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$16.50
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Pharos and Pharillion


FORESTER, E. M.

Foxing. Hardcover 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth press 1961

KEYWORDS: travel history alexandria

$50.00
2s14/28

The Companion to Latin American Studies


SWANSON, PHILIP (Ed)

Super octavo, illuw white heavy card boards with black & red lettering, xi + map + 260pp, VG+ (label residue staining to front board upper corner

PUBLISHER: Arnold / Hodder Headline 2003

KEYWORDS: Latin South America American studies Latino culture race gender sexuality history politics essays articles

$40.00
2s14/32

Back to Sunny Seas


BULLEN, FRANK T. & FORREST, A. S. (Illus)

First edition, octavo, royal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, black coated eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 287pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, moderately heavy browning & foxing to page edges, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1905

KEYWORDS: travel history West Indies Spanish Main Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

$100.00
2s14/35

Nigeria Magazine: A SHort History of HMS Nigeria and Other Contributions


AUBREY, J. W. (Ed)

Scarce, octavo, cream illus light card covers with black lettering to front, frontispiece, 64pp, illus, very tatty G+ (heavy staining to covers, wear & damage to spine with some loss of surface, browning & foxing to page edges & eps, some light foxing elsewhere, rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge 1946

KEYWORDS: HMS Nigeria World War Two WW2 Royal Navy East Indies Fleet magazine history literature contributions

$90.00
2s14/39

Missiles for the Fatherland: Peenemunde, National Socialism, and the V-2 Missile


PETERSEN, MICHAEL

Scarce in hardcover, super octavo, black glossy heavy card boards with red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 276pp, illus, nr fine (tiny stain to upper page edges) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: aviation military history V-2 missile development Nazi Germany war Peenemunde

$65.00
2s14/49

Embroidery: A History


WARNER, PAMELA

Small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG (sellotape-residue staining to boards & eps) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, slight staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: BT Batsford Ltd 1991

KEYWORDS: arts crafts sewing embroidery needlework hobby craft history

$18.50
xxsgl96617

What Darwin Saw in his Voyage round the World in the Ship Beagle


n/a

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: Weathervane Books n/d

KEYWORDS: chidlren's educational natural history animals travel Charles Darwin geography

$18.50
xxsgl96619

The Neo-Pagans: Friendship and Love in the Rupert Brooke Circle


DELANY, PAUL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1987

KEYWORDS: literary criticism Ruper Brooke biography neo-pagans history

$16.50
xxsgl96636

A History of the English Agriculture Labourer


HASBACH, W. & KENYON, RUTH (Trans)

Ex library, super octavo hardcover (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: PS King & Son 1920

KEYWORDS: English agricultural history political science economy economics

$9.00
xxkpf96646

The Condition of the Working-Class in England


ENGELS, FREDERICK & HOBSBAWM, ERIC (Ed)

Paperback - scruffy (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: Panther 1969

KEYWORDS: English history working class politics economics

$12.00
xxkqc96668

The Price of Valour


HAMILTON, JOHN

Ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2012

KEYWORDS: Hugo Throsswell First World War One WW1 Australian military history biography

$24.50
xxkrf96698

Bathgate Expeditions from New Zealand's Commercial Capital of the Sixties


BATHGATE, JOHN & REED, A. H. (Ed)

Limited numbered signed 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: AH & AW Reed1952

KEYWORDS: John Bathgate New Zealand autobiography memoir Dunedin history Invercargill Lake Wakatipu signed

$30.00
xxkrf96701

Birkenhead: A History of the Development from the earliest Days to 1968


FISHER, MURIEL & HILDER, WENMAN (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers (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: Birkenhead Borough Council 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Birkenhead North Shore local history

$185.00
2s15/11

A History of the British and Foreign Bible Society with Portraits & Illustrations, Volumes 1 to 5


CANTON, WILLIAM

Complete five-volume set, super octavo, brown cloth boards with maroon decorative rule to boards, gilt lettering in blue decorative panels to spine & front board, t.e.g, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 512pp, x + 496pp, x + 486pp, x + 477pp, x + 455pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, some browning & soiling to page edges, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light chaffing to board edges & corners, corner of blue title labels on vol.1 lifting slightly, some browning to spines & tissue guards) VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1904

KEYWORDS: VERY HEAVY SET William Canton religion theology British Foreign Bible Society history

$45.00
2s15/25

Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art


TAZAWA, YUTAKA (Ed)

Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, pale yellow eps, 825pp, VG (usual library markings, tape residue staining to boards, binding slightly sloppy but sound,creasing to p724) in d/w, VG (slight creasing to edges, price slipped, sticker residue to spine & front)

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: Japanese art history artists biography reference

$20.00
xxsgm96724

The Passing of War: A Study in Things that Make for Peace


New and Revised Edition

GRANE, WILLIAM LEIGHTON

Ex library, super octavo hardcover (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: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1912

KEYWORDS: war peace sociology politics philosophy history

$15.00
xxsgm96727

A History of the English Agricultural Labourer


HASBACH, DR. W. & KENYON, RUTH (Trans) & WEBB, SIDNEY (Preface)

Ex library, hardcover 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: P. S. King & Son 1908

KEYWORDS: English England agriculture agricultural labourer farming history

$10.00
xxsgn96794

Winter of the Eagle


CAMPBELL, K.M.

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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: history war Moscow

$26.50
xxsgn96796

The Frontier Scouts


TRENCH, CHARLES CHENEVIX

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1985

KEYWORDS: indian army frontier corps history military

$12.00
xxsgn96801

Flashing Blades Over te Sea: The Development & History of Helicopters in the Royal Navy


MILNE, J. M.

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: Martime Books (n/d)

KEYWORDS: aviation military navy helicopters history

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