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$25.00
xxsbv195871

The Football Hall of Fame: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Footballing Legends of All Time


GALVIN, ROBERT & CHARLTON, Sir BOBBY (Fore) & TAYLOR, GORDON (Fore)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MARK HUGHES, square 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.

PUBLISHER: Portico / Robson Books 2008

KEYWORDS: signed Mark Hughes English soccer football players history legends

$20.00
xxsci195881

A Span of Bridges: An Illustrated History


HOPKINS, H J

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: David & Charles 1970

KEYWORDS: bridges engineering maritime design history

$22.50
xxsci195883

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod


RIFFENBURGH, BEAU

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.

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2004

KEYWORDS: exploration history expeditions voyages Ernest Shackleton Nimrod south pole Antarctica discovery British

$15.00
xxsci195886

The Enchanted Places


MILNE, CHRISTOPHER

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: Eyre Methuen 1974

KEYWORDS: literary history A A Milne Christopher Robin autobiography memoir

$40.00
xxscl195889

First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand


DUDER, TESSA & ELLIOT, DAVID (Illus)

Quarto 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: HarperCollins 2019

KEYWORDS: exploration history New Zealand James Cook maps cartography voyages

$30.00
xxscl195890

A Wanderer in Inca Land


SANDEMAN, CHRISTOPHER

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v 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.

PUBLISHER: Phoenix House 1948

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings Incas culture customs history Peru

$20.00
xxscl195891

Heritage: The Parks of the People


THOM, DAVID

Quarto 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: Lansdowne Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand national parks travel literature writings Maori land heritage history

$35.00
xxscl195892

The Thoroughbred Among Banks in New Zealand: Volume III Banking in New Territory 1984-2000


HOLMES, Sir FRANK

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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 National Bank of New Zealand 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking finance history National Bank

$35.00
xxscl195893

The Thoroughbred Among Banks in New Zealand: Volume I The Early Years 1872-1947


HAWKE, GARY & HOLMES, Sir FRANK (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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 National Bank of New Zealand 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking finance history National Bank

$39.50
xxscl195894

A History of Mountain Climbing


FRISON-ROCHE, ROGER & JOUTY, SYLVAIN & DUSINBERRE, DEKE (Trans)

Quarto 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: Flammarion 1996

KEYWORDS: history exploration mountain climbing mountaineering the Alps ranges adventure

$25.00
xxscm195901

The Seven Mountain - Travel Books


TILMAN, H W & PERRIN, JIM (Intro)

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.

PUBLISHER: Diadem 1983

KEYWORDS: mountaineering mountain climbing travel exploration adventure H W Tilman history

$16.50
xxscm195906

A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton


LOVELL, MARY S

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: W W Norton & Company 2000

KEYWORDS: Richard Isabel Burton biographies biography memoir explorers scholars exploration travel history

$19.50
xxscm195909

The Tuntsa


TUREN, TEPPO & MCCABE, ELIZABETH MADDOX

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: Arthur Barker 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions history nautical adventures maritime voyages Tuntsa exploration sailing

$15.00
xxscm195910

The Great Days of Sail


SHEWAN, ANDREW & MACGREGOR, DAVID R (Intro)

Ex-library, 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: Conway Maritme Press 1973

KEYWORDS: nautical sailing maritime sailing clippers travel writings literature Captain Shewan history

$19.50
xxsco195912

Sir Francis Drake


THOMSON, GEORGE MALCOLM

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.

PUBLISHER: Book Club Associates / BCA 1972

KEYWORDS: English history Sir Francis Drake biographies biography memoir

$18.50
xxsco195913

The Fatal Shore: A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868


HUGHES, ROBERT

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.

PUBLISHER: Collins Harvill 1987

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian convicts transportation convict colonies history British prison fleets

$20.00
xxsco195916

The Skilled Labourer 1760-1832


HAMMOND, J L and BARBARA

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.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1920

KEYWORDS: labour force labourers history workers English trades

$22.50
xxsco195918

War Diaries: Notebooks from a Phoney War November 1939-March 1940


SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL & HOARE, QUINTIN (Trans)

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: Verso 1999

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 diaries soldiers journals Jean-Paul Sartre

$100.00
1w41a/12

German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse


FIGURA, STARR & JELAVICH, PETER (Essay)

Lg heavy quarto, cream illus cloth boards, beige lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/rubbing to spine & boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 4cm closed tear to top edge of front- discreet archival tape repairs, moderate fading to spine, light chafing, prev. booksellers sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Museum of Modern Art 2011

KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation German expressionism history

$40.00
1w41a/13

Chinese Art: The Minor Arts II


JENYNS, R SOAME & WATSON, WILLIAM (Ed Assist.)

Ex-library, no jacket- front flap loosely enclosed, lg heavy quarto, beige cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, 323pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, lightr bruising & moderate staining to boards/edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light to moderate scuffing & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ugly heavy tape repair to rear gutter- rear ep neatly torn out, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oldbourne Press 1965

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation China Chinese artefacts minor arts

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