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xxfaa200716

Canterbury Historial Guide


WILSON, JOHN

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: Canterbuty Regional Committee of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury historic places guide history

$15.00
xxfaa200717

South Canterbury Historical Guide


SOUTH CANTERBURY DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE NEW ZEALAND HISTORIC PLACES TRUST

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: South Canterbury District Committee of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury South Canterbury historic places guide history

$10.00
xxfaa200719

Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal


ACKERLEY, J R

Small octavo hardcover (VG), lacks d/w; 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: Chatto & Windus 1952

KEYWORDS: J R Ackerley India journal social history travel literature

$9.50
xxfac200730

Focus


MILLER, ARTHUR

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: Penguin 1979

KEYWORDS: Arthur Miller New York 20th century social history fiction

$35.00
xxfad200733

Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War 1931-1941


MAIOLO, JOSEPH

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: Basic Books 2010

KEYWORDS: 20th century history arms race

$34.50
xxfba200757

Chilton Saint James: A Celebration of 75 Years


KERSLAKE, JOCELYN

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: Chilton Historical Trust 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chilton history historical

$30.00
xxfba200761

The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1886


WAWRO, GEOFFREY

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: Cambridge University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: 19th century history war Austria Prussia Italy conflict

$40.00
1y77a/51

People and Places: Country House Donors and the National Trust


LEES-MILNE, JAMES

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 232pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to front board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl tanning & creasing to flaps, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1998

KEYWORDS: James Lees-Milne history historical houses homes stately National Trust Country Houses charities charitable organisations

$40.00
1y77a/52

Fourteen Friends


LEES-MILNE, JAMES

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges, sm creasing to lower corner of prelims pgs) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & fading)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1999

KEYWORDS: James Lees-Milne history historical houses homes stately National Trust charities charitable organisations

$40.00
1y77a/55

Through Wood and Dale: Diaries, 1975-1978


LEES-MILNE, JAMES

THIS VOL ONLY, super ocatvo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 325pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, minor glue staining to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1998

KEYWORDS: diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir James Lees-Milne history historical houses homes stately National Trust charities charitable organisations

$40.00
1y77a/57

Ancient as the Hills: Diaries, 1973-1974


LEES-MILNE, JAMES

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 228pp, Near FINE (minor glue staining to front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate creasing to rear cover & flap, 8cm closed tear to rear cover, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1997

KEYWORDS: diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir James Lees-Milne history historical houses homes stately National Trust charities charitable organisations

$90.00
1y79a/10

Sea Hawk: From the Cockpit


DOUST, MICHAEL J

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, yellow/red/white lettering to spine, printed eps, 136pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, prev. owner's sm labels & black marker ink to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Ad Hoc Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: British aviation military history Sea Hawk aircraft raf royal air force fighter jets design engineering

$40.00
1y79a/11

The Buildings of Christ's College 1850-1990


HAMILTON, DON (Text) & WELLS, RODNEY (Drawings)

Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 107pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor tanning & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education schools history Christ's College buildings architecture

$40.00
1y79a/16

Die Geschichte der Zweiaugigen Rollei Spiegelreflexkamera


PARKER, IAN (Ed)

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Jersey Photographic Museum 1992

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN twin lens reflex camera photography rollei slr history art hobbies

$42.50
1y79a/22

That Damn'd Thing Called Honour: Duelling in Ireland 1570-1860


KELLY, JAMES

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, ix + 325pp, illus, VG (minor curling/chafing/wrinkling to covers, heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cork University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: history customs duelling Ireland Irish combat conflict weapons weaponry

$75.00
1y79a/25

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Secretay to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II (4 Vol Set)


PEPYS, SAMUEL & RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE (Life & Notes)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, mixed pagination, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl soiling to page edges of vols 2/3 & 4, minor damage to page edges of vol 2 with light wrinkling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: literature literary correspondence Samuel Pepys history historical

$148.00
1y79a/28

Die Leica: Fortgesetzt als Kleinfilm-Foto (4 Vol Set)


EMMERMANN, CURT (Schriftleitung)

4 VOL SET, TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, beige heavy boards, brown lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soiling to page edges, sm stain to front board of vol 4)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Schliemann & Co 1981

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art hobbies photography Leica cameras history design

$185.00
1y79a/29

Get Off My Ship: Ensign Berg vs. the US Navy


GIBSON, E LAWRENCE & BERG III, VERNON E (Illus)

SCARCE, octavo, grey light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 385pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light rubbing & curling to covers, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Avon 1978

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval US ensign vernon e berg homosexuality social stigma

$100.00
1y79a/31

A Lexicon of Freemasonry; Containing a Definition of All its Communicable Terms, Notices of its History, Traditions and Antiquities, and An Account of all the Rites and Mysteries of the Ancient World


MACKEY, ALBERT G & CAMPBELL, DONALD (Revised by)

LACKS FEP, sm octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & masonic illus to spine, gilt masonic illus & blind rule to front board, 444pp + 23pp catalogue to rear, G+ (heavy bruising & rubbing/chafing to spine & boards/edges with considerable surface loss, heavy cracking to rear hinge of spine- rear board partially detached, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, front & rear eps missing, moderate to heavy foxing to pages throughout, several prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, v heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, pgs 193-208 detached but present, other page segments partially detached but still tentatively hanging on, despite its pre-loved condition text block is still readable)

PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lexicon dictionary terms terminology rites secret societies history historical literature

$140.00
1y83a/2

Manual of Freemasonry


CARLILE, RICHARD

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, printed front eps, xv + 311pp, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- heavily cracked at front hinge, moderate soiling to boards, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board extrems & edges, front gutter completely cracked/detached, yellowing tape staining to & ex-libris ink stamp to front eps, numerous pgs detached but present, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some page segments partially detached/loosened) Very delicate condition- please feel free to ask for photos

PUBLISHER: Reeves & Turner N/D (c.mid-late 1800s?)

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies royal arch history rites manuals

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