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xxhrf135612

Saint Joan of Arc


SACKVILLE-WEST, V.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Quartet Books 1973

KEYWORDS: history Joan of Arc France religion war politics heresy saint biography

$27.50
xxhrf135616

Locomotives of the South African Railways: A Concise Guide


PAXTON, LEITH (Ilus) & BOURNE, DAVID

Slim 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: C. Struik 1985

KEYWORDS: railway rail steam locomotives South Africa history illustrated

$14.00
xxhrf135618

A History of the Cinema From its Origins to 1970


RHODE, ERIC

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: Pelican/Penguin 1978

KEYWORDS: entertainment history film cinema silver screen movies cinematic art applied arts

$9.50
xxhrh135624

Mary, Queen of Scots


FRASER, ANTONIA

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Panther 1972

KEYWORDS: history biography Mary Queen of Scots royalty

$26.50
xxpkb135669

Veteran Ships of Australia and New Zealand


ANDREWS, GRAEME

Oblong imperial 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: shipping ships boats New Zealand Australia history maritime nautical

$10.00
xxpkb135700

English Writers: An Attempt Towards A History of English Literature Volume XI


MORLEY, HENRY & GRIFFIN, W. HALL

This volume only, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1895

KEYWORDS: literature English writers history literary criticism

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xxpkb135717

Break Down These Bars


EDWARDS, JIM & BALLANTYNE, DAVID & ADAMS, GRAHAM (Ed) & KING, MICHAEL (Intro)

Square 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: Penguin Books 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history riots queen street autobiography memoir Jim Edwards

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xxpkc135746

The Origins of Love and Hate


SUTTIE, IAN D. & HADFIELD, DR. J. A. (Pref)

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: Penguin Books/Peregrine 1963

KEYWORDS: social history psychology

$10.00
xxpkc135767

The Greenpeace Chronicle


HUNTER, ROBERT

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: Picador/Pan 1980

KEYWORDS: Greenpeace history social conscience nuclear environment

$40.00
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The Farthest Promised Land: English Villages, New Zealand Immigrants of the 1870s


ARNOLD, ROLLO

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiii + 408pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG-

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers immigrants

$45.00
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A Manual of the Grasses and Forage-Plants Useful to New Zealand: Part 1


MACKAY, T.

Ex general assembly library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 164pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light sporadic foxing to pages, front gutter heavily cracked, ligth library markings)

PUBLISHER: Government Printer, 1887

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history grasses plants flora

$400.00
2s9a/50

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Third Series: Volume Seven


N/A

First edition, original binding, lovely copy, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g., clxxxviii + 410pp + folding maps, VG (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Academy House 1901

KEYWORDS: Ireland history Royal Irish Academy Science Ireland Learned institutions societies

$125.00
2s9a/51

New Zealand the Britain of the South


HURTSHOUSE, CHARLES

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + 519pp, VG (board gutters heavily cracked, light rubbing to boards, heavy bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, previous onwer's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Edward Standford 1861

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history agriculture travel

$275.00
2s9a/52

Letters From Canterbury, New Zealand


PAUL, ROBERT BATEMAN

First edition replaced with new eps, folding map & tables, octavo, brown cloth boards, frontispiece, viii + 160pp, VG (light fading to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Rivingtons 1857

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury travel pioneer life frontier

$40.00
2s9a/53

Flora and Vegetation of the Wadden Sea Islands and Coastal Areas


WOLFF, W.J. & DIJKEMA, K.S.

Includes appendix in report 9 (landscape & vegetation maps), Super octavo, illus light card covers, 413pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: A.A. Balkema 1983

KEYWORDS: botany natural history flora vegetations plants Wadden Sea islands

$40.00
2s9a/54

The Marauding Maroons: The Rise of Queensland Rugby


HARRIS, BRET

Octavo, illus boards, 117pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Horwitz Grahame 1982

KEYWORDS: history sports rugby Australia Queensland

$35.00
2s9a/55

Target: Dresden


COOPER, ALAN

Super octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Independent Books 1995

KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 Aerial operations British Dresden Germany History Great Britain Royal Air Force Bomber Command aviation military

$50.00
2s9a/57

The Peaks and Passes of J.R.D.


DENNISTOUN, JAMES ROBERT

Octavo, borwn cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 264pp, illus, Nr Fien in d/w VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: JRD publications 1999

KEYWORDS: history autobiography New Zealand climbing mountaineering

$29.50
2s9a/61

Flight Path Dunedin: A History of Aviation in Otago


SULLIVAN, JIM

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 393pp, illus, VG+ (light soilling to cover)

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Int. Airport 2012

KEYWORDS: Dunedin otago aviation history

$40.00
2s9b/3

'Above the City': A History of Otago Boy's High School 1863-2013


SWEETMAN, RORY

Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, silver motif to front board, illus eps, 440pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Otago Boy's High School Foundation 2013

KEYWORDS: Otago Boys High School Dunedin eductaion history New Zealand

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