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$50.00
1w9e/12

Unearthing the Polynesian Past: Explorations and Adventures of an Island Archaeologist


KIRCH, PATRICK VINTON

Super octavo, orange heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xix + 379pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to lower board extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2016

KEYWORDS: exploration antiquity ancient history Polynesia archaeology archeology pacific islands

$50.00
1w9e/13

Interrogating Human Origins: Decolonisation and the Deep Human Past


PORR, MARTIN & MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE M. (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 352pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2020

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology antiquity ancient history human origins

$13.50
xxfoa171619

Spike & Co.: Inside the House of Fun with Milligan, Sykes, Galton & Simpson


MCCANN, GRAHAM

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: Hodder & Stoughton 2006

KEYWORDS: british britain humour television film associated london scripts radio media history

$18.50
xxfoa171620

Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands 1960-1990


The Jet Age Series

MARSTON, BOB

THIS VOLUME ONLY; 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: Grub Street 2015

KEYWORDS: britain british air force RAF aeronautics military history falklands cold war technology

$30.00
xxfpa171636

New Zealand Freshwater Fishes: A Guide and Natural History


MCDOWALL, R.M.

imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, archival tape repar) ; 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: Heinemann 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand nature fish fisheries natural history

$10.00
xxfpb171656

The First Hundred Years


PALMER, HELEN G. & MACLEOD, JESSIE ; FREEDMAN, HAROLD (illus.)

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: Longman's Green & Co. 1954

KEYWORDS: australia australian history colonialism settlers

$15.00
xxfpg171658

A Churchill Anthology: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Sir Winston Churchill


CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON; HEATH, F.W. (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: Odhams Press Limited 1962

KEYWORDS: british britain history military politics churchill speeches

$14.00
xxfpg171659

Champion Year: My Battle for the Drivers' World Title


HAWTHORN, MIKE

super ovtavo 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: William KImber 1959

KEYWORDS: auto racing car automobile racecar history le mans

$15.00
xxfpg171664

Otago Boys' High School Old Boys' Centennial Register


1863-1963

N/A; MURRAY, JOHN (forew.)

super octavo hardcover (VG, rebound) ; 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: Otago High School Old Boys' Society Inc. 1963

KEYWORDS: dunedin otago boys history school education

$30.00
xxfpg171666

In Search of Central Otago


SUMPTER, G. HUGH

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: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1947

KEYWORDS: history new zealand central otago travel

$12.50
xxfpg171669

Schools in New Zealand Society: a book of readings


ROBINSON, GRAHAM H. & O'ROURKE, BRIAN T.

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: Longman Paul 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand history schools school education pedagogy sociology curriculum culture

$32.50
xxfpg171673a

The Shotover River -- 'The Richest River in the World': A History of Gold Mining on the Shotover River


DE LA MARE, A J

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: Lakes District Museum 1993

KEYWORDS: shotover river new zealand history gold mining gold rush wakatipu queenstown otago lakes district

$10.00
xxfph171691

George Street (Normal) School Centennial Souvenier Programme


April 3, 4, 5, 6, 1980

N/A; GILLESPIE, DAVID T. (forew.)

octavo stapled wrappers (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: George Street School 1980

KEYWORDS: dunedin otago normal school history new zealand pedagogy centennial

$22.50
xxfua171710

Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure


COOPER, ARTEMIS

Super octavo hardover (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: John Murray 2012

KEYWORDS: biography britain british ww2 world war II military history walking travel europe polyglot

$200.00
os1/61

The Life & Art of William Strutt 1825-1915


CURNOW, HEATHER

NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION (#655/1500), oblong folio, quarter leather bound with grey cloth boards, silver gilt & red lettering to spine, silver gilt rule & blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, title plate to front board, frontispiece, 259pp, illus/plates, Near FINE, in clam shell slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1980

KEYWORDS: art history William Strutt biography memoir illustrated limited numbered edition

$45.00
1w9e/16

The Traditional Music of Thailand


MORTON, DAVID

Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems with some light surface loss, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976

KEYWORDS: music culture Thailand Asia illustrated tradition history

$60.00
1w9e/17

Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea


GAFFNEY, DYLAN

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xviii + 272pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Studies in Archaeology 2020

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology illustrated New Guinea exploration ancient history antiquity pottery subsistence trading clay

$68.50
1w9e/19

The Jensen Healey Stories


BROWNING, PETER & BLUNSDEN, JOHN

Super octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to both pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy peeling to spine, moderate soiling to covers, light fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: Jensen Healey cars motor classic automotive sport motorsport illustrated engineering history biography

$100.00
1w9e/22

Waitahuna Memories


SKINNER, ERIC

Octavo, illus stapled heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 130pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light soiling, scuffing and wrinkling to covers, prev owners name in ink to title page, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed n/d c.1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitahuna Central Otago illustrated settlers

$40.00
1w9e/24

I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House!


SULLIVAN, JOHN L. & ODD, GILBERT (Ed & Afterword)

Octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 246pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems/edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Proteus 1979

KEYWORDS: boxing sport autobiography John L Sullivan memoir history

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