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Enzo Ferrari: The Definitive Biography of an Icon


DAL MONTE, LUCA

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: Cassell 2024

KEYWORDS: motorsport history Enzo Ferrari biography biographies memoir

$32.50
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The Making of New Zealand: An Economic History


HAWKE, G R

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: Cambridge University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history economics finance financial politics political

$20.00
xxa3eg213432

Sketches from the Life of William Paterson


PATERSON, WILLIAM & STRONG, WILLIAM J (Fore)

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: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Early Settlers' Association autobiography William Paterson

$25.00
xxa3eg213433

Methodism in Auckland During the Maori Wars: 1860-1864


GLEN, FRANK G

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: Wesley Historical Society (N.Z.) 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori wars religion methodism methodist Auckland

$25.00
xxa3eg213434

The History of Greenhills


BREMER, J E

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: J E Bremer 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Greenhills district south island Southland J E Bremer

$30.00
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There's Gold in Them There Hills


MUNDY, D

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: Simpson & Williams N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir D Mundy history

$75.00
1j38b/11

A History of Japanese in Hawaii


OKAHATA, Dr JAMES H (Ed)

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xix + 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep, sl occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The United Japanese Society of Hawaii 1971

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Hawaii Hawai'i US American America immigration immigrants

$45.00
1j38b/13

Prisoner in Japan


ARGALL, PHYLLIS

Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems- yellowing tape repairs also, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1945

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history pows prisoners of war hard labour Phyllis Argall Japanese Japan

$45.00
1j38b/17

Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-mile Trek from a Japanese Prison Camp


PRIESTWOOD, GWEN

Octavo, red buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, 184pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- internal yellowing tape repairs, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1944

KEYWORDS: prisoners Japan Japanese Stanley Peninsula prison camps survivors history Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir

$135.00
1j38b/19

From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War


McKENZIE, FREDERICK ARTHUR

Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering & gilt ship motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 340pp, illus, folding map to rear- all plates present, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's labels to front pastedown, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, plate opp. pg 208 loose)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1905

KEYWORDS: war history Japan Russia letters correspondence

$50.00
1j38b/20

A Beachcomber in the Orient


FOSTER, HARRY L

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical

$40.00
1j38b/21

Japan


MURRAY, DAVID

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, gilt & green lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 431pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, prev. owners' names in ink to half & full title pages, occasional light markings in pencil)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1894

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history David Murray

$60.00
1j45b/3

The Politics of Nostalgia: Racism and the Extreme Right in New Zealand


SPOONLEY, PAUL

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & red lettering to spine & front cover, 318pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand far right extremism racism history conservative politics right-wing

$150.00
1j45b/5

Japan, being a Sketch of the History, Government and Officers of the Empire


DICKSON, WALTER

Ex-library, rebound, octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to red leather title plate to spine, raised bands to spine, gilt library motif to front board, coloured speckling to page edges, beautiful vibrant coloured frontispiece, vi + 489pp, VG (minimal library markings, light rubbing & staining to leatherwork, light to moderate chafing & soiling/fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing & soiling occasionally throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1869

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history politics political empire government

$145.00
1j45b/6

Japan and Her Colonies; being Extracts from a Diary Made Whilst Visiting Formosa, Manchuria, Shantung, Korea and Saghalin in the Year 1921


BIGELOW, POULTNEY

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 276pp + 20pp to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, light cracking to gutters, light creasing to fore-edges of terminals, occasional light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese diaries journals Poultney Bigelow modern history

$100.00
1j45b/7

A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War (2 Vol Set)


HAMILTON, Lieut.-General Sir IAN

2 VOLS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt author's name to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- x + 362pp + 16pp to rear, vol 2- xi + 387pp + 16pp to rear, illus plates & folding maps- all counted with 1x missing, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffeps, moderate foxing to prelims, map XXXIV to vol 2 missing, some minor foxing throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters, 2x maps detached but loosely enclosed)

PUBLISHER: Edwrad Arnold 1907

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese early 20th twentieth century Sir Ian Hamilton

$295.00
1j45b/8

War in the Far East: A History of the Russo-Japanese Struggle (6 Vol Set)


GREW, E SHARPE

6 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spines, black lettering/rule & coloured illus to front boards, aeg, map frontispieces to each vol, illus/plate- all plates present, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light rubbing & discolouration to spines, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to eps & sporadically throughout, a lot of plates are detached or partially detached but all are present, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Virtue and Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese war conflict Russ-Japanese geopolitics

$225.00
1j45b/9

A Treatise on the Wealth, Power and Resources of the British Empire, in Every Quarter of the World, Including the East Indies


COLQUHOUN, P

1965 REPRINT, very tidy ex-library, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 456pp + 93pp appendices to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Johnson Reprint Company 1965

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British empire history wealth economy funding systems statistics

$40.00
1j45b/10

The Royal Yacht Britannia: The Official History


JOHNSTONE-BRYDEN, RICHARD & HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, x + 310pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2003

KEYWORDS: royal maritime history Royal Yacht Britannia British monarchy royal family

$40.00
1j45b/11

The Churchill Tank: A Visual History of the British Army's Heavy Infantry Tank 1940-1945


DOYLE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, sl chafing to covers, minor soiling to inside front cover & title page)

PUBLISHER: The Ampersand Publishing Group 2010

KEYWORDS: military history British Army armed forces armoured vehicles heavy infantry tank tanks ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 design engineering first editions

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