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$17.50
xxfei184579

Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk


PLOWDEN, ALISON

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: Franklin Watts 1986

KEYWORDS: English tudor tudors history mysteries historical Lady Jane Grey British biographies house of Suffolk

$30.00
xxfej184585

The WAAAF in Wartime Australia


THOMSON, JOYCE A.

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Melbourne University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Australia Australian waaaf women's auxiliary air force military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii aviation

$15.00
xxfej184586

Queen Elizabeth I


NEALE, J. E.

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: Jonathan Cape 1961

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Queen Elizabeth first 1st i royal family monarchs queens monarchy history

$15.00
xxfek184592

Impressions of Lenin


BALABANOFF, ANGELICA & CESARI, ISOTTA (Trans) & WOLFE, BERTRAM D. (Fore)

EXTENSIVE ANNOTATION, HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERSCORING, 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: University of Michigan Press / Arbor Paperbacks 1968

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Soviet philosophy V I Lenin literature history criticism communism

$40.00
2f51b/22

Cistercian Abbeys: History and Architecture


GAUD, HENRI (Photo) & LEROUX-DHUYS, JEAN-FRANCOIS (Text)

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 399pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & sl soiling to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1998

KEYWORDS: religious architecture buildings abbeys cistercian history photography

$40.00
2f51b/26

Retreat to Victory: A Springbok's Diary in North Africa: Gazala to El Alamein 1942


BROWN, JAMES AMBROSE

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 301pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii north Africa African springbok diaries journals warfare Gazala El Alamein

$70.00
2f51b/29

The Great Jewish Masque; or, The Ass in the Lion's Skin


N/A

Sm octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, green lettering to covers, 36pp, VG (moderate scuffing & tanning to covers & edges, sm ink lettering to top corner of front cover, moderate vertical creasing/folding to front cover & first 8 pages, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Britons Publishing Society N/A

KEYWORDS: religion Jews Jewish Judaism ancient history antiquity biblical old testament

$125.00
2f51b/35

How the Order Creates War and Revolution (Volume Two of a Series)


SUTTON, ANTONY C.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, sm octavo, illus light card covers, maroon lettering to spine & front cover, iii + 78pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & creasing/scuffing to spine & extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Veritas Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: philosophy war revolution conflict global international order first editions history

$40.00
2f51b/38

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: Th eIsland Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i


KIRCH, PATRICK VINTON

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 346pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to board edges, light foxing to page edges, sm romantic inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2012

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Hawai'i Hawaii civilizations civilisations

$100.00
2f51b/41

The New Zealand Roll of Honour: New Zealanders Who Have Served Their Country in Peace and War: 150 Years 1845 - 1995


TAYLOR, ALISTER et al (Eds)

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering & star illus to spine & front board, patterned eps, 1192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chipping to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders service history honours honors

$40.00
2f51b/42

Evolving Auckland: The City's Engineering Heritage


LA ROCHE, JOHN (Ed) & CARTER, Sir JOHN (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, red & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 335pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wily Publications 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland civil engineering evolution heritage history buildings infrastructure signed

$275.00
2f51c/1

Evidence in Camera: The Story of Photographic Intelligence in World War II


SMITH, CONSTANCE BABINGTON & The LORD TEDDER (Fore)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to some pgs throughout) in d/w, VG- (in protective wrapper, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing with some sl loss, heavy chafing, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1958

KEYWORDS: signed military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii intelligence gathering photography

$140.00
2f51c/7

Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand: A Thrilling Narrative of the Early Days: Embodying the Life-History of Captain William Jackson Barry Who Arrived in New South Wales in 1829


BARRY, CAPTAIN & BRACKEN, THOMAS (Intro)

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 210pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy scuffing & chipping with some loss to spine extrems, heavy scuffing to board edges with some surface loss, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy cracking to gutters- terminals & prelims up to pg 6 completely detached but present, light tanning to eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, boards shaky)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1903

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand exploration travel literature colonies adventure Captain William Jackson Barry history

$90.00
2f51c/9

War Cycles - Peace Cycles


HOSKINS, RICHARD KELLY

Super octavo, black glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 250pp, VG ( light to moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Virginia Publishing Company 1991

KEYWORDS: US America American South Africa politics peace war economics conflict history religion philosophy

$65.00
2f51c/21

The Cult of the All-Seeing Eye


SPENSER, ROBERT KEITH

SCARCE, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, 64pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Christian Book Club of America 1964

KEYWORDS: religion spirituality freemasonry freemasons masonic masons history secret societies esoteric

$50.00
2f51c/28

Land Rover Defender, 90 and 110 Range: 30 Years of the Coil-Sprung 4 x 4 Models


TAYLOR, JAMES

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2013

KEYWORDS: cars automotive automobiles Land Rover history 4x4 models design engineering

$45.00
2f51c/30

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks: An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory


KIRCH, PATRICK VINTON

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, x + 348pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate curling & wrinkling to covers, light fading & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sm romantic inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Hawai'i Hawaii archeology archaeology prehistory

$20.00
xxfek184595

A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes, with an Account of the Eruption of Tarawera


New Edition, Completely Revised

LEYS, THOMSON W.

Super octavo 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: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd. 1950

KEYWORDS: eruption mt tarwera mount volcano 1886 volcanic history new zealand pictorial lakes terraces geysers volcanoes

$15.00
xxfek184596

On The Edge: Celebrating the Diversity of New Zealand's Coastal Landforms


KENNY, JILL A. & HAYWARD, BRUCE W.

Oblong octavo 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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2013

KEYWORDS: coast coastal new zealand shore shoreline geology geoscience nature natural history bruce hayward jill kenny

$25.00
xxfel184605

Black Boots: New Zealand Rugby Legends


GIFFORD, PHIL & DURRANT, BARRY (photos)

Quarto hardcover (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: Bateman Books 2018

KEYWORDS: all blacks new zealand rugby sport history sports

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