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$15.00
xxdoh169940

Cinema and History


FERRO, MARC & GREENE, NAOMI

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: Wayne State University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: history film cinema

$16.50
xxdoh169943

Girls' Own Stories : Australian and New Zealand Women's Films


ROBSON, JOCELYN & ZALCOCK, BEVERLEY

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: Scarlet Press 1997

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand films history womens film

$40.00
1j23a/2

Recent Developments in Wetland Research


RAFTERY, BARRY (Ed) & HICKEY, JOYCE (Ed)

Quarto, illus glossy covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 318pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to half title pg, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Archaeology, UCD, Dublin 2001

KEYWORDS: archaeology research wetlands methodology ancient history antiquity environment nature landscape

$65.00
1j23a/3

Bog Bodies, Sacred Sites and WQetland Archaeology


COLES, BRYONY ET AL (Eds)

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, purple lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chafing to covers & edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: WARP 1999

KEYWORDS: bogs archaeology research wetlands methodology ancient history antiquity environment nature landscape

$45.00
1j23a/5

One Hundred Winters of Service: The Centennial History of the Canterbury Referees' Association


AMODEO, COLIN (Compiled)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus glossy boards, red & white lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Mainland Footbal Referees Committee 2011 (Caxton Press printer)

KEYWORDS: sport referees history centennial soccer football illustrated signed Canterbury New Zealand

$40.00
1j23a/19

The Aaronsohn Saga


KATZ, SHMUEL

Imperial octavo, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine, 362pp, Near FINE (sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Gefen 2007

KEYWORDS: Israel history Aaron Aaronsohn botany agriculture

$85.00
1j23a/22

Maori: A Photographic and Social History


KING, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, square quarto, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to board & spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate discolouration to spine & front cover, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori society photographic Michael King first edition

$45.00
1j23a/27

A History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye-Witness


HUGO, VICTOR & JOYCE, T. H. (Trans) & LOCKER, ARTHUR (Trans)

Small octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling with black decorative rule to spine & boards, vii + 413pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, moderate discolouration to spine, light to moderate staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky but attached, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879

KEYWORDS: literature Victor Hugo essay France history

$80.00
1j23a/28

Rommel's Intelligence in teh Desert Campaign 1941-1943


BEHRENDT, HANS-OTTO

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm. numerals in ink to top of fep) in d/w & plastic cover, VG (light creasing to edges, light foxing to flaps & internal side)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1985

KEYWORDS: war military history Rommel ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 North Africa

$15.00
xxdqd169956

Europe : History, Ideas, Ideologies


GUERRINA, ROBERTA

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: Hodder Arnold 2002

KEYWORDS: history politics europe eu

$50.00
1j23a/31

Huguenot Silver in England 1688-1727


HAYWARD, J. F.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to maroon title plate to spine, frontispiece, xx + 89pp + plates to rear- not counted but presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner of fep clipped, sl tanning to eps) in d/w & protective mylar, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1959

KEYWORDS: antiques silver silverware history English England illustrated guide collection collecting hobbies J F Hayward seventeenth 17th century

$62.50
1j39c/3

The Air Battle of Dunkirk


FRANKS, NORMAN L. R.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine edges, light foxing to page edges, sm numerals to top edge of fep, discreet tape repairs to gutter of pgs 62-63, light cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges with light chipping)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1983

KEYWORDS: military history aviation air force Dunkirk ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 illustrated raf British luftwaffe first edition

$55.00
1j39c/7

Tempest Over Europe


BEAMONT, ROLAND

Octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ink marking to rear board, ink numerals to fep, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: military history aviation ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two Roland Beamont raf British Europe

$95.00
1j39c/8

Phoenix Into Ashes


BEAMONT, ROLAND

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spine edges, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various sm. ink markings to front eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading to spine, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1968`

KEYWORDS: first edition military history aviation ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two Roland Beamont raf British Europe

$145.00
1j39c/12

The Chronicles of Crime; or, the New Newgate Calendar. Being a Series of Memoirs and Anecdotes of Notorious Characters Who Have Outraged the Laws of Great Britain From the Earliest Period to 1841


PELHAM, CAMDEN & PHIZ (Engravings)

TWO VOL SET, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & motif of Newgate Prison to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xii + 592pp, vol 2- viii + 636pp, illus/engravings with tissue guards- not counted but presumed all present, VG-/scruffy (very heavy chipping to spine extrems with considerable loss to each volume spine, moderate to heavy chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, 9cm closed tear to top of pg vii of vol 2, light foxing to illus & tissue guards but unobtrusive, pencil inscription to verso of fep of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: Reeves and Turner 1886

KEYWORDS: crime history Newgate Prison illustrated Phiz biographies anecdotes

$340.00
1j39c/14

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (in 8 volumes)


GIBBON, EDWARD

8 VOL SET, super octavo, brown leather boards with gilt rule & blind decorative rule, gilt lettering & tooling to spines, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, viii-xvi + 451-549pp, VG-/scruffy (moderate scuffing to extrems & spines with some surface loss, moderate cracking to board hinges to some vols, heavy scuffing to some boards with some surface loss, ex-libris plate to front pastedown of vol 1, light to moderate discolouration to boards of some vols) any wear & tear is age appropriate & adds to their charm!

PUBLISHER: William Pickering 1827

KEYWORDS: Rome antiquity ancient history empire fall decline Gibbon politics

$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

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