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$27.50
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Main Line Lament: The Final Years of the Great Central Route to London


WALKER, COLIN

Oblong 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: Oxford Publishing Co 1973

KEYWORDS: trains rail history transport great central route England English

$20.00
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Delacroix


ROGER-MARX, CLAUDE & COTTE, SABINE

Square imperial 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: Pall Mall Press 1970

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Delacroix

$20.00
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Industrial Gwynedd / Gwynedd Diwydiannol: Cyfrol/ Volume 3


GWYN, Dr DAVID (Ed)

Quarto 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: Plateway Press 1993

KEYWORDS: industrial history Wales Welsh archeology archaeology heritage

$25.00
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Line of Fire: Diary of an Unknown Soldier (August, September 1914)


BARROUX & ARDIZZONE, SARAH (Trans) & MORPUGO, MICHAEL (Intro)

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: Phoenix Yard Books 2014

KEYWORDS: diaries journals soldiers ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war French military history illustrated

$25.00
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The Welsh Narrow Gauge Railway: A Pictorial History


PRIDEAUX, J D C A

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: David & Charles 1976

KEYWORDS: Wales Welsh rail railways transport history trains narrow gauge

$30.00
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Howard Kippenberger: Dauntless Spirit


McLEAN, DENIS

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history signed Denis McLean Howard Kippenberger leaders war

$20.00
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Nisei: The Quiet Americans


HOSOKAWA, BILL

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: William Morrow and Company 1969

KEYWORDS: American history Japanese migrants immigrants immigration Nisei

$22.50
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Mankind and Mother Earth: A Narrative History of the World


TOYNBEE, ARTHUR

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: Oxford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: human history Arthur Toynbee anthropology

$20.00
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Behind Bamboo: An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps


RIVETT, ROHAN D

Super 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: Angus & Robertson 1947

KEYWORDS: Japanese pow camps prisoners of war prison military history

$15.00
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Japan's Imperial Conspiracy


BERGAMINI, DAVID & WEBB, Sir WILLIAM FLOOD (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Panther 1972

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese war military history imperialism imperial conspiracy

$20.00
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Industrial Gwynedd / Gwynedd Diwydiannol: Cyfrol / Volume 2


GWYN, Dr DAVID (Ed)

Imperial 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: Plateway Press 1997

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology history Wales Welsh industrial age

$27.50
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Three Geishas


YAMATA, KIKOU & CRAUFURD, EMMA (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Cassell & Co 1956

KEYWORDS: Japan history geishas sex trade anecdotes Japanese culture first editions

$30.00
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Eclipse of the Rising Sun


KASE, TOSHIKAZU & ROWE, DAVID NELSON (Ed)

Super 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: Jonathan Cape 1951

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history Japan Japanese surrender

$325.00
1y60a/3

Jubilee History of South Canterbury


ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C

Signed & inscribed by author. Royal 8vo, pp. xvi + 775; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in black; frontis., photos, foldout map, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with some chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev onwership stamp in purple ink to front pastedown; light to moderate cracking to front gutter; moderate tearing of cl to spine edge ).

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1916

KEYWORDS: Johannes C Andersen New Zealand local history South Canterbury 19th 20th century

$40.00
1y60a/4

The Duleep Singhs: The Photograph Album of Queen Victoria'a Maharajah


BANCE, PETER; CAMPBELL, CHRISTY (forew)

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. 160; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; tape to boards & eps; library markings to top pg edge, tp verso, & reps); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Peter Bance Christy Campbell Maharajah Duleep Singh photographs family album 19th century Indian history

$40.00
1y60a/5

Railway Manual No. 4001


n/a

Imp. 8vo, pp. 118; red cl boards, front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps, photos, plates, folding plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: British Timken Limited N.D.

KEYWORDS: train trains locomotive locomotives railway manual history engineering

$90.00
1y60a/16

Immigration to New Zealand 1854-1938


BORRIE, W D

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. [8] + 198; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front gutters; lg tearing to rear cover along hinge; library markings to covers, eps & tp verso; moderate annotation in pencil & blue ink).

PUBLISHER: Australian National University 1991

KEYWORDS: W D Borrie New Zealand early settlers immigration 19th century history

$62.50
1y60a/19

Hunting: A New Zealand History


HUNTER, KATE

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. 320; illus. light card covers, french flaps; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Random House 2009

KEYWORDS: Kate Hunter New Zealand hunting hunters 20th century social history game sport

$40.00
1y60a/20

Living in Remote Communities in Tropical Australia: The Hedland Study


BREALEY, T B & NEWTON, P W

4to, pp. 100; illus light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; heavy loss to card of spine extrem at tail; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to rear gutter; library markings to spine & covers, tp verso, contents & rear cover recto; moderate tearing to front & rear cover at spine tail hinges).

PUBLISHER: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization 1978

KEYWORDS: Western Australia Port Hedland dwellings social conditions T B Brealey P W Newton Australian history

$90.00
1y60a/21

Canada's Eastern Neighbour: a view on change in Greenland


SCHUURMAN, HUBERT J C & PETCH, ARTHUR R

Ex-library. First edition. 4to, pp. 103; illus. light card covers; frontis., photos; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrem at tail; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear gutters; library markings to spine & covers, frontis. recto, tp verso, contents & rear cover recto).

PUBLISHER: Hon. Warren Allmand 1977

KEYWORDS: Hubert J C Schuurman Arthur Petch Greenland environmental social change conditions history

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