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$27.50
xxsni113915

A Collector's History of English Pottery


LEWIS, GRISELDA

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: Antique Collector's Club 1999

KEYWORDS: pottery cramics english history collector collecting

$30.00
xxsni113917

The Image Maker: The Art of James Berry


TYE, J. R. & BRODIE, J. W. (Essay) & SEARLE, J. N. L. (Essay) & TAYLOR, C. R. H. (Essay)

Imperial 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1984

KEYWORDS: james berry art stamps stamp coins coin design history new zealand

$17.50
xxsni113920

You Are My Darling Zita


BUSCH, GLENN

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: Godwit Press 1991

KEYWORDS: new zealand testimonies memoir history

$15.00
xxsni113926

Taken In: Being, a Sketch of New Zealand Life


HOPEFUL

Capper Press reprint, 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 life culture human geography colonial settlement history

$12.50
xxsnj113959

Tracing Family History in New Zealand


BROMELL, ANNE

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: Government Printing Office 1988

KEYWORDS: family history heritage new zealand

$14.00
xxsnj113964

Fontana History of Science: The Fontana History of Technology


CARDWELL, DONALD

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: Fontana Press 1994

KEYWORDS: technology science history invention

$28.50
2s29/40

The Bungalow in New Zealand


ASHFORD, JEREMY

First edition, small quarto, illus light card covers, 96pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand bungalows architecture houses homes building history

$325.00
2s29/43

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species


DARWIN, CHARLES

Early edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, dark brown coated eps, xxiv + 352pp, illus, VG (heavy browning to page edges and prelims, heavy dampstaining to upper half of rear board, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1884

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural history botany science flowers

$1650.00
2s29/44

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom


DARWIN, CHARLES

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, brown coated eps, viii + 482pp, VG (moderate fraying to cloth of board edges & corners, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2cm tear to cloth of spine side, some staining to boards, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1876

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin science botany natural history vegetables fertilisation

$60.00
2s30/5

The Old Identities: being Sketches and Reminiscences during The First Decade of the Province of Otago, New Zealand


AN OLD IDENTITY [BARR, JAMES]

Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, page edges stained red, brown coated eps, frontispiece, 395pp, VG- (front hinge cracked, light staining & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing to board edges & spine sides, some scratches to boards, owner's name & address in ink to fep, another owner's name & address in ink to frontispiece verso, sporadic light staining)

PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick & Co 1879

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history

$175.00
2s30/9

Forest Lore of the Maori


BEST, ELSDON

Super octavo, red-brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped portrait to front board, xiii + 421pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to board edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (sl creasing to edges, light sunning to spine)

PUBLISHER: EC Keating Government Printer 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori hunting fishing myths leends food foraging history

$90.00
2s30/14

British Lighthouses: Their History and Romance


WRYDE, J. SAXBY

Ex library, super octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, gilt ship motif to front board, gilt lighthouse motif to spine, frontispiece, 383pp, illus, VG- (usu library markings, moderate fraying to board edges & corners, some bruising to spine extrems, some rubbing to boards, esp rear board, moderate tanning to page edges and eps, sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1913

KEYWORDS: UK Britain British lighthouses naval maritime history

$60.00
2s30/15

Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy with some account of the COnditions of Naval Warfare at the beginning of the 18th Century


MAHAN, A. T.

Ex library, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, black coated eps, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xiv + 500pp, illus, slightly tatty VG (usu library markings, moderate fraying to board edges, some scuffing to boards, moderate browning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co 1904

KEYWORDS: Britain British Navy naval maritime history officeres warfare

$10.00
xxsnj114008

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women


FALUDI, SUSAN

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: Chatto & Windus 1992

KEYWORDS: Feminism United States history

$12.50
xxsnk114011

Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle


FOX, RICHARD ALLAN

Damp wrinkling to first 50 pages, 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: Uninversity of Oklahoma Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Archaeology History battle war

$15.00
xxsnk114028

Tang of the Bush


KEENE, KATHLEEN

First edition, 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: 1966

KEYWORDS: Otago New Zealand history

$18.50
xxsnk114029

Wind in the Tussocks: The Story of the Rangitata Plains


HARPER, BARBARA

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: John McIndoe 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand History

$12.00
xxsnk114036

The Vikings and Their Origins


WILSON, DAVID

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: Book Club Associates 1971

KEYWORDS: vikings Scandinavia history

$22.50
xxsnk114040

The Vikings


ROESDAHL, ELSE

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: Guild Publishing 1991

KEYWORDS: vikings history

$25.00
xxsnk114053

Southern Capital: Christchurch


COOKSON, JOHN & DUNSTALL, GRAEME

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: Canterbury university Press 2000

KEYWORDS: history Christchurch New Zealand

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