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$14.00
xxhac215758

Great All Black Wingers


KNIGHT, LINDSAY

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: Rugby Press 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history ABs All Blacks rugby union players wingers

$15.00
xxhac215765

Revolutions: How Women Changed the World


ROSS, HANNAH

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2021

KEYWORDS: women history cycling adventure bicycles

$20.00
xxhad215769

Rugby: The Afterlife


GRAY, WYNNE

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: Upstart Press 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rugby union ABs All Blacks former players

$17.50
xxhad215770

Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in Their Own Words


MITTEN, ANDY & VAN NISTELROOY, RUUD (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperNorth 2024

KEYWORDS: sport modern history soccer English football Man Utd Manchester United teams Sir Alex Ferguson

$30.00
xxhad215777

Athens: Its Grandeur and Decay


N/A

Sm octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: The Religious Tract Society N/D (c.1840s?)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Greece ancient Greek Athens history

$25.00
xxhad215782

Vanda Station: History of an Antarctic Outpost 1968-1995


HARROWFIELD, DAVID L

Super 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: New Zealand Antarctic Society N/D

KEYWORDS: south pole Antarctic Antarctica history outposts travel exploration

$35.00
xxhae215783

John Thadeus Delane, Editor of The Times: His Life and Correspondence (2 Vol Set)


DASENT, ARTHUR IRWIN

2 VOL SET, 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: John Murray 1908

KEYWORDS: biograpgy biographies memoir John Thadeus Delane The Times journalism history

$22.50
xxhae215786

The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes


LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL

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: Cassell & Company 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Japan Japanese war crimes criminals

$90.00
ak5/15/12

History of Kaitangata 1800s-2004


SUTTON, IRENE (Fore) & PROCTOR, BILL (Fore)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 556pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, ffep glued down to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & soiling to title page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/wrinkling to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Print (Printer) N/D (c.2004?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural communities history goldmining Kaitangata south island

$50.00
ak5/15/14

The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose


STRICKLAND, MATTHEW & HARDY, ROBERT

Ex-library, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 538pp, illus, VG (jacket firmly affixed to boards- could be carefully removed if desired, usual library markings & scuffs, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, occasional crscking to gutters) in d/w, VG (affixed to boards, minor creasing & fading with soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: history weapons weaponry bows arrows warbow longbow warfare combat

$45.00
ak5/15/18

The Earliest Wheeled Transport: From the Atlantic Coast to the Caspian Sea


PIGGOTT, STUART

Quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 272pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, odd makeshift tape repairs to internal sides, moderate creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1983

KEYWORDS: transport history wheels wheeled wagons carts horses vehicles ancient iron age bronze age

$40.00
ak5/15/33

Academies and Society in Southern Sung China


WALTON, LINDA

Ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 309pp, VG (minimal library markings, boards sl warped, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor scuff to front pastedown, moderate creasig to top edges of pgs 195-208, jacket affixed to rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & peeling to edges, sl soiling, rear flap affixed to rear board)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1999

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China southern Sung dynasty academic education

$40.00
ak5/15/35

The History of Changi


PROBERT, HENRY

Octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, xviii + 132pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Changi University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Changi history military Singapore Henry Probert

$75.00
ak5/15/38

Bruce McLaren: Racing Car Constructor


BEGG, GEORGE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Begg & Allen 2019

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Bruce McLaren car racing high performance history biography biographies memoir

$100.00
ak5/16/2

Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out With North America's Greatest Race Series 1966-74


LEVY, GEORGE & BIRO, PETE (Photos) & LYONS, PETE (Fore)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extremw, light chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / Quarto Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports North America can-am race history car racing

$245.00
ak5/16/5

The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing


GANLEY, HOWDEN

SIGNED, square super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Denley Publications 2015

KEYWORDS: signed Howden Ganley motorsports automotive history autobiography autobiographies memoir f1 formula one 1 New Zealand Zealanders

$100.00
ak5/16/6

The Venture of Islam (3 Vol Set)


HODGSON, MARSHALL G S

3 VOL SET, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & coloured lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press N/D (c.2010s?)

KEYWORDS: history Islam Islamic culture empires

$60.00
ak5/16/8

The Second World War, Illustrated & Abridged


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

Heavy folio, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Grange Books 2003

KEYWORDS: Winston S Churchill military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$52.50
ak5/16/10

Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History


BORDEN, IAIN

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, xii + 369pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to cover edges/extrems)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2021

KEYWORDS: urban hobbies sport skateboarding history culture development

$40.00
ak5/16/20

240: Two Hundred and Forty Years of New Zealand Painting


DOCKING, GIL & DUNN, MICHAEL (Additions) & HANFLING, EDWARD (Additions)

Lg quarto, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine, 279pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light chafing/soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history paintings appreciation

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