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$25.00
xxrlh173127

Russian Autocrats from Ivan the Great to the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty: An Annotated Bibliography of English Language Sources to 1985


EGAN, DAVID R and MELINDA A

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: The Scarecrow Press 1987

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Russia Russian Soviet history autocrats information resources history historical

$450.00
1n25a/18

An Atlas of Modern Geography


BUTLER, SAMUEL

Octavo, half faux leather bound marbled boards- rebound, title plate with black lettering to front board, xxiii maps- all present + 32pp prefatory note & index to rear, VG (modern/rebound spine & eps, heavy chafing & surface loss to board extrems & boards, heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, purple ink remnants & pencil to prelims & terminals- prev. owner, bookbinder's ink stamp to rear pastedown, NZ hand drawn on to map xxiii in pencil, considerable pencil annotation to back of map xxiii also, occasional light staining/foxing to some maps throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman N/D (c.1826)

KEYWORDS: Samuel Butler maps geography cartography history history historical atlases

$100.00
1q20a/40

Taku Whare E / My Home My Heart: He Mauri Tu / The Spirit Dwells Still


SIMON, MORVIN T

SCARCE, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to covers, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light wrinkling & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Regional Community Polytechnic 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Marae Wanganui Rangitikei disctricts history community history

$19.50
xxrjg193373

The Zulu War; A Pictorial History


BARTHORP, MICHAEL

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: Blandford Press 1987

KEYWORDS: michael barthorp zulu war pictorial history zululand south africa boer britain british empire imperialism colonialism military history combat warfare photo illustrated

$40.00
1r12a/16

Dunedin; Early Photographs


KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

Ex-library; Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with plastic adhesive protective covers, spine reinforced with twine & black tape (originally spiral bound - now removed), unpaginated, illus. 20 black & white photo plates, VG- (light rubbing/soiling & moderately heavy sun-fading/tanning to covers, moderate creasing to cover & some page corners, light soiling/discolouration throughout including to page edges & plates, light dampstaining to top fore-edge impacting most plates, 4x7cm section cut-out of final blank page, usual library markings/stamps/barcodes to covers, text block, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1985

KEYWORDS: ex-library hardwicke knight dunedin early photographs photographic photography photos history otago south island new zealand early settler colonial pictorial history

$17.50
xxrgg193494

The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive


SANDS, PHILIPPE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2020

KEYWORDS: philippe sands ratline history twentieth century second world war two ww2 wwii military history postwar otto freiherr ss national socialism nazi germany

$30.00
xxrgi193512

Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household


TINNISWOOD, ADRIAN

FIRST US 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2018

KEYWORDS: first edition adrian tinniswood britain british england english monarchy servant servants staff domestic history royals royalty history ,

$140.00
1r34a/10

The Looting of Nicaragua


DE NOGALES, RAFAEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 251pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & fading to front board, 2cm closed tear- mended- to front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, moderate foxing thorughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Wright & Brown N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: first editions literature Nicaragua Rafael de Nogales Latin South America history politics political history

$26.50
xxrbc193820

England's Thousand Best Houses


JENKINS, SIMON & WRIGHT, QUINTIN (photos)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Viking Studio 2003

KEYWORDS: simon jenkins illustrated history britain british england english history house houses architecture design interior

$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

$40.00
1t17a/7

The Real Siberia, Together With an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria


FRASER, JOHN FOSTER

Ex-library, octavo, half leather bound maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with raised bands & rule to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 279pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & extrems, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor library labelling/marking, moderate cracking to some gutters, moderate but occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1904

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature history Siberia John Foster Fraser history culture customs

$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

$18.50
xxbkg195768

Collected Works (Volume 2; 1895-1897)


LENIN, V.I.

THIS VOL. ONLY, LACKS D/W; 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: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1960

KEYWORDS: russian russia history politics political economics history vladimir vi lenin collected writings works capitalism capitalist criticism communism leninism

$550.00
1w36a/6

The Achenese (2 Vol Set)


HURGRONJE, Dr C SNOUCK & O'SULLIVAN, A W S (Trans) & WILKINSON, R J (Index)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xxi + 439pp + foldng maps & diagrams to rear, vol 2- 384pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to spines, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps with sm ink stains to ffep of vol 1, sm ink notation to title pages of both vols, moderate tanning/browning to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters, moderate creasing & chipping to brittle edges of diagrams, maps to rear of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1906

KEYWORDS: Acheh culture cultural history travel writing literature Netherlands-Indian government reports religion religious politics political history Achenese

$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

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