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$25.00
xxraj146353

A Tasman Trio: Wanganella - Awatea - Monowai


BELL, ANDREW & ROBINSON, MURRAY

Quarto hardcover (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: Ships in Focus 2009

KEYWORDS: ships boats history maritime new zealand tasman

$14.00
xxraj146373

The World's Navies


CHANT, CHRIS (ed.)

Quarto 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: Talos Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: naval history war armed forces navy maritime

$9.50
xxraj146377

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study


TAWNEY, R.H

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: Penguin Books 1961

KEYWORDS: politics religion history capitalism

$22.50
xxraj146380

Railway Motor Buses and Bus Services in the British Isles 1902-1933 Volume 1


CUMMINGS, JOHN

Quarto 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 1978

KEYWORDS: motor history rail trams buses transport

$24.50
xxraj146381

East Coast Pacifics at Work


TOWNEND, P.N

Quarto 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 Allen 1982

KEYWORDS: motor history rail trains

$20.00
xxraj146382

Stanier 4-6-0s At Work


POWELL, A.J

Quarto 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 Allen 1983

KEYWORDS: motor history rail trains

$22.50
xxraj146383

A Pictorial Record of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives


TALBOT, E.

Quarto 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 Co 1982

KEYWORDS: motor history rail trains

$10.00
xxrak146402

Old Homes of Lyttelton Harbour


CRESSWELL, FRANCES

Ex- LIbrary, Octavo stapled wrapper with french flaps (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: Pegasus 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand history lyttleton architecture canterbury

$22.50
xxrak146408

William Mason: The First New Zealand Architect


STACPOOLE, JOHN

Imperial 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: Auckland University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: new zealand history architecture william mason

$18.00
xxrak146409

From the Banks of the Avon: The Story of a River.


LAMB, ROBERT C.

Imperial 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: A.H & A.W Reed 1981

KEYWORDS: new zealand history christchurch avon river otakaro otahtahi aotearoa

$50.00
xxrak146420

An Outline of Christianity: The Story of Our Civilization in Five Volumes., Vol.1 The Birth of Christianity, Vol. 2 The Builders of the Church, Vol.3 The Rise of Modern Churches, Vol. 4 Christianity and Modern Thought, Vol. 5 Christianity To-Day and


PEAKE, A.S (ed.) & PARSONS, R.G (ed.)

FIVE VOLUME SET, Imperial octavo hardcover (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 Waverley Book Co. (N/D)

KEYWORDS: history christianity religion church

$55.00
1y20/48

Archangels & Archaeology: J. S. M. Ward's Kingdom of the Wise


GINN, GEOFFREY

Super octavo, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiv + 318pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Sussex Academic Press 2012

KEYWORDS: biography memoir J S M Ward history spirituality antiquities freemasonry freemasons religion

$90.00
1y20/49

A Key to the Bible: Containing a Summary of Biblical Knowledge and a Dictionary of all the Principle Words in the Old and New Testaments


TIMPSON, Rev. THOMAS

Modern rebind, octavo, green mottled buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, illus title page, folding map after contents pgs & to rear, x + cxxxvi dissertations, 420pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing & creasing to spine & board edges, light tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, ex-libris label to fep, owner's name in ink to preface pg, light/moderate soiling & staining throughout, heavy creasing & foxing to fold out maps with some obvious tape repairs, crack to full length of gutters, pgs 1-2 missing, 8cm closed tear to edge of pg19-20 with obvious tape repair)

PUBLISHER: William Smith 1845

KEYWORDS: bible Christianity illustrated history religion scripture

$120.00
1y21/3

Religious Mysteries of the Orient


McGILL, ORMOND & ORMOND, RON

Super octavo, purple buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus prelims, 274pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling & foxing to page top edges, boards sl warped & shaky)

PUBLISHER: A. S. Barnes 1976

KEYWORDS: Asia spirituality illustrated history oriental

$225.00
1y21/4

China in Decay: The Story of a Disappearing Empire


KRAUSSE, ALEXIS

THIRD EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, Chinese script & motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map near front, smaller folding maps throughout, xiv + 418pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising to board corners & edges, previous moderate water damage to back board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, sl foxing & occasional crease to some maps) the main folding map near the front is in beautiful condition and, despite being VG- , is a beautiful book indeed!

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1900

KEYWORDS: China illustrated culture history antiquity treaty of Tientsin British politics

$60.00
1y21/5

The Giant Cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy Places


PORTER, Rev. J. L.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black tooling to front board, blind rule & stamp to rear board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus half title page, v + 371pp, VG- (heavy chipping & moderate chafing to spine extrems, light scuffing to spine & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, crack to fulll length of gutters, pgs 1-10 missing, pgs 11-12 completely detached but present, boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: T. Nelson and Sons 1881

KEYWORDS: religion exploration travel history Syria Jerusalem Jordan Galilee northern border

$30.00
1y21/7

Freemasonry and its Etiquette


CAMPBELL-EVERDEN, WILLIAM PRESTON

FIRST EDITION, small octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp masonic motif to front board, vi + 507pp + 8pp adverts, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing & discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, various inscriptions in ink & pencil to eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, ocassional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: A. Lewis 1915

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic history etiquette culture

$245.00
1y21/10

Gould's History of Freemasonry: Embracing and Investigation of the Records of the Organizations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, the United States of America, and Other Countries


WRIGHT, DUDLEY (Ed)

5 VOL SET, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & masonic symbol motifs to spine & front board, blind decorative stamp to front boards, vii-ix + 258-328pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & creasing to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners with sl surface loss, moderate foxing to front board of vol 5, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 5, 11cm loss to top corner of fep of vol 1) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover - vol 1 d/w missing, tatty (heavy chipping to spine & edges with 3cm loss to vols 3+5, moderate creasing & chips to spines, possible insect damage to rear cover of vol 4, heavy tanning to spines)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Publishing Company n/d

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic illustrated history culture customs international records

$50.00
1y21/20

A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis


BARKER, T. C. & ROBBINS, MICHAEL

This volume only, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xx + 554pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light tanning to covers, light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1974

KEYWORDS: London rail transport illustrated history England English twentieth 20th century trains

$80.00
1y21/42

Photo Album of Popular Personalities


N/A

Complete, oblong octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, printed front ep, unpaginated, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to covers, light rust marks from staples to centre pgs)

PUBLISHER: Carreras/Grand Prix Paris circa early 20th century

KEYWORDS: social history illustrated cigarette cards promo promotional royal family royalty personalities famous people Picadilly Juniors

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