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$60.00
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The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp


LAKE, STUART N.

Octavo, brown cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 271pp, illus, VG (ligth foxing to page edges, ligth soiling to spine) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: houghton Mifflin Co.1956

KEYWORDS: Wyatt Earp Criminals New Southwest Crime History

$70.00
2i50/22

The Destruction Business


MCCULLIN, DONALD

First edition, Super octavo, illus light card cover, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Open Gate Books 1971

KEYWORDS: Photojournalism War victims history military

$160.00
2i50/23

A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language: Incorporating the F.J. Norton Collection


BRIGGS, KATHERINE M.

2 Vol Set. Scarce, Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown staining to upper page edges, 580pp (vol1), 580pp (vol2), VG+ (light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970

KEYWORDS: dictionary history british folk tale folklore mythology

$50.00
2i50/26

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine


LEWIS, MICHAEL

First Australian Edition, Super octavo, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine, black eps, xviii + 266pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges) in d/w VG (3cm tear with loss to lower front cover & lower rear cover, ligth rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2010

KEYWORDS: business economics Global financial crisis history

$45.00
2i50/37

Who's Who in the Classical World [2 vol set, Who's Who in the Roman World/ Who's Who in the Greek World]


HAZEL, JOHN

2 Volume Set, Super octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xii + 365pp (Vol1), x + 285pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w Nr Fine in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002

KEYWORDS: classics Ancient history Reference Roman Greek

$165.00
2i50/39

Andy Warhol, Cinema


WARHOL, ANDY

First edition, text in french, Super octavo, illus light card covers, 264pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: Carre 1990

KEYWORDS: text in french arts films history Andy Warhol

$38.50
2i50/40

Keep Calm If You Can: Round the World with the Hillary Family


HILLARY, LOUISE

Signed by Author, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 159pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (ligth bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & stoughton 1964

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography travel history New Zealand America

$40.00
2i50/46

Sebastiano Serlio


N/A

Text in Italian, Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 235pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Electa 1989

KEYWORDS: text in italian history architecture

$25.00
2i50/47

Circa 1976-1996


REID, JOHN (ed) & JEFFREY, RUTH (ed)

Oblong, Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 122pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light fading)

PUBLISHER: Circa Theatre 1996

KEYWORDS: Circa Theatre New Zealand Wellington History

$37.50
2i51/1

Rei Hamon: Artist of the New Zealand Bush: His Life and Drawings


HAMON, REI

Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, orange eps, 164pp, illus, VG (light fading & light moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (archival repair to upper and lower spine edges which have moderate loss of spine, light rubbing, light fading, light creasing)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography arts drawing painting history

$80.00
2i51/2

The Libertine: The Art of Love in Eighteenth-Century France


DELON, MICHEL (ed)

Quarto, Brown clotbh boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 495pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press 2013

KEYWORDS: arts history paintings France love

$380.00
2i51/3

Historic Charts and Maps of New Zealand 1642-1875


MALING, PETER B.

Folio blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, silver illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 316pp, illus, Nr FINE in Nr FINE d/w (sl. wear)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maps charts history reference

$200.00
2i51/7

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


GIBBON, EDWARD

8 Volume Set, Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt ruling to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, top page edges stained red, 320pp all VG+ to Near FINE, in 2x slipcases VG

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1999

KEYWORDS: history Rome Roman Empire

$25.00
xxpbg133161

Alvis in the Thirties


CLARKE, R.M.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: R.M. Clarke (ND)

KEYWORDS: automobile car cars Alvis design 1930s history motor

$15.00
xxpbg133162

Cobar Copper Centenary, 1869-1969


MILLER, M.J. & MILLER, M.D.I. (afterword)

Quarto, in stapled wrapper (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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Cobar Copper Centenary Celebrations Committee 1969(?)

KEYWORDS: local history Cobar Copper Australia

$22.50
xxpbg133167

Up From Slavery


WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. & WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. III & GILLEN, DENVER (illus)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1970

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir history United States of America slavery Washington T. Booker

$30.00
xxpgi133180

Still Jogging Along, Being the Diary and Some Letters of PTE. J.N. Clarke, 9th Contingent N.Z.M.R.


CLARKE, J.N. & CONNOR, BRIAN (ed)

Super octavo, in stapled wrapper (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Otago Military Museum Publication (ND)

KEYWORDS: military history journal diary letters autobiography J.N. Clarke New Zealand

$10.00
xxpgi133183

Unbroken: An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival


HILLENBRAND, LAUREN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2011

KEYWORDS: biographical fiction biography true story military history Louis Zimperini literature

$9.50
xxpgi133223

We The People: The Revolution '89, WItnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin & Prague


ASH, TIMOTHY GARTON

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Granta Books/Penguin Books 1990

KEYWORDS: history politics revolution eye-witness account communism

$16.50
xxpgj133266

Russia 1812: The Duel Between Napoleon and Alexander


CATE, CURTIS

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Pimlico 2004

KEYWORDS: history Napoleon grand armee Russia military

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