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$145.00
1y33/45

Rakugo: The Popular Narrative Art of Japan


MORIOKA, HEINZ & SASAKI, MIYOKO

Super octavo, sky blue cloth boards, red lettering & fan motif to spine, frontispiece, xi + 476pp, illus, Near FINE (moderate bruise to top spine extrem with concaved spine) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy creasing/chipping to wraper edges - especially at spine, lightly soilied inside)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: art japan history culture rakugo

$60.00
1y33/46

Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills


OGILVIE, GORDON

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, illus eps, 320pp, illus, Near FINE (light rubbing to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: new zealand history canterbury banks peninsula port hills christchurch otatahi

$20.00
xxrcf147407

The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon


GORDON, BRIG.-GEN. J. M.

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: Cassell 1921

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir J M Gordon military history illustrated

$14.50
xxrcf147412

City of the Century: The epic of Chicago and the making of America


MILLER, DONALD L.

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: Simon and Schuster 1996

KEYWORDS: Chicago America Empire sociology history

$80.00
1y33/50

Castrol: Vol 1- The First Hundred Years, Vol 2- Achievements: Land Sea and Air: A Century of Conquest


GRAVES, RICHARD & SEYMOUR-URE, KIRSTY

2 VOLUME SET, quarto, green heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, printed eps to vol 2, illus title pgs, vol 1- 96pp + vol 2- 208pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers) in slipcase, VG (light chafing to boards, light indentations & scuffing to edges with sl surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1998

KEYWORDS: Castrol business lubricant oil history illustrated engineering aviation motor maritime nautical cars motorsport

$450.00
1y34/31

British Masonic Miscellany Vols 1-20


MARTIN, GEORGE M. (Compiled)

20 VOLUME SET, SCARCE COMPLETE, small octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 141-155pp, VG (moderate discolouration to spines of first 6 vols, light to moderate scuffing to boards, light surface loss to vol 20 board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1, owner's name in ink to feps of vols 1+2+19, various sm ink stamps to prelims of earlier vols)

PUBLISHER: David Winter and Son n/d

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture British antiquity symbolism rites rituals mysteries

$10.00
xxrcg147451

The Regiment: The Real Story of the SAS


ASHER, MICHAEL

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: Penguin 2008

KEYWORDS: history sas special forces military

$30.00
xxrcg147454

The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Band


WALKER, LEO

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: DoubleDay 1972

KEYWORDS: history dance bands culture jazz

$8.50
xxrcg147457

The Emigrant's Friend, or Authentic Guide to South Australia, Including Sydney; Port Phillip, or Australia Felix; Western Australia, or Swan River Colony; New South Wales; Van Dieman's Land; and New Zealand


N/A

Duodecimo stapled wrapper (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: Readers Digest 2010

KEYWORDS: new zealand australia colony history

$12.50
xxrcg147458

Simple on a Soapbox: A Political Testament


LEE, JOHN A.

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: Collins 1963

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics john a lee first edition

$12.00
xxrcg147459

For Mine is the Kingdom


LEE, JOHN A.

FIRST EDITION, lacks fep, 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: Alister Taylor 1975

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics john a lee first edition

$14.00
xxrch147463

These Few Lines: A Convict Story. The Lost Lives of Myra & William Sykes


SEAL, GRAHAM

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: ABC Books 2006

KEYWORDS: history australia first edition convicts colonisation

$12.50
xxrch147473

Prisoners of the East


CORBIN, ALLANA

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: MacMillan 2002

KEYWORDS: history family biography hong kong japanese invasion

$27.50
xxrch147482

Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library


JONES, CHRIS (ed.) & MATTHEWS, BRONWYN (ed.) with CLEMENT, JENNIFER

Imperial octavo softcover with french flaps (Near FINE); 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: Canterbury University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: new zealand archives library canterbury university catalgue history art

$19.50
xxrch147493

Love in the South Seas


DANIELSON, BENGT & LYON, F.H (trans)

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: George Allen & Unwin 1956

KEYWORDS: polynesia history travel culture anthropology

$27.50
xxrch147496

No Star at the Pole: A History of Navigation from the Stone Age to the 20th Century for all who Enjoy the Sea


HAY, DAVID & HAY, JOAN

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight & Co 1972

KEYWORDS: history navigation adventure

$30.00
xxrch147500

The Art of Ancient Egypt


ROBBINS, GAY

Square quarto hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Trustees of British Museum 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient egypt art history archaeology

$70.00
xxrch147502

The Illustrated Denniston Rose & Heart of Coal


PATTRICK, JENNY

FIRST EDITION THUS, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Black Swan 2006

KEYWORDS: new zealand denniston west coast colonial history gold rush historical fiction literature

$32.50
xxrch147505

A Pictorial Record of LMS Road Vehicles


TWELLS, H. N. & BOURNE, T. W

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford 1983

KEYWORDS: motor vehicles transport history cars

$25.00
xxrch147508

An Oxford Hall in Medieval Times Being The Early History of St. Edmund Hall


EMDEN, ALFRED B.

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: Oxford 1927

KEYWORDS: history england church

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