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$380.00
2i32a/5

History of the East Surrey Regiment: 31st Foot Huntingdonshire Regt & 70th Foot Surrey Regt, Subsequently 1st & 2nd Battalions 1702-1919 (3 Vol Set)


PEARSE, COLONEL HUGH W. & SLOMAN, BRIGADIER-GENERAL H. S.

3 VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, leather half bound cream boards, gilt lettering to spines, teg, vol1- frontispiece with tissue guard, ix-xvii + 262-468pp, illus/plates, folding maps to vols 2 & 3, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to spines & extrems, heavy cracking to front hinge of vol 1, moderate cracking to gutters, light chafing & soiling to boards, front board to vol 1 shaky, light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1, 2x folding maps detached but present- others potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co/Medici Society 1916 - 1924

KEYWORDS: military history east Surrey regiment 31st 70th foot Huntingdonshire Surrey British army line infantry illustrated

$450.00
2i32a/6

Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot) 1689 - 1918 (4 Vol Set)


CARY, A. D. L. ET AL (Compiled)

4 VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, red initials & Welsh dragon to front boards, frontispieces, xv-xxi & 324-498pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards & spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters of each vol, heavy crack to gutter of vol 2 with prelims partially detached, some boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Forster & Groom 1921-1929

KEYWORDS: military history royal Welsh fusiliers 23rd regiment Welch line infantry British Army illustrated

$100.00
2i32a/7

W. A. Mozart


ABERT, HERMANN & SPENCER, STEWART (Trans) & EISEN, CLIFF (Ed)

VERY HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial otavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 1515pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w & protective wrap, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Mozart history biography

$45.00
2i32a/8

The Early Serial Publication of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Volume 1


BEVANS, DARCY & TAKAHASHI, TAEKO JANE & WRIGHT, THOMAS L. (Eds)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, LACKS D/W, super ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 565pp, illus, folding maps, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hawaii Natural History Association 1988

KEYWORDS: Hawaii volcanic volcanoes natural history geology activity report

$90.00
2i32a/11

The Tour of the Third All Blacks 1935


OLIVER, C. J. & TINDILL, E. W.

Octavo, light card stapled covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 200pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & chipping to extrems, light tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate closed tearing to pages at staples to prelims & terminals, prev. ownership ink stamps to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications/Wright & Carman (Printer) 1936

KEYWORDS: sport rugby All Blacks tour 1935 England UK history union

$50.00
2i32a/12

The Book of the Great Rugby Tour With the All Blacks in Springbokland 1928


NICHOLLS, M. F.

Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, yellow lettering to front cover, printed eps, 200pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to covers & extrems, closed tearing to cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, prev. ownership ink stamps to eps, moderate rusting to staples, heavy separation of covers to staples- still intact)

PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins 1928

KEYWORDS: rugby union All Blacks Springboks South Africa history 1928 tour illustrated sport

$75.00
2i32a/13

Reports of Geological Explorations During 1888-89 With Maps and Sections


HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, light card covers, lviii + 243pp, illus, folding maps, scruffy (front cover completely missing, light foxing throughout, extensive insect damage to all page edges inc. maps)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology exploration maps history report landscape

$40.00
2i32a/14

The Last of the Windjammers (Volume 1)


LUBBOCK, BASIL

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOLUME ONLY, LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 518pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, folding diagrams, VG- (moderate scuffing & chafing to spine & boards, heavy chipping to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to pgs throughout, moderate creasing to edges of folding diagrams)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime ships boats illustrated diagrams clippers history sailing first edition

$40.00
2i32a/19

Richard Seddon: King of God's Own: The Life and Times of New Zealand's Longest-Serving Prime Minister


BROOKING, TOM

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 584pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography Richard Seddon prime ministers politics memoir

$120.00
2i32a/23

The Complete Pirelli Calendars


BERSELLI, EDMONDO & ARNOLDI, FRANCESCO NEGRI (Essay)

VERY HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, sqaure quarto, illus heavy boards, 639pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & water damage/staining to page edges) in plastic d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, heavy cracking to flaps & spine, heavy chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2007

KEYWORDS: pirelli cars calendars models history photography photos art erotica nudes

$40.00
2i32a/29

Nelson's Historic Churches


WELLS, ANNETTE

Quarto, illus glossy card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to upper edge of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson churches buildings architecture history

$32.80
xxstc171983

The Magic Mirror: Selected Writings on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan


NATHAN, GEORGE JEAN; CURTISS, THOMAS QUINN

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: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi 1960

KEYWORDS: george jean nathan the magic mirror theatre plays stagecraft history critique

$14.00
xxstc172006

Ardennes 1944


BEEVOR, ANTONY

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: Penguin 2016

KEYWORDS: militarty history world war two 2 second ww2 adrennes

$15.00
xxstc172008

Waterpower in Lowell: Engineering and Industry in Nineteenth-Century America


MALONE, PATRICK M.

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: John Hopkins University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: american history united states america us usa industry engineering

$28.50
xxstc172010

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany


BLACKBOURN, DAVID

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: Jonathan Cape 2006

KEYWORDS: german history germany water engineering nature landscape prussia prussian nazi

$10.00
xxstc172011

Hysteric New Zealand


MAGURK, JOHN & JOURNET, TERENCE

Octavo hardcover (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 1949

KEYWORDS: new zealand history humour comic

$32.50
xxstc172021

The Dreyfus Affair and the Crisis of French Manhood


FORTH, CHRISTOPHER E.

Super octavo hardcover (N. 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: John Hopkins 2004

KEYWORDS: crisis of masculinity gender history french gendered body image dreyfus affair

$15.00
xxstd172024

Cathedral: The Story of its Construction


MACALAY, DAVID

Quarto 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:

KEYWORDS: cathedral architecture history church

$18.50
xxstd172025

City


MACAULAY, DAVID

Quarto 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: Collins 1982

KEYWORDS: city architecture roman history

$45.00
2i32a/32

There's Gold in Rocky


BOYER, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jack Boyer 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated autobiography memoir Jack Boyer gold hunting prospecting

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