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$40.00
1u33/18

Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road 1840-1970


CARMAN, ARTHUR H.

Tidy ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt letterring to spine, frontispiece, VG (library markings, light tape staining to boards) in d/w, VG (light wear, plastic wrapped)

PUBLISHER: AH Carmen 1970

KEYWORDS: new zealand history tawa flat wellington porirua

$92.50
1u33/24

History of the Hawke's Bay


WILSON, J.G. (et al)

Ex library, super octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus fep, frontispiece, 468pp, illus, fold out geneology to rear, VG- (moderate foxing to page edges, minor creasing to spine extrems, minor rubbing to spine and board corners, minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: History Hawke's Bay Hawk's Bay Maori New Zealand

$9.50
xxqcj142988

Those Earnest Victorians


WINGFIELD-STRATFORD, ESME

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: Apollo (?)

KEYWORDS: history social British Victorian era

$40.00
1u33/34

Bush Fighting: Illustrated by Remarkable Actions and Incidents of the Maori War in New Zealand


ALEXANDER, JAMES

ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 326pp, illus, VG ( d/w cellotaped to pastedowns leaving light residue stains, light library markings, light foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG (moderate soiling, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wars military art science history

$40.00
1u33/35

The Shadow of the Land: A Study of British Policy and Racial Conflict in New Zeland 1832-1852


WARDS, IAN

Ex-library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvix + 422pp, illus, VG (light library markings, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling and rubbing to covers, moderate scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Historical Publications Branch Dept. of Internal Affairs 1968

KEYWORDS: Racism New Zealand history Britain Maori European relations colonies Hone Heke Rebellion

$37.50
1u33/36

Kia Kaha: Life at 3 New Zealand General Hospital 1940-1946


COCKS, E.M. SOMERS

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history hospital medicine

$35.00
1u33/43

The War Effort of New Zealand


DREW, H.T.B.

Ex-library, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 276pp, illus, VG (light library markings, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, previous owner's name in ink crossed over in ink to fep, light cellotape residue stains to eps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history military World War One WW1

$95.00
1u33/47

Mataura: City of the Falls


MUIR, D.C.W. (ed)

Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 504pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's stamp to fep) in d/w VG+ (moderate fading, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Historical Society 1991

KEYWORDS: History Southland New Zealand Mataura colonies settlers

$22.50
1u34/8

Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand


BRICKELL, CHRIS

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, illus title page, 382pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history youth sociology

$75.00
1u34/10

Unemployable: 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street


BOULTER, JASON

Quarto, red cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & boards, red eps, prelims, illus title page, 690pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2015

KEYWORDS: history skateboarding Globe International Youth Clothing Australia Melbourne

$100.00
1u34/11

Not Straight from Germany: Sexual Publics and Sexual Citizenship Since Magnus Hirschfeld


TAYLOR, MICHAEL THOMAS (ed) & TIMM, ANNETTE F. (ed) & HERRN, RAINER (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus boards, 408pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2017

KEYWORDS: sociology history Germany Arts culture media

$40.00
1u34/20

Ghetto di Venezia 500 Anni Dopo/ The Venice Ghetto 500 Years After


SCIANNA, FERDINANDO

Dual language (bilingual), text in english & italian, Super octavo, illus boards, black eps, 97pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Marsilio Editori 2016

KEYWORDS: Italy Venice history photography arts ghetto

$80.00
1u34/22

Japan: Climate, Space, and Concept


YAGI, KOJI

Quarto, illus light card covers, prelims, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG (light fading & light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Process Architecture 1981

KEYWORDS: Japan architecture houses buildings history sociology

$45.00
1u34/23

Calder


BRUZEAU, MAURICE & MASSON, JACQUES (photographs)

Quarto, illus light card covers, 171pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to cover, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1979

KEYWORDS: arts sculptures paintings biography history

$295.00
1u34/24

Heinrich Tessenow: Ein Baumeister 1876-1950


WANGERIN, GERDA & WEISS, GERHARD

Text in German, Quarto, grey cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, 275pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to boards & page edges) in d/w VG (moderate tanning, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Bacht 1976

KEYWORDS: history biography architecture house plans design text in german

$130.00
1u34/26

An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia


ROSS, E. DENISON (ed) & POWER, EILEEN (ed) & DE FILIPPI, FILIPPO (ed)

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, upper edges stained red, xviii + 478pp + folding map, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: travels history Tibet

$40.00
1u34/27

From Sketch-Book and Diary


BUTLER, ELIZABETH

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, x + 177pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1909

KEYWORDS: Ireland travel history autobiography

$70.00
1u34/30

Cawnpore


TREVELYAN, G.O.

Octvao, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 366pp, VG- (heavy cracking to gutters - boards slightly loose, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1865

KEYWORDS: Kanpur India History Siege military sepoy rebellion

$165.00
1u34/33

The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia


FRASER, DAVID

Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, xvi + 521pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to eps, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front gutter lightly cracked and repaired with cellotape leaving moderate residue stains, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: Asia travel India history Turkestan Tibet Persia Himalayas

$185.00
1u34/35

Lhasa and its Mysteries with a Record of the Expeditionof 1903-1904


WADDELL, L. AUSTINE

Some tidy underlining, octavo, grey cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, red illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, xx + 532pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1929

KEYWORDS: Buddhism religion Tibet Autonomous Region China travel history expedition

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