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$70.00
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George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee


PARMET, HERBERT S

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, 576pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2000

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government George Bush senior

$45.00
2s22a/6

Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time


CLEAVES, FREEMAN

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xiv + 422pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1986

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government William Henry Harrison

$45.00
2s22a/7

Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest


BAUER, K JACK

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xxiv + 348pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1997

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Zachary Taylor

$55.00
2s22a/9

Rutherford B Hayes: Warrior & President


HOOGENBOOM, ARI

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xii + 626pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1996

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Rutherford B Hayes

$40.00
2s22a/10

Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills


NICHOLS, ROY FRANKLIN

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xvii + 625pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1988

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Franklin Pierce

$40.00
2s22a/11

Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House


HAMILTON, HOLMAN

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, 496pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1989

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Zachary Taylor

$100.00
2s22a/12

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II


HOUGH, RICHARD & RICHARDS, DENIS

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, xvii + 413pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history battle of Britain British aerial warfare aviation ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
2s22a/13

The Bitter Woods: The Dramatic Story, Told at all Echelons - from Supreme Command to Squad Leader - of the Crisis That Shook the Western Coalition: Hitler's Surprise Ardennes Offensive


EISENHOWER, JOHN S D

FULL LEATHER BINDINGS, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, maps to prelims & terminals, 506pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1995

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Europe

$70.00
2s22a/14

Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche


NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH & LEVY, Dr OSCAR (Ed & Preface) & LUDOVICI, ANTHONY (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, xiii + 364pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing/scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edgeslight soiling to eps, tape repairs to rear gutter, sm label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page & Company 1921

KEYWORDS: first editions letters correspondence Friedrich Nietzsche history historical philosophy German philosophers

$45.00
2s22a/15

Suspended Access: The History of the Privately Owned Opiki Toll Bridge 1918-1969


AKERS, MOLLY J

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & soiling to spine & covers, light curling to covers, errata slip to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Molly J Akers 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Molly J Akers suspension bridges history Opiki toll bridge civil engineering infrastructure transport

$100.00
2s22a/16

Black People in Britain 1555-1833


SHYLLON, FOLARIN

Tidy ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 290pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (single library label to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing, light creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: race relations ethnicity Great Britain British history black people slavery

$40.00
2s22a/17

Andre Kertesz in Paris Photographien 1925-1936


PHILLIPS, SANDRA et al (Text)

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, black heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Schirmer/Mosel 1992

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN photography photos Andre Kertesz Gardener Paris art history appreciation criticism

$40.00
2s22a/27

Mafia: The Necessary Reference to Organized Crime


SHANTY, FRANK (Chief Consultant)

Quarto, illus stiff card covers, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 351pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate beinding/bruising to covers & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Millenium House 2009

KEYWORDS: organised organized true crime gangs gang warfare reference history drugs drug cartels mafia global markets black market

$275.00
2s22a/29

The Mirrour of Vertue in Worldly Greatness; or, The Life of Sir Thomas More, Knight


ROPER, WILLIAM & GOLLANCZ, ISRAEL (Ed)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#40/290), quarto, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration/tooling to spine & boards, teg, vignette, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 57pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing to boards, minor insect damage to front board, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy tanning to edges front & rear eps- from leather on board edges, v delicate ribbon place-keeper to front eps, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout- age appropriate & unobtrusive, 'ghost' ink staining to verso of vignette & title pages)

PUBLISHER: The De La More Press 1902

KEYWORDS: limited numbered special editions history historical portraits Sir Thomas More

$50.00
2s22a/33

The Imperial Horse: The Saga of the Lipizzaners


ISENBART, HANS-HEINRICH & BUHRER, EMIL M et al

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 204pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to spine, light tanning & sl foxing to boards, sm ink scribble to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor cracking to gutters at prelims, minor soiling to title page & frontis, 5cm crack to lower gutter at rear) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & wrinkling, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1986

KEYWORDS: imperial horses history equine Lipizzaner Spain Spanish riding schools

$90.00
2s22a/34

A Passion for Place: Gardens of the Blue Mountains


HALLIDAY, ALISON & HAMBRETT, JOANNE & BROWN, PETER (Fore) & VALDER, PETER (Prologue)

Quarto, grey/blue heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xiv + 242pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & fading)

PUBLISHER: Bloomings Books 2010

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian scenery Blue Mountains photography photos landscapes nsw history gardens

$125.00
2s22a/38

The Silent Division: New Zealanders at the Front 1914-1919 & Concerning One Man's War


BURTON, O E & RUSSELL, Major General Sir ANDREW (Fore) & GRAY, JOHN H (Ed) & GRANT, DAVID (Bio of Author) & PUGSLEY, Dr CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ilus eps, 467pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers

$50.00
2s22a/40

Aleppo: A History


BURNS, ROSS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 340pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & creasing/curling to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2018

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity archeology archaeology Aleppo middle east Syria

$120.00
2s27a/1

The Desert War Trilogy: Mediterranean Front ; A Year of Battle ; The End in Africa


MOOREHEAD, ALAN & HASTINGS, MAX (Intro)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, illus red buckram boards, grey & black lettering to spines, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: folio society history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military desert

$40.00
2s27a/6

Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde


MORRIS, PAULA & SAMESHIMA, HARU

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to yellow cloth spine, illus prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to spine/cloth)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary history biography biographies memoir art appreciation Robin Hyde

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