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$25.00
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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
xxgab167416

Mini Racing


CARLISLE, CHRISTABEL & O'BRIEN, DONOUGH (illust)

Paperback, 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: Hennel Locke Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: history automotive mini car cars race racing diagrams major British curcuits

$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

$42.50
1b44a/15

The Rhineland Crisis - 7 March 1936 - A Study in Multilateral Diplomacy


EMMERSON, J. T.

Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, 383pp, VG+ (slight sun fading to spine and bruised spine extrem) in illus d/w VG+ (light chafing to covers and v. slight rubbing to top and lower edge of cover)

PUBLISHER: Maurice Temple Smith / London School of Economics and Political Science 1977

KEYWORDS: rhineland crisis history rhine ww2 wwii world war two

$45.00
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

$75.00
1b44a/38

Celadon Now: Techniques and Beauty Handed Down From Southern Song to Today


N/A

MOST TEXT IN JAPANESE, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, green Japanese script to spine, 166pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: NHK PlaNet Chubu 2014

KEYWORDS: Japanese art history illustrated ceramics text in Japanese

$150.00
1b44a/40

The Foundation Stone: A History of the Ara Lodge 348 IC 1842-2008


GRENFELL, G. L.

HALF TITLE PAGE MISSING, FULL TITLE PAGE DETACHED BUT PRESENT, lg quarto, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp masonic motif to front board, illus eps, 568pp, illus, Near FINE (exc. flaws mentioned above) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing to front)

PUBLISHER: Ara Lodge 348 I.C. Trustees Ltd & Geoffrey L. Grenfell 2013

KEYWORDS: masonic lodge masons freemasonry history Ara lodge New Zealand Geoffrey Grenfell

$65.00
1b44a/47

Villiers, Singles & Twins: The Postwar British Two-stroke Lightweight Motorcycle


BACON, ROY

Square super octavo, green heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, illus, VG (top board edges gouged with 1cm loss, boards sl warped, light tanning to page edges & to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges with 1cm loss to top edge at rear, moderate discolouration/fading to spine, prev. bookseller's labels to front cover & front flap, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: motorcycles British transport illustrated history two-stroke

$50.00
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New Zealand's Motorcycle Heritage, Book One 1899-1931


BULL, MAUREEN A. & NIKOLAISON, GEO. E. A. (Photo)

Octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, VG- (spine cocked, moderate to heavy scuffing to boards & spine with some slight surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Masterton Publishing House 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport motorcycle history heritage illustrated

$24.50
xxgdh167461

Fantasies of the New Class - Ideologies of Professionalism in Post-World War II American Fiction


SCHRYER, STEPHEN

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: Columbia University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: history usa america professional class social classes in literature

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