, MEYER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: New History Press 2003

KEYWORDS: economics economic history politics business capitalism sociology american united states america US USA

$30.00
ak1/8/200

Celebration: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand


LEACH, ANDREW & MATHEWSON, GILL (editors)

Quarto 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: SAHANZ 2005 (Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand)

KEYWORDS: new zealand australia oceania australasia architecture architectural history SAHANZ society of historians Napier

$30.00
ak1/8/201

Underwater Wonders of New Zealand


TORCKLER, GILLIAN & DARRYL

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: New Holland 1999

KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime natural history underwater photography nature sea sealife biology

$40.00
ak2/1/224

Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship


CUTLER, CARL C.

Quarto pale cream cloth boards, gilt & blue lettering to spine, illus., 688pp, VG+ (would be nr. FINE save for light foxing to boards), in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1960 (Third Edition)

KEYWORDS: Clipper ships clippers US USA united states america maritime history

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