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$68.00
ak5/19/4

Ezra Robert Otway (Manuscripts)


OTWAY, EZRA ROBERT

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

$75.00
ak5/19/5

He Lei no 'Emalani: Chants for Queen Emma Kaleleonalani


NOGELMEIER, M PUAKEA (Ed) & PUKUI, MARY KAWENA et al (Trans)

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

$50.00
ak5/19/12

They Did What Was Asked Of Them: 41 (Royal Marines) Commando


MITCHELL, RAYMOND & ASHDOWN, PADDY (Fore)

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

$140.00
ak5/19/16

Hawaiian Medicine Book / He Buke Laau Lapaau


CHUN, MALCOLM NAEA (Trans)

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

$50.00
ak5/19/21

Through Aboriginal Eyes: The Cry from the Wilderness


PATTEL-GRAY, ANNE

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

$100.00
ak5/19/27

Canada and Canadian Defence


ROBINSON, Major-General C W

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

$40.00
ak5/19/31

Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base


DIXON, PETER

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

$60.00
ak5/19/32

The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel


SMITH, MARK S

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

$40.00
ak5/19/34

Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory


LANGER, LAWRENCE L

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

$38.50
xxhwb216124

Ko te Tangata: A History of the University of Waikato, the First Fifty Years


ALCORN, NOELINE

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

$35.00
xxhwb216126

The Patriot Chiefs: Studies of Nine Great Leaders of the American Indians


JOSEPHY Jr, ALVIN M

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

$22.50
xxhwb216129

Great Barrier: Isle of Enchantment


REED, A H

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

$25.00
xxhwb216132

Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island


WILKINSON, A S and late AMY

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

$20.00
xxhvd216136

Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World


GRAHAM, IAN

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

$25.00
xxhvd216141

America Fights the Tide 1942


DEVANEY, JOHN

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

$13.50
xxhvd216142

Along the Line in New Zealand (Railway Series No 591)


N/A

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

$15.00
xxhvd216143

New Zealand Railways 1982: An Illustrated Review of New Zealand Railways Transport Operations


McGAVIN, T A

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

$36.50
xxhvd216145

Omokoroa


WOODS, JENNY

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

$16.50
xxhvd216146

The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships


CULVER, HENRY B & GRANT, GORDON (Illus)

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

$25.00
xxhve216149

The Spanish Civil War


THOMAS, HUGH

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

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