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$32.50
xxhca27532

March to Victory ; The Final Months of W W II From D-Day June 6 1944 to the Fall of Japan August 14 1945


HALL, TONY (ED)

quarto hardcover octavo (VG+), 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: Salamander

KEYWORDS: history military specials tony hall

$28.50
xxhcb27535

Great American Generals of World War 2


MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS, EISENHOWER, .D DWIGHT & PATTON

hardcover imperal octavo (VG), 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: Bison Books

KEYWORDS: military world war two history specials douglas macarthur dwight d eisenhower george s patton

$35.00
xxhcd27556

1914


FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT FRENCH OF YPRES

hardcover octavo (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 Maps and Errata Slip

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company Ltd 1919

KEYWORDS: history specials field marshal viscount french of ypres

$20.00
xxhcd27557

Warrior Nation ; New Zealanders at the Front 1900-2000


THOMSON, JOHN

paperback octavo with french flaps (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: Hazard Press

KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori specials john thomson

$150.00
1b39/1

Staunch; Inside the Gangs


PAYNE, BILL

scarce, super octavo illus light card covers, 151pp, illus VG

PUBLISHER: reed 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sociology gangs crime violence bill payne

$50.00
1b39/3

The Girls in the Gang


DENNEHY, GLENNIS & NEWBOLD, GREG

first edition, signed by Glennis Dennehy, super octavo illus light card covers, 208pp, illus VG+

PUBLISHER: reed 2001

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sociology crime gangs greg newbold glennis dennehy

$35.00
1b39/4

A Strange Breed of Men; A History of the New Zealand Contractors Federation


TARR, A R

octavo illus light card covers, 142pp, illus VG- UNCOMMON

PUBLISHER: (1978)

KEYWORDS: new zealand employment history contractors federation a r tarr sociology

$40.00
1b39/11

Atlas of Bird Distribution in New Zealand 1999-2004


ROBERTSON, C J R & HYVONEN, P & FRASER, M J & PICKARD, C R

first edition quarto illus gloss boards, illus eps, x + 533pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing) grid reference bookmark at rear

PUBLISHER: ornithological society of new zealand 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand ornithology birds natural history c j r robertson p hyvonen m j fraser c r pickard

$285.00
2f14/20

The Sounds, Lakes & Rivers of New Zealand From Photographs and Sketches


n/a

Quarto illus heavy card boards with burgundy cloth tape spine, 6 + 34 plates (illus) VG+ (sl toning, a couple of date stamps at rear) a very tidy, sound and presentable copy of this notoriously fragile book

PUBLISHER: survey department 1885

KEYWORDS: new zealand photography art history geography

$250.00
1b39/15

Statistical Review of the Sheepfarming Industry of New Zealand (two volumes)


SMALLFIELD, P W et al

two volumes, tall imperial octavo black boards with gilt lettering (1) iv + 190pp (illus with maps and charts) (2) ii + pp191-367 (illus with maps and charts). Ex library VG scarce

PUBLISHER: rural development division, department of agriculture 1947

KEYWORDS: new zealand sheep farming agriculture industry history p w smallfield reference

$375.00
2b39/46

Campagne de 1815; Waterloo; Par le lt-Colonel Charras; Atlas Special; Compose De Cinq Plans et Cartes Dessines Expressement Pour Cet Ouvrage


CHARRAS, Lt Colonel

first edition octavo marbled haevy card with cloth spine and corners 14pp 5 large folding maps VG a few small closed tears, mild foxing. A very useable and presentable copy

PUBLISHER: lacroix, verboeckhovern 1863

KEYWORDS: maps cartography military history waterloo lt colonel charras napoleon

$30.00
1b39/50

Cambridge; A Illustrated History 1886-1986; The Centenary of Local Government in Cambridge


PARKER, SALLY K

first edition quarto blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 181pp, illus, VG+ (small owners stamp to ep) in VG d/w heavy sun fading to covers and light soiling)

PUBLISHER: cambridge borough council 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand history cambridge sally k parker

$30.00
1b40/12

Soldiering On; The stories of Two Former Kiwi SAS Men and Their Continuing World-wide Careers of Adventure


BROSNAN, ALAN & HENRY, DUKE & TAUBERT, BOB

first edition octavo illus light card covers, 336pp, illus VG

PUBLISHER: Tees 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history biography sas alan brosnan duke henry bob taubert

$100.00
1b40/14

Marion Dufresne At the Bay of Islands


KELLY, LESLIE G

first edition imperial octavo green cloth boards with black lettering, 114pp, illus VG (moderate bruising and sunning to spine, light wear to board extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to upper page edges and prelims) in VG- d/w (chipping to spine extrems, tanning to spine, moderate rubbing to covers) increasingly uncommon book

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1951

KEYWORDS: new zealand history leslie g kelly marion dufresne bay of islands maori

$250.00
1b40/20

The Purchase of Maori Lands 1865-1892 ; A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History


SORRENSON, M P K

quarto yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, vi + 246pp VG Covers are soiled but contents are clean. A Bound unpublished (?) typescript by a major new zealand historian

PUBLISHER: auckland university college 1955

KEYWORDS: new zealand history m p k sorreson maori treaty of waitangi

$150.00
1b40/22

Rotorua People 1880's to 1940's Living South of Old Railway; Glenholme Area to Whakarewarewa


ALLEN, PEGGY (FORD)

first edition quarto spiral bound light card covers, 231pp, illus VG+ (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: privately published 1996

KEYWORDS: rotorua history new zealand peggy ford allen

$500.00
1b40/25

Matabeleland: The War, and Our Position in South Africa


COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD R

first edition (n.d. but 1894) small octavo printed light card covers, vii + 167pp + 16pp adverts VG (soiling to covers with some pencil annotation to cover and fep, moderate tanning, small chip to head of spine) RARE in this original state (or in any state for that matter)

PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1894

KEYWORDS: matabeleland south africa zimbabwe rhodesia military history archibald r colquhoun

$500.00
1b40/28

The Exploration of Australia From 1844 to 1896


CALVERT, ALBERT F

first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, xiv +large coloured folding map+ 386pp +2pp adverts VG (light soiling, light foxing, light bruising to corners, closed tear to map where it joins to book) A tidy presentable copy

PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1896

KEYWORDS: alfred f calvert australia history exploration travel

$160.00
1j32/2

The Exploration of Australia


CALVERT, ALBERT F

first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, iv + large folding coloured map + 238pp + 20pp adverts VG ( moderate rubbing and soiling, occassional foxing, closed tear to map at join to book)

PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1895

KEYWORDS: australia history exploration traverl albert f calvert

$75.00
1j32/3

Armour in England; From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century; in two parts (1) Armour Made in England or For Englishmen (2) Foreign Armour in England


GARDNER, J STARKIE

first edition imperial octavo maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and armorial device and blindrule, two parts bound as one (as issued)(1) 100pp, illus (2) 96pp, illus VG+ (light bruising to extremities, sl foxing to prelim, booksellers labels to fep) very clean tidy copy

PUBLISHER: seeley and co 1898

KEYWORDS: history arms armour military england j starkie gardner

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