Search Results: Titles starting with T from The Secret Bookshop

N.J: Scarecrow Pr, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is from the overseas collection at the National Library of New Zealand. A very clean copy, other than a couple of stamps.

Australia: Unwin Hyman, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A very clean copy. On August 12, 1943, 32-year-old Pete Galantin took command of the U.S.S. Halibut at Midway Island. Armed with torpedos and a 50 caliber deck gun, Halibut roamed from Pearl Harbor to Saipan, the Phillippines and the coast of Japan, sinking 13 enemy vessels - including a 10,000 ton heavy cruiser - until, on November 14, 1944, the longest, most ferocious attack ever survived by a U.S. submarine knocked Halibut out of commision. It was a career that earned both ship and crew the Navy Unit Commendation. Now pigboat skipper Pete Galantin tells Halibut's remarkable story. Here are the men who lived and fought from cramped, close quarters, the excitement and drama of on-target hits, and the frustration and peril of all too frequent near-misses caused by malfunctioning torpedos. And here is the final, legendary battle near Luzon Strait. After sinking two enemy vessels, Halibut took depth charges that drove her under to 420 feet,… Read More

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quarter bound burgundy leather and burgundy cloth with two raised bands to spine. Gilt decorations and titles. A fore edges tipped in 22ct gold. Silk marker. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout byLeon Carre. Book has not been read and feels as though never opened.

Launceston: D & L Books Distributors, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 18755240006 Both the book and jacket have very small amounts of shelf wear only. The book feels unread.

Launceston: D & L Books Distributors, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 18755240006 Both the book and jacket have very small amounts of shelf wear only. The book feels unread.Small pen name

Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The jacket has some light dulling down and the book has very light foxing.

USA: lulu.com, 2017. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This copy is like new. Heavy volume for outside NZ

London: IPC Magazines, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book has very lightly bumped corners and spinne tips and is slightly dulled down on the spine. Small pen inscription.

London: heinemann, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. First Australian Edition-Stated. Book condition: Good. a couple of marks on the boards. Very light foxing. Dust Jacket condition: Poor. Not price clipped but has major closed tears and small amounts of chipping

Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy with a small ownership sticker.

Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy with only faint tanning to the endpapers and some minor shelf wear to the jacket.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1906. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Split along the front of the spine and rubbing to the board edges. Small triangle cut from fep. Frontis and half title missing. Cracked at the title page. Light pencil marginalia. A reading copy only.

London: Faber and Faber, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some foxing and tanning to the end papers. The jacket has chipping and closed tears

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1946. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia., 1946. First Edition. Soft Cover/ French Flaps. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket as issued. Slight tanning and a little rubbed and bumped.

Lon: Sampson Low Marston. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. E Jeffrey. Corners are rubbed. Forward lean. Split along front of spine reaching 1/3 . Pen name to ''Book belongs to section. No other inscriptions. Contents pretty clean. Dust jacket a little tatty with closed tears and chipping. Circa 1950 0 0

Australia: New Holland Publishers, 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy of Beadell's Australian classic. Is the story of how from 1956 to 1958 Len Beadell and his team made the first road to cross Central Australia fro east to west.

London.: GRAFTON., 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thus after the American. Book has very light dust dulling to the top fore edge. Appears unread. The jacket would be fine but for a tiny closed tear that has been paper repaired.

Auckland: The Halcyon Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A good reading copy only as it is an ex-library copy.

Auckland: The Halcyon Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small pen name and a tiny hint of dulling down to the jacket.

Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is in very nice condition