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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

$50.00
1y76a/23

Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I


ALFORD, STEPHEN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 412pp, illus, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: British history William Cecil Burghley biography politics government Queen Elizabeth 1st first i court first edition

$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

$40.00
1y80a/2

Sieges of the English Civil Wars


BARRATT, JOHN

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 195pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to top page edges, v sl tanning to prelim page edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2009

KEYWORDS: English civil war history sieges battles 17th seventeenth century

$300.00
1y80a/5

The Early Journals of Henry Williams 1826-40


WILLIAMS, HENRY & ROGERS, LAWRENCE M. (Ed)

Limited print run of 600 copies, Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 525pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing and creasing to covers, light sunning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand missionaries religion Christianity Henry Williams history autobiography memoir journals diary

$60.00
1y80a/13

A Military History of the English Civil War, 1642-1646: Strategy and Tactics


WANKLYN, MALCOLM & JONES, FRANK

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 308pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearson Longman 2005

KEYWORDS: English civil war history 17th seventeenth century politics strategy tactics

$40.00
1y80a/15

The Magnificent Monarch: Charles II and the Ceremonies of Power


KEAY, ANNA

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 319pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2008

KEYWORDS: British English monarchy Charles ii 2nd second kings England royal family history

$22.50
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Redcoats Against Napoleon: The 30th Regiment During the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars


DIVALL, CAROLE & DOWNHAM, JOHN (forew.)

Super octavo hardcover (Nr. FINE) in d/w (Nr. FINE); 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: Pen & Sword 2009

KEYWORDS: napoleonic wars military history europe european napoleon redcoats british regiment regimental 30th thirtieth army waterloo

$30.00
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The Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaign, 1809 - 1815 (1894)


TOMKINSON, WILLIAM & JAMES

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: Kessinger Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: napoleonic wars history military peninsular wellington waterloo napoleon europe european william james tomkinson

$20.00
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Wellington's Scapegoat: The Tragedy of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bevan


HUNTER, ARCHIE & ROSE, General Sir MICHAEL (Fore)

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: Leo Cooper 2003

KEYWORDS: Peninsula war napoleonic wars Charles Bevan Almeida Wellington military history

$20.00
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Wellington: The Years of the Sword


LONGFORD, ELIZABETH

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: Harper & Row 1969

KEYWORDS: Wellington military history biography memoir British Army

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