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$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

$25.00
xxgpb167611

World Wide Navigation


NOBLE, CAPTAIN JOHN & JOHNSTON, JAMES (illust)

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: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1987

KEYWORDS: history navigation development latitude longitude maps plans tools illustrated

$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

$95.00
1c29a/23

More Than Just a Place of Work - A history of Dunedin's Hillside Railway Workshops


DOUGHERTY, IAN

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine and covers, illus prelims and title page, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to covers, light creasing to lower edge of cover)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 2015

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand dunedin otago history railway workshop hillside road

$85.00
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 (heavy 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

$65.00
1c29a/29

The Legion Condor - A History of Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939


REIS, KARL & RING, HANS & JOHNSTON, DAVID (transl.)

Quarto, dark blue cloth heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black decoration - planes to front cover. water marble effect to eps, 287pp + 1pp adverts, illus, Near FINE in illus d/w VG+ (bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Military History 1992

KEYWORDS: history luftwaffe spanish civil war legion condor world war two battle of bilbao

$40.00
1d30b/6

A History of Sri Lanka


DE SILVA, K. M.

Super octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, xx + 603pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: C Hurst & Co/University of California Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history Sri Lanka illustrated colonisation colonialism independence

$200.00
1d30b/14

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon With Narratives and Anecdotes


TENNENT, Sir J. EMERSON

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING- EPS REPLACED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt insect motif to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxiii + 500pp, illus, VG- (age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards with some sl surface loss & occassional fraying, moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts 1861

KEYWORDS: Ceylon natural history illustrated first edition animals habitats prose literature anecdotes

$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

$25.00
xxgod167566

The Handbook of Church History : The Church Between Revolution and Restoration Volume VII


LILL, RUDOLF & BECKER, PETER (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 revolution restoration religious Christian Christianity

$30.00
xxgoc167572

The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film


COWIE, SUSAN D. & JOHNSON, TOM

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: McFarland & Company Inc Publishers 2002

KEYWORDS: history anicent Egypt Egyptian mummy mummies movies books photos black & white

$39.50
xxgoa167576

American Motors Family Album


UNKNOWN

Oblong imperial 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: American Motors Corporation 1969

KEYWORDS: history United States America American motors automotive Ajax Nash Rambler profile pictures photos black & white

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