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The Final Hours: A German Jet Pilot Plots Against Goering


STEINHOFF, JOHANNES & UNDERWOOD, J. A. (Trans)

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 Nautical & Aviation Publlishing Company of America 1985

KEYWORDS: military aviation history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 ii German fighter pilots luftwaffe General Johannes Steinhoff autobiography memoir

$18.50
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Roman London


MARSDEN, 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: Thames and Hudson 1986

KEYWORDS: ancient Roman history London English England archeology archaeology

$30.00
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Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube


MARTIN, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, 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: Profile Books 2012

KEYWORDS: first editions London underground transport transit systems history tube trains passenger rail

$30.00
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Preston North End - The Rise of the Invincibles


BARRETT, MICHAEL & SQUE, DAVID (Illus)

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: Invincible Books 2016

KEYWORDS: English soccer football pne Preston North End history sport

$22.50
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The Great Houses of San Francisco


AIDALA, THOMAS & BRUCE, CURT (Photo)

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: Thames and Hudson 1974

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history historical San Francisco art photos photography

$16.50
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Writing Degree Zero


BARTHES, ROLAND & LAVERS, ANNETTE (Trans) & SMITH, COLIN (Trans)

Sm octavo softcover (VG) some occasional annotation; 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 1970

KEYWORDS: Roland Barthes literature history literary criticism

$22.50
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Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly


PRICE, SALLY

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: University of Chicago Press 2007

KEYWORDS: art anthropology culture history ethnology museums France French

$25.00
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Lonely Warrior


OFFENBERG, JEAN & HOUART, VICTOR (Ed) & TOWNSEND, Group Captain PETER (Preface)

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: Souvenir Press 1956

KEYWORDS: military history aviation Jean Offenberg battle of Britain ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii fighter pilots autobiography memoir

$25.00
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Shipwrecks Bluff Area 1845-1920


CHRISTIANSEN, PAT

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

PUBLISHER: Bluff History Group 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bluff maritime nautical history disasters shipwrecks

$15.00
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The War in the West: A New History: Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-1943


HOLLAND, JAMES

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Bantam Press 2017

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

$19.50
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Under the Nor' West Arch: A High Country Story


PORTER, GRACE and TED

SIGNED BY GRACE PORTER, 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand High Country autobiography memoir Grace Ted Porter signed history

$15.00
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A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini


MOOREHEAD, CAROLINE

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: Chatto & Windus 2017

KEYWORDS: history Italy Italian fascism politics political Mussolini revolution resistance

$15.00
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Whale Hunt: The Narrative of a Voyage


HALEY, NELSON COLE

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

PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1951

KEYWORDS: Nelson Cole Haley Charles W Morgan maritime nautical autobiography history

$100.00
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Verve: The Sound of America


HAVERS, RICHARD

Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver & gilt lettering to spine & boards, illus prelims, 399pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2013

KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians entertainment US America American history biographies

$45.00
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Queenstown's Farms & Sheep Stations: Families That Farmed the Land


McDONALD, BILL

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl water staining to top page corners)

PUBLISHER: Bill McDonald 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Queenstown Lakes District farming sheep agriculture settlers pioneers history

$75.00
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One-Man War: The Jock McLaren Story


RICHARDSON, HAL

Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 189pp, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate crack to gutter of pgs114-115) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1957

KEYWORDS: military history biography memoir Jock McLaren Pacific War

$65.00
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Infantry Brigadier


KIPPENBERGER, Major-General Sir HOWARD

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, sl staining/discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, heavy open tearing & loss to top spine extrem, moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders soldiers military history Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger 20 twenty NZ battalion ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

$45.00
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The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury


HARMON, JIM & GLUT, DONALD F.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to gutter of pg171) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, in removable plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: The Woburn Press 1973

KEYWORDS: entertainment old b movies matinee cinema history heroes silver screen superheroes

$60.00
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Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940


SABIN, PAUL

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 307pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press2005

KEYWORDS: petroleum industry market California history trade government policy energy fossil fuels 20th twentieth century

$50.00
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Danmarks Land


CLAUSEN, C. C. & NIELSEN, J. J.

TEXT IN DANISH, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & black illus to front board, patterned eps, 359pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- binding sloppy/loose, gift inscription in ink to verso of title page, light to moderate foxing to pgs sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters with some pgs detached but present- not counted presumed all present)

PUBLISHER: Gyldendalske Boghandel N/D (c.1910s)

KEYWORDS: text in Danish Denmark culture history illustrated C C Clausen J J Nielsen

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