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$22.50
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Survivors of Atlantis: Their Impact on the World


JOSEPH, FRANK

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: Bear & Company 2004

KEYWORDS: Atlantis lost cities ancient history civilizations civilisations mysteries new age

$18.50
xx186pol208680

Apirana Ngata: E Tipu e Rea


KING, MICHAEL

Super 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: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori leaders Apirana Ngata history

$18.50
xx186pol208681

Caring for Collections: A Manual of Preventative Conservation


CORR, SUSAN

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: Heritage Council 2000

KEYWORDS: conservation antiques antiquities collections preservation history historical artefacts

$18.50
xx186pol208683

Shuttleworth: The Historic Aeroplanes


OGILVY, DAVID

Square 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: Airlife Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: aviation history shuttleworth aeroplanes design engineering

$18.50
xx186pol208684

Antique & Classic Wings


DAVIES, DAVID

Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1992

KEYWORDS: aviation history antique classic flight aeroplanes design

$30.00
xx186pol208686

Korea: The Air War 1950-1953


NICHOLLS, JACK C & THOMPSON, WARREN E

Square 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: Osprey Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: military aviation history aerial combat warfare Korea Korean war fighter planes

$30.00
xx186pol208687

Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969


NOWARRA, HEINZ J (Compiled & Written by) & DUVAL, G R (Compiled & Written by) & HEPWORTH, W F (Tone Paintings) & LOBNER, H (Drawings) & MYERS, ALAN (Trans)

Quarto 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: Fountain Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian civil military aviation history aircraft aeroplanes fighter planes design engineering

$32.50
xx186pol208688

Willem de Kooning


YARD, SALLY

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) some adhesion to pages at prelims; 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: Rizzoli 1997

KEYWORDS: art artists Willem de Kooning history appreciation

$17.50
xx186pol208689

On the Road: The Car in New Zealand


HAWKES, GRAHAM

Quarto 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: GP Books 1990

KEYWORDS: automotive New Zealand history motoring hobbies cars

$150.00
2g24c/21

C. L. R. James: His Intellectual Legacies


CUDJOE, SELWY R & CAIN, WILLIAM E (eds)

First edition. Signed & inscribed by Margaret Glover. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 476; blue cl bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; spine lightly cocked); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate curling to layer of plastic film).

PUBLISHER: University of Massachusetts Press 1995

KEYWORDS: C L R James Margaret Glover 20th century philosophy music criticism politics political history intellectual first edition

$50.00
2g24c/23

The Knewstubbs of Port Chalmers


KNOX, JUDY

4to, pp. 178; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: J. A. Knox 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin Port Chalmers history social Knewstubbs family

$45.00
2g24c/28

General Chiang Kai-Shek: The Account of the Fortnight in Sian when the Fate of China Hung in the Balance


KAI-SHEK, General & Madame CHIANG

Ex-library. Sm 8vo, pp. xiv + 187; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library slip pasted to front pastedown, library markings in blue ink to front pastedown, tp & tp verso, final pg, library barcode to rear board); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1938

KEYWORDS: General Chiang Kai-Shek China Sian history war warfare military

$48.50
2g30b/2

At Homes on the Prairie: The Houses of Purcell & Elmslie


LEGLER, DIXIE; KORAB, CHRISTIAN (photos)

Imp. 8vo, pp. 191; illus. heavy card bds; illus. prelims, photos; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep; chipping to spine).

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2006

KEYWORDS: architecture houses house home design interior history America United States

$75.00
2g30b/10

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy


STERNE, LAURENCE; AUSTEN, JOHN (illus.); PRIESTLEY, J B (introd)

Imp. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 557; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; motif to spine & front board in gilt; fore & bottom edges deckled, illus. eps & tp, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; light to moderate cracking to front & central gutters; light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Lane Thr Bodley Head 1928

KEYWORDS: Laurence Sterne 18th century comedy satire manners social history

$100.00
2g30b/16

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, Etc.


SCROPE, WILLIAM

Super royal 8vo, pp. xvi + 268; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; edges deckled, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & central gutters; pp. ix-xxiv & plate opposite p. 49 loose).

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1898

KEYWORDS: William Scrope fish fishing angler angling salmon sport game natural history 19th century

$50.00
2g37b/2

Tsarskoye Selo (300 Years if Imperial Residences)


HODASEVICH, GALINA

Text in Cyrillic Russian. 4to, pp. 253; blue heavy card bds, front board lettered in gilt; aeg, frontis., photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).; in slipcase, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling, some water damage; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: P-2 2009

KEYWORDS: Cyrillic Russian language Imperial Russia history

$45.00
2g37b/3

A History of the Corsair Club 1925-1994


SHEARMAN, RAY & WEAR, MAURIE & BREWER, JACK

Signed. Super 8vo, pp. [7] + 108 + 13; light card covers; photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to p. [3]).

PUBLISHER: n/a

KEYWORDS: 20th century motorcycle club history motor cycle bike transport Corsair

$995.00
2g37b/8

ERA: The History of English Racing Automobiles LIMITED: And the continuing story of the cars 1933-1980


WEGUELIN, DAVID; CHAKRABONGSE, NARISA & HULL, PETER & JENKINSON, DENIS & MARSH, PATRICK (eds)

Limited signed numbered edition. No. 36/100. Signed by H H Prince Bira of Siam (Birabongse Bhanudej). Obl 4to, pp. 288; blue leather bds, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt; all edges stained blue, illus, eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: White Mouse Editions 1980

KEYWORDS: England English British racing cars vehicles automobiles engine race history 20th century

$40.00
2g37b/12

Cold War in Germany


BURCHETT, WILFRED G

8vo, pp. 258; red cl bds, spine lettered in black; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in blue ink to front & rear pastedown; moderate tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: World Unity Publications 1950

KEYWORDS: Wilfred G Burchett 20th century history Cold War Germany German

$40.00
2g37b/13

Britons in Spain: The History of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade


RUST, WILLIAM

Post 8vo, pp. xii + 212; red leather bds, spine lettered in black; plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamps in black & purple ink to ffep; peeling to front pastedown; moderate tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Lawrence and Wishart 1939

KEYWORDS: William Rust 19th century military history England English British Spain Spanish

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