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$15.00
xxdjb35311

World of Secrets; The Uses and Limits of Intelligence


LAQUEUR, WALTER

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+) d/w (VG); all 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 and Nicolson 1985

KEYWORDS: first edition history intelligence secret service politics military walter laqueur specials

$12.00
xxdjb35314

Fantastic Pasts; Imaginary Adventures in New Zealand History


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

ex-library, softcover super octavo (VG+); all 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 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand history matthew wright specials

$16.50
xxdjb35316

Paul Bunyan: Last of the Frontier Demigods


HOFFMAN, DANIEL G.

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG-); all 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: University of Pennsylvania Press 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography paul bunyan literary criticism daniel g. hoffman folklore specials

$12.50
xxdjb35338

The Museum of Hoaxes; A collections of pranks, stunts, deceptions and other wonderful stories contrived for the public from the Middle Ages to the New Millenium


BOESE, ALEX

uncorrected proof copy, first edition, paperback (VG); all 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: proof copies history hoaxes sociology humour alex boese specials

$17.50
xxdjc35347

Byzance


grandeur et decadence

DIEHL, CHARLES

french language, hardback (VG) lacks d/w; all 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: Ernest Flammarion 1919

KEYWORDS: french languages history byzantium charles diehl specials

$25.00
xxdjc35355

Tel Fut Le Foi de Rome


SAVANT, JEAN

three quarter leather with buckram, french language, hardback (VG) lacks d/w; all 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: Fasquelle 1954

KEYWORDS: french languages jean savant history literature specials

$18.50
xxdjc35358

MI9; Escape and Evasion 1939-1945


The British Secret Service that fostered escape and evasion 1939-1945 and its American counterpart

FOOT, M.R.D. & LANGLEY, J.M.

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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 Bodley Head 1979

KEYWORDS: military history secret services MI9 politics britain m.r.d. foot j.m. langley specials

$17.50
xxdje35429

Early American Australian Relations to 1830


GREENWOOD, GORDON

hardback octavo, with d/w (VG); all 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: melbourne university press

KEYWORDS: specials america australia international relations history politics

$13.50
xxdje35440

The Holyoake Years


DOUGHTY, ROSS

hardback octavo, tears in d/w (VG); all 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: ross doughty 1977

KEYWORDS: specials holyoake new zealand history politics

$40.00
2e17/14

A History of Queens' College, Cambridge 1448-1986


TWIGG, JOHN

super octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 533pp, illus, VG+ (v light foxing to prelims and page edges) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, small closed tears to corners)

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1987

KEYWORDS: history queens' college cambridge university john twigg

$40.00
2e17/29

New South Wales: The Land of Sunshine and Opportunity


A Handbook of Information for Investors, Traders, Producers, Tourists and others.

BAYLISS, R. (ed)

octavo, light card covers, viii + 83pp, illus, VG (soiling to cards, wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Alfred James Kent 1928

KEYWORDS: australian history new south wales r. bayliss

$33.50
2e17/34

Tree-Culture in New Zealand


MATTHEWS, HENRY J.

ex-library, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped design to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, x + 126pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, library pocket to rear paste down and library code to spine, pencil markings to eps)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1905

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history forestry trees henry j. matthews

$120.00
2e17/46

Rushford The History of a Mid-Canterbury Farm


ROSS, ALISTER

super octavo, stapled wrappers, 99pp, illus including folding map at rear (VG+), VG+ (light wear and v light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bruce Printing Co.

KEYWORDS: new zealand agricultural history mount rushmore farm canterbury alister ross

$140.00
2e18/2

The Diocese and Presbytery of Dunkeld 1660-1689


with an introduction by the Rev. James Cooper

HUNTER, rev. JOHN

two volume set, small quarto, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, (I) xx + 507pp (II) vii + 599pp, both volumes VG+ (wear to extremities, discolouration to pages), lacking d/w

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton

KEYWORDS: religion history diocese and presbytery of dunkeld reverend john hunter

$32.50
xxdjf35475

Atmospheric Railways: A Victorian Venture in Silent Speed


HADFIELD, CHARLES

ex-Railway Society library, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: David & Charles 1967

KEYWORDS: railways history charles hadfield specials

$22.50
xxdjg35503

This is the Bullfight


LEIBOLD, JOHN

hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (good); all 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.S. Barnes and Company 1971

KEYWORDS: bullfights sport john leibold history specials

$17.50
xxdjg35518

Going Native: Living in the Australian Environment


ARCHER, MICHAEL & BEALE, BOB

softcover super octavo (VG); all 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: Hodder 2004

KEYWORDS: australian outdoors sport natural history mike archer bob beale specials

$27.50
xxdjg35520

One Thousand and More Place Names in New South Wales


MARTIN, A.E.

paperback (good) covers loose, held in place by clips; all 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: N.S.W Bookstall Company 1943

KEYWORDS: history place names australia new south wales a.e. martin specials

$19.50
xxdka35570

Ten Years in Japan; a contemporary record drawn from the diaries and private and official papers of Joseph C. Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan 1932-1942


GREW, JOSEPH C.

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Simon and Schuster 1944

KEYWORDS: history japan japanese politics joseph c. grew biography specials

$32.50
xxdkb35592

Bodies in Contact: Rethinking Colonial Encounters in World History


BALLANTYNE, TONY & BURTON, ANTOINETTE (eds)

softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Duke University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: history colonial encounters tony ballantyne antoinette burton sexuality anthropology specials

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