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$12.50
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The Terracotta Warriors


The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army

COTTERELL, MAURICE

first edition, ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw (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: Headline Book Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Cotterell first edition ex library terracotta warriors ancient history China Emperor anthropology

$17.50
xxhqo57236

Matters of Felony


WEINER, MARGERY

first edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw (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 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Margery Weiner first edition literature social history Ireland

$16.50
xxhqo57239

Afganistan of the Afghans


SHAH, SIRDAR IKBAL ALI

first edition, ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw (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 Octagon Press 1982

KEYWORDS: specials ex library first edition Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah Afganistan customs history social anthropology geography

$9.50
xxhqp57267

Peter Lawford: Mixing With Monroe, The Kennedys, The Rat Pack and the whole damn crowd


LAWFORD, PATRICIA SEATON & SCHWARZ, TED

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: Futura 1990

KEYWORDS: specials peter lawford celebrities fame cinema film actors entertainment biography patricia seaton politics amercia usa history jfk monroe

$9.50
xxhqq57305

Freud and the Post-Freudians


BROWN, J. A. C.

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: Pelican 1961

KEYWORDS: specials sigmund freud psychology science history sociology human behaviour

$10.00
xxhqq57308

Shakespeare's History Plays


TILLYARD, E. M. W.

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 1969

KEYWORDS: specials william shakespeare emw tillyard literature literary criticism history theatre plays

$9.00
xxhqq57312

Light Fantastic - Adventures in Theatre


LAHR, JOHN

ex library 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: Bloomsbury 1997

KEYWORDS: specials theatre history biography john lahr bulgakov mamet shaw wilde orton stoppard kushner albee odets

$12.50
xxhqr57335

The Bear Trap


YOUSAF, MOHAMMAD & ADKIN, MARK

first edition, ex library, hardback 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: Leo Cooper 1992

KEYWORDS: specials politics history afghanistan mohammed yousaf mark adkin war

$34.50
2g22/14

Nazism 1919-1945: Volume 1 The Rise to Power 1919-1934 A Documentary Reader; Volume 2 State, Economy and Society 1933-1939 A Documentary Reader


NOAKES, J. & PRIDHAM, G. (Eds)

Two volumes, octavo, light card covers, 194pp (vol 1), 195-609pp (vol 2), VG (owner's name in ink to fep, fading to spine, some underlining & annotation in pencil)

PUBLISHER: University of Exeter Press Vol 1 1995, Vol 2 1996

KEYWORDS: J Noakes G Pridham Germany history Nazism Adolf Hitler politics economy society propaganda SS third reich Fuhrer

$16.50
2g22/26

New Zealand and the Antarctic


QUARTERMAIN, L. B.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, xix + 269pp, illus + 2 fold-out maps + large folding map in rear pocket, VG+ (foxing) in d/w, VG (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & corners, creasing & bruising to rear lower corner, soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: AR Shearer Government Printer 1971

KEYWORDS: LB Quartermain New Zealand Antarctic history Ross Dependency

$60.00
2g21/2

The Frigate Captain


STYLES, SHOWELL

First edition, octavo, dark blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, 258pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, nicks to corners, bruising to spine extrems, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition Showell Styles literature historical novel fiction Captain Lord Cochrane sea battles naval history

$37.50
2g21/8

Arrowtown Wildflower: Riverside & Trackside


TEELE, RITA LITTLEWOOD & TEELE, BENJAMIN W. & LAWR

Signed by all three authors, duodecimo, illus laminated light card covers, spiral bound, illus eps, 150pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Lakes District Museum 2008

KEYWORDS: Rita Littlewood Teele Benjamin W Teele Rebecca J Lawrence New Zealand Arrowtown wildflowers flora natural history reference identification

$30.00
2g22/17

A Jubilee Story of Endeavour 1890-1940


North Canterbury Methodist Sunday School Union

PRATT, M. A. RUGBY

Octavo, orange & black light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 44pp, illus, VG (fading to covers, esp spine, foxing, bruising to cover edges, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: North Canterbury Methodist Sunday School Committee 1940

KEYWORDS: Reverend MA Rugby Pratt New Zealand Canterbury Methodism history Sunday school

$37.50
2g23/18

Two Centuries of Railway Signalling


KICHENSIDE, GEOFFREY & WILLIAMS, ALAN

Quarto, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Oxford Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Kichenside Alan Williams transport trains railways signalling signals history sempahore signal block system electric telegraph signal boxes photographic record

$24.50
2g23/21

An A-Z of Railways: A Nostalgic Tour of Britain's Railways


ATTERBURY, PAUL

Oblong imperial octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, green eps, illus double-spread title page, 176pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Books 2010

KEYWORDS: Paul Atterbury transport British rail railways Britain pictorial photographic history memorabilia trains steam engines stations tickets postcards ephemera livery turntables bridges

$36.50
2g23/23

Parliament's Library: 150 Years


MARTIN, JOHN E.

Signed bookplate loosely enclosed, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus fep, illus title page, 270pp, illus + folding pictorial timeline to rear, nr fine (bookseller's label to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Steel Roberts Publishers 2008

KEYWORDS: John E Martin New Zealand parliamentary library history politics government democracy culture signed

$25.00
2g23/33

The Killing Ground: The Battle of The Falaise Gap, August 1944


LUCAS, JAMES & BARKER, JAMES

Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: BT Batsford 1978

KEYWORDS: James Lucas James Barker World War Two II second world war Germany Allied forces history battle Falaise Argentan

$20.00
2g23/35

Canterbury Voices: First-hand Memories of Canterbury's Past


SULLIVAN, JIM

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 272pp, illus, nr fine (bruising to rear cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Jim Sullivan New Zealand Canterbury memoirs history Radio New Zealand interviews local stories

$17.50
2g23/59

Visions of New Zealand: Artists in a New Land


BROWN, GORDON H.

First edition, quarto, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name stamp to half-title page, fading to spine & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling spots, slight creasing to lower edges)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon H Brown New Zealand art artists art history paintings drawings prints Angas Brees Chevalier Gully Heaphy Hodges Hoyte Kinder O'Brien Earle Sharpe Strutt Wilson Van der Velden

$40.00
2g22/51

The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas


PAN, LYNN (Ed)

Ex library, quarto, red cloth boards with grey lettering to spine & front board, 399pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, sellotape to boards, vertical crease to rear ep, sellotape residue stains) in d/w

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: ex library LynnPan China Chinese communities overseas encyclopaedia history

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