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$28.50
xxstd172079

Liberated Women


DAUMIER, HONORE

Quarto 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: Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK) [n. d.]

KEYWORDS: liberated women gender illustration french society history ninteenth century honore daumier

$17.50
xxstd172081

Mythistory and Other Essays


MCNEILL, WILLIAM H.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1995

KEYWORDS: myth history theory analyzing research writing analysis praxis object vs subject

$14.00
xxstd172087

The Adventure of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century


DUNN, ROSS

Tidy ex-library. 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: University of California Press 2005

KEYWORDS: ibn battuta muslim traveler travels travelling medieval islamic history middle ages

$20.00
xxste172091

The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850 - 1940


HEADRICK, DANIEL R.

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: Oxford University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: imperialism colonialism great british technology industry history colonial politics

$28.50
xxste172092

The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History


Aydin, Cemil

Lacks front page. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: islam muslim world globalisation history politics anthropology religion modernity

$24.50
xxste172093

Changing Stories in the Chinese World


ELVIN, MARK

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: Stanford 1997

KEYWORDS: chinese anthropology stories storytelling china history li ruzhen zhang yingchang hao ran sima zhongyuan yuan ze'nan

$17.50
xxste172099

Lotus File: Seven, Elite, Elan, Europa


HUGHES, MARK

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Temple Press 1987

KEYWORDS: production history lotus file seven elite elan europa auto cars reference guide sports racing

$60.00
2i37b/32

Down the Bay: The History of the Ferries on Otago Harbour


McCLUSKEY, F. H.

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 151pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing and soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society Inc. 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago harbour marine nautical illustrated history ferry ferries regional

$120.00
2i37b/34

Early Wooden Railways


LEWIS, M. J. T.

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 436pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/chafing to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970

KEYWORDS: rail transport trains tracks engineering wood wooden history

$75.00
2i37b/41

Secret History: The Story of Cryptology


BAUER, CRAIG P.

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxv + 594pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: CRC Press 2013

KEYWORDS: data encryption computer science security cryptography history ciphers

$50.00
2i41a/1

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome


LANDELS, JOHN G.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, xii + 296pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1999

KEYWORDS: music history Greece Greek Rome Roman entertainment illustrated

$125.00
2i41a/5

The Thoroughbred Among Banks in New Zealand 1872-2000 (3 Vol Set)


HAWKE, GARY & HOLMES, Sir FRANK

3 VOLUME SET, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt pattern to front boards, xii + 225-266pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to some extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spines, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The National Bank of New Zealand 1997-2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking banks history finance economics

$67.50
2i41a/7

The NZR Steam Locomotive


MILLAR, SEAN

Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 336pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light foxing & adhesion to some pages throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, ligth fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Inc. 2011

KEYWORDS: steam rail New Zealand NZR history illustrated transport trains locomotives

$35.00
2i41a/8

One More Mile on the NZR


REID, R. C. (BOB)

lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed transport trains rail steam locomotive Bob Reid illustrated NZR

$85.00
2i41a/9

The Taieri Plain: Tales of the Years That Are Gone


SHAW, MARGARET S. & FARRANT, EDGAR D.

SIGNED BY AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, greencloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 238pp, illus/plates, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light scuffing & chafing to spine & boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago regional history illustrated Taieri signed

$40.00
2i41a/17

The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle


LOWERY, MALINDA MAYNOR

Super octavo, cream cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, xix + 304pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Lumbee Indians US America native American tribes Indian history North Carolina

$40.00
2i41a/23

Franz Schubert: A Biography


McKAY, ELIZABETH NORMAN

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 362pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Schubert classical composers music biography memoir history

$100.00
2i41a/24

Jane's World Railways 1969-70 (Twelfth Edition)


SAMPSON, HENRY (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 57pp ads + vii + 733pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl staining/discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light read staining to lower page edges of eps) in d/w, VG (moderate staining & discolouration to edges, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1969

KEYWORDS: Jane's railways history rail transport trains operation equipment twelfth 12th edition engineering mechanical mechanics engines illustrated

$95.00
2i41a/31

The Distinguished History of 3rd Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery 1940-1990


RAYWARD, CHRISTINE

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#99/200) quarto, bllack heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 90pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: 3rd Field Regiment 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 3rd third field regiment royal artillery

$65.00
2i41a/34

Labour of Love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital 1862-1972


WASSNER, ADELHEID

SIGNED & DATED, lg quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 294pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & corners, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Adelhaid Wassner 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin hospital maternity children child birth childbirth obstetrics

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