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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
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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

$25.00
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New Zealand's Fiord Heritage: A Guide to the Historic Sites of Coastal Fiordland


PEAT, NEVILLE

Square super octavo softcover with french flaps (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: Department of Conservation Southland Conservancy 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand history tourism fiordland

$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

$40.00
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The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-War Japan


PARR, ALISON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 207pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Japan post war ww2 second world war biographies illustrated

$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
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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
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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
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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

$350.00
2i47a/8

New Zealand Rough Riders From Otago & Southland: Fourth and Fifth Contingent: Send-Off Edition


N/A

Scarce, oblong imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy tanning & moderate soiling to covers, light creasing to cover corners, moderate rusting to staples, light tanning & foxing to fep, pencil scribble to verso title page, 10cm closed tear to fold out photo, moderate creasing to page corners)

PUBLISHER: Joseph Braithwaite 1900

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history rough riders Otago Southland fourth fifth contingent illustrated photos photographs

$245.00
2i47a/19

A Choice Collection of Chinese Fan-Cover Calligraphic Works and Paintings


N/A

Quarto, grey boards, brown eps, unpagenated, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light creasing, light rubbing, moderate bruising to spine extrems, 4.5cm closed tear to front cover, 7cm closed tear to lower front cover corner, 7cm & 3cm closed tear at lower spine, 5cm closed tear to lower rear cover corner)

PUBLISHER: Henan Art Publishing House (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Chinese fan cover history arts painting calligraphic

$40.00
2i47a/20

Peter McIntyre's New Zealand


MCINTYRES, PETER

First edition, lacks d/w, Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, unpagenated, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: biography history New Zealand paintings arts sketching drawing

$65.00
2i47a/21

Chauvet Cave: The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings


CHAUVET, JEAN-MARIE & HILLAIRE, CHRISTIAN & DESCHAMPS, ELIETTE BRUNEL

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gitl lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, 135pp, illus, VG+ (very light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1996

KEYWORDS: history civilisation Chauvet cave drawings paintings France

$38.50
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Let There Be Light...: A History of Bullendale and the Generation of Electric Power in Central Otago


HALL, RON C. & CHANDLER, PETER M.

Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Central Otago News 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Central Otago Bullendale Electric Power technology

$55.00
2i47a/28

Orient Guide: Fifth Edition


LOFTIE, W.J.?

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, illus eps, edges stained red, li + 430pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to fep, moderate rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, spine hinges with lightly cracked, eps with illus partially ripped off from boards, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: (n/d)

KEYWORDS: travel sea land history

$45.00
2i47a/29

New Zealand Index 1921


N/A

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and boards, illus eps, 580pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history

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