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$50.00
3j5/13

Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Vol Set)


CALVIN, JOHN & BEVERIDGE, HENRY (New Translation)

2 VOL SET, ex-library- no external markings, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xxiv + 582pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 704pp, VG (no library markings detected, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light tanning throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top section of vol 2 spine missing, moderate tanning to spines, moderate foxing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: James Clarke & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: religion Christianity history institutions John Calvin

$67.50
3j5/25

Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950


MURRAY, CHARLES

Super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to red spine, xx + 668pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, author's inscription & signature to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (ligh tcreasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2003

KEYWORDS: history human achievements gifted persons genius psychology

$40.00
3j5/31

Hitler's Last General: The Case Against Wilhelm Mohnke


SAYER, IAN & BOTTING, DOUGLAS

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 393pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing/rubbing to edges, light chafing, 8cm closed tear & yellowing tape staining to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1989

KEYWORDS: nazi Germany german war criminals Wilhelm Mohnke history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
3j5/33

Hitler's Spanish Legion: The Blue Division in Russia


KLEINFELD, GERALD R & TAMBS, LEWIS A

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine lightly cocked & warped, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Front / Warfield Books N/D (c.1990s?)

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 blue division Russia Spanish legion campaigns German occupation infanteriedivision

$40.00
3j5/34

Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service: Knights of the Wehrmacht


KUROWSKI, FRANZ & JOHNSTON, DAVID (Trans)

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, 307pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light soiling to flap edges)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: knights of the wehrmacht u-boat waffe nazi Germany german ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history navy naval soldiers sailors profiles military

$65.00
3j5/36

Star Trek to Hawa-i'i: Mesopotamia to Polynesia


HOSTETTER, CLYDE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus, VG (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of pgs64/65- otherwise a very tidy copy still)

PUBLISHER: The Diamond Press 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Clyde Hostetter travel writing literature history Polynesia origins

$70.00
3j5/37

Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar (2 Vol Set)


MARCH, EDGAR J

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 276pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ffep missing from both vols, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Britain British sail oar boats

$65.00
3j5/39

Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force 1907-1997 (2 Vol Set)


NALTY, BERNARD C (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, brown & blue illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spines, vol 1- x + 513pp, vol 2- x + 659pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spines & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Force History and Museums Program 1997

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aeronautics US Air Force

$47.50
3j5/40

Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Combat Crew: How They Lived and Died


McGUIRE, MELVIN & HADLEY, ROBERT

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxi + 424pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising/warping to spine & board extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate wrinkling & chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Yucca Tree Press 1993

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aerial combat warfare operations US Army Air Corps 15th aaf b-17 crew

$40.00
3j5/41

Mailships of the Channel Islands 1771-1971


MAYNE, RICHARD

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated illus prelims + 108pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light tanning & fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, 1cm scuff/tear to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Picton Publishing 1971

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Channel Islands mailships ships boats shipping

$200.00
3j4/1

Missions in Western Polynesia: Being Historical Sketches of These Missions, from Their Commencement in 1839 to the Present Time


MURRAY, A W

ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 489pp + 16pp to rear, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy chafing/scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing & water staining to frontispiece & other plates/pages, occasional moderate soiling to pages, 2cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg10- tidy archival repair)

PUBLISHER: John Snow 1863

KEYWORDS: Polynesia missions religion religious missionaries history historical travel literature writing A W Murray

$52.50
3j4/3

Secret Landscape: An Attempt to Unlock New Zealand Prehistory


TASKER, JOHN

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 199pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Kanuka Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand prehistory pre-history Polynesia archeology archaeology landscape

$50.00
3j4/4

Report on Experience


MULGAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP TO REAR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 150pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals- inc. folding map, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate tanning & chipping to spine- minor loss to head & base, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions Greece post-war John Mulgan history

$45.00
3j4/5

The Paradise of the Southern Hemisphere: German and Austrian Visitors to New Zealand 1876-1889


HARRISON, OLIVER

Octavo, red patterned light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, vi + 160pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel visitors German Austrian 19th nineteenth century

$40.00
3j4/5

Robinsons of Moneymore Family History: A Short History of Christopher and Margaret Robinson and Their Descendants


BENINGTON, EUNICE (Compiled by)

Octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling & discolouration to front cover, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing/curling to covers/edges)

PUBLISHER: Mrs E R Benington 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy research Christopher Margaret Robinson settlers

$245.00
3j4/6

Ancient Tahitian Society (3 Vol Boxed Set)


OLIVER, DOUGLAS L

3 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, brown heavy boards, brown lettering to cream spines, illus/maps eps, 1419pp total, illus, VG+ (light soiling to spines, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in slipcase, VG+ (sl soiling & rubbing, sm adhesive label)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: ancient history Tahiti Tahitian society antiquity exploration ethnography social pomares

$25.00
xxbkc223889

The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy


GILBERT, MARTIN

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: Book Club Associates 1986

KEYWORDS: history Germany Jewish holocaust ww2 2nd second world war two ii 2 wwii Jews

$17.50
xxbkc223890

The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909


SHACKLETON, Sir ERNEST

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: Carroll & Graf 2002

KEYWORDS: Antarctica expeditions exploration history Ernest Shackleton south pole voyages

$30.00
xxbkc223892

The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust.,


GILBERT, MARTIN

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: Henry Holt and Company 2003

KEYWORDS: history jewish holocaust 2nd second world war two 2 wwii ww2 Nazi Germany persecution

$37.50
xxbkd223893

Voyagers to the West: Emigration from Britain to America on the Eve of the Revolution.


BAILYN, BERNARD & DEWOLFE, BARBARA (Assistance)

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: I.B TAURIS & Co Ltd 1987

KEYWORDS: Voyage emigration migration history Britain America new world colonies

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