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$14.50
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Balaam's Curse: How Israel Lost Its Way and How It Can Find It Again


LESHEM, MOSHE

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: Simon & Schuster 1989

KEYWORDS: Israel politics government history

$9.00
xxsdr120883

Adam in Plumes


SIMPSON, COLIN

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: Angus & Robertson 1954

KEYWORDS: New Guinea exploration history anthropology sociology

$20.00
xxsev120888

The Katyn Cover-Up


FITZGIBBON, LOUIS (Ed)

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: Tom Stacey 1972

KEYWORDS: Katyn massacre history Russia Poland British government

$11.50
xxsfj120905

Black & Gold: Tycoons, Revolutionaries and Apartheid


SAMPSON, ANTHONY

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: Hodder & Stoughton 1987

KEYWORDS: South Africa apartheid politics history

$17.50
xxsfj120906

A History of the University of Natal


BROOKES, E. H.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in very tatty 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: University of Natal Press 1966

KEYWORDS: South Africa University Natal education history

$10.00
xxrfd120920

The Nuer: A description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People


EVANS-PRITCHARD, E. E.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: anthropology Nile Nolotic history

$47.50
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Crown Lynn; A New Zealand Icon


MONK, VALERIE RINGER

Square quarto illus light card covers, 168pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: penguin books 2006

KEYWORDS: new zealand art crown lynn pottery history

$100.00
1w40/28

The Rural Home Front ; A New Zealand Region and the Great War 1914-1926


HUCKER, GRAHAM

unpublished doctoral thesis, quarto xxiii + 332pp + 24pp bibliography, illus, MS cloth tape spine with clear plastic covers FINE

PUBLISHER: graham hucker 2006

KEYWORDS: new zealand history taranaki world war one

$150.00
1w40/33

1894-1994 Give Me Taihape on a Saturday Night


ROBERTSON, DENIS

first edition, oblong quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering, 352pp VG+ (light damp staining to boards, light wrinkling to lower page edges, crasing to prelims) in VG+ d/w (light soiling to covers, light foxing to inside, sl creasing to extrems).

PUBLISHER: heritage press 1995

KEYWORDS: taihape history new zealand

$245.00
1w40/38

Libro Llamado Consulado De Mar (Valencia 1539) ( Consulate of the Sea)


CHINER, J & GALIANA, J

facsimile reprint of 1539 edition, with a volume of translation and study. The facsimile is a limited numbered signed edition of 500 with vellum boards and leather tie strings. Translation and study volume is 386pp. both books are in FINE condition both in a FINE deluxe deep blue velvet presentation box with cream cloth interior and metal seal inlay to front cover - a magnificent (perhaps unique) presentation of this impressive set. All text is in spanish

PUBLISHER: Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Valencia 2003

KEYWORDS: spain travel history maritime valencia

$40.00
1w40/41

Bells to Sirens: 100 years of the Lower Hutt Fire Brigade 1905-2005


GRAY, COLIN

oblong quarto illus light card covers, 110pp, illus, FINE

PUBLISHER: lower hutt fire brigade 2005

KEYWORDS: fire brigade transport history lower hutt

$47.50
1w40/45

A Wanganui Photo Album... Pages from the Past


BATES, ARTHUR P

first edition oblong octavo illus laminated boards, 151pp, illus VG+ (fading to cover and spine)

PUBLISHER: wanganui newspapers 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand photography history wanganui whanganui

$50.00
1w40/46

The Eritrean Case ; Proceeding of the Permanent People's Tribunal of the International League For the Rights and Liberation of peoples Session on Eritrea Milan Italy May 24-26 1980


n/a

octavo light card covers, 405pp VG (light marking and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: research and information center on Eritrea 1980

KEYWORDS: politicis history eritrea human rights

$175.00
1w40/48

Peace Resesarch Reviews Volume IX - Number 4 and Volume IX - Number 5; Accidental Nuclear War; The Growing Peril Part 1 and Part 11


NEWCOMBE, ALAN (ed)

two volumes super octavo illus light card covers, ( vol 1) 111pp + iii (vol 2) 121-202pp + i; both VG+ (light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: peace research institute 1984

KEYWORDS: history science military nuclear weapons war

$80.00
1w41/3

Cappadocia


SOZEN, METIN (ed)

first edition large quarto, brick red cloth with blindstamped titling, illus eps, 591pp, illus VG+ ( soiling to title page) in VG+ d/w ( light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: ayhan sahenk foundation 1998

KEYWORDS: turkey cappadocia history art

$200.00
1w41/7

Breve Compendio de la Sphera y de la Arte de Navegar 1551 (facsimile edition) text in spanish


CORTES, MARTIN

quarto vellum boards, 102pp, Near FINE (light spotting to ocer and biblioteca label to front board) facsimile edition including functional dials, numbered, dated and SIGNED limited edition

PUBLISHER: vincent garcia editores 1996

KEYWORDS: spain languages spanish signed history travel nautical navigation maritime

$40.00
1w41/8

The Taj volume 31 number 1; The Centenary; 100 years of Glory


ZAKARIA, FATIMA R (ed)

quarto illus light card covers, 360pp, illus, FINE in FINE full leather case with gilt Taj motif. A deluxe presentation edition

PUBLISHER: Taj hotel group 2003

KEYWORDS: taj hotel luxury history india

$65.00
1w41/12

Fortuitous Legacy; The Masterton Trust Lands Trust 1872-1997


HENDERSON, ALAN

octavo faux leather deep green boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, , xi+ 428pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w SIGNED by author

PUBLISHER: masterton trust lands trust 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand masterton lands trusts history law signed

$75.00
1w41/25

Romania During the Reign of Carol I 1866-1914 ; Romania in Timpul Lui Carol I 1866-1914 (dual language - english & romanian)


NEGUTU, MARIANA & COROAMA, RADU (eds)

large quarto illus gloss boards, 396pp, illus near FINE (small dent in edge of spine)

PUBLISHER: editura 2006

KEYWORDS: history royalty romania carol I languanges romanian

$50.00
1w41/27

A Time to Dance; The Royal New Zealand Ballet at 50


SHENNA, JENNIFER

octavo black cloth boards, 71pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w in FINE cloth board slipcase with silver lettering; Limited numbered edition SIGNED by the author

PUBLISHER: jennifer shennan 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand ballet dance history signed

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