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$60.00
1y88/49

The Arts of Islam : Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collections


ROGERS, J.M.

Folio, heavy card boards, black printed lettering to front board + spine, illust prelims, 400 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight chaffing to boards ) in d/w VG+ ( moderate fading to spine, 1 cm closedd tear without loss to lower edge front cover, v slight creasing to edges )

PUBLISHER: Tourism Development & Investment Company 2008

KEYWORDS: history study art treasure treasures Islam Muslim Nasser Khalili collection exhibition photos colour color

$40.00
1y89/1

Work : The Building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link


LONDON & CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS & BROWN, GORDON (fore) & HOLDEN, ROB (aft)

Folio, grey heavy card boards, dark grey stamped lettering to spine + front board, illust front + rear eps + prelims, 223 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight scuffing to front board + rear ep )

PUBLISHER: Merrell Publishers Ltd 2008

KEYWORDS: history engineering Channel Tunnel Chunnel Britain France photos colour color

$55.00
1y89/3

The New Zealanders at Gallipoli


WAITE, MAJOR FRED

FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRARY, super octavo, brown cloth boards, black stamped lettering to front board + spine, xix + 330 pp, illust, folding map to rear, VG- ( usual library markings, heavy scuffing to board edges, moderate cellotape residue + staining to spine, light bruising to board + spine edges, slight chaffing to boards, light tanning to front + rear eps, 1 cm tear with loss fep, former owners name written in pen on fep, slighty shaky spine, slight foxing + creasing to fold out map at rear )

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd 1919

KEYWORDS: history ww1 world war 1 one New Zealand Gallipoli Turkey Anzac Cove maps photos black & white

$120.00
1y89/6

The Story of Christchurch New Zealand


WIGRAM, HENRY F.

FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt stamped lettering + motiff to front board + spine, frontispiece, 269 pp, illust, VG ( usual library markings, v slight scuffing to boards + edges, slight bruising to board edges + corners, sticker residue to front board + spine, heavy tanning to front + rear eps, heavy cracking at preface, v slight cracking to rear gutter )

PUBLISHER: Lyttleton Times Co 1916

KEYWORDS: history Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand early settler settlers photos black & white

$100.00
1y89/23

Societ Submarines - Design, Development and Tactics


BREEMER, JAN

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver stamp lettering to spine, 187pp, illus, Near FINE (slight foxing) in illus d/w VG+ (light chafing and very slight soiling)

PUBLISHER: Janes Information Group 1989

KEYWORDS: jan breemer russian nuclear soviet union strategic forces history military ussr

$70.00
1y89/30

New Zealand


HERZ, MAX

Super octavo, green cloth heavy board, gilt tooling to spine and boards, black rule and decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece of waimang geyser, xii + 379pp, illus - plate of NZ to rear, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to covers, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: T. Werne Laurie 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa Maori Max Herz history

$65.00
1y89/36

Contemporary New Zealand Painters Volume One; A-M


FRIEDLANDER, MARTI

Square quarto, red cloth heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & blue and yellow lettering to covers, illus eps & prelims, 174pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to board edges, light tanning to spine) in red, yellow & blue slipcase VG (moderate soiling & fading to front and back)

PUBLISHER: Alistair Taylor 1980

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand artists art hanly killeen mrkusich maddox frizzell art history

$245.00
1y89/47

The Art Museum - Phaidon - 30,000 BC To The 21st Century


SCHLAGMAN. RICHARD (ed.)

Oversized Folio hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, Illus titlepage, illus prelims, unpaginated- content sectioned by museum room (452 sections, 2pp. each, grouped by category, also includes category informational title pages), includes maps and other informational content to rear, full colour illus, NEAR FINE, in clear plastic d/w, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2011

KEYWORDS: fine art history neolithic modern collection guide oversized heavy

$40.00
1y90/15

The Radio Years - A History Of Broadcasting In New Zealand, Volume One


DAY, PATRICK

THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, x + 352pp., VG+ (moderate staining to interior fep and prelims) in d/w VG+ (mild soiling)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: radio broadcast history nz new zealand aotearoa

$60.00
1y90/16

Voice & Vision - A History Of Broadcasting In New Zealand, Volume Two


DAY, PATRICK

THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, x + 352pp., NEAR FINE in d/w VG+ (mild fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: radio broadcast history nz new zealand aotearoa

$175.00
1y90/25

Tangier - England's Lost Atlantic Outpost - 1661-1684


ROUTH, E. M.

