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$32.50
xxewq217986

Illustrated Motorscooter Buyer's Guide


DREGNI, MICHAEL & DREGNI, ERIC

Super ocavo 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: Motorbooks International 1993

KEYWORDS: Motorbooks International Illustrated Buyer's Guide series motor scooters mopeds motoring vehicles transport photographs history Cushman Vespa Lambretta

$27.50
xxewq217987

Scooterama: Cafe Chic & Urban Cool


WALKER, ALASTAIR

Super ocavo 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: MBI 1999

KEYWORDS: motor scooters mopeds motoring vehicles transport colour photographs history

$40.00
2w4/1

Policing the Colonial Frontier: Part One: The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand, 1767-1867


HILL, RICHARD S

THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xxi + 409pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss, sm stain to base of front cover)

PUBLISHER: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand police history law enforcement signed Richard Hill colonialism

$40.00
2w4/4

The Luftwaffe War Diaries


BEKKER, CAJUS & ZIEGLER, FRANK (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 399pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems & edges, minor tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to eps, binding sloppy, occasional staining throughout) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover, v heavy tearing & chipping/loss to edges & spine extrems- only minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1967

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 luftwaffe German aviation bombers aerial combat warfare

$40.00
2w4/10

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies


DIAMOND, JARED

FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to beige cloth spine, 480pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges/extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor chafing & soiling, moderate vertical crease to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 1997

KEYWORDS: first US editions social evolution civilisation civilization ethnology human history environment

$60.00
2w4/12

The Hour of Decision: Part One: Germany and World-Historical Evolution


SPENGLER, OSWALD & ATKINSON, CHARLES FRANCIS (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red (faded), xvi + 230pp + xiii index to rear, VG (minimal library markings, light tanning & fading to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: George Allen and Unwin 1934

KEYWORDS: first UK editions history military politics political German Germany

$40.00
2w4/18

Onetahua Marae: The First 20 Years: 1985-2005


MARTIN, ANN & GOODALL, VI

Oblong quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, white lettering to covers, printed inside covers, 27pp, illus/photos, includes loosely enclosed ephemera, VG+ (sl chafing/rubbing to covers, light tanning to page edges0

PUBLISHER: Onetahua Marae 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage maraes Onetahua Marae history culture

$47.50
2w4/19

Tiger: The History of a Legendary Weapon 1942-45


KLEINE, EGON & KUHN, VOLKMAR & JOHNSTON, DAVID (Trans)

Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 261pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine & front board, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sm ex-libris label to full title page)

PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: military history armoured armored vehicles tanks Tiger ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 panzer German

$68.50
2w4/20

Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS 1943-45 (Illustrated Edition)


FEY, WILL & HENSCHLER, HARRI (Trans)

ILLUSTRATED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus ffep, frontispiece, v + 372pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light scuffing to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 armoured armored tanks vehicles Waffen-SS warfare battles

$40.00
2w4/21

Panzer Aces


KUROWSKI, FRANZ & JOHNSTON, DAVID (Trans)

ILLUSTRATED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, v + 265pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's ex-libris label to full title page)

PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1992

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 armoured armored tanks vehicles panzer German

$40.00
2w4/22

The Photographic History of the Civil War: Volume 3: Forts and Artillery, The Navies


HUNT, O E (Ed) & MALLET, J W et al (Contributors)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to blue faux leather spine, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, minor creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Blue & Grey Press 1987

KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history forts artillery navy navies

$47.50
2w4/23

Canaan: The Hidden Land of the Marble Mountain: An Account of the Pioneer Lives of Two Generations of the Sixtis Family


SIXTUS,E J & WATSON, D P (Compiled & Ed)

SIGNED, oblong quarto, spiralbound illus light card wrappers, 94pp, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: E J Sixtus N/D

KEYWORDS: signed E J Sixtus family history New Zealand genealogy early settlers pioneers

$60.00
2w4/24

Gerrman Racing Silver: Drivers, Cars andTriumphs of German Motor Racing


LUDVIGSEN, KARL

Square imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars German Germany motor racing sport history

$60.00
2w4/25

British Racing Green: Drivers, cars and Triumphs of British Motor Racing


VENABLES, DAVID

Square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & base of front cover, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars British Great Britain motor racing sport history

$60.00
2w4/26

French Racing Blue: Drivers, cars and Triumphs of French Motor Racing


VENABLES, DAVID

Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems & rear board) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars France French motor racing sport history

$60.00
2w4/27

Italian Racing Red: Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of Italian Motor Racing


LUDVIGSEN, KARL

Square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & soine extrems/edges, sl bruising to front board, sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars Italy Italian motor racing sport history

$25.00
xxexd218019

Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand


DUNMORE, JOHN (ed)

TEXT MOSTLY FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES; paperback (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history French exploration Pacific Islands Australia nautical maritime diaries illustrated

$37.50
xxexf218042

The Golden Age of Speedway


DALLING, PHILIP & FEARMAN, REG (fore)

Imperial octavo paperback (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: The History Press 2011

KEYWORDS: speedway motorbike racing motorsport history

$35.00
xxexf218049

Gun Running in the Red Sea


WATERHOUSE, FRANCIS A

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: Sampson Low (no date)

KEYWORDS: history arms trade europe Red Sea Italy Ethiopia sea travel nautical maritime

$12.50
xxexf218050

Intermediate Schooling in New Zealand


WATSON, JOHN E

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: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand educational history education intermediate schooling teaching

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