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The Plumber: The True Story of How One Good Man Helped Destroy the Entire Philadelphia Mafia
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
Solzhenitsyn
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
The Bad Popes
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
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
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
Reed Illustrated History of New Zealand
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
The Amateur Settlers
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
Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772
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
Station Country: The Collection
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
Highliners: A Railroad Album
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
Fiordland Muster
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
Armed with Stings: The Saga of a Gunboat Flotilla
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
The Zeppelin Story: The Life of Hugo Eckener
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
The Legendary Land
Folio, black boards with silver lettering to spine, dark blue eps, illus title page, 223pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand photographs photography history myth legend landscape scenery people culture
Nambassa: A New Direction
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
Oared Fighting Ships: From Classical times to the coming of steam
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
The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx
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
The Life of Christina Markyate: A Twelfth Century Recluse
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
Plants of New Zealand: Fith Edition - Revised
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
No Job Too Big: A History of Fletcher Construction: Volume 1: 1909-40
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
Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins
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