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Omai: Pacific Envoy
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) 3cm of lower corner of front board appears to have been chewed by pet or child, corner of d/w flap missing, chew marks to boards; 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: Auckland University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Omai Cook England Pacific Sandwich Huahine history
The Triumph of Music: Composers, musicians and their audiences, 1700 to the present
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in gloss band semi 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: Allen Lane 2008
KEYWORDS: Music composers history stadiums concerts classical
Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, dark brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing to covers, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald Co (Printer) 1970
KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand history Canterbury illustrated
A History of Powerco: Delivering New Zealand's Energy Future
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, FINE, in d/w, Nr FINE (sl scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Powerco n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand power energy business Powerco history
The Franco-German War to the Catastrophe of Sedan and the Fall of Strassburg
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black stamp decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, viii + 701pp, illus, folding maps/tabular views/battle plans/tableau to rear, VG- (light creasing & moderate surface loss to spine, light scuffing to boards, light surface loss to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to full length of gutters, light water staining to eps)
PUBLISHER: Asher & Co 1873
KEYWORDS: military history France Germany first edition politics
Dusky Bay: In the Steps of Captain Cook
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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1975
KEYWORDS: Dusky Bay New Zealand Captain James Cook history Johann Forster
No Other Home Than This: A History of European New Zealanders
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: Craig Potton 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand social cultural history heritage
Peter the Great
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: Macmillan 1965
KEYWORDS: History Russia Peter the Great Biography
Pioneering Millicent and District: Celebrating 100 Years of the Millicent Agricultural Bureau 1888 to 1988
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to rear cover, numbers '4183' in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Millicent Agricultural Bureau 1988
KEYWORDS: Australia illustrated history agriculture farming exploration settlement
The Naval War of 1812
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval equip't motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & boards with some surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, previous owner's name in ink & bookseller's sm stamp to front pastedown, sm inscription in felt pen to half title page, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss & tape repair, light tanning & soiling to both internal & external sides)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition history navy naval military nautical maritime war politics 1812
Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xviii + 293pp, illus, Near FINE (numbers '4945' in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 0.5cm closed tear to top corner edge)
PUBLISHER: Hambledon and London 2005
KEYWORDS: ancient history boudica boadicea Roman invasion warrior Britain archaeology
Children of the Back Lanes: Destitute and Neglected Children in Colonial New South Wales
Octavo, brown heavy card boards, illus eps, 256pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: New South Wales University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Australia history New South Wales illustrated children youth poverty
The Missionary's Daughter
Super octavo, blue quarter bound heavy card boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 285pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges, sm numbers in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Whanganui Historical Society 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography memoir Laura Taylor diary journal
Ye Olde Barrier Scrapbook
Oblong octavo stapled wrappers (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: David Watson 2005
KEYWORDS: great barrier island new zealand history
My Dunedin
Super octavo softcover (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: Gordon Parry 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand dunedin otepoti otago history society community
Invasion: The German Invasion of England July 1940
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: Corgi Books 1981
KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii invasion germany england history
The Disposable Skateboard Bible
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & gold lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 368pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sl foxing to page edges, light smudgy fingerprints to eps)
PUBLISHER: Gingko Press Inc 2009
KEYWORDS: skateboarding sports illustrated collecting history culture popular pop hobbies sport extreme collectables collectibles
Harry Carr's World of Freemasonry: The Collected Papers and Talks of Harry Carr
Super octavo, light teal heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 446pp, illus, VG (light creasing & tanning to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to boards & edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 9cm vertical crease to front flap of covers)
PUBLISHER: Lewis Masonic 1984
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture
Sidelights on Freemasonry (Craft and Royal Arch)
New revised edition, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule & masonic motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + 263pp, illus, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate sun fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to board corners, light chafing to boards, 1cm bruise with loss to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, fep missing)
PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1924
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals
Quest For Mysteries: The Masonic Background for Literature in Eighteenth-Century Germany
Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 178pp, VG (light chafing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink stamp & book seller's label to fep)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1947
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature Germany