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Loeb Classical Library: Diodorus of Sicily Volume V
Books XII 41-XIII
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PUBLISHER: Loeb Classics / Harvard University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Greece Greek language history politics philosophy literature classics Diodorus CH Oldfather
Loeb Classical Library: Historia Animalium in Three Volumes: Volume 1 Books I-III
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PUBLISHER: Loeb Classics / William Heinemann 1965
KEYWORDS: specials Greece Greek language history politics philosophy literature classics Aristotle AL Peck
Loeb Classical Library: The Speeches of Aeschines
Against Timarchus; On the Embassy; Against Ctesiphon
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PUBLISHER: Loeb Classics / William Heinemann 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Greece Greek language history politics philosophy literature classics Charles Darwin Adams Aeschines speeches
Loeb Classical Library: Elegy and Iambus with the Anacreontea in Two Volumes: Volume 1
Being the remains of all the Greek Elegiac & Iambic poets from Callinus to Crates
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PUBLISHER: Loeb Classics / William Heinemann1961
KEYWORDS: specials Greece Greek language history politics philosophy literature classics JM Edmonds poetry Callinus Crates
Loeb Classical Library: Callimachus: Hymns and Epigrams; Lycophron; Aratus
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PUBLISHER: Loeb Classics / William Heinemann1969
KEYWORDS: specials Greece Greek language history politics philosophy literature classics GR Mair Callimachus Lycophron Aratus hymns poetry epigrams
Wonderful Balloon Ascents, or The Conquest of the Skies
A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
Octavo, orange illus light card covers, frontispiece, viii + 224pp + 12pp adverts, illus, G+ (heavy crease to front cover lower third, several portions missing to front cover fore-edge, browning & rubbing to covers, tape repair to spine, portions of spine extrems missing, creasing & bruising to all cover edges & corners, inscription in ink to fep, moderate browning to page edges, some foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co (nd) but circa1888 or earlier (inscription)
KEYWORDS: F Marion transport balloons flight flying Montfolfier Rozier Arlandes Blanchard Zambeccari aeronautics history
Small Vessels
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
The Tararua Book
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
On a Wing and a Prayer
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PUBLISHER: Collins 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Joshua Levine Royal Flying Corps aviation history flight pioneers World War One WWI pilots
Cross Country
Being extracts from the letters of JL, HG, and CT Travers and their family
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PUBLISHER: Hothersall & Travers 1990
KEYWORDS: specials JL HG CT Travers aviation history pilots biography correspondence letters
Community, Empire and Migration: South Asians in Diaspora
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
The British at War: The Seven Years War
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
The Village Transformed: Aspects of Change in New Zealand 1900-1990
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
Bomber Crew: Takin on the Reich
First edition, super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Little Brown 2004
KEYWORDS: specials John Sweetman first edition history Second World War Two WWII bomber command aviation pilots RAF
Kookaburra
The most compelling story in Australias's aviation history
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
The North-west Aerial Frontier 1919-1934
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
Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men
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
Lindbergh Alone
Charles A. Lindbergh
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
Wings Across the Pacific: The Courageous Aviators Who Challenged and Conquered the Greatest Ocean
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
Revolution in the Sky
The Lockheeds of Aviation's Golden Age
inscribed dated & signed by author to NZ Aviation author Ian Mackersey, first revised edition, 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: Orion Books 1988
KEYWORDS: specials richard sanders allen first revised edition aviation aeronautics aerodynamics navigation flight piloting history