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$40.00
2i22/22

Interview with India


BOURKE-WHITE, MARGARET

Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, several small tears with loss to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Travel Book Club 1951

KEYWORDS: India travel Mahatma Gandhi history

$40.00
2i22/25

Spirits of the Air


DIEMBERGER, KURT

Inscribed, dated & signed by author, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1994

KEYWORDS: Kurt Diemberger Mountaineers Austria autobiography mountains history signed

$45.00
2i22/28

The Forlorn Hope: a sea saga of the sixties


CLUNE, FRANK

inscribed & signed by author, first edition, octavo, blue & brown stapled wrapper, 31pp, VG (moderate tanning to wrapper & pages)

PUBLISHER: Hawthorn Press 1945

KEYWORDS: signed travel forlorn hope ship nautical history

$40.00
2i22/29

The awful disclosures of Maris Monk: Mysteries of a Convent: Six Months in a Convent


MONK, MARIA

3 Volumes in one, octavo illus boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 196pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (light tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Philadelphia (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Catholic Church Doctrines history religion

$95.00
2i22/31

William Colenso: His Life and Journeys


PETERSON, G.C. & BAGNALL, A.G.

super octavo, green cloth boards, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: biography history William Colenso

$40.00
2i22/35

Saskatchewan: A New History


WAISER, BILL & PERRET, JOHN (Photos)

Signed by author, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board & spine, frontispiece, vii + 563pp, illus, NR FINE in NR FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Fifth House / Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2006

KEYWORDS: Saskatchewan Canada Canadian history signed

$40.00
2i22/42

The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1936: Forty-Fourth Issue


N/A

Super octavo, brown boards with black lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, viii + 793pp + folding map, VG- (moderate internal cracking to front board hinge, light tanning to boards, moderate tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, previous owners name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: G.H. Loney 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealaand year book history

$345.00
2i22/48

The New Zealand Rugby Annual 1920 (First Year of Publication)


JONES, TOM (compiled)

octavo, illus paper wrapper, illus eps, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to title page, some rusting to pages & cover from staples, light soiling to cover, light tanning to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Geo. W. Slade Ltd 1920

KEYWORDS: rugby sports New Zealand history

$60.00
2i23/6

Law in Colonial Africa


MANN, KRISTIN (ed) & ROBERTS, RICHARD (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card cover, 246pp, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Educational Books 1991

KEYWORDS: law Africa history

$75.00
2i23/8

Labour in Government 1984-1987


WILSON, MARGARET

Inscribed & signed, octavo, illus light card covers, 143pp, VG+ (light rubbing to cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1989

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history politics labour party

$50.00
2i23/12

The Southlands of Siva: Some Reminiscences of Life in Southern India


BUTTERWORTH, A.

First edition, lacks f.e.p., green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ruling to front board, 258pp, VG (library booklet to r.e.p., light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1923

KEYWORDS: South India travel history

$15.00
2i23/20

The Child Grew: The Story of the Anglican Maori Mission


WILLIAMS, W.G.

First edition, octavo, grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 76pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's stamp to fep, light bruising to spine extremslight foxing to page edges, light tanning & light foxing to boards)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: Anglican Church Aotearoa New Zealand Polynesia pacific Missions history religion

$55.00
2i23/21

The Politics of Protest,


SKOLNICK, JEROME H.

First edition, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xxvii + 419pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, archival tape repair to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1969

KEYWORDS: Sociology Violence United States Politics history

$40.00
2i23/22

Raising Up a Prophet: The African-American Encounter with Gandhi


KAPUR, SUDARSHAN

Super octavo, illus light card cover, xi + 0222pp, VG (moderate fading to spine, light rubbing to cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: beacon Press 1992

KEYWORDS: Mahatma Gandhi African Americans Civil rights History

$60.00
2i23/25

Office-Holders in Modern Britain 1660-1870


SAINTY, J.C.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 159pp, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of London 1975

KEYWORDS: history Great Britain government officials

$14.00
xxkwn125877

Memoirs


GORBACHEV, MIKHAIL

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: Bantam Books 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Mikhail Gorbachev Russia USSR Soviet Union politics history modern

$16.50
xxkja125906

The Great British Picture Show


PERRY, GEORGE

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: Pavilion Books 1985

KEYWORDS: british film history entertainment

$35.00
xxkud125918

Thoroughbreds, Trainers, Toffs and Tic Tac Men: A Cartoon History of Horse Racing in New Zealand


GRANT, DAVID

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: Dunmore Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history horse racing sport cartoon humour comedy New Zealand caricature satire gambling turf culture

$20.00
xxkuc125927

Wake of the Invercauld: Shipwrecked in the Sub-Antarctic: A Great Granddaughter's Pilgrimage


ALLEN, MADELENE FERGUSON

Large 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: Exisle Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history adventure maritime nautical New Zealand Robert Holding biography autobiography Madelene Ferguson Allen

$18.50
xxkuc125928

Journeying With Aviators in New Zealand


SINCLAIR, ROY

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: Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: aviation travel exploration New Zealand history

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