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$22.50
xxsfo148634

Coromandel Holiday


REED, A. H.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 cost

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

KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoir travel history photography

$12.50
xxsfo148635

Sketches in New Zealand, with pen and pencil


POWER, W. TYRONE

Ex library super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) in plastic cover; 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: Capper Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art memoir history

$24.50
xxsfo148637

The Thai Resistance Movement During the Second World War


HASEMAN, JOHN B.

Octavo softcover (VG) light card covers; 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: Chalermnit Press n/d

KEYWORDS: war military history society Thailand World war 2 ww2

$28.50
xxsfu148649

The Pocket History of Freemasonry


PICK, FRED L. & KNIGHT, G. NORMAN

Duodecimo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) in plastic cover; 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: Frederick Muller Ltd 1953

KEYWORDS: history freemasons masons Masonic symbolism religion

$35.00
xxsfu148650

Europe: A History


DAVIES, NORMAN

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: Oxford University Press Inc. 1996

KEYWORDS: history Europe nations society prehistory archaeology culture environment

$16.50
xxsfu148651

Boris Pasternak: The Tragic Years 1930-60


PASTERNAK, EVGENY & DUNCAN, MICHAEL (trans) et al

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: Collins Harvill 1991

KEYWORDS: biography poetry memoir history

$22.50
xxsfu148655

Edith Wharton


LEE, HERMIONE

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: Chatto & Windus 2007

KEYWORDS: biography Europe poetry writing history

$30.00
xxsgb148659

Wagner's Ring: A Listener's Companion & Concordance


HOLMAN, J.K.

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: Amadeus 1998

KEYWORDS: Wagner music opera Nibelung Ring reference history companion

$40.00
1y46/9

The Identification of the Northern European Woods: A Guide for Archaeologists and Conservators


HATHER, JON G.

Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, blakc & white lettering to spine, ix + 187pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Archetype Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: archaeology ancient history illustrated conservation north Europe wood trees anatomy

$40.00
1y46/11

The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century In Three Parts: I. History of the Woodcutters: II. Catalogue of the Woodcuts: III. List of the Books Containing Woodcuts


CONWAY, WILLIAM MARTIN

Octavoo, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, xvii + 359pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate cracking to gutters, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1884

KEYWORDS: Europe Netherlands woodcuts woodcutters history carving art books

$40.00
1y46/15

The Pursuivant of Arms; or, Heraldry Founded Upon Facts


PLANCHE, J. R.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, decorative blind stamp to spine & boards, frontispiece with thick tissue guard, xi + 220pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plates to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate water staining to eps & frontispiece, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hardwicke circa 1859

KEYWORDS: heraldry coats of arms illustrated genealogy history family

$40.00
1y46/25

Waitaki Girls' High School Golden Jubilee 1887-1937


POLLARD, IVY M. (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red light card covers, black lettering & rule to front cover, frontispiece, 117pp, illus, folding photos to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate soiling to front cover, moderate foxing to page edges & throughout, heavy separation of rear cover to staples to spine- cover still firmly attached)

PUBLISHER: The Oamaru Mail Office (Printer) 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitaki girls' high school golden jubilee history education Otago south island

$65.00
ak3/22/3964

The Cave of Lascaux: The Final Photographic Record


RUSPOLI, MARIO & COPPENS, YVES (Preface)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's motif in gilt to front board, illus title page, 208pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, 26cm closed tear to gutter of pgs 200-203) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light scuff to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1987

KEYWORDS: ancient history illustrated photos photography cave of Lascaux paintings prehistoric archaeology upper palaeolithic age anthropology

$245.00
1y46/29

A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture: A Study of the Development of its Structural System and the Evolution of its Types


SSU-CH'ENG, LIANG & FAIRBANK, WILMA (Ed)

Oblong quarto, black cloth boards, red lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 201pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate discolouration to board edges, light soiling & warping to boards, light staining to page edges, light foxing to eps, light soiling to terminals) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, heavy sun fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press1985

KEYWORDS: Chinese architecture China buildings illustrated history temples pagodas tombs bridges imperial palaces

$40.00
1y46/35

The Transcaspian Episode 1918-1919


ELLIS, C. H.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate discolouration to spine, light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1963

KEYWORDS: military history British Indian troops Transcaspia Persia first 1st world war one 1 illustrated first edition

$60.00
xxsgn148710

A History of Everyday Things in England


QUENNELL, MARJORIE & QUENNELL C.H.B.

4 VOL SET, 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: B.T. Batsford 1948 (vol 1) 1950 (vols 2,3,4)

KEYWORDS: childrens children's history eductation england britain everyday things

$24.50
xxsgs148732

In Which They Served; The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War


LAVERY, BRIAN

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: Conway 2008

KEYWORDS: WW2 WWII world war two britain royal navy history

$30.00
xxsgs148733

Greek Pottery


LANE, ARTHUR

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) in plastic 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: Faber and Faber 1963

KEYWORDS: greek pottery classic early medditerranean pottery history

$15.00
xxsgt148744

Letters from India


WILSON, LADY & BARR, PAT (intro)

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: Century Publishing Co Ltd. 1984

KEYWORDS: memoir India British expatriate society culture history

$30.00
xxsgu148747

Winston S. Churchill: Volume II Young Statesman 1901-1914


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S.

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: William Heinemann / C & T Publications Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: history Britain biography Winston Churchill

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