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Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands 1960-1990
The Jet Age Series
THIS VOLUME ONLY; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2015
KEYWORDS: britain british air force RAF aeronautics military history falklands cold war technology
New Zealand Freshwater Fishes: A Guide and Natural History
imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, archival tape repar) ; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1978
KEYWORDS: new zealand nature fish fisheries natural history
The First Hundred Years
octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w ; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Longman's Green & Co. 1954
KEYWORDS: australia australian history colonialism settlers
A Churchill Anthology: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Sir Winston Churchill
super octavo hardcover (VG-), lacks d/w ; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Odhams Press Limited 1962
KEYWORDS: british britain history military politics churchill speeches
Champion Year: My Battle for the Drivers' World Title
super ovtavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William KImber 1959
KEYWORDS: auto racing car automobile racecar history le mans
Otago Boys' High School Old Boys' Centennial Register
1863-1963
super octavo hardcover (VG, rebound) ; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Otago High School Old Boys' Society Inc. 1963
KEYWORDS: dunedin otago boys history school education
In Search of Central Otago
super octavo hardcover (VG-), lacks d/w ; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1947
KEYWORDS: history new zealand central otago travel
Schools in New Zealand Society: a book of readings
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand history schools school education pedagogy sociology curriculum culture
The Shotover River -- 'The Richest River in the World': A History of Gold Mining on the Shotover River
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Lakes District Museum 1993
KEYWORDS: shotover river new zealand history gold mining gold rush wakatipu queenstown otago lakes district
George Street (Normal) School Centennial Souvenier Programme
April 3, 4, 5, 6, 1980
octavo stapled wrappers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: George Street School 1980
KEYWORDS: dunedin otago normal school history new zealand pedagogy centennial
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure
Super octavo hardover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2012
KEYWORDS: biography britain british ww2 world war II military history walking travel europe polyglot
The Life & Art of William Strutt 1825-1915
NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#655/1500), oblong folio, quarter leather bound with grey cloth boards, silver gilt & red lettering to spine, silver gilt rule & blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, title plate to front board, frontispiece, 259pp, illus/plates, Near FINE, in clam shell slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1980
KEYWORDS: art history William Strutt biography memoir illustrated limited numbered edition
The Traditional Music of Thailand
Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems with some light surface loss, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976
KEYWORDS: music culture Thailand Asia illustrated tradition history
Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xviii + 272pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Studies in Archaeology 2020
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology illustrated New Guinea exploration ancient history antiquity pottery subsistence trading clay
The Jensen Healey Stories
Super octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to both pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy peeling to spine, moderate soiling to covers, light fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: Jensen Healey cars motor classic automotive sport motorsport illustrated engineering history biography
Waitahuna Memories
Octavo, illus stapled heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 130pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light soiling, scuffing and wrinkling to covers, prev owners name in ink to title page, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed n/d c.1947
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitahuna Central Otago illustrated settlers
I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House!
Octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 246pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems/edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Proteus 1979
KEYWORDS: boxing sport autobiography John L Sullivan memoir history
The Boxing Referee: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Duties of a Referee and an Explanation of the Queensberry Rules Relating to Boxing Contests and Competitions
INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green leather soft boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vii + 92pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tape staining to eps, various historical ownership names in ink to prelims, light creasing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Queenhithe Printing and Publishing c.1910
KEYWORDS: sport boxing refereeing rules guidelines history knock-outs signed
The National Sporting Club: Past and Present
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY BOTH AUTHORS, PLATES LOOSE, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 215pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing with some surface loss to boards & edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tape residue to eps, prev. owner's name stamp to half title page & contents page, moderate cracking to gutters throughout- some plates loose)
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901
KEYWORDS: sport club house history illustrated boxing signed national sporting club
Peranakan Indians of Singapore and Melaka: Indian Babas and Nonyas-Chitty Melaka
Square super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xiv + 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, publishing label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2006
KEYWORDS: Asia India Southeast Melaka Peranakan culture illustrated photos history