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$120.00
2i14/2

The Dukes of Normandy, From the Time of Rollo to the Expulsion of King John


DUNCAN, JONATHAN

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to spine & front board, yellow eps, x + 393pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, previous owner's label to fep, light foxing to pages, closed tear repaired with glue to page v)

PUBLISHER: Harvey & Darton 1839

KEYWORDS: Normandy France Dukes France History Medieval period

$140.00
2i14/7

Selected Speeches


MARA, KAMISESE (selected)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 150pp, VG (heavy soiling to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light browning to eps) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light bruising, light creasing to spine extrems & cover corners, 1cm closed tear to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Govt. Printer 1977

KEYWORDS: Kamisese Mara Essays Fiji Politics government history

$400.00
2i14/8

The B.U.A. Monthly: The Official Organ of the British Undertakers' Association 1928-1932,


N/A

Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, page edges coloured red, 1149pp, illus, VG ( moderate rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: (n/d)

KEYWORDS: history British Undertakers Association BUA

$38.00
2i14/9

Being There: An Autobiography by Arguably the Most Successful All Round International Rider in the History of New Zealand Motorcycling


ANDERSON, HUGH

Signed by Author,, super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 372pp, illus VG+ (light rubbing and creasing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hugh Anderson

KEYWORDS: signed Autobiography History New Zealand Motorcycling sports

$75.00
2i14/11

Ye Yuzhong's Contemporary Chinese Painting


YE, YUZHONG

Quarto, Red cloth board with black lettering to spine, yellow eps, 199pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine in slipcase (light fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Rong bao zhai chu ban she, 1993

KEYWORDS: Ye Yuzhong arts modern Chinese painting history

$32.50
2i14/17

Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779


WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Selected)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black illus to front board & spine, gilt lettering to spine frotn board, top page edges coloured blue, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxiv + 552pp, illus, Nr Fine, in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: James Cook history Voyages travels Oceania Discovery exploration

$33.50
2i14/19

Rita Angus: An Artist's Life


TREVELYAN, JILL

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Rita Angus Biography arts Women painters New Zealand Biography history Painting

$90.00
ak2/16/1381

Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees


SIMPSON, PHILIP

Folio, green cloth boards with lettering to spine & front board, red eps, xii + 346pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Pohutukawa myrtaceae Rata New Zealand trees botany natural history

$65.00
2i14/25

Grune Holle Nurburgring: Faszination Nordschleife


KRALING, FERDI & MESSER, GREGOR

Text in German, Quarto, black boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, 174pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (covered in clear contact, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Delius Klasing Verlag 2011

KEYWORDS: racing cars history sports

$200.00
2i14/26

Walter Rohrl Diary: Memories of a World Champion


ROHRL, WALTER & MULLER, WILFRIED

Folio, illus card boards with lettering to spine & boards, 255pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, covered in clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Reinhard Klein 2003

KEYWORDS: rally driving sports history autobiography Walter Rohrl World Champion motorsport car racing

$70.00
2i14/30

National Parks of Sarawak


HAZEBROEK, HANS P. & KASHIM BIN ABANG MORSHIDI, ABANG

Super octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & fron board, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 502pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2001

KEYWORDS: National parks reserves Malaysia Sarawak Natural history environment forests

$40.00
2i14/35

England's Fight with the Papacy; A Political History


WALSH, WALTER

First edition, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g., frontispiece, xix + 493pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light rubbing to boards, light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, small dent to rear board edge, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name & date in ink to fep, owner's label to fep, light foxing to first few pages, moderate browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: James Nisbet 1912

KEYWORDS: politics history Great Britain England Catholic Church Foreign relations religion

$40.00
2i14/36

Oil Burner Service Manual


STEINER, KALMAN & RAVNSBECK, FRED

ex-library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ix + 365pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1942

KEYWORDS: oil burners reference manual history

$200.00
2i14/37

The Inventor of the Numeral-Type for China by the Use of Which Illiterate Chinese Both Blind and Insighted


GORDON-CUMMING, CONSTANCE F.

Inscribed & signed by author with tipped in enclosures at rear annotated by author, octavo, yellow cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, brown motif to rear board, black eps, frontispiecce, xii + 189pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Downey (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Blind Institutional Care China Printing writing systems history

$100.00
2i14/44

The Friar's Map of Ancient America 1360 AD: The Story of Nicholas of Lynn and the Franciscan Map of America


THOMPSON, GUNNAR

Quarto, illus light card covers, viii + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to covers & spine, light soiling to cover)

PUBLISHER: Laura Lee Productions 1996

KEYWORDS: Nicholas Lynn North America Maps ancient history Cartography

$65.00
2i14/50

Mahomet and Islam: A Sketch of the Prophet's Life From Original Sources, and a Brief Outline of His History


MUIR, WILLIAM

Octavo, brown octavo boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, brown eps, frontispiece, 279pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1887

KEYWORDS: Muḥammad Prophet Muslims religion Saudi Arabia Biography history

$50.00
2i15/2

Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh


LAWRENCE, H.M.L.

Octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvii + 271pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Sikhs History Fiction Punjab India literature

$45.00
2i15/7

Life and Letters of Mr. Endymion Porter: Sometime Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King Charles the First


TOWNSHEND, DOROTHEA

Book plate of NZ art historian John Stacpoole, Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g., frontispiece, xii + 260pp, illus VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's label to fep, light browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: T. Fischer Unwin 1879

KEYWORDS: biography letters Endymion Porter history

$65.00
2i15/8

House Industries


CRUZ, ANDY & BARBER, KEN & ROAT, RICH

Quarto, illus boards, illus eps, unpagenated, illus VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Die Gestalten Verlag 2004

KEYWORDS: House Industries Firm history type foundry cartography

$35.00
2i15/10

The Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated


FILER, DAVID & KING, MICHAEL

First edition thus, Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver letterinbg to spine, green eps, 464pp, illus, Nr Fine (prev owners inscription in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2007

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand culture sociology

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