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$60.00
1y60a/23

Low Visibility: A Cartoon History 1945-1953


LOW, DAVID

First edition. Imp. 8vo, pp. 159; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: David Low 20th century cartoons cartoon comics comic strip history modern first edition

$140.00
1y60a/27

Look For Me in the Whirlwind: The Collective Autobiography of the New York 21


BURNS, HAYWOOD (introd)

First edition. Paperback, pp. 364; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals & throughout; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; light to moderate cracking to front gutter).

PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 1971

KEYWORDS: 20th century American history true crime

$55.00
1y60a/31

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1966


PRESTON, NORMAN

Foolscap 8vo, pp. 1043; illus. light card covers; photos, plates; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals & throughout).

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1966

KEYWORDS: Norman Preston John Wisden Cricketers' Almanack anthology 20th century sports sporting history cricket

$45.00
1y92aa/1

The Technology of a Modern Stone Age People in New Guinea


BLACKWOOD, BEATRICE

Super 8vo, pp. 60; light card covers, spine & front cover lettered in black; frontis., xvi plates to rear, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; prev ownership stamp in black ink to front cover; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; heavy water damage to plates to rear, many stuck together; light cracking to rear gutter).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Beatrice Blackwood anthropology New Guinea population social conditions tools history

$20.00
xxyce214025

Japan Over Asia


CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM HENRY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1938

KEYWORDS: Japan history politics geopolitics

$22.50
xxyce214026

Secret Agent of Japan: A Handbook to Japanese Imperialism


VESPA, AMLETO & TIMPERLEY, H J (Intro)

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1938

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese spies espionage secret service agents Amleto Vespa history conflict autobiography

$20.00
xxyce214031

The Japanese New Order in Asia


EINZIG, PAUL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1943

KEYWORDS: Asia Japan Japanese explpoitation conflict history

$15.00
xxyfe214036

Meiji 1868: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Japan


AKAMATSU, PAUL & KOCHAN, MIRIAM (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1972

KEYWORDS: the great revolution series history Japan Japanese 19th nineteenth century

$30.00
xxyfe214037

Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power


FALK, EDWIN A & FISKE, Rear Admiral BRADLEY A (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1937

KEYWORDS: Japan warfare Japanese naval maritime war history

$35.00
xxygc214039

Dusting Off....West Harbour: The First 150 Years


COTTON, ANNE SQUIRES & WHITE, VAL

REBOUND INCORPORATING ORIGINAL WRAPPER, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Rothesay News Inc 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history West Harbour early settlers pioneers

$37.50
xxygc214040

The Art and Architecture of Japan


PAINE, ROBERT TREAT & SOPER, ALEXANDER & WATERHOUSE, D B (Updated) & KOBAYASHI, BUNJI (Updated)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) in slipcase (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1974

KEYWORDS: art architecture Japan Japanese history culture buildings heritage

$20.00
xxygc214041

Tasman's Legacy: The New Zealand-Dutch Connection


SCHOUTEN, HANK

REBOUND, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand-Netherlands Foundation (Inc.) 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Netherlands Abel Tasman history Dutch exploration

$27.50
xxygc214043

Saturday at MI9


NEAVE, AIREY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 2004

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history Europe escape lines routes mi9

$17.50
xxyha214046

The German War: A Nation Under Arms 1939-45


STARGARDT, NICHOLAS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 2015

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German soldiers

$35.00
xxyha214048

Journeys Hazardous: Gurkha Clandestine Operations Borneo 1965


BULLOCK, CHRISTOPHER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Square One Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: military history Gurkha operations Borneo Indonesia gurkhas Britain British

$15.00
xxyha214051

Early Armoured Cars


BARTHOLOMEW, E

Octavo stapled 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Shire Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: military armoured armored vehicles cars history design engineering

$35.00
xxyha214052

The Fortress Crete: The Secret War 1941-1944


HAROKOPOS, GEORGE EFTH. & MENOUNOS, SPILIOS (Trans & Comments)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: B Giannikos & Co / Athens 1993

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Crete battles

$35.00
xxyhb214063

Reading and Fiction in Golden-Age Spain: A Platonist Critique and Some Picaresque Replies


IFE, B W

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: literature literary history Spain Spanish

$16.50
xxyhb214064

Winifred Wagner: A Life at the Heart of Hitler's Bayreuth


HAMANN, BRIGITTE & BANCE, ALAN (Trans)

Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Granta 2005

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Winifred Wagner Bayreuth history

$37.50
xxyhb214065

Memorials of John A Torrance


TORRANCE, JOHN A & CHISHOLM, The Rev Jas. (Ed & Biographical Sketch)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: NZ Bible Tract and Book Society 1908

KEYWORDS: John A Torrence autobiography memoir New Zealand Zealanders war history personal accounts

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