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$42.50
2i8/11

Merleau-Ponty, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernism


BUSCH, THOMAS W (ed) & GALLAGHER, SHAUN (ed)

First edition, super octavo, black heavy card boards with lettering to boards & spine, xii + 263pp, Nr Fine (slight scuffing to board edges)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1992

KEYWORDS: history Merleau-Ponty Hermeneutics Postmodernism philosophy

$100.00
2i8/12

Mana from Heaven: A Century of Maori Prophets in New Zealand


ELSMORE, BRONWYN

Ownership of Stuart Pack, anthropologist and former director of Auckland War Memorial Museum; Super octavo, patterned light card covers with black lettering to cards and spine, xix + 378pp, VG+ (very light soiling and foxing to page edges, covered in clear contact causing very light bubbling to card edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history prophets Maori religion bible

$50.00
2i8/15

A Case History: The Hawke's Bay Hospital Board 1876-1989


CONLY, GEOFF

Imperial octavo, heavy purple card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, purple eps, frontispiece, x + 308pp, illus, Nr Fine (slight scuffing board & spine edges)

PUBLISHER: Hawke's Bay Area Health Board 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hawkes Bay

$60.00
2i8/17

A Scheme of Egyptian Chronology with Notes Thereon Including Notes in Cretan and Other Chronologies


MACNAUGHTON, DUNCAN

First edition, Imperial octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 405pp, illus, VG (owner's name & date in heavy pencil to front pastedown, moderate bruising to board edges, 1.5cm closed tear to top of spine, light fraying to spine edges, moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Luzac & Co. 1932

KEYWORDS: ancient history egypt egyptology Egyptian Chronology Cretan

$245.00
2i8/19

Golden Goliath


CLUNE, FRANK

First limited signed edition, scarce thus, colour cover art is a tipped in page in front of book, brown cloth boards with dark brwon lettering to spine, illus title page, 45pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, owner's ex-libris label to front pastedown, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tannning to eps, small stamp and no. in ink to lower rear pastedown, small stain to page 8)

PUBLISHER: The Hawthorn Press 1946

KEYWORDS: Edward Hammond Hargraves Gold mining discoveries New South Wales History Australia Gold discoveries signed

$90.00
2i8/21

Memoirs of Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with Observations on the Country and the People, In Three Volumes


GOLOWNIN, CAPTAIN & MCMASTER, JOHN (Intro)

3 volume set in slipcase, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & red panel to spine, dark green eps, xix + lxxxix + 316pp (vol I), 358pp (vol II), viii + 302pp (vol III), NR FINE in slipcase, VG+ (slight rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: Captain Golownin Japan POW prisoner of war military history memoir autobiography

$70.00
2i8/22

Aviation in Leicestershire and Rutland


BONSER, ROY

Quarto, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, illus title page, 392pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (covered in clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Midland Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: aviation Leicestershire Rutland World War Two WW2 RAF Royal Air Force history

$80.00
2i8/24

An Escaper's Log


GRINNELL-MILNE, DUNCAN

First edition fourth printing, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 306pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG (light chaffing & slight saining to boards, owner's inscription to f.e.p., owner's name & bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1940

KEYWORDS: Duncan Grinnell-Milne POW prisoner of war prison escape Germany autobiography memoir first world war 1 ww1 military history

$20.00
2i8/27

Gallipoli


JAMES, ROBERT RHODES

First edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 384pp, illus, VG (light bruising and scuffing to board edges, sl foxing to page edges and end pages) in d/w, VG- (heavy sunning to spine, moderate scuffing to spine and flap hinges, light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford Ltd 1965

KEYWORDS: Gallipoli first world war 1 ww1 military history

$45.00
2i8/31

The Road to Passchendaele: The Flanders Offensive of 1917, A Study of Inevitability


TERRAINE, JOHN

Signed interesting inscription from Col Rory McLeod to General Denning, first edition, octavo, brown cloth baords with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiv + 365pp, VG (slight bruising to board corners, slight dent to rear board upper edge) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, light creasing to edges, inside reinforced with brown tape, covered in clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1977

KEYWORDS: Passchendaele Flanders second world war 2 ww2 military history

$8.50
xxrib122907

Dear Chevvy


BOOTH, PAT & CLARK, KEITH S. (Illus)

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: A.H. & A.W Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: autobiography Pat Booth New Zealand history motoring 1926 Chevrolet Tourer vintage cars

$8.50
xxrib122912

English Diaries And Journals


O'BRIEN, KATE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: William Collins of London 1943

KEYWORDS: history England Diaries Journals

$12.50
xxrib122914

Doctor In The Mountains


ANDERSON, DR W.A.

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: A.H. & A.W Reed

KEYWORDS: history medicine autobiography Dr W.A.Anderson New Zealand South Island Te Wai Pounamu Queenstown Lake Wakatipu

$9.00
xxrib122916

March Of The Little Men


BENNETT, F.O.

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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: Waiweka Canterbury New Zealand history novelisation

$15.00
xxrib122961

Captain Cook: Navigator and Discoverer


THIERY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Robert M. McBride & Co 1930

KEYWORDS: history Pacific biography Captain Cook navigation naval exploration

$37.50
xxric122982

The Whale's Wake


MORTON, HARRY

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: University of Otago Press 1982

KEYWORDS: whales whaling history Pacific New Zealand nautical

$10.00
xxric122992

Happy Alchemy: On The Pleasures Of Music And The Theatre


DAVIES, ROBERTSON & SURRIDGE, JENNIFER (Ed) & DAVIES, BRENDA (Ed)

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: Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: music history criticism aesthetics

$9.00
xxric123010

La Grande Mademoiselle: An Entertaining Portrait of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Greatest Lady of Seventeenth-Century France


STEEGMULLER, FRANCIS

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books / Hamish Hamilton 1959

KEYWORDS: history France biography Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans

$14.00
xxrid123048

From Innocents To Agents: Children and Children's Rights In New Zealand


REID, MICHAEL

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: Maxim Institute 2006

KEYWORDS: history chidren law New Zealand rights society

$11.00
xxrid123060

Pioneering A Vision: A History Of The Royal New Zealand Foundation For The Blind: 1890-1990


CATRAN, KEN & HANSEN, PENNY

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: RNZFB 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history RNZFB Royal New Zealand Foundation For The Blind

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