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$125.00
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The Tea Ceremony


TANAKA, SEN'O & TANAKA SENDO; REISCHAUER, EDWIN O (pref.); INOUE, YASUSHI (forew.)

Imp octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in white, frontis., illus., photos, VG+ (sl bruising to edges), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems, sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1998

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture cultural social history tea ceremony

$50.00
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Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views, Post-War Japan through British Eyes, 1945-2000


CORTAZZI, HUGH

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, red card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Japan Library 2001

KEYWORDS: Japan 20th century Japanese social cultural history post-war post war

$345.00
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Winstanley and the Diggers, 1649-1999


BRADSTOCK, ANDREW (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 2000

KEYWORDS: Gerrard Winstanley 17th century politics polticial social conditions history Great Britain government levellers

$40.00
3t5/40

The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology


KEENE, DONALD; RIMER, J THOMAS (ed.)

Provenance of Roy Starrs. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in blue gilt, VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history criticism Donald Keene

$80.00
3t5/43

Danes in Japan, 1868 to 1940: Aspects of Early Danish-Japanese Contacts


LADERRIERE, METTE (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, illus light card covers, VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges, tanning). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Akademisk Forlag 1984

KEYWORDS: Danes Danish Denmark Japanese Japan politics political social history

$45.00
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The Defeat of the Luftwaffe


TRIGG, JONATHAN

FIRST EDITION, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, minor bruising to base of rear hinges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to upper edges of flaps, upper edge of front wrapper and base of rear hinge) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Amberley 2016

KEYWORDS: First Edition history military Luftwaffe aviation nazi Germany

$145.00
3x2/659

Fugal Answer


NALDEN, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/music scores, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruisng & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to spine & covers, minor creasing to edges, minor tanning & foxing to flaps, in fully adhesive protective wrap - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: First Edition music history

$75.00
3x2/660

TSR 2: Britain's Lost Bomber


BURKE, DAMIEN

FIRST EDITION, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges and spine, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges of flaps, extrems, wrapper edges and heads and bases of hinges and spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2010

KEYWORDS: military aviation history bombers british

$80.00
3x2/661

Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury


DARLING, KEV

FIRST EDITION, quarto, heavy black boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, light creasing to rear flap, minor creasing to edges of flaps and head and base of spine, light fading to spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2003

KEYWORDS: First Edition military aviation history fighters

$45.00
3x2/662

De Havilland: Twin-Boom Fighters: Vampire, Venom and Sea Vixen


JONES, BARRY

Quarto, heavy black boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges, minor bruising to head of spine, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges of flaps, head of rear hinge, head of spine and edges of wrappers, minor soiling to wrappers, minor fading to spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2004

KEYWORDS: military aviation history twin-boom fighters

$40.00
3x2/663

Bristol Britannia


WOODLEY, CHARLES

Quarto, heavy black boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing and bruising to extrems, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges and head of spine, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to extrems and heads and bases of folds, minor creasing to head of rear hinge and spine, minor chipping to lower edge of rear wrapper, minor 1cm loss to head of rear fold, minor creasing to edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2002

KEYWORDS: civil aviation history british airliners planes

$65.00
3x2/675

Tribals, Battles and Darings: The Genesis of the Modern Destroyer


CLARKE, ALEXANDER

Imperial octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, minor creasing to extrems, minor creasing and scuffing to heads and bases of hinges and spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor scuffing to wrapper edges, minor creasing to bases of spine and hinges, minor rolling/creasing to front wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Seaforth 2022

KEYWORDS: navy military history battles destroyers

$245.00
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Peterbilt: Long-Haul Legend


BEACH, J E

FIRST EDITION, quarto, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing and creasing to extrems and heads and bases of hinges, minor fading to head and base of spine and upper edges of boards, moderate adhesion to some pages- needs care to unstick, light foxing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & edges, ligt fading to front hinge area, general minor chafing/scuffing, sl adhesive residue to front flap - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2008

KEYWORDS: First Edition trucks Peterbilt mechanics engineering history automotive

$75.00
3x2/679

Kaigun


EVANS, DAVID C & PEATTIE, MARK R

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/diagrams, VG+ (minor creasing to bases of hignes, minor foxing and marking to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges of flaps and wrappers, head and base of spine and extrems) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Japan navy military history imperial

$40.00
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Jim and Jap Crow


BRIONES, MATTHEW M

Very tidy Ex Library (unread), super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (minor Ex Library marking to fep, rep and page edges, minor Ex Library labelling to fep) in d/w, VG+ (minor adhesion marking to front wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: history interracial America american

$65.00
3x2/685

Black November: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in New Zealand


RICE, W GEOFFREY

Very tidy Ex Library (unread), imperial octavo, sky blue illus heavy boards, black and dark blue lettering to front board, black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor Ex Library labelling to front board, fep and rear pastedown, minor Ex Library markings to fep, page edges, rep and prelims, minor soiling to boards, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pandemic influenza Black November

$40.00
3x2/687

Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps


MORGAN, HELLEN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of spine and hinges, minor fading to head of spine, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover, minor creasing to edges of flaps and base of spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2006

KEYWORDS: First Edition stamps history collections philatey

$55.00
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The 11 Days of Christmas: America's Last Vietnam Battle


MICHEL III, MARSHALL L

Super octavo, illus dark green light card wrappers, light green and white lettering to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, illus/diagrams, VG+ (minor creasing to extrems, minor foxing to page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Encounter 2002

KEYWORDS: military history Vietnam war America battles

$100.00
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The War in the North Sea: The Royal Navy and The Imperial German Navy 1914-1918


BARRY, QUINTIN

Super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, 544pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to spine extrems, light foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing - photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Helion 2016

KEYWORDS: military naval maritime warfare imperial German British Royal Navy war ships history

$40.00
3x2/691

Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps: Kiwi Armour 6


PLOWMAN, JEFFREY & THOMAS, MALCOLM

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, red, yellow and black lettering to front wrapper, illus/photos, VG+ (minor scuffing to extrems and front hinge, minor soiling to rear hinge, minor soiling/adhesion marking to rear wrapper) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Jeffery Plowman 2004

KEYWORDS: Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps WWII World War 2 military history tanks

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