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$22.50
xxddb224461

The Luck of the Draw: Horses, Spitfires and Kittyhawks


SLY. EDWARD 'TED'

Imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE): 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: Edward Sly 2003

KEYWORDS: history autobiography military history Australia air force fighter pilot Ted Sly

$35.00
xxcaf224477

Mateship and Moneymaking: Australian Shearing: The Clash of Union Solidarity with the Spirit of Enterprise 1895-1995


O'MALLEY, RORY

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: Xlibris Corporation 2013

KEYWORDS: history sheep shearing Australian outbackLabour history economy

$60.00
3j2/3

An Impeached Nation: Being a Study of Irish Outrages


CLEARY, HENRY W

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to board & spine, stamped border decoration to front board, 417pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising to board corners, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pages & edges, slight foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, and notes in pencil to rep)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Tablet Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd 1909

KEYWORDS: irish history outrages united kingdom english history henry w cleary

$20.00
xxpod224915

Origins, Orient and Oriana


MORRIS, CHARLES F.

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: Teredo Books Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: history naval maritime history ships Orient Steam Navigation Company naval architecture

$65.00
3j2/31

Between two Rivers: A history of the Camerons community, Grey District, West Coast, 1865 - 2006


THE CAMERONS COMMUNITY CLUB & WRIGHT, LES

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine & wrappers, 154pp, illus VG+ (light creasing to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Camerons Community Club 2006

KEYWORDS: west coast grey district new zealand history camerons community history

$50.00
3j2/50

Bainham: a History


DAWBER, CAROL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, burgundy & navy lettering to wrapper, 292pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (slight soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to edges of wrapper, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: River Press 1997 for the Bainham Reunion Committee

KEYWORDS: first edition bainham new zealand history golden bay nelson kahurangi national park south island history carol dawber

$345.00
3j1/2

Peterloo Massacre, containing a Faithful Narrative of the Events which preceded, accompanied, and followed the fatal Sixteenth of August 1819, on the area near St Peter's Church, Manchester including the proceedings which took place at the Inquest at


EDITED BY AN OBSERVER

Octavo, rebound in blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (slight rubbing & fading to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Third Edition, James Wroe at the Observer Office 1819

KEYWORDS: nineteenth century true crime peterloo massacre manchester england history legal history

$400.00
3j1/3

The Trial of Henry Hunt, John Knight, Joseoh Johnson, John Thacker Saxton, Samuel Bamford, Joseph Healey, James Moorhouse, Robert Jones, George Swift and Robert Wilde for an Alleged Conspiracy to alter the Law by Force and Threats and for Convening a


N/A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, rebound in green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG (slight rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: First Edition, T J Evans at the Observer-Office, Manchester 1820

KEYWORDS: first edition nineteenth century true crime peterloo massacre manchester england history court proceedings legal history

$50.00
3j1/53

Bell Block: A Local Aviation History


PRIEST, ELAINE (written) & BELLINI, BRUCE (written & ed) & DOBSON, PETER (written)

SIGNED BY TWO OF THE AUTHORS, CD IN REAR POCKET, quarto, illus light card wrappers, gilt lettering to wrapper, iv + 191pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to inside wrapper, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: New Plymouth Aero Club 2003

KEYWORDS: new plymouth aero club new zealand aviation history flying flight north island new zealand aotearoa history

$75.00
3k5/4

The Heroic Flight of the Rodina


BRONTMAN, L & KHVAT, L

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, blind ruled decoration, inset illus & blue lettering to front board, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 108pp, illus, VG- (slight scuffing to boards & spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Publishing House 1938

KEYWORDS: rodina female aviation history feminist ussr russian history heroes hero of the soviet union flight

$45.00
3k5/31

Bell Block: A Local Aviation History


PRIEST, ELAINE (written) & BELLINI, BRUCE (written & ed) & DOBSON, PETER (written)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, gilt lettering to wrapper, iv + 191pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to inside wrapper, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: New Plymouth Aero Club 2003

KEYWORDS: new plymouth aero club new zealand aviation history flying flight north island new zealand aotearoa history

$245.00
3k4/2

Letters from Settlers & Labouring Emigrants in the New Zealand Company's settlements of Wellington, Nelson, & New Plymouth from February 1842 to January 1843


N/A

REBOUND USING ORGINAL COVERS, small octavo, red faux snakeskin boards underneath original covers, quarter bound in blue cloth, black lettering to cover, 211pp + 6, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards & spine, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to last page & title page, gutters cracked between pages 2-3, 24-25 (with historic tape repair), 26-28, 120-121 & second to last page of ads)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co 1843

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wellington nelson new plymouth settlers labouring emigrants colonial colonist colonising history letters

$37.50
xxsoh224933

Putea Whakairo: Maori and the Written Word


HAAMI, BRADFORD

VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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: Huia 2004

KEYWORDS: putea whakairo bradford haami te reo maori language linguistic history written word literacy in aotearoa new zealand history

$45.00
3k2/2

Theatergarden Bestiarium: The Garden as Theater as Museum


BROUWER, MARIANE et al & HEISS, ALANNA (Intro)

Lg quarto, black cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1990

KEYWORDS: gardens gardening history design landscaping history historical art theater theatre theatergarden bestiarium

$15.00
xxdpe225085

2Stoned


OLDHAM, ANDREW LOOG & SPENCE, SIMON (interviews and research) & OHLMAN, CHRISTINE (ed)

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: Vintage 2003

KEYWORDS: music Rock and Roll The Rolling Stones band manager Andrew Loog Oldham history musical history biographical recount music industry entertainment

$32.50
xxrci225156

Cetshwayo; The Last Zulu King


BINNS, C. T.

Ex library. Proof copy. Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: C.T. Binns South Africa Zulu history biographical history Cetshwayo proof copy

$22.50
xxscx225171

Sailormen All


CAMPBELL, VICE-ADMIRAL GORDON

lacks fep, super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton Limited c.1933

KEYWORDS: naval history seafaring life shipwrecks survival voyages history Godon Campbell maritime exploration

$17.50
xxcre225199

The New Medievalism


BROWNLEE, MARINA S. (ed) & BROWNLEE, KEVIN (ed) & NICHOLS, STEPHEN G. (ed)

super octavo softcover (VG+) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: history and criticism medieval history medievalism medieval studies

$35.00
xxcre225206

Rendezvous With Destiny: A Sailor's War


MASON, THEODORE C.

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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1997

KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 naval operations American war history Navy biographical presonal narratives sailors

$16.50
xxcqf225208

My War


ROONEY, ANDY

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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs 2000

KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 biographical personal narraitves war correspondents United States American history army

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