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$40.00
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Small Vessels


POLLOCK, WALTER

First edition, octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 267pp, illus, VG (bruising to lower spine extrem, slight rubbing to lower front board, bookseller's stamp to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderately heavy browning & foxing, damage to spine extrems, creasing to upper edges, 3cm closed tear to front upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Walter Pollock 1946

KEYWORDS: first edition Walter Pollock shipping maritime nautical history vessels boats ships

$70.00
2f25a/37

The Tararua Book


RUNDLE, JOHN

Oblong quarto, black boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 104pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1981

KEYWORDS: John Rundle New Zealand Tararua natural history scenery tramping walking hiking outdoors photography

$22.50
xxaqt62103

On a Wing and a Prayer


LEVINE, JOSHUA

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: Collins 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Joshua Levine Royal Flying Corps aviation history flight pioneers World War One WWI pilots

$37.50
xxaqt62104

Cross Country


Being extracts from the letters of JL, HG, and CT Travers and their family

TRAVERS, E (Ed)

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: Hothersall & Travers 1990

KEYWORDS: specials JL HG CT Travers aviation history pilots biography correspondence letters

$30.00
xxarf62108

Community, Empire and Migration: South Asians in Diaspora


BATES, CRISPIN (Ed)

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: Orient Longman 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Crispin Bates India Pakistan Sri Lanka history politics migration anthropology anthology South Asian colional policy

$24.50
xxarf62113

The British at War: The Seven Years War


FURNEAUX, RUPERT & KENNEDY, LUDOVIC (Ed)

First edition, imperial 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: Hart Davis MacGibbon / Granada 1973

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Rupert Furneaux Ludovic Kennedy British Empire seven years war military naval history

$12.00
xxarf62114

The Village Transformed: Aspects of Change in New Zealand 1900-1990


HOLCROFT, MONTE H.

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: Victoria University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Monte H Holcroft New Zealand social history 20th century sexual crime violence justice dress race Public Service

$22.50
xxawaa62123

Kookaburra


The most compelling story in Australias's aviation history

SMITH, DICK & DAVIS, PEDR

Quarto 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: Lansdowne Books 1980

KEYWORDS: specials dick smith pedr davis Australian aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history

$28.50
xxawaa62124

The North-west Aerial Frontier 1919-1934


WIXTED, EDWARD P.

Ownership signature of NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey, first edition, Quarto hardcover (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: Boolarong 1985

KEYWORDS: specials edward p. wixted first edition aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history Australia

$25.00
xxawaa62125

Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men


FITZSIMONS, PETER

Super octavo hardcover (Nr. Fine) 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: Harper Collins 2009

KEYWORDS: specials peter fitzsimons charles kingsford smith biography australia aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history

$16.50
xxawaa62126

Lindbergh Alone


Charles A. Lindbergh

GILL, BRENDAN

Imperial 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977

KEYWORDS: specials brendan gill charles a lindbergh biography aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history

$26.50
xxawaa62127

Wings Across the Pacific: The Courageous Aviators Who Challenged and Conquered the Greatest Ocean


GWYNN-JONES, TERRY

Quarto hardcover (Nr Fine) 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: Allen & Unwin 1991

KEYWORDS: specials jerry gwynn-jones the pacific aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history

$15.00
xxawaa62129

The Railways of New-Zealand


A journey through history

CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B. & HURST, TONY

quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus ; 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 1990

KEYWORDS: specials first edition geoffrey b churchman tony hurst new zealand illus railway trains history transport steam locomotive

$22.50
xxawaa62130

Air International: Volume 10


GREEN, WILLIAM (ed)

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) illus; 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: Air international 1976

KEYWORDS: specials william green planes aviation illlus history aeroplanes pilots

$27.50
xxawaa62131

Air International: Volume 27 Number 1


GREEN, WILLIAM (ed)

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) illus; 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: Air International 1984

KEYWORDS: specials william green planes aviation illlus history aeroplanes pilots

$30.00
xxewb62135

Ernest Hemingway


Selected Letters 1917 - 1961

BAKER, CARLOS (ED.)

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: Granada Publishing Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Carlos Baker Ernest Hemingway letters correspondence literature history

$37.50
xxewb62137

Sir Harry Smith


Bungling Hero

HARINGTON, A.L.

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: Tafelberg Publishers Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: first edition specials A L Harington biography Sir Harry Smith history

$26.50
xxewb62138

The Rifle Brigade


and Random Shots from a Rifleman

KINCAID, JOHN

1909 facsimile 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: Richard Drew Publishing Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Captain Sir John Kincaid memoir military history Spanish Peninsula Waterloo Rifle Brigade

$18.50
xxewb62142

Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight


A Biography

ROSEBERRY, C.R.

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: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1972

KEYWORDS: specials C R Roseberry biography Glenn Curtiss aviation history pilot pioneer

$22.50
xxewb62147

Nieuport Aces of the Great War


FRANKS, NORMAN

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: Delprado Publishers/Ediciones del Prado 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Norman Franks aircraft aviation World War I Great War pilots history

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