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$100.00
1y38a/26

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1905: Vol. XXVIII


N/A & HAMILTON, A. (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT. Super octavo, soft card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 633 + 47 plates, VG- (heavy rubbing + creasing to spine w/ cracking & surface loss, light creasing to extrems, prev owner's name in pen to front cover, moderate tanning & mild foxing to page edges, light foxing & moderate soiling to covers, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1906

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute james hector natural history philosophy science

$265.00
1y38a/36

Climbs in the New Zealand Alps: Being an Account of Travel and Discovery


FITZGERALD, E.A. & CONWAY, MARTIN (contr.) & BONNEY, T.G. (contr.) & BARROW, C.L (contr.) & PENNELL, JOSEPH (illus) & WILLINK, H.G. (illus) & MCCORMICK, A.D. (illus)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, mustard buckram boards, leather title plates w/ gilt lettering to spine, brown decoration to front board, teg, frontispiece, xvi + 363pp + 56 plates + large folding map in sleeve to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine + extrems, mild soiling to boards, light tanning + creasing to page edges, crack running length of front gutter, prev owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, moderate foxing to eps, remnant of coloured pencil inscription to fep, light-moderate foxing throughout (heavier to tissue guards & facing pages)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1896

KEYWORDS: new zealand mountaineering southern alps edward fitzgerald exploration south island history outdoors mountain climbing

$40.00
xxpcc175691

The Dominion of New Zealand


WEDDERSPOON, RICHARD; FITZGERALD, JAS. (art)

Oblong 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: Simpson & Williams 1927

KEYWORDS: new zealand history tourism vintage aotearoa guide advertisement

$245.00
1y41a/3

The Story of a New Zealand River


MANDER, JANE

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 432pp, scruffy (moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to rear board, 4cm crack to spine hinge, moderate tanning to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, boards v shaky, binding v loose, some hotch-potch attempts at tape repairs to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane Company 1920

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history moden first edition Jane Mander literature

$40.00
1y41a/8

The School Riley Built: The Story of the Wellington Technical College From 1886 to the Present Day


HARRISON, NOEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, 132pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev, owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Wellington Technical College 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand education history Wellington technical college

$225.00
1y41a/10

Tu Fu: The Autobiography of a Chinese Poet A.D. 712-770 (Vol 1: 712-759)


FU, TU & AYSCOUGH, FLORENCE (Arranged & Translated)

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP AT REAR, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & Chinese lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, deckled page edges, 450pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1929

KEYWORDS: Tu Fu literature poets Chinese literature literary autobiography memoir antiquity history first edition

$36.50
xxrbe175012

Yeats, Ireland and Fascism


CULLINGFORD, ELIZABETH

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: Macmillan Press 1981

KEYWORDS: yeats ireland facism literary studies litcrit politics irish nationalism history

$17.50
xxrbe175014

Canberra Boys: Fascinating Accounts from the Operators of an English Electric Classic


BROOKES, ANDREW

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: Grub Street 2021

KEYWORDS: the english electric canberra aircraft military history world war two second wwii air forces force suez campaign operation grapple

$18.50
xxrii175279

Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World


COVENEY, PETER & HIGHFIELD, ROGER & BLUMBERG, BARUCH (forew.)

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: Faber and Faber 1996

KEYWORDS: complexity history of science philosophy chaos theory peter coveney roger highfield

$14.50
xxrkj175355

They Sailed With Cook


JOHNSON, MARGUERITE

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: Pegasus 1970

KEYWORDS: captain cook history the endeavour tolaga bay jospeph banks charles clerke the forsters william wales anderson david samwell george gilbert

$22.50
xxrkj175356

Safe Return Doubtful: The Heroic Age of Polar Exploration


MAXTONE-GRAHAM, JOHN

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: Patrick Stephens 1988

KEYWORDS: polar exploration artic antartic circle antartica history leary scott amundsen south pole north pole

$20.00
xxrkk175360

Stand Well Clear: More Adventures in Military Aviation


TOOKER, D. K.

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: Naval Institute Press 2003

KEYWORDS: military aviation airforce history planes aircraft air combat

$25.00
xxpbd175626

Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Spain: Including The Civil War in Spain


MORROW, FELIX

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: Pathfinder 1974

KEYWORDS: the spanish revolution civil war counter revolution socialism socialist spanish history franco's military franco

$30.00
xxpbd175633

The Dawn of Civilisation: Egypt and Chaldaea


MASPERO G. ; SAYCE, A. H. (edi.)

Tidy ex-library. Imperial 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: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1897

KEYWORDS: egypt egyptian history ancient chaldaea classical civilisation theban empire

$20.00
xxpbf175635

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol. XII, June 1947 No. 34


JOHNSON, G. C. N. (edi.)

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: New Zealand Alpine Club 1947

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand journal alpine hiking mountaineering history aotearoa climbing mountains 1947

$20.00
xxpbf175636

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol XIII, June 1949 No. 36


Anon

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: New Zealand Alpine Club 1949,

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand journal alpine hiking mountaineering history aotearoa climbing mountains 1949

$20.00
xxpbf175637

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol. VII, June 1937, No. 24


SIM, J. A.

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: New Zealand Alpine Club 1937

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand journal alpine hiking mountaineering history aotearoa climbing mountains 1937

$20.00
xxpbf175638

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol. XI. June 1945, No. 32


SIM, J. A.

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: New Zealand Alpine Club 1945

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand journal alpine hiking mountaineering history aotearoa climbing mountains 1945

$20.00
xxpbf175639

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol. XII. June 1948, No. 35


SIM, J. A.

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: New Zealand Alpine Club 1948

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand journal alpine hiking mountaineering history aotearoa climbing mountains 1948

$20.00
xxpbf175640

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol. VI. June 1935, No. 22


SIM, J. A.

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: New Zealand Alpine Club 1935

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand journal alpine hiking mountaineering history aotearoa climbing mountains 1935

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