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Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)
3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books Australia Australasia New Zealand pacific exploration maps atlases atlas history historical voyages
Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality
Super octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil markings; 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: Westview Press 1997
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history Greece sexuality sex
Invisible: The History of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics
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: Vintage 2015
KEYWORDS: physics history popular science
The Physicists
Imperial 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: Papermac 1982
KEYWORDS: physics science physicists golden age history
Descartes
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1978
KEYWORDS: Descartes philosophy philosophers history
The Persistence of Religion
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: SCM Press 1973
KEYWORDS: religion theology philosophy history
The Naval War Against Hitler
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: B T Batsford 1971
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval warfare maritime sea defence offensives first editions
Seamen of Britain
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1943
KEYWORDS: maritime history seamen sailors Great Britain British naval navy
U-Boat 977
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: William Kimber 1953
KEYWORDS: German u-boats military history u-boat 977 maritime naval warfare
The Phantom of Scapa Flow
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: Ian Allan 1974
KEYWORDS: military history u-47 Royal Oak naval warfare maritime British Home Fleet
Hitler's Naval War
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1974
KEYWORDS: UK first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval warfare maritime German
New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1970
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: A H & A W Reed 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history shipwrecks disasters nautical
On This Rock: 75 Years of St Peter's College, Mountain Road
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: St Peter's College 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools academic history St Peter's College
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: The Elusive Sisters
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: Douglas David & Charles / Hippocrene Books 1978
KEYWORDS: military history maritime warfare ww2 second world war two ii 2 naval battleships battlecruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau German
Remembered: The History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Square 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: Merrell 2007
KEYWORDS: Commonwealth War Graves Commission history war heroes soldiers remembrance
The Early Canberra House: Living in Canberra 1911-1933
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: The Federal Capital Federal Press of Australia N/D (c.1996)
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Canberra houses residential homes history
The Aesthetic Movement: Prelude to Art Nouveau
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: Ferndale Editions 1981
KEYWORDS: style design aesthetic movement history influence
P J H Cuypers en Amsterdam: Gebouwen en Ontwerpen 1860-1898
TEXT IN DUTCH, 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: Guido Hoogewoud, Janjaapkuyt 1985
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH P J H Cuypers buildings architecture design history historical
The Sketches of Rubens
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals; 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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: art sketches drawings history Rubens
Hitler's Legions: The German Army Order of Battle, World War II
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: Leo Cooper / Martin Secker & Warburg 1985
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German army order of battle divisions