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$19.50
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The Warship Vasa: Deep Diving and Marine Archaeology in Stockholm


FRANZEN, ANDERS

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: P A Norstedt & Soners Forlag 1974

KEYWORDS: marine nautical history archeology archaeology warships Vasa Stockholm Sweden Swedish

$22.50
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Six of the Best: The Story of George Street Normal and Five Associated Schools


KNUDSON, DANNY

SIGNED, 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: Reunion Committee George Street Normal School 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin normal schools George Street primary academic history signed Danny Knudson

$20.00
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James and Helen McCall: A Family History


SIMMERS, DAVID (Compiled & Ed)

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: The McCall Family Reunion Committee 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history research James Helen McCall genealogy Murray Forbes Bruce

$16.50
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Picture History of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth


MILLER Jr, WILLIAM H

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: Dover Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history pictorial Queen Elizabeth Mary steam ships liners Cunard Line

$15.00
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Poem in Stone: History of St Mary's Anglican Church New Plymouth 1846-1971


WAIKATO, ALLEN (Fore)

Octavo softcover, stapled (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: Masterprint Press (Printer) N/D (c.1970s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand old churches St Mary's anglican church New Plymouth history

$40.00
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Jack Johnson is a Dandy: An Autobiography


JOHNSON, JACK & SCHAAP, DICK (Intro Essay) & THE LAMPMAN (Intro Essay)

Sm quarto, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers 1969

KEYWORDS: sport history boxing boxers autobiography memoir Jack Johnson autobiographies

$85.00
3i5/12

The Kinks: Uncut Fifty Years on the Road (4 DVD Book Set Collectors Limited Edition, Unofficial and Unauthorised)


N/A

4x DVDS TO REAR, square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl tanning to page edges, discs unblemished but not tested)

PUBLISHER: FHE Ltd / Blitz Books N/D

KEYWORDS: music history biographies autobiographies The Kinks rock pop bands

$125.00
3i5/13

England in Ashton-Under-Lyne


BOWMAN, WINIFRED M

HEAVY ITEM- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained red, patterned/marbled eps, coat of arms frontispiece, xxiii + 710pp, illus/folding items- not counted presumed all present, VG (light fading & tanning to spine, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing sporadically throughout, some folding items have light to moderate closed tearing)

PUBLISHER: John Sherratt and Son 1960

KEYWORDS: England English history Ashton-Under-Lyne manor parish

$95.00
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The Sea Gypsies of Malaya: An Account of the Nomadic Mawken People of the Mergui Archipelago with a Description of Their Ways of Living, Customs, Habits, Boats, Occupations &c, &c, &c


WHITE, WALTER GRAINGE & MARETT, R R (Fore)

Octavo, teal buckram boards, turquoise lettering to spine, maritime illsu to front board, frontispiece, 318pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, minor bruising to board corners, minor tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, minor tanning to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: maritime history Malay nomads nomadic Mawken people anthropology Mergui archipelago exploration

$90.00
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Australian Imperialism in the Pacific: The Expansionist Era 1820-1920


THOMPSON, ROGER C

Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 289pp, VG+ (sl marking to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: history Australia Pacific imperialism foreign relations

$47.50
3i5/21

Harrisons of Liverpool: A Chronicle of Ships and Men 1830-2002


CUBBIN, GRAEME

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (binding sloppy- boards shaky, spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate general creasing & chafing, light soiling, light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The World Shipping Society / Ships in Focus Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Harrisons of Liverpool shipping ships transport

$70.00
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Cunard Line: A Fleet History


NEWALL, PETER

Quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, binding quite sloppy with moderate cracking at some gutters, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships shipping transport history fleet Cunard Line

$60.00
3i5/23

Liberty Ships in Peacetime, and Their Contribution to World Shipping History


STEWART, I G

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 322pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water damage to head of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, signed plate to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Ian Stewart Marine Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical history Liberty Ships shipping transport

$47.50
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Reefer Ships: The Ocean Princesses


TOLERTON, NICK

Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 226pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor occasional tearing to edges also, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Willson Scott Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history reefer ships reefers

$50.00
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History of the Byzantine State


OSTROGORSKY, GEORGE & HUSSEY, JOAN (Trans)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 548pp, 6x folding maps to rear pocket, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, other light to moderate soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1956

KEYWORDS: history Byzantine state government rule empire military restoration

$125.00
3i5/27

John G Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography (2 Vol Set)


PATON, JOHN G

2 VOL SET, VOL 1- 2nd ED., VOL 2- 1st ED, tidy ex-library- no external markings, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 375pp, vol 2- xvi + 382pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page, moderate foxing to prelims of vol 2, heavy crack to gutter of title page of vol 2, other occasional moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1889

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir autobiographies John G Paton missionaries New Hebrides history historical

$150.00
3i5/28

The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages (3 Vol Set)


RASHDALL, HASTINGS & POWICKE, F M (Ed) & EMDEN, A B (Ed)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces to vols 1 + 3, mixed pagination, VG+ (light fading to spine of vol 1, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to ffeps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading & moderate tanning to spines, general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1942

KEYWORDS: history academic universities Europe middle ages

$40.00
3i5/29

Forty-One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief (2 Vol Set)


KANDAHAR, Field-Marshal Lord ROBERTS OF

TIRED/SCRUFFY 2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt insignia & blind stamp decoration to front boards, deckled page fore-edges, patterned eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xx + 511pp, vol 2- xii + 522pp + 64pp catalogue to rear, folding maps/illus- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to full title pages, light to moderate foxing to prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1897

KEYWORDS: history India Indian British empire rule Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar

$65.00
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From the Revolution to the Cold War: A History of the Soviet Merchant Fleet from 1917 to 1950


BOLLINGER, MARTIN J

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 236pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, occasional soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society Ltd 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Russia Russian Soviet merchant fleet

$40.00
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Taiko Memories


SILVER FERN SHIPPING LIMITED (Compiled by)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside covers, 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm patch of water damage/staining to fore-edge of page block)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical shipping history Silver Fern Shipping

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