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$30.00
xxsiv101437

A Book of Ballads on German History


WAGNER, WILLIAM (Ed.)

Octavo hardcover (VG), TEXT IN GERMAN with annotations in English; 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: Cambridge University Press 1877

KEYWORDS: german ballads tradition music oral history

$68.00
1t23a/57

Woodlands Street: The Story of a Timaru Church


GREENWOOD, WILLIAM

Octavo, heavy card boards with dustwrapper attached at spine, 92pp, illus, VG (light foxing & soiling to covers, crease to spine, owner's name & address to half-title, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Woodlands Street Methodist Circuit (nd)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Timaru Woodlands Street Methodist church history

$55.00
1w3a/16

A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth


MCINTYRE, W. DAVID

Octavo, illus light card covers, x + 265pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Palgrave 2001

KEYWORDS: commonwealth politics history

$75.00
1w3a/19

An Aeronautical History of the Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway Region: Part 2: 1915 to 1930


CONNON, PETER

This volume only, signed by author, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 182pp, illus, NR FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: St Patrick's Press 1984

KEYWORDS: Cumbria Dumfries Galloway aeronautical England English aviation history signed

$16.50
xxsiv101450

A Military History of Germany: from the eighteenth century to the present day


KITCHEN, MARTIN

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: Weidenfel and Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: military history germany 1700-1975

$80.00
1w3a/21

Representing the South Pacific: Colonial Discourse from Cook to Gauguin


EDMOND, ROD

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 307pp, VG+ (review slip to fe.p., slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: South Pacific islands post-colonial studies social history anthropology culture sociology

$40.00
1w3a/23

Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures


RASKIN, ABRAM & ZNAMENOV, VADIM (Eds) et al

Text in English, large quarto, patterened brown heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to spine & front board, blue eps, folding frontispiece, 372pp, illus, VG (light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (sellotape repairs to closed tears to edges, light foxing, heavy creasing to front flap, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1978

KEYWORDS: Petrodvorets Peterhof Russia Russian gardens palaces architecture design landscaping fountains scuptures art history photography

$40.00
1w3a/24

The Shackleton Voyages


HUNTFORD, ROLAND (Intro) & SUMMERS, JULIE & ROWLEY, DAVID et al

Large quarto, dark blue paper covered boards with with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, NR FINE (owner's small address stamp to rear ep) in d/w, NR FINE

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2002

KEYWORDS: Sir Ernest Shackleton biography pictorial history Antarctic polar exploration

$9.50
xxsiw101471

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution


LEVY, STEPHEN

Paperback (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: Dell Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: hacking hackers computer programming history 50s 60s 1950 1960

$55.00
xxsiw101492

Kiwi Companeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War


DERBY, MARK (Ed.)

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa spanish civil war spain kiwi kiwis new zealanders soldiers history

$28.50
xxsiw101523

Tales of Old North Taranaki


MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Large 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: New Plymouth 150 Years Official Project 1991

KEYWORDS: taranaki new zealand history

$38.50
xxsiw101528

Our Music is Red With Purple Flashes: The Story of The Creation


EGAN, SEAN

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Cherry Red Books 2004

KEYWORDS: music the creation history band

$30.00
xxsix101589

Come Wind, Come Weather


BALDERSTON, DAVID & CHURCH, IAN (Ed.)

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Maritime Society 2002

KEYWORDS: maritime history ship pilot otago harbour peninsula

$20.00
xxsix101594

Questions on German History: Ideas, forces, decisions from 1800 to the present: Historical Exhibition in the Berlin Reichstag Catalogue, 3rd (updated) Edition


n/a

Imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: German Bundestag Publications' Section (n.d.)

KEYWORDS: german history primary source exhibition catalogue berlin

$15.00
xxsix101607

An Outline of European Architecture


PEVSNER, NIKOLAUS

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Pelican 1968

KEYWORDS: Europe history architecture

$30.00
xxsiy101650

The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898 - 1934


LANGLEY, LESTER D.

Super Octavo hardcover (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: Scholarly Resources 2002

KEYWORDS: history war Caribbean military

$12.50
xxsiy101671

Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground


STEEL, NIGEL & HART, PETER

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Cassell 2001

KEYWORDS: history Ypres third Battle Leper Belgium World War One WW1

$26.50
2e18a/3

Otago Harbour: Currents of Controversy


MCLEAN, GAVIN

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 357pp, illus, VG- (binding sloppy, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping, creasing and tearing to edges, light rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Otago Harbour Board 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Port of Otago Harbour Dunedin nautical marine history

$35.00
2e18a/4

Howard Smith Shipping: Enterprise and Diversity 1854-2001


FARQUHAR, IAN

Signed by author, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to red spine, 168pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: The Nautical Association of Australia 2002

KEYWORDS: Howard Smith Shipping Limited Australia Australian marine nautical business history signed

$50.00
2e18a/5

Crossed Flags: The Histories of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and the Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and their Subsidiaries


LAXON, W. A. & FARQUHAR, I. J. & KIRBY, N. J. & (based on draft by PERRY, F. W. )

Signed by all three authors, quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 196pp, illus, VG+ in VG (closed tear to front w/ prev. owner's repairs)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1997

KEYWORDS: the New Zealand Shipping Company Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited marine nautical transport history signed

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