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$9.50
xxkgy84170

The Reformation


CHADWICK, OWEN

Paperback (VG); all our pecials 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: Pelican / Penguin 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Owen Chadwick Christian church reformation religion theology history

$50.00
1i45c/36

British Aviation: The Adventuring Years 1920-1929


PENROSE, HARALD

Ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 727pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, some light fraying to spine extrems & board edges, tape reinforcement to front & rear hinges, moderate tanning to page edges) in d/wVG (price clipped, tape residue stains to inside, some creasing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: Harald Penrose Britain British airlines aviation aircraft industry history transport

$90.00
1i45c/38

The Life in the Forests of The Far East Volumes I and II


ST. JOHN, SPENSER

Two-volume facsimile reprint set, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, xix + frontispiece folding map + 400pp (vol.1), xviii + frontispiece folding map + 420pp (vol.2), illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974 (facsimile reprint of Smith Elder 1862 edition)

KEYWORDS: Spenser St John Far East Sarawak Sabah East Malaysia Brunei history travel exploration James Brooke Dayaks

$40.00
1i45d/1

South African Airways: 50 Years of Flight


SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (red cancellation stamps to eps, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light scuffing, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Da Gama Publishers (n/d)

KEYWORDS: South African Airways aviation aeronautic history transport airlines

$40.00
1i45d/3

Flying: An Epitome and a Forecast


GRAHAME-WHITE, CLAUDE

First edition, small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 263pp, illus, VG- (archival tape repairs to tears on page 97 but no loss of text, owner's name in ink to fep, some browning to spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light soiling & fading to boards, moderate browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition Claude Grahame-White aviation aeronautics flying aeroplanes aircraft history

$25.00
1i45d/6

The Celluloid Circus: The Heyday of the New Zealand Picture Theatre 1925-1970


BRITTENDEN, WAYNE

Square quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps & purple spine, printed eps, 304pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: Wayne Brittenden New Zealand cinema picture theatre film social photographic history entertainment

$35.00
1i45d/8

The Park Sensations: A Story of the Napier Park Racing Club and famous Greenmeadows


LORIGAN, JOE

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, iillus eps, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling spot to front, v slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Napier Park Racing Club 1987

KEYWORDS: Joe Lorigan New Zealand Napier horse racing sport racingcourse club history

$10.00
xxkgy84195

Man the Lifeboats: Women and Children First


Wimin's War on Words

HARRISON, G.B.

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: Dunmore 1983

KEYWORDS: specials gb harrison humanity history english language

$195.00
1i45d/17

Light Cars and Cyclecars of 1916


Specifications & Illustrations of most of the Principal Makes on the Market, with a Guide for Buyers

n/a

Scarce, octavo, light card covers with black lettering & car illustration to front cover, viii + 64pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning, browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Temple Press Ltd (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Halford Cycles light cars cyclecars transport history catalogue Lagonda JBS Horstman Aviette Bayard Chater Lea

$42.00
1w36/3

The Problematical Journey: The Story of a New Zealand Family: The Templetons of Southland 1862-1997


TEMPLETON, HUGH

Signed by author on title page, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Templar Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Hugh Templeton New Zealand Southland Templeton family biography agriculture farming history

$365.00
os2/36

Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand


Lithographed from original Drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wickstead, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S Brees & Captain W Mein Smith

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM

Limited numbered facsimile reprint, numbered edition of 500, oblong atlas folio, half bound with green cloth boards and gilt lettering between five raised bands to dark green leather spine, green card eps, illus title page, 1pp text, illus with 15 full-page plates including several folding plates, VG+ (occasional very sl. foxing within, light scuffing and soiling to boards, very tidy)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1968 facsimile reprint (of Smith Elder & Co 1845)

KEYWORDS: Edward Jerningham Wakefield New Zealand history art drawings scenery plants

$13.50
xxkha84220

Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders Who Won the Victoria Cross


BRYANT, G.

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: Collins 1972

KEYWORDS: specials G Bryant New Zealand Victoria Cross recipients biographies biography history

$19.50
xxkhh84225

Gold-Dust and Ashes: The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields


IDRIESS, ION L.

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: Angus and Robertson 1953

KEYWORDS: specials Ion L Idriess New Guinea goldfields gold mining anthropology history culture

$30.00
xxkhh84251

Mt Bruce Community Hall, Wairarapa New Zealand 1914-2014: A Ceebration of 100 Years of Community Spirit


DITCHFIELD, MARLENE

Quarto 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: Mt Bruce Hall Community Committee 2014

KEYWORDS: specials Marlene Ditchfield New Zealand Mt Bruce Community Hall history

$17.50
xxkhh84256

Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story


PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER

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: Sceptre NZ 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Pugsley New Zealand Gallipoli first world war one ww1 wwI military history

$14.00
xxkhh84258

Battleground Europe: Gommecourt


CAVE, NIGEL

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: Leo Cooper 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Cave Gommecourt first world war one ww1 wwI military history

$17.50
xxkhh84260

Americans and the California Dream 1850-1915


STARR, KEVIN

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: Oxford University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Kevin Starr California America American dream culture social history

$16.50
xxkhi84277

The Celts


DELANEY, FRANK

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: Book Club Associates 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Delaney Celts Celtic culture anthropology history

$17.50
xxkhi84279

The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the American Republic


GODBEER, RICHARD

Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Johns Hopkins University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Godbeer America American sexuality gender homosexuality sociology social history

$24.50
xxkhi84280

The History of the Green Howards: Three Hundred Years of Service


POWELL, GEOFFREY

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: Arms and Armour Press 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Powell Green Howards British Army military history

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