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$25.00
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In Her Hand: letters of romantic-era British women writers in New Zealand collections


MCLEAN, THOMAS (ed) & ROGERS, CANDLER SHEFFIELD (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Otago English department 2013

KEYWORDS: language New Zealand history literature history

$20.00
xxsir101196

The Amazing World of James Hector


NATHAN, SIMON (Ed.) & VARNHAM, MARY (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: explorer exploring geology natural history medicine biography James Hector new zealand history

$38.50
xxskl102826

Desiring Arabs


MASSAD, JOSEPH A.

Imperial octavo hardcover (Nr 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2007

KEYWORDS: arab muslim history western imperialism cultural academic history

$150.00
2g24b/34

New Zealand Colonial Museum Bulletin No.1 1905


HAMILTON, A (Ed)

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history

$24.50
xxfrb106974

Juan de la Cierva and his Autogiros


ORD-HUME, ARTHUR W. J.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: aviation history invention development autogiros spanish history planes

$30.00
xxsmj109893

The Quest for Becket's Bones: The mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury


BUTLER, JOHN

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: medieval history relics monastery monastic christian cantuerbury english british uk history middle ages

$12.00
xxewk110450

Railways of the World in Colour: Railways at the Turn of the Century 1895-1905


NOCK, O. S. & MEADWAY, CLIFFORD (Illus.) & MEADWAY, WENDY (Illus.)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969

KEYWORDS: railway railways rail trains history britain british uk history transport

$45.00
2s29/32

Australia and Homeward


LUCAS, REV. D. VANNORMAN

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt ship illus to front board, blind-stamped decorative edging to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to baoards & spine, some browning to page edges, Sunday school prize label to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing to frontispiece & tissue guard, 4cm closed tear to upper gutter edge of title page, some loosening to gutter)

PUBLISHER: William Briggs 1888

KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals birds Burke Wills history

$10.00
xxspd115287

The Normans and their Myth


DAVIS, R. H. C.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Book Club Assciates 1976

KEYWORDS: british european uk history normans norman conquest cultural social history

$8.00
xxfdg115969

Christopher Columbus


BRADFORD, ERNLE

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973

KEYWORDS: christopher columbus central latin american history exploration colonial history biography

$37.50
xxrgc121614

Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to July 18th, 1948


LEVIN, HARRY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950

KEYWORDS: Jerusalem Israel Jewish history Palestine diary Arab history siege Harry Levin

$17.50
xxrhi122672

The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880


PERKIN, HAROLD

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: history industrial revolution sociology social history English

$16.50
xxrie123171

The Genius of Alexander the Great


HAMMOND, N. G. L.

Super octavo softcover (nr 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1998

KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece

$24.50
xxrie123173

On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on teh North-West Frontier of India


STEIN, SIR AUREL

Super octavo softcover in clear contact (nr 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Ares Publishing Inc 1974 (?)

KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics India empire Greece biography

$42.50
2i9/26

The Handley Page Halifax


MERRICK, K.A.

Quarto, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine (slight bruising to spine edges) in d/w VG+ (light bubbles made from clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Aston Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Royal Air Force RAF aviation aerial operations History World War Two WW2 planes Halifax Bomber History military

$15.00
xxrkb124291

Dubcek's Blueprint For Freedom: His Original Documents Leading to the Invasion of Czechoslovakia


LUNGHI, HUGH & ELLO, PAUL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1969

KEYWORDS: politics history post war history Russia Czecholslovakia

$75.00
2i11/8

Bomber's Eye


SAWARD, DUDLEY

Octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 265pp, illus (b&w plates), VG (moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, small closed tears & chips to edges, some repaired with archival tape, light rubbing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1959

KEYWORDS: radar bombing aviation military technology history second world war 2 ww2 Dudley Saward autobiography history

$75.00
2i13/24

On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign


TAE, BLACK

First edition, ex-library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & moderate rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, library label to fep & top of front board, light foxing to first few pages, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1917

KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Campaigns Iraq Al Kut History Siege British military history autobiography

$40.00
2i19/2

Mussolini


BOSWORTH, R.J.B.

Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xv + 584pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arnold 2002

KEYWORDS: biography history World War Two military Dictators politics Italy Fascism History

$140.00
2i19/8

Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia


BENNETT, JAMES

Imperial octavo, illus boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2005

KEYWORDS: arts Islam history history civilisation Southeast Asia exhibition

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