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$16.50
xxpac193932

The World Cup: The Complete History


CROUCH, TERRY

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: Aurum Press 2006

KEYWORDS: soccer football world cup history sport

$15.00
xxpac193933

Aston Martin: Made in Britain


COLLINS, BEN

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: Quercus 2020

KEYWORDS: British cars history design Aston Martin The Stig automotive

$15.00
xxpai193937

The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1980 Edition (46th Year of Issue)


CARMAN, ARTHUR H (Ed)

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: Sporting Publications 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rugby union past games almanacks

$35.00
xxpai193939

In the Hills of Breadalbane


FIRSOFF, V A

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty) frontispiece partially detached; 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: Robert Hale 1954

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Perthshire travel writing literature history V A Firsoff

$20.00
xxpak193946

Cromwell: Our Chief of Men


FRASER, ANTONIA

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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 and Nicolson 1997

KEYWORDS: Oliver Cromwell English history England politics government biographies memoir

$60.00
xxpcc193979

The Archaeology of Otago


HAMEL, JILL

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: Department of Conservation 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history archaeology archeology Otago department of conservation

$18.50
xxpcc193983

Awesome Forces: The Natural Hazards That Threaten New Zealand


HICKS, GEOFF (Ed) & CAMPBELL, HAMISH (Ed)

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: Te Papa Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature natural hazards disasters earthquakes volcanoes landslides tsunamis weather events

$25.00
xxpcc193984

Up Wi' the Bonnets! The Centenary History of Dundee Football Club


PRICE, NORRIE

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: Norrie Price 1993

KEYWORDS: sport history football soccer Scottish Scotland Dundee FC centennial centenary

$30.00
xxpcc193985

Bloomingdale's Illustrated 1886 Catalog: Fashions, Dry Goods and Housewares


BLOOMINGDALE BROTHERS & BRYK, NANCY VILLA (New Intro)

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: Dover Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: American department stores history catalogs catalogues Bloomingdale's fashion dry goods homewares 1886

$45.00
1s10a/1

Caves of Northern Thailand


SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR & GARDNER, SIMON & SMART, DEAN

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps & prelims, 392pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: River Books 2006

KEYWORDS: Thailand travel writing literature guide caves caving exploration adventure archaeology ancient history conservation geology

$125.00
1s10a/8

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (5 Vol Set)


SCOTT, Sir WALTER

5 VOL SET, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spines & front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, illus title pages, various pagination, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to spines & boards with minor soiling also, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of all vols, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing, prev. owner's name in ink to half title pages of all vols, moderate soiling to some pages of vols 4 & 5)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1875-6

KEYWORDS: history politics military Napoleon Bonaparte biographies memoir

$40.00
1s10a/13

A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (Second Edition)


RICKLEFS, M C

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 378pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & sioling to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1993

KEYWORDS: Indonesia history culture government politics

$40.00
1s10a/14

The Beloved Princess: Princess Charlotte of Wales, the Lonely Daughter of a Lonely Queen


PEARCE, CHARLES E

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/portrait to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: royalty royal family Princess Charlotte of Wales monarchy history first editions British

$40.00
1s10a/15

Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century


FAIRHOLT, F W & DILLON, The Hon. H A (Enlarged & Revised by)

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, 415pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1885

KEYWORDS: England English history clothing fashion textiles culture costumes

$40.00
1s10a/22

Annotated Bibliography for the History of Medicine & Health in New Zealand


DOW, DEREK A (Compiled by)

Super octavo, glossy illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 322pp, VG+ (light scuffing to dges of covers, sl soiling to covers, prev owners name in ink to fep, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago 1994

KEYWORDS: bibliography biblioghraphies catalogues history health medicine New Zealand

$45.00
1s10a/25

Southern Lights: The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37


RYMILL, JOHN & STEPHENSON, A & BERTRAM, C G L

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, x + 298pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Scott Polar Research Institute 2012

KEYWORDS: Graham Land expedition exploration history south pole antarctica observations

$45.00
1s10a/26

Color Profiles of World War 1 Combat Planes


APOSTOLO, GIORGIO (Text) & BIGNOZZI, GIORGIO (Text) & McADOO, DALE (Trans) & GREEN, WILLIAM (Intro)

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Crescent Books 1974

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war i 1 one the great war combat aerial combat planes fighter aviation design identification markings

$40.00
1s10a/32

Germany Under Three Emperors


RADZIWILL, PRINCESS CATHERINE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 379pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, moderate fading to board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front & rear pastedowns, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light occasional cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1917

KEYWORDS: first editions Germany German history rulers leaders empire Prussia Austria Russia government

$100.00
1s18b/1

Wanderings in the Middle East


SLOAN, A

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece, 318pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine &edges with loss & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate staining & discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Middle East A Sloan Palestine Syria Iraq culture customs first editions history

$40.00
1s18b/5

The Memoirs of the Crown Prince of Germany


WILHELM II, CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 299pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing & tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1922

KEYWORDS: first editions history Germany German crown prince Wilhelm ii 2nd second memoirs autobiography Kaiser Prussia

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