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$70.00
1y99d/18

In the Strange South Seas


GRIMSHAW, BEATRICE

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, 352pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning & light foxing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: travel exploration south seas islands pacific history culture Beatrice Grimshaw

$500.00
1y99d/33

Taonga Maori in the British Museum


STARZECKA, DOROTA C. & NEICH, ROGER & PENDERGRAST, MICK

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 168pp + plates, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori artefacts taonga British Museum history displays ethnology anthropology oceania antiquity antiquities

$75.00
1y99d/34

E Tu Ake: Maori Standing Strong


SMITH, HUHANA

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl creasing & chafing to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori culture art artefacts taonga tawhito contemporary history treasures E Tu Ake te papa exhibition mana whakapapa kaitiakitanga tino rangatiratanga

$65.00
1y99d/37

Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing; in Ireland, England, New Zealand, N. America and Australia


CULLINANE, Dr JOHN P. (Compiled by)

Quarto, green illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 128pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers, light chafing, light tanning & soiling to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John P Cullinane 1987

KEYWORDS: Irish dancing history dance international Ireland ceili cork tradition traditional

$80.00
1y99d/42

A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames in its Western Course; including Particular Descriptions of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court


MURRAY, JOHN FISHER

Octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration & gilt tooling to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, aeg, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Henry G. Bohn 1853

KEYWORDS: London history travel literature John Fisher Murray river Thames English British cities

$75.00
1y99d/43

The Lives of Eminent & Remarkable Characters, Born or Long Resident in the Counties of Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk


N/A

Duodecimo, full leather textured boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt tooling & blind stamp decoration to boards, aeg, unpaginated, illus/portraits with tissue guards, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, age appropriate discolouration to spine & boards, sl cracking to gutters, prev. owner's details in ink to verso of ffep, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, moderate tanning to tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1820

KEYWORDS: biographies portraits Essex Suffolk Norfolk English counties East Anglia history

$60.00
1y99d/44

The History of Fettercairn: A Parish in the County of Kincardine


CAMERON, ARCHd. COWIE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & front board, heavy damp staining to rear board, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, damp wrinkling to rear eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: J & R Parlane 1899

KEYWORDS: first edition Scotland Scottish towns Fettercairn history culture geography topography antiquity

$80.00
1y99d/58

A History of Rome; from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire in Two Volumes (2 Vol Set)


LIDDELL, HENRY G.

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL SET, NEEDS A LOT OF REPAIRS! super octavo, full leather bound boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates on spine, raised bands & gilt tooling to spines, gilt library motifs & rule to front boards, gilt tooling to board edges, marbled page edges & eps, vol 1- xxii + 470pp, vol 2- xix + 576pp, V TATTY (boards detached but present- both vols, spines loose & flapping- considerable loss to vol 2, heavy chafing & discolouration & soiling to boards, some prelims detached, heavy foxing & moderate tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1855

KEYWORDS: first edition Rome rome history antiquity Henry G Liddell

$15.00
xxsok181635

SAS Sniper: The World of an Elite Australian Marksman


MAYLOR, ROB & MACKLIN, ROBERT

Octavo softcover (Near 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: Hachette 2010

KEYWORDS: sas military australia australian sniper sharpshooter history memoir

$16.50
xxsok181648

Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different


WOOD, GORDON S.

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: Penguin 2007

KEYWORDS: american history revolution revolutionary usa united states us washington adams jefferson franklin hamilton madison paine

$175.00
1y99d/65

Grimoires: A History of Magic Books


DAVIES, OWEN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 368pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ligth bruising to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's labels to rear & front flap, 1cm closed tear with archival tape repairs to lower edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: magic magick grimoires books of spells history esoteric supernatural sorcery occult religion culture first edition

$60.00
2i3a/3

A History of Indian Buddhism


GOYAL, S. R.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LACKS FEP, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, l + 532pp, plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (boards sl shaky, light bruising & soiling to extrems & edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ex-libris ink stamp to page edges, eps & full title page, ffep completely missing, tape residue to pastedowns, light cracking to some gutters, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Kusumanjali Prakashan 1987

KEYWORDS: signed history India buddhism religion religious spirituality S R Goyal antiquity

$15.00
xxsom181662

The Illustrated Dictionary of Special Forces


MILLER, DAVID

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: MBI 2002

KEYWORDS: special forces illustrated military history photograph photographs

$20.00
xxspa181670

The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by the Great Writers of All Ages


Supplement to Volume XXII - Australia and New Zealand

WILLIAMS, HENRY SMITH (ed.) et al.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial 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: The Times 1908

KEYWORDS: the times historians' historians history of the world

$35.00
xxspa181678

The Johnson Family: 1879-1984


TAYLOR, BETTY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Tablet Printing Co. 1984

KEYWORDS: johnson family dunedin new zealand local history family otago

$40.00
2i3a/26

Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature


STEPHENS, JOHN & McCALLUM, ROBYN

Octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey buckram spine, xi + 316pp, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name & other sm ink markings to eps, occasional & unobtrusive pencil markings & underlining, sl occasioanl cracking to gutters, sl soiling to some pages occasionally throughout)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: children's literature literary criticism history classical

$25.00
xxspc181688

Colors & Markings of the F-100 Super Sabre


Colors & Markins Vol. 14

MENARD, DAVID W.

EX-LIBRARY quarto softcover (VG) in transparent plastic cover; 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: Tab Books / Airlife Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: military aircraft history photograph photographic specs colors markings air force airlife publishing f-100 super-sabre

$25.00
xxspc181689

Colors & Markings of the U.S. Navy Adversary Aircraft


Colors & Markins Vol. 6, Special Edition

KINZEY, BERT & LEADER, RAY

Quarto 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: Tab Books 1987

KEYWORDS: military aircraft history photograph photographic specs colors markings air force airlife publishing u.s. us navy adversary aircraft top gun

$15.00
xxspc181690

USS Lexington in detail and scale: 1943-1987 CV-16 - AVT-16


Detail & Scale Vol. 29

KINZEY, BURT

Quarto 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: Tab Books / Airlife Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: detail & scale military history naval nautical battleship battleships maritime uss lexington photographic photograph photos illuistrated

$25.00
xxspc181693

Handley Page Victor


Warpaint Series No. 36

HAZELL, STEVE

Quarto stapled wrappers (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: Hall Park Books, undated [ca. 1990s]

KEYWORDS: military history photographic photograph photos illustrated aircraft plane airplane aeroplane warpaint series handley page victor

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