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$95.00
1d30b/59

A Policeman's Paradise? Policing a Stable Society 1918-1945: The History of Policing in New Zealand, Volume Four


DUNSTALL, GRAEME

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, maps to prelims, xii + 528pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate sun fading to spine and back edges, 1cm closed tear to rear cover nr. spine)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Printing Company 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand police history illustrated law enforcement

$55.00
1d30b/63

British Merchant Shipping


JONES, CLEMENT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 284pp + 8pp adverts, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 1cm crack to top of spine hinge, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's small name label to fep, Shippping Officers' Guild ink stamps to prelims & sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, tatty (heavy chipping & closed tearing to edges, heavy tanning to spine, light staining to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime shipping merchant history sail steam trade first edition

$60.00
1d30b/64

Vickers Aircraft


ANDREWS, C. F. & MORGAN, E. B.

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 593pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edgesprev. owner's small name label to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Putnam/Conway Maritime Press 1988

KEYWORDS: military aviation history engineering Vickers aircraft illustrated

$27.00
xxfwb167765

Views of 18th Century China - Costumes, History - Customs


ALEXANDER, WILLIAM & MASON, GEORGE HENRY

Quarto, 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: Studio Editions / Bestseller Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: china 18th century pictorial engravings history trade customs

$30.00
xxqdn167781

Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting


DOCKING, GIL

FIRST EDITION, folio, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) in slipcase (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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand art artist artists 200 two hundred years paint painting paintings colour

$15.00
xxgve167786

Waterloo


HIBBERT, CHISTOPHER

Super octavo, soft cover (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: Wordsworth Limited Editions 1998

KEYWORDS: waterloo napolean history

$15.00
xxgve167788

The Military Experience in the Age of Reason


DUFFY, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo, soft cover (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: Wordsworth Editions 1998

KEYWORDS: military history european 18th century

$10.00
xxgvf167800

Champagne - How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War & Hard Times


KLADSTRUP, DON & KLADSTRUP, PETIE

Octavo, soft cover (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: Harper Collins 2005

KEYWORDS: champagne france alcohol history food and drink drinking wine

$15.00
xxqdo167805

The Barbary Slaves


CLISSOLF, STEPHEN

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: Purnell Book Services 1977

KEYWORDS: history barbary slaves corsairs

$15.00
xxqdo167808

Edinburgh


SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, G.

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: B. T. Batsford 1947

KEYWORDS: edinburgh scotland travel history

$15.00
xxqdo167809

Edinburgh


SITWELL, SACHEVERELL & BAMFORD, FRANCIS

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: John Lehmann 1948

KEYWORDS: edinburgh scotland travel history

$20.00
xxqdr167810

The Royal Air Force and Two World Wars


DEAN, SIR MAURICE

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: Cassell / Macmillan 1979

KEYWORDS: history royal airforce world war one two ww1 ww2 wwi wwii raf

$185.00
1d30b/68

Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory 1923


N/A

Super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, red speckled page edges, printed eps, xl + 1102pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & moderate chipping to spine/boards/extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, cracking to front gutter, 8cm tear to fep at spine/gutter)

PUBLISHER: Mercantile Marine Dept./Tower Hill, London 1923

KEYWORDS: navy naval maritime mercantile list history nautical shipping steam motor sailing boats Merchant Shipping Act 1894 British

$60.00
1i32b/1

Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings 1935-45 Vol 1


MERRICK, K. A. & PENTLAND, GEOFFREY (Illus)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, orange heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 164pp, illlus, VG (moderate bruising & disclouration to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, tatty (very heavy chipping with some loss to edges- esp. the top spine, moderate chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1973

KEYWORDS: luftwaffe German military history aviation illustrated camouflage markings engineering

$40.00
1i32b/3

The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the US 8th Air Force)


FREEMAN, ROGER A. & RABBETS, JOHN B. (Illus)

REVISED EDITION, quarto, maroon heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, date in ink to copyright page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light staining & chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing Company 1986

KEYWORDS: US America aviation military history fighter planes mighty eighth US 8th Air Force illustrated

$52.50
1i32b/5

Art Nouveau Architecture


RUSSELL, FRANK (Ed)

Lg quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 332pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems with sl surface loss, light foxing to page edges & eps, boards sl shaky) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, 4cm gouge to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1979

KEYWORDS: art history building architecture nouveau illustrated Europe US America

$50.00
1i32b/9

The Enchanted Coast


HOST, EMILY

Octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to eps, 148pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with several closed tears, light tanning & foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Nelson Tasman illustrated

$42.50
1i32b/13

The Land and the Book


THOMSON, W. M.

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine & front board, blind decorative rule to spine & boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 718pp, illus, folding map to front, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. ownership names in ink to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, 4cm closed tear & foxing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: T. Nelson & Sons 1867

KEYWORDS: Palestine Judea history illustrated culture customs

$18.50
xxqdr167814

The Navy at War 1939 - 1945


ROSKILL, STEPHEN

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: Wordsworth Editions 1998

KEYWORDS: history naval navy world war two ww2 wwii

$15.00
xxqdr167824

Das Theater im NS-Staat - Szenarium desutscher Zeitgeschichte 1933 - 1945


DREWNIAK, BOGUSLAW

TEXT IN GERMAN. 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: Droste 1983

KEYWORDS: text in german germany history theatre

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