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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
xxeef217659

T-6 Texan in Action: Aircraft Number 94


DAVIS, LARRY & GREER, DON & MANLEY, PENNY (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 1989

KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 94 T-6 Texan squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military

$25.00
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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

$45.00
2w5/21

The Fighter Aces of the RAF 1939-1945


BAKER, E C R

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co 1962

KEYWORDS: military history British armed forces RAF Royal Air Force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter pilots

$100.00
2w5/22

Stolen Journey


PHILPOT, OLIVER

LACKS D/W, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE TIPPED IN TO FULL TITLE PAGE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps/illus to eps, 412pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece partially detached but present, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950

KEYWORDS: signed Oliver Philpot military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force pows prisoners of war Stalag Luft III escapees autobiography memoir

$120.00
2w5/23

Sirdar and Khalifa, or The Re-Conquest of the Soudan 1898 (Fourth Edition)


BURLEIGH, BENNET

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 305pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor bruising/rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling/staining to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light pencil annotation to margins, sl cracking to gutters, minor foxing & tape repairs/creasing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1899

KEYWORDS: British colonies colonialism history Soudan Africa Sirdar Khalifa army campaigns

$245.00
2w5/24

London to Ladysmith via Pretoria


CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER

FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xiv + 498pp, folding maps- all 3 present, VG (light rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling also to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & minor closed tearing to front folding map, sm gouge to pg xiv of prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to pg1)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Winston Churchill Africa African war

$65.00
2w5/25

The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys


GERALD, E A FITZ & VINES, STUART et al (Contributions)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt bird illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 390pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional patch of moderate foxing throughout, 1x map at rear has moderate creasing & tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: exploration mountain climbing mountaineering Argentina South America history historical ascents

$65.00
2w5/27

The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej (2 Vol Set)


SMITH, Sir HARRY & SMITH, G C MOORE (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt military insignia to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xxiv + 382pp, vol 2- ix + 434pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading/tanning & soiling to spines, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns, moderate cracking to gutters of vol 2- boards sl shaky, minor cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1902

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith history military

$75.00
2w5/30

The Hun Hunters: Cautionary Tales from the Trenches


YOUNG, DESMOND (Text) & McKENNA, JUSTIN (Sketches)

REPRINT (SEPTEMBER 1916), oblong imperial ocatvo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to blue buckram spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to board corners/edges, moderate to heavy soiling & discolouration to boards- minor chafing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's pencil annotation to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1916

KEYWORDS: military history anecdotes sketches verse literature ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$47.50
2w5/31

Otago Early Photographs


KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

Oblong quarto, plastic spiral bound illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hardwicke Knight Otago Dunedin photos photography

$47.50
2w5/33

Atlas of the History of Medicine: I Anatomy


DE LINT, Dr J G & SINGER, CHARLES (Fore)

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 96pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board corners, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: H K Lewis & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: old medical books anatomy history illustrated artists pioneers

$325.00
2w5/34

Olympic Legends: The Book of New Zealand's Olympic Medallists


VERDON, PAUL

Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated autograph pages to prelims + 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in lovely presentation box, VG (moderate cracking to case corners- some splitting to joins, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand olympic heroes medallists sport history signed autographs profiles athletes special editions

$37.50
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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway


PARSHALL, JONATHAN B & TULLY, ANTHONY P

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: Potomac Books 2007

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 famous battles Midway naval navy warfare Japanese Japan

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