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$24.50
xxemf58149

My Roots, My Place, My Albany


EVANS, DAWN

softcover octavo (nr fine) signed; 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: AM Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: specials Dawn Evans signed new zealand history albany village 1940 1950

$14.00
xxemf58151

Postmarks, Cards and Covers: Collecting Postal History


KANDAOUROFF, PRINCE DIMITRY

Ex library, hardcover imperial octavo (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: Peter Lowe / Eurobooks 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Prince Dimitry Kandaouroff Willima Finlay stamps philately post office postal system history postmarks postage stamps

$22.50
xxemf58153

The Forgotten People of the Pacific


DIOLE, PHILIPPE

hardcover 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Cassel & Co 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Phillippe Diole pacific culture history antropology sociology

$12.00
xxena58180

The 100 Year Flood - 1978


LIND, C. A.

softcover stapled imperial oblong 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co. 1978

KEYWORDS: specials C A Lind flood new zealand flooding otago southland invercargill photographic history maps

$10.00
xxena58186

Roman Myths


GARDNER, JANE F.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Jane F Gardner myths mythology rome roman classical literature literary criticism history

$22.50
xxena58188

The Medieval Archer


BRADBURY, JIM

hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (VG-) ex library; 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 Boydell Press 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Jim Bradbury ex library medieval period history archer arching norman conquest wars of the roses robin hood

$12.00
xxena58190

MI9: Escape and Evasion 1939-1945


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

hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ex library; 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 Bodley Head 1979

KEYWORDS: specials M R D Foot J M Langley ex library british secret service MI 9 prisoner of war concentration camp nazi europe history military

$37.50
1j41a/16

The North Staffordshire Railway


CHRISTIANSEN, REX & MILLER, R. W.

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 333pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971

KEYWORDS: Rex Christansen RW Miller North Staffordshire railways trains transport history

$75.00
1j41a/25

The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day


With illustrations in colour from original watercolour drawings by W.L. Wyllie and numerous plans and photographs

JANE, FRED T.

2-volume set, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt ship motif to front boards, frontispiece, xvi + 322pp + 10pp naval terminology glossary (vol 1), iv + 288pp (vol 2), illus, VG- (heavy fading to spines and board upper edges, small hole to vol 2 upper spine, bruising to spine extrems, browning to page edges, tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Literary Press 1915

KEYWORDS: Fred T James nautical naval history British Navy battle naval fleet ships warships shipbuilding design engineering

$90.00
1j41a/27

The Fiji of To-day


With Seventy-five Illustrations

BURTON, JOHN WEAR & SMALL, A. J. (Intro)

First edition, lacks fep, super octavo, blue/grey cloth boadrs with gilt lettering & gilt palmtree motif to spine, gilt lettering, white rule & mounted illus to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (lacks fep, bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to spine sides, 1cm stain spot to rear board, foxing throughout & to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Charles H Kelly 1910

KEYWORDS: first edition John Wear Burton Rev AJ Small Fiji history religion Christianity

$45.00
1j41a/36

The Liners of Liverpool Parts 1, 2 and 3


WHALE, DEREK M.

Three-volume set, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 114pp (vol1), 128pp (vol2), 173pp (vol3), illus, VG+ (owner's name label to fep in all vols, owner's red name stamp to fep & several other pages in all vols)

PUBLISHER: Countyvise Ltd 1986

KEYWORDS: Derek M Whale Liverpool Pier Head ocean liners nautical history boats shipping ferry ferries tugs pilot boats cargo passenger shipping port

$35.00
1j41a/40

Isle of Man Tramways


With drawings & maps by S Broomfield, DG Coakham, JC Cooke, P Hammond and JN Slater with an appendix on Tickets by WH Bett

PEARSON, F. K.

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering, 379pp, illus, VG (soiling to eps & to page edges), in d/w, VG (fading to spine, soiling to inside)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970

KEYWORDS: FK Pearson S Broomfield DG Coakham JC Cooke P Hammond JN Slater Isle of Man trams tramways transport history

$30.00
1j41a/42

Bordeaux: A Legendary Wine


DOVAZ, MICHEL & GUILLARD, MICHEL (Photography)

Quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to front board, patterned eps, 268pp, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: Michel Dovaz Michel Guillard wine oenology viticulture vineyards grapes Bordeaux France winemaking history vinification tasting reference science

$27.50
1c7a/9

Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821


REMINI, ROBERT V.

Super octavo, black cloth boards with orange lettering to spine, xix + 3pp family trees + 502pp, VG+ (slight staining to spine & boards, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (fading to spine, bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper front edge)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row Publishers 1977(?)

KEYWORDS: Robert V Remini Andrew Jackson United States American president biography politics history

$34.50
1c7a/12

Steam Up Indonesia and Thailand


JOYCE, JOHN & TILLEY, ALLAN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, light foxing to front)

PUBLISHER: J & A Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: John Joyce Allan Tilley Indonesia Thailand trains railways locomotives steam engines photography photographic history pictorial record

$34.50
1c7a/16

Roman Roads of Europe


SITWELL, N. H. H.

Quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruisng to spine extrems & board corners, dings to board lower edges) in d/w, VG+ (internal foxing, bruisng to corners, spine extrems & lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: NHH Sitwell Roman roads Britannia Hispania Gallia Germania Italia Macedonia Africa Aegyptul Asia Imperium Romanum transport communication military history

$32.50
1f43a/7

Inside Stories: A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975


WALSH, FRANCES

Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, 375pp, patterned page fore-edges, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Godwit Random House 2011

KEYWORDS: Frances Walsh New Zealand housewives history domesticity cooking cleaning housework chores sewing decorating knitting sewing children

$45.00
1f58a/2

The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behaviour


KRUUK, HANS

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, xvi + 335pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, bruising to front cover upper edge, foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Hans Kruuk spotted hyena hyaena natural history predators animal behaviour wildlife ecology zoology

$225.00
1f58a/9

The Hanoverian Army during the Seven Years War


Gmundener Prachtwerk

NIEMEYER, JOACHIM & ORTENBURG, GEORG (Eds)

Quarto, yellow cloth boards with white lettering to spine & white decorative crest to front board, frontispiece, 86pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (rubbing, bruising & creasing to corners, rubbing & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bent Carlsens Forlag Kopenhagen 1977

KEYWORDS: Joachim Niemeyer Georg Ortenburg Hanoverian military history uniforms army infantry artillery cavalry Light troops Legion Britannique

$45.00
1f58a/10

Comic Angels and other Approaches to Greek Drama Through Vase-Painting


TAPLIN, OLIVER

Dated, inscirbed & signed by author, super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 129pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Oliver Taplin classics ancient Greece Greek Athenian drama literature literary criticism art history

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