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$125.00
2e15/40

The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventures


LE QUEUX, WILLIAM

scarce in d/w, duodecimo, blue boards with black lettering to front board and spine and blind-stamped design to front board, 252pp + 1pp adverts, VG (discolouration to pages, ink inscription to fep, cracked internal gutters) in VG- d/w (large chips and closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1923

KEYWORDS: history literature aviation william le queux

$995.00
2e15/42

The Illustrated London News Vol. 24 Jan to June 1854


N/A

first edition, original binding, includes coverage of Crimean War, imperial folio, elaborate gilt decoration to spine, blind rule and design to boards with central gold motif, gilt page edges, ii + 634pp + 32pp index, VG+ (occasional light foxing, internal gutters reinforced tidily, some damage to spine)

PUBLISHER: William Little 1854

KEYWORDS: history journalism illustrated london news crimean war

$225.00
2e15/44

Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt (I-IV Centuries A.D.) with a catalog of Portrait Mummies in Egyptian Museums


CORCORAN, LORELEI H.

inscribed and signed by author, quarto, illus light card covers, xxxii + 222pp + 32pp plates, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

KEYWORDS: history ancient egypt portrait mummies roman egypt lorelei h. corcoran

$35.00
xxdga34266

Keats and his Circle: An Album of Portraits


RICHARDSON, JOANNA

first edition, inscribed to e.h. mccormick from the author & signed again in title page, hardback super 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.

PUBLISHER: cassell

KEYWORDS: specials keats literature portraits history

$30.00
2e15/18

Gabriel's Gully and Dunedin in 1861


REED, A.H. (ed)

small octavo, stapled wrappers , 23pp, illus, VG (light soiling and moderate rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: new zealand history dunedin gabriel's gully a.h. reed

$55.00
2e15/19

Journal Kept in New Zealand in 1820 by Ensign Alexander McCrae, of the 84th Regiment, together with Relevant Documents


with notes by Johannes C. Andersen, F.N.Z.Inst., Librarian

CHAPMAN, the honourable sir FREDERICK REVANS (ed)

octavo, stapled wrappers, 33pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library 1928

KEYWORDS: new zealand history diary ensign alexander mccrae the honourable sir frederick revans chapman

$12.00
xxdgb34269

The Waipoua Forest; The Last Virgin Kauri Forest of New Zealand


MCGREGOR, W.R.

super octavo stapled light card covers (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: W.R. McGregor 1948

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history waipoua kauri w.r. mcgregor specials

$35.00
xxdgb34276

Aunty Daisy and Uncle Sam; Aunt Daisy's War-Time Journey to United States


aunt DAISY

very tidy copy, softcover 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.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs

KEYWORDS: new zealand history world war II aunt daisy specials

$14.50
xxdgb34279

The Royal Albatross; diomedea epomophora sandfordi


RICHDALE, L.E.

octavo stapled wrappers (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: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1942

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history royal albatross l.e. richdale specials

$15.00
xxdgb34281

Geyserland: A Guide to the Volcanoes and Geothermal Areas of Rotorua


HOUGHTON, B.F.

softcover octavo stapled wrappers (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: Geological Society of New Zealand 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history volcanoes rotorua geology b.f. houghton specials

$30.00
xxdgb34287

Lake Wakatipu; the Queen of the Southern Lakes


DU GRUCHY, FLORRIE HOGARTH

softcover 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.

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geology lake wakatipu florrie hogarth du gruchy specials

$12.00
xxdgb34295

The Unknown Mayhew


selections from the Morning Chronicle 1849-50

THOMPSON, E.P. & YEO, EILEEN (eds)

paperback (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: Penguin Books 1973

KEYWORDS: history henry mayhew journalism morning chronicle biography london england e.p. thompson eileen yeo specials

$15.00
xxdgb34305

Berlin: The Downfall 1945


BEEVOR, ANTONY

softcover 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.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2003

KEYWORDS: history berlin world war II antony beevor specials

$16.50
xxdgc34335

Roman Britain


WACHER, JOHN

softcover 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.

PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons 1980

KEYWORDS: history roman britain john wacher specials

$10.00
xxdgc34337

Lady Randolph Churchill: a biography 1854-1895


MARTIN, RALPH G.

ex-library, 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: Cassell 1969

KEYWORDS: history biography lady randolph churchilll ralph g. martin specials

$22.50
xxdgc34345

Alamein


PHILLIPS, C.E. LUCAS

first edition, 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: Heinemann 1962

KEYWORDS: history c.e. lucas battle of el alamein specials

$18.50
xxdgc34350

Life and Death in a Venetian Convent: The Chronicle and Necrology of Corpus Domini, 1395-1436


edited and translated by Daniel Bornstein

RICCOBONI, sister BARTOLOMEA

softcover 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.

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2000

KEYWORDS: history sister bartolomea riccoboni religion catholicism daniel bornstein specials

$12.00
xxdge34418

Return from Hell


ROY, JULES

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: William Kimber 1954

KEYWORDS: history autobiography jules roy military world war II french france specials

$14.00
xxdge34419

The Knight and the Umbrella; An Account of the Eglinton Tournament 1839


ANSTRUTHER, IAN

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Geoffrey Bles 1963

KEYWORDS: history eglinton tournament ian anstruther specials

$15.00
2e15/46

The War in Retrospect: A Day-to-day Record of World War II. From Hitler's attack on Poland to the Allied Invasion of Europe. (This volume only)


EVENING STAR CO LTD

Octavo illus light card covers with attached illus wrappers, 97pp, illus; VG- (tanning, foxing, felt mark to front cover), this volume only

PUBLISHER: The Evening Star Co Ltd 1944

KEYWORDS: world war II military history new zealand evening star co ltd

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