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$30.00
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This Wondrous Land: Colonial Art on Paper


BUNBURY, ALISA (ed.)

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: The Council of Trustees at the National Gallery of Victoria 2011

KEYWORDS: art history australia colonialism explorer

$25.00
xxqad140666

Forever Ealing: A Celebration of the Great British Film Studio


PERRY, GEORGE

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: Pavilion Books 1981

KEYWORDS: england british history media film

$30.00
xxqad140669

The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945


CORNWELL, GARETH & KLOPPER, DIRK & MACKENZIE, CRAIG

Imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Columbia University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: South African literature literary criticism history

$30.00
xxqad140670

The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel Since 1945


WILLIAMS, RAYMOND LESLIE

Imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Columbia University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Latin American literature literary criticism history

$15.00
xxqae140674

Icons: A Sacred Art: 30th Anniversary Exhibition Catalogue


TEMPLE, RICHARD et al

Quarto 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: The Temple Gallery London 1989

KEYWORDS: art history icons iconography exhibition temple gallery

$8.50
xxfjf140746

The Tale of Troy


GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN & BAYNES, PAULINE (Illus)

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: Puffin Books 1983

KEYWORDS: ancient history Troy legend

$15.00
xxppf140761

The Observer Observed: 200 Years of Distinguished Writing from One of the World's Great Newspapers (1971-1991)


ANSTEY, JOANNA & SILVERLIGHT, JOHN (Eds)

Quarto 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1991

KEYWORDS: The Observer newspaper news journalism media history

$14.00
xxppf140762

The Oxford Illustrated LIterary Guide to Great Britain & Ireland


EAGLE, DOROTHY & CARNELL, HILARY (Eds)

Quarto 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: Peerage Books 1985

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Ireland travel literary history guide

$2650.00
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The History of New South Wales, from its First Discovery to the Present Time


Comprising An Accurate and Interesting Description of the Vast and Remarkable Country; and of the Persons, Manners, and Customs, of the Natives; with a Succint Detail of the Establishment and Progress of the English Colony; Including Every Important

A LITERARY GENTLEMAN [PATERSON, GEORGE]

First edition first issue (lacks author's name), professionally rebacked in leather, octavo, full leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, folding map, chart at p41, plate at p109 (lacks one plate), 624pp, VG (library stickers to spine & front pastedown, small library stamps throughout, moderately heavy scuffing & scratching to boards & spine, pale green line across spine (paint?), tastefully reinforced gutters, slight surface loss to board corners & edges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, light foxing & creasing & faint library stamp to flding map, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy creasing to rear ep. Binding firm)

PUBLISHER: Mackenzie and Dent 1811

KEYWORDS: New South Wales Australia history Van Dieman's Land Norfolk Island

$350.00
1w46/8

The Maoris in the Great War: A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion: Gallipoli, 1915; France and Flanders, 1916-1918


COWAN, JAMES

Tidy ex library, clean original binding, first edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 184pp, illus, folding maps, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, slight remains of label to spine, minimal library markings, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Maori Regimental Committee 1926

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori first world war 1 ww1 military history Gallipoli France Flanders

$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

$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

$29.50
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
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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
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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
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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

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