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$25.00
xxedb167360

F Section, SOE : The Buckmaster Networks


RUBY, MARCEL

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: Leo Cooper Ltd 1988

KEYWORDS: history France French resistance F section Special Operations Executive ww2 world war 2 two second

$10.00
xxedb167367

Tepoztlan Village in Mexico


LEWIS, OSCAR

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc 1960

KEYWORDS: history Mexico village Tepoztlan map anthropology revolution social structure family drawings

$28.50
xxedb167368

Looking Flash Clothing in Aotearoa New Zealand


LABRUM, BRONWYN & MCKERGOW, FIONA & GIBSON, STEPHANIE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand clothes clothing fashion drawings photos colour black & white

$35.00
xxedb167371

Schizophrenia : The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry


SZASZ, THOMAS

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: Oxford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: history medical psychiatry schizophrenia Dr Thomas Szasz critic contradictions non believer

$25.00
xxece167375

The Kingdom By the Sea : A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain


THEROUX, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: travel guide history UK Great Britain coast coastal areas towns cities beach bay

$24.50
xxecb167384

Formula 1 Decades An Illustrated History of Grand Prix Champions 1950 - 1996


TIPLER, JOHN

Quarto, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1996

KEYWORDS: history automotive sports formula 1 one Grand Prix champions 1950 1996 photos colour color black & white

$17.50
xxeba167393

In Crude State : A History of the Moturoa Oilfield New Plymouth


LAMBERT, RON

TIDY EX LIBRARY, imperial 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Methanex New Zealand Ltd 1995

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand New Plymouth oil oilfield Moturoa map plans cross section photos black & white

$25.00
xxeac167407

See What I Can See - New Zealand Photography for the Young and Curious


O'BRIEN, GREGORY

Imperial octavo, hardcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: art photography New Zealand young people curious history culture identity photos colour black & white

$39.50
xxgab167421

The Vancouver Voyages of the Barque Pamir


WELLS, RICHARD E.

Oblong 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: Sino Nis Press 1992

KEYWORDS: history steel barque Pamir great fleet German square riggers British Columbia Canada maps cross sections photos black & white

$25.00
xxgoa167424

Superfortress Over Japan : Twenty - Four Hours with a B - 29


DELANO, JACK & OSTMAN, ROBERT E. & ROYAL, D. COLE

Imperial octavo, softcover (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Motor Books International 1996

KEYWORDS: history military aviation B 29 bomber bomb Japan ww2 world war 2 second photos black & white

$80.00
1b44a/5

Diplomacy of Illusion - The British Government and Germany 1937 - 39


MIDDLEMASS, KEITH

Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 510pp, VG+ (v. slight dampstaining to boards) in blue d/w VG (light wearing to edges of covers)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972

KEYWORDS: ww2 wwii world war two british government history

$95.00
1b44a/7

The German Penetration of SOE - France 1941 - 1944


FULLER, JEAN OVERTON

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light/moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (moderate sun fading to spine, light rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1975

KEYWORDS: history special operations exexcuitive france germany wartime intelligence

$45.00
1b44a/8

The Technical Development of Modern Aviation


MILLER, RONALD & SAWERS, DAVID

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 351pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light/moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (moderate chipping to top edge, 1cm closed tear to top foreedge, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968

KEYWORDS: history aviation aero techincal economics flying biplane monoplane

$40.00
1b44a/10

Hankey - Man of Secrets Volume 2 1919 - 1931


ROSKILL, STEPHEN

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, red buckram heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 608pp, illus - plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, occasional soiling to page edges) in d/w Scruffy (heavy chipping to edgesm 3cm lossy tear to top front left corner, heavy sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1972

KEYWORDS: world war one ww1 wwi hankey history war government biography

$35.00
1b44a/18

One Wing High- Halifax Bomber - the Navigator's Story


LOMAS, HARRY

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, Near FINE in illus d/w Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Airlife 1995

KEYWORDS: aero pilot halifax bomber memoir history world war two ww2 wwii raf r.a.f.

$40.00
1b44a/24

The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition


ELWORTHY, FREDERICK THOMAS

LACKS D/W, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 471pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company 1989

KEYWORDS: superstition evil eye esoteric supernatural ancient history symbols symbolism religion

$55.00
1b44a/25

A Million Miles in the Air: Personal Experiences, Impressions and Stories of Travel by Air


OLLEY, Capt. GORDON P.

Super octavo, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, 320pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning/staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, top portion of fep removed, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to fep, sm unobtrusive numbers in ink to top of half title page, moderate foxing to pages- text still clear)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton n/d (approx. 1934)

KEYWORDS: Gordon Olley aviation history anecdotes autobiography pilot flying flight illustrated

$55.00
1b44a/29

Chants de Noces des Juifs Catalans


GIFREU, PATRICK

TEXT IN FRENCH & HEBREW, half super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to apine & covers, 69pp, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to cover edges, moderate discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Mare Nostrum 1998 (approx.)

KEYWORDS: history text in French Hebrew

$65.00
1b44a/30

Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies That Made Aviation Possible


ABZUG, MALCOLM J. & LARRABEE, E. EUGENE

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, white/cream lettering to spine & boards, xvii + 373pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light foxing to top page edges, sm. unobtrusive numbers to top fep in ink)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: aviation history technology engineering illustrated

$47.50
1b44a/35

With Them Through Hell: New Zealand Medical Services in the First World War


ROGERS, ANNA

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & white lettering to spine, 494pp, illus, Near FINE (sl scuffing to board edges)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history medical ww1 first world war one 1 illustrated

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