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Faces of China: Tomorrow, Today, Yesterday


FOK, PAT (Photo) & TERRILL, ROSS

Quarto 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: Michael Joseph 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Pat Fok Ross Terrill China photography Chinese pictorial history

$40.00
1g73/29

A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by Command of His Majesty for the purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty


including an account of the Mutiny on Board said ship & the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew

BLIGH, LIEUTENANT WILLIAM

Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering in green decorative panel to spine, frontispiece portrait of Capt. Bligh, vi + folding Bounty ship's plan + 264pp, illus with folding maps, VG (some foxing to page edges, v slight tanning to eps, creasing to edges of one map due to mis-folding)

PUBLISHER: Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 121 Libraries Board 1969 (Reprint of Lords Commissioners of the A

KEYWORDS: Captain William Bligh naval nautical maritime voyage travel history mutiny HMS Bounty Fletcher Christian journals

$25.00
xxkto69791

Edgar Snow's China: A Personal Account of the Chinese Revolution Compiled from the Writings of Edgar Snow


SNOW, LOIS WHEELER & SNOW, EDGAR

Quarto 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: Orbis Publishing 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Lois Wheeler Snow Edgar Snow China Chinese Revolution history

$9.00
xxkua69805

The Doctor and the Damed


HAAS, ALBERT

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Panther Books 1985

KEYWORDS: specials albert haas war ww2 history

$75.00
1g74/18

Sir Alan Cobham's Book of the Air


LYONS, R. S. & COBHAM, SIR ALAN (Ed)

Uncommon in d/w, imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & maroon lettering to front board, upper edges stained red, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG- (fading patch to upper spine extrem & adjacent board upper corners, light staining to board edges, moderate foxing to page edges & prelims, lighter sporadic foxing elsewhere) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, damage to upper spine extrem & adjacent rear upper corner including 2cm x 4cm patch of loss, creasing & nicks to all edges & corners, rubbing to folds & to rear, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Ltd 1938

KEYWORDS: RS Lyons Sir Alan Cobham aviation aeroplanes aircraft flight flying history

$100.00
1g74/19

Emanations of Silver Islet


MACDONALD, BILL (Ed)

Quarto, illus white light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 56pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, label residue stain to rear cover, inscription in ink to page 1)

PUBLISHER: Porphry Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Bill McDonald Canada Silver Islet Mining Company Skull Rock William B Frue history

$45.00
1g74/20

Emanations of Silver Islet Volume II (2)


MACDONALD, BILL (Ed)

Quarto, illus white light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 56pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, label residue stain to rear cover, inscription in ink to page 1)

PUBLISHER: Porphry Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Bill McDonald Canada Silver Islet Mining Company Skull Rock William B Frue history

$39.50
1g74/33

The Founding Years in Rotorua: A History of Events to 1900


STAFFORD, D. M.

Imperial octavo, pink heavy card boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, 448pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight crease to spine) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Ray Richards Publisher / Rotorua District Council 1986

KEYWORDS: DM Stafford New Zealand Rotorua history

$10.00
xxkua69821

The Naval and Military Club, Melbourne 1881-1962


COMMITTEE OF THE NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: specials Committee of the Naval and Military Club history Australia military

$22.00
xxkua69826

Letters from the Battlefield


New Zealand Soldiers Write Home 1914-18

HARPER, GLYN (ED.)

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 costs

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Glyn Harper New Zealand military history soldier correspondence Great War World War I

$18.50
xxkua69827

The Winemaker


George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story

TYACK, KERRY R.

Softcover super 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: Random House New Zealand 2012

KEYWORDS: specials Kerry R Tyack New Zealand biography George Fistonich wine winemaking Villa Maria history

$25.00
xxkua69833

Cars of the Connoisseur


A Treasury of the Years of Grace

BUCKLEY, J.R.

First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (scruffy) ; 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: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition specials J R Buckley transport automobiles cars history

$24.50
xxkua69835

Small Cars in New Zealand


Baby Austins, ford Prefects, Minis, VWs & More!

CHADWICK, TIM

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Grantham House Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Tim Chadwick New Zealand transport history automobiles cars

$16.50
xxkua69837

Tiwi Wives


A Study of the Women of Melville Island, North Australia

GOODALE, JANE 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 costs

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Jane C Goodale anthropology history culture Australia Melville Island Tiwi people

$50.00
1g74/38

Four Months Besieged: The Story of Ladysmith


Being Unpublished Letters from HHS Pearse, the Daily News Special Correspondent

PEARSE, H. H. S.

Octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind embossed decorative motif surrounding gilt title on front board, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, xii + 244pp, illus plus folding maps, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, v slight rubbing to spine sides, scratch to rear board, light bubbling to spine/front board fold, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate foxing to tissue guard, much lighter foxing to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: HHS Pearse Ladysmith siege Boer War South Africa Britain military history

$165.00
1g74/46

A Structural Analysis of Some Continental European Migrants in New Zealand


Thesis for MA Sociology, University of Canterbury

WAH, YAP GIM

Unpublished thesis inscribed & signed by author, quarto, manila light card covers with brown tape spine, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, v + 220pp, VG (v slight bruising to cover fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: Unpublished thesis 1982

KEYWORDS: Yap Gim Wah MA thesis New Zealand sociology ethnology history european immigration immigrants

$10.00
xxkua69841

The Jesus Conspiracy


The Life and Invevitable Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

THOMAS, GORDON

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: Lion Hudson Plc 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Thomas religion religious history religious literature Jesus Christ crucifixion

$22.50
xxkub69857

A Short History of the Royal Regiment of Wales


24th/41st Foot

MARGESSON, LT.-COLONEL JOHN & EVANS, COLONEL LIONE

Softcover staple bound 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Regimental Committee of the Royal Regiment of Wales ca. 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Lt Colonel John Margesson Colonel Lionel Evans Welsh history Royal Regiment of Wales military

$14.00
xxkub69867

The Wild Blue


The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Touchstone 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen E Ambrose military history aviation aerial warfare B-24 bombers World War II

$10.00
xxkub69870

A Matter of Character


Inside the White House of George W. Bush

KESSLER, RONALD

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Sentinel 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Ronald Kessler politics US history biography George W Bush presidency

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