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$52.50
2i17a/4

Nga Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945


SOUTAR, MONTY

Lg quarto, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus to eps & prelims, 447pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & sl curling to edges, light sunning to edge of spine)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history illustrated 28th 28 battalion ww2 second world war 2 two

$40.00
2i17a/11

Land in Solomon Islands


BEN, Hon. WAITA ET AL

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 269pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to covers, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies 1982

KEYWORDS: Pacific islands Solomon photos illustrated history culture colonialism

$245.00
2i21a/5

The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914-1918 (6 Volume Set)


DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

6 VOLUME SET, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, blind rule to boards, ix-xv + 259-349pp, illus & folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (usual but minimal library markings, light scuffing/chafing & bruising to boards/extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to some eps- historical, light cracking to some gutters- binding still sound, some page edges rough cut)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1916-1919

KEYWORDS: military history Arthur Conan Doyle literature ww1 first 1st world war one 1 British France Flanders

$245.00
2i21a/9

Silencer: History and Performance (2 Volume Set)


PAULSON, ALAN C. & PARKER, N. R. & KOKALIS, PETER G.

2 VOLUME SET, quarto, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spines, illus title pages, vol 1- x + 412pp, vol 2- ix + 429pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Paladin Press 1996-2002

KEYWORDS: weaponry weapons history guns silencers firearms sporting sport tactical cqb assault rifles sniper technology engineering technical

$65.00
2i21a/13

The Long-Range War: Sniping in Vietnam


SENICH, PETER R.

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, xii + 268pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Paladin Press 1994

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms snipers Vietnam war history military rifles

$50.00
1w9e/12

Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist


KIRCH, PATRICK VINTON

Super octavo, orange heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xix + 379pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to lower board extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2016

KEYWORDS: exploration antiquity ancient history Polynesia archaeology archeology pacific islands

$50.00
1w9e/13

Interrogating Human Origins: Decolonisation and the Deep Human Past


PORR, MARTIN & MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE M. (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 352pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2020

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology antiquity ancient history human origins

$13.50
xxfoa171619

Spike & Co.: Inside the House of Fun with Milligan, Sykes, Galton & Simpson


MCCANN, GRAHAM

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: Hodder & Stoughton 2006

KEYWORDS: british britain humour television film associated london scripts radio media history

$18.50
xxfoa171620

Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands 1960-1990


The Jet Age Series

MARSTON, BOB

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

$10.00
xxfpb171656

The First Hundred Years


PALMER, HELEN G. & MACLEOD, JESSIE ; FREEDMAN, HAROLD (illus.)

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

$15.00
xxfpg171658

A Churchill Anthology: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Sir Winston Churchill


CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON; HEATH, F.W. (ed.)

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

$14.00
xxfpg171659

Champion Year: My Battle for the Drivers' World Title


HAWTHORN, MIKE

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

$15.00
xxfpg171660

Dare to be Free: One of the Greatest True Stories of WWII


THOMAS, W.B. 'SANDY'

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: Dryden 2001

KEYWORDS: history military wwII ww2 world war two new zealand anzac POW greece

$15.00
xxfpg171664

Otago Boys' High School Old Boys' Centennial Register


1863-1963

N/A; MURRAY, JOHN (forew.)

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

$30.00
xxfpg171666

In Search of Central Otago


SUMPTER, G. HUGH

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

$12.50
xxfpg171669

Schools in New Zealand Society: a book of readings


ROBINSON, GRAHAM H. & O'ROURKE, BRIAN T.

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

$28.50
xxfpg171671

The Story of Early Dunedin


REED, A.H.

SIGNED 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: history new zealand otago dunedin colonialism settlers

$10.00
xxfph171691

George Street (Normal) School Centennial Souvenier Programme


April 3, 4, 5, 6, 1980

N/A; GILLESPIE, DAVID T. (forew.)

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

$22.50
xxfua171710

Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure


COOPER, ARTEMIS

imperial octavo (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

$200.00
os1/61

The Life & Art of William Strutt 1825-1915


CURNOW, HEATHER

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

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