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$35.00
xxksj162993

Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders From the 1880s to the Year 2000


BELICH, JAMES

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover ( VG+) in d/w (VG, small tear to top edge, otherwise 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 costs0

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd. 2001

KEYWORDS: James Belich new zealand nz history war conflict colonialism colonisation

$30.00
xxksl162997

Gay By The Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area


STRYKER, SUSAN & VAN BUSKIRK, JIM

Imperial 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 costs0

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 1996

KEYWORDS: Susan Stryker Jim Van Buskirk gay history LGBTQI+ LGBT san francisco california rights equality

$9.50
xxkoc163017

Road to Revolution: A Centure of Russian Radicalism


YARMOLINSKY, AVRAHM

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 costs0

PUBLISHER: Collier Macmillan 1968

KEYWORDS: politics Russia revolution history

$9.00
xxkvf163051

Revolutionary Europe 1783-1815


RUDE, GEORGE

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 costs0

PUBLISHER: Fontana Press 1989

KEYWORDS: George Rude revolutions revolutionary politics history conflict european europe

$14.50
xxkye163069

Blooming English: Observations on the roots, cultivation and hybrids of the English language


BURRIDGE, KATE

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 costs0

PUBLISHER: ABC Books 2002

KEYWORDS: Kate Burridge english literature theory history study

$40.00
1y80/11

The Spirit of Angus - The War History of the Country's Battalion of the Black Watch


MCGREGOR, JOHN

Imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt tooling lettering to spine, map eps, frontispiece, xvi + 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light chafing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co Ltd 1988

KEYWORDS: John McGregor war history royal highland regiment 5th county angus battaliom the black watch scotland united kingdom

$50.00
1y80/16

Pirate Harbours and Their Secrets


FULLER, BASIL & LESLIE-MELVILLE, RONALD

Octavo, dark green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 272pp, illus - plates, VG- (binding cracked in multiple places - unsteady binding, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, gilt lettering sporadically worn off down spine, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1935

KEYWORDS: history adventure pirate captains south east asia seas

$100.00
1y80/22

History of the War in The Peninsula From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 in Six Volumes with Fifty Five Maps and Plans


NAPIER, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR. W. F. P.

6 VOLUME SET. Octavo, red/maroon, heavy card boards, scallop blind stamp pattern on front board and spine, gilt tooling to spine and boards, gilt decoration to board, deckled page edges - some pages occasionally uncut, black eps, 1 xxviii + 521pp + 2pp adverts, 2 xv + 500pp, 3 xiii + 427pp + 4pp adverts, 4 xvi + 477pp, 5 xii + 444pp + 4pp adverts, 6 vii + 463pp, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, heavy foxing to page edges),

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co

KEYWORDS: history war military army peninsula

$50.00
1y80/27

The Featherston Chronicles - A Legacy of War


NICOLAIDI, MIKE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black and red lettering to spine and cover, illus prelims - map, 240pp, illus, VG+ (moderate sun fading to spine, very slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins NZ 1999

KEYWORDS: Mike Nicolaidi nz new zealand history world war two featherston prisoners

$45.00
1y80/28

My Fifty Fretting Years - A Personal History of The Twentieth Century Guitar Explosion


MAIRANTS, IVOR

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yelloe lettering to spine and cover, 392pp, illus, VG+ (light cracking to hinges, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ashley Mark Publishing Co 1980

KEYWORDS: Ivor Mairants memoir music history guitar

$130.00
1y80/37

Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of that Country


DIEFFENBACH, ERNST

2 vol set, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, vol 1 vii + 431pp, vol 2 iv + 396pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG+ in d/w's (VG+)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography geology botany natural history districts natives flora fauna

$50.00
1y80/39

New Zealand Birds


OLIVER, W.R.B.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, 6 colour plates (frontispiece + 5), VG (moderate rubbing to board extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, minor to moderate foxing to pages and page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repair tape to spine, substantial rubbing, moderate staining, moderate fraying, 5mm closed tears to folds)

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) 1930

KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history description habits distribution

$60.00
1y80/40

Rogier Van Der Weyden 1399/1400 - 1464 Masters of Netherlandish Art


KEMPERDICK, STEPHAN

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine and boards, Mary Magdalene illus to front, frontispiece, 140pp, illus, FINE, in d/w Near FINE (v slight crinkling to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: H F Ullmann 2013

KEYWORDS: Art masters dutch netherlands Rogier Van Der Weyden biography history Brussels Flemish commissions heirs

$65.00
1y80/42

Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque


COMERLATI, DORIANA (ed)

Quarto, blue heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, 271pp, illus, Near FINE (v slight creasing to spine) in d/w Near FINE (v slight creasing to front)

PUBLISHER: Skira 2007

KEYWORDS: Art Italian renaissance baroque women art history Vigri Rossi Burlamacchi Nelli Anguissola et al biographies key works

$100.00
1y80/44

Singapore A 700 Year History: From Early Emporium to World City


GUAN, KWA CHONG & HENG, DEREK & YONG, TAN TAI

Quarto, illus light card cover, red and gold lettering to spine, image of Singapore to front, viii + 220pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to corners, light staining to page edges, v slight crinkling to front cover lower edge)

PUBLISHER: National Archives of Singapore 2009

KEYWORDS: Singapore history lion city asian economy Melaka Johor Raffles East India Company Port British Malaysia nation state

$60.00
1y80/50

The Structure of Spanish History


CASTRO, AMERICO & KING, EDMUND L.

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt & white letttering to spine, upper page edges stained red, xiii + 689pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems and board corners, v slight staining to page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repairs to upper spine, 4mm closed tear to lower edge, minor crinkling to edges, minor foxing, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1954

KEYWORDS: Spanish history hispanic visigothic arabic Catalonia Santiago Moors religion society arts culture language jews

$65.00
1y81/3

Old Marlborough or The Story of a Province


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION (REBOUND), super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled, frontispiece, 12 + 478pp + 6pp ads, illus, VG (minor bruising to board corners and spine extrems, minor foxing to prelims and terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, moderate staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hart and Keeling 1900

KEYWORDS: Marlborough New Zealand history historical account places locations persons events buildings maori pioneers Wairau

$10.00
xxzad163086

The Red Devils - The Story Of The British Airborne Forces


NORTON, G. G.

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: Pan Books 1973

KEYWORDS: history ww2 wwii british airborne

$10.00
xxzad163090

The Fall Of Hong Kong - The Lasting Honour Of A Desperate Resistance


CAREW, TIM

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: Pan Books 1963

KEYWORDS: narrative history ww2 wwii

$10.00
xxzba163095

Great War Speeches


CHURCHIL, WINSTON

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: Corgi Books 1965

KEYWORDS: history speeches ww2 wwii churchill

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