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$40.00
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The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh (1879-1922) 2 Vol Set


RALEIGH, Sir WALTER & RALIEGH, LADY (Ed) & SMITH, DAVID NICHOL (Preface)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces- tissue guard to vol 1 only, vol 1- xxvii + pgs 1-272, vol 2- xii + pgs 273-571, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns, sm chunk of prelims to vol 1 loosened but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1926

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Raleigh letters correspondence history autobiography

$150.00
1b45a/17

Art Nouveau


HASEKAMP, UTA

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, pgs 73-76 & pgs 225-228 torn out-missing) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 2018

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Uta Hasekemp art nouveau culture

$75.00
1b45a/18

Cassell's History of the War Between France and Germany 1870-1871 (2 Vol Set)


OLLIER, EDMUND (Preface)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & black decorative rule to spine & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 576pp, vol 2- xiv + 574pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping with some surface loss to extrems, heavy soiling/discolouration to spines & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims, frontis to vol 2 partially detached, heavy cracking to hinge of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin N/D

KEYWORDS: military history France Germany Franco-Prussian war

$400.00
1b45a/21

With Anthony Trollope in New Zealand


REED, A. H. (Ed) & SCALES, SID (Illus) [TROLLOPE, ANTHONY]

LOOSELY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt letterign to spine, 156pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Anthony Trollope travel history writing literature

$40.00
1b45a/24

Intersections: Photography, History and the National Library of Australia


ENNIS, HELEN

Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, ix + 277pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & covers, light fading, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 2004

KEYWORDS: art photos photography Australia Australian culture social history collection criticism appreciation

$600.00
1b45a/29

The Indian Tribes of North America (3 Vol Set)


McKENNEY, THOMAS L. & HALL, JAMES & HODGE, FREDERICK WEBB (Ed) & BUSHNELL, DAVID I. (Ed) & BRAUNHOLTZ, H. J. (Intro)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus to front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, viii-lxii + 355-458pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light water staining to base of pages, varying degrees of insect damage to vols 2 + 3, moderate water damage to rear board of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: John Grant 1933-34

KEYWORDS: North America indigenous people anthropology native Indian tribes culture history US American

$40.00
1b45a/32

On the Edge: Images From 100 Years of Vogue


FRASER, KENNEDY (Intro)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, blind lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxiv + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling, prev. booksellers' labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Randon House 1992

KEYWORDS: fashion magazines Vogue photography history centenary centennial models

$45.00
1b45a/39

Austin-Healey 100 & 3000 Series


ROBSON, GRAHAM

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to sine & cover egdes, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to half title page)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2001

KEYWORDS: classic cars automotive Austin-Healey 100 3000 design engineering history

$55.00
1b45a/40

A West Coast Engineman


TIBBLES, IAN

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trains transport West Coast steam locomotives rail railways history

$145.00
1b45a/46

Tiraumea: The History of Tiraumea and Districts Including Rakaunui


BURNS, NGAIRE & WHITE, JILL (Ed)

Super octavo, brown faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 444pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Lamb-Peters Print (Printers) 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tiraumea Rakaunui settlers pioneers

$95.00
1b45a/48

Classic Planes: Celebrating New Zealand's Rich Aviation History


WILKINS, IVOR

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 432pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history flying flight classic planes engineering design

$38.50
xxsjr188633

The War Against Germany; Europe and Adjacent Areas


HUNTER, Capt. KENNETH E.

THIS VOL. ONLY, Imperial 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: Brassey's 1994

KEYWORDS: germany europe western front united states world war two second wwii military history american army brasseys kenneth hunter official pictorial record photography nazis nazism

$19.50
xxsjr188635

Blitzkrieg in the West, 1939-1942


ETHELL, JEFFREY L.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 1997

KEYWORDS: blitzkrieg germany luftwaffe world war two second wwii western front jeffrey ethell aviation aerial military history pictorial photography

$10.00
xxsjr188640

Low Level Mission


WOLFF, LEON

Paperback (tatty VG-, some pages partially loose at bottom, attempted tape repairs to bottom of spine, doodling across text of p.33 & p.47 in blue ballpoint pen); 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: Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: low level mission leon wolff world war two second wwii united states america aviation aircraft military history ploesti oilfields romania

$32.50
xxsjr188641

Medicine Under Sail


FRIEDENBERG, ZACHARY B.

Super octavo hardcover (Nr 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 2002

KEYWORDS: zachary friedenberg medicine under sail naval military medical history health ship physicians travel sea surgeons ocean

$22.50
xxsjr188642

The Secrets of Inchon; The Untold Story o the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War


CLARK, Commander EUGENE FRANKLIN & FLEMING, THOMAS (intro & epilogue)

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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2002

KEYWORDS: secrets inchon eugene franklin clark thomas fleming korean war military history naval navy

$35.00
xxsjr188643

Bounce The Rhine


WHITING, CHARLES

THIS VOL. ONLY 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: Casemate 2002

KEYWORDS: bounce rhine arnhem charles whiting europe germany western front world war two second wwii military history allies allied nazis nazism

$24.50
xxsjr188645

Siegfried; The Nazis' Last Stand


WHITING, CHARLES

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: Stein And Day 1982

KEYWORDS: siegfried line charles whiting europe germany united states world war two second wwii military history american army nazis nazism ardennes offensive battle bulge

$30.00
xxsjr188646

Marine Corps Tank Battles In Korea


GILBERT, OSCAR E.

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: Casemate 2003

KEYWORDS: oscar gilbert marines corps tank battles korean war military history american united states

$36.50
xxsjr188648

Hitler's Second Army; The Waffen SS


BLANDFORD, EDMUND L.

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: Motorbooks International 1995

KEYWORDS: hitler waffen ss army edmund blandford germany world war two second wwii nazis nazism military history

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