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$50.00
2i18/46

Old Contemptible


BEAUMONT, HARRY

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 224pp + folding map, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1967

KEYWORDS: World War One history military autobiography

$50.00
2i18/49

Reading Abbey


HURRY, JAMIESON B.

ex-library, includes folding plan of Abbey, Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif & gilt ruling to front board, a.e.g., frontispiece, xii + 214pp, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, several closed tears to spine, 2cm loss of cloth to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: Elliot Stock

KEYWORDS: Reading Abbey England Buildings structures History architecture

$450.00
2i18/50

Woman's Weekly: Volume One


N/A

From Vol 1 #1 to Vol 1 #27 (incorrectly titled Vol 2 #27), Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 884pp, illus, VG (heavy tanning & heavy foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderat bruising to spine extrems & board corners, 4cm closed tear to spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: Woman's Weekly 1911-1912

KEYWORDS: woman's weekly history

$50.00
2i19/6

Gordon's Tour with Shiny 10: A Wartime Record of a Tour with RAF No. 10 Squadron


SHIRT, J. GORDON

Imperial octavo, light card covers, front cover clear plastic, illus title page, 126pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Compaid Graphics 1994

KEYWORDS: aviation military World War Two WW2 history RAF royal air force 10 squadron

$60.00
2i19/9

El Rodeo Chileno: The Chilean Rodeo


ARANEDA, ARMANDO

Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus title page, 128pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Federation of Rodeo Chileno 2004

KEYWORDS: Chilean Rodeo sport history Chile

$35.00
2i19/21

Quest for the Kakapo: The Full Story of New Zealand's Most Remarkable Bird


BUTLER, DAVID

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, illus title page, 136pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Kakapo birds ornithology

$45.00
2i19/22

The Colonial Frontier Tamed: New Zealand Policing in Transition, 1867-1886


HILL, RICHARD, S.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, r.e.p. illus, xiii + 386pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extrems) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: GP Books 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers history Maori police policing law crime

$10.00
xxrlh125382

Indian Nationalism: A History


MASSELOS, JIM

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: Sterling Publishers Private Ltd 1993

KEYWORDS: history India politics nationalist

$17.50
xxrlh125388

The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical Injustices


BARKAN, ELAZAR

Very ocassional underlining, 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: W. W. Norotn and Company 2000

KEYWORDS: politics political ethics human rights restorative justice law legal reparations postcolonial history philosophy

$9.00
xxrli125401

True History of the Kelly Gang


CAREY, PETER

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 Queensland Press 2000

KEYWORDS: history Ned Kelly crime Australia true crime biographies memoirs

$14.00
xxrli125402

Lan Yuan: The Garden of Enlightenment


BEATTIE, JAMES (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: The Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust 2008

KEYWORDS: Dunedin New Zealand history chinese gardens architecture culture essays

$22.50
xxrli125404

Churchill's Generals


KEEGAN, JOHN (Ed)

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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1991

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill politics British Britain history military

$18.50
xxrli125408

Everyday Miracles: The Art of Stanley Spencer


KISLER, MARY & PATON, JUSTIN

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: Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2003

KEYWORDS: art history biography anthology collection Dunedin public art Gallery

$18.50
xxrli125433

Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Great Britain and Germany on September 3 1939


WOOD, EDWARD FREDERICK LINDLEY (Viscount Halifax)

Super octavo softcover, stapled light card blue covers (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: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1939

KEYWORDS: politics Great Britain Viscount Halifax war military ww2 second world war Germany Poland history documents

$12.00
xxrli125434

Hammer: Witness to History


HAMMER, ARMAND & LYNDON, NEIL

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: Coronet/Hodder and Stoughton 1988

KEYWORDS: history entrepreneur business oil exploration

$22.50
xxrlj125481

Migrations: Journeys in Time and Place


EDMOND, ROD

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: Bridget Williams Books 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand migration settlement genealogy history family

$22.50
xxrlj125483

Studies of a Small Democracy: Essays in Honour of Willis Airey


CHAPMAN, ROBERT (Ed) & SINCLAIR, KEITH (Ed)

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: Blackwood and Janet Paul Ltd/University of Auckland 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics history essays sectionalism

$15.00
xxrlj125489

Apologies to the Iroquois: With a Study of the Mohawks in High Steel by Joseph Mitchell


WILSON, EDMUND

First edition, 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: W. H. Allen 1960

KEYWORDS: America US history indians exploration politics ceremonies idiosyncrasies first edition

$37.50
xxrlk125502

Jane's Fighting Ships


MOORE, CAPTAIN JOHN E. (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: Jane's Yearbooks 1977 approx

KEYWORDS: military history fighter crafts naval missiles torpedos identification silhouettes

$50.00
2i19/25

Making Waves


HUTCHINS, LES

signed by author, Super octavo, illus light card covers, 208pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Les Hutchins 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography history signed

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