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$15.00
xxgcb167514

Early Christian Mystics - The Divine Vision of the Spiritual Masters


MCGINN, BERNARD & MCGINN, PATRICIA FERRIS

Tidy 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: Crossroad 2003

KEYWORDS: mysticism religion mystics spirituality history middle ages

$15.00
xxgfa167536

Prague Pictures : Portraits of a City


BANVILLE, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, small 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2003

KEYWORDS: history Europe city Prague Czech Republic ancient modern overview

$18.50
xxgoa167538

St Heliers Bay Centennial 1882 -1982


n.a.

Quarto, stapled booklet (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: Courier Newspaper 1982

KEYWORDS: history st heliers bay centennial saint heliers auckland centennial photography

$15.00
xxgoa167541

The Golden Road to Samarkand


BLUNT, WILFRID

Super octavo, hard cover (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: Viking Press 1973

KEYWORDS: history travel samarkand

$40.00
1c10a/5

Voices From the Surf: 80 Years of the Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club 1935-2015


EDGAR, JOHN (Fore) & COOPER, WILL (Intro)

SIGNED (POSSIBLY) BY BOB HARVEY (INCONCLUSIVE), lg oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, yellow & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers) DISC TO REAR COVER

PUBLISHER: Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Karekare surf lifesaving illustrated history

$60.00
1c29a/9

Saunders and Saro Aircraft since 1917


LONDON, PETER

Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, ix + 359pp, illus, VG+ in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1988

KEYWORDS: saunders roe saro aircraft history aircraft aviation aero flying boats

$55.00
1c29a/12

German Aircraft of the First World War


GRAY, PETER & THETFORD, OWEN

Second edition. Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edge blue, frontispiece, xxxviii + 600pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1970

KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation planes world war one ww1 wwi aeronautical military history

$30.00
xxgnb167601

The Log of Christopher Columbus


FUSON, ROBERT H.

Oblong 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: International Marine Publishing Co 1987

KEYWORDS: history Christopher Columbus explorer adventurer discovered Americas log journey maps

$38.50
xxgnb167602

Ferry Command


MCVICAR, DON & WILLIAMS, L.R.

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: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: history military aviation ww2 world war 2 two second aeroplane deliveries North America UK drawings

$35.00
xxgnb167606

Persia I & II : From the Origins to the Achaemenids


HUOT, JEAN - LOUIS & LUKONIN, VLADIMIR G. & HARRISON, H.S.B. (trans)

TWO VOLUME SET, 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: The World Publishing Co 1965

KEYWORDS: history civilization Persia ancient Iran Darius Zoroaster art sculptures statues monuments photos colour black & white

$32.50
xxgqf167630

Te Haerenga The Journey : Towards Waikato Museum , Te Whare Taonga o Waikato


MORROW, DANIEL

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: Waikato Museum 2017

KEYWORDS: history Waikato Museum artifacts objects display special items photos colour

$145.00
1c29a/19

A Passion for Flight - New Zealand Aviation Before the Great War


Volume 1 - Ideas, first flight attempts and the aeronauts 1868 -1909, Volume 2 - Aero clubs, aeroplanes, aviators and aeronauts 1910 - 1914, Volume 3 - The Joe Hammond story and military beginnings 1910 - 1914

MARTYN, ERROL W.

3 x volume set, signed, dated and inscribed by author. Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, white and biege lettering to covers, 184pp & 320pp & 208pp, illus, Near FINE (light scuff to vol3 front cover, v. slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2012 & 2013

KEYWORDS: history aviations aeronauts aeroplanes aviators joe hammond flight new zealand aviation nz

$45.00
1c29a/21

Cold War Submarines - The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines


POLMAR, NORMAN & MOORE, K. J.

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, black and white lettering to front covers, illus title page & prelims, xxiii + 407pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to page egdes,

PUBLISHER: Potomac Books 2004

KEYWORDS: naval history submarines ships usa america soviet union cold war

$60.00
1c29a/25

British Tramps and their Peacetime Contribution to World Shipping History


STEWART, I. G.

Signed, dated, and inscribed by author, heavy quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, vi + 514pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, moderate chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Ian Stewart Marine Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: history ships british tramps world shipping tramp shipping

$95.00
1c29a/26

A Clasp for The Few - New Zealanders with the Battle of Britain Clasp


WYNN, KENNETH G.

Signed & numbered limited edition, less common in hardcover, super octavo, blue cloth heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, xiv+ 470pp, illus, VG (light wear to board edges, gilt lettering fading) in illus d/w VG (light tanning and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Kenneth G. Wynn 1981

KEYWORDS: biography air crew aviation pilots r.a.f raf nz new zealand history battle of britain

$20.00
1c29a/27

Alone in the Sky


BATTEN, JEAN

Super octavo, navy heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 190pp, illus - plates to centre, Near FINE (slight bruising to lower spine extrem) in illus d/w VG+ (heavy sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books NZ 1979

KEYWORDS: memoir biography jean batten aviation pilot history new zealand nz

$75.00
1c29a/28

Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904 - 1945


POLMAR, NORMAN & CARPENTER, DORR B.

Square imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 176pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to lower spine extrem) in illus d/w VG (heavy fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1986

KEYWORDS: history submarines imperial japanese navy

$25.00
xxgoc167562

La Grande Epoque du Yachting


BARRAULT, JEAN MICHEL

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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: Chene 2009

KEYWORDS: history leisure yacht yachting sport France french photos black & white paintings colour

$25.00
xxgod167563

Handbook of Church History : The Church in the Age of Feudalism Volume III


KEMPF, FRIEDRICH & BIGGS, ANSELM (trans) et al

TIDY EX LIBRARY, THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, hardcover (NEAR 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: Burns & Oates Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: history religion church feudal feudalism religious Christian Christianity

$25.00
xxgod167564

The Handbook of Church History : From the High Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation Volume IV


BECK, HANS - GEORG & BIGGS, ANSELM (trans) et al

TIDY EX LIBRARY, THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, hardcover (NEAR 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: Burns & Oates Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: history religion church high middle ages pre reformation religious Christian Christianity

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