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$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

$18.50
xxkuc125929

My Enemy, My Brother: Men and Days of Gettysburg


PERSICO, JOSEPH E.

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: Viking Press 1977

KEYWORDS: history US America civil war Gettysburg confederate union army military biographies

$25.00
xxsfo126005

Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behaviour


RICHARDS, ROBERT J.

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: University of Chicago Press 1989

KEYWORDS: history philosophy science biology psychology Darwin

$10.00
xxsfo126006

Memoirs of a British Agent: Being an Account of the Author's Early Life in Many Lands and of His Official Mission to Moscow in 1918


LOCKHART, R. H. BRUCE

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: Macmillan/Papermac 1985

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Bruce Lockhart espionage military politics history spy British Russia

$25.00
xxsfs126013

The Young Charles Darwin


THOMSON, KEITH

Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Yale University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: biography memoir history Charles Darwin

$50.00
2i23/42

Bomber Offensive


HARRIS, SIR ARTHUR

First edition, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges. owner's name stamp to fep, owner's name & address in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG- (tape repairs to edges, flap folds & spine extrems, heavy fading to spine, some scuffing, creasing to flap folds)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1947

KEYWORDS: Second World War Two WW2 military aviation history bomber command Sir Arthur Harris memoir autobiography

$795.00
2i23/46

The Triumphant Tour of the New Zealand Footballers 1905: An Illustrated Record


DIXON, GEORGE H.

The Originals RARE in original hardcover binding, octavo, brown cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, xlviii + 176pp, illus, VG- (6cm surface tear to spine, some fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some staining to boards, some tanning to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, fore-edges of pages 175 & 177 torn off, black ink stain to lower corner of last few pages not obscuring any text, last two pages clipped at lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Geddis & Blomfield 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport football rugby history 1905 tour

$100.00
2i23/48

The Triumphant Tour: The All BLacks in England, Ireland and Wales 1924-1925


n/a

Octavo, light card covers with black lettering to covers, printed eps, 176pp, illus, VG (light staining & tanning to covers, some browning to page edges, owner's name in ink to contents page, light rust staining from staples))

PUBLISHER: LT Watkins Ltd 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport rugby All Blacks history tour

$225.00
2i24/2

Alfa Romeo from 1910 to the Present


TABUCCHI, MAURIZIO

Large quarto, hardcover in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Georgio Nada Editore 2017

KEYWORDS: cars Alfa Romeo automotive industry history

$45.00
2i24/13

Memento d'Histoire de ll Nouvelle-Caledonie: Les Temps Modernes 1774-1925


BROU, BERNARD

TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, turquoise light card covers with black lettering, 321pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to page edges and lighter to pages, occasional crease to page corners) in d/w, VG (some creasing & nicks to edges & flap folds, some soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Societe d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle Caledonie 1973

KEYWORDS: New Caledonia history TEXT IN FRENCH

$40.00
2i24/19

Not Just Weighing Babies: Plunket in AUckland 1908-1998


BRYDER, LINDA

Imperial octavo, illus blue light card covers with black lettering, printed eps, x + 119pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pyramid Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Plunket Auckland history

$40.00
2i24/26

Last Port to Antarctica: Dunedin and Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Polar Service


CHURCH, IAN

Small quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, 136pp, illus, VG+ (v slight creasing)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antarctic Dunedin POrt Chalmers maritime history

$130.00
2i25/8

A Shred of Autobiography or The Progress of a Convict


JORGENSON, JORGEN

Limited numbered edition (321/375), tall slim quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 96pp, VG+ (v. v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Sullivan's Cove 1981

KEYWORDS: Jorgen Jorgenson autobiography Australia convict history

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