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An Illustrated Guide to Tracing Your Family History


GIBB, JAMES

Sq 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: TAJ Books 2010

KEYWORDS: local family history guide research

$25.00
xxpdg226733

Exmoor in Wartime, 1939-1945


HURLEY, JACK

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: The Exmoor Press 1978

KEYWORDS: ww2 Second World War 2 II Two local history

$25.00
xxpdg226741

British Pottery: An Illustrated Guide


GODDEN, GEOFFREY A

Imp 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1990

KEYWORDS: Britain English British pottery ceramics art arts craft history

$30.00
xxpdg226742

British Porcelain: An Illustrated Guide


GODDEN, GEOFFREY A

Imp 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1990

KEYWORDS: Britain English British pottery ceramics art arts craft history

$25.00
xxpdg226743

The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1793


SANDON, HENRY

Imp 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1969

KEYWORDS: Britain English British pottery ceramics art arts craft history 18th century

$25.00
xxpdj226744

On the Move: Great Transportation Photographs frorm Life


KORNELY, MARYANN & HIRSCFELD, JENNIE (eds.)

Imp 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: Little, Brown and Company 2000

KEYWORDS: transportation Life magazine United States history 20th century photography

$20.00
xxpec226760

The Chief and the Empire: The Incredible Story of Te Pahi, the Maori Trailblazer Betrayed by the Crown


BINGHAM, EUGENE

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: Allen & Unwin 2026

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Te Pahi 19th century

$22.50
xxpfi226780

The Tap-Dancing Knife Thrower


HOGAN, PAUL

FIRST EDITION. 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: HaperCollins 2020

KEYWORDS: Paul Hogan Australia history 20th century life lives biography autobiography first edition

$845.00
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The Illustrated Book of Pigeons: With Standards for Judging


FULTON, ROBERT & WRIGHT, LEWIS (Ed) & LUDLOW, J W (Paintings)

REBOUND INCORPORATING ORIGINAL BINDING, NEW EPS, MAGNIFICENT PLATES, quarto, illus red buckram boards, gilt and black lettering and gilt decoration to front board and spine, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, VIII + 392pp + 4pp ads, illus/diagrams/plates, plates opposite pages 173 and 359 missing, VG+ (plates opposite pages 173 and 359 missing, 11-14pp loosely enclosed, moderate scuffing to extrems, minor fading/discolouration to front and rear boards, light fading to front board decoration, heavy fading to rear board decoration, heavy fading to spine decoration, previous owner's details in ink to front pastedown, light foxing and soiling to frontispiece, minor marking, soiling, foxing and 1.5cm closed tear to title page, light cracking to gutters, 0.5cm and 1cm closed tears to prelims, minor soiling, creasing, foxing and tanning to pages throughout, minor soiling to page edges, minor archival repair to frontis edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin nd

KEYWORDS: pigeons birds biology science history art illustrated ornithology

$65.00
3s5/13

Hoopers Inlet: A History of Hoopers Inlet Located on the Otago Peninsula of New Zealand


SMITH, IAN J

2nd Printing, 226/253. Quarto, illus. light card wrappers, VG+ (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Ian Smith 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Otago South Island

$120.00
3s5/14

Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regia Marina, 1930-1945


BRESCIA, MAURIZIO; ZAIO, PAOLA (illus.)

Quarto, green card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (some bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w, VG+ (bruising to extrems, v sl chipping) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Seaforth Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: Italy Mussolini 20th century military history Italian navy naval maritime

$90.00
3s5/15

The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships, 1937-1948


BAGNASCO, ERMINIO & DE TORO, AUGUSTO; MAGGI, ROBERTO & BRESCIA, MAURIZIO & BRIOSCHI, ANGELO (illus.)

Quarto, blue card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, VG+; in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Seaforth Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: Italy Mussolini 20th century military history Italian navy naval maritime

$90.00
3s5/16

Italian Battleships: Conte di Cavour and Dulio Classes, 1911-1956


BAGNASCO, ERMINIO & DE TORO, AUGUSTO; MAGGI, ROBERTO & BRESCIA, MAURIZIO (illus.)

Quarto, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG; in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Seaforth Publishing 2021

KEYWORDS: Italy Mussolini 20th century military history Italian navy naval maritime

$180.00
3s5/18

French Cruisers, 1922-1956


JORDAN, JOHN & MOULIN, JEAN

Quarto, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, illus. tp, photos, illus., VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems) ; in d/w, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Seaforth Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: France French military history navy naval ships 20th century

$125.00
3s5/19

Landmarks of Te Arawa (Volume 1): Rotorua


STAFFORD, D M

Quarto, green card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, photos, illus., VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems, foxing to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate soiling to covers, light bruising to extrems) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Reed 1994

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Rotorua North Island

$100.00
3s5/32

Moriori: The Morioris of the South Island


BEATTIE, HERRIES

FIRST EDITION, second impression. Octavo, light card covers lettered in brown, VG (light to moderate soiling & tanning, light bruising to edges & extrems) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times1941

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie New Zealand Moriori ancient history

$50.00
3s5/34

Chinese Landscape Painting as Western Art History


ELKINS, JAMES; PURTLE, JENNIFER (forew.)

Super octavo, black card boards, VG+; in d/w, VG (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: China Chinese art painting landscape art history

$120.00
3s5/35

Eighteen Poems from the Greek Anthology


O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT & CLEAVIN, BARRY

LIMITED EDITION, #6/100. SIGNED BY AUTHORS & PRINTER. Imp octavo, red cl boards, label lettered in brown pasted to front board, illus., VG+ (sl soiling to boards. sl bruising) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Otakou Press 2015

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek classical poetry literature history

$40.00
3s5/36

Explorations in Connected History: From the Tagus to the Ganges


SUBRAHMANYAM, SANJAY

Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG; in d/w, VG (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: South Asia Asian history Eurasia Europe European

$42.50
3s5/40

The Speeches of Lord Birkenhead


LORD BIRKENHEAD; CECIL, HUGH (pref.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG; in d/w VG- (heavy tearing & chipping) (photos available on request).

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1929

KEYWORDS: Lord Birkenhead speeches politics political social history

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