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Ezra Robert Otway (Manuscripts)
Quarto, illus cream wrappers, red adhesive spine, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate foxing/soiling & curling/creasing to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, sm annotation in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers history family tree research genealogy Ezra Robert Otway
He Lei no 'Emalani: Chants for Queen Emma Kaleleonalani
SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, oblong super octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, viii + 372pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, minor soiling to page edges, light cracking/splitting to front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Queen Emma Foundation / Bishop Museum Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Hawaii Hawai'i Queen Emma history verse
They Did What Was Asked Of Them: 41 (Royal Marines) Commando
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green on orange lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Firebird Books 1996
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British elite armed forces royal marines commandos military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Hawaiian Medicine Book / He Buke Laau Lapaau
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xix + 72pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Bess Press 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions Hawaii Hawai'i medicine health history chants culture
Through Aboriginal Eyes: The Cry from the Wilderness
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, xix + 158pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: WCC Publications 1991
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian indigenous Aborigines history land rights anthropology
Canada and Canadian Defence
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus emblems to front board, x + 186pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's ex-libris label & annotation to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, tidy annotation to pages)
PUBLISHER: Hugh Rees Ltd 1910
KEYWORDS: first editions defence defense policy Canada Canadian military history
Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 296pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cloudshill Press 2020
KEYWORDS: military history special operations executives North Africa soes Winston Churchill
The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to green buckram boards, xxxiv + 197pp, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in ink to early pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1990
KEYWORDS: Israel ancient history antiquity religion Yahweh semitic biblical teaching
Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine, xix + 216pp, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sm ink annotation to preface, moderate fold to pg39)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: holocaust survivors history Jews Jewish persecution
Ko te Tangata: A History of the University of Waikato, the First Fifty Years
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Steele Roberts 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato University academic history tertiary education
The Patriot Chiefs: Studies of Nine Great Leaders of the American Indians
UK 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1962
KEYWORDS: first UK editions US American history native indians leaders chiefs
Great Barrier: Isle of Enchantment
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1946
KEYWORDS: first editions signed A H Reed New Zealand history Great Barrier Island
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
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: Masterton Printing Company 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history Kapiti Coast
Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
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: Firefly Books 2016
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime history ships shipping
America Fights the Tide 1942
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: Walker and Company 1991
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 US America American
Along the Line in New Zealand (Railway Series No 591)
Oblong octavo stapled 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: Traction Publications 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways steam locomotives
New Zealand Railways 1982: An Illustrated Review of New Zealand Railways Transport Operations
Octavo stapled 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 New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways steam locomotives
Omokoroa
Octavo stapled 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: Don Kale Printing N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Omokoroa pioneers early settlers
The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships
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: Dover Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history boats ships
The Spanish Civil War
REPRINT, 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish civil war history geopolitics geography politics political civil unrest