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$18.50
xxrfc171844

The Garden Triumphant : A Victorian Legacy


STUART, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1988

KEYWORDS: history gardens victorian english landscapes

$35.00
xxrfc171845

Agricultural Organization in New Zealand : A Survey of Land Utilization, Farm Organization Finance and Marketing


BELSHAW, H & WILLIAMS, D. O. & STEPHENS, F. B. & FAWCETT, E. J. (ed) & RODWELL, H. R. (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: For New Zealand Institute of Pacific Relations by Melbourne University Press 1936

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history agriculture agricultural land farm farming

$15.00
xxrfc171846

Exploration Fawcett


FAWCETT, P. H. & FAWCETT, BRIAN

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: Hutchinson & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: history explorer exploration percy harrison fawcett eccentric mystery biography memoir

$15.00
xxrfe171856

The Double Tongue


GOLDING, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (nr 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: Faber & Faber 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction mythology roman ancient history

$16.50
xxrff171857

The Big Red Train Ride


NEWBY, ERIC

FIRST EDITION. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history memoir travel trains

$24.50
xxsta171871

No Outspan


REITZ, DENEYS

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: Faber & Faber Ltd 1943

KEYWORDS: memoir history south africa deneys reitz

$17.50
xxsta171877

A Letter To a Young Painter


READ, HERBERT

Small 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: Thames and Hudson 1962

KEYWORDS: essays art history technique painting

$20.00
xxsta171883

Janet Frame's : Kingdom By The Sea - Oamaru


LEAVER-COOPER, SHEILA & SMITH, IAN S.

Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (nr FINE); 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: Lincoln University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand oamaru history janet frame

$35.00
xxsta171884

The Tour - Photographs


MCCREDIE, ATHOL

Centre pages loose, Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (VG, inscription in ink to title page); 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: Thames Publications 1981

KEYWORDS: history springbok tour 1981 politics aotearoa nz new zealand

$20.00
xxsta171892

The Lysander Passenger


CLEMENTS, PATER

Super octavo, softcover (nr FINE); 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: Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co 2018

KEYWORDS: politics history world war two ww2 wwii raf british lysander

$25.00
xxstb171903

Swan Song : Reflections on Perth and Western Australia 1956 - 1995


SEDDON, GEORGE

Imperial 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: Centre for Studies of Australia Literature 1995

KEYWORDS: aus australia wa western australia perth history

$26.50
xxstb171905

The Picturesque Garden in Europe


HUNT, JOHN DIXON

Imperial 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: Thames and Hudson 2004

KEYWORDS: history gardens picturesque landscapes pictorial

$45.00
1w47a/7

Ticket and Show Card Designing


PEARSON, F. ARTHUR

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & artist illus to front board, viii + 75pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, printer's adhesive label to front pastedown, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to some central gutters) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd 1924

KEYWORDS: art design showcards show cards illustrated guide commerical art advertising history composition historical techniques

$40.00
1w47a/12

The Awa Book of New Zealand Science


PRIESTLEY, REBECCA (Ed)

Octavo, red heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine, xvi + 368pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, spine cocked, light pencil markings to text & margins sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand science natural history nature illustrated

$40.00
1w47a/14

Misi Utu: Dr D W Hoodless: An Educator's Vision and the Central Medical School, Fiji


GUTHRIE, MARGARET

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 139pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl tanning/foxing to page edges, sl cracking to front gutters)

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: Fiji education D W Hoodless medicine medical school biography memoir Pacific healthcare history

$150.00
1w47a/23

The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions (Volume IV)


WHITE, JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, DUAL TEXT- ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, PGS I-IV LOOSE BUT PRESENT, PGS 1 & 2 MISSING, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, Maori illus & rule in black to front board, frontispiece, x + 245pp (in English) & 236pp (in Te Reo), VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece, light cracking to gutters, some pgs either loose or missing- see aforementioned, moderate sporadic foxing & tanning to pgs throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori traditions myths mythology history anthropology

$75.00
1w47a/25

Reports of Geological Explorations During 1887-88 With Maps and Sections


HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, cream light stapled covers, black lettering to front cover, folding map to front/frontis, xl + 92pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (moderate creasing & foxing/tanning to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rusting/staining to staples, 3cm loss to top edges of title pg to pg 11, light to moderate foxing to pages & folding maps throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology history landscape exploration

$100.00
1w47a/26

A History of Irish Flags From Earliest Times


HAYES-McCOY, G. A.

Lg quarto, beige faux leather heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine with some chipping, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Academy Press 1979

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish heritage flags genealogy history tricolour tricolor

$75.00
1w47a/28

Masa Jepun: Sarawak Under the Japanese1941-1945


REECE, BOB

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 254pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sarawak Literary Society n/d c.1998

KEYWORDS: Sarawak history military Japan Asia Malaysia autobiography memoir Bob Reece 2nd second world war two 2 ww2

$80.00
1w47a/29

The Story of the Twelfth: A Record of the 12th Battalion, A.I.F. During the Great War of 1914-1918


NEWTON, L. M.

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 231pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to edges with some sl chippping to top edge)

PUBLISHER: John Burridge Military Antiques 2000

KEYWORDS: military history 12th twelfth battalion aif Australia Australian imperial force ww1 great war first 1st world war 1 one ww1

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