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$495.00
1n11a/33

The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Speical Air Service


COLE, BARBARA

Limited numbered signed edition in full leather (no.636 of 1500), imperial octavo, royal blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, SAS badge embedded in front board, aeg, royal blue eps, ix + 489pp, illus, fine, in blue heavy card slipcase, VG+, and blue leather Elite SAS bookmark with gilt lettering & motif, fine

PUBLISHER: Three Knights 1984

KEYWORDS: Barbara Cole Rhodesian SAS Special Aar Services military history elite fighting force counter insurgency Africa Mozambique Zambia Botswana zimbabwe

$47.50
1n11a/37

The Architect of the Roman Empire 27 BC - AD 14


HOLMES, T. RICE

First edition, octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, xi + 192pp, illus with folding maps, VG+ (tanning to eps & folding maps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (tanning to spine & edges, fading to spine with loss of visible lettering, insect damage to spine extrems, browning internally)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1931

KEYWORDS: T Rice Holmes Roman Empire history Augustus Octavia ancient Rome

$18.50
xxeqc59727

The Politics of Aristotle


BARKER, ERNEST

hardcover 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: Oxford University Press 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Ernest Barker greek philosophy politics political science classics ancient history aristotle theory

$495.00
1n11a/28

The Elite Rhodesian Special Air Service Pictorial


COLE, BARBARA

Limited, numbered, signed edition in slipcase, imperial octavo, blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, SAS badge embedded in front board, aeg, illus eps, illus prelims, vii + 168pp, illus, near Fine, in blue slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: Three Knights Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: Barbara Cole Rhodesian SAS special air services military history war counter-insurgency Mozambique Zambia Botswana Africa

$15.00
xxeqc59751

Guide to Homeopathy


Brockhampton Reference

hardcover duodecimo 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: Brockhampton Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Brockhampton Reference guide homeopathy holistic medicine health history science index

$18.50
1o9a/8

The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Birds


Revised Edition

MOON, GEOFF

Octavo, illus dark blue heavy card boards, green eps, illus title page, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems, staining & nicks to boards, creasing to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1998 reprint

KEYWORDS: Geoff Moon Reed field guide New Zealand birds ornithology photographic guide photographs natural history

$18.50
1o9a/10

The Farming of New Zealand


An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Agriculture

MCLAUCHLAN, GORDON

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & printer's imprint page, 256pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing/bruising to spine extrems and board corners, v light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to lower front corner, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Australia & New Zealand Book Company 1981

KEYWORDS: Gordon McLauchlan New Zealand pictorial photographic history farming agriculture country rural life

$25.00
1o9a/11

Journey Through a Landscape: Paintings of New Zealand


NEILSON, DON & GRANT, IAN F.

First edition, square quarto, beige cloth boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 80pp, illus throughout plus 15 full-page colour plates tipped-in, nr fine, in d/w, VG (rubbing to spine extrems, corners & edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition Don Neilson Ian F Grant New Zealand art painting drawings sketches landscape scenery buildings natural history

$30.00
1o9a/13

Egmont and the Children of the Mountain Mist


MACE, HERBERT & CHAPMAN-TAYLOR, J. W. (Photog)

Imperial octavo, illus beige light card covers with brown lettering & Mount Egmont/Taranaki picture mounted to front cover, printed fep, illus rear ep, 32pp, ill) with b&w photos, VG (tanning & foxing to covers, bruising, nicks & creasing to cover edges & corners,

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (undated)

KEYWORDS: Herbert Mace JW Chapman-Taylor New Zealand Mount Egmont Taranaki photography photographs natural history scenery Maori myths legends hisgtory

$16.50
xxeqe59889

The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction and Use


Second Edition

LAUBIN, REGINALD & LAUBIN, GLADYS

Super 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: Red River University of Oaklahoma Press 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Reginald Laubin Gladys Laubin Indian tipi North American Indian culture camping tents construction history

$65.00
1p29a/1

Te Rauparaha: A New Perspective


BURNS, PATRICIA

First edition, super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 346pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, staining to lower board edges, light staining to prelims, highlighting, tanning & staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (staining to edges, fading to spine & to front fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1980

KEYWORDS: first edition Patricia Burns New Zealand Te Rauparaha Maori history biography

$22.50
xxeqf59913

Disaster At Bari


INFIELD, GLENN B.

Super octavo hardcover (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: Robert Hale 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Glenn B Infield Second World War Two WWII military history Bari John Harvey Luftwaffe shipping disaster bombing

$20.00
xxeqf59939

A Mug's Game


Intermittent Memoirs

HAMBURGER, MICHAEL

First edition 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: Carcanet Press Limited 1973

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Michael Hamburger autobiography memoir humour history

$25.00
xxeqf59950

Louis Hay: Architect


SHAW, PETER

Softcover 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: N/A, undated

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Shaw architecture New Zealand history biography Louis Hay

$18.50
xxera59962

Trafalgar


The men, the battle, the storm

CLAYTON, TIM & CRAIG, PHIL

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: Hodder and Stoughton 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Tim Clayton Phil Craig military history Battle of Trafalgar Napoleonic Wars biography memoir

$8.50
xxera59966

Act of God


Tutankhamen, Moses & the Myth of Atlantis

PHILLIPS, GRAHAM

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 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Phillips ancient history natural disasters and biblical miracles Pharoah Tutankhamun Egyptian religion

$15.00
xxera60039

The New Zealand Journal of History


Vol. 27, No. 1 April 1993

BINNEY, JUDITH & SORRENSON M.P.K. (EDS.)

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: The University of Auckland

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Journal of History reference journals

$15.00
xxera60040

The New Zealand Journal of History


Vol. 29, No. 1 Aril 1995

BINNEY, JUDITH & SORRENSON M.P.K. (EDS.)

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: The University of Auckland

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Journal of History reference journals

$22.50
xxerb60077

Smoke on the Horizon


Mediterranean Fighting 1914-1918

USBORNE, VICE-ADMIRAL C.V.

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1933

KEYWORDS: specials Vice-Admiral C V Usborne military history naval warfighting techniques Mediterranean campaign First World War

$14.00
xxerb60080

Anastasia


The Riddle of Anna Anderson

KURTH, PETER

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: Little, Brown and Company 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Kurth biography Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna history Russia Russian Tzars conspiacy

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