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$12.50
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Shanghai: The Growth of the City


WALLER, JOAN

Hardcover oblong super 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Compendium 2008

KEYWORDS: Shanghai architecture history

$12.50
xxsgf95931

Bejing: The Growth of the City


YAN, MA

Hardcover oblong super 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Compendium 2008

KEYWORDS: Beijing architecture history

$14.50
xxsgf95942

Enemy Below!


SWEET, TED

Softcover super octavo (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: Square One Publications 1991

KEYWORDS: history war aviation air force

$22.50
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Life in the White Man's Grave: A Pictorial Record of the British in West Africa


ALLISON, PHILIP

First edition. Ex-library. Hardcover super 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Viking 1988

KEYWORDS: British history

$12.00
xxsgg95960

Daughters of the Pacific


DE ISHTAR, ZOHL

Softcover super octavo (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: Spinifex 1994

KEYWORDS: History pacific women

$50.00
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From Tiberius to the Antonines: A History of the Roman Empire AD14-192


GARZETTI, ALBINO & FOSTER J. R. (Trans)

First edition thus, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to spine & front board, illus eps, x + 861pp, VG (owner's name in ink to front pastedown, slight foxing & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some rubbing, light foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & CO 1974

KEYWORDS: ancient history Roman Empire archaeology Tiberius Claudius Hadrian Caligula

$90.00
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Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro


SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

First edition, inscribed & signed by DJ Sumpter with Lewis's signature tipped in, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, v + 194pp, VG (light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy browning inside & out, light bruising to spine extrems, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Tokomairiro history

$40.00
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Beyond the Blue Mountains: A History of the West Otago District


MILER, F. W. G.

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 186pp, illus, VG (owner's name & address in ink to fep, some tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (some soiling, moderate browning to spine & flap folds, some bruising & nicks to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1954

KEYWORDS: FWG Miller New Zealand West Otago history

$28.50
xxsgd95966

From an Antique Land: Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land


ROBERTS, DAVID

Oblong 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989

KEYWORDS: Egypt Jerusalem Ottoman empire travel art sketches drawings history

$22.50
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The Church in the Roman Empire before AD 170


RAMSAY, W. M.

Ex libray, super octavo hardcover - large folding map in pocket at rear (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: Hodder & Stoughton 1897 (Fifth edition)

KEYWORDS: religion history Roman Empire Christian church Christianity

$120.00
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Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation


MCCULLOCH, J. R.

Two-volume set, lacks map at front vol.1, super octavo, half bound, marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel between five raised bands to dark-brown leather spine, page edges stained red, xx + 1480pp in two volumes, illus with folding maps, VG- (lacks map at front of vol.1, heavy rubbing to boards with loss of surface, some wear to board corners & edges, various owners' names dates & addresses in ink to prelim, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, 8 cm tatty closed tear to prelim of vol.1, 12cm closed tear to first map in vol.1 and creasing to several other maps, pinprick burn hole to first 25 pages of vol.2, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1856

KEYWORDS: reference dictionary commerce commercial navigation maritime history trade

$37.50
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East of the Rock and Pillar: A History of the Strath Taieri and Macraes Districts


THOMPSON, H. M.

First edition, octavo, khaki cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vii + 204pp, illus, VG (v slight fading & bruising to spine extrems, owner's name in ink to fep, some tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light foxing) in d/w, G+ (extensive archival tape repairs to spine, heavy browning and staining to spine, some browning & foxing, small nicks to corners)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rock and Pillar Strath Taieri Macraes history

$19.50
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Worldly Goods


JARDINE, LISA

Super octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Publishers 1996

KEYWORDS: European Europe history culture Renaissance

$19.50
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Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations


ARMSTRONG, DIANE

First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: autobiography Poland Polish Jewish history Krakow

$12.50
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The Shores of the Black Ships


MARRINER, JOHN

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Wiliam Kimber 1971

KEYWORDS: travel Tunisia Tunisian history culture

$17.50
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Montgomery as Military Commander


LEWIN, RONALD

First editoin, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: BT Batsford Ltd 1971

KEYWORDS: biography Lord Montgomery British military history commander World War Two WW2

$19.50
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Alexander of Tunis as Military Commander


JACKSON, W. G. F.

First editoin, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: BT Batsford Ltd 1971

KEYWORDS: Harold Alexander biography British military history commander Second World War Two WW2

$75.00
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The Wars of the 'Nineties: A History of the Warfare of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century


ATTERIDGE, A. HILLIARD

Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & black&gilt lettering to front board, gilt & black illus to spine & front board, blind-stamped rule to rear board, frontispiece with tissueguard, xii + 836pp + 8pp book adverts, illus, VG- (moderate staining & soiling to boards & spine, heavy browning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, heavy browning to tissue guard, some foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals, errata slip torn out, some tanning to page peripherals)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: Nineteenth century wars war warfare military history

$28.50
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Bambino: The FIat 500 in New Zealand: Quando La Nuova Zelanda Fabbricava Fiat 500


NIALL, TODD

Oblong quarto, illus green light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, nr fine PARALLEL ENGISH ITALIAN TEXT

PUBLISHER: Iconic Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Fiat Bambino cars automotive manufacturing history New Zealand

$25.00
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The Royal Yacht Squadron 1815-1985


DEAR, IAN

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: Stanley Paul 1985

KEYWORDS: nautical maritime sailing history Royal Yacht Squadron

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