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$45.00
1w45a/28

The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography


DUNN, MARYJANE & DAVIDSON, LINDA KAY

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + 546pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Graland Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Chile Santiago de Compostela history Christian pilgrimages religious abstracts

$165.00
1w45a/30

Moriori: A People Rediscovered (Revised Edition)


KING, MICHAEL

SECOND EDITION (REVISED), imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moriori Michael King history culture Chatham Islands pacific

$45.00
1w45a/31

Coleridge and the Romantic Newspaper: The Morning Post and the Road to 'Dejection'


THOMSON, HEIDI

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 274pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sm gouge to spine, gift inscription in ink signed Heidi to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2016

KEYWORDS: literature Coleridge literary history Heidi Thomson criticism appreciation

$40.00
1w45a/32

A History of the Gold Coast


WARD, W E F

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 387pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's ink stamp name to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1948

KEYWORDS: history Gold Coast Africa British rule politics

$65.00
1w51/5

The Waikato Journals of Vicesimus Lush: 1864-8 1881-2


DRUMMOND, ALISON (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 210pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press (Printer) 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato history Vicesimus Lush first editions signed

$40.00
1w51/8

They Wouldn't Let Us Die: The Prisoners of War Tell Their Story


ROWAN, STEPHEN A

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 252pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, moderate creasing to edges, moderate creasing to flaps with minor tanning also, moderate discolouration to spine, occasional moderate closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan David Publishers 1973

KEYWORDS: signed first editions pows prisoners of war Vietnam war military history Stephen A Rowan

$75.00
1w51/13

The World Crisis 1911-1918


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 831pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to front gutter- front board sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1941

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill early 20th twentieth century history military politics the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1

$200.00
1w51/14

The Second World War - Chartwell Edition (6 Vol Set)


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & SHIRER, WILLIAM L (Fore)

6 VOL SET, super octavo, beige buckram boards with sm illus plates on front, gilt lettering to blue & brown faux leather spines, top page edges stained yellow, illus eps, frontispieces, various pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1983

KEYWORDS: Chartwell edition Winston Churchill ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history government politics political

$40.00
1y11a/1

The Churchills: Portrait of a Great Family


WATNEY, JOHN

Imperial octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. owner's name/signature in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Cremonesi 1977

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill family history great English British families

$95.00
1y11a/2

The Churchill War Papers: Volume III The Ever-Widening War 1941


GILBERT, MARTIN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxiv + 1821pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2001

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill war papers history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 1941 politics government

$200.00
1y11a/3

Great Contemporaries


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S

FIRST US EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, page fore-edges deckled, x + 299pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate cracking & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, pencil scarring to ffep)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill first US editions biographies inspirational figures history

$40.00
1y11a/4

Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S (Ed)

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 506pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate creasing to top edges of pgs131-136) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy chipping to edges with some loss & tidy tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1950

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill speeches politics political Europe collection history

$195.00
1y11a/5

The World Crisis 1916-1918 (2 Vol Set)


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S

2 VOL SET, FIRST US EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, deckled page edges, vol 1- xvi + 302pp, vol 2- x + 325pp, illus/folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to lower edges, moderate chafing & staining to boards, light tanning to spines, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- mostly light, half title page of vol 2 partially detached, light to moderate pencil annotations)

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 history politics govenrment first US editions

$40.00
1y11a/7

The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

MODERN REPRINT, NOW OUT OF PRINT, super octavo, cream heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, 233pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Barnes & Noble 1993

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill early war history autobiography autobiographies memoir British army Malakand north west frontier middle east

$40.00
1y11a/8

Winston S Churchill: Companion Volume I, Part I 1874-1896


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, US EDITION, super octavo, maroon & beige spine & boards, gilt & blue lettering to spine, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl water staining to rear page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/scuffing & chipping to edges, minor fading to spine & front cover, moderate chafing & surface loss, light wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1967

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill biographies biography memoir British prime ministers history government parliament politics political US editions

$40.00
1y11a/10

Action This Day: Working With Churchill


NORMANBROOK, LORD et al & WHEELER-BENNETT, Sir JOHN (Ed & Intro)

Tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing to edges, minor wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill British government parliament history biography biographies memoir anecdotes

$200.00
1y11a/11

Arms and the Covenant


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S & CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S (Compiled by)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 466pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, minor tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions Winston Churchill history speeches politics political collection pre-war government parliament

$65.00
1y11a/12

Fights & Furloughs in the Middle East


HELM, A S

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LACKS D/W, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus front eps, frontispiece, 301pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate fading/staining to spine & boards, spine sl cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other ownership ink stamps to ffep, gift inscription in ink to full title page, moderate browning/spotting to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Zealanders soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir A S Helm 2nd NZEF war history

$35.00
xx63pol196320

The Kilmog and Environs: A History of Evansdale, Warrington, Merton Districts


TOD, FRANK

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: Historical Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Otago regional history regions districts Evansdale Warrington Merton

$12.50
xx63pol196340

Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro


SUMPTER, D J & LEWIS, J J

RE-PRINT, water stained ex-library, redaing copy only, 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: Cadsonbury Publications 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history Tokomairiro

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