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$225.00
1w46/11

The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own)


Covering the Period of Service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War from 1915 to 1919

AUSTIN, LIEUT-COL. W. S. (Compiler)

Ex library, all maps present, lacks f.e.p., octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering & decoration to front board & spine, xx + 587pp, illus, folding maps at rear, VG (light scuffing to boards, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings)

PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins Ltd 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rifle Brigade first world war 1 ww1 military official history

$145.00
1w46/12

Orua Saga: An Historical Story of Pioneering Ancestors and Beautiful Surroundings


COULTHARD, J. E.

SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR; Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 170pp, illus, VG (mild foxing to page edges, slight scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG- (mild soiling, moderate fading to spine, chipping/tears to extrems)

PUBLISHER: J. E. Coulthard 1963

KEYWORDS: Orua New Zealand history signed

$30.00
xxqae140787

West of Sex: Making Mexican America, 1900-1930


MITCHELL, PABLO

Super octavo softcover (NR Fine); 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: University of Chicago Press 2012

KEYWORDS: american history sexual identity latinx

$195.00
1w46/29

Poiret: Paul Poiret 1879-1944


DESLANDRES, YVONNE & LALANNE, DOROTHEE

Quarto, black cloth boards, pink eps, 330pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1987

KEYWORDS: Paul Poiret France Costume design fashion biography history

$27.50
1w46/31

Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand: More Than 30 of the Country's Best Birding Locations


OMBLER, KATHY

Octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: New Holland 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history

$110.00
1w46/33

The Gael Fares Forth: The Romantic Story of Waipu and Her Sister Settlements


MCKENZIEM N.R.

Second edition, ex library, reading copy, (d/w is made out of wallpaper), Octavo, red cloth boards with blue cloth spine, top page edges stained green, xiv + 320pp, illus, VG (light usual library markings, light tanning to page edges, light soiling & light bruising to boards) in d/w VG (light library markings)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1942

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waipu settlers

$165.00
1w46/34

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945: 25 Battalion


PUTTICK, EDWARD

tidy ex library, Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 655pp, illus, VG (light usual library markings, light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light library markings, light soiling, light rubbing, 3.5cm closed tear to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch 1960

KEYWORDS: military history World War Two WW2 New Zealand

$40.00
1w46/44

A Pilgrim's Way in New Zealand


MULGAN, ALAN

First edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 142pp, illus, VG (light dampstaining to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers

$200.00
1w46/47

Magic and its Professors


EVANS, HENRY R.

First UK Edition, octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illustration to front board, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1902

KEYWORDS: magic tricks magicians history reference

$120.00
1w46/49

Land Problems of the New Zealand Settlers of the 'Forties: Thesis Presented For Honours in History in Degree of Master of arts, 1933


WILSON, E. WILSON

First edition, Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems repaired with archival time, light dampstaining, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers land use

$50.00
1w47/8

Mille Miglia 2014


MAZZETTI, PAOLO

Quarto, white boards with black & red lettering to spine and front board, illus eps, 287pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 2014

KEYWORDS: racing cars sports automobile history

$52.50
1w47/9

Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s abd 1960s


LABRUM, BRONWYN

Imperial octavo, creme boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, purple eps, 429pp, illus, Near FINE in d/w VG+ (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 1950s 1960s modern society sociology

$100.00
1w47/13

State Museum: Memoir 15: Wild Flowers of New York: 2 Volumes


HOUSE, HOMER D.

2 vol set, Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 185pp (vol1), 177(vol2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of the State of New York 1923

KEYWORDS: botany New York natural history plants wild flowers biology

$85.00
1w47/14

The Aloes of South Africa


REYNOLDS, GILBERT WESTACOTT

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xviii + 534pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A.A. Balkema 1974

KEYWORDS: botany natural history plants Aloe South Africa biology

$100.00
1w47/18

An Almanack: For the Year of Our Lord: 1880


WHITAKER, JOSEPH

Octavo, green boards with red spine, gilt lettering to spine, 384pp + lxxiv, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: J. Whitaker 1880(?)

KEYWORDS: history reference almanack

$50.00
1w47/19

Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement


PURCHAS, H.T.

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 253pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury Settlers Bishop Harper

$100.00
1w47/20

Notes on the Progress of New Zealand 1864-1884


STOUT, ROBERT

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, patterned eps, 39pp + fold out diagrams at the back, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light cellotape residue to eps, light bruising to spine extrems,

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Business economics sociology

$200.00
1w47/23

Colonial Memories


BROOME, LADY

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 301pp, VG (previous owner's name in pencil to fep and their label, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Smith Elder 1904

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Colonies biography Sociology history

$155.00
1w47/24

Pioneers of Canterbury: Deans Letters 1840-1854


DEAN, JOHN

First edition, Octavo, brown cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name & date in ink to fep, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury autobiography letters John Dean

$45.00
1w47/25

The Otago Medical School: Under the First Three Deans


BELL, GORDON & HERCUS, CHARLES

Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 381pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: E. & S. Livingstone 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin medicine school Otago

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