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$30.00
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The Rise and Fall of Athens


Wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn

PLUTARCH & SCOTT-KILVERT, IAN (Trans)

Folio society super octavo 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: Folio Society 1967

KEYWORDS: specials classics Greece ancient Greek history Athens Plutarch Ian Scott-Kilvert Raymond Hawthorn

$16.50
xxbdaa62333

The Journal of the Victoria Cross Society


16th Edition March 2010

BEST, BRIAN (Ed)

Quarto 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: The Victoria Cross Society 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Brian Best Victoria Cross Society military history biography war magazine

$50.00
2f34a/17

Royal Flying Corps Communiques 1915-1916


COLE, CHRISTOPHER (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, orange boards with gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, nr fine (v v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Tom Donovan 1990

KEYWORDS: Christopher Cole aviation aircraft Royal Flying Corps history First World War One WWI air arm bombing damage intelligence aircrew first edition

$45.00
2f34a/18

Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information


HARRISON, C. W. FRANCIS

Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 300pp, illus + folding maps + large folding map in pocket to rear ep, G+ (heavy rubbing, fraying, bruising & tears to spine, rubbing & fraying to board edges, some browning & staining to boards, moderate browning to eps, owner's name address & date in ink to fep, corner of first six pages torn off, front hinge loose, heavy tanning & foxing to folding maps, some foxing throughout, browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Payne Jennings 1903

KEYWORDS: CW Francis Harrison South Africa Natal Durban transport trains railways travel tourism scenery attractions history immigration emigration

$29.50
xxbaaa62286

God On Our Side: The British Padres in World War I


MOYNIHAN, MICHAEL (Ed)

Octavo 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: Leo Cooper / Martin Secker Warburg 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Moynihan World War One WWI history regimental padres priests clerics chaplains church

$17.50
xxbba62292

Business In Great Waters


TERRAINE, JOHN

softcover super octavo (nr fine); 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: Wordsworth 1999

KEYWORDS: specials John Terraine military submarine u-boat war history

$37.50
xxbdaa62343

Supersonic (Airliner) Non-Sense: A Case Study in Applied Market Research


DAVIES, R. E. G.

Warmly insribed & signed by author to NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey, super octavo hardcover (fine) 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: Paladwr Press 1998

KEYWORDS: specials REG Davies transport aviation history airlines aeroplanes supersonic airliners

$28.50
xxbge62355

Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of HMAS Perth and Her Crew


WHITING, BRENDAN

First edition, ex library, super octavo 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: Allen & Unwin 1994

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Brendan Whiting HMAS Perth Australia World War Two WWII Battle of the Sundra Strait naval maritime history

$17.50
xxbge62359

The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright


ADAMS, NOAH

First edition, octavo hardcover (fine) in d/w (fine); 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: Simon & Schuster 2005

KEYWORDS: first edition Noah Adams Orville Wright Wilbur Wright biography Kitty Hawk aviation history specials

$25.00
xxbie62363

The Fledgling: An Autobiography


WHITEHOUSE, ARCH

First edition, octavo 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: Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1964

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Arch Whitehouse autobiography pilot aviation history World War One WWI Royal Flying Corps

$17.50
xxbja62373

Iron Dinosaurs


GARRATT, COLIN

First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr fine); 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: Blandford Press 1976

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines history Java Sumatra Indonesia Taiwan Philippines

$17.50
xxbja62374

Steam Safari


GARRATT, COLIN

First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr fine); 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: Blandford Press 1974

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history Africa

$27.50
xxbhd62384

Stratocruiser & C-97: Pictorial & Production


Photographs by Aviation Photo News

MACKINTOSH, IAN

Quarto light card stapled wrapper (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: Airline Publications & Sales 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Ian Mackintosh aviation history aeroplanes aircraft transport stratocruiser C97 photography specications

$12.50
xxbhd62385

Manx Airlines & British Regional Airlines including complete Aircraft Directory


EDWARDS, BARRY

Quarto light card stapled wrapper (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: B&C Publications 2001

KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft transport Manx Airlines British Regional airlines

$26.50
xxbhd62386

Hurricane & Messerschmitt: Part One Hurricane at War; Part Two Messerschmitt Bf109 at War


BOWYER, CHAZ

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Prominent Reprint Co 1993

KEYWORDS: specials military aviation history aeroplanes aircraft Hurricanes Messerschmitt World War Two RAF Luftwafe Chaz Bowyer

$24.50
xxbhd62388

Evolution of the Airliner


WHITFORD, RAY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2007

KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft Ray Whitford airliners transport

$16.50
xxbhd62390

Focke-Wulf Fw190: Chasseur-Bombardier


KIT, MISTER & ADERS, G.

Quarto hardcover (VG+) TEXT IN FRENCH; 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: Editions Atlas 1981

KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft Focke Wulf fighter plane Mister Kit G Aders TEXT IN FRENCH en francais

$35.00
xxbhd62392

The Warlords: US Eighth Air Force Fighter Colours of World War II: Volume I The 4th, 20th & 55th Fighter Groups


MONEY, BARRY & MONEY, ANN

Quarto softcover (fine); 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: Flight Record Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft US Air Force colours identification reference Barry Money Ann Money

$16.50
xxbhd62396

Propliners: A Half-Century of the World's Great Propeller-Driven Airliners


GROVES, CLINTON H.

Imperial octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Motorbooks International 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Clinton H Groves aircraft aviation history aeroplanes propeller propliners transport passenger aircraft

$47.50
2f34a/33

From Wherry to Steam Ferry on the Waitemata


A History of the Romantic Conquest of the Silvery Waterway

WALSH, T.

Octavo, creamy/mauve mottled light card covers with blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, manually typed errata page loosely enclosed, VG (heavy bruising & Creasing to cover edges, some light tanning to spine, coffee stain to rear cover, white label to front covering original price)

PUBLISHER: Walsh Printing 1932

KEYWORDS: T Walsh New Zealand Waitemata transport boats ferries passenger transport history

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