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$22.50
xxevf61937

The Canal Age


HADFIELD, CHARLES

hardback octavo with 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: David & Charles 1981

KEYWORDS: specials charles hadfield history britain england travel transport

$22.50
xxevf61938

The Waterways of Britain - A Social Panorama


GLADWIN, D.D.

hardback octavo with 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: Batsford 1976

KEYWORDS: specials dd gladwin history britain england travel transport

$17.50
xxevf61939

The Depths of Courage - American Submariners at War with Japan, 1941 - 1945


WHITLOCK, FLINT & SMITH, RON

new paperback octavo (FINE); 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: Berkley Caliber 2007

KEYWORDS: specials history flint whitlock ron smith albert konetzni america usa ww2 japan navy submarines war uk pacific wwii

$30.00
xxevf61940

A Celebration of 250 Years of Ireland's Inland Waterways


DELANY, RUTH

hardback octavo with 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: Appletree Press 1986

KEYWORDS: specials ruth delany ireland history travel transport uk canal

$18.50
xxevf61943

Who I Am


TOWNSHEND, PETE

super octavo hardcover with 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: Harper 2012

KEYWORDS: specials pete townshend who music rock history autobiography musician entertainment

$22.50
xxevf61944

Senefelder on Lithography - The Classic 1819 Treatise


SENEFELDER, ALOIS

new, reprint paperback octavo (FINE); 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: Dover Publications, Inc., 2005

KEYWORDS: specials alois senefelder writing history lithography art reprint

$32.50
xxevf61945

The Sinister Side - How left-right Symbolism shaped Western Art


HALL, JAMES

new hardback octavo with d/w (FINE); 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 2008

KEYWORDS: specials symbolism art history james hall culture psychology symmetry literature brains science theory

$27.50
xxewa61962

Mrs Beer's House


BEER, PATRICIA

hardback octavo with 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: Hutchinson 1978

KEYWORDS: specials patricia beer autobiography history

$22.50
xxewa61965

The Ivankiad or The Tale of The Writer Voinovich's Installation In His New Apartment


VOINOVICH, VLADIMIR

first edition hardback with 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: Jonathan Cape 1978

KEYWORDS: specials vladimir voinovich autobiography literature history

$12.50
xxewa61971

Postmodernity


LYON, DAVID

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: University of Minnesota Press 1994

KEYWORDS: specials postmodernism culture critical theory history david lyon sociology philosophy technology

$27.50
xxewa61989

Aces Falling - War Above the Trenches, 1918


HART, PETER

hardback octavo with d/w (NF); 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 & Nicolson 2007

KEYWORDS: specials peter hart aviation flight pilots history ww1 soldiers

$30.00
xxewa61993

Towpaths of England


BEARSHAW, BRIAN & CHESWORTH, DAVID (illus.)

first edition, hardback octavo with 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: HALE 1985

KEYWORDS: specials england history brian bearshaw walking tramping

$27.50
xxewa61994

Through the French Canals


BRISTOW, PHILIP

hardback octavo with 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: Nautical Books 1982

KEYWORDS: specials canals france history travel transport philip bristow

$30.00
xxewa61996

An illustrated history of British Waterways


GLADWIN, D.D.

hardback octavo with 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: Spurbooks Ltd., 1977

KEYWORDS: specials gladwin dd britain waterways canals history transport travel

$18.50
xxewa62000

Pacific Art in Detail


NEWELL, JENNY

new hardback square octavo (FINE); 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: Harvard University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: specials pacific art jenny newell art culture history oceania

$28.50
xxewa62002

Highland Railway Locomotives Book 2: The Drummon, Smith & Cumming Classes


CORMACK, J.R.H. & STEVENSON, J. L.

this vol. only, hardback octavo, no d/w (NF); 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: RCTS 1990

KEYWORDS: specials history railway travel transport britain drummond smtih cumming locomotives trains rail

$28.50
xxewa62005

Highland Railway Locomotives Book 1: Early Days to the 'Lochs'


CORMACK, J.R.H. & STEVENSON, J.L.

this vol. only, hardback octavo, lacks 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: RCTS 1988

KEYWORDS: specials britain railway trains travel transport history locomotives jrh cormack jl stevenson

$45.00
2f16a/21

The Great War in the Air: Military Aviation from 1909 to 1921


Smithsonian History of Aviation Series

MORROW, JOHN H.

(with annotated loose paper slips of Ian Mackersey, NZ aviation author), imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards with gilt lettering to green cloth spinexx + 458pp, illus, VG- (heavy dampstaining to spine & through to eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy dampstaining to spine internally & externally). The dampstaining is the only fault.

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institute (1993??)

KEYWORDS: John H Morrow military aviation history aeroplanes fighter planes pilots World War I WWI technological air power France Germany England Italy Russia USA aviators

$2750.00
2f25a/1

The Art of Flying (SIGNED - ASSOCIATION COPY)


Foreword by Air Vice-Marshall Sir Sefton Brancker

MACMILLAN, CAPTAIN NORMAN & BATTEN, JEAN

An historically significant Jean Batten ASSOCIATION COPY: dated, signed and inscribed by the AUTHOR in 1931 to VICTOR DOREE, a fellow pioneer WW1 Royal Air Corps pilot, who in 1932 bought JEAN BATTEN her famous 'Gipsy Moth' aeroplane. Thus, it is likely that this copy of this book was a deciding factor in determining that Jean Batten would fly a Gipsy Moth. From the library of Ian Mackersey, Batten's biographer. DESCRIPTION: Scarce in d/w. Small octavo, light blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering to front board & spine, 175pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to eps & page edges, 1cm tear with loss to lower corner half-title page,) in d/w, VG- (top 3cm portion of spine missing, bruising & nicks to lower spine extrem, creasing & nicks to rear upper edge & front lower edge, 1cm untidy tear to rear lower edge & to upper front/flap fold, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1929

KEYWORDS: Captain Norman Macmillan Air Vice-Marshall Sir Sefton Brancker Victor Doree signed Association Copy aviation history aircraft flying pilot Jean Batten

$65.00
2f25a/4

Wiley Post, His Winnie Mae, and the World's First Pressure Suit


Smithsonian Annals of Flight Number 8

MOHLER, STANLEY R. & JOHNSON, BOBBY H.

Warmly inscribed to NZ Aviation Author Ian Mackersey and signed by author, small quarto, illus white light card covers, vii + 127pp, illus, VG+ (v slight tanning & rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 1971

KEYWORDS: signed Stanley R Mohler Bobby H Johnson Wiley Post Winnie Mae aviation history pilot pioneer pressured flight aeronautical science

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