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$150.00
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Windows on a Chinese Past, Volume 2: Round Hill ; Alexander Don ; Missions ; Mixed Marriages ; the Opium Evil


NG, JAMES

THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor fading to edges, 1cm scuff to top corner of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995

KEYWORDS: signed James Ng New Zealand Otago history Alexander Don Chinese community communities Otago goldfields

$200.00
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Canoes of Oceania (3 Vols in 1)


HADDON, A C & HORNELL, JAMES

3 VOLS IN 1, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, each vol separately paginated, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers/edges, moderate scuffing to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1975

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Oceania canoes vessels

$45.00
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The Labours of Herakles, as a New Zealand Pioneer


MAGUIRE, MARIAN & RANKIN, ELIZABETH (Essay) & O'SULLIVAN, PATRICK (Essay)

SIGNED, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges/corners, light fading & soiling to spine, minor chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: PaperGraphica 2008

KEYWORDS: signed Marian Maguire art history New Zealand ancient Greece Greek characters Herakles colonial myths mythology

$60.00
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The Little Empire of Sam Chew Lain


JACKSON, JEAN

Quarto, illus front page, spiralbound in black plastic with clear plastic front cover, 222pp, illus pages loosely enclosed, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chinese communities settlers goldfields mining gold miners Weatherstons Wetherstons

$40.00
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The Constitutions That Ratified the Treaty of Waitangi and Qualified Tribal Government (Book II of Treaty Series)


JACKSON, JEAN

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, cream plastic spiralbound light card wrappers, x + 252pp, VG+ (light soiling to spiralbinding & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te tiriti o Waitangi treaty series Maori crown tribal government iwi history

$40.00
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The Treaty of Waitangi, Received With Thanks (Book Three, Treaty Series)


JACKSON, JEAN

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue plastic spiralbound, light card wrappers, x + 302pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning/discolouration to cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te tiriti o Waitangi treaty series Maori crown tribal government iwi history

$100.00
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India and India Missions: Including Sketches of the Gigantic System of Hinduism, Both in Theory and Practice


DUFF, Rev ALEXANDER

Ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, 708pp, G+ (front hinge cracked- spine partially detached but fully present, heavy chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate tanning & discolouration to spine, moderate fading to board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to front gutter- front board shaky, moderate soiling to eps, some page edges remain uncut, sporadic minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Johnstone 1840

KEYWORDS: religion missions missionaries India hinduism history

$400.00
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa


LIVINGSTONE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS- 1x IN REAR POCKET PRESENT, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, folding frontispiece, x + 687pp + 8pp to rear, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to spine, minor wrinkling to buckram/cloth on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate soiling to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutter of title page, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical travel writing literature David Livingstone South Africa

$55.00
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Churchill and the Prof


WILSON, THOMAS

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 247pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of ffep) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive plastic cover- sl wrinkled, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1995

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill Professor F A Lindemann military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$45.00
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Life and Literature


HEARN, LAFCADIO & ERSKINE, JOHN (Selected, Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 393pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, half title page partially detached at gutter- still fully present, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann N/D (c.1922?)

KEYWORDS: literature reading literary social history criticism prose Lafcadio Hearn

$40.00
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The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History


HIMMLER, KATRIN & MITCHELL, MICHAEL (Trans)

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 333pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2007

KEYWORDS: nazi Germany Heinrich Himmler family history biography autobiography Katrin Himmler war criminals holocaust

$47.50
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Robert Kuok: A Memoir


KUOK, ROBERT & TANZER, ANDREW

Octavo, brown patterned heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 376pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/scuffing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Landmark Books 2017

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Robert Kuok autobiographies Asia business businessmen Asian history

$45.00
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Backwards Into Battle: A Tail Gunner's Journey in World War II


DOTY, ANDY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 156pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tall Tree Press 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Andy Doty military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial warfare tail gunners b-29

$45.00
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History at War: The Campaigns of an Historian


FRANKLAND, NOBLE

HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to verso of full title page)

PUBLISHER: Giles de la Mare Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: military history Noble Frankland ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles

$40.00
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Alfie's War: A Fleet Air Arm Officer's Exciting Exploits on HMS Illustrious in Greece and Crete


PIKE, RICHARD

Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sl oiling to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2012

KEYWORDS: military history Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm British armed forces ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
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The American Road to Nuremberg: The Documentary Record 1944-1945


SMITH, BRADLEY F

Super octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, x + 259pp, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (ligh tcreasing & moderate chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press 1982

KEYWORDS: war crimes nazi Germany ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Nuremberg trials holocaust Jewish genocide Jews military history

$65.00
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Hanna Reitsch: Flying for the Fatherland


LOMAX, JUDY

Ex-library, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 244pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked & creased, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tape & residue to board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, minor soiling & tape/residue to eps, library tape reinforcement to front & rear gutter, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, occasional light soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges & spine, light tanning & fading to spine, other minor wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1988

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation luftwaffe aerial warfare combat pilots Hanna Reitsch nazi Germany biography

$40.00
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Finland at War: The Winter War 1939-40


NENYE, VESA & MUNTER, PETER et al

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, blue & black lettering to spine, illus title page, top edges of front eps & prelims deliberately aged, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/rubbing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, late tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Finland Finnish winter

$60.00
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Straight On


COLLIS, ROBERT & HOGERZEIL, HAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, cream lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xi + 178pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 concentration camps history pows prisoners of war

$40.00
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The Ford Model A


DeANGELIS, GEORGE & FRANCIS, EDWARD P & HENRY, LESLIE R

Quarto, brown buckrma boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 244pp + index to rear, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy water staining to corners & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Motor Cities Publishing Company 1975

KEYWORDS: automotive cars Ford model A design engineering history

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