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$16.50
xxzde151365

Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth Century History


New Approaches to European History

HERZOG, DAGMAR

Octavo softcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: history europe gender sexuality academic sex

$19.50
xxzde151379

Pacific Sail: Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific


MORRIS, ROGER

Large clip to rear of d/w, oblong 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: David Bateman Ltd 1987

KEYWORDS: ships boats history Pacific art illustrated

$675.00
1y59/13

Memories of New Zealand Life


HODDER, EDWIN

SCARCE, ORIGINAL BINDING, sm octavo, violet buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt motif & publisher's label to front board, viii + 232pp, VG- (heavy creasing/bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration & moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, 2cm adhesion/scuff to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate staining to prelims, sm annotation in pencil to pg 1)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts 1862

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history anecdotes settlers pioneers Edwin Hodder

$90.00
1y59/26

James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific


KAEPPLER, ADRIENNE L. ET AL

Lg quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2009

KEYWORDS: exploration Captain James Cook history maritime nautical Pacific travel New Zealand illustrated

$40.00
1y59/27

Natural History Manuscript Resources in the British Isles


BRIDSON, GAVIN D. R. & PHILLIPS, VALERIE C. & HARVEY, ANTHONY P. (Compilers)

Lg quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxxiv + 473pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, bookseller's label & label residue/staining to fep, light highlighting & annotation in ink to text sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mansell Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: natural history literature collections resources

$175.00
1y59/29

The Annals of Horticulture; and Year-Book of Information


N/A

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, half leather bound marbled boards, marbled page edges, frontispiece, illus half title page, xvi + 576pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to board hinges, boards moderately shaky, age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards/edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris label to front pastedown, owner's names in ink to front eps, heavy cracking to gutters, pgs 1-16 moderately tanned & foxed)

PUBLISHER: Charles Cox 1848

KEYWORDS: first edition horticulture history illustrated flowers plants

$75.00
1y59/30

European Place-Names in Southern New Zealand


BEATTIE, H.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo booklet, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG- (heavy crack to spine, moderate creasing & discolouration to covers with light pencil names, owner's name in ink to pg 1, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Ensign (Printer) 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand place names history essay literature prose H Beattie first edition signed

$50.00
1y59/31

Log of Logs Volume Two: A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and all Forms of Voyage Narratives, 1788 to 1993, For Australian and New Zealand and Surrounding Oceans


NICHOLSON, IAN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, ex-library, imperial octavo, illus heavy card covers in green faux leather heavy card boards (library), gilt lettering to spine, xii + 608pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to board edges with some surface loss, usual library markings, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1993

KEYWORDS: logs travel Australia New Zealand history genealogy journals diaries

$40.00
1y59/35

Printing Types: New Zealand Type Design Since 1870


VALENTINE, JONTY & CLARKE, PHILIP (Fore)

Octavo, brown heavy card boards, black lettering to front board, 64pp, illus, VG+ (light sunning to spine and upper board edge, light foxing to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Spectrum Print (Printer) 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing illustrated art Jonty Valentine history

$10.00
xxzdf151384

The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940s


BROWN, RICARDO J. & REICHARD, WILLIAM (ed)

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: University of Minnesota Press 2001

KEYWORDS: history sexuality society culture lgbt memoir

$30.00
xxzdf151391

Agony of Punjab


CHOPRA, V.D. & MISHRA, R.K. & SINGH, NIRMAL

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: Patriot Publishers 1984

KEYWORDS: Punjab India politics history

$32.50
xxzdf151397

Battleship: The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse


MIDDLEBROOK, MARTIN & MAHONEY, PATRICK

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: Allen Lane 1977

KEYWORDS: military history battleships ww2 world war 2

$18.50
xxzdf151398

Fighting Flotilla: HMS Laforey and her Sister Ships


SMITH, PETER C.

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 Kimber & Co Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: military history battleships ww2 world war 2

$32.50
xxzdf151399

Steam Railways in Retrospect


NOCK, O.S.

Signed and dated by author, 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: A. & C. BlackLtd 1966

KEYWORDS: railway steam history Britain photography

$17.50
xxzdf151401

Comrade Chiang Ch'ing


WITKE, ROXANE

FIRST EDITION, 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: Little Brown & Company 1977

KEYWORDS: China history biography Ch'ing politics

$25.00
xxzdg151479

The New Conservatism: Cultural Criticism and Historian's Debate


HABERMAS, JURGEN

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: The MIT Press 1989

KEYWORDS: politics society culture history

$14.00
xxzdh151487

The Black Years of Soviet Jewry 1939-1953


GILBOA, YEHOSHUA

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: Little, Brown and Company 1971

KEYWORDS: judaism Jews ww2 world war 2 Soviet Union persecution history

$30.00
xxzdh151493

The Jews in Russia Volume 1: The Struggle for Emancipation & Volume 2: The Struggle for Emancipation1881-1917


GREENBERG, LOUIS

2 VOL SET, 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: Yale University Press 1944

KEYWORDS: Judaism Jewish emancipation Russia history

$20.00
xxzdh151503

Studies in Ancient Israelite Wisdom


CRENSHAW, JAMES L.(ed)

Tidy ex library, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: KTAV Publishing House 1976

KEYWORDS: Israel history wisdom theology

$30.00
xxzdh151517

Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition


CARRASCO, DAVID

Tidy 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: The University of Chicago Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Aztec mythology tradition culture history anthropology

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