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$27.50
xxsim100895

Hellbent for the Pole


MARTIN, GEOFFREY LEE

Quarto oblong, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: history Antarctic Expedition Discovery exploration

$25.00
xxsim100901

Velleius Paterculus: Compendium of Roman history


SHIPLEY, FREDERICK W. & PATERCULUS, VELLEIUS

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: history Rome

$10.00
xxsim100908

How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions


WHEEN, FRANCIS

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2004

KEYWORDS: History Civilization

$17.50
xxsim100910

High Ground Wrecks: A Survey of Aircraft Crash Remains on the Hills and Mountains of the UK and Ireland


SMITH, DAVID J.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Midland Countries Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: history aviation aircraft crashes

$22.50
xxsin100916

Where Fate Beckons: The Life of Jean-Francois de La Perouse


DUNMORE, JOHN

First edition, quarto hardcover (Nr 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: French history biography Jean-Francois de La Perouse

$19.50
xxsin100917

Charles Fleming: Environmental Patriot


MCEWEN, MARY

Quarto hardcover (FINE) in d/w (near 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2005

KEYWORDS: biography Charles Fleming New Zealand conservation environment ecology activism history

$18.50
xxsin100929

Southern Invasion, Northern Conquest: The Story of the Founding of Melbourne


HARCOURT, REX

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+), author signed copy; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Golden Point Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Australian Australia Victoria Melbourne history founding colonialism colonisation settlement

$30.00
xxsin100935

New Zealand and the Second World War: The people, the battles and the legacy


MCGIBBON, IAN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2003

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II Two WWII ANZAC New Zealand military history

$10.00
xxsin100977

La Peau de chagrin


DE BALZAC, HONORE & BARBERIS, PIERRE (Ed.)

Paperback (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Le Livre De Poche 1984

KEYWORDS: text in French literature history

$15.00
xxsio100989

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


GIBBON, EDWARD & LOW, D. M. (Ed.)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Pelican 1963

KEYWORDS: Roman empire ancient Rome archaeology history

$1975.00
1t5c/26

Nobel's High Explosives: Part 1st - Introductory: Historical and Descriptive; Part 2nd - High Explosives and Appliances; Part 3rd - Sporting and Military Ammunition


N/A

RARE, second edition, large folding plate is present, oblong quarto, dark red cloth boards, dark red eps, frontispiece, 165pp, folding plate, illus, VG- (large price sticker to front board partially covering lettering,two large numbers (about 2cm tall) painted on front board, moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising & fraying to board corners, heavy foxing to frontispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate foxing to page edges, wrinkling to part of folding plate)

PUBLISHER: Nobel's Explosives Company Limited 1908 (second edition)

KEYWORDS: Nobel Nobel's Explosives Company history high explosives blasting dynamite gunpowder ammunition

$75.00
1t23a/4

Electoral and Constitutional Change in New Zealand: An MMP Source Book


BOSTON, JONATHAN & LEVINE, STEPHEN & MCLEAY, ELIZABETH & ROBERTS, NIGEL S. (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 497pp, VG (light rubbing to covers, light creasing to cover corners, clear sellotape to front cover corners, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics electoral reform MMP political history

$10.00
xxsio100999

Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris sous Francois 1er


JOUTARD, PHILLIPPE (Ed.)

Paperback (VG-) (cracked spine), 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Union Generale d'Editions 1963

KEYWORDS: text in french history france paris

$48.50
1t23a/6

Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891-1995


MARTIN, JOHN E.

Small quarto, black cloth boards withsilver lettering to spine, 478pp, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading, slight soiling, creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand department of labour government politics policy work employment history

$52.50
1t23a/11

The Romance of the Moa


DRUMMOND, JAMES

First edition, duodecimo, light brown sewn paper wrapper, black lettering to front, 29pp, illus, VG (creasing to covers, 1cm closed tear to spine extrems, owner's name to front cover verso,slight soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited (nd)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history ornithology moa

$24.50
xxsio101032

A Dark Chapter from New Zealand History: By a Poverty Bay Survivor 1869


HAWTHORNE, JAMES

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maori Poverty Bay

$13.50
xxsip101058

The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History


GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Vintage 2001

KEYWORDS: science natural history

$40.00
1t23a/15

A History of the Ngamotu Mission and the Grey Institute Trust


MACLEAN, SALLY

Inscribed by officials of thee Grey Institute, imperial octavo, light card covers, 117pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing & fading to covers)

PUBLISHER: Sally MacLean 1992

KEYWORDS: The Ngamotu Mission Grey Institute Trust New Zealand history signed

$75.00
1t23a/18

An Ulster Plantation: The Story of the Kati Kati Settlement


GRAY, ARTHUR J.

Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 145pp + 5pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (lacks folding map, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems,slight fading to spine, owner's inscription to f.e.p., moderate foxing to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Kati Kati history

$150.00
1t23a/21

Headhunters of the Coral Sea


IDRIESS, ION L.

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 237pp, VG (heavy tanning, slight fading to spine, slight bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1941

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Torres Strait nautical maritime Charles Eaton wreck Jack Ireland Will D'Oyly biography travel history

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