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$120.00
2i19/40

Picturesque Dunedin or Dunedin and its Neighbourhood in 1890: With a Short Historical Account of the City and its Principal Institutions


BATHGATE, ALEX (ed)

Octavo, black leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, prelims, 300pp, VG (previous onwer's label to fep, heavy bruising to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board edges & board corners, 7.5cm closed tear to lower spine, light rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick & Co. 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin history

$40.00
2i19/48

From Sketch-Book and Diary


BUTLER, ELIZABETH

First edition, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 177pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles 1909

KEYWORDS: travel autobiography Ireland history

$100.00
2i20/4

Plant Life on Banks Peninsula


WILSON, HUGH D.

Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Manuka Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history botany plants flora Banks Peninsula

$55.00
ak3/21/3931

Nicolas Poussin: Paints the Seven Sacraments Twice


GREEN, TONY

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Paravail 2000

KEYWORDS: signed Nicolas Poussin biography history Seven Sacraments arts paintings

$100.00
2i20/11

Courage: Eight Portraits


BROWN, GORDON

First Edition with tipped in typed letter informally signed Gordon, black boards with silver lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus, Nr Fine, in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2007

KEYWORDS: Courage history Biography

$45.00
2i20/15

Escape Fever


HARDING, GOEFFREY & DEACON, T. V. (Illus)

Second printing, ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp+ 38pp adverts, illus, plates, 2 folding maps, VG- ( moderate staining to boards, light bruising & fraying to board corners, moderate fading to spine, ex library stamps to front board & pastedown, moderate browning to page edges, light soiling to pages, rear gutter cracked)

PUBLISHER: John Hamilton Ltd. / The Airman's Bookshelf 1935

KEYWORDS: military history prisoner of war POW prison escape

$100.00
2i20/20

How We Escaped From Pretoria


HALDANE, AYLMER

Revised enlarged edition, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, 231pp + folding map, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to eps, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1901

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Army Gordon Highlanders South African War history biography military

$55.00
2i20/23

Adventures in Geyserland: Life in New Zealand's Thermal Regions, Including the Story of the Tarawera Eruption and the Destruction of the Famous Terraces of Rotomahana,


WARBRICK, ALFRED

LACKS D/W, Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 157pp, illus, VG (light tanning to boards, light fading to spine, sl bruising to board corners and spine extrems, sl cocked spine, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disaster history Tarawera eruption

$40.00
2i20/25

From Doomsday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216


POOLE, A.L.

super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 541pp, VG (previous owner's label to fep, previous bookseller's label to fep, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, light tanning, light fading, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Great Britain History Angevin period Norman period

$60.00
2i20/26

Farewell Spain


O'BRIEN, KATE

first edition, octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 229pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, previous owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1937

KEYWORDS: Spain travel Kate O'Brien History Civil War autobiography

$10.00
xxrlk125543

Antony and Cleopatra


RIDLEY, M. R. (Ed)

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: Methuen 1961

KEYWORDS: literature history William Shakespeare Antony Cleopatra

$10.00
xxrll125593

After the Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars


ALDRIDGE, JOHN W.

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 Noonday Press 1958

KEYWORDS: literary criticism war history literature

$10.00
xxrll125606

The Letters of Lord Byron


HOWARTH, R. G. (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: J. M. Dent and Sons 1948

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron letters correspondance history literature

$12.00
xxrma125652

Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Switzerland Profited From Nazi Genocide


LEBOR, ADAM

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: Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster 1997

KEYWORDS: ww2 second world war history economics genocide military politics Germany Switzerland

$10.00
xxrma125668

The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642


GURR, ANDREW

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: Cambridge University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: acting theatre drama William Shakespeare entertainment history

$22.50
xxrmb125673

Champion Horses


BONGIANNI, MAURIZIO

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: Bonanza Books 1984

KEYWORDS: horse racing history harness racehorses breed pedigree

$10.00
xxrmb125678

The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune


HYATT, STANLEY PORTAL

Small 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: Collins 1900 circa

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Stanley Portal Hyatt military war history

$16.50
xxrmb125710

Aneurin Bevan: A Biography Volume One: 1897-1945


FOOT, MICHAEL

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: Macgibbon & Kee 1962

KEYWORDS: politics history biography memoir Aneurin Bevan socialism British

$27.50
xxrmc125719

Striking Gold: New Zealand Hockey's Remarkable Victory at the 1976 Olympics


MCFADDEN, SUZANNE

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: Mary Egan Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport hockey olympics history 1976

$16.50
xxrmc125721

Lola Montez


HOLDREDGE, HELEN

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: Alvin Redman 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Lola Montez history high society entertainer adventurer

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