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$14.50
xxewc62229

Shanty at the Bridge - The Story of Donald


SAYERS, C. E.

first edition hardback octavo with d/w, worn cover + bumped corners (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 Shire of Donald 1963

KEYWORDS: specials ce sayers wimmera donald towns history uk

$18.50
xxewc62230

The Pre-Grouping Railways - Their development, and individual characters - Part 1


HEAP, CHRISTINE & VAN RIEMSDIJK, JOHN

paperback 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: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1972

KEYWORDS: specials christine heap john van riemsdijk railways trains travel history uk britain

$22.50
xxewc62234

Far From 'Home' - The English in New Zealand


FRASER, LYNDON & MCCARTHY, ANGELA (eds.)

softcover 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: Otago Universtiy Press 2012

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history lyndon fraser angela mccarthy essays migration britain uk england settlers

$27.50
xxewc62238

The Crimean War - The Truth Behind The Myth


PONTING, CLIVE

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: Chatto & Windus 2004

KEYWORDS: specials crimean war history clive ponting russia

$27.50
xxewc62241

Southern Cloud


CARTER, I.R.

first UK 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: Angus & Robertson 1964

KEYWORDS: specials ir carter flight aviation mystery history alps disasters

$15.00
xxewc62243

Gallipoli - The New Zealand Story


PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER

Ex library, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1984

KEYWORDS: specials gallipoli history anzacs ww1 new zealand turkey war christopher pugsley australia

$12.00
xxewc62253

Smithy - The Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith


STANNAGE, JOHN

hard back with plastic-wrapped 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: Oxford Unversity Press 1951

KEYWORDS: specials aviation charles kingsford smith history biography john stannage flight

$25.00
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The 1916 Experience: Verdun and the Somme


THOMPSON, JULIAN

Oblong quarto, illus heavy card covers, illus eps, CD in pocket to front pastedown (lacks box), 66pp, illus + numerous enclosures & folding maps/posters etc), nr fine

PUBLISHER: Carlton Books / Imperial War Museum 2006

KEYWORDS: Julian Thompson First World War One WWI Verdun Somme history

$125.00
2f25a/51

Through South Africa


Being an Account of His Recent Visit to Rhodesiam, The Transvaal, Cape Colony, and Natal, reprinted with additions from South Africa

STANLEY, HENRY M.

Octavo, yellow buckram boards with black lettering to spine & front board, illus pastedowns, adverts to prelims & terminals, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii + 140pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, soiling & staining to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing throughout, heavy foxing & 3x3cm tear with loss to frontispiece tissue guard)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: Henry M Stanley MP South Africa Rhodesia Transvaal Natal Cape Colony letters to newspaper travel history

$70.00
2f25a/53

The Canals of the South of Ireland


DELANY, V. T. H. & DELANY, D. R.

Ex library, first edition, octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 260pp, illus, VG- (usu library markings, sellotape residue stains to boards & eps, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (half of rear flap cut off, sellotape residue stains to inside spine, v slight tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition VTH & DR Delaney Southern Ireland canals waterways transport history Grand Cong Barrow Shannon canals

$55.00
2f25a/61

The Transport Revolution from 1770


BAGWELL, PHILIP S.

Scarce in hardcover, super octavo with gilt lettering to spine, 460pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Harper Row / Barnes & Noble 1974

KEYWORDS: Philip S Bagwell transport history inland navigation roads railways coastal shipping motor air canals national transport policy Britain

$47.50
2f25a/67

Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis


with Opinions on Disputed Points of Technique from Many Expert Players

PARET, J. PARMLY & MERRIHEW, S. WALLIS (Ed)

Second edition, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 399pp, illus, VG- (lacks fep, some rubbing & bruising to spine extrems, slight fraying to board corners, owner's name in ink to half-title page, half-title page half loose, front hinge loose, dampstaining to frontispiece & tissue guard upper edge, some foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: American Lawn Tennis 1922

KEYWORDS: J Parmly Paret S Wallis Merrihew sport lawn tennis techniques history

$125.00
2f34a/1

The Royal Air Force Review: August 1949 Vol. 5 No.1 to July 1950 Vol 5 No.12


n/a

Small quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt RAF motif to front board, illus title page, each issue individually paginated (averaging 24pp per issue), illus, VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & rubbing to boards corners & edges, some browning to boards, esp spine & edges, some light staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Ministry London 1949-1950

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force magazine journal military aviation aeroplanes aircraft history literature humour sport exploration

$125.00
2f34a/3

The Royal Air Force Review: August 1950 to August 1951


n/a

Small quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt RAF motif to front board, illus title page, each issue individually paginated (aprox 25pp per issue), illus, VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & rubbing to boards corners & edges, some browning to boards, esp spine & edges, some light staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Ministry London 1950-1951

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force magazine journal military aviation aeroplanes aircraft history literature humour sport exploration

$125.00
2f34a/4

The Royal Air Force Review: July 1948 to July 1949


n/a

Small quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt RAF motif to front board, illus title page, each issue individually paginated (aprox 25pp per issue), illus, VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & rubbing to boards corners & edges, some browning to boards, esp spine & edges, some light staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Ministry London 1948-1949

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force magazine journal military aviation aeroplanes aircraft history literature humour sport exploration

$42.50
2f34a/9

Glory Gamblers: The Story of the Dole Race


FORDEN, LESLEY

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, dark blue faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front page, vi + 194pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear board)

PUBLISHER: The Nottingham Press 1986

KEYWORDS: signed Lesley Forden USA American aviation history California to Hawaii Dole contestants airplanes aeroplanes aircraft pilots

$40.00
2f34a/10

Timeless Machines: Veteran and Vintage Motoring in Australia and New Zealand


DAVIS, PEDR

First edition, inscribed & signed by author, quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Marque Publishing Co1990

KEYWORDS: Pedr Davis New Zealand Australia transport history veteran vintage cars automobiles motoring

$55.00
2f34a/22

British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III (Three)


JACKSON, A. J.

This volume only, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 636pp, illus, VG+ (heavy but small ding to front board fore-edge, slight ding to front board lower corner) in d/w, VG+ (v sl creasing to front lower edge)

PUBLISHER: Putnam / Conway Maritime Press 1988

KEYWORDS: AJ Jackson British aircraft aviation history transport aircraft civil military aeroplanes helicopters Hawker Siddeley Hunting Percival Martinsyde Miles Saunders-Roe reference specification illustration

$27.50
xxbca62308

New Zealand Green: The Story of Marijuana in New Zealand


YSKA, REDMER

Imperial 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: David Bateman 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Redmer Yska New Zealand drugs marijuana history

$35.00
xxbca62310

Nor'Westers of the Pilbara Breed


HARDIE, JENNY

Imperial octavo 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: Hesperian Press Reprint 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Jenny Hardie australian history Pilbara pioneers exploration expedition

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