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$120.00
2g27a/16

Maori Place Names in Buller County


MITCHELL, G. G. M.

Rare, octavo, illus heavy card boards, 59pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, slight foxing to eps, slight tanning to rear map)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori place names te reo Buller geography language history

$22.50
xxfbc139407

Food with the Famous


GRIGSON, JANE

First edition. 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: Michael Joseph Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: Social history food culture anecdotes and recipe narratives

$22.50
xxfdc139440

In Love and War: Kiwi Soldiers' Romantic Encounters in Wartime Italy


JACOBS, SUSAN

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: Penguin Books 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand ww1 wwi world war one history

$17.50
xxfde139456

Echoes of Gallipoli: In the words of New Zealand's mounted riflemen


KINLOCH, TERRY & CLARK, HELEN (foreword)

Ex-library. Quarto hardcover (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 2005

KEYWORDS: Military history Gallipoli New Zealand

$35.00
xxfde139458

Up the Blue: A Kiwi Private's View of the Second World War


SMITH, ROGER

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: Ngaio Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Military history New Zealand North Africa Italy World War II

$10.00
xxfdl139486

Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo


WILSON, BOB

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: Icon 2008

KEYWORDS: sport slang sayings history humour lingo

$15.00
xxfee139500

We Must March My Darlings: A Critical Decade


TRILLING, DIANA

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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977

KEYWORDS: sociology social conditions radicalism intellectual US America civil unrest history first edition

$10.00
xxfee139502

The Real Bravo Two Zero: The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero


ASHER, MICHAEL

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: Cassell 2002

KEYWORDS: military history bravo two zero sas gulf war British army

$10.00
xxfee139503

Soldier Five: The Real Story of the Bravo Two Zero Mission


COBURN, MIKE

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: Mission Vista 2004

KEYWORDS: military history bravo two zero sas gulf war British army

$9.50
xxfej139524

The Villa Ariadne


POWELL, DILYS

Paperback (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: Efstathiadis 1999

KEYWORDS: Greece villa ariadne history architecture

$12.50
xxffj139584

England: The Making of the Myth


DUFFY, MAUREEN

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: Fourth Estate 2001

KEYWORDS: From Stonehenge to Albert Square. History migration and culture

$28.00
xxfgb139606

Science in History, Volumes 1-3: The Emergence of Science, The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, The Natural Sciences in Our Time.


BERNAL, J.D

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: Penguin Books 1965

KEYWORDS: science in history natural ancient industrial revolution

$10.00
xxfgc139625

The Death of the Past


PLUMB, J.H

Paperback (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: Penguin / Pelican 1973

KEYWORDS: history ethics philosophy

$55.00
2g27a/48

Rainbow Waters: 125 Years of Settlement in Waianiwa


CUTT, JOHN A.

Dated & signed by author, super octavo, light green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 259pp, VG+ (sl wear to board extrems, sl cocked, sl damp wrinkling to lower page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, light creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Waianiwa District Committee 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Southland Waianiwa settlement culture signed

$87.50
2g27a/50

Mataura: City of the Falls


MUIR, D. C. W. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 504pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping to spine extrems & cover corners, 2cm & 1cm closed tear to base of spine, prev. owners tape repairs, moderate denting & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Historical Society 1991

KEYWORDS: Mataura New Zealand history settlement city of the falls

$40.00
2g27a/54

Aspects of Darwin: A New Zealand Celebration


GALLOWAY, DAVID & TIMMINS, JOHN (Eds)

Inscribed & signed by David Galloway, octavo, illus heavy card boards, white & light brown coloured lettering to spine, illus eps, iv + 180pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Knox College Library, Hewitson Library 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature essays prose collection anthology history evolution Charles Darwin science Knox College

$45.00
2g27a/56

Land of Many Hills


DICKIE, PAULA

LACKS D/W, Dated & signed by author, imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 528pp, illus, VG- (bruising to board extrems, light foxing to eps and page edges, prev owners inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Paula Dickie/Pukerau Historical Committee 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed Arthurton Benio Pukerau Otaraia-Kaiwera communities culture

$150.00
2g27a/57

Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem in Two Volumes


TASSO, TORQUATO & HUNT, REV. J. H. (Trans)

First edition thus, 2 volume set, octavo, leather quarter bound marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp & gilt decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xxii + 439pp-vol 1 & 444pp-vol 2, VG- (heavy but age appropriate scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, moderately heavy scuffing to boards, light fading & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: J. Mawman 1818

KEYWORDS: literature poem poetry Torquato Tasso history crusades Jerusalem modern first edition thus

$800.00
2i47a/1

The Growth and Distribution of Population in the Auckland Province: From the Commencement of Settlement to 1945


HORSMAN, J.

Author's original copy of unpublished original thesis with original hand-drawn maps, original photographs etc, quarto, green buckram spine with green heavy card boards, unpaginated but approx 286pp pencilled into top of page corners, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing with some loss to board corners & edges, 2cm open tear to paper surface covering of front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & sporadically throughout, minimal library stamps to eps, 2cm closed tear to 'frame' of illus #5 causing separation from bottom edge of the illus - illus still intact, 'frames' to photo pages completely separated from photos but all photos from pages believed to be present & most are still fixed to page)

PUBLISHER: J Horsman approx 1948 (see description)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history growth population thesis J Horsman settlement pakeha maori trading

$30.00
2i47a/7

Bits and Pieces: A Factual History of Toi Tois and Waikawa Districts Southland


ROBSON, JAMES & WATT, J. O. P. (Assoc)

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 132pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & top of cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1967

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Toi Tois Waikawa districts southland culture

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