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$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

$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
2i47a/26

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

$16.50
xxfie139668

Club Motor Racing


GAVIN, JIM

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: B.T. Batsford 1977

KEYWORDS: club motor racing sports history

$17.50
xxfie139673

Living and Partly Living


MUCHA, JIRI

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: Hogarth Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Political prisoners Czechoslovakia Biography history

$15.00
xxfie139676

Some Sunny Day: My Autobiography


LYNN, VERA

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: HarperCollins 2009

KEYWORDS: autobiography World War Two Britain history

$30.00
xxfie139677

Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret


GANNON, PAUL

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: Atlantic Books 2006

KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 Lorenz cipher system military history

$30.00
xxfih139690

The Art of D.R. Neilson


NEILSON, D.R.

Signed by artist, Square 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history paintings arts

$26.50
xxfii139698

The Masculine Women in America 1890-1935


BEHLING, LAURA L.

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: University of Illinois Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history Women Sex differences literature

$9.00
xxfja139738

A History of Scotland


MACKIE, J.D.

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 1964

KEYWORDS: History Scotland

$18.50
xxfji139792

The Diary of a World War I Cavalry Officer


HOME, ARCHIBALD BRIGADIER GENERAL SIR

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: D J Costello 1985

KEYWORDS: Diary biography military history 11th Hussars cavalry World War I

$23.50
xxfjj139796

Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

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 2010

KEYWORDS: Military history New Zealand World War 1

$22.50
xxfke139816

Big Wing: The biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory


DUNN, BILL NEWTON

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: Airlife 1992

KEYWORDS: Biography military history Battle of Britain world war 2 aircraft

$20.00
xxpok139820

Australian Bank Notes: 1817 - 1963: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Notes of teh Bank of Issue 1817 to 1910, the Commonwealth of Australia 1910 to 1963 and Others, Together With Brief Notations


TOMLINSON, GEOFFREY WILLIAM

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: The Hawthorn Press 1963

KEYWORDS: Australia finance money monetary history currency dollar Australian illustrated

$30.00
xxpok139825

Law Stories: Essays on the New Zealand Legal Profession 1969-2003


BARKER, SIR IAN & WEAR, GRAHAM (Eds)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: LexisNexis 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand contemporary history law legal anecdotes essays prose literature collection anthology

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