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$195.00
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Out of Africa


DINESEN, ISAK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to black buckram spine, gilt flamingo illus to front board, deckled page edges, ix + 389pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems/board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, newspaper clippings glued to terminals & subsequent glue staining to some rear pages, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy but in a clear plastic protective cover- removable (all corners clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some significant loss to spine extrems, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1938

KEYWORDS: first edition Isak Dinesen Africa autobiographies memoirs Kenya plantations history

$75.00
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Please Send Home: The War Diaries and Letters of Jack Bickley 1941-1945 / Far From Home and Family: A Journey Following the 2NZEF, WWII


BICKLEY, JACK / SUTHERLAND, MARY

TWO BOOKS IN ONE, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & grey lettering to spine, 257pp + 121pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Catlins Wildlife Trackers 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii war diaries Jack Bickley journals 2nzef

$40.00
2f5a/31

The Life of Emily Dickinson


SEWALL, RICHARD B.

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 821pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: literary bios biographies literature Emily Dickinson history

$120.00
2f5a/32

Three-Eight Charlie


MOCK, JERRIE & MOCK, RUSSELL C. (Prologue & Epilogue)

SIGNED ANNIVERSARY EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, vi + 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, light fading to spine, 1cm loss & sl creasing to title page)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Graphix Publishing Services 2013

KEYWORDS: signed aviation history women flight solo round the world pioneers Jerrie Mock

$55.00
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Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot


CRANE, PETER & RAVEN, PETER (fORE)

Imperial octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 384pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: nature botany ginkgo tree trees history

$40.00
2f5a/45

The Road to Turanga: Leo Fowler's Gisborne Years


BARNETT, GERALD

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & white lettering to spine, illus eps, vii + 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tairawhiti Museum 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Turanga Gisborne history pioneers Leo Fowler

$40.00
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Shipbuilders of the Venetian Arsenal: Workers and Workplace in the Preindustrial City


DAVIS, ROBERT C.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 270pp, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: shipbuilders shipbuilding ships maritime nautical Venetian European history Venice

$100.00
2f5a/48

The Satyrs of Southland


STUART, WILLIAM DAVID

EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing, tape residue & surface loss to board edges, light tanning to page edges & prelims, light wrinkling to prelims, moderate creasing to folding map) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to edges, moderate tape staining to flaps, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Co. 1982

KEYWORDS: family history New Zealand Scottish Southland satyrs

$40.00
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Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account From the Spanish Civil War


COX, GEOFFREY

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 213pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish civil war history

$40.00
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Pyramids and Poppies: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders 1915-1919


DIGBY, PETER K. A.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 444pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising, scuffing & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: first edition military history South Africa African 1st infantry brigade delville wood warfare combat ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war

$40.00
2f51/65

War in Italy: With the South Africans From Taranto to the Alps


KROS, JACK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, xv + 318pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992

KEYWORDS: first edition military history south Africans Africa air force saaf

$16.50
xxfhk183842

A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language


CARTY, T.J.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Mansell 1995

KEYWORDS: literary pseudonyms pseudonym literature guide history authors

$15.00
xxfhk183849

Guide to Chinese Prose


PAPER, JORDAN D.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: G.K. Hall & Co. 1973

KEYWORDS: chinese prose bibliography history literature literary guide

$30.00
xxfhk183851

A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and Parts Thereof Printed in America Previous to 1860


O'CALLAGHAN, EDMUND BAILEY (ed.)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 1966 REPRINT OF 1861 PUBLICATION; 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: Gale Research Co. 1966

KEYWORDS: bible history america american bibliography printing publishing religion christianity

$15.00
xxfhk183852

An English Library: A Bookman's Guide


SMITH, F. SEYMOUR

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY; octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG, in transparent plastic sleeve) ; 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: Andre Deutsch 1963

KEYWORDS: bibliography reading list english literature language literary history f. seymour smith

$15.00
xxfhl183855

Zapata of Mexico


NEWELL, PETER E. & [ZAPATA, EMILIANO]

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: Cienfuegos Press 1979

KEYWORDS: emiliano zapata mexico mexican revolution revolutionary zapatistas zapatista history

$20.00
xxfhl183857

Conrad Aiken: A Bibliography (1902-1978)


BONNELL, F.W. & BONNELL, F.C. (eds.)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: The Huntington Library 1982

KEYWORDS: conrad aiken bibliography america american f.w. f.c. bonnell history literature

$20.00
xxfhl183859

Rawhide Laureate: John G. Neihardt: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography


RICHARDS, JOHN THOMAS & [NEIHARDT, JOHN G.]

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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 Scarecrow Press 1983

KEYWORDS: ex-library john g. neihardt bibliography america american literary criticism history literature

$20.00
xxfhl183862

Bram Stoker: A Bibliography of First Editions


Illustrated

DALBY, RICHARD & [STOKER, BRAM]

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, small 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: Dracula Press 1983

KEYWORDS: bram stoker bibliography ireland irish history literature literary dracula

$15.00
xxfhf183870

A Book of Ferns


STEVENSON, GRETA

REBOUND, EX-LIBRARY; 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: John McIndoe Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: ex-library ferns plants botany biology natural history greta stevenson

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