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$12.00
xxsga95607

The Alamo


LIND, MICHAEL

First edition, 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: Houghton Mifflin 1997

KEYWORDS: first edition Michael Lind American History

$14.00
xxsga95612

The Israel-Arab Reader


LAQUEUR, WALTER (ed)

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: Pelican Books 1970

KEYWORDS: Walter Laqueur reference history Middle East

$300.00
xxsgb95634

Charles Darwin and the Beagle Adventure: Countries Visited During The Voyage Round the World of HMS Beagle


WOOD, A. J. & TWIST, CLINT & THE FIVE MILE PRESS (illu)

Hardcover quarto (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: The Five Mile Press 2009

KEYWORDS: History children's A J Wood Clint Twist Charles Darwin

$20.00
xxsgb95650

As Others See Us: Historic Dunedin Through Visitors' Eyes


DOUGHERTY, IAN

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Saddle Hill Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin History Ian Dougherty

$30.00
xxsgb95666

Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England


MERCHANT, CAROLYN

Super octavo hardcvoer (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: University of North Carolina Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Carolyn Merchant human ecology New England history science gender studies

$15.00
xxsgb95680

The South Pacific: An Introduction, Fourth Revised Edition


CROCOMBE, RON

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul/Reed Education 1978

KEYWORDS: Pacific history Ron Crocombe

$16.50
xxsgc95709

Captain Cook, R. N: The Resolute Mariner: An International Record of Oceanic Discovery


VAUGHAN, THOMAS & MURRAY-OLIVER, A

Imperial 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: Oregon Historical Society 1974

KEYWORDS: Thomas Vaughan AA St C M Murray-Oliver Captain James Cook biography maritime exploration history library collections art artefacts

$22.50
xxsgc95722

Fairs, Shops, and Supermarkets: A History of English Shopping


DAVIS, DOROTHY

Ex library, 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: University of Toronto Press 1966

KEYWORDS: Dorothy Davis English social history shopping retailing markets

$115.00
2s12/46

Huns in Palestine


DE SOUSA, L.

Octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt rule to spine & front board, 318pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight fraying to board corners, small stain to front board, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose Ltd circa 1912 (book advert pages list recent concurrent novels)

KEYWORDS: L de Sousa Palestine Jerusalem Assyrians history

$225.00
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Pioneer Shipowners


JONES, CLEMENT

Scarce, small quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, iv + 163pp + viii pp index, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, two ex libris labels to fep) in d/w, VG- (archival tape repairs to closed tears to spine sides & head, nicks to spine extrems, some creasing to edges, light soiling, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Charles Birchall & Sons 1934

KEYWORDS: Clement Jones maritime nautical history biography shipowners Robert Wigram James Cropper Alexander Allan Samuel Cunard Arthur Anderson Thomas Wilson Duncan Dunbar James Anderson

$425.00
2s13/3

Travelling Palaces: Luxury in Passenger Steamships


FLETCHER, R. A.

First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with blind stamped lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 310pp, illus + folding chart to rear, VG- (heavy staining to boards, some browning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, moderate browning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to fep, sporadic light foxing & tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1913

KEYWORDS: RA Fletcher passenger steamships transport boats ships nautical maritime history

$80.00
2s13/5

Borneo: The Stealer of Hearts


COOK, OSCAR

Octavo, brown heavy card boards with dark brown cloth spine & paper title label to spine, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, VG- (moderate dampstaining to boards & through to front pastedown, moderately heavy browning to page edges, heavy brownin to eps, bookseller's label to fep, owner's name & address in pencil to fep, slight staining to upper edges of first few pages, occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: Selwyn & Blount Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: Oscar Cook Borneo travel history autobiography Civil Service

$45.00
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Old New Zealand Houses 1800-1940


SALMOND, JEREMY

First Edition, imperial octavo, beige heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 246pp, illus VG+ ( fading to board edges, light bruising to board corners and spine extrems, light foxing and soiling to page edges, light soiling to fep) in d/w, VG ( light creasing ans scuffing to edges, sunning to spine, sl rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: Jeremy Salmond New Zealand houses homes architecture history construction

$30.00
xxsgc95725

New Zealand's China Experience: Its Genesis, Triumphs, and Occasional Moments of Less than Complete Success


ELDER, CHRIS (Ed)

Small quarto 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: Victoria University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Chris Elder New Zealand China history literature poetry fiction memoirs oral narrative anthology

$47.50
2s13/13

Sea, Gold and Sugarcane, Attraction Versus Distance: Finns in Australia 1851 - 1947


KOIVUKANGAS, OLAVI

Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, 402pp, illus, VG+ (tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (creasing to edges, dampstaining to rear)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland 1986

KEYWORDS: Olavi Koivukangas Finland Australia Finns immigration emigration Finnish settlement settlers history

$24.50
xxsgc95760

Ireland and the Global Question


O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL J.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cork University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Michael J O'Sullivan Ireland Irish economics politics political business history foreign policy international relations

$45.00
2s13/19a

Vikings of the Pacific: The Adventures of the Explorers who came from the West, Eastward


LAUT, A. C.

Super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g., illus and cream lettering to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 349pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some browning to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front & rear pastedowns, bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown, sporadic light tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Company 1914

KEYWORDS: A C Laut exploration seafaring history Bering Benyowsky Cook Gray Drake Ledyard America

$35.00
xxsgd95764

Aggressors Volume 1 Tank Buster vs. Combat Vehicle


VANAGS-BAGINSKIS, ALEX & WATANABE, RIKYU (Illus)

Folio 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: Alex Vanags-Baginskis Rikyu Watanabe military history tanks WWII aviationShturmovik Henschel Hawker Hurricane

$35.00
xxsgd95765

Aggressors Volume 4 Patrol Aircraft vs. Submarine


PRICE, ALFRED & WATANABE, RIKYU (Illus)

Folio 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: Dr Alfred Price Rikyu Watanabe military history WWII aviation aircraft submarines u-boats

$30.00
xxsgd95766

Redmond: The Parnellite


MELEADY, DERMOT

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Cork University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Dermot Meleady Ireland Irish history John Edward Redmond biography

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