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$200.00
ak1/20a/12

My Russian Jailers in China


VASEL, GEORG & GRIFFIN, GERALD (Trans)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war China Chinese

$65.00
ak1/20a/13

The Third Route


SASSOON, The Right Honourable Sir PHILIP & WILDER, THORNTON (Intro)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, to ppage edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges & base, frontispiece, xv + 279pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining/discolouration to rear board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light rubbing & tanning to front eps, light foxing to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1929

KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes flight

$40.00
ak1/20a/14

The Russian Empire 1801-1917


SETON-WATSON, HUGH

REPRINT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 813pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive protective cover- fully affixed, price clipped, light creasing to edges, light soiling, minor bleeding of text from adhesive, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967 (Reprint)

KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian 19th nineteenth century politics political

$45.00
ak1/20a/15

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume I (With an Introduction and Appendices)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xx + 442pp, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

$45.00
ak1/20a/16

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume III (With an Introduction and Appendices)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs787-1230, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

$45.00
ak1/20a/17

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume IV (With an Introduction and Appendices)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W KAYE (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs1231-1752, illus/map, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

$90.00
ak1/20a/18

Bentley: The Story


FRANKEL, ANDREW

Lg heavy quarto, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Redwood Publilshing 2003

KEYWORDS: automotive car manufacturers Bentley history design engineering

$50.00
ak1/20a/19

The Diary of Hugh McKenzie of Martins Bay 1918-1919


McKENZIE, HUGH

Octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 12pp, G+ (heavy creasing & closed tearing to covers- yellowing tape repairs to rear, moderate foxing & light soiling to covers, whole item with vertical fold, light to moderate foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald Print (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers diaries journals Hugh McKenzie Martins Bay

$40.00
ak1/20a/20

Beautiful Dunedin: Its Environs, and the Cold Lakes of Otago


FAHEY, W H

Octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated illus adverts to prelims, 140pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy cerasing & chipping/loss to spine, moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Evening Star Co 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical guides travel brochures Dunedin Otago

$50.00
ak1/20a/22

Oxford Composer Companions: J S Bach


BOYD, MALCOLM (Ed) & BUTT, JOHN (Consultant Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xxv + 626pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, plate residue to ffep, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Johann Sebastian J S Bach reference history

$200.00
ak1/20a/26

Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)


CUNEO, JOHN R

2 VOL SET, super octavo, vol 1- blue buckram boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vol 2- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 338pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 503pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to spines & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spines & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG-/G+ (heavy/v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing to spines, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Military Service Publishing Company 1942-47

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft German luftwaffe fighter planes

$80.00
ak1/25/2

Bruce McLaren: Life and Legacy of Excellence


LUDVIGSEN, KARL & HERD, ROBIN (Fore)

Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Haynes 2002

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports Bruce McLaren racing cars car drivers grand prix f1 formula 1 one biography biographies memoir history

$50.00
ak1/25/3

Death Camps of the River Kwai


POUNDER, THOMAS

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: United Writers Publications 1977

KEYWORDS: military history River Kwai Malaya Singapore ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japanese

$40.00
ak1/25/9

Time Out: American Airmen at Stalag Luft I


VIETOR, JOHN A

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (covers in fully adhesive plastic- fully affixed, light wrinkling & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & label residue to rear cover, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war camps Stalag Luft nazi Germany John Vietor autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
ak1/25/10

Innisfail, or, Distant Days in Tipperary (Fourth Edition)


HICKEY, REV P

Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 284pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutters, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: M H Gill & Son 1907

KEYWORDS: literature history Rev P Hickey

$40.00
ak1/25/11

A Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, to Which are Prefixed, The Life of the Author, and a Complete and Impartial History of the Times in Which He Lived


LUTHER, MARTIN & MIDDLETON, Rev ERASMUS

Super octavo, black/brown textured buckram boards, black adhesive buckram to spine- unlettered, frontispiece, c + 476pp, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, lovely encouraging inscription in pencil to ffep by prev. owner, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional pencil underlining & annotation to margins & text)

PUBLISHER: William Tegg 1860

KEYWORDS: religion religious history St Paul epistle Galatians bible biblical textx scripture Christian Christianity theology Martin Luther

$82.50
ak1/25/12

Sir Seefton Brancker


MACMILLAN, NORMAN

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 491pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owners' details in coloured pencil & ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1935

KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Sir Seefton Brancker British armed forces raf royal air force pilots

$48.50
ak1/25/13

From Many Angles: An Autobiography


SYKES, Major-General The Right Hon Sir FREDERICK

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking & tanning/discolouration to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Major-General the Rt Hon Sir Frederick Sykes royal flying corps military history

$40.00
ak1/25/29

A Carmelite of the Sacred Heart: The Life of Mere Marie de Jesus, Foundress of the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial 1853-1917


ARENDRUP, M E (Trans)

Ex-library, octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xii + 171pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1923

KEYWORDS: religion religious history figures historical Mere Marie de Jesus biography biographies memoir carmel carmelite

$40.00
ak1/25/30

The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament, Vol I


SCHRADER, EBERHARD & WHITEHOUSE, Rev OWEN C (Trans & Intro Preface)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, folding map, xxxii + 310pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, top corner of ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor cracking to gutters, moderate annotation in ink & pencil to rear eps & terminals, moderate creasing to base of pgs153-156, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Williams and Norgate 1885

KEYWORDS: religion religious history old testament biblical antiquity syllabic writing languages linguistics

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