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In Spite of Dungeons


DAVIES, S. J. & CARNE, Colonel J. P. (Fore)

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1954

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war North Korea Korean

$15.00
xxkvd190089

Wavy Navy; by Some Who Served


KERR, J. LENNOX (Ed) & JAMES, DAVID (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1954

KEYWORDS: military history sea warfare navy collection prose writings

$15.00
xxkvf190092

Gallant Gentlemen (Sixth Impression)


CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1934

KEYWORDS: military history naval navy sea warfare marine E Keble Chatterton

$15.00
xxkvf190093

The Sea-Raiders


CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) fep missing; 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1936

KEYWORDS: military history naval warfare marine Germany ww1 the great war first 1st world war one i 1

$10.00
xxkvf190094

Fire From Heaven


HARRISON, MICHAEL

Paperback (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1977

KEYWORDS: spontaneous human combustion history studies

$75.00
1d31b/13

My Best A Collection of the Best Originations Conceived by Eminent Creators in the Inventive Field of Twentieth Century Magic


THOMPSON, J. G. (Compiled & Ed) & FITZGERALD, TOM (Illus)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt magician illus to front board, frontispiece, 384pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, moderate staining to lower page edges of terminals)

PUBLISHER: Charles H. Hopkins & Co 1945

KEYWORDS: hobbies magic tricks illusions 20th twentieth century history

$16.50
xxkwe190131

The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia


KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP & SIMPSON, COLIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1969

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia biographies memoir adventure military history first editions

$15.00
xxkwe190132

To the Top of the World: The First Plaisted Polar Expedition


KURALT, CHARLES

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1969

KEYWORDS: exploration adventure North Pole Arctic circle expeditions Ralph Plaisted history

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xxkwe190134

They Climbed the Alps


MULLER Jr., EDWIN

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1930

KEYWORDS: adventure climbing mountain climbing mountaineering the Alps history

$15.00
xxkwe190136

Forerunners to Everest: The Story of the Two Swiss Expeditions of 1952


DITTERT, RENE & CHEVALLEY, GABRIEL & LAMBERT, RAYMOND & HUNT, Brigadier Sir JOHN (Preface) & BARNES, MALCOLM (English Version)

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1954

KEYWORDS: adventure history Swiss Alps exploration expeditions mountain climbing mountaineering

$15.00
xxkwk190147

Otago Centennial 1848-1948: Official Souvenir Programme


CAMERON, D. C. (Fore)

Imperial octavo stapled light card covers (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (1948)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago centennial celebrations souvenirs

$15.00
xxkwk190149

Carlsbad Cavern: The Early Years


NYMEYER, ROBERT & HALLIDAY, WILLIAM R.

Square 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Carlsbad Caverns 1991

KEYWORDS: Carlsbad Caverns history photos culture travel literature writing

$15.00
xxkwk190150

Tarquin's Ship: The Etruscan Wreck in Campese Bay


McKEE, ALEXANDER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1985

KEYWORDS: adventure shipwrecks Campese Bay history

$16.50
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Henry Hudson


POWYS, LLEWELYN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1927

KEYWORDS: adventure voyagers Henry Hudson maritime nautical exploration explorers history

$10.00
xxkwk190164

Gumboots & Goalposts


STEWART, J. J. & EVANS, MALCOLM (Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Rugby Press 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history anecdotes literature writings J J Stewart

$30.00
xxkwn190167

On Top of the World: An Illustrated History of Mountaineering and Mountaineers


STYLES, SHOWELL & MARAINI, FOSCO (Intro)

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1967

KEYWORDS: adventure history mountain climbing mountaineering mountaineers exploration explorers

$10.00
xxkwn190170

My Life With Matin Luther King Jr


KING, CORETTA SCOTT

Paperback (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1973

KEYWORDS: Martin Luther King Jr history biography memoir civil rights activists

$15.00
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Oliver Cromwell


BUCHAN, JOHN

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1949

KEYWORDS: British history Oliver Cromwell military biographies

$10.00
xxkxb190176

The Education of Henry Adams


ADAMS, HENRY & NADEL, IRA B. (Ed, Intro & Notes)

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Henry Adams literature history literary biographies memoir

$25.00
xxkxb190181

The Conquest of the Poles, and Modern Adventures in the World of Ice


JUDD, ALFRED

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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: T. C. & E. C. Jack N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration south north poles pole arctic antarctic history

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