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$100.00
1i35a/23

Liturgy


The Illustrated History

PECKLERS, KEITH F. & BIFFI, INOS (Afterword)

Lg quarto, black heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, 260pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Paulist Press 2012

KEYWORDS: liturgy religion history Christianity anthropology politics illustrated

$120.00
1i35a/26

Moriori


A People Rediscovered

KING, MICHAEL

Quarto, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 226pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, slight foxing to upper page egdes, prev owners ink stamp to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Viking 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Moriori Chatham Islands illustrated settlement Michael King

$42.50
1i35a/28

The Colonial Frontier Tamed


New Zealand Policing in Transition 1867-1886

HILL, RICHARD S

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv+ 386pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & soiling to edges, adhesive label residue to front cover, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: GP Books/Dept of Internal Affairs 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand police history policing constabulary politics demilitarisation

$25.00
xxcoe168280

The Dutch Boers in South Africa - A Brief Summary of all Important Events from the Dutch Occupation of the Cape in 1652 - Together with the Intrigues to Destroy British Supremacy and the Result : Declaration of the Present War Against Great Britain


ESKDALE

Octavo, stapled booklet (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: Cashel & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: dutch boers history south africa sa

$32.50
xxcoe168287

From the Ashes of Disgrace : A Journal from Germany 1945 -1955


SPEIER, HANS

Super octavo, soft cover (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 University of Massachusetts Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history germany memoir postwar politics sociology

$10.00
xxcqb168320

La Vida - A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty - San Juan & New York


LEWIS, OSCAR

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: Panther Modern Society 1969

KEYWORDS: history anthropology new york ny san juan poverty puerto rico sex work

$25.00
xxklb168329

The Elizabethan Underworld


SALGADO, GAMINI

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: Allan Sutton 1995

KEYWORDS: history 18th century london england crime criminals

$26.50
xxklb168331

A New History of French Literature


HOLLIER, DENIS

Super octavo, soft cover (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: Harvard University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: french literature history criticism bibliography

$28.50
xxklc168333

The Norton Shakespeare - Based on the Oxford Edition


GREENBLATT, STEPHEN (ed)

Super octavo, soft cover (VG+) in cloth slipcase (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: W. W. Norton and Company 1997

KEYWORDS: shakespeare literary history biography

$16.50
xxklc168343

Great British Comics : Celebrating A Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes


GRAVETT, PAUL & STANBURY, PETER

EX LIBRARY, 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: Aurum Press Ltd 2006

KEYWORDS: history British Britain comic comics book books newspaper strips magazines graphic novels illustrations colour black & white

$25.00
xxcqc168352

Bomber Pilot 1916 - 1918


BARTLETT, C.P.O. & BOWYER, CHAZ (ed)

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: Ian Allen Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: history aviation ww1 world war 1 one first bomber pilot pilots diary C P O Bartlett photos sepia

$25.00
xxcqc168354

First Flights


STEWART, OLIVER

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: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd 1957

KEYWORDS: history aviation flying aeroplane airplane plane flight diagrams cross section photos black & white

$35.00
xxcqc168357

Australia and Back


COBHAM, ALAN & BRUCE, S.M. (fore)

Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (TATTY); 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: A & C Black Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: history aviation famous flight Australia England Alan J Cobham map landing places photos black & white

$85.00
1i45e/2

Tony Tuckson


THOMAS, DANIEL & FREE, RENEE & LEGGE, GEOFFREY

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 188pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, inscription in ink to full title page, sl wrinkling to rear pgs) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 2cm closed tear to top spine edge with discreet archival tape repair, light fading to spine, sm stain to top front cover)

PUBLISHER: Craftsman House 1989

KEYWORDS: art Tony Tuckson illustrated history Australia collection first edition

$75.00
1i45e/6

Policing the Colonial Frontier: The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand 1767-1867 (Parts 1 & 2)


HILL, RICHARD S.

TWO BOOK SET (VOL 1- PARTS 1 & 2), super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, part 1- xxi + pgs 0-409, part 2- xiii + pgs 410-1142, illus, VG+ (light chafing/scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate scuffing/chafing & adhesive label residue to covers with some sl surface loss)

PUBLISHER: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand police justice history colonial policing race control coercive conflict signed

$80.00
1i45e/7

The Watermen of Gundagai


O'KEEFE, BRENDAN & PEARSON, MICHAEL & McINTYRE, MARCIA

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiv + 128pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Old Gundagai Project Committee n/d (approx. 2002)

KEYWORDS: Australia flood flooding Gundagai history illustrated

$150.00
1i45e/12

The New Zealand Justice of the Peace, Resident Magistrate, Coroner and Constable


JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER J.

TWO VOL SET, THIRD EDITION, super octavo, half leather bound heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates & raised bands to spines, vol 1- viii + 600pp + index, vol 2- iv + 660pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spines & board extrems, moderate discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to fep, paper residue to eps of vol 1, binder's label to rear pastedown of vol 2, light pencil markings to margins sporadically throughout, moderate folds to some pages)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1879

KEYWORDS: law legal justice peace New Zealand evidence crime history

$55.00
1i45e/14

The Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuan and After


WILLCOCKS, W.

Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black & gilt motif to front board, folding frontispiece, 29pp, folding plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & pages throughout) binding sound

PUBLISHER: E. & F. N. Spon Ltd 1901

KEYWORDS: illustrated Egypt ancient history antiquity dam irrigation hydrology waterways

$90.00
1i45e/23

The Settler's Handbook of New Zealand


THE MINISTER OF LANDS (compiled)

INSECT DAMAGE TO BOARDS, super octavo, grenn heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to spine and boards, brown eps, ix + 320pp, illus - folding maps to rear, VG- (heavy insect damage to boards, v. slight foxing to first and last few pages, title page & 299 pp to rep insect damage to 1cm border of page )

PUBLISHER: John McKay Government Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand history settlers handbook colonial

$65.00
1i45e/24

The New Zealand Justice of the Peace


HASELDEN, WILLIAM REEVES

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt stamp lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to spine and boards, yellow eps, ix + 346pp + xxx, VG (moderate chafing to boards, new repaired eps, moderate foxing to first and last few pages and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1895

KEYWORDS: justice of the peace new zealand nz aotearoa history

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