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$9.00
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The Plumber: The True Story of How One Good Man Helped Destroy the Entire Philadelphia Mafia


SALERNO, JOSEPH & RIVELE, STEPHEN

Paperback (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: Knightsbridge Publishing Company 1991

KEYWORDS: true crime inspiration joe joseph salerno memoir philadelphia mafia philadelphian us usa american history

$9.00
xxsmj109865

Solzhenitsyn


GRAZZINI, GIOVANNI & MOSBACHER, ERIC (Trans.)

Paperback (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: Sphere Books 1974

KEYWORDS: aleksandr solzhenitsyn biography russian literary censorship history

$15.00
xxsmj109866

The Bad Popes


CHAMBERLIN, E. R.

Paperback (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: Signet 1971

KEYWORDS: bad popes catholic pope papal european history

$12.00
xxsmj109872

The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism


ROSENBERG, TINA

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: Vintage Books 1995

KEYWORDS: european history communism reconciliation europe

$25.00
2s26/1

Reed Illustrated History of New Zealand


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Large quarto, grey-green boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, brown eps, 488pp, illus, VG+ (dustwrapper text offset to fep) in d/w, VG+ (price label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history

$42.50
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The Amateur Settlers


APSLEY, LORD & APSLEY, LADY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 227pp, illus, VG (moderately heavy foxing to page edges, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Lord Lady Apsley Australia Australian immigration migrants history

$50.00
ak3/22/3979

Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772


SALMOND, ANNE

Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to dark blue spine, 477pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges, prev owners inscription in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Viking 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history New Naturalist series

$35.00
2s26/20

The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas


SALMOND, ANNE

First edition, K R Howe ownership (Pacific historian), imperial octavo, turquoise heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xxii + 506pp, illus, VG+ (prev owner (K R Howe, pacific historian) autograph to fep, some tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pacific Captain James Cook history

$30.00
2s26/32

Station Country: The Collection


HOLDEN, PHILIP

Oblong quarto, maroon illus light card covers with white lettering, 520pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photographs back-country stations farming history

$40.00
2s26/33

Highliners: A Railroad Album


BEEBE, LUCIUS

Oblong quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi, unpaginated but aprox 206pp, 103 b&w plates each with one accompanying page of text, illus, VG (light browning to page edges, some foxing to eps, bookseller's label to fep) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, v light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books 1940

KEYWORDS: American transport trains railways railroads steam engines history

$45.00
2s26/34

Fiordland Muster


SHARPE, RUPERT

First edition, octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, black marker pen used to cover prev owners name to fep) in d/w, VG- (some creasing to edges, some creasing & scuffing to flap folds, some soiling & rubbing esp to rear, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Fiordland David Gunn farming Hereford cattle history

$65.00
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Armed with Stings: The Saga of a Gunboat Flotilla


HAMPSHIRE, A. CECIL

First edition, octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 203pp + 5pp books ads, illus, VG (moderate staining to boards, some tanning & foxing to page edges and eps) in d/w, VG (some foxing & tanning(

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1958

KEYWORDS: insect class gunboats naval military maritime history boats warships ships

$45.00
2s26/40

The Zeppelin Story: The Life of Hugo Eckener


NIELSEN, THOR & CHAMBERS, PETER (Trans)

First edition, octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus, VG (some browning to page edges, sellotape-residue staining to board edges, light tanning to eps, inscription in ink to fep, VG (some staining)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1955

KEYWORDS: Hugo Eckener biography Zeppelin aircraft Germany history

$49.50
2s26/47

Nambassa: A New Direction


BROADLEY, COLIN & JONES, JUDITH (Eds)

Large quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to front & spine, illus eps, 136pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to covers, prev. owner's details to fep., slight creasing to cover edges, some tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music art arts alternative festivals history

$15.00
xxsmj109882

Oared Fighting Ships: From Classical times to the coming of steam


ANDERSON, R. C.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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: Argus Books 1976

KEYWORDS: boats oared fighting ships naval maritime history archaeology

$20.00
xxsmj109884

The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx


DANIEL, WALTER & POWICKE, SIR MAURICE (Trans.)

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: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: ailred abbot of rievaulx medieval middle ages european history biography

$20.00
xxsmj109885

The Life of Christina Markyate: A Twelfth Century Recluse


TALBOT, C. H. (Trans & 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: Oxford University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: christina of markyate medieval middle ages european history biography 1100s 12th twelfth century

$15.00
xxsmj109886

Plants of New Zealand: Fith Edition - Revised


LAING, R. M. & BLACKWELL, E. W.

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: Whitcombe and Tombs (n. d.) (5th ed.)

KEYWORDS: plants new zealand natural history botany science

$18.50
xxsmj109892

No Job Too Big: A History of Fletcher Construction: Volume 1: 1909-40


SMITH, JACK

Imperial 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: Steele Roberts 2009

KEYWORDS: fletcher construction new zealand history

$27.50
xxsmj109895

Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins


HAUBRICH, WILLIAM S.

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG), tidy ex library, d/w flaps taped to inside of front cover; 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: American College of Physicians 2003 (?)

KEYWORDS: medicine science medical glossary dictionary health etymology words history

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