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$25.00
xxqgi225273

The Mussolini Memoirs 1942-1943, with Documents Relating to the Period


KLIBANSKY, RAYMOND (Ed) & SPRIGGE, CECIL (Intro) & LOBB, FRANCES (Trans)

Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Mussolini military history Italy Italian ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

$15.00
xxrdc225276

The Twelve Caesars


GRANT, MICHAEL

Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Phoenix 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome roman antiquity caesars cesars leaders Julio Claudian dynasty flavian empire

$15.00
xxrdc225277

The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Imperial Rome 31 BC - AD 476


GRANT, MICHAEL

Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Phoenix 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome roman antiquity emperors leaders Julio Claudian dynasty flavian empire

$35.00
xxrdk225284

The Story of the Brethren Movement


VEITCH, THOMAS STEWART

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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Inglis N/D (c.1930s/40s)

KEYWORDS: religion secret societies history Brethren movement scripture

$15.00
xxrdk225287

An Introduction to the Politics of Tropical Africa


HODDER-WILLIAMS, RICHARD

Some highlighting & underlining to text, octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1984

KEYWORDS: politics political history Africa African countries government constitution

$40.00
3k1/17

Chevrolet Corvette 1968-82 ; 305, 327, 350, 427 & 454 V8s


FALCONER, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 135pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (all corners sl clipped, minor creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: first editions automotive cars high performance Chevrolet corvette v8 vintage classic history osprey series

$40.00
3k1/20

Brethren: The Story of a Great Recovery


BEATTIE, DAVID J

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 336pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor fading to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, occasional pencil underlining)

PUBLISHER: John Ritchie 1944

KEYWORDS: religion religious history secret societies Brethren theology

$40.00
3k1/23

German Racing Cars and Drivers


MOLTER, GUNTHER & WORNER, KURT (Photos)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside covers, 189pp + ads to rear, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning/fading & scuffing/rubbing to spine, light to moderate foxing & rubbing/soiling to wrappers, sl creasing to wrapper corners, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to inside wrappers, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, minor staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Floyd Clymer 1950

KEYWORDS: automotive history racing cars Germany German grand prix drivers

$45.00
3k1/24

Touch Wood!


HAMILTON, DUNCAN & SCOTT, LIONEL & The Rt Hon THE EARL HOWE (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, ix + 229pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to half title page, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout- minor) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to spine & cover edges- attempts at tape repairs, price clipped, moderate chafing & tanning/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1960

KEYWORDS: first editions automotive history Duncan Hamilton autobiography autobiographies memoir motorsport cars racing

$65.00
3k1/25

Formula Junior


BLUNSDEN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & rubbing to spine, sl rubbing to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate soiling to edges, light tanning & rubbing/soiling to spine, light general chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1961

KEYWORDS: first editions automotive motorsport cars racing formula junior history

$50.00
3k1/26

Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8


N/A

Quarto, green heavy boards, light green lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/surface loss to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (minor fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to head of front flap crease, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Murray Book Distributors Pty 1979

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport history Australia Australian motor racing competition yearbooks past issues

$75.00
3k1/27

The Blue Frontier: Maritime Vision and Power in the Qing Empire


PO, RONALD C

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue & white lettering to spine, xv + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to spine & cover edges/extrems, sl soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: ancient China Chinese history antiquity Qing empire maritime navy naval economics politics

$42.50
3k1/29

Charlemagne: Father of a Continent


BARBERO, ALESSANDRO & CAMERON, ALLAN (Trans)

Super octavo, khaki grey buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, gilt & red illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 428pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2009

KEYWORDS: folio society Charlemagne war history empire

$45.00
3k1/34

Tui Country: A History of the Pahiatua County


McCALLUM, ANGUS

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiii + 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, gift inscription in ink to full title page, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, 3cm closed tear to base of front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Pahiatua County Council 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history tui country Pahiatua County settlers pioneers

$45.00
3k1/35

A Son of The Red Centre': Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Life of Road Train Pioneer and Bush Inventor of the Northern Territory of Australia


JOHANNSEN, KURT G & PALMER, DAPHNE (Ed)

REVISED EDITION, super octavo, illus orange glossy heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, 'Kurt Johannsen' in ink to full title page?)

PUBLISHER: Kurt Johannsen 1996

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history NT Northern Territory road trains transport inventors

$40.00
3k1/36

End of an Era: An Informal History of the Military in the Mt Cook Area of Wellington 1846-1979 (A Commemorative Edition)


BESTIC, E B (Preface)

SCARCE, octavo, red illus stapled light card wrappers, 54pp, illus/photos, VG (minor fading & scuffing/soiling to spine area, light to moderate chafing/soiling & creasing to wrappers, light tanning & soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: INL Print (Printer) 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history military Mt Cook Wellington

$120.00
3k1/38

Mervyn Williams: From Modernism to the Digital Age


HANFLING, EDWARD

SIGNED & DATED BY ARTIST, square quarto, green glossy illus boards, red & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 333pp + [3], illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing to rear board, light soiling to page edges, light soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling to rear cover, sl fading & front hinge area, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ron Sang Publications 2014

KEYWORDS: signed Mervyn Williams New Zealand art artists modern history

$47.50
3L5/7

South of West Hamilton: A History of the Early European Settlement of the Rukuhia District, 1864-1914


RAYNES, NANCY

Octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, map tipped in to front pastedown [detached but present], 184pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, map at front detached but present, minor foxing & Nancy Raynes in ink to title page, minor foxing sporadically throughout, sm ink alteration to text to pg6) in d/w, VG (moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: N Raynes 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hamilton Nancy Raynes early settlers pioneers Rukuhia district

$15.00
xxrdg225302

How to Study Chaucer


POPE, ROB

Octavo softcover (VG), pen annotations throughout; 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: Palgrave 2001

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Chaucer history English literature 14th fourteenth century study guide

$15.00
xxrdg225303

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales


ASHTON, GAIL

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 1998

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Chaucer history English literature 14th fourteenth century study guide

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