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$40.00
1w44b/1

The Memoirs of Captain Liddell Hart (2 Vol Set)


HART, Capt. LIDDELL

2 VOLUME SET, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, vol 1- 433pp, vol 2- 334pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges, price clipped, moderate foxing & tanning, light fading to spine of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1965

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography Liddell Hart military history ww1 first 1st world war

$50.00
1w44b/7

Henry James at Work


BOSANQUET, THEODORA & POWERS, LYALL H. (Ed, Notes & Intro)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards with black buckram spine, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 142pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The University of Michigan Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Henry James literature literary biography Theodora Bosanquet memoir history

$60.00
1w44b/15

The Bridge at Parit Sulong: An Investigation of Mass Murder


SILVER, LYNETTE RAMSAY

Imperial ocatvo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 485pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/curling to cover edges, light chafing, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Watermark Press 2004

KEYWORDS: war crimes massacre Malaysia Parit Sulong illustrated ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two military history mass murder atrocities

$22.50
xxfpf171821

Man Ray : The Photographic Image


JANUS (ed) & BACA, MURTHA (transl.) &

Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Gordon Fraser 1980

KEYWORDS: art history artist man ray manray photography

$30.00
xxfpf171825

Walker Evans : The Museum of Modern Art, New York


EVANS, WALKER & SZARKOWSKI, JOHN (intro)

Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Museum of Modern Art 1979

KEYWORDS: art history walker evans the museum of modern art moma photography

$25.00
xxfpf171826

Mining : Ayrshire's Lost Industry - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Miners of Ayrshire and Upper Nithsdale


HUTTON, GUTHRIE

Quarto softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Richard Stenlake Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: photography pictorial mining miners mines ayrshire upper nithsdale history guthrie hutton

$32.50
xxfpf171827

Impressionism for England : Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector


HOUSE, JOHN & ET AL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Courtauld Institute Galleries 1994

KEYWORDS: art history samuel courtauld collector

$24.50
xxrel171840

Twilight of the Comintern 1930 - 1935


CARR, E. H.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1983

KEYWORDS: history world war two ww2 wwii communist

$18.50
xxrfc171844

The Garden Triumphant : A Victorian Legacy


STUART, DAVID

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1988

KEYWORDS: history gardens victorian english landscapes

$35.00
xxrfc171845

Agricultural Organization in New Zealand : A Survey of Land Utilization, Farm Organization Finance and Marketing


BELSHAW, H & WILLIAMS, D. O. & STEPHENS, F. B. & FAWCETT, E. J. (ed) & RODWELL, H. R. (ed)

Super octavo, hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: For New Zealand Institute of Pacific Relations by Melbourne University Press 1936

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history agriculture agricultural land farm farming

$15.00
xxrfc171846

Exploration Fawcett


FAWCETT, P. H. & FAWCETT, BRIAN

Super octavo, hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: history explorer exploration percy harrison fawcett eccentric mystery biography memoir

$24.50
xxsta171871

No Outspan


REITZ, DENEYS

Super octavo, hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber Ltd 1943

KEYWORDS: memoir history south africa deneys reitz

$20.00
xxsta171883

Janet Frame's : Kingdom By The Sea - Oamaru


LEAVER-COOPER, SHEILA & SMITH, IAN S.

Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Lincoln University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand oamaru history janet frame

$35.00
xxsta171884

The Tour - Photographs


MCCREDIE, ATHOL

Centre pages loose, Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (VG, inscription in ink to title page); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames Publications 1981

KEYWORDS: history springbok tour 1981 politics aotearoa nz new zealand

$25.00
xxstb171903

Swan Song : Reflections on Perth and Western Australia 1956 - 1995


SEDDON, GEORGE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Centre for Studies of Australia Literature 1995

KEYWORDS: aus australia wa western australia perth history

$26.50
xxstb171905

The Picturesque Garden in Europe


HUNT, JOHN DIXON

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2004

KEYWORDS: history gardens picturesque landscapes pictorial

$45.00
1w47a/7

Ticket and Show Card Designing


PEARSON, F. ARTHUR

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & artist illus to front board, viii + 75pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, printer's adhesive label to front pastedown, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to some central gutters) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd 1924

KEYWORDS: art design showcards show cards illustrated guide commerical art advertising history composition historical techniques

$40.00
1w47a/12

The Awa Book of New Zealand Science


PRIESTLEY, REBECCA (Ed)

Octavo, red heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine, xvi + 368pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, spine cocked, light pencil markings to text & margins sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand science natural history nature illustrated

$40.00
1w47a/14

Misi Utu: Dr D W Hoodless: An Educator's Vision and the Central Medical School, Fiji


GUTHRIE, MARGARET

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 139pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl tanning/foxing to page edges, sl cracking to front gutters)

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: Fiji education D W Hoodless medicine medical school biography memoir Pacific healthcare history

$75.00
1w47a/25

Reports of Geological Explorations During 1887-88 With Maps and Sections


HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, cream light stapled covers, black lettering to front cover, folding map to front/frontis, xl + 92pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (moderate creasing & foxing/tanning to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rusting/staining to staples, 3cm loss to top edges of title pg to pg 11, light to moderate foxing to pages & folding maps throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology history landscape exploration

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