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$27.50
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Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off Broadway Movement


BOTTOMS, STEPHEN J.

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: University of Michigan Press 2006

KEYWORDS: theatre Broadway off drama experimental theory history

$95.00
1u33/12

The Jubilee History of Nelson from 1842 to 1892


BROAD, LOWTHER

First edition, rebound with new boards & eps, ex-library, octavo, heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 205pp + 2pp adverts, 20 plates, VG- (slight sticker stain to front board, library markings in white to spine, v.slight dent top right board, light foxing to pages, moderate browning to plates, 2cm tear to frontipiece at gutter, library stamp and numbering to prelims, chemist stamp to pp51, owner's stamp & name in ink to 1st page)

PUBLISHER: Bond, Finney, and Co 1892

KEYWORDS: nelson history jubilee new zealand south island aotearoa colonisation early colony tasman

$45.00
1u33/13

Big Smoke: New Zealand City People in the 60's and 70's


DALEY, JOHN

SIGNED, square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, xv + 118pp + vi at rear, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to front).

PUBLISHER: Godwit 2004

KEYWORDS: new zealand photography john daley signed history

$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

$75.00
1u33/31

The New Zealanders at Gallipoli


WAITE, FRED

Folding map at rear, second edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, xix + 330pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light library markings, light rubbing to boards, d/w cellotaped to pastedowns leaving light residue stains, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Gallipoli military expeditionary Force Turkey Campaigns World War One WW1

$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

$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

$42.50
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

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