FIRST EDITION, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, gilt decorative motif to front board and spine, frontispiece, xxviii + 388pp., 34 plates, VG- (severe staining to front board, moderate scuffing to board and spine extrems, moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, mild fading to spine, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to page edges and interiors, mild foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1912

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history settlement colonialism atlantic colony outpost tangier

$195.00
1y90/28

Regimental History - The Royal Hampshire Regiment VOL 1-2


ATKINSON, C.T.

TWO VOLUME SET, Super Octavo hardcover, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regiment insignia to front boards, frontispiece, xx + 497pp. (VOL 1), xx + 515pp. (VOL 2), illus, VG (mild fading to spines, moderate bruising to board corners, severe foxing to page edges, mild tanning to page interiors)

PUBLISHER: The University Press Glasgow 1952

KEYWORDS: military history war regiment royal uk england hampshire

$60.00
1y90/30

A History Of The Foot Guards to 1856


AUBREY-FLETCHER, H.L.

Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorative gilt motif to front board, xiv + 463pp., 44 maps, VG- (severe bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate scuffing to boards and spine, severe rubbing to hinges, severe tanning to page edges, severe foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter, moderate tanning to page interiors)

PUBLISHER: Constable And Company 1927

KEYWORDS: military history war army foot guards

$45.00
1y90/34

The Tantric Way - Art, Science, Ritual


MOOKERJEE, AJIT & KHANNA, MADHU

Super Octavo hardcover, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 208pp., illus, VG (severe rubbing to board and spine extrems, moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, mild tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (mild scratching to exterior, mild curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1977

KEYWORDS: spirituality religion tantric art ritual indian history culture

$40.00
1y90/36

Sport And The New Zealanders - A History


RYAN, GREG & WATSON, GEOFF

Imperial Octavo hardcover, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine and boards, illus eps, ix + 390pp., NEAR FINE (v.slight rubbing to board extrems), in illus d/w, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: history sport recreation nz new zealand aotearoa

$58.00
1y90/37

Dancing With The King - The Rise And Fall Of The King Country, 1864-1885


BELGRAVE, MICHAEL

Super Octavo hardcover, blue buckram boards, red lettering to boards and spine, frontispiece, viii + 428pp., 20 plates, NEAR FINE, in illus d/w, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: history nz new zealand aotearoa settlers maori colonialism

$25.00
1y90/38

I Have Loved Me A Man - The Life & Times Of Mika


MIKA; MAZER, SHARON

Super Octavo softcover, illus rigid light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 268pp., illus, NEAR FINE, in illus d/w, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand history lgbt gay identity politics culture

$55.00
1y90/41

Queering The Redneck RIviera - Sexuality And The Rise Of Florida Tourism


WATKINS III, JERRY T.

Super Octavo hardcover, illus heavy card boards, coloured lettering to covers and spine, xii + 188pp., NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: University Press Of Florida 2018

KEYWORDS: history sexuality culture lgbt lgbtq tourist florida

$120.00
1y90/42

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry In The Great War 1914-1918 - VOLUME III


BOND, R. C.

THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, full vellum binding, gilt lettering to spine and boards, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontis piece, xviii + 713-1063pp., 13 illus, 14 maps, VG (moderate soiling to boards and spine, moderate bruising to spine and board extrems, moderate creasing to hinges, moderate creasing to gutters, severe tanning and foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to page interiors)

PUBLISHER: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. ND

KEYWORDS: history military war yorkshire regement infantry great war ww1 wwi

$22.50
1y91/2

Teenagers - The Rise Of Youth Culture In New Zealand


BRICKELL, CHRIS

Imperial Octavo softcover, illus rigid light card covers, coloured lettering to covers and spine, illus eps, illus titlepage, frontispiece, 382pp., VG+ (light horizontal dent to upper section of spine and light vertical crease to cover, v sl rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa sociology culture history youth teenagers

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