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$40.00
2s9c/13

Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent


MCGONIGAL, DAVID

Fol., 400; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, tp & prelims. photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping).

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2008

KEYWORDS: Antarctica South Pole physical geography geology biology history

$45.00
1y22c/23

Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting, and Reflecting on the Encounters Between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era


SCHWARTZ, STUART B (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & orange lettering (faded) to spine, frontispiece, xv + 637pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Europe European foreign relations history culture communication ethnicity ethnopsychology geography

$25.00
xxsek214999

The Transformation of the Chinese Earth


BUCHANAN, KEITH

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: G Bell & Sons 1970

KEYWORDS: modern China Chinese geography

$35.00
xxske215425

Mapping Desire: Geographies of Sexualities


BELL, DAVID (Ed) & VALENTINE, GILL (Ed)

Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1995

KEYWORDS: geography sex sexuality social theory

$55.00
ak5/9/39

Notes sur la Distribution Geographique et la Morphologie de Diverses Stations Prehistoriques


REYGASSE, MAURICE

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 91pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling & creasing/scuffing to spine & covers/edges, minor annotation in ink to front cover, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, heavy crack to front gutter, light foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Acheuleen d'el-ma-el-abiod N/D

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH archeology archaeology prehistoric excavation sites geography distribution morphology

$40.00
ak5/10/22

The Discovery of the Pacific Islands


SHARP, ANDREW

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography

$100.00
ak5/12/46

The Modern Judea, Compared With Ancient Prophecy


WYLIE, Rev JAMES AITKEN

Sm octavo, half leatherbound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, frontis/folding map, 366pp, G+ (front board almost detached but tentatively hanging on, v heavy scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges- marbling still visible, minor foxing throughout, ffep potentially missing, folding map frontis has light to moderate foxing & minor creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1860

KEYWORDS: ancient biblical history Judea Judaea prophecy geography Palestine antiquity

$245.00
ak5/12/50

The Home Teacher (5 Vol Set)


NEIL, SAMUEL (Ed)

5 VOL SET, quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spines & boards, 1440 pp total, illus/maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate soiling to pages sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: William Mackenzie N/D (c.1886)

KEYWORDS: old teaching books home teacher series geography nature plants botany geopolitics history

$30.00
xxsqh215651

The Offshore Islands of Northern New Zealand: Proceedings of a Symposium Convened by the Offshore Islands Research Group in Auckland, 10-13 May 1983


WRIGHT, A E & BEEVER, R E (Eds)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Department of Lands and Survey 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand north offshore islands geography geology research groups marine

$45.00
ak5/17/21

Pure Geography


GRANO, JOHANNES GABRIEL & GRANO, OLAVI (Ed) & PAASI, ANSSI (Ed) & HICKS, MALCOLM (Trans)

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxvii + 191pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Johgn Hopkins University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: physical geography teaching study Estonia Finland landscape geology

$30.00
xxhqb215959

General Theory of Population


SAUVY, ALFRED & WRIGLEY, E A (Fore) & CAMPOS, CHRISTOPHE (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1969

KEYWORDS: demography demographics geography theory economics population

$25.00
xxhqb215960

Savage New Guinea


BJERRE, JENS

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1964

KEYWORDS: anthropology geography New Guinea customs culture first editions

$25.00
xxhve216149

The Spanish Civil War


THOMAS, HUGH

REPRINT, 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961

KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish civil war history geopolitics geography politics political civil unrest

$40.00
ak5/21/2

The Cambridge Ancient History (Third Edition): Volume 1, Part 1: Prolegomena and Prehistory


EDWARDS, I E S (Ed) & GADD, C J (Ed) & HAMMOND, N G L (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, xxii + 758pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (usual library markings- minimal, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series prehistory antiquity prolegomena geology geography prehistoric mesolithic palaeolithic

$40.00
ak5/21/3

The Cambridge Ancient History (Third Edition): Volume 1, Part 2: Early History of the Middle East


EDWARDS, I E S (Ed) & GADD, C J (Ed) & HAMMOND, N G L (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, errata slip to contents page, xxiii + 1058pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (usual library markings- minimal, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & moderate soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity geology geography middle east Egypt Babylonia Palestine Syria Mesopotamia Anatolia bronze age Aegean Assyria

$70.00
ak4/21a/10

A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes, with an Account of the Eruption of Tarawera


LEYS, THOMSON W

INCLUDES FOLDING CHRONOLITHOGRAPH PLATE, super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, 56pp + ads to rear, G (heavy scuffing & taoe staining to spine with some loss to extrems, rear cover detached but present, some minor insect damage to rear cover, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, heavy rusting & separation to interior staples, moderate cracking to gutters at staples, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic moderate soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Brett Printing & Publishing 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical brochures lakes terraces geysers volcanoes geology geography

$220.00
2g44/20

Science and Civilisation in China (2 Vol Set)


NEEDHAM, JOSEPH & LING, WANG (Research Assist.)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology

$15.00
xxpci217478

Tibet: A Chronicle of Exploration


MacGREGOR, JOHN

LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul (date obscured)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Tibet Himalayas history geography

$75.00
1y49b/10

The Wilds of Maoriland


BELL, JAMES MACKINTOSH

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 257pp, illus, 2x folding maps to rear, VG (minor rubbing & scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout inc. prelims, minor cracking to gutters, pgs 87-90 detached but present, moderate foxing & minor closed rearing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography historical landscape James Mackintosh Bell

$32.50
xxe3bd217574

Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders


HATFIELD, PHILIP J.

Oblong quarto hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd. 2019

KEYWORDS: Pacific islands ocean human geography history anthropology

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