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$35.00
xxenf174425

Operation Freshman: The Rjukan Heavy Water Raid 1942


WIGGAN, RICHARD

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: William Kimber 1986

KEYWORDS: aviation history ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two military operation freshman Royal Engineers

$60.00
1y17a/44

The Skipper's Diary: New Zealand's 1949 Cricket Tour of England The Forty-Niners


HADLEE, WALTER A. & HADLEE, Sir RICHARD (Compiled)

DISC LOOSELY ENCLOSED, SIGNED! Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xxxviii + 473pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Cricket Publishing Company 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport cricket history Walter Richard Hadlee signed 49ers forty-niners

$95.00
1y17a/47

Folk Literature of the Selknam Indians: Martin Gusinde's Collection of Selknam Narratives


WILBERT, JOHANNES (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 266pp, VG (light scuffing/creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: UCLA Latin American Center Publications 1975

KEYWORDS: selknam indians folk literature myths legends Cenuke Kwanyip Caskels ancestors shamans spirits ancient history

$75.00
1y17a/53

Lighthouses: Their History and Romance


HARDY, W. J.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & lighthouse motif to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & light scuffing to board corners, heavy fading & discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1895

KEYWORDS: lighthouses history nautical maritime

$62.50
1y17a/56

Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore


PORTER, ENID & BARRETT, W. H.

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 419pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to board edges, usual library markings, light foxing to page edges, light tape staining to eps) in d/w VG (light creasing, chipping & adhesive residue to edges, 2cm closed tear to spine, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: Cambridge Cambridgeshire folklore lore customs history supernatural witchcraft

$75.00
1y20a/1

The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends


BRIGGS, KATHARINE & FRENCH, MARY I. (Illus)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 218pp, illus, VG (light creasing/scuffing to edges, light chafing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1978

KEYWORDS: fairies lore magic legends history criticism literary literature supernatural

$40.00
1y20a/3

Black Rainbow: Legends of the Incas and Myths of Ancient Peru


BIERHORST, JOHN (Ed & Trans)

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 131pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library marks, light fading & bruising to board & spine edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976

KEYWORDS: myths legends Incas Peru mythology ancient history

$50.00
1y20a/8

Latching On: 50 Years of Breastfeeding Support: La Leche League in New Zealand 1964-2014


SHAW, LOUISE

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus, 290pp, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: La Leche League New Zealand 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health breastfeeding history women's healthcare la leche league babies

$39.50
xxeob174427

An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England


HILL, DAVID

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: University of Toronto 1981

KEYWORDS: anglo saxon england atlas map guide reference history medieval britain british isles

$16.50
xxeoc174440

The Jew Store: A Memoir


SUBERMAN, STELLA

First edition. 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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography nonfiction jewish american history tennessee

$20.00
xxepa174451

When the Century Was Young: A Writer's Notebook


DEE BROWN

First edition. 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: August House 1993

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography twentieth century history lousiana arkansas ozark mountains washington nonfiction

$15.00
xxepd174470

Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination


WALDRON, LAMAR & HARTMANN, THOMAS

Super 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: Scribe 2008

KEYWORDS: john f kennedy jfk assassination american politics history cuba cover-ups cover up robert

$9.50
xxepd174479

The Waning of the Middle Ages: A Study of the Forms of Life, Thought and Art in France and the Netherlands in the Dawn of the Renaissance


HUIZINGA, J.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Anchor 1954

KEYWORDS: medieval europe france the netherlands renaissance history art philosophy society

$15.00
xxepd174496

The Ninth Report of the Department of Agriculture 1901


DUNCAN, The Hon. T. Y.

Super octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: John Mackay 1901

KEYWORDS: New Zealand agriculture report 1901 history

$15.00
xxepd174497

The Tenth Report of the Department of Agriculture 1902


DUNCAN, The Hon. T. Y.

Super octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: John Mackay 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand agriculture report 1902 history

$22.50
xxepf174511

Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City


BANVILLE, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Bloomsbury 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition literature travel Prague Czech Republic Europe history

$20.00
xxeqc174514

An Introduction to Rembrandt


CLARK, KENNETH

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: John Murray 1978

KEYWORDS: art history artists Rembrandt biography

$20.00
xxeqc174516

Camera: A Victorian Eyewitness


MACDONALD, GUS

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: B. T. Batsford 1979

KEYWORDS: photography photos history art culture

$15.00
xxeqc174520

Funny Way to be a Hero


FISHER, JOHN

Octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to gutters, some pgs loose; 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: Paladin 1976

KEYWORDS: comedy history entertainment humour humor

$20.00
xxeqe174526

The Voice of Many Waters


FORMAN, CHARLES W.

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: Lotu Pasifika Productions 1986

KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands ministries missionaries Christianity history

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