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$17.50
xxplb176150

The Tunnels of Cu Chi


MANGOLD, TOM & PENYCATE, JOHN

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: Guild Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: vietnam war US tunnel rats american military history united states usa soldiers tunnels

$22.50
xxplb176151

Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces


CLANCY, TOM & STINER, CARL [GENERAL] & KOLTZ, TONY

First edition. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1988

KEYWORDS: american special forces united states of america usa history military soldiers army

$16.50
xxplc176153

How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War


HOGE, JAMES F. & ROSE, GIDEON

A couple of pages of highlighting & annotation. 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: Public Affairs Reports 2001

KEYWORDS: terrorism us united states of war on terror military history america american pyschology

$18.50
xxplc176154

Spy in the U.S.


MONAT, PAWEL & DILLE, JOHN

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: Harper & Row 1962

KEYWORDS: espionage cold war communist communism polish colonel history politics

$40.00
1y51a/25

Von Richthofen and the Flying Circus


NOWARRA, H. J. (Compiled) & BROWN, KIMBROUGH S. (Compiled) & ROBERTSON, BRUCE (Ed) & HEPWORTH, WILLIAM F. (Drawings) & RUSSELL, D. A. (Produced by)

Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 211pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & chafing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1964

KEYWORDS: avaition history German Germany luftwaffe von Richthofen biography

$40.00
1y51a/26

Fokker - The Man and the Aircraft


HEGENER, HENRI & ROBERTSON, BRUCE (Ed) & HEPWORTH, W. F. (Tone Paintings) et al

Quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading/soiling & scuffing to board edges/extrems, light fading to spine, light soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1961

KEYWORDS: Anthony Fokker biography aviation history design engineering

$40.00
1y51a/28

Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War


LAMBERTON, W. M. (Compiled) & CHEESMAN, E. F. (Ed) & CARRICK, J. D. (Drawings) & YEOMAN, F. (Drawings) & RUSSELL, D. A. (Produced By)

Quarto, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards & page edges, light tanning & wrinkling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1960

KEYWORDS: aviation military ww1 first 1st world war one 1 fighter planes history design engineering aircraft

$40.00
1y51a/29

The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel 1250 - 1050 B.C.E.


GOTTWALD, NORMAN K.

Impreial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xxv + 916pp, VG- (heavy curling & creasing to cover edges with some sl peeling & chipping/closed tearing, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers & page edges, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Orbis Books 1981

KEYWORDS: Israel Israeli history ancient antiquity sociology religious religion liberation God Yahweh Jews Jewish theology biblical twelve tribes 12

$100.00
1y51a/31

The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes


ORLOV, ALEXANDER

FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVE ANNOTATION & HIGHLIGHTING, ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, black buckram boards, yellow & white lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained black, xvi + 366pp, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, aforementioned v heavy annotations & highlighting to eps & text throughout, light cracking to some gutters- boards sl shaky) in d/w, VG- (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some archival tape repairs, moderate scuffing & surface loss, price clipped, light highlighting to text to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1953

KEYWORDS: Josef Stalin war crimes history Russia Russian espionage USSR soviet Moscow trials Lubianka prison assassinations

$45.00
1y51a/34

Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China


YI, ZHENG & SYM, T. P. (Trans & Ed) & TERRILL, ROSS (Fore)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xxii + 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 1x highlighted part to index at rear- rest of text clean) in d/w & plastic protective wrap, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1996

KEYWORDS: China Chinese cannibalism mass murder executions modern history communist party Guangxi province Zhuang people politics

$40.00
1y51a/35

A Man Must Choose


CHOU, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVE HIGHLIGHTING, ANNOTATIONS & POST-IT NOTES FROM A PREVIOUS PASSIONATE READER/OWNER! Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, top page edges stained blue, ix + 302pp, VG (light to moderate discolouration to spine/board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, highlighter remnants to ffep, aforementioned heavy/extensive highlighting & annotations to text throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate highlighting to text & sm annotated post-it note on front flap)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1963

KEYWORDS: first edition China Chinese espionage spies Eric Chou communism communist party politics war military political history brainwashing re-education Hong Kong

$125.00
1y55a/3

The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh


SMEDLEY, AGNES

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to red buckram spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xviii + 461pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems with some sl surface loss, light tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some loss, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Monthly Review Press 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition biography Chu Teh Agnes Smedley China Chinese politics red army military history

$650.00
1y55a/7

The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace


MORRIS, WILLIAM & WILMER, CLIVE (Commentary) & GLADSTONE, W. E. (Trans)

#619 OF A NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 980, octavo sized book presented in a quarto sized clam shell presentation case, enclosed is the quarto sized commentary & translation, The Odes of Horace text is fully leather bound with raised bands & gilt lettering to spine, each of the 183pp are beautifully illustrated and/or decorated, the insert in which it sits is maroon velvet & has beautiful gilt decoration in its surroundings, the quarto sized accompanying commentary & translation sits atop the presentation text nicely and is of deep green heavy boards with gilt lettering to the front board, it also has a frontispiece & 63pp. With the exception of the clam shell case, both text & commentary are in Near FINE condition. The deep green clam shell case is with gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & silver gilt decoration to front board & in VG+ condition (light chafing & soiling to case only) A truly magnificant addition to anyone's bookcase!

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014

KEYWORDS: Odes of Horace folio society limited numbered edition literature translated poems eulogy verses social commentary prose history

$40.00
1y55a/12

Jane's Fighting Ships 1982-83


JANE, FRED T. (Founder ) & MOORE, Capt. JOHN (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 936pp total, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, light tanning & soiling to page edges, tape residue to front pastedown, moderate foxing to half title page & some prelims, partial contents page taped to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing Company 1982

KEYWORDS: maritime Jane's nautical ships boats history early 80s eighties warships military naval navy silhouette recognition stats engineering design

$40.00
1y55a/16

Sleeps Standing Moetu


IHIMAERA, WITI & KELLY, HEMI

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella

$45.00
1y55a/22

Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics


CHUEV, FELIX & RESIS, ALBERT (Ed, Intro & Notes)

SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERLINING TO TEXT & NOTES TO MARGINS, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to red cloth spine, xxiii + 438pp, VG+ (aforementioned highlighting & underlining- v occasional & relatively unobtrusive, light bruising & fading to top spine extrem, light foxing & ink marking to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & front cover, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Ivan R. Dee 1993

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian politics Felix Chuev V M Molotov history 20th twentieth century Kremlin

$60.00
1y55a/28

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (De Luxe Edition)


LAWRENCE, T. E.

DE LUXE EDITION, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 672pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to some gutters sporadically throughout, sm annotation in ink to terminal page) in d/w, scruffy/delicate (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate to heavy staining, heavy cracking to folds of flaps, all corners sl clipped)

PUBLISHER: Garden City Publishing 1938

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia literature Arabian adventures military history warfare

$20.00
xxpmd176165

The New Zealand People at War: War Economy


BAKER, J. V. T.

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) flaps cut & pasted to front pastedown; 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: R. E. Owen, Gov't Printer 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand war history economy politics business ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

$18.50
xxpmj176185

Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery That Transformed Tudor England


EVANS, 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013

KEYWORDS: English history tudors tudor times exploration merchant sailing Asia British

$17.50
xxpmj176186

Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies


MORTIMER, IAN

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: Continuum 2012

KEYWORDS: medieval history royal families mysteries conspiracy theories

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