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$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
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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

$150.00
1w9e/25

The Boxing Referee: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Duties of a Referee and an Explanation of the Queensberry Rules Relating to Boxing Contests and Competitions


BRADLEY, J. FRANK

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green leather soft boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vii + 92pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tape staining to eps, various historical ownership names in ink to prelims, light creasing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Queenhithe Printing and Publishing c.1910

KEYWORDS: sport boxing refereeing rules guidelines history knock-outs signed

$75.00
1w9e/29

The National Sporting Club: Past and Present


BETTINSON, A. F. & TRISTRAM, W. OUTRAM (Eds)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY BOTH AUTHORS, PLATES LOOSE, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 215pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing with some surface loss to boards & edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tape residue to eps, prev. owner's name stamp to half title page & contents page, moderate cracking to gutters throughout- some plates loose)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: sport club house history illustrated boxing signed national sporting club

$48.50
1w9e/30

Peranakan Indians of Singapore and Melaka: Indian Babas and Nonyas-Chitty Melaka


DHORAISINGAM, SAMUEL S.

Square super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xiv + 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, publishing label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2006

KEYWORDS: Asia India Southeast Melaka Peranakan culture illustrated photos history

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