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$95.00
1y49a/71

The Maori History and Legends of the Waitakere Ranges


DIAMOND, JOHN T. & HAYWARD, BRUCE W. & DIAMOND, MELVILLE (Illus)

Scarce; Imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & creasing to cover edges, light tanning & fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Lodestar Press 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori regional history Waitakere Ranges legends culture

$50.00
1y51a/1

The German Revolution and the Debate on Soviet Power: Documents: 1918-1919 Preparing the Founding Congress


RIDDELL, JOHN (Ed)

Super octavo, purple glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 772pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Pathfinder 2012

KEYWORDS: early 20th twentieth century political history politics German Germany Soviet philosophy documents collection communism

$45.00
1y51a/2

Mana Magic: How You Can Use the Powerful Huna Secret of Ancient Hawaii in Today's High-Tech World


BAINBRIDGE, JOHN

UNDERLINING TO TEXT IN INK, octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, xii + 83pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover & ffep, light tanning to page edges, aforementioned moderate ink underlining to text throughout)

PUBLISHER: Barnhart Press 1988

KEYWORDS: magic Hawaii esoteric ancient anthropology history antiquity myths legends huna mana kahuna

$50.00
1y51a/8

Flying the Thermal Skies: A History of Aviation in the Rotorua District


STAFFORD, DON

Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, vi + 295pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, ex-libris label to full title page, signature in ink to intro page- author?) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Thermalart Productions 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation Rotorua history rnzaf Don Stafford

$120.00
1y51a/9

The Digger; Being the Unofficial Record of the Early Days of the 41st Rft. at Sea


N/A

Imperial octavo, illus blue stapled light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 32pp, illus, VG- (covers completely detached from pages but present & complete, moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to front cover, 3cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repair, heavy staining to rear cover, moderate rusting to staples, moderate creasing & occasional closed tearing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to pages, central pages completely detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Cape Times (Printer) (Date not Stated)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military war history 41st reinforcements

$55.00
1y51a/14

British Myths & Legends (3 Vol Set)


BARBER, RICHARD & LORD, JOHN VERNON (Illus)

THREE VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spines, frontis to vol 1, 708pp total, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing& soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society

KEYWORDS: British Britain myths legends folio society magic heroes saints history romance

$40.00
1y51a/21

The Symbolism of the Gods of the Egyptians and the Light They Throw on Freemasonry


STEWART, Dr. THOMAS MILTON

LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, ix + 126pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: The Baskerville Press 1970

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history freemasonry influence symbolism symbols gods deities wisdom

$100.00
1y51a/23

With Pen and Camera: Interviews With Celebrities


NORTHROP, W. B.

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, xv + 283pp, illus/photos, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, numerous ownership names in ink to front pastedown & prelims, heavy cracking to some gutters, binding shaky)

PUBLISHER: R. A. Everett & Co 1904

KEYWORDS: collection anthology interviews W B Northrop history

$55.00
1y51a/24

Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills; Canterbury New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

First edition, Small octavo, illus light card string bound covers, folding map to frontispiece, 73pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges with light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges, light soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Canterbury history regional folk tales legends christchurch otautahi

$25.00
xxpgi175916

The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia - Past, Present, and Future


ALBATS, YEVGENIA & FITZPATRICK, CATHERINE A. (trans.)

Super octavo hardcover (VG, foxing to page edges) 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: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1994

KEYWORDS: russia soviet union kgb espionage history russian

$35.00
xxpgk175926

Cultural Atlas of Japan


COLLCUTT, MARTIN & JANSEN, MARIUS & KUMAKARA, ISAO

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: Phaidon 1988

KEYWORDS: japan japanese cullture cultural atlas illustrated history

$35.00
xxpgk175927

More Homes of the Pioneers and Other Buildings: Pen and Wash Drawings by A.J. Mair with text by J.A. Hendry F.N.Z.I.A.


MAIR, A.J. (illus.) & HENDRY, J.A. (text)

Oblong 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: The Caxton Press 1974

KEYWORDS: architecture christchurch new zealand history settlers pioneers houses pen and wash drawings a.j. mair

$30.00
xxpgk175937

Track and Road: The American Trotting Horse: A Visual Record 1820 to 1900 from the Harry T. Peters America on Stone Lithography Collection


WELSH, PETER C.

Oblong 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: Smithsonian Institution Press 1969

KEYWORDS: horse horses horsemanship equestrian america american industry transportation history smithsonian

$40.00
xxphb175948

Tamatea Motuti


HENARE, PA

Octavo staped wrappers (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: NZ Forest Products Ltd. 1987

KEYWORDS: tamatea motuti marae history carving architecture panguru hokianga northland maori

$35.00
xxphb175950

Memoir of the Sixties


MCIVOR, LOIS

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, square 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: Remuera Gallery 2008

KEYWORDS: auckland art artists memoir 1960s sixties new zealand history lois mcivor

$24.50
xxphb175952

Japan: Its History and Culture


MORTON, W. SCOTT

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: Readers Union 1974

KEYWORDS: japan history culture art architecture music japanese asia asian

$30.00
xxphd175955

Samizdat: Voices of the Soviet Opposition


SAUNDERS, GEORGE (ed.)

lOctavo 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: Pathfinder 2013

KEYWORDS: samizdat soviet union ussr communism culture resistance history

$30.00
xxphh175977

The History of American Trotskyism 1928-1938: Report of a participant


CANNON, JAMES P. & BARNES, JACK (introd.) & HANSEN, JOSEPH (introd.)

Octavo softcover (Near 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: Pathfinder 2009

KEYWORDS: leon trotsky trotskyism communism communist america american marxist marxism history james cannon bolshevism bolshevist socialist workers party iww industrial workers world

$18.50
xxphh175978

Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration in New Zealand


WOODS, NOEL S. & BOCKETT, H.L. (introd.)

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: R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1963

KEYWORDS: industrial conciliation arbitration new zealand labour labor history equap pay committee workers rights

$30.00
xxphi176002

The History of Otago: The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class Settlement


MCLINTOCK, A.H.

1975 REPRINT, 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: Capper Press 1975

KEYWORDS: otago south island history settlement colonisation colonialism gold rush shortland free church

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