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$50.00
1y95b/1

An Engineering History of the ZRS-4/5 Fin Design


COOK, JEFFREY

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt letteringf to front board, vi + 85pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Jeffrey Cook 1997

KEYWORDS: history aviation design engineering flight flying zrs-4/5

$90.00
1y95b/2

Airships vs Submarines


VAN TREUREN, RICHARD G

Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Atlantis Productions 2009

KEYWORDS: military weapons weaponry aviation marine navy naval airships submarines history engineering

$150.00
1y95b/3

R100 in Canada


COUNTRYMAN, BARRY

VINYL RECORD LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled/patterned eps frontispiece, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Boston Mills Press 1982

KEYWORDS: airships r-100 r100 aviation history Canada flight engineering design

$45.00
1y95b/4

From Frigates to Flat-Tops: The Story of the Life and Achievement of Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett


ARPEE, EDWARD

LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/rule to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, xx + 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arpee1953

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett naval aviation US navy

$40.00
1y95b/6

Koje Unscreened


BURCHETT, WILFRED & WINNINGTON, ALAN

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/photos to prelims, 111pp, G+ (ugly tape reinforcement to spine, v heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Britain-China Friendship Association N/D

KEYWORDS: military history Koje Island pows prisoners of war violence abuse Korean Chinese American soldiers troops massacres

$60.00
1y95b/7

Home Carpentry for Handy Men


CHILTON-YOUNG, FRANCIS

LACKS FFEP, super octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & illus to spine & front board, vii + 772pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling page edges, ffep missing, prev. owner's details in blue pencil to front pastedown, heavy cracking & scuffing to front & rear gutters, pgs 15/16 top portion detached/missing, heavy tearing to top edges of pgs 743-748 with some minor loss)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: hobbies carpentry woodwork home repairs historical history

$55.00
1y95b/9

A Source Book of French Advertising Art


ZUCKER, IRVING (Compiled by)

Quarto, red/maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl wrinkling to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, heavy rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: French history art advertising

$46.50
1y95b/10

Scribes and Sources: Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century


OSLEY, A S (Selected, Introduced & Translated by) & WOLPE, BERTHOLD (Account)

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980

KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne

$40.00
1y95b/12

Grimaldi: King of Clowns


FINDLATER, RICHARD

LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955

KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature

$200.00
1y95b/13

Moundbuilders of the Amazon: Geophysical Archaeology on Marajo Island, Brazil


ROOSEVELT, ANNA CURTENIUS

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, xxvii + 495pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to spine & board extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1990

KEYWORDS: antiquity South America Brazil Marajo Island ancient history archeology archaeology geophysical excavations geology

$65.00
1y95b/19

A Dictionary of Quotations, in Most Frequent Use, Taken Chiefly from the Latin and French, But Comprising Many from the Greek, Spanish and Italian Languages, Translated into English


MACDONNEL, D E

Sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, vii + 416pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to leatherwork, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to terminal pages only, sporadic light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: G & W B Whittaker 1822

KEYWORDS: dictionary Latin French history historical language English translations languages

$40.00
2f14a/19

Jews in Germany from Roman Times to the Weimar Republic


GIDAL, NACHUM T; DONHOFF, MARION GRAFIN (pref)

Imp. 8vo, pp. 440; blue heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG+ (light to scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1998

KEYWORDS: Jewish Jew Judaism Germany German history

$90.00
2f14a/20

Goring's Grenadiers: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1942-1945


MUNOZ, ANTONIO J

Imp. 8vo, pp. 380; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: Axis Europa Books 2002

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany Luftwaffe Goring Grenadier 20th century war warfare military history

$50.00
2f14a/21

Panzers in Normandy: Then and Now


LEFEVRE, ERIC

4to, pp. 212; black leather bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).

PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Prints 1993

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany 20th century war warfare military history tank tanks Panzer

$150.00
2f14a/22

Knights of Steel Volume I: The Structure, Development, and Personalities of the 2.SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich


Divisional Commanders, Divisional Staff, Tank Regiment, Artillery Regiment

YERGER, MARK C

This volume only. Imp. 8vo, pp. 262; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Michael J. Horetsky 1989

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany 20th century war warfare military history SS division panzer

$425.00
2f14a/23

Knights of Steel Volume 2: The Structure, Development, and Personalities of the 2.SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich


Motorcycle Battalion, Assault Gun Detachment, Battle Group Das Reich, Engineer Battalion

YERGER, MARK C

Imp. 8vo, pp. 236; black buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping).

PUBLISHER: Mark C. Yerger 1994

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany 20th century war warfare military history SS division panzer

$300.00
2f14a/24

Great Passenger Ships of the World 1858-1986 (6 vols)


KLUDAS, ARNOLD

Complete, mixed set. Super 8vo, pp. 216, 240, 240, 232, 226, 192; blue heavy card bds (vols 1, 2, 4 & 5), black heavy card bds (vols 3 & 6), spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate staining to top edge; adhesive markings to top & bottom edges, esp present to prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate tanning, scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; prev bookseller's sticker to front fold (vols 3 & 4; some foxing; price clipped at front fold to vols 1, 2, 3 & 5).

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1975-1986

KEYWORDS: passenger ships world 19th 20th century history boat ocean sea ship technology travelling journey voyage

$485.00
2f33a/1

New Zealand Army Involvement: Special Aperations Australia


WIGZELL, FRANCIS ALEXANDER

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 289; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Pentland Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia Australian army military history special operations Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII

$45.00
2f33a/4

Kings and Kingdoms of Early Ango-Saxon England


YORKE, BARBARA

Super 8vo, pp. vi + 218; illus. light card covers; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1992

KEYWORDS: Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon kings king kingdom history

$40.00
2f33a/5

The Killing Zone: New Zealand Infantry in Vietnam 1967-1971


SMITH, COLIN

8vo, pp. 60; illus. light card covers; illus. prelims, photo,s illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: n/a

KEYWORDS: Colin Smith New Zealand military history 20th century Vietnam

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