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The Secret War
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: Arrow 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Johnson war history science bbc television terror weapons
A Concise History of Modern Painting
hardcover 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: Thames & Hudson 1959
KEYWORDS: specials Herbert Read painting art modernism history abstraction western
The Times History of the War Vol. VI
This volume only, this vol includes 'The Spirit of Anzac', Australia and New Zealand at Gallipoli, index & maps to this vol at rear, quarto, half-bound with maroon buckram boards and gilt lettering to black leather spine, 448pp, illus, 40pp coloured maps + 41-68pp statistics & index, VG (rubbing to boards & edges, bruising & loss of colour to spine, spine extrems & board corners & edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1916
KEYWORDS: The Times First World War One WWI Gallipoli Anzac Australia New Zealand history
Luton Town - The Modern Era: A Complete Record
Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Desert Island Books 1998
KEYWORDS: Roger Wash Michael Groom sport history football club soccer Luton Town HattersKeith Allen Rory Allen
The Story of the Persian War from Herodotus
With Illustrations from the Antique
Octavo, light-brown buckram boards with gilt lettering & blind-stamped motif to spine, gilt lettering and red decorative rule & illus to front board, dark brown eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 292pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (bruising & fraying to spine extrems & corners, slight cracking to front gutter paper, foxing, owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Seeley & Co 1888
KEYWORDS: Rev Alfred J Church Herodotus Persian War classics history ancient Greece
John Campbell & Charlotte Dawson: Trials of Life and Law
Signed by author, brand new, octavo, illus light card covers, 275pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: David Otterman / InHouse Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: David William Otterman John Campbell Charlotte Dawson biography Australian history Scotland Van Diemen's Land Lincolnshire convict transported immigrants free settler convict
The Atlas of Shipwreck & Treasure
The History, Location, and Treasure-trove of Ships Lost at Sea
Quarto, illus glosy heavy card boards, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 199 pp, illus, VG+ in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 1994
KEYWORDS: Nigel Pickford shipwrecks historical atlas maritime history maps treasure salvage cargo galleons South China sea
A Quest of Flowers: The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff
Told from their diaries and other occasional writings
First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering in decorative grey panel to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxix + 387pp, illus, VG (bruising to lower spine extrem & lower board corners) in d/w, G+ (sellotape repair to 9cm closed tear to upper spine/front, 4cm missing portion to upper spine, nicks & tears to all corners, sellotape repairs to closed tears to upper rear edge, creasing, rubbing, soiling)
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Harold R Fletcher Frank Ludlow Geoge Sherriff exploration explorers horticulture botany plants gardening Himalaya Bhutan Tibet flowers history diaries journals biography
World War II
Set of 8 volumes - complete
8-volume set comprising bound weekly parts, complete set, original wall poster loosely enclosed with volum 1, quarto, red vinyl binders with black lettering to spine, each volume aprox 420pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems of some binders)
PUBLISHER: Orbis (no date)
KEYWORDS: Orbis Second World War WWII World War Two history magazine weekly issues
New Zealand at War: World War II
The New Zealand Perspective
Folio, whitel cloth boards with white lettering in black panel to spine & black lettering to front board, red eps, illus half-title & title pages, 193pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight staining to interior upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1995
KEYWORDS: Paul Smith World War Two II Second World War New Zealand military history
Romance of Empire: South Africa
With 12 Reproductions in Colour of Original Drawings by G.S. Smithard & J. S. Skelton
Octavo, grey buckram boards with gilt lettering & motif to spine & gilt map motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 328pp, illus, VG- (browning to boards & spine, scratching & some loss of colour to front board lower corner, bruising to board corners, browning & staining to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Publishing Co 1912
KEYWORDS: Ian D Colvin GS Smithard JS Skelton South Africa history empire
The History of Otago
The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class Settlement
First edition, super octavo, light green cloth boards with gilt lettering to red leather spine & red motif to front board, top edges stained red, folding map frontispiece, xxiii + 829pp, illus, VG (bruising & rubbing to lower spine), in d/w, G+ (6cm portion of lower spine torn away, tears & chips to all edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: first edition AH McLintock New Zealand Otago history
The Flora of Mt. Cook: A Handbook
With photographic Illustrations by Miss Dora de Beer, Prof RN Algie, Charles Beken, G Orras
Super octavo, illus stapled paper wrapper, errata slip, frontispiece, 55pp, illus, G+ (sellotape repairs to spine to hold wrapper on, tears with loss to spine extrems & cover corners, annotation in ink to front wrapper upper edge, staining to covers, tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times Company 1925
KEYWORDS: Arnold Wall Miss Dora de Beer Prof RN Algie Charles Beken G Arras Edith Wall New Zealand Mount Cook flora fauna natural history
The Times History of the War Volume 1
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, frontispiece, 516pp, illus, VG- (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times circa 1915
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI
The Times History of the War Volume IV
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, 520pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1915
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI
The Times History of the War Volume VIII
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, 520pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1916
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI
The Times History of the War Volume VII
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, 520pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1916
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI
The Times History of the War Volume V
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, 520pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1915
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI
The Times History of the War Volume II
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, 520pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1915
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI
The Times History of the War Volume III
This volume only, quarto, half-bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to back leather spine, 520pp, illus, VG (rubbing to boards, spine, board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Times 1915
KEYWORDS: The Times military history World War One First World War WWI