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The Visual Culture Reader


MIRZOEFF, NICHOLAS (Ed & Intros)

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: Routledge 1998

KEYWORDS: cultural studies art history theory communication arts

$40.00
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Fiji's Natural Heritage


RYAN, PADDY

Quarto, black heavu card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 288pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, v light scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: Fiji nature illustrated coral reefs botany wildlife animals plants tropical species natural history

$58.50
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Rocks, Reefs & Sandbars: A History of Otago Shipwrecks


COLLINS, BRUCE E.

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing & creasing to spine & covers, prev. owner's details in pen within)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995

KEYWORDS: Otago nautical maritime disaster shipwrecks history boats ships New Zealand

$275.00
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With the - Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders


MOORE, JAMES G. HARLE

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to front board, 200pp, illus, folding photo to introduction, VG- (moderate creasing & light fraying/chipping to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners with sl loss & fraying, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy orange staining to front pastedown, moderate chaffing to eps, 16cm crack to gutter, light soiling to prelims, boards sl shaky, moderate sellotape yellowing to fold out photo, sporadic .5cm-1cm tears to base of fold out photo)

PUBLISHER: ODT & Witness Newspapers 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history rough riders biographies military South Africa fourth contingent illustrated

$40.00
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Mountain Parish 1867-1990


JARDINE, D. G. & JARDINE, J. S.

Signed by both authors, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 244pp, illus, VG (cocked spine, moderate creasing to spine with loss, moderate creasing & scuffing to covers, light soiling to page edges & eps, crack to full gutter of pgs 20-21 & pgs 100-101)

PUBLISHER: S. N. Brown & Taieri Print 1990 (Printer)

KEYWORDS: signed Otago settlement parish Lakes District Queenstown illustrated biographies culture New Zealand history

$145.00
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The Relief of Ladysmith


ATKINS, JOHN BLACK

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, xi + 320pp + 40pp publisher's announcements, illus, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine, light bruising to board corners, light chafing to board corners & edges, moderate scuffing to back board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, 4cm crack to rear gutter, small red stain to lower corner of rear 40 pages, map to pgs 248-249 completely detached)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: military history boer war Ladysmith tugela battle of colenso

$45.00
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British Battles on Land and Sea


GRANT, JAMES

Quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black & gilt decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 712pp + 8pp publisher's classifieds, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & light chipping to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, moderate staining to front board, moderately heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light crease to bottom of fep, moderate cracking to gutters, crack to full length of gutter of pgs 354-355 & 384-385)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1899

KEYWORDS: British military history illustrated

$120.00
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Maori Place Names in Buller County


MITCHELL, G. G. M.

Rare, octavo, illus heavy card boards, 59pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to boards & page edges, slight foxing to eps, slight tanning to rear map)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori place names te reo Buller geography language history

$22.50
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Food with the Famous


GRIGSON, JANE

First edition. 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: Michael Joseph Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: Social history food culture anecdotes and recipe narratives

$17.50
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Echoes of Gallipoli: In the words of New Zealand's mounted riflemen


KINLOCH, TERRY & CLARK, HELEN (foreword)

Ex-library. Quarto 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: Military history Gallipoli New Zealand

$10.00
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Ultimate Collection of Peculiar Sporting Lingo


WILSON, BOB

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: Icon 2008

KEYWORDS: sport slang sayings history humour lingo

$75.00
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Vietnam Inc.


GRIFFITHS, PHILIP JONES

First edition thus, small quarto, black & white illus light card covers, unpaginated, illus, VG (light creasing to cover corners, light rubbing to covers, moderate tanning to eps & page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Collier Books 1971

KEYWORDS: Vietnam war Philip Jones Griffiths photography military history journalism

$15.00
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We Must March My Darlings: A Critical Decade


TRILLING, DIANA

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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977

KEYWORDS: sociology social conditions radicalism intellectual US America civil unrest history first edition

$10.00
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The Real Bravo Two Zero: The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero


ASHER, MICHAEL

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: Cassell 2002

KEYWORDS: military history bravo two zero sas gulf war British army

$10.00
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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
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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

$28.00
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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

$55.00
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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
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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, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems & cover corners, 2cm & 1cm closed tear to base of spine, moderate denting & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Historical Society 1991

KEYWORDS: Mataura New Zealand history settlement city of the falls

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