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$18.50
xxshn148833

Te Mata: The Ethnological Portrait


BLACKLEY, ROGER

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi 2008

KEYWORDS: exhibition Maori art portrait busts paintings drawings history New Zealand

$26.50
xxshn148834

A History of the New Zealand Fiction Feature Film


BABINGTON, BRUCE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand films history cinema film-making

$15.00
xxshn148843

Critique de la Raison Politique


DEBRAY, REGIS

Text in French, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Gallimard 1981

KEYWORDS: politics philosophy history religion French language

$50.00
1y47/36

Mission to the River Hutt: A History of the Catholic Church in the Hutt Valley and the Parish of Saints Peter & Paul 1850-2000


CULLINANE, BERNARD J.

Quarto, blue heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, xi + 428pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Parish of Saints Peter & Paul 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hutt Valley religion theology catholic church history

$70.00
1y47/45

Memoir of the Life and Services of Admiral Sir William Hargood


ALLEN, JOSEPH & LADY HARGOOD

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & naval motif to spine, gilt military motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled page edges, xii + 296pp, illus, tatty (heavy chipping with some loss & discolouration to spine, heavy bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy blackened 1cm gouge to rear board, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate annotations in pencil throughout)

PUBLISHER: Henry S. Richardson 1841

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Admiral Sir William Hargood nautical maritime military navy naval history illustrated

$20.00
xxshw148845

Rising '44; 'The Battle for Warsaw'


DAVIES, NORMAN

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: Macmillan 2033

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 polnd warsaw battle history 1944

$22.50
xxshw148846

Ardennes 1944; HItler's Last Gamble


BEEVER, ANTONY

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: Viking 2015

KEYWORDS: ww2 war ardennes history

$17.50
xxshs148869

Clare Though the Twentieth Century; Portrait of a Cambridge College


SHAW-MILLER, LINDSEY (ed)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Third Millenium 2001

KEYWORDS: cambridge clare college history

$50.00
1y47/50

New Zealand at the Front 1918


MEN OF THE NEW ZEALND DIVISION

Ex-library, bound in library brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, xiii + 145pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges, binding very tight with heavy 7cm crack to front gutter, pg missing with heavy remnats of paper to verso frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1918

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated humour ww1 first world war one literature

$225.00
1y48/3

Chronicles of the Garden of New Zealand, Known as Taranaki


SEFFERN, WILLIAM H. J.

ORIGINAL BINDING, ex-library, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & board edges, usual library markings, ligth discolouration to spine, moderate chafing to boards, heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy creasing to frontis edges, list of illus pg completely detached but present, moderate cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Taranaki Herald 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Taranaki anthropology culture

$37.50
1y48/9

Between the Rivers


HILL, ELIZABETH & McGREGOR, EWAN (Fore)

TIDY ex-library, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 244pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to boards, minimal library markings, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing to edges, light library markings, front flap partially removed)

PUBLISHER: Central Hawke's Bay Printers & Publishers circa 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Hawkes Hawke's Bay

$45.00
1y48/11

Royal Commission to Inquire Into Napier Harbour: Expert Evidence Tendered Before the Royal Commission


N/A

Rebound utilizing original cover, new eps, ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate creasing/wrinkling to pgs throughout, complete separation of pg 4 to staples at gutter- pg still firmly attached)

PUBLISHER: The Daily Telegraph 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Napier harbour inquiries

$140.00
1y48/15

The History of Taranaki


WELLS, B.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leather bound turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckled colouring to page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 311pp, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate chafing to boards, moderate discolouration to page edges, ex-libris plate tofront pastedown, moderate scuff to fep with sl loss, minimal ex-library stamps, heavy crack to gutter of preface pg, light underlining in ink sporadically to a few pgs)

PUBLISHER: Edmondson & Avery 1878

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Taranaki

$50.00
1y48/18

Journey to a Hanging


WELLS, PETER

octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history race relations Carl Sylvius Kereote Rau Kaiwhatu murder justice law crime signed

$50.00
1y48/26

The Colonisation of New Zealand


MARAIS, J. S.

Ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 384pp, tatty (heavy creasing/bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to gutters with bizarre attempts at repair using mesh/cloth, moderate annotations & underlining in both ink & pencil to text throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization pioneers politics

$80.00
1y48/27

Association Football in New Zealand: Jubilee Yearbook


HOUSTON, J.

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, scruffy (heavy chipping to spine extrems, heavy creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & staining to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport soccer football history illustrated

$175.00
1y48/28gc

Murihiku and the Southern Islands: A History of the West Coast Sounds, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, The Snares, Bounty, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands From 1770 to 1829


McNAB, ROBERT

Octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 377pp, map of NZ & surrounding islands to prelims, VG+ (tidy copy, prev. owner's ownership inscrp. in ink to fep., moderate creasing & light chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate staining to boards, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: William Smith (Printer) 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration pioneers colonisation colonization

$45.00
1y48/38

No Fixed Abode: A Jewish Odyssey to Africa


FRAENKEL, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 249pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light soiling to rear board, previous owner's name in ink to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chippping to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2005

KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history anthropology Africa autobiography memoir Peter Fraenkel diaspora holocaust persecution

$38.50
1y48/42

Notes on the Country I Live in


WESTRA, ANS & BAXTER, JAMES K. & SHADBOLT, TIM

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, 124pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing to spine & covers with light chafing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner heavily scuffed chipped)

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture contemporary history illustrated pictorial collection anthology photos photography

$100.00
1y48/45

The Curiosities of Heraldry: With Illustrations From Old English Writers


LOWER, MARK ANTONY

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to spine & boards with blind stamp decoration, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 319pp + 24pp adverts, illus, tatty (heavy cracking to spine & hinges, rear board almost completely detached, heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter with failed attempt at tape repair)

PUBLISHER: John Russell Smith 1845

KEYWORDS: heraldry genealogy family history illustrated coats coat of arms England English

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