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$950.00
1c25a/28

The Mansions of England and Wales illustrated in a Series of Views of the Principal Seats with Historical & Topographical Descriptions: The County Palatine of Lancaster Vol III Southern Division: The


TWYCROSS, EDWARD

This volume only, front board & prelims detached from rest of book, folio, brown leather boards with gilt decorative rule to front board, gilt lettering in red & green decorative leather panels between raised bands to spine, a.e.g, marbled eps, gilt decorative edging to front & rear pastedowns & eps, double-page frontispiece, 99pp + aprox 60 original lithograph illus, VG- (front board & prelims detached, heavy damage with loss of leather to aprox half of spine, bruising & rubbing to board edges & corners with loss of leather, some staining, chaffing & scratching to boards, complete horizontal tear to front ep repaired with tape, foxing & browning) some foxing and staining mostly evident to rear of plates but some showing through

PUBLISHER: Ackerman & Co 1847

KEYWORDS: Edward Twycross Lancaster Country mansions stately homes houses England lithograph West art Darby Salford illustrations history

$40.00
1b48/52

Mr Justice Richmond and the Taranaki War of 1860: A Great Judge Vindicated


STEWART, W. DOWNIE

Small octavo, light green heavy card boards with title label mounted to front board, frontispiece, 35pp, illus, VG (tanning to pages) in d/w, VG (browning to spine, some bruising & tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: W Downie Stewart New Zealand Justice Richmond Taranaki war history biography

$55.00
1b48/57

Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba


LEVINE, ALLAN

Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 511pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Heartland 2009

KEYWORDS: Allan Levine Canada Manitoba Jews Jewish history Judaism

$18.50
1b48/61

Rails Across New Zealand: A History of Rail Travel


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Quarto, illus light card covers, 144pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2003

KEYWORDS: Matthew Wright New Zealand transport history trains steam engines railways locomotives rail travel pictorial photographic record

$75.00
1c25a/24

The Black Eagle


GARGETT, VALERIE & MUNDY, PETER J (Ed)

Quarto, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 279pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to front board lower corner, slight tanning to page edges, d/w sellotaped to rear board) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Acord Books / Russel Friedman Books 1990

KEYWORDS: Valerie Gargett black eagle ornithology boards natural history birds of prey Matobo Hills Zimbabwe Verreaux's Eagle Graeme Arnott

$100.00
1c25a/41

Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature


NIKOLAJEVA, MARIA (Ed)

Super octavo, blue cloth boards wityh silver lettering to spine & front board, xi + 207pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to fep)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Maria Nikolajeva literary criticism anthology essays children's literature history of children's literature

$25.00
1c25b/18

New Zealand Then & Now


HAWORTH, JENNY

Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue lettering to spine & front board, blue eps, illus prelims, 176pp, illus, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (slight fading/tanning to edges, slight bending to lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Cameron House 2007

KEYWORDS: Jenny Haworth New Zealand pictorial photographic portrait history landscape scenery culture people towns cities

$55.00
1c25b/19

The Colt Heritage: The Official History of Colt Firearms from 1836 to the Present


With Nearly 250 Original Illustrations in Full Colour

WILSON, R. L. & LATHAM, SID (Photog)

Oblong quarto, navy blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 358pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges) in d/w, G+ (6cm closed tear to rear lower edge, scruffy stained sellotape repair to rear lower edge, 5cm untidy closed tear to rear/flap fold, heavy creasing to rear lower edge, lighter creasing to spine extrems & upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: RL Wilson Sid Latham Samuel Colt firearms guns weapons pistols history

$24.50
xxksa65396

Voices of a People


The Story of Yiddish Folk Song

RUBIN, RUTH

Ex-library 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: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Ruth Rubin music folk songs Yiddish culture history

$12.50
xxksc65454

Women in the New Asia


From Pain to Power

MATSUI, YAYORI

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: Spinifex Press 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Yayori Matsui womens rights asian studies human rights history politics culture economics globalizaton Asia

$18.50
xxksc65455

A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times


HILL, DONALD

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: Routledge 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Donald Hill history engineering design

$18.50
xxksc65460

My Country, Right or Wrong


HERVE, GUSTAVE

Hardcover 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: A.C. Fifield, 1910

KEYWORDS: specials Gustave Herve history politics philosphy France nationalism socialism

$35.00
xxksd65488

Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men


A History of the American Civil War

HUMMEL, JEFFREY ROGERS

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) inscribed, signed and dated by author ; 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: Open Court Publishing Company 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Jeffrey Rogers Hummel American history United States civil war

$16.50
xxksd65505

No Paradise Yet


The World's Women Face the New Century

MIRSKY, JUDITH & RADLETT, MARTY (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Panos Institute and Zed Books 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Judith Mirsky Marty Radlett contemporary history politics womens rights human rights equality

$27.50
xxksd65508

Desert Duel - New Zealand's North African War 1940-43


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

softcover square 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: Reed 2002

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand matthew wright war history ww2 military africe photography

$27.50
xxksd65510

The Royal Navy Reserves - In War & Peace 1903-2003


HOWARTH, STEPHEN

hardcover 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: Leo Cooper 2003

KEYWORDS: specials navy war history stephen howarth military

$37.50
xxksd65524

A History of the Hapsberg Empire 1526-1918


KANN, ROBERT A.

hardcover 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: Barnes & Noble Books 1977

KEYWORDS: specials history hapsburg robert kann politics religion war

$19.50
xxksd65525

Paddle Steamers of the Thames


BOX, PETER

softcover octavo, faded f/c + spine (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: Tempus 2000

KEYWORDS: specials paddle steamers sea ships sailing history thames peter box

$18.50
xxksd65526

A Concise History of The Spanish Civil War with 156 illustrations


JACKSON, GABRIEL

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: Thames and Hudson 1980

KEYWORDS: specials history spin civil war gabriel jackson illustrated

$19.50
xxksd65527

The History of the White Star Line


GARDINER, ROBIN

hardcover octavo with d/w, d/w spine faded (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 Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: specials history sea sailing ships robin gardiner

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