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$42.50
2i2/40

Straight Through from London: The Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand


TAYLOR, ROWLEY

Small quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Heritage Expeditions 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antipodes Bounty Islands Isles history natural history

$65.00
2i2/42

Year Away: Wartime Coastwatching on the Auckland Islands, 1944


TURBOTT, GRAHAM

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to brown spine, frontispiece, xiv + 153pp, VG+ (v. v. slight creasing)

PUBLISHER: Department of Conservation 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Islands history natural history

$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

$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

$14.00
xxrlh125387

The History Today: Who's Who in British History


GARDINER, JULIET (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Collins & Brown 2000

KEYWORDS: history biographies who's who Britain ancient history politics royal family monarchy

$90.00
2i22/32

Industrial Democracy


WEBB, BEATRICE & WEBB, SIDNEY

2 volume set, First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 452pp (vol 1), vii + 477pp + 6pp adverts (vol 2), VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & soiling to boards, ex library label to fep, NZ labour party label stuck on to fep with cellotape, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, & Co. 1897

KEYWORDS: Labor unions history Great Britain History

$65.00
2i25/47

Macquarie Island


CUMPSTON, J. S.

Small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in darker green decorative panel to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 380pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (some tanning to spine & flap folds, light creasing to spine extrems, archival tape repair to spine head & 3cm tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Antarctic Division Dept of Internal Affairs Australia 1968

KEYWORDS: Macquarie Island history natural history exploration Antarctic

$25.00
xxrmj126329

Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand


DALLEY, BRONWYN (Ed) & MCLEAN, GAVIN (Ed)

Large quarto hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG+), in slip case (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: Hodder Moa/Hachette Livre 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history tvnz pictorial prehistory culture colonisation Depression rogernomics modern history

$22.50
xxfdb126409

New Zealand and Japan 1900-1941


LISSINGTON, M. P.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer 1972

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Japan military history politics war alliance

$80.00
2i30/1

Merchant Ships 1942


TALBOT-BOOTH, E.C. (compiled)

Oblong, Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpagenated, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1942

KEYWORDS: Merchant ships marine nautical history reference boats history

$100.00
2i35/3

The RAF and Aircraft Design 1923-1939: Air Staff Operational Requirements


SINNOTT, COLIN

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 249pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 2001

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force aviation history RAF history aircraft production design

$235.00
2i39/12

An Account of New Zealand and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the North Island


YATE, REV. WILLIAM

Rebacked with new eps and spine, complete with maps and plates, piece of original spine with title mounted to spine, octavo, green cloth boards, black cloth spine, frontispiece, xii + 320pp, illus plates, VG- ( moderate rubbing to boards, moderate brusing & fraying to board corners & edges, light tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to prelims & plates, sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside1835 second edition

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history missionary church history

$245.00
2s20a/38

Australia Circumnavigated: The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator, 1801-1803; Volumes I & II


FLINDERS, MATTHEW & MORGAN, KENNETH (Ed)

2 volume set, super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece,xxiv + 416 (vol 1), xiv + 560 (vol 2), NR FINE in NR FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2015

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Matthew Flinders HMS Investigator exploration history travel

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