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$10.00
xxeje198435

Leith Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club, 60th Jubilee 1985


DONALDSON, CLIFF (Intro)

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin sport history Leith harrier athetics track field

$25.00
xxeka198437

My Disillusionment in Russia


GOLDMAN, EMMA & WEST, REBECCA (Intro) & HARRIS, FRANK (Bio Sketch)

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: Peter Smith / Harper & Row 1983

KEYWORDS: Emma Goldman Russia Russian history post revolution Kronstadt rebellion

$35.00
xxeka198441

Alamein 1933-1962: An Italian Story


CACCIA-DOMINIONI, PAOLO & CHAMBERLIN, DENNIS (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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: George Allen & Unwin 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions war history military Italy Italian Alamein Paolo Caccia-Dominioni

$22.50
xxekb198446

The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704


LOPEZ, IGNACIO and IVAN NOTARIO & EMBLETON, GERRY and SAM (Illus)

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: Osprey Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: war military history men-at-arms series soldiers Spanish tercios

$16.50
xxekc198464

Coming of Age: The United Church 1913-1972


HAMES, E W

SIGNED BY AUTHOR (ON FRONT COVER) 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: Institute Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history methodist methodism 20th twentieth century signed E W Hames

$35.00
xxeke198466

World War II Album: The Complete Chronicle of the World's Greatest Conflict


BUELL, HAL (Ed) & SALMAGGI, CESARE (Compiled by) & PALLAVISINI, ALFREDO (Compiled by)

Heavy 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: Tess Press 2002

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photojournalism photography photos records

$22.50
xxeke198467

Mythology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia


CAVENDISH, RICHARD (Ed) & LING, TREVOR O (Consultant Ed)

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: Orbis Publishing 1982

KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology myths legends encyclopedia encyclopaedia world religions

$15.00
xxeke198468

Earth: The Operators' Manual


ALLEY, RICHARD B

Very tidy ex-library, 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: W W Norton & Company 2011

KEYWORDS: earth climate environment renewable energy sources global warming history

$30.00
xxekf198480

The Strangest War: The Story of the Maori Wars 1860-1872


HOLT, EDGAR

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket scruffy with considerable archival repair; 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: Putnam & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history wars 19th nineteenth century

$45.00
1y50a/45

Stories From the Marketplace


LARSEN, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, 396pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked/warped, light soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand stock market exchange finance financial capitalism capitalist history

$40.00
1y50a/48

Ganymede in the Renaissance : Homosexuality in Art and Society


SASLOW, JAMES M

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvi + 265pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & fading to cover edges, minor chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: art history gay lgbtq renaissance medieval homosexuality European Italian criticism

$90.00
1y53a/1

The Second World War (2 Vol Set & Vinyl Record)


WINSTON S CHURCHILL & THE EDITORS OF LIFE

2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, ILLUSTRATED WITH VINYL RECORD, sm folio, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to coloured spines & black boards, 615pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, minor glue damage to page edges of vol 1, light tanning to page edges, sl staining to ffep of vol 1) in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to front side, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Time Life / Houghton Mifflin 1960

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Winston Churchill vinyl record illustrated military history special editions box sets

$145.00
1y53a/2

The Ruins of Mexico, Volume 1 (Only Volume Ever Issued)


RICKARDS, CONSTANTINE GEORGE

Lg quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & motif to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 153pp + blank memoranda to rear, illus/photos- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate smatterings of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H E Shrimpton 1910

KEYWORDS: ancient history Mexico archeology archaeology ruins old buildings

$40.00
1y53a/3

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall


FIELDER, HUGH

Quarto, illus heavy boards, blue & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Race Point Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Pink Floyd biography biographies memoir history

$150.00
1y53a/4

With the Cameliers in Palestine


ROBERTSON, JOHN & CHAUVEL, General Sir HARRY (Intro) & ALLEN, Colonel The Hon Sir JAMES (Intro)

LACKS D/W, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light to moderate scuffing to board & spine edges, black lettering & rule heavily faded on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: military history war Palestine New Zealand

$100.00
1y53a/5

Arnhem Land: Its History and Its People


BERNDT, RONALD M & BERNDT, CATHERINE H

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vii + 243pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: F W Cheshire 1954

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history arnhem anthropology

$40.00
1y53a/6

Amateur Racing Driver


TAPPER, T P CHOLMONDELEY

LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D (c.1950s?)

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports amateur racing cars grand prix history

$60.00
1y53a/7

Lords' Dreaming: The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond


MALLETT, ASHLEY

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 2002

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket Australia Australian Aborgines Aboriginal

$45.00
1y53a/8

Salutary Punishment: Taranaki Maori Prisoners in Dunedin, 1869-72 and 1879-81


CHURCH, IAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, printed front ep, 120pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Patea Historical Society 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Taranaki Maori prisoners south island Dunedin late 19th nineteenth century

$120.00
1y53a/9

A Narrative of the Boer War: Its Causes and Results


CARTER, THOMAS FORTESCUE & MACQUEEN, JOHN (Facsmile of)

LIMITED EDITION (#642/1000), quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering tp spine & front board- raised bands at spine, illus eps, 574pp, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana 1985

KEYWORDS: Boer war history Africa military politics

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