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xxsdt91594

New Zealand Cruisers in Combat


CAMBRILL, TIMOTHY

Imperial octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Timothy Cambrill New Zealand history naval combat second world war ww2 navigations ships transport

$16.50
xxsdt91596

All the Commissioner's Men


BIRT, CHRIS

Super octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Stentorian 2012

KEYWORDS: specails Chris Brit Crew murders New Zealand true crime history

$22.50
xxsdt91599

Baradene: College of the Sacred Heart 1909-2009


MCCLURE, MARGARET

Quarto softcover (nr fine) illus; 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: Baradene College 2009

KEYWORDS: specials Margaret McClure education boarding school history religion cathlocism

$17.50
xxsdt91604

Forgotten Armies: Britain Asian Empire & The War with Japan


BAYLY, CHRISTOPHER & HERPER, TIM

Octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Bayly Tim Harper history war Asia army military

$15.00
xxsdu91640

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany


SHIRER, WILLIAM L.

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 1960

KEYWORDS: specials William L Shirer Nazi Germany war military history WW2

$80.00
2f11b/11

NZSAS: The First Fifty Years


CROSBY, RON

First edition, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards wit white lettering to black spine, 464pp, illus, nr. fine (small smudge on fep., minor), in d/w, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: first edition Ron Crosby New Zealand SAS military history

$425.00
2f11b/18

Italy's War for a Desert: Being some Experiences of a War-Correspondent with the Italians in Tripoli


MCCULLAGH, FRANCIS

True first edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissueguard, xxxvi + 410pp +16pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (heavy fading & tanning to spine, some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light fraying to spine extrems, 1cm chip to external front hinge, internal front hinge cracked, owner's address stamp to f.e.p. & rear pastedown & pg v, owner's ex-libris label to fe.p., remains of large bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, 9cm crack to rear internal hinge, light foxing to preims & terminals but not affecting frontispiece, light tanning, light rubbing & fading to boards)

PUBLISHER: Herbert and Daniel 1912

KEYWORDS: Francis McCullagh Italy Italian Tripoliwar military history true first edition

$40.00
2f11b/21

Wetlands of New Zealand: A Bitter-Sweet Story


HUNT, JANET

Folio, illus heavy card boads with white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Random House2007

KEYWORDS: Janet Hunt New Zealand natural history wetlands ecology flora fauna

$80.00
2f37a/8

Berlin Then and Now


LE TISSIER, TONY

First edition, folio, black faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 472pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to upper edges, light foxing to inside) HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Prints / After the Battle 1992

KEYWORDS: first edition Tony Le Tissier Germany Berlin military history World War Two WW2 German reunification Berlin Wall

$55.00
2f37a/9

The Battle of Britain Then and Now


RAMSEY, WINSON G. (Ed)

HEAVY ITEM Folio, blue faux leather boards iwth gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 816pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Prints / After the Battle 1989 (Fifth edition)

KEYWORDS: Winson G Ramsey Second World War Two Battle of Britain military history

$40.00
2f37a/12

One More Mile on the NZR


REID, R. C. (BOB)

Inscribed, signed; quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 128pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003

KEYWORDS: RC Bob Reid New Zealand rail NZR Otago Southland railways transport trains history

$39.50
2f37a/13

From Disaster to Recovery: The Hastings CBD 1931-35


FOWLER, MICHAEL

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xvii +238pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to lower spine extrem, slight creasing to cover corners, price sticker residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Michael Fowler Publishing Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: Michael Fowler New Zealand Hastings CBD local history

$32.50
2f37a/14

Fire in the Hills: A History of Rural Fire-fighting in New Zealand


BEAGLEHOLE, HELEN

Quarto, illus light card covers, 343pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, v slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Helen Beaglehole New Zealand rural fire-fighting fire-fighters firefighters fire brigade history

$40.00
2f37a/17

The Spirit of Man in Asian Art: Being the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Delivered in Harvard University 1933-34


BINYON, LAURENCE

First edition, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule to front board, xv + 217pp + 70pp plates, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, small red stamp to f.e.p., light foxing to page edges) in price clipped d/w, VG- (heavy tanning, some chipping to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1935

KEYWORDS: Laurence Binyon Asian art criticism history essays first edition

$16.50
xxsdu91699

Schott's Almanac 2011


SCHOTT, BEN

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: Bloomsbury 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Ben Schott American history biography collection reference politics

$35.00
xxsdw91769

Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti; the Path to the Treaty of Waitangi


MOON, PAUL

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: David Ling Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Moon New Zealand history Waitangi Treaty

$58.00
2f37a/23

The Foxes of the Desert


CARELL, PAUL & SAVILL, MERVYN (Trans)

First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 370pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (some tanning, light staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: Paul Carell Afrika Korps Western Desert Tunisia Second World War Two WW2 Germany military history

$40.00
1b46a/7

Maori


MITCALFE, BARRY

Uncommon signed, oblong quarto, illus black & white light card covers with brown lettering to front, printed eps, 102pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing to covers, some creasing to cover corners, light foxing to prelims, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Coromandel Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Barry Mitcalfe New Zealand Maori life culture art religion agriculture anthropology history

$365.00
1b46a/8

A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, a Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883


FORBES, HENRY O.

First edition, recased ex library, folding maps all present and clean, suer octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xx + 536 +32pp book catalogue, folding maps, illus, VG (usual library markings, v light soiling to boards, light tanning esp to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle& Rivington 1885

KEYWORDS: Henry O Forbes travel exploration natural history first edition

$60.00
1b46a/9

Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain: Restriction of the Industry by the State and the Municipalities


MEYER, HUGO RICHARD

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 386pp + 2pp adverts, VG- (some soiling to boards & spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight fading to spine, light browning to page edges & eps, small crease to several corners, split to front hinge paper)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Co 1907

KEYWORDS: Hugo Richard Meyer Great Britain telephone communication industry history

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