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$30.00
ak1/11/1396

The Writings of Salvian, The Presbyter [The Fathers of the Church series]


SALVIAN, THE PRESBYTER & O'SULLIVAN, JEREMIAH F. (transl.)

Octavo hardcover (VG+, tidy ex-library); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cima Publishing 1947

KEYWORDS: Salvian presbyter church fathers history christian christianity theology

$45.00
ak1/11/1344

The Story of the Wreck of the 'Maria' Mail Boat: With a Memoir of Mrs. Hincksman, the Only Survivor


HANNAH, REV. JOHN

Duodecimo illus. cloth boards, 96p, VG- (heavy soiling scuffing & rubbing to boards, fraying and chips to spine, binding slighlty cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing to pages, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.)

PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly, n/d [c. 1900's]

KEYWORDS: shipwreck shipwrecks maritime nautical history Maria Mail boat Hincksman Antigua West Indies

$160.00
ak1/11/1347

Leightons Auckland Provincial Directory 1940


N/A [LEIGHTONS]

Super octavo red cloth boards, 2320pp+adverts, G+ (spine completely covered with grey gaffer/masking tape repair, binding sound though, one page of adverts loose, moderate scuffing to boards and tanning to contents, business advertisment stamped to edges as usual with these directories)

PUBLISHER: Leightons 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand reference Auckland directory business history ephemera listings advertising advetisments Leighton Leightons Leighton's

$40.00
ak1/11/1349

The Chinese Theory of Art: Translations from the Masters of Chinese Art


YUTANG, LIN

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 244pp., ilus., VG- (heavy soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning and soiling within and to edges (heaviest at prelims)) in d/w VG (price-clipped, light scuffing chipping and tanning, moderate soiling & foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1967

KEYWORDS: Lin Yutang Chinese China art theory history criticism classical Confucius Shih-t'ao Shen Tsung-chi'en

$85.00
ak1/11/1411

Eye for Colour


KLEIN, BERNAT

Oblong octavo oatmeal cloth boards, gilt lettering to front & spine, illus. endpapers, illus., 136pp, VG- (heavy water stain to boards, affects contents mostly at prelims only, with sl. crinkling to other pages, light tanning to edges) in d/w VG (plastic covered, light scuffing soiling & curling)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1965

KEYWORDS: color colour theory optics art history theory criticisim science perception design

$80.00
ak1/11/1412

Manual of Universal Church History (4 volume set)


PABISCH, F. J. & BRYNE, THOMAS S.

4x VOLUME SET, super octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi+547pp / xi+600pp / viii+529pp / vii+444pp, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings (but exteriors clean, only interior), moderate tanning, v. sl. scuffing to boards, rough edges to vol 3.)

PUBLISHER: M. H. Gill and Son 1900

KEYWORDS: church history christian christianity theology theological

$22.50
ak1/11/1418

Vegetation Map of Tongariro National Park North Island New Zealand


ATKINSON, I. A. E.

Oblong octavo softcover stapled wrappers, map in pocket at rear, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants flora natural history science biology map maps Tongariro National Park Central North Island vegetation soils Taupo

$27.50
ak1/11/1419

Official Souvenir of the New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition Dunedin, N.Z. 1925 - 26


N/A

Oblong octavo stapled wrappers, VG- (some pages loose but present); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hugh & G. K. Neill [n/d, c. 1926]

KEYWORDS: Dunedin New Zealand local regional history Official Souvenir South Seas International Exhibition 1920s photography

$48.50
ak1/11/1420

The Orpheus Disaster


FAIRBURN, THAYER

SIGNED BY AUTHOR; quarto illus. red light card covers, illus., 243pp, VG- (binding delicate but intact, moderate creasing and light fading to covers, occassional soiling & foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Western Publishing Company / Carters Crafts & Books 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical history shipwreck wrecks ships shipping wreck Orpheus signed

$25.00
ak1/11/1422

The Art of Zandra Rhodes


RHODES, ZANDRA & KNIGHT, ANNE

Oblong quarto sofctover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1984

KEYWORDS: Zandra Rhodes fashion art history textiles shawls knitting silks fabric design

$25.00
ak1/11/1424

Australia's Heritage Sketchbook


NORRIS, KEITH; NORRIS, WENDY; & MOFFITT, PETER (intro.)

Oblong quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Books for Pleasure / Paul Hamlyn 1976

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian architecture heritage buildings art Keith Norris history settler pioneer colonial

$25.00
ak1/12/1426

Rocky Shore Ecology of the Leigh Area North Auckland


MORTON, JOHN & CHAPMAN, V. J.

Oblong octavo stapled 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 1968

KEYWORDS: rocky shore ecology maritime marine biology science natural history Leigh North Auckland New Zealand

$150.00
ak1/12/1429

Black Studies: A Bibliography


IRWIN, LEONARD B.

Super octavo yellow cloth boards, black lettering to front & spine, viii+122pp, VG (very tidy ex-library (unread?), usual stamps and markings thus; v. light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: McKinley Publishing Co 1973

KEYWORDS: black african american studies bibliography american US USA united states history

$25.00
ak1/12/1430

S. P. G. Papers in the Lambeth Palace Library: Calendars and Indexes


MANROSS, WILLIAM WILSON

Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1974

KEYWORDS: S. P. G. SPG religious history missionary genealogy special collections Lambeth Palace calendar calendars indexes indices

$25.00
ak1/12/1431

Poor Carolina: Politics and Society in Colonial North Carolina, 1729-1776


EKIRCH, A. ROGER

Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 1981

KEYWORDS: North Carolina colonial history US USA united states america american

$25.00
ak1/12/1434

Carleton Beals: A Radical Journalist in Latin America


BRITTON, JOHN A.

Octavo hardcover (VG, very tidy ex-library (unread?) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Carleton Beals journalist journalism biography Latin South Central America American history Mexico Mexican revolution revolutionary

$35.00
ak1/12/1435

Emancipation in the West Indies


THOME, JAMES A. & KIMBALL, J. HORACE

Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-libray); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Arno Press / New York Times 1969

KEYWORDS: slavery British history imperial slave trade West Indies Atlantic abolition abolitionism empancipation politics

$25.00
ak1/12/1440

The Battles of the Somme


GIBBS, PHILIP

Octavo hardcover (VG, with folding maps); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1917

KEYWORDS: military history maps world war first one ww1 battle battles Some France French Western Front

$25.00
ak1/12/1444

Country Life in Classical Times


WHITE, K. D.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Paul Elek 1977

KEYWORDS: Ancient Greek Greece Rome Roman Empire classics classical studies agriculture rural farming country sociology culture history

$32.50
ak1/12/1445

The Weald


WOOLDRIDGE, S. W. & GOLDRING, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: New Naturalist series British natural history biology ecology weald modern first edition geology soil

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