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$75.00
2g18a/3

The Irish Factor 1899-1919: Ireland's Strategic and Diplomatic Importance for Foreign Powers


DE WIEL, JEROME AAN

Imperial octavo, glossy heavy card boards with red & black lettering, xx + 428pp, nr fine (small crease to historupper corner of last two pages)

PUBLISHER: Irish Academic Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Jerome Aan de Wiel Ireland Irish military history politics espionage Austria Hungary France Germany

$245.00
2g18a/5

Angola and The River Congo: Volume II


MONTEIRO, JOACHIM JOHN

This volume only, missing two plates, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule to front boardc & blind rule to rear board, 340pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, slight staining to boards, light chaffing to spine sides, prizegiving label to front pastedown, browning to page edges, some foxing, two plates missing, plate XIV loose, occasion closed tears to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1875

KEYWORDS: Joachim John Monteiro Angola River Congo history travel culture anthropology

$60.00
2g18a/11

Management and Productivity Improvement in Japan


MIKAMI, TATSUKI

Super octavo, blue & white light card covers with black lettering, xiii + 113pp, illus, VG (some tanning to spine & page edges)

PUBLISHER: JMA Consultants 1982

KEYWORDS: Tatsuki Mikami Japan Japanese business management marketing socio-economics history

$75.00
2g18a/14

De Wereld Van Boven


VIRULY, A

relevant photographs & maps tipped in to prelims & terminals, large quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, 54pp, illus, VG (some staining & tanning to boards, light scuffing to spine base, light tanning to page edges, some foxing & tanning to eps, light tanning elsewhere) TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE

PUBLISHER: Douwe Egberts (n/d) but all handwritten captions dated 1936/1937?

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH A Viruly pilot de wereld van Boven KLM aviation history aircraft aeroplanes Holland Netherlands

$80.00
2g18a/28

Australien und Tasmanien Nach eigener Anschauung und Forschung


LAUTERER, DR JOSEPH

Ex library, first edition, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, kangaroo motif to spine, coloured illus to front board, blindstamped decorative pattern to centre of rear board, 2 x frontispiece, one with tissueguard, x + 480pp, illus + folding map to rear, 2pp book ads to rear, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy browning to spine & page edges, heavy dampstaining to aprox first 10 and last 10 pages, owner's name stamp to prelims, occasional light foxing) TEXT IN GERMAN

PUBLISHER: Herdersche Verlagshandlung 1900

KEYWORDS: first edition Dr Joseph Lauterer Australia Tasmania history anthropology TEXT IN GERMAN

$65.00
1p19a/7

Pearn Pioneers: Cornwall, Taranaki


n/a

Octavo, illus blue light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 76pp, illus, VG (some tanning & fading to spine & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearn Descendants 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Cornwall Taranaki Pearn family pioneers biography history

$395.00
1p19a/15

The Native Tribes of South-East Australia


HOWITT, A. W.

Ex library, first edition, scruffy but sound, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt necklance motif to front board, xix + 819pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, some foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title page, some sellotape-residue staining, light fraying to spine extrems & sides, ding to rear board upper edge, patch of dampstaining to edge of several pages)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1904

KEYWORDS: AW Howitt South East Australia aborigines aboriginal tribes history customs anthropology

$100.00
1p19a/18

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders


SCOTT, ERNEST

Ex library, first edition, small quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to sipne, blind rule to front board, gilt arm & torch motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 492pp, illus + maps & facsimile docs, VG (usu library markings but relatively light, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to front hinge paper only)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1914

KEYWORDS: first edition Ernest Scott Matthew Flinders biography Australia history

$40.00
1p19a/20

Bird Life on Island and Shore


GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.

First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edgs, light bruising & creasing spine extrems, lower 8cm of frontispiece loose at hinge) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & rear, staining to front upper edge, 4cm tatty tear & creasing to lower spine extrem, nicks & creasing to upper spine extrem, 1cm tears with loss to corners, moderate creasing to rear lower edge)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1925

KEYWORDS: first edition H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand ornithology birds natural history

$45.00
1p19a/21

Australia's Heroes; being a Slight Sketch of the Most Prominent amongst the Band of Gallant Men who devoted their Lives and Energies to the Cause of Science


EDEN, CHARLES H.

Ex library, second edition, octavo, marbled heavy card boards with black leather spine, no title to spine just gilt library number, page edges stained red, viii + 312pp, VG- (light library markings, moderately heavy chaffing to board edges & boards, heavy bruising & fraying to spine extrems, label staining to front board, light staining to eps, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (second edition)

KEYWORDS: Charles H Eden Australia biography colonial history scientist

$70.00
1p19a/47

Motor Racing: Reflections of a Lost Era


CARTER, ANTHONY

Oblong quarto, red boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 208pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Anthony Carter motor racing motor sports sport cars grand prix formula 1 F1 photographic portrait history

$100.00
1p19a/48

Rallye Horizons 2012


HUIT, PASCAL

TEXT IN FRENCH Oblong folio in slipcase, purple glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, white glove & shoe motif to front board, grey eps, 255pp, illus, fine, in silver slipcase, fine (HEAVY LARGE ITEM)

PUBLISHER: Fedrigoni 2012

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Pascal Huit sport motor racing rally Sebastien Loeb sports cars photographic portrait history

$100.00
1p19a/49

Patria's Luchtvaart-Album


HEGENER, HENRI

TEXT IN DUTCH Oblong folio, blue cloth boards with darker blue lettering & blue plane motif to front board, unpaginated but aprox 64pp, illus with 114 collected and glued in cards (complete collection), VG (binding sloppy, tanning & fading to spine, light soiling to boards, slight tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Uitgave NV Biscuitfabriek Patria 1936

KEYWORDS: Henri Hegener Patria biscuits TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE luchtballon luchtschip Lucht-acrobatiek vliegkampschefen warplanes air balloons aviation history

$60.00
1p19a/54

The Isles of the Pacific; or Sketches from the South Seas


FRANCIS, B.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus to boards & spine, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 224pp + 32pp illus book adverts, illus, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light staining to spine, child's crayon scribble to front pastedown, two pages loose, moderate fading to fep, label to front pastedown, inscription in ink to fep verso scribbled out, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co 1892

KEYWORDS: first edition B Francis Pacific Islands New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji Tahiti Pitcairn Sandwich Marquesas Maoris missionaries colonists travel history

$210.00
1p19a/56

Must Australia Fight?


IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, ex library, octavo, yellow boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 223pp, VG (relatively light library markings, owner's name stamp to fep & to rear ep, inscription in ink to title page, some staining to boards, some foxing, esp to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1939

KEYWORDS: Ion L Idriess Australian war preparations WW2 military naval history invasion

$40.00
2c23a/4

Boeing Aircraft Since 1916


BOWERS, PETER M.

First edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 444pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light tanning, esp to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, 2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, nicks & 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Peter M Bowers Boeing aircraft aeroplanes aviation planes transport history

$16.50
xxfoe92799

Trouble in Paradise: Uncovering the Dark Secrets of Britain's Most Remote Island


MARKS, KATHY

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harper Pernnial 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Kathy Marks Pitcairn Island HMS bounty history Journalism reportage

$8.50
xxseh92807

Homer and the Heroic Age


VUCE, J.V.

paperback 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1979

KEYWORDS: specials literature history and archeology

$9.50
xxseh92808

One Man's Bible


XINGJIAN, GAO

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2002

KEYWORDS: specials history China's Revolution

$10.00
xxseh92817

Art of the Byzantine Era


RICE, DAVID TALBOT

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1963

KEYWORDS: specials David Talbot Rice art history Byzantine Justinian reign europe

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