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23 Battalion (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 506pp, illus/maps, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, presentation plate tipped in to ffep, moderate foxing to frontis & title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate foxing, minor fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 23 23rd battalion
24 Battalion (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 361pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, presentation plate tipped in to ffep, light foxing & soilig/yellow tape staining to front & rear eps, light foxing & soiling to prelims, binding loose/slack, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 24 24th battalion
25 Battalion (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 654pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor fading to top of spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, presentation plate tipped in to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor scuffing to rear, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1960
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 25 25th battalion
26 Battalion (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
FIRST EDITION, TITLE & COPYRIGHT PAGE MISSING, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 554pp, illus/maps, G+ (light fading & heavy rubbing to spine- a lot of text faded & handwritten in, light fading & rubbing to boards, light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling & tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, title & copyright page missing, heavy crack to rear gutter, binding loose with shaky boards, some minor ink underlining to text, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 26 26th battalion first editions
27 (Machine Gun) Battalion (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 543pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, minor fading to top of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges- tidy archival tape repair, moderate soiling, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1958
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 27 27th machine gun battalion
Ezra Robert Otway (Manuscripts)
Quarto, illus cream wrappers, red adhesive spine, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate foxing/soiling & curling/creasing to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, sm annotation in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers history family tree research genealogy Ezra Robert Otway
He Lei no 'Emalani: Chants for Queen Emma Kaleleonalani
SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, oblong super octavo, grey cloth boards, red lettering to spine, viii + 372pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine, minor soiling to page edges, light cracking/splitting to front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Queen Emma Foundation / Bishop Museum Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Hawaii Hawai'i Queen Emma history verse
They Did What Was Asked Of Them: 41 (Royal Marines) Commando
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green on orange lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Firebird Books 1996
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British elite armed forces royal marines commandos military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Hawaiian Medicine Book / He Buke Laau Lapaau
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xix + 72pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Bess Press 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions Hawaii Hawai'i medicine health history chants culture
Through Aboriginal Eyes: The Cry from the Wilderness
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, xix + 158pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: WCC Publications 1991
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian indigenous Aborigines history land rights anthropology
Canada and Canadian Defence
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus emblems to front board, x + 186pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's ex-libris label & annotation to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, tidy annotation to pages)
PUBLISHER: Hugh Rees Ltd 1910
KEYWORDS: first editions defence defense policy Canada Canadian military history
Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 296pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cloudshill Press 2020
KEYWORDS: military history special operations executives North Africa soes Winston Churchill
The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to green buckram boards, xxxiv + 197pp, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in ink to early pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1990
KEYWORDS: Israel ancient history antiquity religion Yahweh semitic biblical teaching
A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake (Updated Edition)
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxviii + 532pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Dartmouth College Press 2013
KEYWORDS: art history William Blake literature literary criticism reference bibliography
Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine, xix + 216pp, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sm ink annotation to preface, moderate fold to pg39)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: holocaust survivors history Jews Jewish persecution
Ko te Tangata: A History of the University of Waikato, the First Fifty Years
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato University academic history tertiary education
The Patriot Chiefs: Studies of Nine Great Leaders of the American Indians
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1962
KEYWORDS: first UK editions US American history native indians leaders chiefs
Great Barrier: Isle of Enchantment
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1946
KEYWORDS: first editions signed A H Reed New Zealand history Great Barrier Island
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Masterton Printing Company 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history Kapiti Coast
Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Firefly Books 2016
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime history ships shipping