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$27.50
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My Warrior Sons: The Borton Family Diary, 1914-1918


SLATER, GUY (Ed)

Octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 228pp, illus, VG+ (fading & light bruising to spine extrems, small ding to rear board lower edge, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (rubbing to edges, price clipped, browning to interior)

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1973

KEYWORDS: Guy Slater World War I One First world War Borton family diaries correspondence Arthur Close Borton biography social history

$20.00
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From Tussocks to Trees


KEARNS, MARJORIE R.

Signed, super octavo, illus light card covers, 51pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Marjorie R Kearns 1973

KEYWORDS: Marjorie R Kearns New Zealand Otago Dunedin history sheep farming forestry DCC Run 51 Waitahuna Heights Waipori

$14.00
xxhqc55364

I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History


GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

Octavo softcover (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: Vintage 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould natural history popular science evolution essays archaeology zoology geology

$10.00
xxhqd55366

April Blood: Florence and the Plot against the Medici


MARTINES, LAURO

Octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Pimlico 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Lauro Martines history Medici Italy political drama murder revenge

$10.00
xxhtf55448

Victorian Cities


BRIGGS, ASA

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 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Asa Briggs history Britain British cities Manchester Leeds Birmingham Middlesborough Melbourne

$9.50
xxhtf55449

A History of British Trade Unionism


PELLING, HENRY

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 1969

KEYWORDS: specials history Britain British trade unions politics Henry Pelling

$10.00
xxhvb55493

The Big Year; A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession


OBMASCIK, MARK

softcover 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: Doubleday 2004

KEYWORDS: bird-watching ornithology natural history the big year journalism biography mark obmascik specials

$22.50
xxhve55550

Introduced Mammals of New Zealand; An Ecological and Economic Survey


WODZICKI, K.A.

hardcover imperial octavo (VG) d/w (VG-, chipping/small tears); 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: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history introduced mammals ecology economics k.a. wodzicki specials

$22.50
xxhve55551

Birdwatching in Australia and New Zealand


principal photography Peter Rogers

SIMPSON, KEN & WILSON, ZOE

softcover 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: Reed New Holland 1998

KEYWORDS: ken simpson zoe wilson peter rogers new zealand australia natural history birdwatching ornithology specials

$85.00
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The Genera of British Moths: Volume 1


Popularly Described and Arranged According to the System now Adopted in the British Museum illustrated by a Series of Picturesque Plates exhibiting the insects in their Different Stages, with the cate

HUMPHREYS, H. NOEL

Tall super octavo, textured black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and gilt-embossed design of moths & caterpillers on foliage to front board, aeg, 76pp, illus with colour photochromatic plates, G- (completely disbound, first 28 pages missing, only 18 of 62 plates present, staining & damp-staining to boards, inscription in ink to fep, tanning & bruising to page edges, nicks & bruising to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Paul Jerrard & Son (1861 or earlier - inscription)

KEYWORDS: H Noel Humphreys natural history entomology insects moths Britain British

$25.00
xxdeb55878

Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay; The War of 1812 and its Aftermath


GOUGH, BARRY

first edition, hardcover octavo (near fine) d/w (near fine); 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: Naval Institute Press 2002

KEYWORDS: barry gough navy nautical sailing military battle history america lake huron georgian bay specials

$18.50
xxdeb55879

The Changing Vegetation of Molesworth Station, New Zealand, 1944 to 1971


with appendices by B.P.J. Molloy and R.E. Irvine

MOORE, LUCY B.

softcover imperial 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: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1976

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history vegetation flora molesworth station agriculture malborough lucy b. moore b.p.j. molloy r.e. irvine specials

$25.00
2g1/19

Trees, Woods and Man


EDLIN, H. L.

First edition, super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 272pp, illus, VG (bubbling to front board front edge, owner's name in ink to fep, tanning to eps and upper page edges) in VG- d/w (3cm portion missing from lower spine with untidy 2cm tear extending into front, bruising & nicks to upper spine, sticker stains to lower spine/back edge, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition HL Edlin British trees dendrology forestry forests woodlands nature history

$26.50
2g1/20

Dartmoor


HARVEY, L. A. & ST LEGER-GORDON, D.

First edition, super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 273pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to upper page edges) in VG d/w (top half-centimetre upper spine damaged, 1cm closed tear & crease to rear lower edge, browning to edges & interior)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: first edition LA Harvey D St Leger-Gordon Dartmoor England moorland natural history scenery flora fauna

$14.00
xxcga55641

Aspects of Love in Western Society


translated with a preface by Jonathan Griffin

LILAR, SUZANNE

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: Thames and Hudson 1965

KEYWORDS: suzanne lilar sociology love romance relationships philosophy history jonathan griffin specials

$13.50
xxcga55642

Parish Churches of England in Colour


foreword by Alec Clifton-Taylor

BLATCH, MERVYN

hardback (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: Blandford Press 1974

KEYWORDS: mervyn blatch england churches architecture history arts specials

$9.50
xxcge55659

The Idea of Law


LLOYD, DENNIS

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 1974

KEYWORDS: philosophy law legal system history politics political science dennis lloyd specials

$15.00
xxkpd55734

The Sea Shore


YONGE, C. M.

hardback with worn 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: Collins 1961

KEYWORDS: specials cm yonge nature history sea ocean science animals plants

$10.00
xxkpd55746

Madame De Pompadour


MITFORD, NANCY

hardback with d/w, fading at spine (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: Reprint Society 1955

KEYWORDS: specials nancy mitford literature biography history

$9.50
xxkpe55778

South West Africa


FIRST, RUTH

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 1963

KEYWORDS: specials ruth first south west africa geography history politics economics

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