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$8.50
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Escort: The Battle of the Atlantic


RAYNER, Commander D A & ROSKILL, Captain S W (Ed)

Paperback (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: Futura Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: military history Royal Navy British ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval warfare battles Atlantic

$8.50
xxqfk194645

The Stolen Woman


SHIPMAN, PAT

Super octavo softcover (VG-) some heavy cracking at some gutters; 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: Bantam Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Florence Baker biographies memoir Africa history Ottoman empire

$9.00
xxqga194661

All My Days


DAYUS, KATHLEEN

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: Virago Press 1990

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Kathleen Dayus social history

$9.00
xxqga194662

Where There's Life


DAYUS, KATHLEEN

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: Virago Press 1989

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Kathleen Dayus social history

$14.50
xxqgg194671

Vico and Herder: Two Studies in the History of Ideas


BERLIN, ISAIAH

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: Vintage / Random House 1977

KEYWORDS: history philosophy Giovanni Battista Vico Johann Gottfried Herder criticism appreciation interpretation

$20.00
xxqgg194675

The Naval Side of British History


CALLENDER, GEOFFREY

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: Christophers 1927

KEYWORDS: British Navy naval history military Great Britain

$30.00
xxqgj194680

The Victoria Cross 1856-1964


SMYTH, Brigadier The Rt Hon Sir JOHN

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: Frederick Muller 1965

KEYWORDS: military history vc victoria cross medals bravery valour valor Sir John Smyth

$14.00
xxqgj194684

Soccer by the Silverstream


ANDERSON, CLIFF

Octavo softcover (Near 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W C Anderson 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago region Silverstream soccer team centennial centenary Mosgiel history sport

$15.00
xxqgj194687

Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day


ALDRICH, ROBERT (Ed) & WOTHERSPOON, GARRY (Ed)

THIS VOL 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: Routledge 2002

KEYWORDS: lgbtq history queer gay lesbian gender studies

$20.00
xxaag194694

Grog's Own Country


BOLLINGER, CONRAD

Octavo stiff card boards (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: Price Milburn 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand alcohol liquor licensing history drink drinking culture

$15.00
xxaag194696

Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II


ALDRICH, ROBERT (Ed) & WOTHERSPOON, GARRY (Ed)

THIS VOL 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: Routledge 2002

KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian queer history biographies antiquity

$17.50
xxabd194704

Currents of Mediaeval Thought, with Special Reference to Germany


SEIDLMAYER, MICHAEL & BARKER, D (Trans)

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: Basil Blackwell 1960

KEYWORDS: Germany German medieval mediaeval thought history reformation religion

$175.00
1t20a/14

The Formation of Labour Movements 1870-1914: An International Perspective (2 Vol Set)


VAN DER LINDEN, MARCEL (Ed) & ROJAHN, JURGEN (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, dark blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xxii + pgs 1-450, vol 2- xi pgs 451-785, VG+ (sl fading to spines, sl chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1990

KEYWORDS: labour labor movement international economy history historical

$75.00
1t20b/3

Air War 1941: The Turning Point (2 Vol Set)


FOREMAN, JOHN

2 VOL SET, octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spines, vol 1- 355pp, vol 2- 370pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & fading to spines, light chafing/soiling & curling to covers, light soiling to page edges, minor annotations in red ink sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Air Research Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat conflict blitz battles battle of Britain raf royal air force

$100.00
1t20b/4

Before the Wrights Flew: The Story of Gustave Whitehead


RANDOLPH, STELLA

Octavo, turquoise buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, top corner of front flap missing)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1966

KEYWORDS: civil aviation flight history Gustave Whitehead aeronautics biographies memoir

$40.00
1t20b/12

Lives of the Engineers: History of Roads: Metcalfe, Telford


SMILES, SAMUEL

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black rule & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, ix + 331pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & chipping to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's embossed stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light wrinkling to some page edges, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878

KEYWORDS: engineers history Thomas Telford John Metcalfe roads civil engineering construction infrastructure

$40.00
1t20b/13

The Story of the Life of George Stephenson; Including a Memoir of His Son Robert Stephenson


SMILES, SAMUEL

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece xiv + 388pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, ffep partially detached, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to title page- historic, light foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1873

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers biographies memoir George Stephenson Robert history

$40.00
1t20b/23

Books to the People: A History of Regional Library Services in New Zealand


RONNIE, MARY

Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xi + 122pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light scuffing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ancora Press, Monash University 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand library services history community resources

$40.00
1t20b/30

The First Hundred: John Edmond Limited 1862-1962


HARTE, G W

LACKS D/W, quarto, grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board, 68pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & discolouration to spine & boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: G W Harte N/D (c.1962?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand business history businesses John Edmond Ltd

$35.00
xxabf194711

Cameo of the Past: Stories of Mid Canterbury People and Places 1868-2006


LANGDON, VELMA

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: Velma Langdon 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history mid Canterbury settlers pioneers anecdotes

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