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$14.00
xxqgl146039

Islamic Art


BREND, BARBARA

Ex library quarto 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: British Museum Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Art history islamic

$25.00
xxqgl146051

The European Community and New Zealand


LODGE, JULIET

Review Copy Slip Loosely Enclosed, 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: Frances Pinter 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand history europe

$10.00
xxqgl146059

The Extension of Man: The HIstory of Physics before 1900


BERNAL, J.D

Light Pen Annotations, 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: Weidenfield & Nicolson 1972

KEYWORDS: science physics history

$90.00
1y18/43

La Catastrophe du R-101


WATTEBLED, LAURENT

TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing/soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Presses de l'Imprimerie Houdeville 1990

KEYWORDS: text in French r-101 disaster aviation illustrated zeppelin blimp history

$35.00
1y18/47

Centennial History of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge No. 2. 1842-1942


WESTON, Bro. R. C. G.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 330pp, illus, VG (light creasing & fading/scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, inscription in ink & previous owner's name label to fep) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, tatty (heavy chipping to edges with heavy sporadic loss, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn (Printer) 1942

KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasons freemasonry masonic illustrated history Pacific Lodge

$40.00
1y19/7

The Early Britons and the Early British Church: Being the Substance of Two Lectures Given at Glastonbury 14th July 1925


LANCASTER, G. H.

Small octavo, blue heavy card boards, black lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 64pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate staining to spine & rear board, light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, owner's name in ink to fep, light rust stains from staples to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Covenant Publishing Co 1925 approx.

KEYWORDS: history religion theology British Great Britain church

$25.00
xxqgl146069

A History of Queen Margaret College


GAMBRILL, MOLLIE D.

Inscribed, dated and signed by author on rear of fep and signed again on title page, 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: Queen Margaret College Board 1969

KEYWORDS: Collge history Wellington Queen Margaret

$13.50
xxqgl146071

Armenian Tragedy


ROST, YURI & ROBERTS, ELIZABETH (trans)

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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1990

KEYWORDS: Armenia 1988 history inter-ethnic war earthquake Gorbachev Russia

$13.50
xxrag146073

The Trial: The Life and Inevitable Crucifixion of Jesus


THOMAS, GORDON

First edition 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: Bantam 1987

KEYWORDS: Theology religious history crucifixion Jesus Christian

$32.50
xxrag146081

New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific


GUNN, MICHAEL & PELTIER, PHILIPPE (eds)

Ex library quarto 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: Saint Louis Art Museum 2006

KEYWORDS: Art history New Ireland South Pacific carving symbolism ritual

$12.50
xxrag146084

The Life and Times of Buddha


SUGANA, GABRIELLE MANDEL & HART, VIVIAN (trans)

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: Hamlyn 1968

KEYWORDS: Buddha Buddhism history artefacts statues temples

$15.00
xxrag146115

Brass Bands in the 20th Century


BRAND, VIOLET & GEOFFREY

Ex library lacks fep 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: Egon 1979

KEYWORDS: Brass bands history development championships

$50.00
1y19/23

Physical Science and Christianity: A Problem of the XXth Century


BATES, E. KATHARINE

Octavo,blue buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, black lettering & black rule to front board, x + 230pp + 14pp catalogue, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie n/d

KEYWORDS: religion theology history science Christianity spirituality occult esoteric

$175.00
1y19/32

Northward Over the Great Ice: A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and Upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897


PEARY, ROBERT E.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt motif & gilt rule to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 625pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing to spine, light soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ex-libris label & previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown,moderate foxing to prelims, previous moderate water damage to page tops causing sporadic adhesion/tearing, pgs 2-3 stuck together, cracks to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen 1898

KEYWORDS: Illustrated Greenland history culture anthropology

$42.50
1y19/34

Victoria University of Wellington: 1899-1999: A History


BARROWMAN, RACHEL

Quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 432pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine & edges, light foxing to top internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Victoria university Wellington illustrated education

$60.00
1y19/35

Coffee Encounters: Adventures to Origin


HUNTER, TONY ET AL

Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals 540pp, illus, VG (light soiling to half title page, moderate creasing to random pages throughout, sl mouldy smell, otherwise near fine)

PUBLISHER: Smudge Books 2013

KEYWORDS: coffee illustrated beverages drinks history explorarion travel beans farming Latin America Indonesia

$120.00
1y19/36

Dragons From the Dunes: The Search For Dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert


LAVAS, J. R.

Oblong quarto, blue heavy card boards, illus title page, vi + 138pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to lower spine extrem, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning to top internal edges)

PUBLISHER: J. R. Lavas 1993

KEYWORDS: Gobi desert dinosaurs ancient history prehistoric archaeology illustrated palaeontology fossils

$50.00
1y19/41

Property From the Collection of The Duke & Duchess of Windsor: Sale 7000


N/A

3 vols in slipcase along with related ephemera, damage to p242 (corner only) of one volume, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, vol 1- 70pp, vol 2- 549pp, vol 3- 541pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to covers, light creasing to spine & heavy creasing to top corner of pg242 of vol 3) in slipcase, VG (light soiling & wrinkling to top edge, 2cm closed tear to top corner, 5mm gouge to spine edge)

PUBLISHER: Sotheby's 1997

KEYWORDS: Sotheby's auctions Duke Duchess Windsor sale 7000 illustrated catalogue public private collections history royal family monarchy King Edward viii 8th abdication Wallis Simpson

$65.00
1y19/47

Kauri


STEWART, KEITH

Large quarto, olive green heavy card boards, white letterring to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus, Near FINE (light scuffing to board corners & spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (light creasing to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Penguin/Viking 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees illustrated kauri Maori history botany

$75.00
1y20/2

Picts and Porridge: An Ogilvie Family History


OGILVIE, GORDON

SIGNED and inscribed, Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, viii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Alan Gibbs 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scottish heritage genealogy illustrated Ogilvie biographies memoirs history

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