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$15.00
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Unreel: A Life in Review


WICHTEL, DIANA

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 Random House New Zealand 2024

KEYWORDS: Memoir autobiography Diana Wichtel New Zealand television history

$15.00
xxe3bd217590

Liliana's Journal: Warsaw 1939-1945


ZUKER-BUJANOWSKA, LILIANA

Ex-library 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: Piatkus 1981

KEYWORDS: Memoir autobiography war diaries diary journal journals WW2 WWII world war 2 Holocaust Poland Polish history

$32.50
xxe3bd217591

Memorable Isle of Man TT Races: A Century of Battles on the World's Toughest Circuit


DIVER-FISHER, JAMES & RUTTER, MICHAEL (fore)

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: Pitch Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: Isle of Man TT races motorsport motorbikes motorcycle racing history

$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

$22.50
xxeac217615

She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll


GAAR, GILLIAN G & ONO, YOKO (preface)

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: Blandford 1993

KEYWORDS: Music rock & roll history women female musicians biography Gillian G Gaar Yoko Ono pop

$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

$25.00
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

$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

$40.00
2w5/15

My Years in China 1926-1941


ABEND, HALLETT

Octavo, green buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, illus/map to front eps, 395pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing/discolouration & staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate tipped in to half title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to verso of half title page, light sporadic foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (both flaps price clipped, moderate chipping/tearing to spine extrems, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1944

KEYWORDS: history conflict China autobiography autobiographies memoir Hallett Abend

$47.50
2w5/17

From the Quiet Annals of Daingean: Articles on the History of a Parish in North Offaly


KEARNEY, JOHN

Octavo, illus light glossy card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, illus prelims, (6) + 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, large gift inscription in ink to full title page, prev. owner's annotated photos tipped in to terminal pages- relevant family history to book/location)

PUBLISHER: John Kearney 2006

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history Daingean North Offaly John Kearney

$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

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