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$18.50
xxzaa149292

Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia


RUSSELL, PENNY

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: University of New South Wales Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Australia history culture manners colonial

$50.00
1y54/12

Inheriting the Dream: Co-operative Dairying in the Tasman Region


DAWBER, CAROL & GRAHAM, JIM (Fore)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp + unpaginated index, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: NZMP 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand dairy farming illustrated history Tasman

$60.00
1y54/14

Sainsbury Logan & Williams: Lawyers Since 1875


WEBSTER, STUART & FINLAYSON, C. F. (Fore)

Lg quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, signed + numbered embossed blind stamp to bottom of title page , xi + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board corners, light creasing with 1cm closed tearing to bottom corners of pgs 229-232) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Sainsbury Logan & Williams Services 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand legal law firm history biography memoir Sainsbury Logan Williams signed numbered

$40.00
1y54/15

The Hawke's Bay Tribune: Emergency Earthquake Editions (Souvenir Issue)


N/A

Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate creasing & staining to covers, moderate rusting to staples with some closed tearing, 1cm segment clipped from bottom corner of rear cover, moderate tanning & scuffing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: W. C. Whitlock/H.B. Tribune 1931

KEYWORDS: Hawke's Bay New Zealand earthquake natural disaster illustrated history tribune

$30.00
ak3/21/3929

Awaroa Legacy: The Story of the Hadfield Family


DAWBER, CAROL & WILSON, LYNETTE

Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 352pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: October Enterprises/River Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated Hadfield family Abel Tasman settlers pioneers genealogy

$50.00
1y54/25

Christian Community in History: Historical & Comparative Ecclesiology Vols 1 & 2


HAIGHT, ROGER

TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spines, x-ix + 438pp-518pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, owner's name in pencil to fep of vol 2) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, previous shop owner's adhesive price label to front flap to vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2004-2005

KEYWORDS: religion theology history ancient historical ecclesiology Christianity antiquity

$90.00
1y54/26

Glenaray: Waikaia - Southland: An Account of the Tenure of the Former Pastoral Runs Now Amalgamated in Run No. 626


CHANDLER, PETER M. (Compiled) & HALL-JONES, JOHN (Fore)

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus front eps, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep & verso of frontispiece) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 3cm closed tear to top edge with archival tape repair, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Southland south island pastoral stock land

$28.50
xxzaa149317

Respectable Radicals: A History of the National Council of Women of Australia 1896-2006


QUARTLY, MARIAN & SMART, JUDITH

Inscribed and signed by both authors, 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: Monash University Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: Australia history NCWA feminism equality

$30.00
xxzab149320

Archaeologia Aeliana or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity


HUNTER BLAIR, C. H. (ed)

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: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1935

KEYWORDS: history Britain archaeology anthropology

$20.00
xxzab149323

Port Nelson- Gateway to the Sea


PARR, W. H.

Signed 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: Nelson Harbour Board 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson history port

$35.00
xxzab149326

A Catalogue of Type Faces From the Printing Museum


VARIOUS

Numbered limited edition, super 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: Bedplate Press (printers) 2007

KEYWORDS: printing type face history

$35.00
xxzab149328

A Book of Type Specimens From the Pelorus Press


VARIOUS

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: The Pelorus Press Ltd n/d

KEYWORDS: type printing press history

$45.00
xxzab149329

Policing in the Mountain Shadow: A History of the Taranaki Police


CARR, MARGARET

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: TNL Print (printers) 1989

KEYWORDS: history police New Zealand Taranaki photography

$19.50
xxzab149336

The Claws of the Bear: A History of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1917 to the Present


MOYNAHAN, BRIAN

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: Century Hutchinson 2010

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Soviet politics

$225.00
1y54/44

The Official Handbook of New Zealand. A Collection of Papers by Experience Colonists, or The Colony as a Whole, and on the Several Provinces.


VOGEL, JULIUS (ed.)

FIRST EDITION, 2 FOLDING MAPS, 5 MOUNTED PHOTOS (one missing), 26 WOOD ENGRAVINGS, octavo, illus light card covers, fabric spine, black lettering to front cover, c.o.a motif to front, illus title page, 272pp, illus/plates/folding maps, VG ( age appropriate wear & tear, heavy tanning to covers, light chipping to spine extrems, missing TWO mounted photo, owners signature in pen to front cover, embossed bookseller stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons (printer) 1875

KEYWORDS: new zealand history aotearoa colonistaion colonies pakeha first edition

$185.00
1y54/47

Mastodon, Mammoth and Man


with Illustrations

MACLEAN, J. P.

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to front board, blind rule to boards, patterened eps, frontispiece, 84pp+4pp adverts at rear, plates, VG+ ( age appropriate wear & tear, light bruising to spine extrems with surface loss, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Robert Clarke & Co. 1880

KEYWORDS: science mammoth mastodon history fauna

$295.00
1y54/48

Te Tarata: The Tattooed Rock. Contemporary Accounts of the Thermal Terraces at Rotomahana


BEALE, G. A. (ed.)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION #120, HUMPHREY BEALE'S COPY (his blindstamp on title page & prelim), letter from A.H & A.W Reed and hand typed notes by Joyce Beale loosely enclosed, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus & maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading, moderate foxing/soiling to wrappers & spine, light fading to inside to wrappers)

PUBLISHER: Catenza Press 1971

KEYWORDS: new zealand history rotomahana aotearoa

$97.50
1y55/11

The Arts & Crafts Movement in New Zealand 1870-1940: Women Make Their Mark


CALHOUN, ANN

Square imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, slight foxing) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers, prev booksellers sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art craft illustrated women history gender

$50.00
1y55/12

Rangi Ruru: Rangi Ruru Girls' School Christchurch, New Zealand 1889-1989


BRITTEN, ROSEMARY & HILL, BARBARA (Fore)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Te Waihora Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rangi Ruru school history illustrated

$14.00
xxzab149345

Waitara Campaign HIstoric Trail: Taranaki Reserves


MACKENZIE, ANNE & ALEXANDER, DAVID (ed) et al

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Visual Production Unit, Dept of Lands and Survey

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Waitara trail

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