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Hawaii. Hawaiian Service Inc., 1983.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 56pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Artist Peter Jacka explores the unique plant species of the islands of Hawaii. From the humble pineapple to the flamboyant exotics of the Bird of Paradise, Hibiscus & Frangipani to the Bougainvillea.

Lond. Lewis Masonic., 1980.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 298pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.

Lond. Putnam., 1978.. (2nd ed.) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 541pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. Geoffrey de Havilland's first primitive biplane of 1909 began a 53 year history of de Havilland military, civil & experimental aircraft. In 1963 de Havilland merged with the Hawker Siddeley group.

Yeovil (Somerset) Haynes Publishing, 2010.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 264pp. Many b/w ills. and maps. Fine. 1st ed. Recollections and letters from the Great War. The Foljambes played exactly the sort of role expected from an English upper middle-class family of the Edwardian age.

Bath. Parragon Books., 2002.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 384pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. 1st ed. Featuring more than 650 of the most significant combat aircraft manufactured since the beginning of the 20th century. Each entry features the design, development history, service record & specifications

N.Y. Funk & Wagnalls., 1968.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 555pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Blackburn Aircraft Limited was founded by Robert & Jessy Blackburn in Leeds in 1908 & produced their first monoplane in 1909. In 1960 Blackburn Aircraft became part of the Hawker Siddeley company.

N.Y. Everest House., 1980.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. b/w ills. Dj sl.torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. In 1934 Pan American Airways announced that it planned to fly to Pacific Islands. This caused the US Navy to seek to fortify the Pacific amidst suspicion that the Japanese would seek to sabotage this.

N.Y. Numismatic Review., 1972.. Col.ill.bds. 151pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. A catalogue of Japanese coins & coinage with prices listed at the market value of 1972. The Emperor Temmu began importing copper coins into Jaoan in 683AD & these were the first coins put in circulation

Lond. Bison Books., 1991.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. Scarce. Some of automotive history's most shining moments.

Melb. George Robertson & Co., 1914.. Or.cl. 234pp. (some foxing) b/w plates. Some foxing else a good copy. 1st ed.

Palo Alto,CA. The Glencannon Press., 1997.. (rep) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 424pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Second Edition. The S.S. Lane Victory was a Victory-class cargo ship used during WWII & carried war supplies in the Pacific before being deployed to evacuate Korean civilians during the Korean War in 1950.

Smithfield. Gary Allen Pty Ltd., 2004.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 308pp. (sl foxing) b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Charles Jager & Ben Travers became mates on the North African battlefields of WWII as they fought off Hitler's crack paratroops in the Battle of Crete. Greek villagers hid them from German troops.

Lond. Thames and Hudson., 1989.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 524pp. (sl foxing) Dustjacket sl.scuffed at edges. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. Towards the end of the 1960s, two sculpture students resolved to embark on a shared career as artists. Gilbert & George presented themselves as rigid & hollow men. They became Living Sculpture.

Oxford University Press., 1996.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. xii,464pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. Explores family experiences of dying, death, grieving, and mourning between 1830 and 1920.

Hobart. Baltic Research Foundation., 2017.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 167pp. b/w map. Very good copy. 1st English transaltion ed. In 1941 Russian forces enforced the mass deportation of Lithuanian men into forced labour in the Arkhangelsk region of the Russain Arctic. Only 11 survived & Stasys Jameikis was one who recounts events

Loftus,NSW. AMHP., 2005.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 208pp. b/w ills & a map. Very good copy. Clarrie James as an ordinary Private who was sent to Port Moresby with the 53rd Militia Battalion during WWII. As the Japanese lurked in the valleys, the local tribesmen were also an unknown threat.

Kurri Kurri. KABC (NSW)., 1998.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 32pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Published by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council to celebrate its winning of the 1995 Tidy Towns Award for Cultural Heritage Protection. A selection of historical photos of Kurri Kurri District.

Lond. The Folio Society., 1982.. Or.dec.cloth. 188pp. Light tanning to top edge & slight fading to cloth at spine. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st Folio Society ed. In the slip-case. The 19th century American writer Henry James, was fascinated by the differences between Americans & their European counterparts & captured these differences with insightful & elegant prose.

Carlton. Melbourne University Press, 1969.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 274pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. An abbridged edition of the 5 Volume Set that was first published by George Robertson between 1877 & 1878. Includes The Vagabond Down & Out, Vagabond & Manly Sports, Vagabond & Middle Class Morality.

Melb. Plto Press., 2006.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 262pp. b/w plates. Sl. foxing else a very good copy. 1st ed.