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$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, Nr Fine 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

$16.50
xxrli125428

The Doukhobors


WOODCOCK, GEORGE & AVAKUMOVIC, IVAN

Super octavo 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: Faber and Faber 1968

KEYWORDS: Russia USSR Soviet Union religion Christianity history anthropology

$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

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

PUBLISHER: Les Hutchins 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography history signed

$50.00
2i19/27

Stick Out, Keep Left


THORN, MARGARET & LOCKE, ELSIE (ed) & MATTHEWS, JACQUIE (ed)

Inscribed & signed by editor Elsie Locke, illus light card cover, xiv + 130pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Signed autobiography New Zealand Socialism politics History

$40.00
2i19/29

Social Justice for Indigenous Australians 1994-1995


TICKNER, ROBERT E.

Super octavo, yellow light card cover, 305pp, VG+ (light rubbing & light soiling to cover)

PUBLISHER: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1995

KEYWORDS: Aboriginal Australians Torres Strait Islanders Government policy history politics Australia

$750.00
2i19/34

Prisoners of War News: Three Volume Set 1940-1942


N/A

octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page vol 2&3, 250pp (vol 1), 250pp (vol 2), 259pp (vol 3) illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing to boards, 3 small stains to Vol 3, light fading to spine of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: The University Press 1940-1942

KEYWORDS: military history World War Two WW2 POW prisoner of war

$50.00
2i19/38

Present Without Leave


CRESSWELL, D'ARCY

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 278pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, small hole throughout book due to insect, light insect damage to rear board) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light tanning to spine, light insect damage to rear cover, light soilng)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939

KEYWORDS: Poets New Zealand autobiography history

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