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$34.50
xxsef92677

The Ultimate Kiwi Pub Crawl: 1,000 Pubs - 30,000km in Under 4 Years


WALTERS, ROB & WALTERS, MARY

Quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Heritage 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Rob Walters Mary Walters New Zealand history kiwi culture

$17.50
xxsef92678

A Long Patrol: An Illustrated History of No. 1 Squadron, RNZAF 1930-1984


SANDERS, JAMES

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Century Hutchinson 2010

KEYWORDS: specials James Sanders New Zealand history RNZAF aircarft transport aviation military war planes

$12.00
1g75a/16

Profile Publications No.3: The V-12 Hispano-Suiza


DAVIES, GORDON C.

Imperial octavo green & white paper stapled wrappers, 10pp (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: Profile Publications 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon C Davies V12 Hispano-Suiza cars automobiles motoring history

$12.00
1g75a/17

Profile Publications No.7: The Bentley 3 1/2 and 4 1/4 Litre


OLIVER, GEORGE A.

Imperial octavo green & white paper stapled wrappers, 10pp (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: Profile Publications 1966

KEYWORDS: specials George A Oliver Bentley cars automobiles motoring history

$12.00
1g75a/18

Profile Publications No.93: The 2-Litre & 8-cylinder Ballots


FRERE, PAUL

Imperial octavo green & white paper stapled wrappers, 10pp (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: Profile Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Frere Ballots cars automobiles motoring history

$12.00
1g75a/19

Profile Publications No.53: The 3.5 Litre Delahaye Type 135


BUCKLEY, J. R.

Imperial octavo green & white paper stapled wrappers, 10pp (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: Profile Publications 1966

KEYWORDS: specials JR Buckley Delahaye cars automobiles motoring history

$12.00
1g75a/20

Profile Publications No.83: The Tourist Trophy Replica Frazer Nash


TEAGUE, JOHN

Imperial octavo green & white paper stapled wrappers, 10pp (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: Profile Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: specials John Teague Tourist Trophy Frazer Nash cars automobiles motoring history

$50.00
2f51/2

Bristol Aircraft Since1910


BARNES, C. H.

First edition, octavo, dark blue cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG- (some tanning to page edges, inscription in ink to fep, sellotape-residue staining & tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (sellotape-residue staining to flaps & rear)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1964

KEYWORDS: CH Barnes Bristol aircraft British aviation manufacturing history BAC Bristol Zodiac biplane aeronautical design specifications

$45.00
2f51/6

Lockheed Aircraft since 1913


FRANCILON, RENE J.

First edition, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, x + 526pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to board edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: first edition Rene Francilon Lockheed aircraft aeronautical engineering aviation history

$40.00
2f51/8

Action Stations 1: Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945


BOWYER, MICHAEL J. F.

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 232pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & 1cm closed tear to rear upper edge, light creasing to other edges, slight tanning)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: Michael Bowyer East Anglia military airfields aircraft Britain British aviation history

$170.00
2f51/20

The History of Maryborough and Wide Bay and Burnett Districts from the Year 1850-1895


LOYAU, GEORGE E.

Ex library, first edition, octavo, blind stamped decorative rule to dark blue/grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 385pp + xxv pp adverts, illus, G+ (moderately heavy staining to boards, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, heavy browning to page edges & eps, some staining to page edges, tape reinforcement /repair to front hinge, 1st section of pages up to contents page loose, owner's name in ink to fep, occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cole, Outridge & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: George E Loyau Australian history Maryborough Wide Bay Burnett District

$200.00
2f51/23

The Ford that Beat Ferrari: A Racing History of the GT40


ALLEN, JOHN S. & JONES, GORDON J.

Large quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 480pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: John S Allen Gordon J Jones motor racing cars Ferrari Ford GT40 motoring history

$40.00
2f51/25

History of New Zealand Curling


CAMERON, CHRISTINE

Uncommon, octavo, illus black & white light card staped wrappers, xiv + 97pp, illus, VG (some staining to covers, small stain to fep, small closed tear to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: The author (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Christine Cameron New Zealand sporting history winter sports curling

$100.00
2f51/26

A Decade of Disasters: The Chatham Islands from 1866 to 1875


RICHARDS, RHYS & CARTER, BILL (Eds)

First edition, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, illus printer's imprint page, 196pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Paremata Press 2009

KEYWORDS: first edition Rhys Richards Bill Carter Chatham Islands history disasters shipwrecks

$175.00
2f51/27

The Irish in Australia


HOGAN, JAMES FRANCIS

Ex library, octavo, yellow heavy card boards with black lettering, 349pp, G+ (usu library markings, tape repair to spine, heavy staining & scuffing to boards & spine, heavy browning to page edges, heavy browning & foxing to prelims & terminals, gouge to lower edge first two pages, small circular hole to rear ep, v occasional underlining in pencil, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: George Robertson & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: James Francis Hogan Australian history Irish immigration

$65.00
2f51/42

Mails by Rail in New Zealand: The Story of the Railway Travelling Post Offices of New Zealand


JOHNSTONE, ALBERT & STARTUP, ROBIN & BERRY, ALLAN (Ed)

Small folio, red boards wit gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 206pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Royal Philatelic Societ of New Zealand 2001

KEYWORDS: Robin Startup Albert Johnstone Allan Berry New Zealand railways transport post office postal delivery mail philately history

$35.00
2g34a/1

Miners in the Clouds: A Hundred Years of Scheelite Mining at Glenorchy


BRADSHAW, JULIA

imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus fep, 106pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Lakes District Museum 1997

KEYWORDS: Julia Bradshaw New Zealand Glenorchy scheelite mining history

$30.00
2g34a/14

Lyttelton Port and Town: An Illustrated History


RICE, GEOFFREY W.

Large quarto, illus red light card covers with yellow lettering, illus fep & verso, 164pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey W Rice New Zealand Lyttelton local history photographic portrait

$50.00
2g34a/19

Australians at War in New Zealand


GLEN, FRANK

Small quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, 299pp, illus, nr fine (small crease/indentation to front board) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Willsonscott Publishing International 2011

KEYWORDS: Frank Glen Australians New Zealand colonies colonial military history

$80.00
2g34a/20

An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, from the Founding of the Colony in 1788 to the present day (in Two Volumes)


LANG, JOHN DUNMORE

Ex library, two-volume set, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & gilt coat of arms to spine, black lettering & black decorative rule to front boards, xv + map + 461pp (vol.1), frontispiece folding diagram + xv + 523pp (vol.2), VG- (usu library markings, half of map to vol.1 missing, browning to page edges, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 3cm tear to spine side of vol 2, some occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Lows & Searle 1875

KEYWORDS: John Dunmore Lang Australia New South Wales colony history

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