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$9.50
xxepc59017

The Secret War


JOHNSON, BRIAN

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

$12.50
xxepc59030

A Concise History of Modern Painting


READ, HERBERT

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

$175.00
1h94/1

The Times History of the War Vol. VI


n/a

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

$24.50
1h70a/5

Luton Town - The Modern Era: A Complete Record


WASH, ROGER & GROOM, MICHAEL

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

$25.00
1h70a/7

The Story of the Persian War from Herodotus


With Illustrations from the Antique

CHURCH, REV. ALFRED J.

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

$35.00
1h70a/10

John Campbell & Charlotte Dawson: Trials of Life and Law


OTTERMAN, DAVID WILLIAM

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

$15.00
1h94/6

The Atlas of Shipwreck & Treasure


The History, Location, and Treasure-trove of Ships Lost at Sea

PICKFORD, NIGEL

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

$50.00
1h94/14

A Quest of Flowers: The Plant Explorations of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff


Told from their diaries and other occasional writings

FLETCHER, HAROLD R.

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

$465.00
1i28a/1

World War II


Set of 8 volumes - complete

VARIOUS

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

$20.00
1i48b/2

New Zealand at War: World War II


The New Zealand Perspective

SMITH, PAUL

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

$35.00
1i48b/3

Romance of Empire: South Africa


With 12 Reproductions in Colour of Original Drawings by G.S. Smithard & J. S. Skelton

COLVIN, IAN D.

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

$38.50
1i48b/7

The History of Otago


The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class Settlement

MCLINTOCK, A. H.

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

$25.00
1i48b/12

The Flora of Mt. Cook: A Handbook


With photographic Illustrations by Miss Dora de Beer, Prof RN Algie, Charles Beken, G Orras

WALL, ARNOLD

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

$50.00
1j5a/1

The Times History of the War Volume 1


THE TIMES

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

$50.00
1i48b/15

The Times History of the War Volume IV


THE TIMES

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

$50.00
1i48b/16

The Times History of the War Volume VIII


THE TIMES

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

$50.00
1i48b/17

The Times History of the War Volume VII


THE TIMES

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

$50.00
1i48b/18

The Times History of the War Volume V


THE TIMES

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

$50.00
1i48b/19

The Times History of the War Volume II


THE TIMES

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

$50.00
1i48b/20

The Times History of the War Volume III


THE TIMES

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

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