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$32.50
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New Zealand At Home


LOUGHNAN, R. A.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1908

KEYWORDS: specials R A Loughnan illustrated new zealand social history

$16.50
xxhwe62488

Words On Wings


HOPKINS, JIM (ed.)

softcover super octavo (nr 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Jim Hopkins aviation anthology new zealand history

$9.50
xxhwe62491

The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots


Eyewitness accounts of air combat from the Red Baron to today's Top Guns

LEWIS, JON E.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Carroll & Graf 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Jon E Lewis aviation history fighter pilots military

$17.50
xxhwe62498

The Aeronauts


A History of Ballooning 1783-1903

ROLT, L. T. C.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton 1985

KEYWORDS: specials LTC Rolt aviation aerial aeronautical balloons ballooning history Lebaudy airship flight

$14.00
xxhwd62499

First To Fly


TOBIN, JAMES

first edition, ex library, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 2003

KEYWORDS: specials James Tobin first edition aviation history wright brothers Wilbur Wright Orville Wright

$16.50
xxhwd62500

The Wright Brothers at Carillon Historical Park


BRUNSMAN, CHARLOTTE K. & AUGUST E.; FISK, FRED C.

staplebound softcover super octavo (nr 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Carillon Historical Park 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Charlotte K Brunsman August E Brunsman Fred C Fisk Tom D Crouch Wilbur Wright Orville Wright Carillon Historical Park aviation history illustrated biography

$24.50
xxhwd62501

Unlocking The Sky


Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane

SHULMAN, SETH

hardcover super octavo (fine) in 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Seth Shulman aviation history Glenn Hammond Curtiss flight

$19.50
xxhwd62507

Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Wilbur Wright - April 16, 1867


RENSTROM, ARTHUR G. (ed.)

softcover staplebound super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Library of Congress (Science and technology division) 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Arthur G Renstrom Wilbur Wright Orville Wright bibliography reference aviation history

$14.00
xxhwd62508

Beyond Kitty Hawk: Inventing Flight at Huffman Prairie Flying Field


FRATERRIGO, ELIZABETH

softcover staplebound super octavo (nr 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (n/d)

KEYWORDS: special Elizabeth Fraterrigo aviation history wright brothers flight

$18.50
xxhwd62510

Kill Devil Hill: Discovering The Secret of The Wright Brothers


COMBS, HARRY & CAIDIN, MARTIN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Martin Caidin Harry Combs first edition wright brothers aviation history flight

$16.50
xxhwd62511

The Wright Brothers


KELLY, FRED C.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Fred C Kelly wright brothers aviation history biography illustrated

$98.50
1w10a/16

Masden and the Missions: Prelude to Waitangi


RAMSDEN, ERIC & BUCK, PETER H (Intro)

First edition, mauve cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 295pp, illus, VG (fading to boards & esp to spine extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, 1cm stain to front board upper corner, some tanniong to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (heavy bruising, creasing & nicks to edges & corners, 3cm portion lost to upper spine extrem & 1cm portion to lower, soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: Eric Ramsden Peter H Buck Te Rangi Hiroa Samuel Marsden biography history Maori missionaries missions European impact

$85.00
1w10a/18

The Founding of Hawke's Bay


WILSON, J. G.

Signed by author;Quarto, illus textured cream heavy card boards with brown lettering to front board, frontispiece x 2, 60pp, illus + large folding map to rear, VG (some staining & light tanning to boards, unobtrusive (0.5cm) tear to top of spine, owner's catalouge number in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Daily Telegraph Co 1951

KEYWORDS: JG Wilson New Zealand Hawke's Bay history Maori Chielf Te Hapuku Sir Donald McLean settlement

$50.00
1w10a/26

The Thirty-Niners: Memories of the Class of 1939 of Whangarei Boys' High School


JOHNSON, NONI & WEAVER, GREG (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 225pp, illus, VG+ (v light rubbing to cover edges, v light stain & page-corner crease to page 99)

PUBLISHER: WBHS Old Boys' Association 2009

KEYWORDS: Noni Johnson Greg Weaver New Zealand Whangarei Boys' High School 1939 memoirs memories history

$47.50
1w10a/30

Early Stations of Hawke's Bay


MACGREGOR, MIRIAM

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 312pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to title page, v slight rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning, light scuffing) in d/w, VG- (plastic covers with adhesive strips, light soiling and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: Miriam Macgregor New Zealand Hawke's Bay history pioneer settlers sheep stations agriculture farming

$45.00
1w10a/32

Albaneta: Lost Opportunity at Cassino


CROSBY, RON

First edition, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 172pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Ron Crosby Second World War Two Cassino New Zealand engineers military history Operation Dickens Operation Revenge

$40.00
xxhcaa62541

Knights of the Air: Canadian Fighter Pilots in the First World War


BASHOW, DAVID L. & QUICK, STEPHEN (Illus)

Quarto hardcover (fine) in 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: McArthur &U Co 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Lieutyenant Colonel David L Bashow Stephen P Quick First World War One WWI Canadian aviation history fighter pilots airmen air combat

$15.00
xxhcaa62545

The Seafarers: The Atlantic Crossing


MADDOCKS, MELVIN

Hardcover quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Time Life Books 1982

KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books Melvin Maddocks Atlantic

$15.00
xxhcaa62546

The Seafarers: The Pacific Navigators


ALLEN, OLIVER E.

Hardcover quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Time Life Books 1983

KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books Oliver E Allen Pacific

$15.00
xxhcaa62551

The Seafarers: The Men-of-War


HOWARTH, DAVID

Hardcover quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Time Life Books 1980

KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books David Howarth men-of-war

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