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The Windjammers


ALLEN, OLIVER E.

Large 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books 1982

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical sailing windjammers time life history

$20.00
xxpdl131240

Festival of Britain: Design 1951


RENNIE, PAUL

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club 2007

KEYWORDS: festival of Britain design art democracy post war politics modern history

$42.50
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Promised Land: From Dunedin to the Dunstan GOldfields


SYDNEY, GRAHAME

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Central Otago gold mining

$55.00
2i44/44

Bird Life on Island and Shore


GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.

LACKS D/W, First edition, super octavo, dark green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light rubbing and soiling to boards, binding cracked at lower front gutter, tanning to fep, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: WIlliam Blackwood & Sons 1925

KEYWORDS: ornithology birds New Zealand natural history

$240.00
2i45/4

Encyclopedia of Interior Design, Volume 1 A-L, Volume 2 M-Z


BANHAM, JOANNA (Ed)

Two-volume set, quarto, black illus glossy heavy card boards with white lettering, xvii + 1450pp over the two volumes, illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to boards, small ding to board corners) VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997

KEYWORDS: interior design decoration interiors encyclopaedia homes houses history

$32.50
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New Zealanders at Home: A Cultural History of Domestic Interiors 1814-1914


PETERSEN, ANNA K. C.

Large quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 172pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history homes houses

$45.00
2i45/17

Parma e Bruxelles: Committenza e Collezionismo Farnesiani alle due Corti


MEIJER, BERT W

TEXT IN ITALIAN, folio, cream cloth boards with green & black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 254pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page & board edges) in d/w, VG (archival tape repair to spine extrems, slight creasing to edges, slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Amilcare Pizzi Editore 1988

KEYWORDS: art history Parma Brussels

$65.00
2i45/19

Memoria dell'Antico nell'Arte Italiana: Tomo Primero L'Uso dei Classici


SETTIS, SALVATORE (Ed)

TEXT IN ITALIAN, octavo, orange boards with silver lettering to spine, xxvii + 477pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, nr fine, in orange slipcase

PUBLISHER: Giulio Einaudi Editore 1984

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN Italy Italian art history

$70.00
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The Life of Sir John Leake, Rear-Admiral of Great Britain Vols 1 & 2


MARTIN-LEAKE, STEPHEN & CALLENDAR, GEOFFREY (Ed)

Two-volume set, imperial octavo, cream cloth boards with gilt boat motif to front board, gilt letterin to brown cloth spines, frontispiece, clxii + 333pp (vol.1), x + 490pp + 5pp book ads (vol.2), illus, VG (moderate staining to boards, some browning to page edges, sporadic foxing, tears to some page corners & edges)

PUBLISHER: Navy Records Society 1920

KEYWORDS: Sir John Leake biography naval history

$150.00
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A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy and Beggars and Begging


RIBTON-TURNER, C. J.

First edition, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, page edges mottled red, xxi + 720pp, illus, VG (possibly recased?, some wear & fading to boards, some tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1887

KEYWORDS: Britain British history begging vagrancy

$50.00
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The Master of Frankfurt and His Shop


GODDARD, STEPHEN H.

Small quarto, brown light card covers with black & white lettering, 192pp, illus with 43 b&w plates to rear, VG (some fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: ALLSK Paleis der Academien 1984

KEYWORDS: art history

$175.00
2i45/34

Extracts from the St Helena Records (2nd Edition) and Chronicles of Cape COmmanders


JANISCH, HUDSON RALPH

Lacks page 241-242, octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering and blind stamped decorative rule, 244pp, tatty (spine missing, rear board detached, page 241-2 missing, moderate browning to page edges, owner's label to front pastedown, staining to eps, moderate foxing throughoiut)

PUBLISHER: Benjamin Grant / Guardian 1908

KEYWORDS: St Helena history

$400.00
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A Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall to which is added a Complete Heraldry of the Same with Numerous Engravings


GILBERT, C. S.

Two-volume set (usually 2 volumes bound as 3 but in this case bound as 2), large quarto, marbled brown boards with brown cloth spines, frontispiece & illus title page to vol.1, viii + 592pp + 962pp + general index to rear, illus, tatty (partly disbound, some pages loose, spine of vol.1 almost detached, heavy browning to page edges, some fraying to edges & spine extrems, moderate creasing to several pages)

PUBLISHER: J Congdon 1817 & 1820

KEYWORDS: Cornwall history heraldry

$45.00
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Runanga: HOme of Champions: School and Community Centenary


EWEN, JACK & FLOOD, JOHN (Eds)

Quarto, illus black & white light card covers, white lettering to black spine, black lettering to white front cover, illus eps, 216pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Grey Star James Print 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunollie Runanga history

$12.00
xxpeb131305

Themes in British Social History: The English Family, 1450-1700


HOULBROOKE, RAPLH A.

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: Longman 1986

KEYWORDS: British history society family

$12.50
xxpeb131310

Captain Cook's Voyages of Discovery


BARROW, JOHN (ed) & POCOCK, G.N. (foreword)

Super octavo 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: Heron Books (ND)

KEYWORDS: Captain James Cook voyages history

$8.50
xxpec131336

The Turin Shroud


WILSON, IAN

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 Books 1979

KEYWORDS: religion history theology turin shroud Christianity theory

$10.00
xxpec131338

Austerlitz 1805


DUFFY, CHRISTOPHER

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 1999

KEYWORDS: military history Austerlitz Napoleon grande armee

$9.50
xxpec131339

The Medieval Centuries


HAY, DENYS

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 Paperbacks/Methuen 1965

KEYWORDS: history medieval religion culture sociology anthropology politics Europe

$10.00
xxpec131340

Israel, the Nations and the Valley of Decision


ECKERT, HARALD

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: Christians For Israel International 2014

KEYWORDS: religion Israel Christianity Jewish bible theology history

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