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$85.00
1w50/23

New Zealand Birds: An Artist's Field Studies


CHING, RAYMOND

Folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 232pp, illus, VG+ (very light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: birds ornithology New Zealand natural history fauna arts painting

$25.00
1w50/29

Borstal Boy


BEHAN, BRENDAN

First edition, octavo, purple cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 343pp, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning & light foxing) in d/w VG (light foxing, light tanning, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1958

KEYWORDS: autobiography history Britain Juvenile detention homes

$60.00
1w50/36

My Life and Lays


KINROSS, ANDREW

Inscribed & dated by Author, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 122pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Ward 1899

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography history New Zealand poetry poems literature

$8.50
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Oscar Wilde: His LIfe and Confessions


HARRIS, FRANK

Paperback (poor) tanning: 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: Panther 1965

KEYWORDS: biography history Oscar Wilde Victorian wit humour

$25.00
xxqbf141702

The West Coast Pacifics


CLAY, JOHN F. & CLIFFE, J.

Large 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1976

KEYWORDS: railway West coast locomotives history UK British railways Duchess of Abercorn design construction

$24.50
xxqbg141703

The LNER 4-6-0 Classes


CLAY, JOHN F. & CLIFFE, J.

Large 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1975

KEYWORDS: railway UK West coast locomotives history British railways design construction statistics

$150.00
1w50/41

A Spring in the Canterbury Settlement


ADAMS, C. WARREN

lacks fep, all four folding plates present & sound, ex library, original binding, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lattering to front board, frontispiece, 135pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate soiling & light rubbing to boards, light dampstaining to frontispiece, light tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1853

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury district settlers travel

$100.00
1w50/45

The Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1942-1982


BROAD, LOWTHER

Original boards, first edition, ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 205pp, illus, VG (spine repaired with blue tape, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light library markings, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Bond, Finney & Co. 1892

KEYWORDS: history settlers pioneers Nelson New Zealand jubilee

$10.00
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The Americans: The Democratic Experience


BOORSTIN, DANIEL J.

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: Cardinal 1988

KEYWORDS: National characteristics United States Civilisation History

$9.00
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Magic and Mystery in Ancient Egypt


JACQ, CHRISTIAN

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: Souvenir Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Egyptian Mythology Egypt ancient Civilization history

$10.00
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The Power of the Machine


BUCHANAN, R.A.

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 1994

KEYWORDS: history techonology machine

$10.00
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The Timeline Book of Science


COREY, MELINDA & OCHOA, GEORGE

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: Ballantine Books 1995

KEYWORDS: science history chronology

$10.00
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The Turning Point: Science, Society and Rising Culture


CAPRA, FRITJOF

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: Fontana 1987

KEYWORDS: Science sociology history culture

$9.50
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English Science, Bacon to Newton


VICKERS, BRIAN (ed)

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: Cambridge University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Science England history

$22.50
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Railway-Owned Commercial Vehicles


ALDRIDGE W.J. & STEVENS-STRATTEN, S.W.

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: Ian Allan 1990

KEYWORDS: Road rail vehicles Great Britain freight transport Commercial vehicles history

$19.50
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Nameplates of the Big Four Including British Railways


BURRIDGE, FRANK

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: Oxford Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: railways train locomotion history nameplates

$15.00
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Durham Railways


EMETT, CHARLIE

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: Sutton 1999

KEYWORDS: railways train locomotion history Durham

$15.00
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Steam: Around Scarborough


HITCHES, 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: Amberley 2009

KEYWORDS: railways steam train locomotion history Scarborough

$26.50
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Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader


WILLIAMS, PATRICK (ed) & CHRISMAN, LAURA (ed)

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: Simon & Schuster 1994

KEYWORDS: Developing countries Colonialism colonisation history

$10.00
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Who Killed Kit Marlowe?: A Contract to Murder in Elizabethan England


TROW, M.J.

Ex library, 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: Sutton 2001

KEYWORDS: Biography Great Britain Politics government history

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