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$47.50
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Pennell of the Afghan Frontier: The Life of Theodore Leighton Pennell


PENNELL, A. M

Ex library, sulper octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 464pp + 16pp adverts, illus incl folding map to rear (VG), VG- (usual library markings incl notice to front pastedown, foxing esp to prelims and page edges, rubbing fading & damp stains to boards, fraying to board edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: ex library AM Pennell Theodore Leighton Pennell Afghanistan biography history medicine Indus

$10.00
xxddf48433

Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family


BOWEN, CATHERINE DRINKER

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: Bantam Books 1964

KEYWORDS: biography history oliver wendell jones law legal system american supreme court justice catherine drinker bowen specials

$30.00
xxddh48518

Popular Fiction 100 Years Ago; An Unexplored Tract of Literary History


DALZIEL, MARGARET

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: Cohen & West 1957

KEYWORDS: popular fiction literature literary criticism history margaret dalziel first edition specials

$18.00
xxddh48519

Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman


BOHAN, EDMUND

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: Hazard Press 1994

KEYWORDS: new zealand history edmund bohan edward stafford biography politics statesman specials

$15.00
xxddh48520

British Canals: An Illustrated History


HADFIELD, CHARLES

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: David & Charles 1966

KEYWORDS: british canals history britain england waterways charles hadfield specials

$20.00
xxddh48523

The Travel Journal of Antonio De Beatis: Germany, Switzerland, The Low Countries, France and Italy 1517-1518


HALE, J.R. & LINDON, J.M.A. (eds)

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: The Hakluyt Society 1979

KEYWORDS: travel history j.r. hale j.m.a. lindon antonion de beatis germany switzerland the low countries france italy specials

$15.00
xxddh48524

The Russian Terrorists: The Story of Narodniki


SETH, RONALD

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: Barrie and Rockcliff 1966

KEYWORDS: terrorism russia history politics narodniki ronald seth russian revolution specials

$26.50
xxddm48696

Thames Crossings: Bridges, Tunnels and Ferries


PHILLIPS, GEOFFREY

Super octavo hardcover 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 cost

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Phillips London Thames England bridges tunnels ferries transport history

$20.00
xxddm48697

Super in the South: The Early History of the Southland Co-operative Phosphate Co. Ltd


LIND, CLIVE A

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Southland Cooperative Phosphate Co 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Clive A Lind New Zealand Southland history Phosphate Cooperative fertiliser commerce business agriculture

$22.50
xxddm48709

The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages AD500-1600


MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Samuiel Eliot Morison American history discovery exploration Cabots Verrazzano Gomez Cartier Gilbert Frobisher Raleigh

$20.00
xxddp48737

The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering's Precursor with Selected Documents


FISHER, RAYMOND H.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1981

KEYWORDS: raymond h. fisher history semen dezhnev bering specials

$20.00
xxddp48738

The English New England Voyages 1602-1608


QUINN, DAVID B. & QUINN, ALISON M. (eds)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1983

KEYWORDS: history exploration travel david b. quinn alison m. quinn new england specials

$20.00
xxddp48739

Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage 1585-86


KEELER, MARY FREAR (ed)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1981

KEYWORDS: sir francis drake mary frear keeler history west indian voyage travel exploration specials

$35.00
xxddp48740

The Growth of the American Republic (fifth edition)


MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT & COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE

two volume set in slipcase, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w vol 1 (VG) d/w vol 2 (VG-), slipcase (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: united states of american american republic history politics samuel eliot morison henry steele commager specials

$48.50
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From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand From 1642 to 1818


MCNAB, ROBERT

Octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board and gilt lettering to spine, xv + 236pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, foxing & browning to page edges, browning to front & rear eps, foxing)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: Robert McNab New Zealand history Tasman Cook Kermadecs timber whaling te Pahi Boyd Marsden Bay of Islands

$17.50
2f16/38

The Way We Were: Pictorial Memories of Early New Zealand: Dunedin / Coastal Otago


DAVIES, VALERIE

Oblong quarto, illustrated light card covers, illus eps, 80pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Moa Beckett 1994

KEYWORDS: Valerie Davies New Zealand pictorial history photography Dunedin Coastal Otago

$19.50
xxddi48666

Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand


MCGEE, DAVID

Octavo 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hasselberg Government Printer 1985

KEYWORDS: specials David McGee New Zealand politics government parliament procedures rules history

$32.50
2f16/22

Norway


Black's Popular Series of Colour Books

HAMMER, S. C & COOPER, A. HEATON (Illus)

First edition, octavo, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind lettering & blind tooling to front board, frontispiece, vii + map + 196pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy damp staining to boards & spine, inscription in ink to fep, foxing & browning throughout) in VG- d/w (bruising & nicks to spine extrems & adges & corners, crease to full length of rear, tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black Ltd 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition SC Hammer A Heaton Cooper Norway travel tourism history landscape

$50.00
2f16/24

The Travels of Ibn Battuta AD 1325-1354 Volume III (Volume 3)


Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volume 141

GIBB, SIR HAMILTON (Ed)

This volume only, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt stamped design & blind rule to front board, xi + 539-771pp, illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (rubbing & tanning, small ding to front edge, tanning to interior)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Sir Hamilton Gibb Ibn Battuta history travel biography North Africa Asia Minor Mecca Central Asia India China Muslim countries

$19.50
2f16/25

Dickens


ACKROYD, PETER

First edition, super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, xvi + 1195pp. Illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (slight rubbing to front, sticker residue to front)

PUBLISHER: Sinclair Stevenson 1990

KEYWORDS: first edition Peter Ackroyd Charles Dickens biography history literary criticism

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