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$24.50
xxrad193903

Out of Poland; When the best revenge is to have survived


HARRISON, JENNY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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: Lamplighter Press 2017

KEYWORDS: jenny harrison siegel family history histories new zealand migrants immigrants holocaust survival survivors jewish poland polish history world war two second wwii 2

$15.00
xxpha194070

SAS Undercover Operations: From World War II to Afghanistan


RYAN, MIKE

Imperial 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: Amber Books 2019

KEYWORDS: sas British secret services elite military history history undercover operations special air service

$15.00
xxpha194071

SAS Rescue Missions: From the Jungles of Malaysia to the Iranian Embassy Siege


DAVIES, BARRY

Imperial 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: Amber Books 2019

KEYWORDS: rescue missions sas British secret services elite military history history special air service

$90.00
1t1a/3

With Quakers in France


STEPHENS, D OWEN

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light discolouration & wrinkling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: C W Daniel 1921

KEYWORDS: first editions France French history diaries journals quakers communities history

$25.00
xxqea194527

The Garden of Ideas: Four Centuries of Australian Style


AITKEN, RICHARD

Lg quarto 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 Miegunyah Press 2011

KEYWORDS: gardening history botany horticulture history culture

$30.00
xxasg195229

An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi


ORANGE, CLAUDIA

Quarto 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 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history treaty of Waitangi history illustrated Claudia Orange

$30.00
xxbgaa195616

Notable Trees of the Strath Taieri; A collection of the 22 best trees in the area with historical information (Second Edition)


BAIRD, DAVID & ELLIOT, ANNE

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED; 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: Anne Elliot 2005

KEYWORDS: signed new zealand south island otago strath taieri dunedin history significant notable trees flora nature natural history illustrated

$175.00
1w36a/21

Traumziel Samoa: Reisebilder aus den Jahren 1912 von Fritz Schlosser und 1978 von Seiner Tochter Katesa


SCHLOSSER, KATESA

TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003

KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs

$100.00
1w41a/29

Litewskie Lotnictwo Wojskowe 1919-1940


REZMER, WALDEMAR

TEXT IN POLISH; Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, dark blue lettering to spine, 327pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers & page edges, light vertical creasing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: Torun 1999

KEYWORDS: text in polish military history european lithuanian lithuania air force aviation history airplanes aeroplanes aircraft

$72.50
1w41b/15

High Road to Command; The Diaries of Major-General Sir Edmund Ironside; 1920-1922


IRONSIDE, Major-General Sir EDMUND & Lord IRONSIDE (ed)

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 251pp, illus plates & maps, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & discolouration, one small closed tear to bottom of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries journals autobiography autobiographies english england great britain british history military army history edmund ironside

$14.00
xx64pol196380

Locks and Lavatories: The Architecture of Privacy


PLANEL, PHILIPPE

Imperial 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: English Heritage / Gatekeeper N/D (modern)

KEYWORDS: British history English heritage gatekeeper series privacy architecture buildings history locks doors windows

$22.50
xx70pol196687

Russian Land Soviet People


GREGORY, JAMES S

LACKS D/W, MANY FOLDING MAPS, super octavo hardcover (VG) boards faded; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history Soviet Union USSR geography geology climate history

$80.00
1y22b/13

The Adams Papers: Diary and Autobiography of John Adams 1755-1804 (4 Vol Set)


BUTTERFIELD, L H et al (Eds)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, varying pagination, VG+ (jackets sellotaped to boards- tape staining/residue to board edges & eps, minor bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edgesprev. bookseller's sm label to ffeps) in d/w, VG (in protective wrappers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained/damaged if removed, light wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: autobiogarphy autobiographies memoir Adams family diary diaries journals history US American history

$15.00
xxsta197915

Israel and the Nations


BRUCE, F F

LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy, pgs 47-50 detached; 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 Paternoster Press 1963

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity middle east Israel history biblical second temple

$75.00
1y47a/38

Sporting Rileys


ROBSON, GRAHAM

Imperial octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vi + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasign & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Oxford Illustrated Press / Haynes 1986

KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive car racing Riley history cars history

$20.00
xxesb198715

So Greatly Blessed: Campbell & Ruby Stuart Sawmillers and Musicians


SMITH, ROSEMARIE

Quarto spiral bound 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: Stuart Timber Company 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy Campbell Ruby Stuart history timber company

$40.00
1y59b/2

The Ferrari Formual 1 Cars 1948-1976


THOMPSON, JONATHAN & GODDARD, GEOFFREY (Photos)

Quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Aztec Corporation 1976

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring motorsports formula one 1 f1 history racing cars Ferrari design engineering history

$22.50
xxhpb199427

The Arctic Ocean and Its Coast in the Cenozoic Era (Severnyi Ledovityi Okean i Ego Poberezh'e v Kainozoe)


TOLMACHEV, Prof A I (Ed)

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: Amerind Publishing Co 1982

KEYWORDS: paleogeogrpahy arctic ocean ancient history geology cenozoic era flora fauna nature natural history

$19.50
xxceg200063

Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present: A Short History


BEARDSLEY, MONROE C

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 University of Alabama Press 1982

KEYWORDS: classical history ancient history Greece Greek

$20.00
xxcqd200285

The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People


FLANNERY, Dr TIMOTHY FRIDTJOF

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED, 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: Reed New Holland 2001

KEYWORDS: ecology history Australia Australasian anthropology natural history signed

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