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$40.00
1c25b/34

New Zealand and the Korean War: Volume 1 Politics and Diplomacy


MCGIBBON, IAN

This volume only, super octavo, grey boards with no markings or lettering, xiv + 468pp, illus, VG+ (relatively light library markings) in d/w, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing under plastic protective cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press / Dept of Internal Affairs 1992

KEYWORDS: Ian McGibbon New Zealand Korea Korean War politics diplomacy history

$34.50
1c25b/35

From Bapaume to Passchendaele 1917


GIBBS, PHILIP

Octavo, green buckram boards with black lettering, vii + 384pp, illus plus fold-out maps, VG- (staining to front board upper left corner, dings to board upper edges, slight bruising & creasing to boards, inscription in ink to fep, some browning to prelims & terminals, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1918

KEYWORDS: Philip Gibbs First World War One WW1 Passchendaele Bapaume the Somme Arras Messines Flanders military history

$12.00
xxhwg65681

The Mutiny & Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty


BARROW, JOHN

hardcover 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: Humphrey Milford 1928

KEYWORDS: specials John Barrow maritime history HMS Bounty pirates norfolk island pitcairn island pacific

$46.50
1c25b/37

Calls to Arms: New Zealand Society and Commitment to the Great War


LOVERIDGE, STEVEN

Super octavo, illus black light card covers with red lettering, 332pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: Steven Loveridge New Zealand social history First World War One WWI

$37.50
xxcif65735

RNZAF: A Short History


BENTLEY, GEOFFREY

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: AH & AW Reed 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Bentley Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZAF military history WW1 WW2 aircraft

$225.00
1c25c/5

The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco 1880-1945


COX, HOWARD

Scarce, first edition, super octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 401pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (v. v. slight creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Howard Cox cigarettes smoking British American Tobacco manufacturing Company BAT history mass production multinational enterprise first edition

$195.00
1c25c/18

The Encyclopaedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust


Volume 1 A-J, Volume 2 K-S, Volume 3 S-Z

SPECTOR, SHMUEL & WIGODER, GEOFFREY (Eds) & WIESEL

Three-volume set, quarto, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, 1769pp in three vols, illus, nr fine (light sunning to spines) in d/w, VG+ (sunning to spines, v slight bruising to edges) VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: New York Univeristy Press 2001

KEYWORDS: VERY HEAVY SET Shmuel Spector Geoffrey Wigoder Elie Wiesel encyclopaedia reference Jewish life history Yad Vashem list of communities synagogues chronology maps

$185.00
1c25c/21

A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans under Generals Ross, Pakenham, and Lambert in the Years 1814 and 1815, with some account of the countries visited


ANON (AN OFFICER)

Super octavo, half-bound, mottled heavy card boards with gilt lettering & gilt tooled decorative rule to light brown polished leather spine, 1pp advert + 377pp + errata slip to rear, VG- (5cm damage/loss to lower spine, cracking to spine sides, rubbing damage to board edges & corners, browning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1821

KEYWORDS: military history British Army Washington New Orleans General Ross pakenham Lambert

$100.00
1c25c/30

The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery


HENDERSON, ALAN & GREEN, DAVID & COOKE, PETER

Super octavo, dark brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black eps, 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine (slight fading)

PUBLISHER: Raupo Books / Penguin 2008

KEYWORDS: Alan Henderson David Green Peter Cooke New Zealand army military history artillery units gunners South Africa Korea WW1 WW2 Vietnam peacekeeping

$145.00
1c25c/3

Wanganui, New Zealand: Coronation Souvenir 1911


Pretty, Prosperous, Progressive: Its Intersts and Facilities

n/a

Super octavo, light card covers with gilt lettering to front cover, decorated title page, 144pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to covers, tape repair to spine, bruising & nicks to cover edges & corners, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate creasing to rear cover, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Chronicle Co 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wanganui coronation souvenir history education shops industry commerce tourism

$120.00
1c25c/4

Early Days in Taranaki


BUTLER, FRED B.

Signed & dated by author, octavo, light card boards with attached paper wrapper, brown lettering to spine & front cover, 127pp, VG- (soiling spots to covers, crease to rear cover upper corner, foxing to edges & prelims

PUBLISHER: Taranaki Herald 1942

KEYWORDS: Fred B Butler New Zealand Fred B Butler Taranaki history signed

$9.50
xxksg65761

The Privileged Nightmare


ROMILLY, GILES & ALEXANDER, MICHAEL

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: Pan Books Ltd 1956

KEYWORDS: specials Giles Romilly Michael Alexander autobiography memoir personal account prisoners of war World War II military history

$22.50
xxksh65821

The Lying Stones of Marrakech


Penultimate Reflections in Natural History

GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

Hardcover imperial 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: Jonathan Cape 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould popular science palaeontology archaeology genetics astronomy collected essays natural history

$25.00
xxksh65822

A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire


Excluding the University and City of Oxford

CORDEAUX, E.H. & MERRY, D.H.

Hardcover imperial 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: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: specials E H Cordeaux D H Merry English history Oxfordshire bibliography

$15.00
xxksi65827

Once the Wilderness


DIAMOND, JOHN T.

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 Lodestar Press 1977

KEYWORDS: specials John T Diamond New Zealand pictorial history North Island Auckland suburbs Waitakere Ranges

$25.00
xxksi65835

Race Relations in New Zealand


A Review of the Literature

THOMPSON, RICHARD

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: National Council of Churches 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Thompson New Zealand history race relations religion Maori Pakeha

$10.00
xxksi65836

The Halfway House to Infidelity


A History of the Melbourne Unitarian Church 1853 - 1973

SCOTT, DOROTHY

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: The Unitarian Fellowship of Australia and the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Dorothy Scott religion religious history Unitarian Church Melbourne

$15.00
xxksi65839

The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany


LEWY, GUENTER

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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Guenter Lewy religion religious history religion in war World War II Nazi Germany

$8.50
xxksj65877

One Of Our Submarines


YOUNG, EDWARD

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: Penguin 1955

KEYWORDS: specials edward young war history navy

$9.00
xxksg65798

The Sinking of the Bismarck


BERTHOLD, WILL

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: Cogi Books 1960

KEYWORDS: specials Will Berthold military history nautical naval warfare World War II Bismarck

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