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$22.50
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA


WEINER, TIM

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2007

KEYWORDS: CIA central intelligence agency america history politics social commentary

$15.00
xx29pol203419

The Lowe Bingham Story 1902-1977


GRAHAM, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Printed by Dai Nippon

KEYWORDS: hong kong accounting history lowe bingham

$19.50
xx29pol203420

Planes, Names & Dames Vol. III 1955-1975


DAVIS, LARRY

THIS VOLUME ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: planes aeroplane airplane military aircraft history decoration aviation nomenclature

$20.00
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Tooth and Veil: The Lifeand Times of the New Zealand Dental Nurse


O'HARE, NOEL

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: dental nursing dentistry pediatric orthodontic new zealand history

$17.50
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Acts of Valour: The History of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand


HARPER, GLYN & RICHARDSON, COLIN

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand victoria cross military armed forces history

$20.00
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More Sources of World War I Army Ancestry


HOLDING, NORMAN

Octavo staple bound (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d

KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history

$20.00
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World War I Army Ancestry


HOLDING, NORMAN

Octavo staple bound (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d

KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history

$17.50
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Identifying your World War I Soldier from Badges and Photographs


SWINNERTON, IAIN & SYMONS, ROLAND (illus)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d

KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history

$14.00
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Karekare: An Album from the Past


WESTBROOKE, RAE

Oblong octavo staple bound (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Lodestar Press

KEYWORDS: karekare surf life saving club history

$40.00
2i8a/20

Monet: The Garden Paintings


VAN DIJKE, FROUKE et al

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to pink cloth spine, illus prelims & terminals, 200pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Kunstmuseum Den Haag / Hannibal 2019

KEYWORDS: art artists Claude Monet history criticism exhibitions appreciation

$60.00
2i8a/22

Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar


MARCH, EDGAR J

2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 276pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus/photos, illus/photos, VG- (library markings, light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, moderate bruise/scuff to bottom corner of rear board of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling/tape residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate staining to prelims of vol 1, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, minor discolouration to photos) in d/w, VG- (in protective plastic covers, heavy creasing & chipping to edges/corners, moderate chafing, soiling & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Fishing News / International Marine 1970

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical Great Britain British sailing history

$40.00
2i8a/36

The Milk of Paradise: Diaries, 1993-1997


LEES-MILNE, JAMES & BLOCH, MICHAEL (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary

$45.00
2i8a/39

The Exile: A Life of Ivy Litvinov


CARSWELL, JOHN

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983

KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical

$40.00
2i18a/1

The Port Hills of Christchurch


OGILVIE, GORDON

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, green leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 246pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed / Philip King 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Christchurch south island cities signed Gordon Ogilvie Port Hills early settlers pioneers

$40.00
2i18a/4

Luftwaffe Eagle: A WWII German Airman's Story


SOMMER, ERICH & SMITH, J RICHARD (Ed & Expanded by)

Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine & board top edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2018

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German Germany air warfare pilots luftwaffe

$75.00
2i18a/13

Nobody Grew But the Business: On the Life and Work of William Gaddis


TABBI, JOSEPH

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history

$40.00
2i18a/16

Plant Life in Maoriland: A Botanist's Note Book


CROOKES, MARGUERITE W

Octavo, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, illus, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges of paper covering, heavy staining & foxing to covers, heavy loss to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants nature history

$95.00
2i18a/20

The Gypsy Road: A Journey from Krakow to Coblentz


COLE, GRENVILLE A J & NEW, EDMUND H (Illus)

Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, decorated title page with tissue guard, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor scuffing/fraying to top edge of spine, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature gypsies Poland Europe history culture

$70.00
2i18a/21

The English Gipsies and Their Language


LELAND, CHARLES G

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xiii + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl tanning to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy language England English travellers linguistics history gipsies languages

$245.00
2i18a/22

A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language


SIMSON, WALTER & SIMSON, JAMES (Preface, Intro & Notes)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/roughcut page edges- some remain uncut, 575pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston 1865

KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy history language gipsies customs culture ceremonies

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