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$25.00
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The Chunnel: The Amazing Story of the Undersea Crossing of the English Channel


FETHERSTON, DREW

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Times Books 1997

KEYWORDS: English channel crossing transport engineering Channel Tunnel modern history

$16.50
xxqgf233619

The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People


KELLY, JOHN

Super octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 & Company 2012

KEYWORDS: Ireland history Irish famine emigration immigration

$32.50
xxqgh233621

Crucible of Power: The Fight for Tunisia 1942-1943


MACKSEY, KENNETH

Ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Hutchinson 1969

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tunisia Africa Operation TORCH

$30.00
xxqgh233623

The Marriage fo Likeness: Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe


BOSWELL, JOHN

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: FontanaPress 1996

KEYWORDS: history sexuality gay lesbian homosexual Europe same-sex unions lgbtq

$55.00
xxqgh233627

Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles: Descriptive Narratives of the More Desperate Engagements on the Gallipoli Peninsula


HOGUE, OLIVER & HOGUE, Hon J A (Preface)

Octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Andrew Melrose 1916

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war the great war Australia Australian Light Horse Brigade Dardanelles

$16.50
xxqgk233629

Portobello School 1857-1982: A Historical Sketch


CROOT, CHARLES

Octavo softcover, stapled (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Portobello School 1982 (?)

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand schools school history Portobello Dunedin Otepoti

$750.00
ak1/26/46

The Victoria Cross and the George Cross: The Complete History 1845-2013 (3 Vol Set)


HYWEL-JONES, Lt Col (Ret'd) IAN (Project Co-Ordinator)

3 VOL SET, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (minor chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Methuen 2013

KEYWORDS: military history war medals bravery heroism Victoria George Cross recipients

$95.00
ak1/26/48

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1873: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1872, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers


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1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 208pp, printed inside wrappers, VG (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1873 (1960 Facsmile Edition)

KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history

$95.00
ak1/26/49

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1870: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1869, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers


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1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 152pp, printed inside wrappers, VG (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1870 (1960 Facsmile Edition)

KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history

$95.00
ak1/26/50

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1872: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1871, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers


N/A

1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 172pp, printed inside wrappers, VG- (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, moderate cracking to hinges- wrappers a little loose, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1872 (1960 Facsmile Edition)

KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history

$95.00
ak1/27/1

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1878: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1877, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers


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1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 250pp, printed inside wrappers, VG- (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine- archival tape, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, moderate cracking to hinges- wrappers a little loose, moderate foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1878 (1960 Facsmile Edition)

KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history

$95.00
ak1/27/2

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1876: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1875, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers


N/A

1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 224pp, printed inside wrappers, VG (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, moderate cracking to hinges- wrappers a little loose, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1876 (1960 Facsmile Edition)

KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history

$100.00
ak1/27/3

Italian Manpower 225BC - AD14


BRUNT, P A

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 750pp, VG (usual library markings- minimal, light to moderate soiling to boards- some minor tape staining, light soiling to page edges, light to moderate adhesive staining to eps, moderate underlining to contents pages) in d/w, VG- (2cm hole to front cover, moderate fading to spine, moderate adhesive staining to edges, moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: ancient history Italy Italian

$70.00
ak1/27/6

Auckland Rockies: A History of Auckland's Naval Reserves 1858-1995


McEWAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION, super octavo, blue light card wrappers, gilt lettering to spine & front wrapper, xiv + 455pp, VG+ (light soiling to wrappers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pyramid Press 1995

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand military history Auckland rockies naval reserves special first editions

$75.00
ak1/27/12

On the Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life


DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & light decoration to spine, gilt lettering & framing to front board, frontispiece, 389pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (mior discolouration to spine, light scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin history historical biology evolution nature geography bioscience

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