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xx34pol202160

My Side of the Kwai: Reminiscences of an Australian Prisoner of War of the Japanese


ATKINSON, LES

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: Kangaroo Press 2001

KEYWORDS: military history Australian pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$20.00
xx34pol202161

The Defense of Berlin


SMITH, JEAN EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, fep missing, 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: The John Hopkins Press / Oxford University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history Berlin Germany German cities

$17.50
xx33pol202163

Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid


VILLA, BRIAN LORING

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: Oxford University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history France French Dieppe Earl Mountbatten

$20.00
xx33pol202174

Black Flu 1918: The Story of New Zealand's Worst Public Health Disaster


RICE, GEOFFREY W

Quarto 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: Canterbury University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health crisis crises history flu influenza 1918 sickness

$22.50
xx33pol202175

Peoples of the Past: Babylonians


SAGGS, H W F

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: British Museum Press 2000

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Babylon Babylonians anthropology Mesopotamia

$20.00
xx33pol202177

The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain


MORGAN, KENNETH O (Ed)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: history Great Britain British illustrated

$22.50
xx33pol202179

The Book of Orders and Decorations


MERICKA, VACLAV & MARCO, JINDRICH (Photos)

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: Hamlyn 1975

KEYWORDS: orders decorations awards medals history

$20.00
xx33pol202185

Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs Islam


HOPKINS, T C F

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: Tom Doherty / Forge 2007

KEYWORDS: Lapanto battles history historical western civilization medieval Islam Christianity Turks Turkish muslims

$35.00
xx33pol202189

A History of African Societies to 1870


ISICHEI, ELIZABETH

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 1997

KEYWORDS: anthropology Africa African history culture

$40.00
2s13a/8

A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers


EVE, JEANETTE; MILLS, BASIL (illus)

Super 8vo, illus light card covers, brown & white lettering to spine & bds, frontis., xi + 402 pp., illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling & sl tanning to pg edges & inside covers/prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Double Storey 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history East Cape authors poets poem poetry

$40.00
2s13a/12

The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry


NEWTON, JOSEPH FORT

8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine & front board, fore & bottom pg edges deckled, xiii + 317 pp., VG- (light to moderate creasing/scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to board & spine edges & extrems with light chipping, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to pg edges, marking in blue ink to front pastedown, prev owner's signature in pencil to ffep, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to eps/prelims, light to moderate insect holes to leaf of pp. 3 & 4, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing throughout, light creasing to pp at gutters).

PUBLISHER: The Torch Press 1920

KEYWORDS: Masonry Mason Freemason Freemasonry study criticism history fraternity

$40.00
2s13a/31

Buddhism in the Modern World


DUMOULIN, HEINRICH & MARALDO, JOHN C (eds)

Super 8vo, white cl bds, brown label to spine with copper gilt lettering & rules, xii + 368 pp., VG- (moderate tanning/soiling & scuffing (with sl fraying to cl) to bds & spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxin to eps/prelims/teminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling, light tanning & sl foxing, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1976

KEYWORDS: Buddhism modern world criticsim history religion spiritual spirituality culture cultural political

$40.00
2s13a/33

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. Third Session of the Ninth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives. Fifty-fouth Volume. Comprising the Period May 13 to June 21, 1886


n/a

Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering & black rules, to spine, embossed decorations to front & back bds, yellow/green eps, G- (moderate soiling & scuffing to spine & bds, heavy tearing to front & back joints--text block exposed, heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping, moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: G. Didsbury 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history government parliament debates 19th century law legal social custom

$75.00
2s13a/34

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1885, Vol. XVIII, s1


HECTOR, JAMES (ed)

LACKS COVERS. 8vo, sheets gathered & stitched, no bds, deckled top edge, xix + 468 pp., G+ (moderate tanning/soiling to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, two open tears to tp & tp loose at gutter, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 19th century journal science zooology wildlife animals plants botany geography

$40.00
2s17a/3

Shifting Baselines: The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries


JACKSON, JEREMY B C & ALEXANDER, KAREN E & SALA, ENRIC (eds)

8vo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, [10] + 296 pp., illus, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers, sl bruising to spine & cover edges & extrems, light tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning thoughout).

PUBLISHER: Island Press 2011

KEYWORDS: ocean fishery fisheries history management future sea ecology

$40.00
ak2/6a/12

Wanderings and Memories


MILLAIS, J G

8vo, red buckram blind paneled bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine, frontis. with tissue guard, xii + 298 pp., plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate fading to spine--esp lettering, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps, minor foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1919

KEYWORDS: history travel hunting guns firearms travelling fishing adventure birds

$125.00
ak2/6a/16

Angling in all its Branches, Reduced to a Complete Science


TAYLOR, SAMUEL

REBOUND. 8vo, half-bound in gilt rolled navy blue leather with blue buckram bds, 4 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules to spine, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, xv + 298 pp. + 6 pp. advts., VG (light soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, spine sl warped, light to moderate soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderade tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: T. N. Longman and O. Rees 1800

KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history

$175.00
ak2/6a/17

British Angling Flies


[THEAKSTON, MICHAEL]

Sm 8vo, blind paneled green cl bds with blind corner ornaments, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix , + 154, 8 plates counted all present to rear, VG- (moderate fading & scuffing/soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edged & extrems with light chipping, moderate soiling/tanning to pg edges, light soiling/tanning to eps & prelims/terminals).

PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1862

KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history

$80.00
ak2/6a/18

Streamside Guide to Naturals and their Imitations


FLICK, ART; CAMP, RAYMOND R

Sm 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering & ornament to spine & front board, xvii + 110 pp., plates, VG+ (light soiling/scuffing & creasing to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning to eps).

PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1947

KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history

$395.00
os2/55

The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775


DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt nautical motif to front board, frontispiece, c + 332pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl scuffing/bruising to boards/extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate scuffing/gouging to base of front cover, 20cm closed tear to base of front, light tanning to spine, sl soiling - jacket still remarkably tidy despite aforementioned flaws)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1992

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia

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