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$40.00
2i12b/28

1840 and After: Essays Written on the Occasion of the New Zealand Centenary


BELSHAW, H. et al & SEWELL, ARTHUR (Ed) & COCKER, W. H. (Fore)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, 242pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate creasing/bruising to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with som eminor loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University College c.1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history essays collection anthology centenary centennial anthropology

$50.00
2i12b/31

Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes (Second Edition)


NEVIN, JESS

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white, black & yellow lettering to spine, 334pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: High Rock Press c.2013

KEYWORDS: comic book characters heroes superheroes encyclopedia encyclopaedia history

$40.00
2g32a/22

Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries


HITCHCOCK, HENRY-RUSSELL

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine & gilt decoration, top page edges stained grey, xxix + 498pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (minor soiling to spine with light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & tape residue/staining to eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions architecture buildings history 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century art Europe European America

$50.00
2g32a/23

Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages


STONE, LAWRENCE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate & decoration, top page edges stained grey, xxi + 297pp + plates/illus- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions art sculptures history middle ages Britain British

$115.00
2g32a/33

New Zealand Engineers, Middle East


CODY, J. F.

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 774pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, light soiling to page edges with some minor tanning & foxing, prev. owners' names in ink & presentation plate tipped in to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, tatty (front & rear completely seperated at spine, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd (Printer) 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history engineers ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Middle East NZEF

$15.00
xxdeg186628

The Day Before Yetserday


TUDGE, COLIN

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: Jonathan Cape 1995

KEYWORDS: human history anthropology archeology archaeology antiquity

$15.00
xxdfb186633

The American Millstone: An Examination of the Nation's Permanent Underclass


SQUIRES, JAMES D. et al (THE STAFF OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

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: Contemporary Books 1986

KEYWORDS: US America American social history Chicago social science sociology articles journalism crime law order employment

$15.00
xxdfg186648

The Three-Masted Schooner 'James Miller': A History and Model Maker's Source Book


QUINCEY, WILLIAM S.

Oblong 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: Mystic Seaport Museum 1986

KEYWORDS: nautical hobbies model ships ship building shipbuilding James Miller history

$30.00
xxdga186649

Wild and Woolly: An Encyclopedia of the Old West


McLOUGHLIN, DENIS

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: Doubleday 1975

KEYWORDS: history US America American old wild west cowboys encyclopedia encyclopaedia

$22.50
xxdga186650

Bluecoats and Redskins: The United States Army and the Indian 1866-1891


UTLEY, ROBERT M.

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: Cassell & Company 1975

KEYWORDS: US America American army history bluecoats redskins Indians conflict war

$25.00
xxdgc186661

High-Flying Women: A World History of Female Pilots


PELLETIER, ALAIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: aviation history women female pilots aviators

$22.50
xxdgc186662

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day


PARTRIDGE, ERIC

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977

KEYWORDS: popular culture language catchphrases phrases sayings dictionary dictionaries history

$18.50
xxdgc186664

Knights at Tournament


GRAVETT, CHRISTOPHER (Text) & McBRIDE, ANGUS (Colour Plates)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: medieval knights tournaments military games history armour armor

$20.00
xxdgc186667

Past Lives: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Ancestors


WILSON, IAN

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: Cassell & Co 2001

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology ancient history

$19.50
xxdgc186668

Arms and Armor Annual: Volume One


HELD, ROBERT (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Digest Books 1973

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry history arms armour armor war combat

$30.00
xxdgc186669

The Landeszeughaus of Graz


KRENN, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bonechi Verlag Styria 1991

KEYWORDS: Styria military history weaponry weapons arsenal collection antiquity Graz Landeszeughaus muskets coats of armour armor

$24.50
xxdgc186671

Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome


KOHNE, ECKART (Ed) & EWIGLEBEN, CORNELIA (Ed) & JACKSON, RALPH (English Version Ed)

Lg 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 2000

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman history warriors gladiators caesars war games entertainment

$25.00
xxdgc186681

Four Days: The Historical Record of the Death of President Kennedy


CATTON, BRUCE (Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: American Heritage Publishing 1964

KEYWORDS: JFK assassinations death president Kennedy US presidents history

$33.50
xxdgc186686

A Kaiserbahnhof in Halbe. : Restoring a 19th Century Railway Station in Germany


MACKY, PETER

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Livadia Publishers 2020

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings preservation conservation history historical 19th nineteenth century railway stations German Germany restoration Kaiserbahnhof Halbe

$30.00
xxdgd186687

Ancient and Medieval Siege Weapons: A Fully Illustrated Guide to Siege Weapons and Tactics


NOSSOV, KONSTANTIN & GOLUBEV, VLADIMIR (Illus)

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: The Lyons Press 2005

KEYWORDS: medieval weapons weaponry warfare combat military history

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