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Tristes Tropiques


An Anthropological Study of Primitive Societies in Brazil

LEVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE

paperback (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Atheneum 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Claude Levi-Strauss anthropology primitivism brazil history ancient history culture amerindian tribes

$17.50
xxeqa59581

In Search of Ancient Italy


GRIMAL, PIERRE

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Evans Brothers Limited 1964

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Pierre Grimal archaeology history ancient history Italy

$12.50
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Letters of Cicero


WILKINSON, L. P.

softcover octavo (G+), 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & co 1966

KEYWORDS: specials L P Wilkinson caeser classical history literature rome roman ancient history

$12.50
xxera59968

The New Zealand Journal of History


Index Volumes 1-30

BINNEY, JUDITH (ED.)

Softcover super octavo (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: The University of Auckland undated

KEYWORDS: specials Judith Binney history reference journal index New Zealand Journal of History

$10.00
xxesa60450

Myself with Others


Selected Essays

FUENTES, CARLOS

Softcover octavo (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Picador, Pan Books Ltd 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Carlos Fuentes nonfiction autobiography memoir essays history arts literature cinema politics diplomacy history

$110.00
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Mountjoy 1563 - 1606: The Last Elizabethan Deputy


JONES, FREDERICK, M.

Ex library, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG (usu library markings)

PUBLISHER: Clonmore & Reynolds/ Burns Oates & Washbourne 1958

KEYWORDS: Frederick M Jones Lord Mountjoy Lord Deputy biography history Essex Cecil Hugh O'Neill Christopher Blount Charles Blount religion religious history

$22.50
xxeta60792

The Van Gogh File


The Myth and the Man

WILKIE, KEN

Softcover super octavo (NF) ; 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: Souvenir Press Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Ken Wilkie art art history Van Gogh biography investigative history

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xxeuf61494

Country


FLANNERY, TIM

Softcover imperial octavo (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 Text Publishing Company 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Tim Flannery Australia travel history palaeontology kangaroos natural history

$30.00
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The Fighting Parade - Letters from the Trenches 1915-1918 of Pat Leonard DSO


LEONARD, JOHN & LEONARD-JOHNSON, PHILIP (eds.)

first edition hardback octavo with d/w (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2010

KEYWORDS: specials history pat leonard DSO john leonard philip leonard-johnson history ww1 correspondence letters soldiers biography

$60.00
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Pierce-Arrow


RALSTON, MARC

First edition, quarto, black glossy faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 236pp, illus, nr fine (slight ding to lower spine extrem) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to front upper edges, light bruising to rear upper edge, 1cm closed tear to rear lower edge, bruising to lower spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: AS Barnes & Co/ Tantivy Press 1980

KEYWORDS: first edition Marc Ralston motorcars automobiles vehicles marque Pierce-Arrow automotive George Pierce Company history transport photographic pictorial history

$65.00
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New Zealand: The Brighter Britain of the South:


An Illustrated Description of the Natural Wealth, Conditions of Life, Industries, Trade, and Opportunities for Advancement

FANNING, L. S.

Super octavo, brown light card stapled wrappers with NZ map & blue lettering to front cover, 120pp, illus, VG- (patch of damage to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing to cover edges, some discolouration & staining to covers, owner's name & date in ink to title page, creasing to some page corners)

PUBLISHER: British Empire Exhibition/ WAG Skinner Govt. Printer 1924

KEYWORDS: LS Fanning British Empire Exhibition New Zealand travel history industry culture natural history

$55.00
2f34a/34

Steam in the Southern Pacific


The Story of Merchant Steam Navigation in the Australian Coastal and Intercolonial Trades, and on the Ocean Lines of the Southern Pacific

LAWSON, WILL

Re-bound with new eps & boards, small octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp + 2pp adverts, illus with 54illus, VG (2cm stain to title page, sporadic foxing, moderate tanning to pages, 1cm black stain to upper corner page 148/149, last two pages loose)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1909

KEYWORDS: Will Lawson New Zealand Pacific Ocean nautical maritime history steam merchant navy naval history navigation coastal shipping trade routes boats steamers

$26.50
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Seasoned by Salt


A Historical Album of the Outer Banks

BARFIELD, RODNEY

Softcover square super octavo (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 North Carolina Press 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Rodney Barfield American history Outer Banks North Carolina pictorial history

$14.00
xxhcaa62517

A History of Young People in the West: Volume Two Stormy Evolution to Modern Times


LEVI, GIOVANNI & SCHMITT, JEAN-CLAUDE (Eds)

This volume only, 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: Harvard University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Giovanni Levi Jean-Claude Schmitt history youth young people social history

$13.50
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The Harbour Board Collection Wellington 1880-1980


CHURCHOUSE, JACK

softcover oblong quarto (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Wellington Harbour Board 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Jack Churchouse new zealand wellington harbour history ship maritime port photography pictorial history

$28.50
xxdbd63084

British Civil Aircraft 1919-1959: Volume One


JACKSON, A. J.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) large patch of dampstaining to front board lower corner with damage carrying over to lower edges of first 40 pages. Without that fault, book would be 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Putnam 1959

KEYWORDS: specials AJ Jackson civil aviation history British aircraft aeronautical history aeroplanes

$15.00
xxdoa63091

Unearthing New Zealand


TROTTER, MICHAEL & MCCULLOCH, BEVERLEY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Trotter Beverley McCulloch New Zealand archaeology pre-history anthropology history

$65.00
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Cadillac Standard of the World: Compete History


With the Editors of Automobile Quarterly

HENDRY, MAURICE D.

Oblong imperial octavo, maroon textured boards with gilt lettering to spine, 447pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, several 1cm closed tears to upper spine extrem, small chaffing patch to rear upper edge, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Princeton Publishing 1977

KEYWORDS: Maurice D Hendry cars transport automobiles cadillac American motorcar history photographic pictorial history

$90.00
1b46/33

Paddle Steamers of Australasia


PARSONS, R. H. & TOLLEY, J. C.

large quarto/small folio, cream light card stapled covers with black lettering to front cover, v + frontispiece maps + 196pp, VG- (light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, reading crease to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: RH Parsons 1967

KEYWORDS: RH Parsons JC Tolley transport Australia New Zealand paddle wheel steamers Murray Darling Rivers steamers tugs vessels ships shipping history Tasmania reference history specications

$150.00
1b47/13

Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference


WILLIAMS, DAVID

Large quarto, navy blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, 3cm closed tear to front upper corner/flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: David Williams nautical maritime naval history camouflage patterns colours schemes function illustrated photographic history warships

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