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$45.00
1j39c/17

Dore to Manapouri: The Development of Tourism in Early Fiordland


DORE, YVONNE

Super octavo, glossy illus card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to title page, v sl creasing and rubbing to covers, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Yvonne Dore Fiordland illustrated history tourism

$12.50
xxdqf169993

Wilderness and the American Mind


NASH, RODERICK

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: Yale University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: history usa america frontier pioneer life nature conservation

$38.50
xxcte170052

Post Colonialism : An Historical Introduction


YOUNG, ROBERT J. C.

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: Blackwell 2001

KEYWORDS: history post colonialism

$25.00
xxctf170063

The I of the Camera : Essays in Film Criticism, History and Aesthetics


ROTHMAN, WILLIAM

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: Cambridge University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: film criticism cinema history aesthetics

$20.00
xxctj170066

Marriage, A History - From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage


COONTZ, STEPHANIE

Super octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) 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: Viking / Penguin 2005

KEYWORDS: history marriage love

$25.00
xxctj170069

World Cinema : Diary of a Day - A Celebration of the Centenary of Cinema


COWIE, PETER (ed)

Imperial 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: The Overlook Press 1995

KEYWORDS: cinema film history

$35.00
xxdta170073

New Zealand's First Airline : Hoki to Haast


WAUGH, RICHARD

Quarto, 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: The Kynaston Charitable Trust / Craig Printing 2009

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz aotearoa history airline air travel

$20.00
xxdta170075

Costumes of Everyday Life : An Illustrated History of Working Clothes 900 - 1910


LISTER, MARGOT

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: Barrie & Jenkins 1977

KEYWORDS: costume clothing history work textiles

$24.00
xxduc170098

Rugby : The Pioneer Years - How Rugby Captured the Heart of a Nation


TURLEY, ALAN

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: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: sport nz new zealand aotearoa rugby union history

$25.00
xxdue170102

Paris Fashion : The Great Designers and their Creations


LYNAM, RUTH (ed)

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: Michael Joseph 1972

KEYWORDS: fashion paris designers history

$16.50
xxdue170103

A Picture History of English Costume


WILLETT, C. & CUNNINGTON, PHYLLIS

Quarto, hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Vista Books / Longacre Press 1960

KEYWORDS: english costume fashion history

$45.00
1j46a/5

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres


ADAMS, HENRY & CRAM, RALPH ADAMS (Intro)

Quarto, brown quarter bound boards with brown buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, teg, frontis with tissue guard, xiv + 401pp, illus/plates (not counted, presumed all present), VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin N/D (approx. 1913)

KEYWORDS: Chartres cathedral building history architecture art illustrated

$40.00
1j46a/6

Looking For Mrs Cowie: The Life and Times of a Colonial Bishop's Wife


REEVES, BEVERLEY

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to front, 138pp, illus, VG+ sl creasing to edges & covers)

PUBLISHER: Beverley Reeves 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial religion Mrs Cowie

$60.00
1j46a/7

Thomas Baines: His Life and Explorations in South Africa, Rhodesia and Australia 1820-1875


WALLIS, J. P. R. & BRADLOW, F. R. (Intro)

LACKS D/W, square quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, xx + 235pp, illus/plates (not counted, presumed all present), VG (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. A. Balkema 1976

KEYWORDS: exploration history travel illustrated South Africa Rhodesia Australia Thomas Baines

$40.00
1j46a/10

Heaphy


SHARP, IAIN

Quarto, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 232pp, illus, Near FINE (sl scuffing to board extrems) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration art collection Charles Heaphy illustrated history

$50.00
1j46a/13

Dalmatia


WILKES, J. J.

EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxvii + 572pp + folding map & plates to rear- not counted, presumed all present, VG (usual library markings, tape residue to boards & eps, light scuffing to board extrems, d/w attached to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, food residue to bottom of pgs 286-287) in d/w & plastic protective cover, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to cover & edges, light fading to spine, sl staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: Ancient history Roman Rome Dalmatia settlements illustrated antiquity

$42.50
1j46a/14

Smale's Trail


STEELE, JOHN

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: John Steele 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers Gideon Smales pioneers illustrated

$40.00
1j46a/19

The Reign of King Henry VI: The Exercise of Royal Authority, 1422-1461


GRIFFITHS, RALPH A.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, red heavy card boards with blue buckram spine, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 968pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to boards, d/w taped to boards, tape residue to boards & eps, light foxing to page edges, light vertical creasing to some prelims) in d/w & protective plastic cover, VG- (light creasing to cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history king Henry VI vi sixth 6th English England monarchy royal

$10.00
xxcuh170108

The Circulation of the Blood : And Other Writings


HARVEY, WILLIAM & WEAR, ANDREW (intro)

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: Everyman 1990

KEYWORDS: blood circulation anantomy science biology history of medicine

$12.50
xxcuh170114

Guns, Germs and Steel : A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years


DIAMOND, JARED

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: Vintage

KEYWORDS: popular science history biology ecology linguistics geography

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