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$40.00
1y30a/40

A History of the London Missionary Society 1895-1945


GOODALL, NORMAN & LATOURETTE, KENNETH SCOTT (Fore)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 640pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1954

KEYWORDS: religion religious history London England English missionary missionaries India China Africa Madagascar Samoa Papua West Indies Pacific

$50.00
1y30a/41

Martin Travers 1886-1948: An Appreciation


WARRENER, RODNEY & YELTON, MICHAEL

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, viii + 343pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruisin g& scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Martin Travers biography memoir history ecclesiatical art religion religious

$50.00
1y30a/54

Chinese Revolutionary: Memoirs 1919-1949


FAN-HSI, WANG & BENTON, GREGOR (Trans & Intro)

V TIDY EX-LIBRARY (NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS) octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 282pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm ex-library ink stamps to ffep only) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & top edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Chinese history revolution revolutionary communism Wang Fan-hsi politics

$175.00
1y33a/1

Far Horizons: A History of the Studdys From Devon For Thier Descendants


RITCHIE, ELSIE

SOME HIGHLIGHTING TO TEXT THROUGHOUT, lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 380pp + family trees to rear, VG+ (aforementioned highlighting to text throughout, sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Elsie Ritchie 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia genealogy history family tree Studdy de Stody

$100.00
1y33a/2

Index to the Appendices to the Journals of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of New Zealand 1854 to 1913


BROWN, H. P. (Revised & Extended by)

ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIR TO FRONT HINGE, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, black cloth spine, black lettering to front board, 566pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, heavy repairs & reinforcements to front hinge & gutter, 8cm crack to rear hinge & gutter, heavy rusting to staples, moderate soiling to boards, ligth tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks Gov't Printer 1916

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics history journals house representatives

$85.00
1y33a/16

Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II


GARRETT, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xi + 499pp, illus/photos, VG (ligth chafing & scuffing to covers & edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: University of South Pacific 1997

KEYWORDS: first edition religion Christianity ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 history oceania Pacific islands

$180.00
1y33a/19

Freedom and Independence For the Golden Lands of Australia; the Right of the Colonies, and the Interest of Britain and of the World


LANG, JOHN DUNMORE

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, WITH MAP, octavo, green textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece/map, xvi + 339pp, VG (light bruising & moderate chipping to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, many pages uncut, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1852

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history John Dunmore Lang colonies British settlers first edition

$47.50
1y33a/21

Romantic Writing and Pedestrian Travel


JARVIS, ROBIN

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 246pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & soiling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000

KEYWORDS: English literature 19th nineteenth century history literary criticism travel Britain walking

$85.00
1y33a/22

Footsteps in the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II


GARRETT, JOHN

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 514pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine, light creasing to rear cover, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, bonus inscription in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies / WCC Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: history Christianity oceania ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pacific islands colonies

$95.00
1y33a/24

Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor


CUNNINGHAM, G. H.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges inc. flaps, attempts at tape repairs to closed tearing at edges, heavy chafing & staining to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military biography memoir squadron leader McGregor aviation history first edition

$40.00
1y33a/28

Design and Tradition: A Short Account of the Principles and Historic Development of Architecture and the Applied Arts


FENN, AMOR

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xx + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to edges & extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light chipping & 2cm closed tear to frontispiece, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1920

KEYWORDS: art history buildings architecture mythology symbolism mouldings ornaments

$90.00
1y33a/41

The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline and Fall; From Original Sources (Second Edition Revised with Maps)


MUIR, Sir WILLIAM

REVISED SECOND EDITION WITH MAPS, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & ornate decoration to spine & front board, xv + 612pp, folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, cracking to some gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals, some occassional underlining to text- discreet & unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract 1892

KEYWORDS: caliphate religion religious history exploration Arabia Syria Iran Asia Minor Persia Khorasan

$40.00
1y34a/2

German Sturmartillerie at War Vol. 2


DE SISTO, FRANK V. & LECOCQ, LAURENT (illus)

THIS VOL ONLY. Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, green lettering to covers, 72pp, illus - photog, FINE

PUBLISHER: Concord Publications Company 2009

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii sturmeschutze sturmartillerie military history

$40.00
1y34a/3

German Sturmartillerie at War Vol. 1


DE SISTO, FRANK V. & LECOCQ, LAURENT (illus)

THIS VOL ONLY. Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, brown lettering to covers, 72pp, illus - photog, FINE

PUBLISHER: Concord Publications Company 2008

KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii sturmeschutze sturmartillerie military history

$175.00
1y34a/6

Notes and Sketches in New South Wales : A Residence in that Colony from 1839 - 1844


MEREDITH, Mrs. CHARLES [aka MEREDITH, LOUISA ANNE]

Small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and rule, xi + 164pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine and boards, sporadic tanning and browing)

PUBLISHER: John Murrary 1846

KEYWORDS: colonial history australia aus new south wales nsw

$90.00
1y34a/7

The New Zealanders


CRAIK, GEORGE

Front board and ep detached, small octavo, marbled heavy card boards, half bound in brown leather, title plate to spine with gilt lettering and decorative rule, and raised bands, marbled page edges, marbles eps, frontispiece of NZ map, iv + 424pp, illus, poor (heaving rubbing to spine and boards, front board detached, sporadic tanning and browning)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight 1830

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history maori

$190.00
1y34a/8

From New Zealand to Lake Michigan


TRAVERS, W. T. LOCKE

Octavo, maroon heavy cloth boards, blind stamp rules to boards and gilt lettering and rule to spine, iv + 274pp, VG- (moderate fading to spine, light chipping to spine extrems, light sporadic soiling to boards, and light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Edwards & Co. Publishers 1889

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history travelogue

$850.00
1y37a/14

Station Life in New Zealand


BARKER, LADY

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt embossed lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, deckled page edges, dark green eps, frontispiece of sheep station, xii + 238pp + 40pp adverts, VG- (heavy fading and soiling to spine, and partially to board edges, 7cm crack to external hinge)

PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand farm farming station settlement history memoir

$1250.00
1y37a/15

Four Years in the Pacific in Her Majestys Ship Collingwood from 1844 - 1848 Vol I & Vol II


WALPOLE, Lt. Hon. FRED.

2 VOLUME SET. Super octavo, marble heavy boards, half bound in tan leather, 2 dark green title plates with gilt lettering, gilt rule and decoration to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, xiv + 432pp, ix + 415pp, illus, VG+ (sporadic rubbing to boards, crack to front gutter Volume 1)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley 1849

KEYWORDS: collingwood ship travel pacific history fred walpole autobiographical

$42.50
1y37a/18

The Tongariro National Park New Zealand : Its Topography, Geology, Alpine and Volacanic Features, History and Maori Folklore


COWAN, JAMES

Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to cover, landscape eps, frontispiece, 156pp, illus & fold out maps to rear, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG (light chipping to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: The Tongariro National Park Board / Ferguson and Osborn Ltd 1927

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history tongariro national park

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