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$19.50
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Aerofax Minigraph 8: Boeing P-26 Variants


BOWERS, PETER

Quarto softcover, stapled (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: Aerofax 1984

KEYWORDS: military history aviation boeing p-26 variants design engineering

$25.00
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China Tea Clippers


CAMPBELL, GEORGE F

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: Adlard Coles 1989

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical transport clippers ships tea China Chinese 19th nineteenth century

$35.00
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Grumman Guidebook, Volume I: History of Pre-war Grumman Fighters FF-1, F2F, F3F, the Duck, Goose, Widgeon, the Wildcat Fighters of World War II, the Skyrocket and the XP-50


MAYBORN, MITCH et al

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: Flying Enterprise Publications 1976

KEYWORDS: military history aviation grumman US American aircraft fighter planes

$32.50
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Agents of Autonomy: Maori Committees in the Nineteenth Century


O'MALLEY, VINCENT

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: Huia Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Aotearoa 19th nineteenth century committees

$14.50
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Smoke in the Valley


KYNASTON, DAVID

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: Bloomsbury 2008

KEYWORDS: David Kynaston social history austerity Britain 1948-51 series

$90.00
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb


RHODES, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 886pp, illus/photos, VG- (light fading to board edges, moderate paper residue [from jacket] & soiling to rear board- water damage, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of prelims, moderate water/damp staining & wrinkling to base of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate water damage/staining- mostly to internal sides, minro creasing to edges, minor fading, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions atomic bombs weapons weaponry nuclear warfare Hiroshima Nagasaki modern history military US America

$65.00
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The Meaning of Masonry


WILMSHURST, W L

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 216pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water damage & wrinkling to pgs 47-50) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company 1980

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic masonry secret societies symbolism masonic philosophy history

$55.00
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Women I've Undressed


ORRY-KELLY

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gold coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 425pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG (3cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2015

KEYWORDS: first editions fashion history Hollywood actresses clothing Orry-Kelly designers silver screen movie stars

$40.00
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A History of Wood Engraving


GARRETT, ALBERT

Quarto, green faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 407pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1986

KEYWORDS: art history wood engraving engravings

$150.00
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Bazaar to Piazza: Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600


MACK, ROSAMOND E

FIRST EDITION, quarto, aqua blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, ix + 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor discolouration to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2002

KEYWORDS: history trade commerce Italy Italian Islamic Islam oriental decorative arts renaissance influence

$100.00
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An Age of Superheroes (A Time Before Traction Control)


OXLEY, MAT & ROSSI, VALENTINO (Fore)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: motorsports motorcycle grand prix racing history

$50.00
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Norsewood: The Centennial Story: A History of the District of Norsewood


ANDERSEN, A L & ETHERIDGE, D C (Ed)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 182pp, illus/photos, VG- (3cm scuff & surface loss to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor soiling to title page, prev. owner's name & details in ink to title page & elsewhere to pages, occasional soiling & creasing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (3cm loss to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, tidy archival repairs to spine & edges, moderate to heavy soiling)

PUBLISHER: A L Andersen 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Norsewood centennial centenary early settlers pioneers

$48.50
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An Exquisite Legacy: The Life and Work of New Zealand Naturalist G V Hudson


GIBBS, GEORGE & HUDSON, G V

Sm quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history nature naturalists G V Hudson

$65.00
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The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats


SACKS, PETER M

Super octavo, light grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+ 375pp, VG (moderate foxing to boards, light soiling to boards & page edges, light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, red ink markings to fep & title page)

PUBLISHER: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: english elegy genre study studies literature criticism history elegiac poetry

$40.00
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Brassai: The Artists of My Life


MILLER, RICHARD (trans)

Ex-Library, quarto, beige cloth boards, 224pp, illus, VG- (dustwrapper affixed to boards with clear adhesive cover, light scuffing to board corners, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, previous bookseller's sticker to front of jacket, light to moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1982

KEYWORDS: brassai richard miller artists art book reference process history

$140.00
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Alfa Romeo: Cuore Sportivo


ARDIZIO, LORENZO & MASON, NICK (fore)

TEXT IN ENGLISH, square quarto, red heavy boards, black text to boards & spine, illus prelims, 318pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light scuffing to board corners, slight bruising to spine, previous bookseller's label to rear board) in d/w VG+ (light chafing to jacket, slight creasing & scuffing to edges & corners of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Mondadori 2010

KEYWORDS: alfa romeo cuore sportivo text in english italian car manufacturer motorsport racing history italy

$30.00
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The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx


DANIEL, WALTER & POWICKE, F M (Trans, Intro & Notes)

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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1950

KEYWORDS: history biography Ailred abbot of Rievaulx

$20.00
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Road Belong Cargo: A Study of the Cargo Movement in the Southern Madang District New Guinea


LAWRENCE, PETER

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: Melbourne University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: history cargo movement New Guinea southern Madang district trade industrialism

$16.50
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In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African History


OLIVER, ROLAND

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: University of Wisconsin Press 1997

KEYWORDS: history gold mining Africa African Roland Oliver

$15.00
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Small Wars, Faraway Places: The Genesis of the Modern World: 1945-65


BURLEIGH, MICHAEL

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: Macmillan 2013

KEYWORDS: military modern history 20th twentieth century conflict

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