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$27.50
xxrji124062

The Story of Hawke's Bay


REED, A. H. & NASH, WALTER (Fore)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (tatty); 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hawke's Bay history maori pakeha settlers

$22.50
xxrji124066

Baden-Powell


JEAL, TIM

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: Hutchinson 1989

KEYWORDS: history biography Lord Baden-Powell boy scouts memoir British

$22.50
xxrjj124069

The Age of the Traction Engine


WHITEHEAD, ROBERT A.

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: Ian Allan 1970

KEYWORDS: traction engines engineering machines machinery history transport

$14.00
xxrjj124079

The Life and Times of Sir James Wilson of Bulls


WILD, L. J.

Ex-library copy, 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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Sir James Wilson agriculture farming history

$12.00
xxrjj124084

Betrayal in High Places


MACKAY, JAMES

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: Tasman Archives (NZ) 1996 approx

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration travel human rights military history

$16.50
xxrjj124097

The Treaty of Waitangi


ORANGE, CLAUDIA

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: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand treaty of Waitangi history maori English social science political science

$8.50
xxrjj124110

The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America: Grenlendinga Saga and Eirik's Saga


MAGNUSSON, MAGNUS & PALSSON, HERMANN (Trans & Intro)

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

KEYWORDS: history exploration travel norse America

$18.00
xxrjj124115

Shoulder to Shoulder: A Documentary


MACKENZIE, MIDGE

Large 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: Penguin Books 1975

KEYWORDS: history suffrage women's studies feminism British

$27.50
xxrjj124117

Tales of the Town: Little Known Anecdotes of Life in Cedar Rapids


CLEMENTS, RALPH

Signed by author, large quarto hardcover (VG-) no d/w; 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: Stamats Publishing Company 1967 approx

KEYWORDS: history anthropology America Iowa Cedar Rapids exploration

$37.00
xxrjj124118

Legends of Our Times: Native Cowboy Life


BAILLARGEON, MORGAN & TEPPER, LESLIE

Large imperial 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: University of Washington Press 1998 (approx)

KEYWORDS: history America USA rodeo prairie social science ranches great plains

$25.00
xxrjj124120

Portraits: 9/11/01: The Collected Portraits of Grief From the New York Times


RAINES, HOWELL (Fore) & SCOTT, JANNY (Intro)

Large 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: Times Books 2003

KEYWORDS: 9/11 history America USA september 11 portraits deceased New York Times

$25.00
xxrjj124122

The Rise of a Nation: 30 Years in Pictures


AHMED, ABDUL HAMID (Ed)

Large quarto 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: Al Nisr Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: history UAE politics gulf economics infrastructure exploration

$35.00
xxrjj124123

Poland: Landscape, Art, History


NOWAK, ANDRZEJ

Small folio 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: Kluszczynski n/d

KEYWORDS: Poland history travel exploration art landscape

$14.00
xxrjj124126

Watergate and the White House: June 1972-July 1973 Volume 1


KNAPPMAN, EDWARD W. (Ed)

Large imperial 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: Facts on File 1973

KEYWORDS: America USA history watergate scandal politics biographies

$60.00
2i10/9

Emulation-Working Explained


INMAN, HERBERT F.

Octavo, Purple card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 301pp, VG (moderate soiling to spine, light bruising to spine & board edges, light scuffing & light staining to boards, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Masonic Publishing 1937

KEYWORDS: Freemasons United Grand Lodge of England manual reference history

$40.00
2i10/10

Flying Fury


MCCUDDEN, JAMES BYFORD

Super octavo, black card boards with red lettering to spine & front board,red colouring to top of page edges, red eps, frontispiece, xvii + 270pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine edges, moderate scuffing to boards, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Aviation Book Club 1939

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Royal Air Force RAF World War One WW1 Aerial operations aviation military history

$75.00
2i10/11

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ


WALLACE, LEW

Early printing of UK First edition, octavo, brown card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus to spine & fron board, frontispiece, 428pp + 4pp adverts, VG ( light bruising to spine edges, light soiling to boards, moderate browning to page edges, slight foxing to page edges, soiling to eps, pages 407 to 410 loose & pages 423 to 426 loose)

PUBLISHER: Walter Scott1888

KEYWORDS: Jesus Christ Bible literature modern first edition Rome History Tiberius Fiction religion

$100.00
2i10/12

A Kut Prisoner


BISHOP, H.C.W.

First edition, octavo, purple card boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiii + 243pp, illus, VG (heavy browning to spine, previous owners name to fep in ink & as a stamp, preiviour owners name to title page, soiling to eps, moderate fading to edge of boards, light foxing to page edges, slight browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head (n/d)

KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 history Prisoners prisons Turkish Harry Coghill Watson Bishop autobiography

$45.00
2i10/18

Recollections of a Jeweller's Life.


BLACK, JOHN HENRY

Scarce, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 172pp, illus, VG+ (Covered in clear contact, light bubbling to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John H. Black 2001

KEYWORDS: John Henry Black history Jewelers New Zealand autobiography arts Jewellery

$80.00
2i10/19

Travels in Arabia Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hedjaz Which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacredssss


BURCKHARDT, J.L.

Facsimile reprint, Quarto, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering & gilt motifs to spine, xiv + 478pp, folding map, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to front board) in d/w VG (light scuffing to cover edges & spine, 1cm tear with loss to front cover, 0.5cm & 1cm closed tears to top rear cover, slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Librairie Du Liban 1972

KEYWORDS: Arabian Peninsula John Lewis Burckhardt Travel Middle East History Hedjaz

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