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$70.00
1y55/16

Trial By Fire Trial By Water: History of Otautau


BYE, KEN & IRELAND, W. B. (Fore)

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 183pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Centennial Book Committee 1988

KEYWORDS: illustrated history New Zealand Otautau south island settlers pioneers

$60.00
1y55/20

The Cost of War: Australians Return


GARTON, STEPHEN

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xii + 298pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning to page egdes, owner's name in ink to eps) in d/w, VG+ (ligth creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Australia military history psychology ptsd culture post traumatic stress Anzac sociology

$32.50
1y55/22

Rural Canterbury: Celebrating its History


CANT, GARTH & KIRKPATRICK, RUSSELL (Eds) & HENSON, CONRAD (Research)

Quarto, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xi + 232pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to covers/edges & spine, moderate discolouration to spine, light soiling to covers, light cracking to gutters at rear)

PUBLISHER: Daphne Brasell/Lincoln University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Canterbury rural south island settlers pioneers

$150.00
ak1/18/3045

Te Wai Pounamu the Greenstone Island: A History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand


EVISON, HARRY C. & O'REGAN, TIPENE (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red & green lettering to spine, xxvi + 582pp, illus, VG (lightscuffing to covers and corners of covers, sl soiling, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: Aoraki Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history illustrated European settlers pioneers culture south island colonization colonisation

$75.00
1y55/27

Spiritalis Unicornis: Das Einhorn als Bedeutungstrager in Literatur und Kunst des Mittelalters


EINHORN, JURGEN W.

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate of spine, 527pp, plates to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Wilhelm Fink 1976

KEYWORDS: text in German literature art unicorns fantasy middle ages history illustrated

$60.00
1y55/28

History of Waikaia ; The Golden Century 1862-1962


MILLER, F. W. G. & FERRIS, H. G. (Fore)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, illus, folding map, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page egdes, large scribble in ink to fep, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs)

PUBLISHER: Waikaia Historical Committee 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Waikaia pioneers settlers mining gold

$40.00
1y55/37

The Moonlight Legacy


BARCLAY, ARCH

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 99pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Arch Barclay 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history George Moonlight biography memoir Nelson south island gold

$75.00
1y55/45

Historic Trentham 1914-1917: The Story of a New Zealand Military Training Camp, and Some Account of the Daily Round of the Troops Within its Bounds


LAWSON, WILL

Super octavo, illus stiff card board, military illus to front board, 192pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, heavy creasing to board/cover edges, moderate staining to covers, moderate crease to front cover, heavy cracking at gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Wellington Publishing Company 1918

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated training ww1 first 1st world war one 1 Trentham

$40.00
1y56/3

Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation


COOK, HADRIAN & WILLIAMSON, TOM (Eds)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, illus prelims, viii + 151pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, ligth chafing to covers, owner's name in ink to contents page)

PUBLISHER: Windgather Press 2007

KEYWORDS: ecology history conservation nature water science hydrology illustrated meadows

$50.00
1y56/4

The Six-Day Bicycle Races


NYE, PETER JOFFRE & GROMAN, JEFF & TYSON, MARK

Imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light ink markings to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading ot spine)

PUBLISHER: Van der Plas Pub./Cycle Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: sport cycling history illustrated US America six 6 day races

$40.00
1y56/12

The London DMS


WHARMBY, MATTHEW

Lg quarto, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 272pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Transport 2016

KEYWORDS: transport illustrated London buses dms history bus English British

$40.00
1y56/15

Rathkeale: Rathkeale College History and Register 1964-1988


HAMILTON, BRUCE

Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 388pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy discolouration to spine, moderate chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Trinity Schools Trust Board 1989

KEYWORDS: Rathkeale college school illustrated history register English

$10.00
xxzae149538

The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots


LEWIS, JON E. & JENKINS, JULIAN (Eds)

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: Constable & Robinson 2002

KEYWORDS: military fighter pilots aviation history world war 1 2 one two ww1 ww2 first second anecdotes

$10.00
xxzaf149551

The Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands


ST JOHN, CHARLES & MONCREIFFE, Sir IAIN (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: Macdonald Futura 1981

KEYWORDS: outdoor sport history hunting Highlands Scotland

$15.00
xxzag149615

A History of Jazz in America


ULANOV, BARRY

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: Jazz Book Club 1959

KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz US America

$12.00
xxzag149618

Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era


GAMMOND, PETER

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: Abacus/Sphere 1975

KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz biography memoir Scott Joplin ragtime

$17.50
xxzag149619

Toward Jazz


HODEIR, ANDRE & BURCH, NOEL (Trans)

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: Jazz Book Club 1965

KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz

$17.50
xxzag149620

Negro Folk Music, U. S. A.


COURLANDER, HAROLD

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: Jazz Book Club 1966

KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz race ethnicity US America

$16.50
xxzag149621

The Real Jazz


PANASSIE, HUGUES

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: Jazz Book Club 1967

KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz

$12.50
xxzag149623

Dinosaurs in the Morning: 41 Pieces on Jazz


BALLIETT, WHITNEY

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: Jazz Book Club 1965

KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz

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