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$245.00
ak2/13a/28

The Illustrated Lancia


TROW, NIGEL

IN SLIPCASE, heavy square quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, prelims + 288pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing/bruising & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Palawan Press 2000

KEYWORDS: automotive cars history Lancia design engineering

$200.00
ak2/13a/29

The Javanese Travels of Purwalelana: A Nobleman's Account of his Journeys Across the Island of Java 1860-1875


BOSNAK, JUDITH E (Trans, Intro & Notes) & KOOT, FRANS X (Trans, Intro & Notes)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xxii + 272pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2020

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt Society history historical voyages 19th nineteenth century exploration Java Purwalelana

$300.00
ak2/13a/33

The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the Manuscript Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks


BANKS, Sir JOSEPH & DAWSON, WARREN R (Ed)

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 965pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edges, light tanning to spine, light scuffing to spine & rear)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1958

KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks British Museum Natural History manuscripts

$40.00
ak2/13a/35

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume I


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind rule & gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xx + 442pp, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, occasional annotation- neat & very minor/unobtrusive- otherwise a near fine copy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society George Vancouver 18th eighteenth century voyages history north pacific exploration

$40.00
ak2/13a/36

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume II


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind rule & gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, ix + pgs443-786, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society George Vancouver 18th eighteenth century voyages history north pacific exploration

$40.00
ak2/13a/37

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume III


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind rule & gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs787-1230, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society George Vancouver 18th eighteenth century voyages history north pacific exploration

$40.00
ak2/13a/38

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume IV


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind rule & gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs1231-1752, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing/soiling & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society George Vancouver 18th eighteenth century voyages history north pacific exploration

$10.00
xx148pol208841

The Compleat Angler


WALTON, IZAAK; LANG, ANDREW (introd)

Sm 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1944

KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton 17th century literature fishing fish angling angler history sport game

$17.50
xx148pol208847

Wartime Wanderers: A Football Team at War


PURCELL, TIM & GETHING, MIKE

8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Mainstream Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: 20th century war wartime sports football soccer history Second World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII

$15.00
xx148pol208848

The Garment of Love: A Spiritual Journey


SIMMONS, PEB

8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Peb Simmons 2007

KEYWORDS: Peb Simmons New Zealand life lives biography history

$20.00
xx148pol208856

Meet You at Raffles


FLOWER, RAYMOND

Sq super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Times Books International 1987

KEYWORDS: Raffles hotel travel travelling tourism history

$35.00
xx148pol208857

In Seach of the Rainbow: The Coromandel Story


LUX, CHRIS & WELDON, FAY (forew); et al

Imp 8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Coromandel Town History Research Group 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Coromandel town history social

$27.50
xx148pol208859

Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II


PRESONTON, ANTONY (forew)

4to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Studio 1989

KEYWORDS: Jane's ships war warrfare Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII naval military history

$25.00
xx148pol208863

People of the Stone Age: Hunter-gatherers and Early Farmers


BURENHULT, GORAN; WHITEE, J PETER (forew)

4to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Stone Age prehistory prehistoric pre history hunter-gatherers hunter gatherers farming farmers

$20.00
xx148pol208867

Ancient Voyages in the Pacific


SHARP, ANDREW

First edition. Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Polynesian Society 1956

KEYWORDS: Andrew Sharpe ancient history Pacific Ocean voyages

$17.50
xx148pol208871

Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power


ROUNDING, VIRGINIA

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2006

KEYWORDS: Virginia Rounding Empress Catherine II Imperial Russia 18th century Russian history

$15.00
xx148pol208874

City on the Rocks: Hong Kong's Uncertain Future


RAFFERTY, KEVIN

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Viking 1989

KEYWORDS: 20th century Hong Kong history China Britain England political politics

$22.50
xx148pol208876

Land Uplifted High


PASCOE, JOHN

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1952

KEYWORDS: John Pascoe New Zealand landscape environment travel social history

$25.00
xx147pol208882

The History of H.M.A.S. Maryborough: Corvettes in World War II 1940-1946


OGLE, BRIAN

Super 8vo 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Brian Francis Ogle 1992

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII naval navy warships military history

$25.00
xx147pol208887

The Butterfly and Common Moths of New Zealand


GASKIN, D E

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1966

KEYWORDS: D E Gaskin zoology butterfly butterflies moth moths natural history

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