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$37.50
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First Catch Your Hare: a History of the Recipe-Makers


AYLETT, MARY & ORDISH, OLIVE

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: MacDonald & Co 1965

KEYWORDS: culinary history recipe gastronomy cuisine

$15.00
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Royal Standard: Red Ensign, with the Qeen in the Gothic


AITCHISON, DAVID

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: Pall Mall Press Ltd 1958

KEYWORDS: maritime history monarchy british royals pacific tour queen elizabeth

$22.50
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Queen Victoria: Leaves from a Journal


DEUTSCH, ANDRE & MORTIMER, RAYMOND (intro)

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: Andre Deutsch Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: queen victoria english history empire monarchy royals british

$16.50
xx133pol206679

The Second World War: Volume III The Grand Alliance


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Cassell & Co 1950

KEYWORDS: winston churchill military history second world war

$25.00
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Historical Maps of Ireland


SWIFT, MICHAEL

Oblong imperial 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: Chartwell Books 1999

KEYWORDS: ireland irish maps history cartography

$19.50
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The Brontes at Haworth


DINSDALE, ANN & WARNER, SIMON (photog)

Oblong 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2006

KEYWORDS: bronte family haworth bronteana british history literary family

$10.00
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The Roar of the Crowd: New Zealand Rugby's Greatest Players, Famous Games and Memorable Moments


HOWITT, BOB

Oblong 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: Penguin Books 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand rugby history bob howitt

$40.00
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City of Wellington Year Book: April 1st, 1909 to March 31st, 1910


N/A

Duodecimo, red light card covers, black lettering to front cover, inside covers printed, illus prelims, unpaginated prelims + 65pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing & fading to spine, moderate creasing & water staining to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate coloured running/water staining to rear pages & cover, black ink numerals to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books past years Wellington 1909 1910 history historical directories

$125.00
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Fate is the Hunter


GANN, ERNEST K

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, authors initials in gilt to front board, 352pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to board & spine extrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1961

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Ernest K Gann civil aviation aviators civilian pilots history first editions

$50.00
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The German Rifle: A Comprehensive Illustrated History of the Standard Bolt-Action Design, 1871-1945


WALTER, JOHN

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, minor tape staining/residue to front & rear eps, 1cm closed tear to base of rear ep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & rubbing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press / Fortress Publications 1979

KEYWORDS: guns rifles German history standard bolt action weapons weaponry Heer firearms

$50.00
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Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom


GRAJETZKI, WOLFRAM & WHELAN, PAUL (Drawings)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 215pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 2009

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt egyptology middle kingdom history historical antiquity officials politics military political courts

$40.00
1g11a/3

Ancient Egyptian Medicine


FAIAD, MOHAMMAD

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Al Ahram Commercial Press (Printer) 2006

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history medicine antiquity Egyptology medical practice practise healthcare historical

$50.00
1g11a/4

A Pilot's Pilot, Karl Baur: Chief Test Pilot for Messerschmitt


BAUR, ISOLDE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, vi + 223pp, illus/photos, folding diagram to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation pilots fighter chief test Karl Baur messerschmitt luftwaffe

$90.00
1g11a/6

The Tube Amp Book (Deluxe Revised Edition)


PITTMAN, ASPEN

Lg quarto, spiral bound illus heavy boards, blue & coloured lettering to spine, pgs 1-192 & 1-188, CD to rear pocket, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/chipping/crackin to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, minor soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Backbeat Books 2003

KEYWORDS: music history amps makes models sound noise technology engineering

$100.00
1g11a/10

The War Path: Hitler's Germany 1933-9


IRVING, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed maps to eps, xxv + 301pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing/wrinkling & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1978

KEYWORDS: first editions nazi Germany German history Adolf Hitler politics political leaders

$55.00
1g11a/11

Sing New Zealand: The Story of Choral Music in Aotearoa


JANSEN, GUY E

Super octavo, illus stiff card covers, 383pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to cover corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling/staining)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa singing choral choirs choir history music

$45.00
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The Macedonian Question: The Struggle for Southern Serbia


SLIJEPCEVIC, Dr DJOKO & LARKIN, JAMES (Trans)

Octavo, illus light card covers, maroon lettering to spine & front cover, 267pp, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/cracking to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges plus prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The American Institute for Balkan Affairs N/D (1950s)

KEYWORDS: geopolitics balkan history politics Serbia south Djoko Slijepcevic

$12.00
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The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped World View


TARNAS, RICHARD

Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: Ballantine Books 1993

KEYWORDS: Western world view belief ideas thought thinking social history sociology

$15.00
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The Third Peacock: The Goodness of God and the Badness of the World


CAPON, ROBERT FARRAR

8vo 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: Doubleday & Company 1971

KEYWORDS: religion religious social history world human nature good evil

$16.50
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English Though 1860-1900: The Theological Aspect


ELLIOTT-BINNS, L E

Ex-library. 8vo 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: Longmans, Green and Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: England English social history religious religion theology theological

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