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$32.50
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Wellington Harbour


JOHNSON,DAVID

first edition 556pp ills.[b/w and col.] Nr F in Nr F d/w VERY HEAVY BOOK

PUBLISHER: wellington maritime trust wellington 1996

KEYWORDS: wellington harbour new zealand history david johnson

$50.00
r27/13

The Cunard Turbine-Driven Quadruple-Screw Lusitania


N/A

first edition thus 62pp+plates [b/w] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: patrick stephens wellingborough 1986

KEYWORDS: nautical history lusitania cunard

$35.00
r27/15

Three Nigerian Emirates A Study in Oral History


LOW,VICTOR N.

ex-lib.first edition 296pp [5 maps in envelope] VG+ (blue cloth,usual libr.stamps and labels,clean maps)

PUBLISHER: northwestern university press evanston 1972

KEYWORDS: history nigeria emirates victor low

$50.00
r27/22

Kelly's Handbook to the Titled,Landed & Official Classes for 1891


N/A

seventeenth edition 1260pp+ads. G+ (red cloth w.black/gilt dec.boards,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.rough amateur tape repairs to hinges,lacks upper 2cm of spine,boards barely attached,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: kelly london 1891

KEYWORDS: history genealogy

$475.00
r27/23

Polynesian Artifacts The Oldman Collection


[Memoirs of the Polynesian Society Vol.15]

N/A

second edition 86pp+135 b/w plates VG (in original bluish/grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled w.mod wear to the extrems.,1cm splits to head of hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,3cm tear to one plate but without any loss)

PUBLISHER: polynesian society wellington 1953

KEYWORDS: polynesia history pacific ethnology oldman collection arts

$26.50
on6414

Tivoli


VAN STRATEN, FRANK

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+)

PUBLISHER: lothian melbourne 2003

KEYWORDS: arts history theatre tivoli frank van straten

$200.00
2g5/22

Keith Vaughan His Life and Work


VAUGHAN,KEITH;YORKE,MALCOLM

first edition 288pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,v.sl.soiling to extrems.,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,two small tears to head of spine,sl.internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: constable london 1990

KEYWORDS: arts biography history keith vaughan malcolm yorke

$45.00
2g5/34

Bomber Command The Life of James H.Doolittle


DOOLITTLE,JAMES H.;THOMAS,LOWELL;JABLONSKI,EDWARD

first UK edition 368pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,faded,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1977

KEYWORDS: military history lowell thomas james doolittle edward jablonski

$40.00
2g9/10

150 Golden Years


The History of the Black Dyke Band

NEWSOME,ROY

first edition 231pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (black cloth,owner's sign.to front pastedown) in F d/w

PUBLISHER: world of brass publications london 2005

KEYWORDS: history black dyke band roy newsome arts music

$30.00
r28/12

Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History 1795-1910


EYBERS,G.W.

ex-lib.first edition 582pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1918

KEYWORDS: south africa history politics eybers

$50.00
2g3/3

Winemakers of New Zealand


SCOTT,DICK

first edition 79pp+unpaginated section ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed) in VG d/w (rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: southern cross books auckland 1964

KEYWORDS: new zealand winemakers dick scott history

$50.00
2g3/26

Twice Round the Clock or the Hours of the Day and Night in London


SALA,GEORGE AUGUSTUS

392pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue vinyl,minor foxing to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed)

PUBLISHER: humanities press new york 1971

KEYWORDS: london history george augustus sala journalism

$50.00
2g7/43

Earhart's Flight Into Yesterday


SAFFORD,LAURANCE F.

first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] Fine in Fine d/w

PUBLISHER: paladwr press mclean 2003

KEYWORDS: aviation history transport amelia earhart laurance safford

$50.00
2g7/33

Complete Waterfowl Studies vol.1 Dabbling & Whistling Ducks


BURK,BRUCE

first edition vol.1 only 234pp ills.[b/w and col.] Fine in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: schiffer exton [1984]

KEYWORDS: natural history ducks waterfowl bruce burk

$75.00
2g9/4

RBK A Very Parfit Gentil Knight


HARRIS,SIMON

first edition inscribed by author 175pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: rooke publishing clenchwarton 2004

KEYWORDS: military history biography simon harris signed

$40.00
2g3/48

The Life Story of T.J.Hunt


HUNT,T.J.

third edition signed by author 58pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (green cloth,sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's dated sign.to portrait - feb 1937)

PUBLISHER: hunt [np] 1937

KEYWORDS: biography history hunt signed

$45.00
2g6/11

Broadsides of the Industrial North


VICINUS,MARTHA

first edition 79pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: frank graham newcastle upon tyne 1975

KEYWORDS: history newspapers broadsides martha vicinus

$40.00
2g9/49

Jaycee


BUTTERWORTH,GRAHAM & SUSAN

first edition 293pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: ngaio press wellington 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand history jaycee butterworth

$60.00
r28/17

Rambles in Polynesia


'SUNDOWNER'

first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897

KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner

$125.00
r28/18

Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits


DE WINDT,HARRY

first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898

KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields

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