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$12.00
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Bragge's Wellington and the Wairarapa: Images of a city and its provinces from the 1860s to the 1890s as recorded by photographer James Bragge 1833-1908


MAIN, WILLIAM

Lacks d/w Oblong super 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: Millwood Press 1974

KEYWORDS: James Bragge photographic history

$12.00
xxqgc145549

Pioneering in Poverty Bay (N.Z.)


KENWAY, PHILIP T.

First edition, ex library, 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: John Murray 1928

KEYWORDS: Biographical Kenway Poverty Bay New Zealand history

$12.50
xxqgc145558

100 Year History of the Napier Cosmopolitan Club Inc. 1877 - 1977


McERLANE, BRIAN

Tidy ex library, 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: Daily Telegraph (1977) ???

KEYWORDS: Napier New Zealand Cosmopolitan Club history

$12.50
xxqgc145561

The Auckland Story: New Zealand's Queen City and its Citizens Through the Years


GRAINGER, JOHN

Ex library, signed by Pat Lawlor (NZ author), (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 1953

KEYWORDS: Auckland history New Zealand

$17.50
xxqgd145595

Coromandel in the Golden Days


CHAPMAN, SAM

Signed and dated by author, octavo stapled light card cover (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: Sam Chapman (?)

KEYWORDS: Coromandel history Sam Chapman New Zealand

$15.00
xxqgd145602

Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything


GRIBBIN, JOHN

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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1988

KEYWORDS: Science overview potted history

$65.00
1y13/32

The Extinct Lodges of New Zealand


BARCLAY, R. W. BRO. COLONEL G.

Small octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 203pp, VG- (light creasing/fading to spine & extrems, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, fep missing, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front board sl warped)

PUBLISHER: Blundell Bros (Printer) 1935

KEYWORDS: freemasons masonic freemasonry New Zealand history lodges extinct defunct

$40.00
1y13/37

The Keys of Freemasonry


GREEN, CHARLES E.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 208pp + 18pp index, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate fraying & creasing to spine extrems, moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, ex libris & date stamp to fep, also sporadically through out pages, full crack to gutter pgs 30-31)

PUBLISHER: R. S. Sampson Brokensha Co (Printer) 1932(circa)

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic Australia history culture

$40.00
1y13/46

Notes on the Customs of Cambodia


TA-KUAN, CHOU & PELLIOT, PAUL (Trans) & PAUL, J. GILMAN D'ARCY (Trans)

Square super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 41pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing/soiling to board edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, light soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to spine, 3cm closed tear to bottom, moderate scuffing to front, archival tape to top spine area)

PUBLISHER: Social Science Assoc. Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Cambodia travel illustrated history culture

$40.00
1y13/50

The Rise and Development of Organised Freemasonry


WELLS, ROY A.

Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, v sl bruising to board corners, ex libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1986

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history illustrated

$40.00
1y14/4

Israel: Its Life and Culture: I-II


PEDERSEN, JOHS.

Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, green buckram boards, x + 578pp, VG (moderate creeasing/chipping to spine extrems with sl surface loss & fraying, light rubbing to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, boards lightly shaky, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, book seller's label & previous owner's name in ink to fep, partial cracks to gutters)

PUBLISHER: V. Pio.Povl Branner 1926

KEYWORDS: Israel culture history anthropology Jewish antiquities

$85.00
1y14/8

The History of Freemasonry in Leeds 1754-1954: With a Short Account of All Existing Leeds Lodges, Chapters and Other Masonic Institutions


MATTHEWS, W. BRO. R. D.

Octavo, bright blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, folding map of Leeds to rear, 239pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy loss to spine & extrems, moderate scuffing to boards & corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Leeds Bi-Centenary Council/Installed Masters' Assoc. 1954

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture illustrated Leeds England UK

$45.00
1y14/9

Victoria Lodge No. 147: The First Hundred Years


MILLER, F. W. G.

Octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to front board, illus prelims, 98pp + unpaginated appendices, illus, Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Victoria Lodge No. 147 1983?

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture illustrated

$120.00
1y14/11

Records of the Hole Crafte and Fellowship of Masons: With a Chronicle of the History of the Worshipful Company of Masons of the City of London


CONDER Jr, EDWARD

Imperial octavo, half bound heavy card & buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt crest motif to front board, illus title page, vii + 312pp, illus, VG (light soiling to spine, light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 1.5cm crack to gutter)

PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1894

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture London UK illustrated

$75.00
1y14/15

A History of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments: With an Account of the Gaelic Language, Literature and Music: Volume 1


MACLAUCHLAN, REV. THOMAS & WILSON, Prof. JOHN & KELTIE, JOHN S. (Ed)

This vol only (Vol 1), a restorer's delight! imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxvi + 776pp, illus, beautiful but needs a lot of TLC (much archival tape repair to spine, binding completely loose, sporadic clumps of pages loose but mostly present, age appropriate wear and tear to boards) photos recommended before purchase

PUBLISHER: Thomas C Jack/A Fullarton & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: highlands clans tartans illustrated history Scottish Scotland culture literature

$12.00
xxqgd145603

Captain Bligh the man and his mutinies


KENNEDY, GAVIN

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: Duckworth 1989

KEYWORDS: Naval history mutiny Captain Bligh Bounty

$30.00
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Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry


PATTILLO, DONALD M.

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: University of Michigan Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history aircraft American industry military economic

$18.50
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Eyewitness in Zululand: The campaign reminiscences of Colonel W A Dunne, CB South Africa, 1877-1881


BENNETT, IAN (lIEUT-COLONEL)

First edition, 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: Greenhill 1989

KEYWORDS: account military history zulu wars Kaffir Zulu Sekukuni Boer Colonel Dunne

$24.50
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The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685 - c.1712


MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER (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: MacDonald & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: History biography Celia Fiennes English England social castles stately homes

$13.50
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Picture of a Province


HISTORIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HAWKE'S BAY

Octavo stapled light card cover (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: Swailes (1958) ???

KEYWORDS: Hawke's Bay New Zealand centennial history pictorial

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