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Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warriors


MAN, JOHN

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: Bantam Press 2012

KEYWORDS: John Man ninja ninjas warriors history Japan Japanese

$20.00
xxafaa213341

Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures


BAXANDALL, MICHAEL

Super 8vo softcover (VG), some annotations; 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: Yale University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: Michael Baxandall art history pictures pictorial interpretation criticism

$37.50
xxahaa213356

The Olympian Soldier: G C Cooke


BEATSON, KATH

Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 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: Kath Beatson 2008

KEYWORDS: Kath Beatson military history live lifes biography G C Cooke

$18.50
xxahaa213366

Victoria University College: an essay towards a history


BEAGLEHOLE, J C

Super 8vo hardcover (VG) lacking 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: New Zealand University Press 1940

KEYWORDS: J C Beaglehole Victoria University Wellington history

$37.50
xxaef213370

Historical Inevitability


BERLIN, ISAIAH

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: Oxford University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: Isaiah Berlin history criticism lecture lectures

$22.50
xxaef213371

Meand and Ends: Reflections on the History of Fresco Painting


GOMBRICH, E H

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: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: E H Gombrich art history fresco painting

$15.00
xxaef213385

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai


TSUNETOMO, YAMAMOTO; WILSON, WILLIAM SCOTT (transl)

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: Kodansha International 2000

KEYWORDS: Yamamoto Tsunetomo Samurai Japan Japanese history

$34.50
xxa3ee213394

The Destruction of the Jews


JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS; WILLIAMSON, G A (transl); PALMER, GARRICK (illus.)

Super 8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1971

KEYWORDS: Flavius Josephus social history the Folio Society

$17.50
xxa3ee213395

Pliny: A Self Portrait in Letters


PLINY; RADICE, BETTER (transl)

Super 8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1978

KEYWORDS: Pliny the Folio Society classical ancient history

$19.50
xxa3ee213396

Selects from the Reminiscences of Captain Gronow


Captain GRONOW; BENTLEY, NICOLAS (ed)

Super 8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1977

KEYWORDS: Captain Gronow Nicolas Bentley the Folio Society reminiscences history diary journal

$20.00
xxa3ef213411

Enzo Ferrari: The Definitive Biography of an Icon


DAL MONTE, LUCA

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: Cassell 2024

KEYWORDS: motorsport history Enzo Ferrari biography biographies memoir

$32.50
xxa3ef213414

The Making of New Zealand: An Economic History


HAWKE, G R

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: Cambridge University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history economics finance financial politics political

$20.00
xxa3eg213432

Sketches from the Life of William Paterson


PATERSON, WILLIAM & STRONG, WILLIAM J (Fore)

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: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Early Settlers' Association autobiography William Paterson

$25.00
xxa3eg213433

Methodism in Auckland During the Maori Wars: 1860-1864


GLEN, FRANK G

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: Wesley Historical Society (N.Z.) 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori wars religion methodism methodist Auckland

$25.00
xxa3eg213434

The History of Greenhills


BREMER, J 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: J E Bremer 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Greenhills district south island Southland J E Bremer

$30.00
xxa3eg213441

There's Gold in Them There Hills


MUNDY, D

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: Simpson & Williams N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir D Mundy history

$75.00
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A History of Japanese in Hawaii


OKAHATA, Dr JAMES H (Ed)

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xix + 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep, sl occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The United Japanese Society of Hawaii 1971

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Hawaii Hawai'i US American America immigration immigrants

$45.00
1j38b/13

Prisoner in Japan


ARGALL, PHYLLIS

Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light bruising to board extrems, prev owners details crossed out with black marker pen on paste down) in d/w VG- (moderate chipping and scuffing to edges, moderate rubbing to covers, light foxing, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1945

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history pows prisoners of war hard labour Phyllis Argall Japanese Japan

$45.00
1j38b/17

Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-mile Trek from a Japanese Prison Camp


PRIESTWOOD, GWEN

Octavo, red buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, 184pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- internal yellowing tape repairs, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1944

KEYWORDS: prisoners Japan Japanese Stanley Peninsula prison camps survivors history Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir

$135.00
1j38b/19

From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War


McKENZIE, FREDERICK ARTHUR

Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering & gilt ship motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 340pp, illus, folding map to rear- all plates present, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's labels to front pastedown, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, plate opp. pg 208 loose)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1905

KEYWORDS: war history Japan Russia letters correspondence

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