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$15.00
xxe3bd217594

A Parson in Prison: A Biography of the Rev. George Edgar Moreton


HARCOURT, MELVILLE

Ex-library small 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: Oswald-Sealy New Zealand Ltd 1944

KEYWORDS: Biographies Reverand George Edgar Moreton prison chaplaincy New Zealand Dunedin Otago history religion

$32.50
xxe3bf217599

How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith


MACDONALD, DONALD

Ex-library - single ink stamp, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co Ltd N/D (c.1900)

KEYWORDS: Military history siege of ladysmith war correspondence Boer

$20.00
xxe3bg217600

Big Pacific


TANSLEY, REBECCA

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) 1cm closed tear to base of rear cover; 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 Bateman 2017

KEYWORDS: Pacific ocean natural history marine wildlife geography geology maritime

$35.00
xxe3bg217606

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend


ALEXANDER, JOHN T.

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 1999

KEYWORDS: Catherine the Great biography Russian history Queens Imperial Russia Folio Society Enlightenment Women

$16.50
xxeac217614

The Latter Days


REID, P R

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1953

KEYWORDS: Colditz Story sequel Pat P R Reid memoir WW2 WWII World War Two POW prisoners of war history

$10.00
xxeac217617

The Trial of Richard III


DREWETT, RICHARD & REDHEAD, MARK

Octavo softcover (VG) ink & pencil annotation to half-title page; 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: Alan Sutton 1990

KEYWORDS: Trial of Richard III third king history monarchy kings English British law

$25.00
xxeee217648

A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume One: 1900-1933


GILBERT, MARTIN

FIRST EDITION this vol. only imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+, tear to spine otherwise 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: HarperCollins 1997

KEYWORDS: Martin Gilbert 20th century history twentieth volume one modern first editions

$25.00
xxeee217649

The Lost Pilot: A Memoir


HOLMAN, JEFFREY PAPAROA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED 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: Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Paparoa Holman memoir autobiography history WW2 WWII World War Two pilot pilots Royal Navy NZ New Zealand Kiwi Kiwis

$35.00
xxeef217655

Currency Lad: The Story of Hamilton Hume and the Explorers


WEBSTER, R H

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: Leisure Magazines1982

KEYWORDS: Hamilton Hume R H Webster exlploration history biography

$18.50
xxeef217656

Macchi c . 202 in action


GENTILLI, ROBERTO & LUIGI, GORENA & GREER, DON (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1980

KEYWORDS: Āircraft no. 41 Macchi c . 202 squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$25.00
xxeef217658

P-38 Lightning in Action: Aircraft Number 109


DAVIS, LARRY & GREER, DON & MANLEY, PENNY & SEWELL, JOE (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 109 P-38 Lightning squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$18.50
xxeef217659

T-6 Texan in Action: Aircraft Number 94


DAVIS, LARRY & GREER, DON & MANLEY, PENNY (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 94 T-6 Texan squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$25.00
xxeef217660

P-12/F4B in Action: Aircraft Number 141


DAVIS, LARRY & GREER, DON & SEWELL, JOE (illust)

Oblong quarto 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 141 P-12/F4B squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$40.00
2w5/7

England Versus New Zealand: A History of the Tests and Other Matches


COTTER, GERRY & WILLIS, BOB (Fore) & HOWARTH, GEOFF (Fore)

SIGNED BY A FEW PLAYERS, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, sl crack to base of front gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to flaps, minor general wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1990

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand England sport history cricket test matches

$50.00
2w5/18

Coomasie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa


STANLEY, HENRY M

TIRED/SCRUFFY COPY! Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 510pp, illus, folding map to prelims, G (v heavy scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy rubbing/chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ffep missing, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- binding loose & boards shaky, heavy cracking to gutters throuhgout- some page segments partially detached, closed tearingt o folding map)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1874

KEYWORDS: Africa British campaigns history war military Coomasie Magdala

$45.00
2w5/21

The Fighter Aces of the RAF 1939-1945


BAKER, E C R

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co 1962

KEYWORDS: military history British armed forces RAF Royal Air Force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter pilots

$100.00
2w5/22

Stolen Journey


PHILPOT, OLIVER

LACKS D/W, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE TIPPED IN TO FULL TITLE PAGE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps/illus to eps, 412pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece partially detached but present, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

KEYWORDS: signed Oliver Philpot military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force pows prisoners of war Stalag Luft III escapees autobiography memoir

$120.00
2w5/23

Sirdar and Khalifa, or The Re-Conquest of the Soudan 1898 (Fourth Edition)


BURLEIGH, BENNET

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 305pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor bruising/rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling/staining to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light pencil annotation to margins, sl cracking to gutters, minor foxing & tape repairs/creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1899

KEYWORDS: British colonies colonialism history Soudan Africa Sirdar Khalifa army campaigns

$245.00
2w5/24

London to Ladysmith via Pretoria


CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xiv + 498pp, folding maps- all 3 present, VG (light rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling also to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & minor closed tearing to front folding map, sm gouge to pg xiv of prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to pg1)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Winston Churchill Africa African war

$65.00
2w5/25

The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys


GERALD, E A FITZ & VINES, STUART et al (Contributions)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt bird illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 390pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional patch of moderate foxing throughout, 1x map at rear has moderate creasing & tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: exploration mountain climbing mountaineering Argentina South America history historical ascents

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