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$18.50
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Seafarers: The Racing Yachts


WHIPPLE, A. B. C.

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 ABC Whipple racing yachts

$15.00
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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
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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
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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

$15.00
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The Seafarers: Fighting Sail


WHIPPLE, A. B. C.

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 1979

KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books ABC Whipple fighting sail

$25.00
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Loeb Classical Library: Appian's Roman History Volume I


APPIAN & WHITE, HORACE (Trans)

This volume only, duodecimo 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: Harvard University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: specials Loeb Classics Appian Roman History Horace White

$25.00
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Loeb Classical Library: Appian's Roman History Volume III (Three)


APPIAN & WHITE, HORACE (Trans)

This volume only, duodecimo 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: William Heinemann 1964

KEYWORDS: specials Loeb Classics Appian Roman History Horace White

$25.00
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Loeb Classical Library: Appian's Roman History Volume IV (Four)


APPIAN & WHITE, HORACE (Trans)

This volume only, duodecimo 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: William Heinemann 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Loeb Classics Appian Roman History Horace White

$33.50
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The Rebirth of European Aviation 1902-1908


A Study of the Wright Brothers' Influence

GIBBS-SMITH, CHARLES HARVARD

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Science Museum / Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1974

KEYWORDS: specialsl Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Orville Wilbur Wright aviation aeronautical history aviators pilots flight pioneers

$24.50
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To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight


TOBIN, JAMES

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Free Press/ Simon & Schuster 2003

KEYWORDS: specials first edition James Tobin Orville Wilbur Wright Brothers biography aviation aeronautical history flying pilots pioneers flight

$17.50
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Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers


HOWARD, FRED

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Fred Howard Orville Wilbur Wright Brothers biography aviation aeronautical history flying pilots pioneers flight

$24.50
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Letters of the Wright Brothers: Letters of Wilbur, Orville and Katharine Wright in the Royal Aeronautical Society Library


RIDDLE, BRIAN & SINNOTT, COLIN (Eds)

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: Tempus Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Katharine Orville Wilbur Wright Brothers correspondence letters biography aviation aeronautical history flying pilots pioneers flight

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