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$16.50
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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II


RADZINSKY, EDVARD & SCHWARTZ, MARIAN (TRANS.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1992

KEYWORDS: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia biography revolutionary Russian history

$35.00
xxaef220270

A Forgotten Adventure: Australia's Elite Cricketers in New Zealand 1946...and the Belated Birth of Antipodean Test Cricket


WALTERS, STEPHEN & HADLEE, SIR RICHARD (FORE.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Cricket Publishing Comany 2018

KEYWORDS: Australian test cricket New Zealand sports history 1940s cricketers

$30.00
xxaeg220280

An Unknown Few: The Story of Those Holders of the George Cross, the Empire Gallantry Medal, and the Albert Medals Associated with New Zealand


O'SHEA, PHILLIP & HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES (FORE,)

Signed & inscribed oblong super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor tear; 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: P. D. Hasselberg, Government Printer 1981

KEYWORDS: signed New Zelaland military history biography medal recipents

$16.50
xxafaa220283

The Moving Frontier: Aspects of Aboriginal-European Interaction in Australia


STANBURY, PETER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Reed 1977

KEYWORDS: Australian Aboriginal history culture anthropology colonial Australia race European colonialism lectures

$15.00
xxafe220299

The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis


LETTS, ELIZABETH

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) ink annotations; in d/w (VG-) torn at rear; 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: Ballantine Books 2016

KEYWORDS: world war two horse rescue American militray history Nazi Germany horses

$16.50
xxafe220300

Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade: Celebrating 150 Years of Voluntary Service 1863-2013


QUEENSTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE & ROBERTSON, BOB (FORE.)

Oblong quarto hardcover (near FINE); in d/w (VG) minor tear to front; 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: Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade 2013

KEYWORDS: Queenstown volunteer fire brigade New Zealand firefighting history colour and b&w photos

$25.00
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Italian Warships of World War II


FRACCAROLI, ALDO

Small 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1969

KEYWORDS: Italian warships world war two military sea transport history navy b&w photos

$10.00
xxama220360

The Life of the Bee


MAETERLINCK, MAURICE & SUTRO, ALFRED (trans.) & TEALE, EDWIN WAY (intro.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Dover 2015

KEYWORDS: natural history philosophy bees

$15.00
xxame220372

Voices from the Snow: Tsugaru in Legend, Literature, and Fact


WESTERHOVER, JAMES N. (ed.) & SASAMORI, TAKEFUSA & RAUSCH, ANTHONY S. & JOHNSON, HENRY & HATAKEYAMA, ATSUSHI & OSABE, HIDEO & TAGAKI, KYOZO

Octavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Hirosaki University Press (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Tsugaru region Honshu Japan short fiction literary essays cultural history folklore mythology anthology

$40.00
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When Rock Got Rolling: The Wellington Scene 1958-1970


WATKINS, ROGER & COLUMBUS, RAY (Fore)

SOME PAGES LOOSE- ROUGHLY RE-ATTACHED BUT PRESENT, quarto, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine & front cover, printed inside covers, 111pp, illus/photos, VG- (some pages detached but reaffixed with tape, minor creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, sl fading to spine, sl tanning to rear cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Wellington rock n roll musicians bands

$27.50
xxahaa220398

The Prairie School


BROOKS, H. ALLEN

Square 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 costs

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton 1972

KEYWORDS: Frank Lloyd Wright Prarie School architectural movement architecture design history

$15.00
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The Folklore of Florida Southern College


BRUCE, ALEXANDER M.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Aventine Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Florida Southern College history folklore urban legends

$20.00
xxapc220431

From Mellor to Hocken: Fifty Years of Geography at the University of Otago


HOLLAND, PETER (ed.) & KIDD, HUGH (ed.) & WELCH, RICHARD (ed.)

Octavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Department of Geography, University of Otago 1995

KEYWORDS: geography university of Otago New Zealand higher education history

$15.00
xxaqm220437

This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Britain's Countryside


SHOARD, MARION & MONBIOT, GEORGE (fore.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Gaia Books 1997

KEYWORDS: British countryside conservation private land ownership environmentalism activism history Britain

$35.00
xxaqm220438

Shipmasters of Cape Cod: With Illustrations


KITTREDGE, HENRY C.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Rich & Cowan (n/d)

KEYWORDS: shipmasters Cape Cod maritime history biographies

$100.00
3a1/22

A History of the English Speaking Peoples: The Birth of Britain ; The New World ; The Age of Revolution ; The Great Democracies (4 Vol Set)


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

4 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red- mostly all faded off, mixed pagination, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, gift inscriptions in ink to ffeps of vols 3 & 4, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown of vol 4, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals plus sporadically throughout also) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, other light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1956-1958

KEYWORDS: first editions Winston S Churchill English history British England Great Britain

$65.00
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The Alvis Car 1920-1966


DAY, K R

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt motif to front board, (6) + ix + 170pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (fully laminated, light to moderate creasing & chipping to egdes, light tanning & soiling to spine, other general light soiling)

PUBLISHER: K R Day / Lewis Cole & Co (Printer) 1967

KEYWORDS: automotive history cars Alvis manufacturers British motor industry transport classic vintage

$195.00
3b4/1

The Inchiquin Manuscripts


AINSWORTH, JOHN (Ed)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spine, ix + 749pp, VG (light fading & rubbing/scuffing to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Irish Manuscripts Commission 1961

KEYWORDS: O'Brien family estate Earls of Inchquin Ireland Irish papers history historical

$150.00
3b4/2

Arabian Highlands


PHILBY, H St J B

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, xvi + 771pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor creasing to ffep, minor cracking/tearing to gutter at title page, moderate cracking to gutter at index, minro soiling to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1952

KEYWORDS: geography travel journeys history historical Arabia Arabian literature H St J B Philby exploration

$40.00
3b4/11

Giotto and the Orators: Humanist Observers of Painting in Italy and the Discovery of Pictorial Composition 1350-1450


BAXANDALL, MICHAEL

Super octavo, green illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 185pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press N/D (c.2000s?)

KEYWORDS: art history Italy Italian humanist composition paintings painting

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