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$24.50
xxewc62211

Blood-Red Desert Sand - The British Invasions of Egypt And The Sudan 1882-1898


BARTHORP, MICHAEL

paperback octavo (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co., 1984

KEYWORDS: specials michael barthorp britain egypt sudan history invasion pioneers war suez canal victorian

$22.50
xxewc62215

Saltwater in Her Hair - Stories of women in the New Zealand maritime industry


PIGNEGUY, DEE (ed.)

Oblong 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: VIP Pubs. Ltd., 2001

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history maritime women industry dee pigneguy stories biography

$15.00
xxewc62218

New Plymouth - City of Challenge Vol. 3


V/A

this vol. only, paperback quarto, saddle-stapled (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: N/A

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand photography history regions new plymouth cities towns

$27.50
xxewc62221

The Final Link


EDWARDS, DENNIS & PIGRAM, RON

hardback quarto, no 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: Midas Books 1982

KEYWORDS: specials history pictorial railways trains travel england chilterns midlands dennis edwards ron pigram britain uk

$14.50
xxewc62223

London Journal


WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM & STEVENS, JOAN (ed.)

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: The Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1972

KEYWORDS: specials edward jerningham wakefield joan stevens history new zealand journal diary

$14.00
xxewc62224

Flight 901 to Erebus


HICKSON, KEN

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: Whitcoulls 1980

KEYWORDS: specials ken hickson history new zealand aviation flight antarctica

$25.00
xxewc62225

New Zealand Memories


NORTHCROFT, BRENDA GUTHRIE

first revised edition, hardback octavo, worn + slight tears 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: Reed 1959

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand brenda guthrie northcroft history pioneers family

$22.50
xxewc62228

The Tay Bridge Disaster - New Light on the 1879 Tragedy


THOMAS, JOHN

first edition octavo hardcover (VG) 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: David & Charles 1972

KEYWORDS: specials history tay bridges disaster railways trains travel john thomas uk

$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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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