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$35.00
1y85/30

The Ascent of Nanda Devi


TILMAN, H.W. & LONGSTAFF, DR T.G.

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ MOUNTAINEER MAVIS DAVIDSON, super octavo, printed heavy card boards, blue printer letting to front + spine, illust fep, frontispiece, xiv + 235 pp, illust, VG ( heavy tanning to spine, moderate chafing + foxing to boards, heavy chipping to board edges, light foxing to page edges + front and rear eps, ex libris sticker on front pastedown )

PUBLISHER: Readers' Union 1937

KEYWORDS: history mountain climbing mountaineering Nanda Devi second highest India photos black & white

$60.00
1y85/32

Matthew Hopkins : Witch Finder General


DEACON, RICHARD

EX LIBRARY, super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver stamped lettering to spine, illust title page, 222 pp, illust, VG+ ( usual library markings, light bruising + scuffing to board edges, 1 cm crack with no loss to top rear board ) in d/w tatty ( heavy chipping + creasing to edges, moderate chafing to covers, usual library sticker, 2 x 2 cm closed tears, 1 x 3.5 cm tear with loss, 1 x 3 cm with tear loss )

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: history Matthew Hopkins witch hunter finder civil war General witchcraft Essex Suffolk UK drawings photos black & white

$50.00
1y85/33

Bearing Witness : Essays in Honour of Brij V . Lal


LAL, BRIJ V. & MUNRO, DOUG (ed) & CORBETT, JACK (ed)

Super octavo, light card covers, brown/white/black printed lettering to cover + spine, xvi + 333 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight chafing to covers, v slight bruising to edges )

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: political politics theory history Fiji Indian diaspora India Fijian photos colour color

$100.00
1y85/38

International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture


HEATH, DWIGHT B. (ed)

Super octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to front board + spine, xxiv + 391 pp, Near Fine ( v slight bruising to lower spine edge, slight scuffing to front board title, slight paperclip creasing to fep, former owners name written in pen top right corner fep )

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1995

KEYWORDS: study history alcohol culture international perspective attitudes controls

$60.00
1y85/40

Traditional Micronesian Societies : Adaptation, Intergration, and Political Organization


PETERSON, GLENN

Super octavo, heavy card board covers, white, black and yellow printed lettering, x + 278 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight scuffing to board edges, v slight foxing to page edges ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight chipping to top edge of cover, v slight foxing inside of cover )

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009

KEYWORDS: history Micronesia Micronesian society societies culture politics intergration philosophy art religion map photos black & white

$14.00
xxexa163671

Scenes From Soviet Life: Soviet Life Through Official Literature


SETON-WATSON, MARY

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: BBC 1986

KEYWORDS: Soviet Russia literature culture sociology society intellectuals history nostalgia religion writers

$15.00
xxexa163679

The Choice of Books and Other Literary Pieces


HARRISON, FREDERIC

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1903

KEYWORDS: Essays art books history Fortnightly Review C 1880s inc The Romance of the Peerage, The Life of George Eliot, At Burlington House

$45.00
1y86/3

Roman Stoicism: Being Lectures on the History of the Stoic Philosophy With Special Reference to its Development Within the Roman Empire


ARNOLD, E. VERNON

TIDY ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 468pp, VG+ (usual but minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, sl soiling to boards, information plates neatly cellotaped to both pastedowns)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958

KEYWORDS: roman history stoicism lectures philosophy empire

$45.00
1y86/44

Falling Leaves of Memory


DU PONTET, E. D.(ed) & MCCALLION, A. J. (ed)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine and boards, 91pp + 2pp index, illus, VG (usual library markings, heavy tanning to covers, 1cm chip with loss to lower back cover)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ literature E D Du Pontet A J McCallion short stories history

$100.00
1y86/48

A Sketch of The New Zealand War


GRACE, MORGAN S.

