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$15.00
xx148pol208874

City on the Rocks: Hong Kong's Uncertain Future


RAFFERTY, KEVIN

Super 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: Viking 1989

KEYWORDS: 20th century Hong Kong history China Britain England political politics

$17.50
xx148pol208875

Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore


HUGHES, BETTANY

Super 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: Jonathan Cape 2005

KEYWORDS: Helen of Troy ancient classical history heroine Greek Greece North Africa Asia Minor

$22.50
xx148pol208876

Land Uplifted High


PASCOE, JOHN

Super 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1952

KEYWORDS: John Pascoe New Zealand landscape environment travel social history

$25.00
xx147pol208882

The History of H.M.A.S. Maryborough: Corvettes in World War II 1940-1946


OGLE, BRIAN

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: Brian Francis Ogle 1992

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII naval navy warships military history

$25.00
xx147pol208887

The Butterfly and Common Moths of New Zealand


GASKIN, D E

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G); 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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1966

KEYWORDS: D E Gaskin zoology butterfly butterflies moth moths natural history

$35.00
xx147pol208901

Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte


GORDON, MEL

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: Performing Arts Journal Publications 1983

KEYWORDS: Mel Gordon Commedia dell'Arte comic comedy drama theatre history

$35.00
xx147pol208903

Esoteric Hollywood: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film


DYER, JAY

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: Trine Day 2016

KEYWORDS: Hollywood film culture social history criticism symbolism

$15.00
xx147pol208905

Broken Hill Volume 4: 1940-1983


KEARNS, R H B

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Broken Hill Historical Society 1987

KEYWORDS: Broken Hill R H B Kearns 20th century social history

$15.00
xx147pol208906

Broken Hill Volume 3: 1915-1939


KEARNS, R H B

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Broken Hill Historical Society 2000

KEYWORDS: Broken Hill R H B Kearns 20th century social history

$15.00
xx147pol208907

Broken Hill Volume 1: 1883-1893


KEARNS, R H B

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Broken Hill Historical Society 1996

KEYWORDS: Broken Hill R H B Kearns 19th century social history

$15.00
xx147pol208908

Mt. Egmont Alpine Club and Dawson Falls: 50 Year History 1928-1978


n/a

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Hawera Star Publishing Co. 1978

KEYWORDS: Mt Mount Egmont Dawson Falls alpine club mountain history 20th century

$16.50
xx147pol208913

Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars


RADER, ANDREW

Super 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: Scribner 2019

KEYWORDS: Andrew Rader exploration space history explorers travel

$19.50
xx147pol208915

Seats in All Parts: Half a Lifetime at the Movies


HALLIWELL, LESLIE

Super 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: Charles Scribner's Sons 1985

KEYWORDS: Leslie Halliwell social history industry industrial Lancashire England 20th century

$15.00
xx147pol208916

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot


O'REILLY, BILL & DUGARD, MARTIN

Super 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: Henry Holt and Company 2012

KEYWORDS: John F Fitzgerlad Kennedy murder crime 20th century history America American president

$24.50
xx147pol208917

The Last Place: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House


EISEN, NORMAN

Super 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: Crown 2018

KEYWORDS: Eisen Norman Europe 20th century European history life lives biography biographies

$25.00
xx147pol208935

The Wild West (Companion Volume to the Television Miniseries)


BROWN, DEE (forew)

4to 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: Warner Books N.D.

KEYWORDS: United States of America Wild West mini series television environment landscape history

$195.00
ak2/13a/39

Le Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco: Story of a Legend 1929-1960


NAQUIN, YVES & FANGIO, JUAN MANUEL (Fore)

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#269/500), heavy lg quarto, beige cloth boards, no external lettering, 347pp + summary to rear, illus/photos, Near Fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & closed tearing to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Editions Automobilia N/D (c.1990)

KEYWORDS: automotive history grand prix Monaco motorsport racing signed limited editions

$195.00
ak2/13a/42

The Discovery of Tahiti: A Journal of the Second Voyage of HMS Dolphin Round the World, Under the Command of Captain Wallis, RN, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768


WALLIS, Captain & ROBERTSON, GEORGE & CARRINGTON, HUGH (Ed)

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, folding frontipiece, illus/folding maps, lii + 292pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor scuffing & surface loss to front pastedown, heavy crack to gutter nr front, light cracking occasionally throughout, rear index page lightly torn at top with some minor loss, some terminal pages potentially missing)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1948

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages history historical accounts HMS Dolphin Tahiti 18th eighteenth century journals Captain Wallis

$200.00
ak2/13a/45

The Levant Voyage of the Blackham Galley (1696-1698): The Sea Journal of John Looker, Ship's Surgeon


LOOKER, JOHN & HEYWOOD, COLIN (Ed) & SMITH, EDMOND (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xvi + 248pp, illus/maps, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2022

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society Levant voyage Blackham Galley exploration voyages John Looker 17th seventeenth century journals diaries history

$100.00
ak2/13a/46

The Voyages and Manifesto of William Fergusson, a Surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739


ELLIOTT, DEREK L (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 185pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2021

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages East Indai Company William Fergusson ship surgeons 18th eighteenth century

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