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$17.50
xxedf224886

The Forgotten General: New Zealand's World War I Commander, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell


VENNEL, JOCK

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 2014

KEYWORDS: history 1st first world war 1 one ww1 wwi Sir Andrew Russell New Zealand Aotearoa

$16.50
xxeje224903

We Were the Future: A Memoir of the Kibbutz


NEEMAN, YAEL & SILVERSTONE, SONDRA (trans) & COHEN, JESSICA (trans)

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: Duckworth Overlook 2018

KEYWORDS: history memoir Kibbutz Israel Israeli idealism Jewish

$25.00
xxeje224908

Hedgehope School History 1878-1955


TURNBULL, B.W.

super octavo hardcover (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: Hedgehope-Glencoe Jubilee Comittee

KEYWORDS: history education New Zealand Hedgehope School southland schools

$36.50
xxeje224910

The Stalag Men: The Story of one of the 110,000 Other Ranks who were P.O.W.s of the Germans in the 1935-45 War


EDGAR, DONALD

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: John Clare Books 1982

KEYWORDS: history war second 2nd world war two 2 ww2 wwii prisoners of war Germans Germany

$22.50
xxpod224914

Panzer Leader


GUDERIAN, GENERAL HEINZ & MACKSEY, KENNETH (intro) & HART, CAPTAIN B.H. LIDDELL (foreword) & FITZGIBBON, CONTSTANTINE (trans)

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: Da Capo Press 2002

KEYWORDS: history memoir Germany second 2nd world war two 2 ww2 wwii Nazi Germany General Heinz Guderian

$80.00
3j2/18

Lives of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson


JOHNSON, CHARLES & HAYWARD, ARTHUR L & LLOYD, CHRISTOPHER (intro & ed)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo, red marble heavy boards, quarter bound in black cloth, gilt rule to boards, gilt lettering & delightful illus to spine, upper edges stained green, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight fading to upper page edges, v slight rubbing to board edges, slight tanning & foxing to page edges, sporadic slight foxing to pages) in slipcase VG (light tanning to slipcase, three 1cm small tears to corners, historic tape repairs to rear corners)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1962

KEYWORDS: captain charles johnson christopher lloyd arthur l hayward pirates piracy maritime history

$75.00
3j2/24

Observers and Navigators: and other non-pilot aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF; Updated & Expanded Edition


JEFFORD, C G

UPDATED & EXPANDED EDITION, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 401pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, slight tanning to page edges, gutter moderately cracked between p301-302) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges of jacket, previous bookseller's label to rear of jacket, v slight soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2014

KEYWORDS: observers navigators aircrew rfc rnas raf aviation history c g jefford

$85.00
3j2/26

The Florilegium: Plants of the Three Gardens of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust; The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Celebrating 200 Years


MORRIS, COLLEEN & MURRAY, LOUISA

FIRST EDITION, quarto, botanical illus heavy boards, gold & black text to spine & boards, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Florilegium Society at The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney 2016

KEYWORDS: first edition florilegium society the royal botanic gardens sydney australia australian garden botany botanic illustration history

$80.00
3j2/28

Despatch on War Operations 23rd February 1942, to 8th May 1945


HARRIS, ARTHUR T & COX, SEBASTIAN (intro & preface) & BOOG, HORST (Harris - A German View)

FIRST EDITION THUS, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxv + 211pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing & bruising to board edges, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (in plastic protective cover adhered to jacket, v slight soiling & creasing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass & Co1995

KEYWORDS: arthur t harris sebastian cox horst boog war operations second world war two ii history

$60.00
3j2/30

Te Ope Whakaora; The Army that Brings Life: A Collection of Documents on the Salvation Army & Maori 1884-2007


HILL, HAROLD (ed)

Ex-library, quarto illus light card wrappers, white, pink & grey lettering to spine & wrapper, frontispiece, 444pp, illus, VG (clear plastic cover affixed to wrapper, light soiling to wrapper & page edges, binding reinforced)

