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$75.00
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Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol I


MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 4 VOL SET), imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & coat of arms illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 310pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board corners, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887

KEYWORDS: cassell's Australasia history culture customs Australia New Zealand Dunedin

$60.00
2f5a/5

Jane's Fighting Ships 1962-63


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

Lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, illus eps, 55pp ads + 444pp + xxiii index to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, sm tape staining to edges of pgs 334+335) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine with archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampsn Low, Marston & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: jane's fighting ships military maritime nautical navy naval 60s sixties history engineering design

$80.00
2f5a/7

Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)


LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiii + 223pp, vol 2- xi + pgs 224-554, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light to moderate soiling to rear boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Sir John Mandeville voyages

$165.00
2f5a/9

A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America


WAFER, LIONEL & JOYCE, L. E. ELLIOTT (Ed, Intro, Notes & Appendices)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, folded frontispiece, lxxi + 221pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to edges of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning & staining to spine & front cover, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel expeditions Lionel Wafer secret report Davis's expedition gold mines Darien West Indies Pacific late 17th seventeenth century Isthmus

$120.00
2f5a/10

Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne ; Being an Account of the Settlement Written by John Burnell


BURNELL, JOHN & SHEPPARD, SAMUEL T. (Intro & Notes) & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro) & COTTON, Sir EVAN (Notes) & ANSTEY, L. M. (Notes)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, xxx + 192pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning & staining to spine, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Bombay India John Burnell settlers

$16.50
xxfll183494

Unheralded Victory: Who Won the Vietnam War?


WOODRUFF, MARK W. & JONES, JAMES L. (forew.)

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: HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: mark woodruff journalism history military usa vietnam viet nam war imperialism conflict

$20.00
xxfll183495

Washington's Crossing


FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

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: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: david hackett fischer history george washington america american war of independence revolution crossing the delaware

$25.00
xxfll183498

Dugongs, Whales, Dolphins and Seals: A guide to the sea mammals of Australasia


BRYDEN, MICHAEL & MARSH, HELENE & SHAUGHNESSY, PETER

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: Allen & Unwin 1998

KEYWORDS: michael bryden helene marsh peter shaughnessy dugongs whales dolphins seals marine life mammals australasia ocean oceans natural history science

$20.00
xxfll183500

The Rise of Andrew Jackson: Myth, Manipulation, and the Making of Modern Politics


HEIDLER, DAVID S. & HEIDLER, JEANNE T.

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: Basic Books 2018

KEYWORDS: andrew jackson america american president politics political history propaganda david jeanne heidler

$15.00
xxflc183501

The Founding Gardeners: How the Revolutionary Generation Created an American Eden


WULF, ANDREA

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: Windmill Books 2012

KEYWORDS: founding fathers america american history gardening

$24.50
xxflc183503

John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court


BROOKHISER, RICHARD & [MARSHALL, 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: Basic Books 2018

KEYWORDS: richard brookhiser john marshall america american history supreme court biography

$18.50
xxfld183517

The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution


STEWART, DAVID O.

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: Simon & Schuster 2008

KEYWORDS: 1787 constitution america american independence history david o stewart constitutional congress

$17.50
xxfle183523

The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228


COUCH, DICK & HOLLENBECK, CLIFF (photos)

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: Three Rivers Press 2001

KEYWORDS: navy seal class 228 military history

$16.50
xxfle183524

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea


KINDER, GARY

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: Little, Brown & Co. 1998

KEYWORDS: s.s. central america shipwreck history nautical maritime sailing boats boat ship ships

$38.50
xxfle183525

No Turning Back: Top Secret Intelligence Operation In Borneo During World War II Behind Japanese Lines


GREENWOOD, GRAHAM

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: SSS Distributors 2005

KEYWORDS: memoir second world war two ww2 wwii christianity born-again garham greenwood borneo military religion history

$30.00
xxfkg183526

Greengages: The Story of Craighead School 1911-2011


MCKENZIE, PATSY & BATCHELOR, DAVID

Quarto 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: Craighead Diocesan School 2011

KEYWORDS: greengages craighead school timaru new zealand education history

$35.00
xxfkg183527

Tall Ships, Two Rivers: Six centuries of sail on the rivers Tyne and Wear


OSLER, A. & BARROW, A.

Square 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: Keepdate 1993

KEYWORDS: tyne wear river rivers shipyards shipbuilding sailing history nautical ship ships maritime england english

$20.00
xxfkg183528

Anzac Heroes: 30 Courageous Anzacs from WWI & WWII


GILL, MARIA & IVANCIC, MARCO (illus.)

Square quarto 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: Scholastic 2016

KEYWORDS: anzac illustrated kids childrens military history uncanny call of duty vibes

$25.00
xxfkg183529

Russia From the Inside


KAISER, ROBERT & JOPLING KAISER, HANNAH (ed.)

Quarto 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: Hutchinson & Co. 1980

KEYWORDS: russia russian soviet union reportage history photographs photos photographic documentation

$15.00
xxfkg183532

Henry VIII and His Court


WILLIAMS, NEVILLE

Imperial 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: Cardinal 1973

KEYWORDS: henry viii the eight 8th england english britain british monarchy history

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