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$17.50
xx78pol218724

Phar Lap: 'Big Red' Souvenirs


SPINTY, JACK & THOMPSON, TOM

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: ETT Imprint 2021

KEYWORDS: sport history horseracing horse racing equine horses Phar Lap

$20.00
xx78pol218725

The Cobbler's Left Thumb


DIKIN, JAMES

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: Page Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: history cobblers shoes shoemakers old crafts attire fashion

$17.50
xx78pol218726

A World to Gain: The Battle for Global Domination and Why America Entered WWII


TOUGHILL, THOMAS

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: Clairview 2004

KEYWORDS: global world history US America conflicts ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$40.00
2w3/38

Anton Pieck: Ambachtsman


PIECK, ANTON & KEIJSPER, FRANS (met tekst van)

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 189pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf/Unieboeck bv 1991

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works

$40.00
2w3/39

Anton Pieck: Herinneringen aan Amsterdam


PIECK, ANTON & VOGELESANG, HANS (met tekst van)

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 175pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate soiling to rear flap edges)

PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf 1987

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works Amsterdam

$245.00
2w3/41

Maritime is Number Ten: A History of No 10 Squadron RAAF: The Sunderland Era 1939-1945


BAFF, Flight Lieutenant K C (Compiled & Researched by)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime illus to front board, illus eps, xiii + 466pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: K C Baff 1983

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation RAAF Royal Australian Air Force 10 ten squadron armed forces

$16.50
2w3/43

Window on the Unknown: A History of the Microscope


JACKER, CORINNE & LINN, MARY (Illus & Drawings)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 188pp, illus/photos, VG (usual librarty markings, light rubbing/scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG- (both corners of front flap clipped, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges, binder's label to base of spine & front cover, light tanning, mnor tanning & tearing to fore-edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1966

KEYWORDS: science history microscopes technology equipment

$45.00
2w2/4

Books to the People: A History of Regional Library Services in New Zealand


RONNIE, MARY

SIGNED, super octavo, white light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, xi + 122pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges, moderate soiling to wrappers, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking/glue to front gutter, author's signed bookplate to inside front cover & author's signature & date to top corner of half title page)

PUBLISHER: Ancora Press / New Zealand Library Association 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand library services history resources signed Mary Ronnie

$65.00
2w2/6

History of the Motorcycle Trade in Dunedin 1900-1983


HENDERSON, MARK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 36pp, illus, VG (boards sl warped, sl fading & soiling to front board, moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling to rear board, light tanning to page edges, sl creasing to top corners of pages)

PUBLISHER: Mark L Henderson 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transport motorcycles motorbikes trade business Dunedin 20th twentieth century signed Mark Henderson

$65.00
2w2/12

Die Goede Oude Tyd


PIECK, ANTON & HUIZINGA, LEONHARD

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, 143pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor peeling also, light chafig & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappy 1980

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history appreciaiton collected works Anton Pieck

$40.00
2w2/15

Chappaquiddick: That Sometimes Separated But Never Equalled Island (2nd Edition)


POTTER, HATSY (Ed)

2ND EDITION, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, pastel pink & peach lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxxvi + 347pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges & eps, lengthy gift inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's annotation to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Chappaquiddick Island Association 2008

KEYWORDS: US America American history Massachusetts Chappaquiddick Island Hatsy Potter

$60.00
2w2/16

The Arcades Project


BENJAMIN, WALTER & EILAND, HOWARD (Trans) & McLAUGHLIN, KEVIN (Trans) & TIEDEMANN, ROLF (Prepared on the Basis of the German Volume Ed by)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 1073pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light to moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century history Walter Benjamin cultural literature

$100.00
2w2/19

The Cambridge History of China, Volume II: Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911, Part 2


FAIRBANK, JOHN K (Ed) & LIU, KWANG-CHING (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, JACKET TORN WITH ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 754pp, illus/maps- inset, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 11cm closed tear to top edge of front cover- archival tape repair, moderate fading to spine, light chafing, moderate vertical crease to full length of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 19th nineteenth century late Ch'ing dynasty period

$40.00
2w2/21

Schoolship Kids of the Blue Funnel Line, Western Australian Service


LUDBROOK, JULIET

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 195pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Black Swan Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian children blue funnel line history

$50.00
2w2/22

Marlborough: His Life and Times: Book One, Consisting of Volumes I and II of the Original Work


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, suoer ocatvo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, 1050pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (sm patch of correction fluid to base of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to front gutter, moderate to heavy damp wrinkling to base of page block- some sl staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Duke of Marlborough aristocracy English England

$45.00
2w2/23

A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance: Volume 1: 1965-72 Resistance


PERCY, JOHN

THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 338pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers/edges & spine, light soiling to page edges, sl soiling to occasional page)

PUBLISHER: Resistance Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian politics political history DSP Resistance Democratic Socialist Party far left movements

$75.00
2w2/24

Marlborough: His Life and Times: Book Two, Consisting of Volumes III and IV of the Original Work


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, 1078pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, 1x folding map protruding [still attached] at fore-edge & lightly creased) in d/w, VG- (price clipped [circular], moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate general soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Duke of Marlborough aristocracy English England

$40.00
2w2/27

The Sign of Jonas: The Journals of Thomas Merton


MERTON, THOMAS

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, top page edges stained blue/grey- faded, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing with loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to flaps & rear cover, minor foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953

KEYWORDS: religion religious literature Thomas Merton journals diaries history

$200.00
2w2/28

Ships, Coolies and Rice


WHITE, L G W

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (3) + 306pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to top edge of spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G (price clipped, v heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems with failed yellowing tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine, other moderate creasing & light chipping/tearing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D (c.1936)

KEYWORDS: James Nourse line maritime migration history coolies

$60.00
2w2/29

My Early Life: A Roving Commission


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & HASTINGS, MAX (Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, beige heavy boards, white & blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink [sm lettering] to half title page) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS folio society history autobiography autobiographies memoir Winston S Churchill

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