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$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

$28.50
1j41a/41

Southland's Pioneer Railways 1864-1878


WATT, J. O. P.

Super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to front board upper edge)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1965

KEYWORDS: JOP Watt New Zealand history Southland transport railways trains steam engines locomotives engineering Makarewa Bluff Vogel Scheme

$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

$15.00
xxenb58213

Operation White Lion


MCBRIDE, CHRIS

First edition 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Collins and Harvill Press 1981

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Chris McBride natural history white lions African wildlife animals conservation

$17.50
xxenb58216

The Cats of Shambala


The extraordinary story of an actress's life with the big cats

HEDREN, TIPPI

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Century Hutchinson Ltd 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Tippi Hedren natural history African wildlife conservation lions tigers cheetahs elephants

$16.50
xxenb58223

Cry for the Lions


A story of the lions of Mashatu epitomising the need for the conservation of the lions of all Africa

PATTERSON, GARETH

Hardcover super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Aftex Trading Company 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Gareth Patterson natural history wildlife conservation African lion

$24.50
xxenb58224

Discoveries of a Crocodile Man


POOLEY, TONY

Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Tony Pooley natural history African wildlife crocodiles conservation

$12.50
xxenb58229

Oxford in the History of the Nation


ROWSE, A.L.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials A L Rowse Oxford history England Britain university influence

$14.00
xxenb58254

The First Five Centuries of the Church


MOFFATT, JAMES

Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: University of London Press, Ltd & Hodder and Stoughton. Ltd 1938

KEYWORDS: specials James Moffatt religion religious history early Church

$24.50
xxenb58259

Sex Problems in Wartime


RUSSELL, G.L.

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: Student Christian Movement Press 1940

KEYWORDS: specials G L Russell religion reigious literature military history sexuality

$9.00
xxenb58260

Waterloo


NAYLOR, 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: Pan Books Ltd 1968

KEYWORDS: ex-library John Naylor military history Waterloo

$12.00
xxenc58268

Mary Tudor


PRESCOTT, H.F.M.

Ex-library hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 1953

KEYWORDS: ex-library H F M Prescott biography Mary Tudor English history

$15.00
xxenc58271

The Story of the British Navy


WHEELER, HAROLD F. B.

Ex-library hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1922

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Harold F B Wheeler nautical history British Navy

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