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$40.00
1y55a/12

Jane's Fighting Ships 1982-83


JANE, FRED T. (Founder ) & MOORE, Capt. JOHN (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 936pp total, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, light tanning & soiling to page edges, tape residue to front pastedown, moderate foxing to half title page & some prelims, partial contents page taped to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing Company 1982

KEYWORDS: maritime Jane's nautical ships boats history early 80s eighties warships military naval navy silhouette recognition stats engineering design

$40.00
1y55a/16

Sleeps Standing Moetu


IHIMAERA, WITI & KELLY, HEMI

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella

$45.00
1y55a/22

Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics


CHUEV, FELIX & RESIS, ALBERT (Ed, Intro & Notes)

SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERLINING TO TEXT & NOTES TO MARGINS, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to red cloth spine, xxiii + 438pp, VG+ (aforementioned highlighting & underlining- v occasional & relatively unobtrusive, light bruising & fading to top spine extrem, light foxing & ink marking to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & front cover, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Ivan R. Dee 1993

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian politics Felix Chuev V M Molotov history 20th twentieth century Kremlin

$60.00
1y55a/28

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (De Luxe Edition)


LAWRENCE, T. E.

DE LUXE EDITION, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 672pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to some gutters sporadically throughout, sm annotation in ink to terminal page) in d/w, scruffy/delicate (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate to heavy staining, heavy cracking to folds of flaps, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Garden City Publishing 1938

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia literature Arabian adventures military history warfare

$18.50
xxpmj176185

Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery That Transformed Tudor England


EVANS, JAMES

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013

KEYWORDS: English history tudors tudor times exploration merchant sailing Asia British

$17.50
xxpmj176186

Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies


MORTIMER, IAN

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: Continuum 2012

KEYWORDS: medieval history royal families mysteries conspiracy theories

$15.00
xxpmj176187

Tudor: The Family Story 1437 - 1603


DE LISLE, LEANDA

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: Chatto & Windus 2013

KEYWORDS: British history royal families tudors tudor medieval

$20.00
xxpmk176193

Wasn't That a Time? Growing Up Radical and Red in America


SCHRANK, ROBERT

SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERLINING, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) boards sl warped; 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: The MIT Press 1998

KEYWORDS: US America American history autobiography memoir Robert Schrank socialism socialist movement politics political labour labor radicalism

$22.50
xxpml176196

The Prisoners of Perote: Containing a Journal Kept by the Author, Who Was Captured by the Mexicans, at Mier, December 25, 1842, and Released From Perote, May 16, 1844


STAPP, WILLIAM PRESTON & SHAW, CHARLES (Illus)

SOME ANNOTATIONS TO TEXT/MARGINS, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 1977

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir William Preston Stapp war prisoners Mexico history

$30.00
xxpml176197

The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam


NINH, BAO & HAO, PHAN THANH (Trans) & PALMOS, FRANK (Ed)

SOME ANNOTATIONS & HIGHLIGHTING TO TEXT/MARGINS THROUGHOUT, FIRST US EDITION, 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: Pantheon Books 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first edition war history literature Vietnam

$9.50
xxpml176200

Narrative of Voyage to New Zealand: Volume 1


NICHOLAS, J. L.

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Wilson & Horton N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history voyages exploration settlers pioneers anecdotes

$22.50
xxpml176201

Fidel Castro Handbook


GALLOWAY, GEORGE

Sm 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: Hachette/MQ Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: Fidel Castro biography politics Cuba revolution history

$22.50
xxpml176202

One Front Across the World


HYDE, DOUGLAS

OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & ANNOTATION TO SOME PAGES, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy damp staining to boards & internal sides of jacket; 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: The Newman Press 1956

KEYWORDS: Douglas Hyde Asia communism Christianity history

$27.50
xxpnc176203

Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu


DEMERY, MONIQUE BRINSON

OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & ANNOTATION TO TEXT, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs 2013

KEYWORDS: Vietnam politics Madame Nhu republic government history biography Le Xuan Tran

$27.50
xxpnc176206

The British Bomber Since 1914: Fifty Years of Design and Development


LEWIS, PETER

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: Putnam & Company 1967

KEYWORDS: first edition uncorrected proof aviation history military British bombers fighters raf design engineering

$15.00
xxpnc176207

Circus Doctor


HENDERSON, J. Y. & TAPLINGER, RICHARD

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: Bonanza Books 1951

KEYWORDS: veterinary healthcare history J Y Henderson autobiography Barnum circus animals vets

$25.00
xxpne176214

The Reagan Phenomenon - and Other Speeches on Foreign Policy


KIRKPATRICK, JEANE J.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: American Enterprise Institute 1983

KEYWORDS: US American America politics Ronald Reagan history speeches addresses essays collection foreign policy relations

$15.00
xxpnh176235

Off Course: From Truman to Nixon


TUGWELL, REXFORD G.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) some occasional underlining & notations in ink; 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: Praeger Publishers 1971

KEYWORDS: US American America politics presidents history political 20th twentieth century

$16.50
xxpnk176243

Between Two Waters: Narratives of Transculturation in Latin America


SPITTA, SILVIA

EX-LIBRARY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Rice University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Latin America culture American narratives history criticism acculturation literature communication

$25.00
xxpnl176245

The Story of the Garden


ROHDE, ELEANOUR SINCLAIR & KING, Mrs. FRANCIS (Chapter on American Gardens)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1989

KEYWORDS: gardens history medici society architecture lore culture

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