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$14.00
xxemc174358

The Mystery of the Incarnation


HUME, CARDINAL BASIL

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Darton, Longman & Todd 1999

KEYWORDS: religion incarnation theology Cardinal Basil Hume literature Christianity religious history

$14.00
xxemd174364

King George VI: His Life and Reign


WHEELER-BENNETT, JOHN W.

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: Macmillan / St Martin's Press 1965

KEYWORDS: british history monarchy royalty england english king george vi 6 six sixth 6th

$22.00
xxemf174377

100 Years of College Rifles 1897 - 1997


NEAZOR, PAUL

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: Celebrity Books 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby sport military history Auckland college rifles volunteers centenary

$15.00
xxenc174384

The Invisibles: A Tale of the Eunuchs of India


JAFFREY, ZIA

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: Phoenix 1998

KEYWORDS: India eunuchs culture history travel

$20.00
xxend174387

A New Zealand Christmas: Three Centuries of Kiwi Christmas Celebrations From the Alexander Turnbull Library


ELL, SARAH

Square super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) some fading to jacket; 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: Godwit/Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history christmas celebrations Alexander Turnbull collection

$35.00
xxend174393

The Last Thirty Years 1963-1993: The History of the Canterbury Area Health Board


SILVERSON, ALICE (Ed)

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: Bookhouse Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health healthcare history Canterbury district health board

$37.50
xxene174398

The Plane That Changed the World: A Biography of the DC-3


INGELLS, DOUGLAS J.

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: Aero Publishers 1966

KEYWORDS: aviation history dc-3 airplanes

$37.50
xxene174402

Evolving Auckland: The City's Engineering Heritage


LA ROCHE, JOHN (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Wiley Publication 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland north island history engineering trade business progress

$25.00
xxene174414

Douglas Lilburn 1915 - Papers 1503; 1840; 1932-1989


LILBURN, DOUGLAS

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: Alexander Turnbull Library 1990

KEYWORDS: Douglas Lilburn manuscripts Alexander Turnbull library history bibliography music

$32.50
xxenf174418

The Life of Samuel Johnson; Together With a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Reprint of the First Edition) 3 Vol Set


BOSWELL, JAMES & FITZGERALD, PERCY (Ed & Notes) & TEDDER, H. R. (Preface)

3 VOL SET, super 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: Swan Sonnenschein 1888-89

KEYWORDS: Samuel Johnson literary biography literature history

$27.50
xxenf174421

The Battle of Britain: New Perspectives: Behind the Scenes of the Great Air War


RAY, 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: Arms and Armour 1994

KEYWORDS: aviation battle of Britain history war military

$38.50
xxenf174423

A Change of Wings


McVICAR, DON & WILLIAMS, L. R. (Illus)

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: Airlife Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: aviation history raf British air force ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two

$38.50
xxenf174424

North Atlantic Cat


McVICAR, DON & WILLIAMS, L. R. (Illus)

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: Airlife Publishing 1983

KEYWORDS: aviation history raf British air force ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two

$35.00
xxenf174425

Operation Freshman: The Rjukan Heavy Water Raid 1942


WIGGAN, RICHARD

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: William Kimber 1986

KEYWORDS: aviation history ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two military operation freshman Royal Engineers

$60.00
1y17a/44

The Skipper's Diary: New Zealand's 1949 Cricket Tour of England The Forty-Niners


HADLEE, WALTER A. & HADLEE, Sir RICHARD (Compiled)

DISC LOOSELY ENCLOSED, SIGNED! Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xxxviii + 473pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Cricket Publishing Company 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport cricket history Walter Richard Hadlee signed 49ers forty-niners

$60.00
1y17a/49

The Shaping of Middle Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals; Together With the Earliest Silmarillion and the First Map


TOLKIEN, J. R. R. & TOLKIEN, CHRISTOPHER (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained black, 380pp, illus/map, VG+ (light bruising to board corners, light soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: middle earth history Tolkien literature lord of the rings fantasy

$75.00
1y17a/53

Lighthouses: Their History and Romance


HARDY, W. J.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & lighthouse motif to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & light scuffing to board corners, heavy fading & discolouration to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1895

KEYWORDS: lighthouses history nautical maritime

$62.50
1y17a/56

Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore


PORTER, ENID & BARRETT, W. H.

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 419pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to board edges, usual library markings, light foxing to page edges, light tape staining to eps) in d/w VG (light creasing, chipping & adhesive residue to edges, 2cm closed tear to spine, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: Cambridge Cambridgeshire folklore lore customs history supernatural witchcraft

$40.00
1y20a/3

Black Rainbow: Legends of the Incas and Myths of Ancient Peru


BIERHORST, JOHN (Ed & Trans)

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 131pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library marks, light fading & bruising to board & spine edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976

KEYWORDS: myths legends Incas Peru mythology ancient history

$50.00
1y20a/8

Latching On: 50 Years of Breastfeeding Support: La Leche League in New Zealand 1964-2014


SHAW, LOUISE

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus, 290pp, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: La Leche League New Zealand 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health breastfeeding history women's healthcare la leche league babies

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