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$60.00
1y42a/35

A History of the English Speaking Peoples (4 Vol Set - Chartwell Edition)


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, top pages stained blue, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/chafing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Educational Book Company 1956-58

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill literature writings prose history English speaking peoples Chartwell edition

$50.00
1y42a/37

Slow Approach of Thunder: Story of a Life


PAUSTOVSKY, KONSTANTIN & HARARI, MANYA (Trans) & DUNCAN, MICHAEL (Trans)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, erratum slip tipped in to copyright page, 256pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Press 1965

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Konstantin Paustovsky Russia Russian history

$80.00
1y42a/41

Cast in Concrete: Concrete Construction in New Zealand 1850-1939


THORNTON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996

KEYWORDS: signed Geoffrey Thornton New Zealand construction buildings architecture engineering concrete history historical

$40.00
1y42a/43

William Henry Fox Talbot


BATCHEN, GEOFFREY

Quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & boards, photographic plate to front board, printed eps, 15pp + plates to rear, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & front board)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2008

KEYWORDS: photography art history photographers William Henry Fox Talbot biography biographies memoir

$40.00
1y42a/47

The Girlhood of Mary Queen of Scots


STODDART, JANE T

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xliv + 471pp, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1908

KEYWORDS: history Mary Queen of Scots biography biographies memoir royal family France 16th sixteenth century

$165.00
1y42a/51

Service Lives Remebered: The Meritorious Service Medal in New Zealand and Its Recipients 1895-1994


CHAMBERLAIN, HOWARD E

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H E Chamberlain 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers meritorious service medal recipients history military

$22.50
xxsme197725

U-Boats in Action 1939-1945 (U-Boote im Einsatz)


HERZOG, B

Square 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: Podzun-Verlag N/D (c.1970)

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval sea warfare u-boats submarines

$19.50
xxsme197727

Anzacs: Stories From New Zealanders at War


WILLIAMS, TONY

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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2000

KEYWORDS: anzac military history New Zealand Zealanders anecdotes ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$10.00
xxsme197728

Outrageous Rugby Moments


QUINN, KEITH & ROMANOS, JOSEPH (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union sport history anecdotes Keith Quinn humour humor

$15.00
xxsme197730

The Golden Horseshoe


ROBERTSON, TERENCE & CREASY, Admiral Sir GEORGE (Preface)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) lacks fep, frontispiece loose; 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: Evans Brothers 1955

KEYWORDS: military history naval sea warfare maritime u-boats submarines German

$19.50
xxsme197733

The Black Raider


WEYHER, KURT & EHRLICH, HANS JURGEN

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: Elek Books 1955

KEYWORDS: military history naval battles warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$25.00
xxsmg197749

Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War


CAIRNS, PUAWAI & KEITH, MICHAEL & PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER & TAYLOR, RICHARD

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: Te Papa Press 2022

KEYWORDS: military history the great war first 1st world war one i 1 campaigns Gallipoli weta workshop exhibition te papa museum

$22.50
xxsmg197752

Play it Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible


RUSBRIDGER, ALAN

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: Jonathan Cape 2013

KEYWORDS: British journalism history Alan Rusbridge music memoir autobiography autobiographies

$12.00
xxsmg197755

Night of the U-Boats


LUND, PAUL & LUDLAM, HARRY

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 Foulsham & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: military history u-boats naval ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$16.50
xxsmj197757

Lords of Cricket: Players, Personalities and Legends


GALSWORTHY, JOCELYN & VIGORS, JUDY

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 Sportsman's Press 2005

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers players

$22.50
xxsmj197761

The U-Boat Offensive 1914-1945


TARRANT, V E

Square 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: Arms and Armour 1989

KEYWORDS: naval maritime warfare combat u-boats military history

$19.50
xxsmj197762

Menace: The Life and Death of the Tirpitz


KENNEDY, LUDOVIC

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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1979

KEYWORDS: military history Tirpitz naval warships combat

$22.50
xxsmj197764

Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942-45


BLAIR, CLAY

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Cassell & Co 2001

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Hitler naval warfare u-boats

$22.50
xxsmj197765

The Black Raider


WEYHER, KURT & EHRLICH, HANS JURGEN

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: Elek Books 1955

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Kurt Weyher Hans Jurgen Ehrlich

$25.00
xxsnb197771

Essence: 25 Years Celebrating Black Women


EDWARDS, AUDREY (Text) & HINDS, PATRICIA MIGNON (Ed) & TAYLOR, SUSAN L (Intro)& ANGELOU, MAYA (Fore)

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: Harry N Abrams 1995

KEYWORDS: history magazines african american black women celebration Essence

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