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$22.50
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Speed Camera: The Amateur Photography of Motor Racing


TOMPKINS, E S

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: G T Foulis & Co 1946

KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive motor racing art photography amateur hobbies history historical

$30.00
xxdbc224999

Communities of Women: Historical Perspectives


BROOKES, BARBARA (Ed) & PAGE, DOROTHY (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: University of Otago Press 2002

KEYWORDS: signed Barbara Brookes New Zealand gender women history sociology social perspectives

$25.00
xxdbc225002

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Girl Groups from the 50s on


GREIG, CHARLOTTE

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: Virago Press 1989

KEYWORDS: pop music girls groups women female bands history entertainment 50s fifties

$15.00
xxddf225005

The Victorian Garden


CARTER, TOM

Ex-library, imperial 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: Bell & Hyman 1984

KEYWORDS: Victorian homes gardens rural history historical country

$15.00
xxddf225008

Ghosts of Everest: The Authorised Story of the Search for Mallory & Irvine


HEMMLEB, JOCHEN & JOHNSON, LARRY A & SIMONSON, ERIC R & NOTHDURFT, WILLIAM E (As Told To)

Square 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: Macmillan 1999

KEYWORDS: exploration mountain climbing Mount Everest history George Mallory Andrew Sandy Irvine missing persons

$32.50
xxddf225009

Cream: Strange Brew


WELCH, CHRIS & BURROWS, BRIAN (Paintings & Illus)

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: Castle Communications 1994

KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Cream Eric Clapton biographies history entertainment

$22.50
xxddf225010

British Beat


MAY, CHRIS & PHILLIPS, TIM

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: Sociopack Publications N/D

KEYWORDS: British pop music bands britpop history profiles

$35.00
xxddf225011

Almodovar: Labyrinths of Passion


EDWARDS, GWYNNE

Square 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: Peter Owen 2001

KEYWORDS: film history studies directors Pedro Almodovar movies Spanish

$24.50
xxddk225017

In Stalin's Secret Service


KRIVITSKY, W G

Super 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: Enigma Books 2000

KEYWORDS: Josef Stalin military history secret service espionage spies Russia Russian soviet

$28.50
xxddk225019

The Discovery of Early Childhood: The Development of Services for the Care and Education of Very Young Children, Mid Eighteenth Century Europe to Mid Twentieth Century New Zealand


MAY, HELEN

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: Auckland University Press / Bridget Williams Books 2008

KEYWORDS: Europe New Zealand Aotearoa children tamariki early childhood history development education

$17.50
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Marquis de Sade: A Biography


LEVER, MAURICE & GOLDHAMMER, ARTHUR (Trans)

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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Marquis de Sade

$22.50
xxdhf225051

Frances Hodgkins and Her Circle


GOODERHAM, JONATHAN & ALTY, GRACE

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: Jonathan Grant Galleries 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Frances Hodgkins history biographies

$30.00
xxdhf225057

Ecurie Ecosse: The Story of Scotland's International Racing Team


MURRAY, DAVID

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: Motoraces Book Club / Stanley Paul 1964

KEYWORDS: motorsport motor racing automotive cars Scotland Scottish team history David Murray

$15.00
xxdhf225058

Competition Cars of Europe


PRITCHARD, ANTHONY

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: Robert Hale 1970

KEYWORDS: motorsport motor racing history Europe European cars design engineering Anthony Pritchard

$45.00
3k4/7

The Second World War Tank Crisis: The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945


TAYLOR, DICK

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/curling & fading to edges- sl chipping also, minor fading)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2021

KEYWORDS: military history Great Britain British armour armor armoured vehicles tanks early 20th twentieth century design engineering

$45.00
3k4/8

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya


HARPER, T N

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 417pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to page edges, light soiling to front eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges & rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Malaya history geopolitics politics

$45.00
3k4/18

Canaris


HOHNE, HEINZ & BROWNJOHN, J MAXWELL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 703pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, minor general chafing/wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi third reich Admiral Canaris biography biographies memoir

$145.00
3k4/19

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy


DARWIN, CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle

$250.00
3k4/20

Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle


DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, xiii + 648pp, illus/folding maps [some missing or loose], VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, occasional points of insect damage to exterior & interior- deemed inactive, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owners' names in ink & minor foxing to prelims, folding map at rear has multiple closed tears, lacks plates II-V, folding map of South America loose but present, pg629-630 detached but present, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins & underlining- unobtrusive & minor)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin exploration geology volcanic landscapes volcanoes HMS Beagle South America American islands

$55.00
3k4/25

Reviving the English Revolution: Reflections and Elaborations on the Work of Christopher Hill


ELEY, GEOFF (Ed) & HUNT, WILLIAM (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 356pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (2x closed tears to head of spine, other minor creasing & chipping to top edges, moderate to heavy foxing foxing, minor tanning to spine, sm pencil notation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Verso 1988

KEYWORDS: history historiography English revolution Christopher Hill Stuarts

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