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$40.00
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The Blue, the Gray, & the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War


HATCH, THOM

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, xi + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easilt removed if desired, light creasing to edges, pink staining to rear- on plastic cover only)

PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books 2003

KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history North Indians

$75.00
2g13e/42

The Second Mexican-Texas War 1841-1843


LAMEGO, Gen. MIGUEL A SANCHEZ

Octavo, white buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xii + 127pp, illus, VG (light rubbing 7 moderate soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of page block)

PUBLISHER: Hill Junior College Press 1972

KEYWORDS: military history US American America Mexico Mexican conflict border wars borders 19th nineteenth century

$95.00
2g13e/43

Inglorious Soldier


GIBBON, MONK

FIRST EDITION, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 333pp, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate tanning to flaps & rear)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions military history soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Monk Gibbon British army armed forces defence defense

$70.00
2g13e/46

The Trooper Police of Australia: A Record of Mounted Police Work in the Commonwealth From the Earliest Days of Settlement to the Present Time


HAYDON, A L

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, coloured coat of arms to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 431pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine/hinges- spine partially detached, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to rear gutters, numerous sm ex-libris ink stamps throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at front- title page partially detached)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1911

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian law enforcement police mounted history early settlers settlements troopers

$40.00
1c61a/2

Model Soldiers: An Illustrated History


GARRATT, JOHN G

Imperial octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt soldier motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, 6cm crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society 1972

KEYWORDS: hobbies toys toy soldiers model figures history historical collectables collectibles

$45.00
1c61a/3

The Troopers' Tale: The History of the Otago Mounted Rifles


MACKAY, DON (Ed) & JONES, Lieutenant General RHYS (Fore)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 382pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor warping/creasing to spine, sl bruising to board edges, light tanning/staining to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate peeling/wrinkling to covers & spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Turnbull Ross Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Otago Mounted Rifles OMR

$145.00
1c61a/4

A Pictorial History of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)


CROOK, Major E D (Ed) & MARTEINSON, Major J K (Ed)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 343pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, 9cm light crack to front hinge, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 107/108)

PUBLISHER: Brigadier-General S V Radley-Walters 1973

KEYWORDS: military history Canada 8th eighth Canadian Hussars Princess Louise regiments

$40.00
1c61a/5

Texas in Revolt: Contemporary Newspaper Account of the Texas Revolution


GADDY, JERRY J (Compiled by) & HEFTER, J (Illus)

Quarto, maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 139pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking to gutterslight wrinkling to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Old Army Press 1973

KEYWORDS: US America American history Texas war conflict newspaper reports journalism

$65.00
1c61a/7

The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard


LACHOUQUE, HENRY & BROWN, ANNE S K (Trans) & CHANDLER, DAVID G (New Intro)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 564pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1978

KEYWORDS: French war history France Napoleon Bonaparte grand armee leadership military

$45.00
1c61a/9

The Age of Chivalry, Part 2


FUNCKEN, LILIANE and FRED

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, 109pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock 1981

KEYWORDS: uniforms military history medieval art soldiers castles artillery armour infantry cavalry renaissance slavic oriental

$100.00
1c61a/11

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1893


VON DADELSZEN, E J & SEDDON, Honourable R J (Prepared Under Instruction from)

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, folding map to front, viii + 456pp, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems- minor loss to top edge, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 3cm crack & heavy tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing with 7cm closed tear to folding map, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Samuel Costall, Gov't Printer 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official yearbooks past years 1893 history historical

$285.00
1c61a/12

The New Zealanders


N/A

ORIGINAL BINDING, SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece, iv + 424pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims inc. map/frontispiece, minor cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history original bindings exploration development early settlers anthropology customs culture Maori

$245.00
1c61a/19

Report of the Education Commission 1863


TANCRED, Hon H J et al (Commissioners)

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate creasing & closed tearing to spine, moderate creasing & tanning to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to back page, minor cracking to rear gutter, minor loosening at string binding)

PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times 1864

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education commission reports history historical 19th nineteenth century school schools scholling

$60.00
1c61a/21

Far Famed Fiordland: Historic and Descriptive


BEATTIE, HERRIES

Ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 141pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light chafing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy tape staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie early settlers pioneers explorers Fiordland

$65.00
1c61a/26

Mamaku West Trucks and Truckers


ABBOT, GAVIN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey & white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trucks truckers trucking haulage comapnies Gavin M Abbot logging loggers

$42.50
1c61a/27

Indigenous Logging, Trucks and Truckers


ABBOT, GAVIN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey & white lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 157pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trucks truckers trucking haulage comapnies Gavin M Abbot logging loggers

$78.50
1c61a/29

Totara: A Natural and Cultural History


SIMPSON, PHILIP

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand indigenous trees native Totara culture natural history nature

$50.00
1c61a/30

The Auckland School: 100 Years of Architecture and Planning 1917-2017


GATLEY, JULIA (Ed) & TREEP, LUCY (Ed)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 273pp + unpaginated terminals, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schoold school buildings design architecture history Auckland planning development centennial centenary

$65.00
1d24a/2

The Classic Construction Series - 500 Years of Earthmoving


COHRS, HEINZ-HERBERT

Quarto, white heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 260pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to top edges of boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997

KEYWORDS: history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery earthmovers earthmoving tools mechanical engineering

$95.00
1d24a/3

The Classic Construction Series - The History of Cranes


COHRS, HEINZ-HERBERT & BACHMANN, OLIVER et al

Quarto, white heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997

KEYWORDS: cranes history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery tools mechanical engineering

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