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$40.00
1y24/48

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076


BATHAM, CYRIL N. (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xii + 244pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Garden City Press (Printer) 1983

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic history rituals culture

$42.50
1y24/50

Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part Played by New Zealanders in the Great War


BRERETON, MAJOR C. B., GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed), MILLWARD, PETER (Intro), PUGSLEY, DR. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red heavy card board, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson ww1 first world war illustrated military history autobiography memoir

$40.00
1y25/1

Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Transactions of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076: Volume 96 for the Year 1983


BATHAM, CYRIL N. (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 246pp, illus, VG+ (removable protective clear plastic cover to boards, light bruising to board corners, ex libris plate to fep, very light ink mark to full title page)

PUBLISHER: The Garden City Press 1984

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic history rituals culture

$60.00
1y25/6

The Violin Hunter


SILVERMAN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER & GINGOLD, JOSEF (Fore)

ENLARGED ILLUSTRATED EDITION 1981, octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus eps & prelims, 262pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light soiling to board edges, light bruising to board corners, light to moderate foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Paganiniana Publications 1981

KEYWORDS: violin illustrated Luigi Tarisio nonfiction history

$65.00
1y25/16

Navigators & Naturalists: French Exploration of New Zealand and the South Seas


LEE, MICHAEL

Super octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light scuffing to board edges, prev owners name in ink to front past down,sl scuffing to board corners) in d/w VG+ (sl soiling to covers, sl creasing, prev bookseller price tag to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand French exploration travel illustrated history navigation South Seas

$145.00
1y25/22

Sketches in New Zealand with Pen and Pencil: From a Journal Kept in That Country From July 1846 to June 1848


POWER, W. TYRONE

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & tooling & raised bands to spine, page edges stained red, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlviii + 290pp, illus, VG- (heavy chippping & scuffing to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing to boards & corners with some surface loss, moderate tanning & heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, moderate water staining to page edges, 6cm tear to tissue guard & moderate wrinkling, owner's name in ink to fep, light cracking to gutters, all illus present but moderately water stained)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1849

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated journal history exploration travel culture

$55.00
1y25/28

Theology of Revelation: Including a Commentary on the Constitution Dei Verbum of Vatican II


LATOURELLE, RENE

OWNERSHIP OF MONSIGNOR PAUL FARMER, super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 520pp, VG (moderate staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate ugly tape residue to both pastedowns, owner's name in ink to prelims, cracks to gutters, moderate underlining & annotations to margins & text in ink & pencil) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing & staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Alba House 1967

KEYWORDS: theology religion revelation Christianity scripture apostles apostolic history owned by Monsignor Paul Farmer

$48.50
1y26/12

Tales of Three Campaigns: A Soldier's Plain Unvarnished Story of a Part of New Zealanders in the Great War


BRERETON, MAJOR C. B. & GRAY, JOHN H. (Ed) & MILLWARD, PETER (Intro) & PUGSLEY, Dr. CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 378pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, sl sticky residue to front cover)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas 2015

KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand illustrated Great War ww1 first world war biography memoir Major C B Brereton

$10.00
xxral146455

The Aviator's Wife


BENJAMIN, MELANIE

octavo 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: Bantam 2013

KEYWORDS: literature fiction history Anne Morrow Charles Lindbergh

$10.00
xxral146464

Welsh Place Names: Their Meanings Explained


DAVIES, E. M.

small octavo light card covers (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: Qualitex 1979

KEYWORDS: Welsh place names towns villages cities history meanings

$9.50
xxral146465

The Second Penguin Book of English Madrigals for Five Voices


STEVENS, DENIS (edit)

small octavo light card covers (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 1970

KEYWORDS: music song madrigals history English England voice

$12.00
xxral146466

The Devil: A Biography


STANFORD, PETER

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: Arrow 1996

KEYWORDS: the Devil history literature arts folklore psychology world christianity Satan Judaism crusades church

$14.00
xxral146470

The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order


VON SIMSON, OTTO

octavo light card covers, some underlining in ink (VG) sl.water staining: 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: Harper Torchbooks 1962

KEYWORDS: architecture cathedrals origins history gothic medieval building church light form

$10.00
xxral146471

The Prado


CANTON, SANCHEZ

spine cracked, octavo light card covers (VG) sl.water staining: 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: Thames and Hudson 1971

KEYWORDS: Prado art painting fine arts history schools artists

$40.00
1y26/39

Universal Auckland Almanac: Streets and Postal Guide - Tables - Every Town and Village of the Province - Directory of Local Organisations


N/A

Octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to covers & spine, illus of Auckland harbour to front cover, printed eps with adverts & emergency phone numbers, illus prelims, xxii+282pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning & soiling to covers, slight creasing to covers, heavy browning, creasing & fading to spine, light staining to fep, light browning throughout, final page ripped at staples but present and attached due to glue)

PUBLISHER: Universal Business Directories 1948

KEYWORDS: auckland new zealand history almanac directory business

$40.00
1y26/40

Bloodfued: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England


FLETCHER, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering & publisher motif to spine, red eps, xv+231pp, illus, plates, FINE, in d/w, Near FINE ( v. slight creasing to upper spine extrems, rear flap has been used as a bookmark so is very slightly wider than usual)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Group 2002

KEYWORDS: first edition richard fletcher history england canute anglo saxon

$9.00
xxrba146521

The Murder of Lawrence of Arabia


EDEN, MATTHEW

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: New English Library 1991

KEYWORDS: literature fiction history Lawrence Arabia accident conspiracy theory

$10.00
xxrbb146538

France in the Sixteenth Century: A Medieval Society Transformed


STONE Jr., DONALD

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: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1969

KEYWORDS: France French history culture society medieval

$45.00
1y27/13

The Clans of the Scottish Highlands: The Costumes of the Clans


McIAN, R. R. & LOGAN, JAMES & FRASER, ANTONIA (Fore)

Lg quarto, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 206pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing to edges with light chipping, light discolouration to edges)

PUBLISHER: Webb & Bower 1980

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish illustrated clans genealogy history culture

$45.00
1y27/14

The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume V


KNIGHT, CHARLES

THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 1034 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bradbury and Evans 1857

KEYWORDS: cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature

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