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$23.50
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The Ironmasters: The First One Hundred Years of H.E. Shacklock Limited


ANGUS, JOHN H.

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: H.E. Shacklock Limited 1973

KEYWORDS: history Iron industry New Zealand

$12.50
xxskk102539

A Train in Winter


MOORHEAD, CAROLINE

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2011

KEYWORDS: biography history

$12.50
xxskk102541

The Crimean War: A Reappraisal


WARNER, PHILIP

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: Wordsworth 2001

KEYWORDS: History war military

$19.50
xxskk102546

Mary Renault: A Biography


SWEETMAN, DAVID

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: Chatto & Windus 1993

KEYWORDS: biography history

$12.50
xxskk102549

The Children's House of Belsen


VEROLME, HETTY E.

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: Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history biography holocaust

$17.50
xxskk102550

Gallipoli Diaries; An Anzac'z Own Story Day by Day


KING, JONATHAN

Super Octavo softcover (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history world war one WW1 Gallipoli

$14.00
xxskk102565

Prisoner or War


REID, PAT

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: Hamlyn 1984

KEYWORDS: war history

$14.00
xxskk102567

Diaries and Letters of Marie Belloc Lowndes 1911-1947


LOWNDES, SUSAN (ed)

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: Chatto & Windus 1971

KEYWORDS: English Correspondence literature history

$40.00
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Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures


n/a

Quarto, illus light card covers with very large French flaps, frontispiece, 297pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Australian Museum Sydney 2012

KEYWORDS: Alexander the Great art exhibition history sculpture coins ceramics jewellery

$100.00
1i32a/43

The Southern Cross and Southern Crown; or The Gospel in New Zealand


TUCKER, MISS

Ex libris bookplate of Historian Alison Drummond, duodecimo, full bound in polished light brown leather with gilt rule & gilt building illus to front board, five raised bands to spine with gilt title lettering between, marbled page edges, marbled eps with gilt dentelle to edges, frontispiece, viii + folding map + 263pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with loss to spine, lighter scuffing to boards, bruising with loss to spine extrems, some browning to page edges, creasing to some page fore-edges, small ink stain to page fore-edges, occasional annotation & underlining in ink)

PUBLISHER: James Nisbet & Co 1856

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion

$40.00
1i32a/44

Eugene Aram: His Life and Trial


WATSON, ERIC R.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, a.e.g, frontispiece, xvi + 221pp, illus, VG (light browningn to spine, light brusing to spine extrems, some browning & foxing to page edges, moderately heavy browning to eps, sporadic foxing, occasional annotation in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Butterworth & Co 1913

KEYWORDS: Eugene Aram biography Australian crime murder history Daniel Clark

$165.00
1i32a/46

Les Avions Dewoitine


DANEL, RAYMOND & CUNY, JEAN

Quarto, dark blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 475pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to upper edge, light soiling) TEXT IN FRENCH

PUBLISHER: Editions Lariviere 1980

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH aviation history aircraft aeroplanes reference

$85.00
1i32a/52

Anticipating Total War: The German and American Experiences 171-1914


BOEMEKE, MANFRED & CHICKERING, ROGER & FORSTER, STIG (Eds)

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine, ix + 496pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, ticks in ink to first contents page) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: German Historical Institute & Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: essays war military history German Germany USA American conflict

$47.50
1i32a/53

Big River Quartz Mine 1882-1942: A Worthwhile Speculation


WRIGHT, LES

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, light tanning, prev owners details in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Reefton history quartz mining

$40.00
1i32a/54

From the Lowlands to the Hills


KOLFF, TORA

Octavo, illus light card covers with brown lettering, illus eps, iv + 205pp, illus, VG (light staining to covers)(

PUBLISHER: Tora Kolff 1987

KEYWORDS: Tora Kolff New Zealand Holland Netherlands biography family history

$345.00
1i44a/2

Brides and Bridals in Two Volumes


JEAFFRESON, JOHN CORDY

Two-volume set, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, black decorative rule to boards, red eps, vi + 362pp + 2pp book ads, vi + 364pp + 16pp book ads (Vols 1 and 2 respectively), VG (moderately heavy staining to boards, some creasing & fraying to spine extrems, some browning to page edges, subscription library label to front pastedowns, owner's name in pencil to half-title pages, front & rear hinges cracked)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1872

KEYWORDS: marriage weddings brides bridal costumes matrimonial customs culture lay religious cultural history

$25.00
1i44a/3

Icy Heritage: The Historic Sites of the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica


HARROWFIELD, DAVID L.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with pink & white lettering, printed rear ep, 88pp, illus, VG+ (number in ink to front cover, very occasional annotation in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Antarctic Heritage Trust 1995

KEYWORDS: Antarctic Antarctica Ross Sea history

$75.00
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Dearest Affie: Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's Second Son 144-1900


VAN DER KISTE, JOHN & JORDAAN, BEE

First edition, octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 202pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v. slight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton 1984

KEYWORDS: Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh biography English history

$17.50
xxawb102576

Deadly Farce: Harvey Matusow and the Informer System in the McCarthy Era


LICHTMAN, ROBERT M. & COHEN, RONALD D.

Octavo softcover (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 2004

KEYWORDS: American history McCarthyism

$26.50
xxawb102579

Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice


GELDER, KEN

Octavo softcover (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2007

KEYWORDS: subcultures cultural history sociology

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