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$18.50
xxkfe189235

The Battle for North Africa


STRAWSON, JOHN

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: B. T. Batsford 1969

KEYWORDS: military history North Africa ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$22.50
xxkff189240

Spices: A Global History


CZARRA, FRED

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: Reaktion Books 2009

KEYWORDS: spice spices trade history plants botany culture

$65.00
1c27a/5

A Voyage Round the World


DRAKE, Sir FRANCIS & DAMPIER, WILLIAM & PURVES, D. LAING (Ed & Notes)

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 288pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell 1884

KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime Sir Francis Drake William Dampier sailing adventure famous voyages

$60.00
1c27a/8

The 1908 & 1909 Tournaments for the London Championship: The Games


KEAR, JAMES A. (Annotated by)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige light card covers, blue lettering to covers, frontispiece, 61pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping/closed tearing & loss to spine & covers with moderate tanning also, moderate tanning to page edges, spine v delicate)

PUBLISHER: J. A. Kear Jr 1910

KEYWORDS: first editions draughts games hobbies tactics strategy London championship games history

$100.00
1c27a/23

The American Checker Monthly Vols 5-6 (1925-1926)


N/A

Octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & title plate, hand-typed index to front, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, pencil annotation to ffep)

PUBLISHER: M. D. Teetzel 1925-26

KEYWORDS: American checker monthly past issues games hobbies checkers draughts history

$40.00
1c27a/31

The Pragmatism in the History of Art


NESBIT, MOLLY

Octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 127pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Periscope Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: art history philosophy pragmatism literature

$17.50
xxkgl189267

Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education


ROBINSON, JANE

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Viking 2009

KEYWORDS: emily davies history women women's education britain british jane robinson equal rights

$35.00
xxkgm189289

Your Loving Son, Don


Letters Home to North Otago from Sgt Donald Brown VC

BROWN, EUNICE P. [SGT. BROWN, DONALD]

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1998

KEYWORDS: new zealand epistolary letters history donald don brown vc victoria's cross victorias military otago dunedin

$22.50
xxkgq189294

The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain's Rush to War, 1914


NEWTON, DOUGLAS

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Verso 2014

KEYWORDS: douglas newton first world war one great ww1 wwi britain british military history politics

$18.50
xxkgq189303

The Court at Windsor: A Domestic History


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, spine faded) ; 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: History Book Club 1964

KEYWORDS: court windsor christopher hibbert domestic history britain british monarchy royals royalty social politics

$30.00
xxkgu189312

They Dined on Eland: The Story of the Acclimatisation Societies


LEVER, CHRISTOPHER

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: Quiller Press 1992

KEYWORDS: history society colonisation colonization food cuisine zoology animals culture cultural customs

$16.50
xxkgy189329

The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation


WALTON, IZAAK & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus)

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: Harrap Ltd

KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Arthur Rackham history culture fishing prose verse literature philosophy

$22.50
xxkha189338

Things We Couldn't Say


EMAN, DIET & SCHAAP, 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: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: military history Jewish holocaust ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii nazi persecution Diet Eman Hein Sietsma Dutch Jews

$15.00
xxkhe189356

Hell's Gate: The Terrible Journey of Alexander Pearce Van Diemen's Land Cannibal


COLLINS, PAUL

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: Hardie Grant Books 2002

KEYWORDS: Australia Tasmania history cannibalism penal colonies convicts Alexander Pearce

$25.00
xxkib189397

A Worker at History (New and Revised Edition)


STARR, MARK

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: Plebs League 1925

KEYWORDS: social classes stratification workers capitalism trade unions British history

$10.00
xxkib189398

Paul Robeson: Biography of a Proud Man


NAZEL, JOSEPH

Paperback (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: Holloway House 1980

KEYWORDS: Paul Robeson biographies memoir civil rights ethnicity race relations history

$20.00
xxkib189401

On Work and Wages


BRASSEY, THOMAS

Ex-library, sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bell and Daldy 1873

KEYWORDS: political science politics economics labour labor history wages workers' rights

$30.00
xxkia189409

Minnie Dean: Her Life & Crimes


HOOD, LYNLEY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (VG) heavy foxing/discolouration to inside of covers; 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. Photos available on request

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed Lynley Hood Minnie Dean true crime executions death penalty hangings women

$35.00
xxkic189412

Donald Reid Otago Farmers Ltd: A History of Service to the Farming Community of Otago


ANGUS, JOHN H.

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: Donlad Reid Otago Farmers 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago farmers Donald Reid history

$15.00
xxkic189414

Science in War


N/A

Paperback (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: Penguin Books 1940

KEYWORDS: military history resources science technology industry

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