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$28.50
xxstc172010

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany


BLACKBOURN, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2006

KEYWORDS: german history germany water engineering nature landscape prussia prussian nazi

$10.00
xxstc172011

Hysteric New Zealand


MAGURK, JOHN & JOURNET, TERENCE

Octavo hardcover (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: new zealand history humour comic

$32.50
xxstc172017

A History of the Vikings


JONES, GWYN

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: Oxford 1968

KEYWORDS: history vikings scandinavian norse greenland nordic

$32.50
xxstc172021

The Dreyfus Affair and the Crisis of French Manhood


FORTH, CHRISTOPHER E.

Super octavo hardcover (N. FINE) 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: John Hopkins 2004

KEYWORDS: crisis of masculinity gender history french gendered body image dreyfus affair

$15.00
xxstd172024

Cathedral: The Story of its Construction


MACALAY, DAVID

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:

KEYWORDS: cathedral architecture history church

$18.50
xxstd172025

City


MACAULAY, DAVID

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: Collins 1982

KEYWORDS: city architecture roman history

$45.00
2i32a/32

There's Gold in Rocky


BOYER, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Jack Boyer 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated autobiography memoir Jack Boyer gold hunting prospecting

$55.00
2i37a/1

Rugby in the Bays: A History of Rugby in Golden Bay, Motueka and Murchison to 1970


PARKINSON, MIKE & MEADS, COLIN (Fore)

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 313pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Mike Parkinson/Paturau Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby sport history Golden Bay Motueka Murchison the bays statistics

$90.00
2i37a/3

Nelson: A Regional History


McALOON, JIM

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 261pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, light occasional pencil annotations) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history regional Nelson illustrated photos

$125.00
2i37a/8

To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America


NEMEROV, ALEXANDER

Square quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 153pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges, sl staining to base of eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing/soiling, 2cm closed tear to top spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian American Art Museum/Yale University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: George Ault art American illustrated history

$185.00
2i37a/14

Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand: A Record of the First Exploration of the Chief Glaciers and Ranges of the Southern Alps


HARPER, ARTHUR P.

FOLDING MAP TORN, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 336pp, folding map, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to board extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to spine, spine cocked, moderate chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, aforementioned heavy tearing to folding map)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration pioneers illustrated southern alps south island history

$40.00
2i37a/18

The Melancholy Art


HOLLY, MICHAEL ANN

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 194pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: art history sadness melancholy criticism renaissance philosophy

$40.00
2i37a/25

The Story of the Dunedin Botanic Garden: New Zealand's First


DUNLOP, ERIC

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to board edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: Friends of the Dunedin Botanic Garden Inc. n/d (c.2002)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin history botanical garden botanic plants nature gardens

$50.00
2i37a/28

Mount Cook and its Surrounding Glaciers


MANNERING, GEORGE EDWARD

Oblong quarto, stapled light card covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate foxing & creasing to covers, light rusting & separation at staples, 2cm open tearing to lower spine extrem, closed tear to front)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photos Mount Cook glaciers travel history

$40.00
2i37a/42

Harvest of Grace: Essays in Celebration of 150 Years of Mission in the Anglican Diocese of Nelson


BESTER, R. (Ed)

Square octavo, illus card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 388pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Nelson anglican church religion essays prose literature collection illustrated

$55.00
2i37a/43

Old South: Life and Times in the Nineteenth-century Mainland


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, green lettering to spine, 344pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & extrems, sl chafing, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history illustrated trade industry business pioneers settlers

$45.00
2i37a/44

Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro


SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, sl scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tokomairiro Otago south island settlers pioneers trade business industry commerce infrastructure

$95.00
2i37a/46

New Zealand Prepares For War: Defence Policy 1919-39


McINTYRE, W. DAVID

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (v sl wear to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light scuffing to covers, moderate sunning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military politics war defence policy history early 20th twentieth century government

$50.00
2i37a/47

Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori: The Otago University Museum Ethnological Project, 1920


BEATTIE, JAMES HERRIES & ANDERSON, ATHOL (Ed)

SOUGHT AFTER, super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 636pp, illus/photos, Nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori south southern illustrated traditions lifestyle culture history

$42.50
2i37a/48

Footprints Too: Further Glimpses into the History of Nelson Province


NEWPORT, J. N. W.

SIGNED, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/discolouration to board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate closed tearing to spine & covers with some attempts at subtle tape repairs made, rear flap completely removed & neatly re-attached, reinforcement to internal side of spine- discreet)

PUBLISHER: Express Printing Works (Printer) 1978

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Nelson provincial regional south island

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