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$16.50
xxaqj56470

Burra and District: A Pictorial Memoir


AUHL, IAN

Imperial octavo (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: Lynton Publications 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Ian Auhl South Australia Burra Burra mine social history photographic pictorial history record

$9.00
xxhqh56931

Tales from a Sunburnt Country (volume I)


COLE, LYNN (ed)

this volume only, hardcover super octavo (VG+) 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: Readers Digest 2010

KEYWORDS: australian history lynn cole readers digest natural history specials

$39.50
2g20/50

Master and Servant: Love and Labour in the English Industrial Age


STEEDMAN, CAROLYN

Ex library, super octavo, illus light card covers, x + two frontispiece maps + 263pp, VG+ (usu library markings, archival tape reinforcement to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Carolyn Steedman history 18th century England Anglicanism social thought economic history domestic service Poor law literacy education

$25.00
2g21/46

The Antartctic


KING, H. G. R.

First edition, octavo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges turquoise, illus eps, illus title page, vi + 276pp, illus, nr fine (slight stain to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing, v slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969

KEYWORDS: HGR King Antarctica oceans islands science scientific investigation history polar research natural history

$40.00
2g22/20

Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest


HARRIS, AROHA

Quarto, illus light card covers, 164pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2005

KEYWORDS: Aroha Harris New Zealand Maori photographic history protests marches Springbok Raglan Bastion Point Waitangi Tent Embassy Maori Land March Hikoi history pictorial record

$55.00
2g22/37

Antarctic Revelations and Beyond: The Timeless Presence of Two Opposing Views


LINN, EVE

Ex library, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine, 318pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, tape reinforcement to gutters, soiling to page corners)

PUBLISHER: First Edition Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: Eve Linn Antarctic treaty travel consumerism ecology tourism explorers history natural history flora fauna

$38.50
2g25/13

Antarctica: An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton


TREWBY, MARY (Ed)

First edition, quarto, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (slight fading to upper board edges), in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2002

KEYWORDS: first edition Mary Trewby Antarctica geology natural history exploration science tourism ecology conservation reference history

$35.00
2g22/44

Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America


SOMMER, DORIS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xiii + 419pp, VG (fading to spine, slight bruising to cover corners & edges, owner's ex libris label to title page, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Doris Sommer Latin South America politics history literature literary criticism fiction narratology psychoanalysis social history

$25.00
2g22/46

Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee 1902-1962


CLIMIE, NELLIE SCOTT (Ed)

Octavo, orange light card covers with black lettering to front and handwritten 'Waihi' to spine, foreword with photo, illus poem page, 196pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (fading to spine,)

PUBLISHER: Waihi Diamond Jubilee Committee 1962

KEYWORDS: Nellie Scott Climie New Zealand Waihi diamond jubilee history local families social history

$30.00
2g22/48

The Golden Era of Fiat Railcars in New Zealand


CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Oblong octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to front cover, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history railways rail motorcars railcars Fiat pictorial photographic history

$25.00
xxhqp57444

Rome: the Augustan Age


CHISHOLM, KITTY & FERGUSON, JOHN

Softcover super octavo (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: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Kitty Chisholm John Ferguson Rome history classical history roman empire Augustus

$24.50
xxelb57501

Whatiwhatihoe


The Waikato Raupatu Claim

MCCAN, DAVID

Ex-library softcover super octavo (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: Huia Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials David McCan New Zealand nonfictin Maori history Waikato settlers history tanui treaty settlements te tiriti

$22.50
xxelb57520

The Contemporary History of Latin America


DONGHI, TULIO HALPERIN

Softcover super octavo (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: Duke University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Tulio Halperin Donghi history Latin America South America cultural history anthropology

$26.50
2g26/14

Roman Women: Their History and Habits


BALSDON, J. P. V. D.

Octavo, purple heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 355pp, illus + fold-out charts, VG+ (sellotape residue stains to boards, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sellotape residue stains)

PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1977

KEYWORDS: JPVD Balsdon Roman history women gender history women's role

$16.50
xxema57812

Studies in Ancient Society


Past and Present Series

FINLEY, M.I. (ED.)

Hardcover super octavo (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: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: specials M.I. Finley history Rome Roman Empire society anthropology cultural history ancient Rome collected essays

$12.00
xxelf57744

Rings & Curtains


Family and Personal Memoirs

WHITE, JACK LE & FORD, PETER

Ex-library hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; text in French ; 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 Limited 1992

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Jack Le White Peter Ford biography memoir cicrus history popular entertainment social history cultural anthropology

$15.00
xxema57820

From Pericles to Philip


GLOVER, T.R.

Hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1918

KEYWORDS: specials T.R. Glover ancient History Greek history ancient Greece

$12.50
xxema57838

Cartmel: People and Priory


TAYLOR, SAM

Softcover super octavo (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: Titus Wilson & Son Ltd 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Sam Taylor history biography English history religion

$9.00
xxemc57983

In Flanders Fields


The 1917 Campaign

WOLFF, LEON

Ex-library hardcover octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Readers Union Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Leon Wolff history military history WWI era 1917 campaign

$10.00
xxemd58022

Masada


Herod's Fortress and the Zealots' Last Stand

YADIN, YIGAEL

Hardcover imperial octavo (G) in d/w (VG-) some damp damage ; 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Yigael Yadin archaeology ancient history Israeli history Herod the Great Roman siege Zealots

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