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$45.00
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A History of Fiji: Volume One


DERRICK, R. A.

Vol 1 only (Vol 2 not published), imperial octavo, brown manila heavy card boards with silver lettering to brown canvas spine, illus eps, vii + frontispiece + 250pp + xxviii appendix & index, VG- (some staining & scuffing to boards, moderately heavy browning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, front gutter cracked with rusting to staples evident, creasing to fep, last two pages loose, light tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Printing & Stationery Department 1946

KEYWORDS: RA Derrick Pacific Islands Oceania Fijian history

$17.50
xxhqi72115

Goose Green: A Battle is Fought to be Won


ADKIN, MARK

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: Leo Cooper 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Mark Adkin Falklands War Goose Green military history

$28.50
xxhqk72166

History and Heraldry 1254 to 1310: A Study of the Historical Value of the Rolls of Arms


DENHOLM-YOUNG, N.

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: Oxford University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: specials N Denholm-Young rolls of arms heraldry history

$30.00
xxhqn72176

Myth and Mystery: Who Were the First Europeans to Visit New Zealand?


TASKER, JOHN

First Edition. 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: Tandem Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials John Tasker New Zealand Europeans Maori Pakeha history colonisation

$14.00
xxhqn72177

The Two Baxters


LAWLOR, PAT & O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT

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: Millwood Press 1979

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Pat Lawlor Vincent O'Sullivan Jim James K Baxter diaries essay history

$15.00
xxhqn72178

Changi Days: The Prisoner as Poet


GRIFFIN, DAVID

Ex library, 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: Kangaroo Press 2002

KEYWORDS: specials David Griffin literature poetry poems history

$12.50
xxhqn72179

The Town That Saved Queensland


MULHOLLAND, W. E.

Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (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 National Trust of Queensland 1983

KEYWORDS: specials W E Mulholland Australia Australian Queensland building history

$14.50
xxhqh72090

Hell's Foundations: A Town, its Myths and Gallipoli


MOORHOUSE, GEOFFREY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Moorhouse Gallipoli Lancaster military history

$175.00
1a3b/31

New Zealand


REEVES, WILLIAM PEMBER & WRIGHT, F & WRIGHT, W (Illus)

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, green tiki motif to front board, black & white decorative Maori tukutuku panelling to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 241pp, illus with 75 paintings with tissue guards & folding map to rear, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, ding to front & rear upper fore-corners, slight foxing to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1908

KEYWORDS: William Pember Reeves F W Wright New Zealand history geography scenery sport lifestyle

$15.00
xxhqv72275

War Report: D-Day to Ve-Day


HAWKINS, DESMOND

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: British Broadcasting Corporation 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Desmond Hawkins ww2 second world war military history

$14.00
xxhqv72266

To Save A People


KERSHAW, ALEX

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: Hutchinson 2011

KEYWORDS: specials Alex Kershaw history biography Raoul Wallenberg ww2 second world war

$15.00
xxhqv72273

Elsie & Mairi go To War


ATKINSON, DIANE

softcover octavo (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Arrow 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Diane Atkinson war history military ww1 first world war biography Elsie Knocker Mairi Chisholm

$15.00
xxhqv72274

After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945


SHEPHARD, BEN

softcover octavo (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Pimlico 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Ben Shephard war history second world war ww2 military

$38.50
1a3c/4

Makers of Fortune: A Colonial Business Community and its Fall


STONE, R. J. C.

Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 240pp, illus, VG (owner's name in ink to fep, slight fading to boards, esp to upper spine extrem & upper board edges) in d/w, VG (some sunning, light rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: RJC Stone New Zealand Auckland industry commerce business urban history companies

$35.00
xxhqw72314

Indonesia after Soeharto


TREMEWAN, CHRIS (Intro) et al

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: New Zealand Asia Institute / University of Auckland 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Chris Tremewan Indonesia economy politics economics history

$22.50
xxhqx72366

Jack's War: Lower-deck Recollections from World War II


CONNELL, G. G.

Super octavo hardcover (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: Wiliam Kimber 1985

KEYWORDS: specials GG Connell World War Two WW2 nautical maritime naval history memoir

$25.00
xxhqx72369

The Animals of New Zealand


An Account of the Dominion's Air-Breathing Vertebrates

HUTTON, CAPTAIN F. W. & DRUMMOND, JAMES

Octavo hardcover (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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: specials Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton James Drummond New Zealand natural history fauna animals birds ornithology marine mammals reptiles

$19.50
xxhqx72384

Preserved NZR Locomotives and Railcars


COOPER, NEILL J.

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: NZ Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Neill J Cooper New Zealand Rail NZR locomotives railcars transport trains history

$14.00
xxhqy72456

The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels


SWEET, MATTHEW

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: Faber & Faber 2012

KEYWORDS: specials matthew Sweet social history Second world war two London hotels letters

$12.00
xxhqy72451

Mad Madge: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Royalist, Writer and Romantic


WHITAKER, KATIE

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: Vintage 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Katie Whitaker Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle biography history

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