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$65.00
1u35/5

David Adjaye: Houses


ALLISON, PETER (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006

KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Adjaye

$65.00
1u35/16

Airmails of New Zealand: Volume Two


WALKER, DOUGLAS A. (compiled)

Quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 346pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Air Mail Society of NZ Inc. 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation airmails history air mail service

$60.00
1u35/22

Maori and Pakeha in North Otago


STEVENSON, G. B.

Octavo, ex-library, white heavy card boards with black & red lettering & illustrations to front board, black lettering to spine & rear board, 160pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to boards & spine, some surface loss to spine mostly at extrems, moderate soiling to boards, rust staining around staples, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed (nd)

KEYWORDS: Maori Pakeha New Zealand North Otago history

$175.00
1u35/24

Outlines of the Women's Franchise Movement in New Zealand


SMITH, W. SIDNEY

Inscribed by the author to a family member, first edition, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards (half dark green & half light green), gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 103pp, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, slightly cocked, light tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing & moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1905

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Women's Franchise Movement history signed

$10.00
xxqcj142995

Zoo Quest to Guiana


ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID

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: The Reprint Society 1958

KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana

$45.00
1u35/35

New Zealand Birds


OLIVER, W.R.B.

First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, VG (very light foxing to eps & page edges, bookshop ink stamp on front pastedown, slight crack to gutter around p515, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w VG- (moderate browning, creasing to extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history

$67.50
1u35/38

Newspapers in New Zealand


SCHOLEFIELD, GUY H.

Octavo, orange cloth boards, dark green lettering to spine, xii + 287pp, illus, VG (very slight foxing to page edges, very minor bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (slight closed tears at folds, very minor tear with loss to upper spine, slight foxing to inside edges)

PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W Reed 1958

KEYWORDS: Newspapers New Zealand Press media history

$100.00
1u35/40

The Story of the Kauri


REED, A.H.

First edition numbered & signed by author, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 439pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising and fading to spine extrems, light fading to spine and upper board edges, light bruising to board corners, booksellers stamp to pastedown, light tanning to end pages, light foxing to page edges) in d/w scruffy (large section missing from lower front cover repaired with paper, archiaval repairs to spine extrems and hinges, moderate scuffing and creasing to covers, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1953

KEYWORDS: Forestry kauri felling New Zealand saw mills history

$10.00
xxqck143019

The Letters of Evelyn Waugh


WAUGH, EVELYN & AMORY, MARK (edit)

Super octavo softcover (VG-) spine cracked; 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 1982

KEYWORDS: letters literary Waugh Evelyn history

$14.00
xxqck143030

The Roman World


BOARDMAN, JOHN & GRIFFIN, JASPER & MURRAY, OSWYN

Oblong 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: Oxford University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: history Romans illustrated

$18.50
xxqck143031

Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II


BERRY, JASON & FOOSE, JONATHAN & JONES, TAD

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: Da Capo 1992

KEYWORDS: music jazz America history illustrated

$9.00
xxqck143039

Primitive Song


BOWRA, C. M.

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: Mentor 1963

KEYWORDS: literature roots in song history philosophy

$10.00
xxqck143044

A Social History of England


BRIGGS, ASA

Octavo hardback (near FINE) in d/w (Near 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Book Club 1984

KEYWORDS: history England society social illustrated

$10.00
xxqck143045

Elizabeth's England


BIRT, DAVID

Octavo hardback (near FINE) in d/w (Near 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Longman 1981

KEYWORDS: history England society social illustrated

$10.00
xxqck143046

The Mutiny of the Bounty


BARROW, JOHN

Octavo hardback (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: Blackie 1961

KEYWORDS: history the Bounty mutiny illustrated

$15.00
xxqck143054

Larousse Encyclopedia of Archaeology


CHARLES-PICARD, GILBERT (edit) & WARD, ANNE (trans)

Quarto softback (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: Hamlyn 1972

KEYWORDS: archaeology history monuments statues

$9.00
xxqck143074

The Pelican History of Medieval Europe


KEEN, MAURICE

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: Pelican / Penguin 1979

KEYWORDS: Medieval Europe European history

$10.00
xxqcl143078

Poverty and Vagrancy in Tudor England


POUND, JOHN

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: Longman Group Limited 1971

KEYWORDS: England history poverty social vagrancy

$12.00
xxqcl143090

The Mountbattens: From Battenberg to Windsor


LIVERSIDGE, DOUGLAS

Imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Arthur Barker 1978

KEYWORDS: history biography Mountbatten Windsor English British society aristocracy royalty

$12.00
xxqcl143091

The Life and Times of Edward VII


MIDDLEMAS, KEITH

Imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Book Club Associates 1972

KEYWORDS: history England Britain royalty Edward VII

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