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$70.00
1y32/4

The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War, 1895-1920


PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER & JACKSON, SIR PETER (Fore)

Lg quarto, dark grey heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, xv + 509pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Oratia Books 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment history film media illustrated

$40.00
1y32/7

With My Pack on My Back: The Story of Tramping in the New Zealand Bush During the Years 1917-1927


NICHOLLS, CHARLES NORMAN STREAK

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers, v + 162pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to covers & spine, light creasing & staining to covers, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: C. Norman Nicholls 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history tramping hiking walking outdoors hobbies

$70.00
1y32/9

History of Limehills: A History of the Limehills School and District


OVERTON, NIGEL (Compiled & Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 300pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & sun fading to spine & covers, previous bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Limehills School 125 Year Jubilee Celebrations Committee 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Limehills illustrated jubilee district

$17.50
xxrcb147207

English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries


The Bedford Historical Series

BASKERVILLE, GEOFFREY

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1949

KEYWORDS: history england church monks

$25.00
xxrcb147217

A History of The Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom In Two Volumes: Vol.1


WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON

This Vol. Only, super octavo hardcover (Scruffy); 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co. 1903

KEYWORDS: history christianity theology

$18.00
xxrcb147218

Brewer's British Royalty: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary


WILLIAMSON, DAVID

Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1998

KEYWORDS: england history monarchy royalty dictionary

$17.50
xxrcb147219

A History of Egyptian Archaeology


BRATTON, F. GLADSTONE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1967

KEYWORDS: ancient history egypt archaeology

$14.00
xxrcb147221

The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihad and Modernity


ALI, TARIQ

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Verso 2003

KEYWORDS: america politics extremism history

$22.50
xxrcb147227

The Gothick North: A Study of Mediaeval Life, Art and Thought. These Sad Ruins


SITWELL, SACHEVERELL

FIRST EDITION, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1929

KEYWORDS: history mediaevel gothic

$25.00
xxrcc147234

Fifty Years of Primitive Methodism in New Zealand: A Series of Historical and Biographical Sketches, From the Establishment of Primitive Methodism in the Coloby in its Jubilee Year 1893-4


N/A

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Primitive Methodist Book Depot 1893

KEYWORDS: new zealand history methodism

$30.00
xxrcc147235

The Historic Jesus


MACKINNON, JAMES

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Longman Green & Co. 1931

KEYWORDS: history jesus religion christianity

$24.50
xxrcc147246

The English Vocabulary and Sentence Structure of Maori Children


BARHAM, I.H

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: NZ Council for Educational Research 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history te reo education english

$30.00
xxrcc147248

From New York to New Zealand or, the New Century Trip


McMURRAN, C.W.

First edition, lacks map at front, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Wellington Govt printing office 1904

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history townships

$35.00
xxrcc147255

The Pegasus Book of Scotland


TRANTER, NIGEL

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Dobson Books 1964

KEYWORDS: Scotland history politics variance

$18.50
xxrcc147260

The Origin of Humankind


LEAKEY, RICHARD

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1994

KEYWORDS: mankind evolution science anthropology antiquity history

$40.00
1y32/15

A Regional History of North Makarewa, Makarewa, Lorneville


MACINTOSH, JOAN

Octavo, light green hard card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, illus, Near FINE (sl indentation to top of rear board) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light sun fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Makarewa Jubilee Committee 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated Makarewa Lorneville

$40.00
1y32/16

Moonlight Ranges: The Story of Dipton 1877-1977


MILLIGAN, DAVID

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Dipton Centennial Committee 1977

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Dipton illustrated

$170.00
1y32/17

Memories of the Life of J. F. H. Wohlers: Missionary at Ruapuke, New Zealand


WOHLERS, J. F. H. & HOUGHTON, JOHN (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, page edges stained red, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 216pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & board corners with some surface loss, sl water damage to buckram of front board, moderate fading to staining on page edges, moderate chafing to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing & soiling to pages sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Company 1895

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand autobiography memoir J. F. H. Wohlers Ruapuke history religion Christianity

$90.00
1y32/43

The Letters of Sir Joseph Banks: A Selection, 1768 - 1820


BANKS, SIR JOSEPH & CHAMBERS, NEIL (edit)

imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, illus prelims, xliii+419pp, illus, VG+ (very sl. bruising to spine extrems, superficial scratch along both covers, ink inscription and prev owners signature to pastedown and fep) in d/w, VG+ (sl. rubbing, with sl. bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Imperial College Press 2000

KEYWORDS: autobiography Banks history New Zealand letters correspondence culture

$22.50
xxrcc147272

Jazz Masters of the 30's


STEWART, REX

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: MacMillan Co. 1972

KEYWORDS: music history jazz

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