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$65.00
1w41b/7

Samolety-Razvedchiki P-5 & P-Z


MASLOV, MIKHAIL

TEXT IN RUSSIAN; Oblong octavo, stapled illus light card covers, illus eps & title page, 56pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: EKS Print 2000

KEYWORDS: text in russian russia soviet union military history air force aviation aircraft airplanes aeroplanes reconnaissance planes p-5 p-z illustrated

$60.00
1w41b/9

Amphibian; The Story of The Loening Biplane


LOENING, GROVER

Square imperial octavo, silver heavy card boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus title page & prelims, 196pp, photo illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (a few medium sized open & closed tears to cover extrems, tape repair to top of spine, moderate creasing & foxing)

PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society Ltd. 1973

KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft airplanes aeroplanes air force travel military transport amphibious grover loening amphibian biplane illustrated

$200.00
1w41b/10

Encyclopedia of Mongolia and The Mongol Empire


ATWOOD, CHRISTOPHER P.

HEAVY - ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES MAY BE REQUIRED; Ex-library; Quarto, illus heavy card boards, brown lettering to dark blue spine, x + 678pp, illus, VG (light-moderate scuffing & light soiling to boards, occasional light soiling to pages throughout, library stamps to top edge of pages & colophon)

PUBLISHER: Facts On File, Inc. 2004

KEYWORDS: ex library east asian mongolian mongol empires history encyclopedia encyclopaedia reference illustrated

$100.00
1w41b/12

Brevduen - Caproni Ca.310, LN-DAK; DNL's jakt pa et postfly


MULDER, ROB J.M.

TEXT IN NORWEGIAN, ACCOMPANIED BY ENGLISH TRANSLATION PAMPHLET; Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to green spine, 126pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers/page edges)

PUBLISHER: European Airlines Rob Mulder 2012

KEYWORDS: text in norwegian aviation history aircraft airplanes aeroplanes air travel transport norway commercial postal mail service dnl brevden caproni ca.310 ln-dak illustrated translated translations

$65.00
1w41b/14

The Official Record of The Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition; Held in Dunedin, New Zealand, From March 22nd to JUne 4th, 1898, To Celebrate the Completion of the First Fifty Years of the Province of Otago.


N/A

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering plus blind-stamped decorative rule & motifs to front board, blind-stamped decorative motif to rear board, adverts to eps & prelims, portrait illus frontispiece/prelim, 180pp + 2pp adverts at rear, illus plates & adverts, VG- (moderate-heavy discolouration to spine & boards, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate cracking to front gutter - front board slightly shaky, prelim pages partially detached, light soiling, tanning & creasing to pages throughout, one or two pages with moderate scribbling in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick and Co. 1898

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago dunedin official records jubilee industrial exhibition anniversary celebrations catalogues guides guidebooks tourism tourists history historical illustrated

$200.00
1w41b/17

History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago


PYKE, VINCENT

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind-stamped rule to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, vii + 151pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to front gutter - board moderately shaky, light cracking to rear gutter, light-moderate soiling, tanning & creasing to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelim)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company, Limited 1887

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago gold goldfields mining mines early settler history historical industry industrial illustrated

$120.00
1w41b/28

Fifty Years of the Law Commissions; The Dynamics of Law Reform


DYSON, MATTHEW & LEE, JAMES & STARK, SHONA WILSON (eds)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 421pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (one small close tear to rear fold, light rubbing & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd 2016

KEYWORDS: united kingdom british great britain english england law commissions act 1965 legal history reforms

$50.00
1w41b/34

Ferrari Dino; The Complete Story


CURTIS, ANTHONY

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, illus half-title page, 191pp, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling plus moderate creasing to covers, light sun-fading to spine, light discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1997

KEYWORDS: sports cars motorsports automotives automobiles transport history classic vintage ferrari italy italian illustrated guides guidebooks

$345.00
1w45a/2

Science of Coercion; Communication Research and Psychological Warfare; 1945-1960


SIMPSON, CHRISTOPHER

SCARCE; SOME ANNOTATION AND HIGHLIGHTING; Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine, 204pp, VG (large but light horizontal crease to rear cover, light rubbing & soiling to covers, light scuffing to spine, light soiling to page edges, occasional moderate highlighting & underlining/annotation in ink throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: scarce united states of america american u.s.a. government mass communication research cold war history politics psychological warfare propaganda

$17.50
xxsdu196009

Travelling Gent: The Life of Alexander Kniglake (1809-1891)


DE GAURY, GERALD

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1972

KEYWORDS: history biographies memoir Alexander Kinglake literary literature adventure travel

$22.50
xxsee196025

The War in the Air: The Royal Air Force in World War II


LYALL, GAVIN (Ed)

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: William Morrow & Company 1969

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force British armed forces aeriel combat warfare aviation

$12.50
xxsee196026

Churchill: Young Man in a Hurry 1874-1915


MORGAN, TED

LACKS D/W, 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: Simon & Schuster 1982

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Winston S Churchill British politics political leaders prime ministers government parliament history

$18.50
xxsee196028

The War Years 1939-1945: Volume II Diaries and Letters


NICOLSON, HAROLD & NICOLSON, NIGEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Atheneum 1967

KEYWORDS: Harold Nicolson ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 letters diaries correspondence journals history politics political British government parliament

$17.50
xxsen196031

Cotswold Ways


BRILL, EDITH & STAINTON, MICHAEL (Drawings)

Tidy ex-library, 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: Robert Hale 1985

KEYWORDS: English countryside history Cotswolds

$18.50
xxsen196034

The War Years 1939-1945: Volume II Diaries and Letters


NICOLSON, HAROLD & NICOLSON, NIGEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Atheneum 1967

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history letters diaries correspondence journals Harold Nicolson British parliament government

$10.00
xxsen196035

Profiles in Courage (Young Readers Edition) Abridged


KENNEDY, JOHN F & WEISS, EMIL (Illus)

ABRIDGED, 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: Harper & Brothers 1961

KEYWORDS: US presidents JFK John F Kennedy abridged copies abridgements youth literature history politics political leaders

$27.50
xxsen196036

Churchill and Beaverbrook: A Study in Friendship and Politics


YOUNG, KENNETH

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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1966

KEYWORDS: British history politics political leaders prime ministers Winston Churchill Max Aitken Lord Beaverbrook biographies biography memoir

$35.00
xxsen196038

Churchill's London: Spinning Top of Memories of Ungrand Places and Moments in Time


GILBERT, MARTIN

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: Churchill Literary Foundation 1987

KEYWORDS: British history Winston Churchill locations government politics

$22.50
xxsep196039

Churchill Speaks 1897-1963: Collected Speeches in Peace & War


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & JAMES, ROBERT RHODES (Ed)

LACKS D/W, 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: Barnes & Noble 1998

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill speeches politics British political history govenrment parliament prime ministers

$38.50
xxseq196042

Norman Rockwell Illustrator


GUPTILL, ARTHUR L & FISHER, DOROTHY CANFIELD (Preface) & ALEXANDER, JACK (Biographical Intro)

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: Watson-Guptill Publications 1946

KEYWORDS: Norman Rockwell art artists painters illustrators biographies biography memoir history

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