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$24.50
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Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses


WORSLEY, LUCY

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: Faber & Faber 2007

KEYWORDS: medieval europe literature cavalier william cavendish king charles i court of manege biography history england

$30.00
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Casanova's Women


SUMMERS, JUDITH

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: Bloomsbury 2006

KEYWORDS: casanova casanova's lovers women womanizer giacomo biography history

$15.00
xxykb178970

Silk: From the Myths & Legends to the Middle Ages


LOWRY, PRISCILLA

Very tidy ex-library. 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: St John's Press 2008

KEYWORDS: silk history of trading legends use textile the road marco polo

$30.00
xxykb178972

Quantrill in Texas: The Forgotten Campaign


PETERSON, PAUL

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: Cumberland House 2007

KEYWORDS: texas william clarke quantrill campaign history american civil war biography

$35.00
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Veteran & Vintage Motor Cycles


SHELDON, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Batsford 1961

KEYWORDS: vintage motor cycles auto automobiles veteran motorbikes history

$20.00
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Te Ata


IHIMAERA, WITI & ELLIS, NGARINO

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: Reed 2002

KEYWORDS: maori art east coast iwi aotearoa new zealand nz te tairawhiti history painting carving

$22.50
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The King Who Never Was: The Story of Frederick, Prince of Wales


DE-LA-NOY, MICHAEL

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: Peter Owen 1996

KEYWORDS: frederick prince of wales king george ii iii heir to british throne royalty royal history england english

$30.00
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Motor Cycle Cavalcade


IXION

Second revised impression. 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: Iliffe & Sons 1951

KEYWORDS: motor cycles motorbikes auto history

$19.50
xxykb178988

Taim Bilong Masta: The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea


NELSON, HANK; BOWDEN, TIM

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: Australian Broadcasting Commission 1982

KEYWORDS: australian government papua new guinea international relations politics political history australia

$20.00
xxykb178991

Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey


CHILDS, JESSICA

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: henry howard earl of surrey viii king british royal royalty history britain england english

$40.00
1y76a/15

J.J.'s Dunedin: Episodes in the Making of James John Marlow


CONLY, D. G.

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, cream light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to covers, frontispiece, 122pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings & pockets, heavy creasing & closed tearing/chipping to spine, moderate tanning & curling/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light soiling, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Tablet Printing & Publishing 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin James John Marlow JJ local history

$52.50
1y76a/16

Fergus: A Memoir of Fergus Blair McLaren by His Friends


STEWART, Wm. DOWNIE et al [MCLAREN, FERGUS]

Sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 161pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with sl loss to edges, heavy tanning to spine, moderate tanning to covers, prev. owner's name- partially erased- to front cover)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Fergus Blair McLaren biography memoir Dunedin pioneers history

$40.00
1y76a/20

Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey


STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate & black decoration & raised bands to spine, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece, illus title page, xxix + 564pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to leather & boards with some light surface loss, light soiling & folding/creasing to page edges & corners, light cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1868

KEYWORDS: British architecture history Westminster Abbey religious memorials

$40.00
1y76a/21

A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet


VISCOUNT CUNNINGHAM of HYNDHOPE

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 715pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Admiral Viscount Andrew Brown Cunningham of Hyndhope British navy naval maritime nautical war military history

$60.00
1y76a/27

Frontier Swashbuckler: The Life and Legend of John Smith T


STEWARD, DICK

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 264pp, illus, Near FINE (boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press 2000

KEYWORDS: John Smith T biography memoir wild west frontier gunfighters history Missouri Tennessee pioneers

$40.00
1y76a/30

The Fall of Napoleon Volume 1: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813 - 1814


LEGGIERE, MICHAEL V.

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 686pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration/chafing to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, light foxin gto internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history Napoleonic wars downfall defeat France war politics military

$24.50
1y76a/32

First Catch Your Weka: A Story of New Zealand Cooking


VEART, DAVID

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 330pp, illus/photos, VG+ (gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand food cooking cookery history recipes

$40.00
1y76a/38

La Grande Armee


BLOND, GEORGES & MAY, MARSHALL (Trans)

Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 544pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & tanning to page edges, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light fading)

PUBLISHER: Castle Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte France French revolution war military grande armee history napoleonic wars

$65.00
1y76a/43

The Battle of Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape


MIKABERIDZE, ALEXANDER & SUMMERVILLE, CHRISTOPHER (Series Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, 284pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2010

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte napoleonic wars war military battles history Berezina battle

$45.00
1y80a/1

Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border


GILMORE, DONALD L.

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & discolouration to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: American civil war US America history Missouri Kansas border military politics underground movements William Clarke Quantrill

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