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$90.00
3d3/30

Pursue & Destroy


CARSON, LEONARD KIT

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 175pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, minor cracking & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sentry Books 1978

KEYWORDS: military history aviation Leonard Kit Carson autobiography memoir fighter pilots

$350.00
3d3/34

Pilots of Fighter Command


ORDE, Captain CUTHBERT & DOUGLAS, Air Chief Marshal SIR SHOLTO (Fore) & SLESSOR, Air Vice-Marshal J C (Intro)

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, ex-library, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, grey lettering to blue buckram spine, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942

KEYWORDS: military history pilots portraits British RAF Royal Air Force fighter command first editions

$180.00
3d3/35

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: In the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 (6 Vol Set)


NAPIER, Major-General Sir W F P

6 VOL SET, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, printed eps, mixed pagination, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate fading & rubbing/surface loss to spines, minor soiling to spine of vol V, moderate chafing/soiling & discolouration to boards, insect damage to front board & prelims of vol VI, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner of ffep to vol II missing, minor tanning to eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co N/D

KEYWORDS: military history Peninsula War South of France French early 19th nineteenth century

$75.00
3d3/49

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1929


CAINE, C STEWART (Ed)

TATTY COPY, sm octavo, yellow light card wrappers, black lettering to spine- missing, printed inside covers, 707pp, G- (whole spine heavily cracked with binding completely exposed & some sections partially detached, heavy yellowing tape staining to cover edges, rear cover detached but present, other moderate soiling & creasing to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket past years almanacks Wisden

$45.00
3d3/51

Lancia: The Shield and Flag


TROW, NIGEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sm hole [insect damage?] to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading & rubbing/scuffing to spine, light to moderate fading & chafing to covers, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions automotive cars Lancia history

$60.00
3d2/3

The Global Remapping of American Literature


GILES, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 325pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine/front cover hinge, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism American history geography

$80.00
3d2/4

The Lost World of Agharti: The Mystery of Vril Power


MACLELLAN, ALEC

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, 231pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps, ex-libris ink stamp to ffep, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & rubbing to edges, light fading & moderate tanning/soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions ancient history Asia underground tunnels Agharti nazi third reich archeology archaeology

$22.50
xxenb221069

It Doesn't Take a War: A Life Forever Changed by the Hyde Railway Crash


COLEMAN, ELIZABETH

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Elizabeth Coleman 2019

KEYWORDS: Hyde railway crash memoir Elizabeth Coleman New Zealand history Maniototo

$19.50
xxenb221071

Russian Drama: From its Beginnings to the Age of Pushkin


KARLINSKY, SIMON

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Russian drama theatre history Russia 17th-19th century

$10.00
xxenb221073

Early Queenstown: A Brief History of the Gold Rush to the Wakatipu and the Settlement of Queenstown


DE LA MARE, A J

Octavo stapled wrappers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Lakes District Museum and Gallery 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Queenstown settlement gold rush Wakatipu

$30.00
xxene221076

Niels Bohr's Times, In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity


PAIS, ABRAHAM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Niels Bohr nuclear physics history biography

$15.00
xxeob221082

Buffalo Hearts: A Native American's View of his Culture, Religion and History


SUN BEAR

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bear Tribe Publishing Company 1989

KEYWORDS: Native American history culture religion Chippewa people

$10.00
xxeob221087

The Common Reader: Second Series


WOOLF, VIRGINIA & MCNEILLIE, ANDREW (ed., intro.)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1986

KEYWORDS: literary commentary history literature

$15.00
xxerb221096

World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867


KEENE, DONALD (et al.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1978

KEYWORDS: Japanese fiction literary history commentary fiction drama poetry haikai waka literature

$10.00
xxerb221098

Appreciations of Japanese Culture


KEENE, DONALD

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1981

KEYWORDS: Japanese literary history culture poetry Haikai war translation literature

$15.00
xxesb221101

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan [Two Volumes in One]


HEARN, LAFCADIO

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1986

KEYWORDS: 19th century Japan travelogue history culture

$30.00
xxesd221120

Where the Flaming Hell are We? The Story of Young Australians and New Zealanders Fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete


COLLIE, CRAIG

Superoctavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2023

KEYWORDS: world war two ii anzac australian new zealand war military history

$27.50
xxese221122

Doomed at the Start: American Pursuit Pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942


BARTSCH, WILLIAM H

Superoctavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Texas A & M University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: american pilot philippines world war two ii military history

$16.50
xxese221126

The Making of the Second World War


ADAMTHWAITE, ANTHONY P

Superoctavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1985

KEYWORDS: second ii world war politics history european conflict

$35.00
xxesa221137

The Archaeology of Ancient China: Revised and Enlarged Edition


CHANG, KWANG-CHIH

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: chinese china archaeology ancient history kwang-chih chang

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