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$12.50
xxexa62641

Struggle for Take-Off


The British Airways Story

CAMPBELL-SMITH, DUNCAN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Coronet Books 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Duncan Campbell-Smith aviation history British Airways aircraft airlines

$90.00
1w22a/31

The Colony of New Zealand: Its History, Vicissitudes and Progress


GISBORNE, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown coated eps, large folding map, xii + 360pp, VG (heavy dampstaining patch to two-thirds of rear board, small nick to upper spine, light rubbing to board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, 2cm closed tear to one corner of folding map, some light tanning, lacks the two internal illustrations)

PUBLISHER: A Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history geology agriculture industry Maori language colonisation Treaty

$295.00
1w22a/32

A Climber in New Zealand


ROSS, MALCOLM

Super octavo, fine green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 316pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, heavy ding/crease to front board lower corner, light bruising & rubbing to other board corners, rubbing to rear board, board edges & spine sides, owner's name & date in ink to fep, moderate foxing throughout & to page edges (but not to photographs))

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1914

KEYWORDS: Malcolm Ross autobiography New Zealand mountains mountaineering climbing geography history Mount Cook Aorangi

$75.00
1w22a/34

Auckland from the Air


STEWART, FRANK (Photog)

Obong quarto, brown illus light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, gilt black & red illus to front cover, unpaginated but aprox 22pp, illus, VG- (damage to spine around staples, 3cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, creasing to cover corners, esp front lower corner, v light soiling & occasional stain spots)

PUBLISHER: The Sun Newspapers Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland pictorial aerial photographic history

$60.00
1w22a/36

Luftwaffe Colours Kampfflieger Volume Two


Bombers of the Luftwaffe July 1940 - December 1941

SMITH, J. RICHARD & CREEK, EDDIE J.

This volume only, large quarto, illus light card covers with yelllow & white lettering to black spine, printed eps, pp 97-192, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Chevron / Ian Allan Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: J Richard Smith Eddie J Creek aviation history bomber aircraft aeroplanes Luftwaffe colours camouflage

$12.50
xxhcaa62518

Sky High Irvin: The Story of a Parachute Pioneer


Foreword by Sir Douglas Bader

HEARN, PETER

First edition, ex library, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1983

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Peter Hearn Douglas Bader Leslie Leroy Irvin parachuting aviation history aeronautical biography skydiving

$70.00
1w10a/7

The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith: An Illustrated Chronology


WIXTED, EDWARD P.

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 305pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: 1996

KEYWORDS: Edward P Wixted Charles Kingsford Smith pictorial biography aviation aeronautical history pilot airman Australian pioneering aviator

$29.50
xxewf62583

Au Temps de Clement Ader


LISSARAGUE, PIERRE (Ed)

TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo softcover (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: Teknea 1994

KEYWORDS: specials TEXT IN FRENCH Clement Ader General Pierre Lissarague aviation aeronautical history aeroplanes aircraft Rene Hirsch Paul Simonet Philippe Poisson-Quinton

$30.00
xxexb62659

The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright


JAKAB, PETER L. & YOUNG, RICK (EDS.)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 2000

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Peter L Jakab Rick Young aviation history Wright brothers articles essays aircraft aeronautics aeonautical engineering

$25.00
xxexb62667

Wings Over France


HARTNEY, HAROLD E.; ULANOFF, STANLEY M. (ED.)

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: Bailey Brothers & Swinfen Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Harold E Hartney Stanley M Ulanoff aviation history autobiography memoir Great War World War I

$22.50
xxexb62668

Dear Animated Bust


Letter to Lady Juliet Duff France 1915 - 1918

BARING, MAURICE

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: Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Maurice Baring military history letters Great War World War I Western Front

$30.00
xxexb62671

Hunters and Gatherers


Volume 2: Property, Power and Ideology

INGOLD, TIM ET AL (EDS.)

Softcover super octavo (VG+) THIS VOLUME ONLY ; 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: Berg 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Tim Ingold David Riches James Woodburn social anthropology history hunters gatherers society societies values

$15.00
xxexb62677

Called Up


A National Service Scrapbook

FORTY, GEORGE

Ex-library Hardcover quarto (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: Ian Allan Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: specials George Forty military history British National Service pictorial

$22.50
xxexb62679

White Collars and Gumboots


A History of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1892 - 1992

NIGHTINGALE, TONY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press Limited 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Tony Nightingale New Zealand nonfiction history Ministryof Agriculture and Fisheries government politics

$22.50
xxexb62682

Courage and Air Warfare


The Allied Aircrew Experience in the Second World War

WELLS, MARK K.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Mark K Wells military history aviation World War II Combined Bomber offensive psychology social anthropology aerial warfare

$29.50
xxexb62686

McIndoe's Army


The Story of the Guinea Pig Club and its Indomitable Members

BISHOP, EDWARD

Hardcover super octavo (NF) in 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Edward Bishop biography memoir Guinea Pig Cub burn victims aviation history Allied Airmen Second World War

$19.50
xxexb62687

Africa and the Victorians


The Official Mind of Imperialism

ROBINSON, RONALD ET AL.

Ex library, 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: Macmillan & Co Ltd

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Ronald Robinson John Gallagher Alice Denny history Africa imperialism Victorian England expansion politics social commentary

$18.50
xxexb62693

The Biography of His Holiness Pope Pius XI


TOWNSEND, W. & TOWNSEND, L.

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: Albert E. Marriott Limited 1930

KEYWORDS: specials W Townsend L Townsend religion religious history biography Pope Pius XI

$14.50
xxexc62702

Brownsea Islander


BATTRICK, JACK & LAWSON, GAIL

hardback super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Poole Historical Trust 1978

KEYWORDS: specials poole history brownsea island travel jack battrick gail lawson

$19.50
xxexc62710

El Palau - De La Musica Catalana


CARANDELL, JOSEP M. & PLA, RICARD & VIVAS, PERE

hardback square quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Triangle Postals 2003

KEYWORDS: specials catala josep carandell ricard pla pere vivas barcelona palau history buildings architecture sculpture art music concert hall spanish language

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