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$60.00
1y42a/35

A History of the English Speaking Peoples (4 Vol Set - Chartwell Edition)


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, top pages stained blue, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/chafing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The Educational Book Company 1956-58

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill literature writings prose history English speaking peoples Chartwell edition

$50.00
1y42a/37

Slow Approach of Thunder: Story of a Life


PAUSTOVSKY, KONSTANTIN & HARARI, MANYA (Trans) & DUNCAN, MICHAEL (Trans)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, erratum slip tipped in to copyright page, 256pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Harvill Press 1965

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Konstantin Paustovsky Russia Russian history

$65.00
1y42a/38

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology


SUMMERS, MONTAGUE

Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxiii + 353pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University Books 1956

KEYWORDS: magic demons demonology esoteric supernatural satanism Montague Summers religion history literature

$245.00
1y42a/39

The History of Magic, Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of its Procedure, its Rites and its Mysteries


LEVI, ELIPHAS (CONSTANT, ALPHONSE LOUIS) & WAITE, ARTHUR EDWARD (Trans, Preface & Notes)

LACKS D/W, octavo, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained yellow, frontispiece, 384pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Borden Publishing N/D (inscription dated 1959)

KEYWORDS: history magic rituals rites Eliphas Levi esoteric mysticism occult

$80.00
1y42a/41

Cast in Concrete: Concrete Construction in New Zealand 1850-1939


THORNTON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996

KEYWORDS: signed Geoffrey Thornton New Zealand construction buildings architecture engineering concrete history historical

$40.00
1y42a/43

William Henry Fox Talbot


BATCHEN, GEOFFREY

Quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & boards, photographic plate to front board, printed eps, 15pp + plates to rear, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & front board)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2008

KEYWORDS: photography art history photographers William Henry Fox Talbot biography biographies memoir

$40.00
1y42a/47

The Girlhood of Mary Queen of Scots


STODDART, JANE T

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xliv + 471pp, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1908

KEYWORDS: history Mary Queen of Scots biography biographies memoir royal family France 16th sixteenth century

$60.00
1y42a/50

Skinheads 1979-1984


RIDGERS, DEREK

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps & prelims, 157pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate curling & scuffing to cover edges, light wrinkling & chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 2014

KEYWORDS: British skinhead culture early 80s anarchy skinheads contemporary history portraits photos Derek Ridgers

$165.00
1y42a/51

Service Lives Remebered: The Meritorious Service Medal in New Zealand and Its Recipients 1895-1994


CHAMBERLAIN, HOWARD E

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: H E Chamberlain 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers meritorious service medal recipients history military

$22.50
xxsme197725

U-Boats in Action 1939-1945 (U-Boote im Einsatz)


HERZOG, B

Square 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: Podzun-Verlag N/D (c.1970)

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval sea warfare u-boats submarines

$19.50
xxsme197726

Spitfire on My Tail: A View From the Other Side


STEINHILPER, ULRICH & OSBORNE, PETER

SLIT TO FRONT COVER, 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: Independent Books 2009

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare German luftwaffe

$19.50
xxsme197727

Anzacs: Stories From New Zealanders at War


WILLIAMS, TONY

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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2000

KEYWORDS: anzac military history New Zealand Zealanders anecdotes ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$10.00
xxsme197728

Outrageous Rugby Moments


QUINN, KEITH & ROMANOS, JOSEPH (Ed)

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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union sport history anecdotes Keith Quinn humour humor

$15.00
xxsme197730

The Golden Horseshoe


ROBERTSON, TERENCE & CREASY, Admiral Sir GEORGE (Preface)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) lacks fep, frontispiece loose; 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: Evans Brothers 1955

KEYWORDS: military history naval sea warfare maritime u-boats submarines German

$16.50
xxsme197731

The Navy's Here! The Altmark Affair


FRISCHAUER, WILLI & JACKSON, ROBERT

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: Victor Gollancz 1955

KEYWORDS: military history German nazi naval warfare Altmark

$19.50
xxsme197733

The Black Raider


WEYHER, KURT & EHRLICH, HANS JURGEN

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (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: Elek Books 1955

KEYWORDS: military history naval battles warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$25.00
xxsmg197749

Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War


CAIRNS, PUAWAI & KEITH, MICHAEL & PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER & TAYLOR, RICHARD

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2022

KEYWORDS: military history the great war first 1st world war one i 1 campaigns Gallipoli weta workshop exhibition te papa museum

$22.50
xxsmg197750

The Lost Boys


BYRNES, PAUL

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: Affirm Press 2020

KEYWORDS: military history under-age soldiers anzac ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 boys

$22.50
xxsmg197752

Play it Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible


RUSBRIDGER, ALAN

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: Jonathan Cape 2013

KEYWORDS: British journalism history Alan Rusbridge music memoir autobiography autobiographies

$38.50
xxsmg197754

Silent Victory: The US Submarine War Against Japan


BLAIR Jr, CLAY

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (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: J b Lippincott 1975

KEYWORDS: military history naval operations warfare maritime nautical submarines Japan Japanese US American

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