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$27.50
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Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England


POLLARD, JUSTIN

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: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: history English kings rulers Alfred the Great

$20.00
xx46pol222188

Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War, Volume III: Axis Air Forces 1940-45


SHORES, CHRISTOPHER F

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Ian Allan 1974

KEYWORDS: military history aviation axis air forces ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 mediterranean

$35.00
xx46pol222189

Jospehus: Jewish Antiquities, Books XVIII-XIX


JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS & FELDMAN, LOUIS H (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, PARALLEL TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK & ENGLISH, sm 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: Harvard University Press / Loeb 1965

KEYWORDS: PARALLEL GREEK & ENGLISH TEXT ancient history antiquities Loeb classical library series Flavius Josephus literature

$10.00
xx46pol222190

Revolutionaries: Contemporary Essays


HOBSBAWM, E J

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: Quartet 1977

KEYWORDS: history literature essays revolution

$15.00
xx48pol222195

Escape from Corregidor


WHITCOMB, EDGAR D

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: Panther 1960

KEYWORDS: war history pows prisoners of war escape stories

$14.00
xx48pol222202

The New Century Begins: Celebrating 125 Years of Education in Hedgehope


JONES, EVELYN (Compiled by)

SIGNED, 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: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history teaching education Hedgehope

$19.50
xx48pol222203

Fighting Vehicles of the New Zealand Army


BURGESS, MICHAEL (Compiled by)

Oblong 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: Burgess Media Services 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military equipment fighting vehicles armoured tanks army history

$35.00
xx48pol222204

The Luftwaffe Album: Fighters and Bombers of the German Air Force 1933-1945


DRESSEL, JOACHIM & GREIHL, MANFRED & SHIELDS, M J (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Arms and Armour 1997

KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation German Germany luftwaffe fighter planes bombers

$19.50
xx48pol222205

Aerofax Minigraph 8: Boeing P-26 Variants


BOWERS, PETER

Quarto 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: Aerofax 1984

KEYWORDS: military history aviation boeing p-26 variants design engineering

$25.00
xx48pol222206

China Tea Clippers


CAMPBELL, GEORGE F

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: Adlard Coles 1989

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical transport clippers ships tea China Chinese 19th nineteenth century

$35.00
xx48pol222207

Grumman Guidebook, Volume I: History of Pre-war Grumman Fighters FF-1, F2F, F3F, the Duck, Goose, Widgeon, the Wildcat Fighters of World War II, the Skyrocket and the XP-50


MAYBORN, MITCH et al

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: Flying Enterprise Publications 1976

KEYWORDS: military history aviation grumman US American aircraft fighter planes

$32.50
xx49pol222215

Agents of Autonomy: Maori Committees in the Nineteenth Century


O'MALLEY, VINCENT

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: Huia Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Aotearoa 19th nineteenth century committees

$14.50
xx75pol222248

Smoke in the Valley


KYNASTON, DAVID

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: Bloomsbury 2008

KEYWORDS: David Kynaston social history austerity Britain 1948-51 series

$27.50
xx83pol222275

Old Manukau


TONSON, A E

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy with archival repairs; 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: Tonson Publishing House 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Manukau A E Tonson

$90.00
3f4/15

The Making of the Atomic Bomb


RHODES, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 886pp, illus/photos, VG- (light fading to board edges, moderate paper residue [from jacket] & soiling to rear board- water damage, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of prelims, moderate water/damp staining & wrinkling to base of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate water damage/staining- mostly to internal sides, minro creasing to edges, minor fading, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions atomic bombs weapons weaponry nuclear warfare Hiroshima Nagasaki modern history military US America

$65.00
3f4/19

The Meaning of Masonry


WILMSHURST, W L

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 216pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water damage & wrinkling to pgs 47-50) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company 1980

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic masonry secret societies symbolism masonic philosophy history

$55.00
3f4/29

Women I've Undressed


ORRY-KELLY

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gold coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 425pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG (3cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2015

KEYWORDS: first editions fashion history Hollywood actresses clothing Orry-Kelly designers silver screen movie stars

$145.00
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A Bloody Road Home: World War Two and New Zealand's Heroic Second Division


PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER

Imperial octavo, orange heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 620pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand Zealanders ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Greece Crete 2nd division North Africa

$40.00
3f3/7

A History of Wood Engraving


GARRETT, ALBERT

Quarto, green faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 407pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1986

KEYWORDS: art history wood engraving engravings

$150.00
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Bazaar to Piazza: Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600


MACK, ROSAMOND E

FIRST EDITION, quarto, aqua blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, ix + 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor discolouration to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2002

KEYWORDS: history trade commerce Italy Italian Islamic Islam oriental decorative arts renaissance influence

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