PUBLISHER: Flag Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: te ope whakaora salvation army religious history new zealand aotearoa maori

$200.00
3j2/32

Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand


SHERRIN, R A A (earliest times to 1840) & WALLACE, J H (1840-1845) & LEYS, THOMSON W (ed)

Quarto, quarter bound in olive leather, gilt border decoration to binding, gilt bands & text to spine, gilt illustration & text to front board, aeg, lovely frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 376pp, illus, VG- (8cm section to top of spine partially detached, moderate scuffing to spine & boards, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pages & edges, front & rear gutter cracked but binding stable)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher, Auckland 1890

KEYWORDS: early new zealand aotearoa history h brett r a a sherrin j h wallace thomson w leys

$45.00
3j2/35

South of the Old Coach Road: being the Postal History of South-Eastern Southland, New Zealand


SLATTERY, JOHN R

Quarto, spiral bound, aqua light card wrapper, black text to wrapper, xii + 170pp, illus VG+ (light fading & tanning to wrapper, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Southland Philatelic Society 2004

KEYWORDS: southland new zealand postal mail history philatelic connection rural communities john r slattery

$75.00
3j2/36

New Zealand Antarctic Postal History to 1941: A study of the Postal History of the Antarctic Expeditions associated with New Zealand


DUNS, ROBERT J

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, navy text to wrapper & spine, 112pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & fading to wrapper, slight creasing to wrapper, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Philatelic Foundation Christchurch 1997

KEYWORDS: antarctic new zealand postal mail history philatelic connection antarctica robert j duns

$100.00
3j2/39

The Avro Vulcan


MCLELLAND, TIM

Imperial octavo, indigo heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 368pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling & brusing to boards, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (v slight creasing to edges, in clear protextive cover affixed to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Crecy Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: avro vulcan tim mclelland aviation history aircraft jet engine fighter

$60.00
3j2/40

Reefton, School of Mines 1886-1970: Stories of Jim Bolitho


BOLITHO, ELAINE E

Oblong super octavo, illus light card wrapper, coloured text to wrapper & spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 164pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight tanning & fading to wrapper, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta Inc, 1999

KEYWORDS: reefton school of mines mining industrial west coast history new zealand jim elainee bolitho

$45.00
3j2/43

Rapids and Riverboats on the Whanganui River


CAMPBELL, ROBERT D

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to edges of boards, light to moderate soiling to boards incl historic tape, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG- (light to moderate fading to spine & jacket, light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to jacket including historic tape)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1990

KEYWORDS: whanganui wanganui river awa history maritime riverboats boating new zealand robert d campbell

$145.00
3j2/44

Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers


WATT, J P C

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 273pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: JPC Watt 1989

KEYWORDS: j p c watt stewart island rakiura kaipipi shipyard ross sea whalers whaling new zealand maritime history

$75.00
3j2/45

Black Sands and Golden Years 1877-1979: Weheka-Fox Glacier School Jubilee


HALL, MARGARET & REID, VAL (illus)

Imperial octavo light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to wrapper, illus title page, vi + 80pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate foxing & tanning to wrapper, light creasing to wrapper, light foxing to page edges, crossed out inscription from author to fep)

PUBLISHER: Bascands 1979

KEYWORDS: weheka fox glacier southern westland west coast cook river mahitahi karangarau school gillespies history

$45.00
3j2/46

The French and the Maori


DUNMORE, JOHN (ed)

Ex-library, Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 203pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to board edges, light tanning to page edges, sporadic light soiling to pages) in d/w VG (in clear plastic cover adhered to jacket & boards, light tanning & fading to jacket)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press Limited 1992

KEYWORDS: french maori new zealand aotearoa history france influence race relations colonisation john dunmore

$70.00
3j2/47

Maori Auckland


SIMMONS, DAVID & GRAHAM, GEORGE (maori place names)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow & red text to spine & jacket, 96pp, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light to moderate foxing to inside of wrapper, first & last page, previous owner's name in ink to half title page, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 1987

KEYWORDS: maori auckland new zealand aotearoa history tamaki makaurau

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