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$65.00
1y42a/20

The Hard Road to Klondike


MacGOWAN, MICHAEL & IREMONGER, VALENTIN (Trans)

Ex-library, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 150pp, illus/photo, VG (spine cocked, usual library markings, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (1x corner sl clipped, light creasing & v heavy tape staining to flaps & cover edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, front flap & base of covers untidily trimmed)

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1962

KEYWORDS: goldmining gold mining history Michael MacGowan Ireland American autobiography autobiographies memoir

$50.00
1y42a/24

Constructing Communities in the Late Roman Countryside


GREY, CAM

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 269pp, Near FINE (sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: ancient Roman history communities rural countryside classical studies

$40.00
1y42a/25

The Sixth Column


DURRANI, Lt-Col MAHMOOD KHAN

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 368pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 3cm loss to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1955

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography autobiographies memoir Lt Col Mahmood Khan Durrani pows prisoners of war

$55.00
1y42a/26

Alone in the Sky


BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L R (Drawings)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed

$45.00
1y42a/30

Winston Churchill's Anti-Drepression Proposal


CLEMENT, WILLIAM EDWARDS

LACKS D/W, octavo, cream & green buckram boards, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & boards, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light staining to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Public Revenue Education Council 1958

KEYWORDS: history finance economics Winston Churchill politics tax taxation

$40.00
1y42a/32

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


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political

$40.00
1y42a/33

Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 3 1911-1914


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 1374-2159, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence

$40.00
1y42a/34

Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 2 1907-1911


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 677-1373, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence

$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

$16.50
xxsme197731

The Navy's Here! The Altmark Affair


FRISCHAUER, WILLI & JACKSON, ROBERT

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: Victor Gollancz 1955

KEYWORDS: military history German nazi naval warfare Altmark

$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

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