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF PROMINENT NZ RAILWAYMAN- RIDLER, FIRST EDITION, lacks fep, tidy ex library, octavo, dark green cloth heavy card boards, white stamp lettering & rule to spine and boards, frontispiece, viii + 171pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG (unsteady binding, sporadic cracking to gutter, moderate chafing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son 1899

KEYWORDS: Morgan S Grace NZ New Zealand history first edition maori wars

$15.00
xxeww163692

An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family


HOLLIS III, DANIEL WEBSTER

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Daniel Webster Hollis alabama us united states usa newspaper news journalism history

$15.00
xxeww163695

The Influence of East Europe and the Soviet West on the USSR


SZPORLUK, ROMAN (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers Inc, 1975

KEYWORDS: Roman Szporluk russia russian ussr communism cold war history eastern europe soviet union

$15.00
xxewh163701

Serious Pursuits: Communications & Education


BRIGGS, ASA

Very tidy ex library, Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr 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: University of Illinois Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Asa Briggs career university media education communication essays social history british britain uk england

$15.00
xxewa163714

Capitalism of Class In the Middle East: Theories of Social Change and Economic Development


TURNER, BRYAN S.

Tidy ex library, Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr 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: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. 1984

KEYWORDS: Bryan Turner middle east capitalism sociology anthropology history economics islamic islam society arab

$15.00
xxewa163729

The Grievances of Military Coup-Makers


THOMPSON, WILLIAM R.

Tidy ex library. 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Sage Publications 1973

KEYWORDS: William Thompson military political politics dictatorship coups coup history regime

$15.00
xxewd163741

The Great Pyramid: A simple explanation of the Divine message of the Great Pyramid to the Anglo-Saxon Race


PAGE, JOHN ELLIOT

Octavo softcover (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: The National Revival Church

KEYWORDS: John Elliot Page pyramids egypt cairo architecture conspiracy theory religion history

$42.50
1y87/1

The Royal New Zealand Navy


WATERS, S.D.

Tidy ex library, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 571pp, illus, seven folding maps + maps in text, VG (minor fraying and bruising to board and spine extrems, usual library markings, tape attaching d/w to boards, slight tanning to eps) in d/w VG (library repairs with brown paper and tape, 12cm closed tear to front and 2cm tear with loss to inside edge, light scuffing and tape marks)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand naval military history Royal Navy WW2 HMS Achilles Graf Spee Orion Komet minesweeping Neptune Solomans Japan

$245.00
1y87/2

Recollections of an Amateur Soldier: A Captain in the new Zealand Forces in the Great War


TREADWELL, C.A.L.

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, Ex library, Inscribed, dated & signed by author to fellow writer Pat Lawlor, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 252pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing to spine and board extrems, minor staining to upper page edges, light tanning to eps, tape used to adhere d/w to pastedowns) in d/w VG (moderate fading and speckling to exterior, light rubbing to edges, moderate staining to top edge)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: Memoir military history New Zealand infantry Great War WW1 personal account recollection Egypt France Treadwell

$50.00
1y87/11

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Bardia to Enfidaville


STEVENS, MAJOR-GENERAL W.G.

Tidy ex library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp to front board, frontispiece, xii + 416pp, illus, 6 folding maps + maps in text, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine and board edges, minor speckling to top opage edges, usual library markings, minor residue stain from d/w gloss to front ep) in d/w VG (library additions of clear wrap and brown paper, secured with minimal tape to boards and pastedowns, minor crinkling to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1962

KEYWORDS: Military history New Zealand WW2 Bardia El Agheila Tripoli Gabes Enfidaville

$185.00
1y87/17

With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine: The Official History of the New Zealand Machine Corps in the Great World War 1914 - 1918


LUXFORD, MAJOR J.H.

Ex library, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering and crossed gun emblem to spine and front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 255pp, illus, 9 maps, of which 7 folding, VG- (moderate bruising, fraying, fading to spine, moderate soiling, fraying and brusiing to boards, moderate staining to page edges, light foxing to eps, usual library markings, substantial writing in ink from previous owners to pastedown and fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: Military history New Zealand machine gun crops gunners Somme Passchendaele Ypres Cambrai Selle Palestine Gaza Moab

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