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$55.00
1o17/13

Performing the Visual: The Practice of Buddhist Wall Painting in China and Central Asia 618-960


FRASER, SARAH E.

Ex library, small quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown textured eps, xvi + 342pp, illus, VG+ (relatively light library markings, slight sellotape residue stains to boards) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Sarah E Fraser art history Buddhist painting Buddhism China Central Asia

$35.00
1o17/18

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1941: Royal New Zealand Air Force


ROSS, SQUADRON LEADER J. M. S.

Ex library, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, some bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, gutter paper cracked & binding loosening, some tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1955

KEYWORDS: Squadron Leader JMS Ross New Zealand military history Second World War Two WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force

$125.00
1o17/19

On Active Service: War Diary and Letters Home World War Two 1939-1945


MACKENZIE, HUGH ROBIN

Ex library, quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering, v + 316pp, illus, VG+ (usu library markings, tape reinforcement to gutters)

PUBLISHER: HR Mackenzie 1996

KEYWORDS: Sergeant Hugh Robin Mackenzie New Zealand military history Second World War Two WW2 letters correspondence memoir 25th Battalion 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Middle East Force

$32.50
1o17/30

The Illustrated Atlas of the Nineteenth Century World


MARTIN, MONTGOMERY (Ed)

First edition thus, folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece (facsimile of original 1851 title page), 179pp, illus, VG+ (two ex-libris labels to fep, v slight rubbing to board edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bracken Books / Bestseller Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: Montgomery Martin atlas John Tallis history 19th Century nineteenth century maps travel

$35.00
1o17/34

The New Zealand Division 1916-1919: Volume II France - A Popular History based on Official Records


STEWART, COL. H.

Ex library, super octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, brown decorative rule to front board, xv + frontispiece + 634pp, illus + many folding maps, VG- (splits to cloth of spine sides, light fraying to spine extrems & board edges & corners, mottled fading esp to rear board, usu library markings, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War One WW1 Colonel H Stewart

$15.00
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The Thistle and the Rose


MASSIE, ALLAN

first edition, ex library, hardcover imperial octavo (nr fine) 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: John Murray 2005

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Allan Massie scotland england history politics

$34.50
xxfla82442

Battle For Egypt: The Summer of 1942


SCOULLAR, J. L.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: War History Branch NZ 1955

KEYWORDS: specials J L Scoullar new zealand second world war military history egypt

$28.50
xxflb82448

Styles and Types of North American Architecture


GOWANS, ALAN

ex library, hardcover quarto (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: HarperCollins 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Alan Gowans architecture north america visual culture history art

$30.00
xxfla82417

Collecting Mechanical Antiques


PEARSALL, RONALD

first edition, hardcover super octavo (nr fine) 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: Arco 1973

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Ronald Pearsall antiques mechanics collecting history

$10.00
xxflc82531

Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now


WONG, JAN

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: Anchor Books 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Jan Wong China Chinese autobiography history

$10.00
xxflc82539

L'Oreal Took My Home: The Secrets Behind a Theft


WAITZFELDER, MONICA & BUSH, PETER (Trans)

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: Arcadia Books 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Monica Waitzfelder French German L'Oreal cosmetics autobiography memoir history

$12.00
xxflc82541

The England of Elizabeth


ROWSE, A. L.

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: Reprint Society 1953

KEYWORDS: specials A L Rowse Elizabethan England English history

$15.00
xxfld82547

The King's England: Devon, Cradle of our Seamen


With 400 Places and 200 Pictures

MEE, ARTHUR (Ed)

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: Caxton Publishing Company (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials Arthur Mee England English Devon history

$12.50
xxfld82548

The Golden Road to Cape Reinga


MORE, DAVID

First edition, 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: specials David More New Zealand Cape Reinga travel memoir history first edition

$24.50
xxfld82549

The King's England: Essex, London's North Sea Neighbour


With 373 Places and 153 Pictures

MEE, ARTHUR

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1956

KEYWORDS: specials Arthur Mee England English Essex history

$10.00
xxfld82550

Strangers in the Wilderness


RICKARD, L. S.

First edition, 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: Minerva 1967

KEYWORDS: specials L S Rickard New Zealand pioneers early European settlers famers farming history first edition

$10.00
xxfld82552

Monte Cassino


HAPGOOD, DAVID & RICHARDSON, DAVID

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1984

KEYWORDS: specials David Hapgood Richardson world war two ww2 wwII Monte Cassino military history

$37.50
xxfld82556

Ports of the World


Eighth Edition

HURD, SIR ARCHIBALD (Ed) & CHEVALIER, PAUL E. (Ed)

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: The Shipping World Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Sir Archibald Hurd nautical maritime ports reference history

$25.00
xxfld82559

Fighting Ships in Perspective


BUTLER, JAMES G.

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: Ian Allan 1981

KEYWORDS: specials James G Butler world war two ww2 nautical fighting ships boats history

$14.00
xxfld82560

Dire Strait: A History of Bass Strait


BATESON, CHARLES

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: BHP / A. H. & A. W. Reed 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Bateson Australia Australian Bass Strait history

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