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$16.50
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Hawea Hospitality: The Capwell Years 1925-1961


ROBB, EILEEN; LORIMER, SHONA (illus.)

Super octavo staplebound 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: Wanaka Tourist-Craft 1986

KEYWORDS: hawea settler history colonial lake wanaka

$20.00
xxycd177062

The Movie Ad Book


VANCE, MALCOLM

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: Control Data Publishing 1981

KEYWORDS: movie advertisements posters advertising ad history film studies

$20.00
xxycd177063

Wellington Album


MAIN, WILLIAM

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: Grantham House 1998

KEYWORDS: wellington history poneke photography early victorian colonial settler city

$16.50
xxycd177064

The Hollywood Hall of Shame: The Most Expensive Flops in Movie History


MEDVED, HARRY & MEDVED, MICHEAL

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: Angus & Robertson 1984

KEYWORDS: hollywood movie film history industry flops fails filmmaking

$15.00
xxycd177066

The Buddy Holly Story


TOBLER, JOHN

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: Plexus 1979

KEYWORDS: buddy holly biography music history musician

$26.50
xxycd177067

Milestones: Turning Points in New Zealand History


BROOKING, TOM

Signed. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mills Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: new zealand history turning points general nz aotearoa maori european

$120.00
1y58a/12

Jane's Fighting Ships 1941


McMURTRIE, FRANCIS E. (Ed)

IN SCRUFFY CARDBOARD PRESENTATION CASE, oblong quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims/terminals, mixed pagination, illus/photos, scruffy (moderate to heavy bruising to extrems with some surface loss, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page egdes, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, heavy creasing to prelim & terminals pgspgs 447/448 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. c.1942

KEYWORDS: Jane's fighting ships 1941 war military ships navy naval maritime nautical history engineering design

$40.00
1y58a/18

Along the Line: 100 Years of Post Office Unionism


ROTH, BERT

Super octavo, glossy blue illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, xvii + 315pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges, light soiling to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Post Office Union 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand post office history postal services

$60.00
1y58a/27

Reds in America


WHITNEY, R. M.

HIGHLIGHTING, ANNOTATIONS & POST-IT NOTES THROUGHOUT, super octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 284pp, VG (sl bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light foxing to page edges, aforementioned highlighting & post-it notes/annotations- otherwise a VG+) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, price clipped, light chafing & soiling, post-it notes to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Western Islands 1970

KEYWORDS: Russian Russia US America American politics communism politics political history

$40.00
1y58a/32

The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World of Philip II


BRAUDEL, FERNAND & REYNOLDS, SIAN (Trans) & OLLARD, RICHARD (Abridged)

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 690pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing to spine & edges with some sl surface loss, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1992

KEYWORDS: history Philip II Mediterranean

$85.00
1y58a/33

The West That Was: From Texas to Montana


LEAKEY, JOHN & YOST, NELLIE SNYDER

SOME HIGHLIGHTING ON A FEW PAGES, super octavo, brown buckram boards, brown letterin gto spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, xii + 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, aforementioned occasional highlighting- otherwise a VG+) in d/w & tidy plastic protective cover, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Southern Methodist University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: wild west US American America frontier John Leakey Texas Montana history

$45.00
1y58b/1

Sundials: A Simplified Approach by Means of the Equatorial Dial


COUSINS, FRANK W. & CHANDLER, MALCOLM (Illus) & PORTER, J. G. (Fore)

Super octavo, black (faux?) leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt sun illus to front board, top page edges stained orange, illus eps, 236pp, illus/photos, folding chart to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems & edges, sl soiling & tape residue to boards, light adhesive staining to eps, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 3cm closed tear & tape repairs to top spine extrem, heavy fading to spine, price clipped, adhesive mylar wrapper to covers)

PUBLISHER: John Barker Publishers 1972

KEYWORDS: physics sun solar sundials time measurement gnomonics science history

$25.00
xxycd177077

Barr, Burgess and Stewart 1871 - 1971


GILKISON, W. S.

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: Barr, Burgess and Stewart, Dunedin. Printed by John McIndoe Ltd

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago dunedin history barr burgess and stewart biographical business

$35.00
xxycd177078

Northern Approaches : A History of the Waitati, Waikouaiti, Palmerston, Dunback, Moeraki, Hampden and surrounding districts


MOORE, C. W. S.

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 1978

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history waitati waikouaiti palmerston dunback moeraki hampden otago

$15.00
xxycd177079

The Old Towns of England


ROUSE, CLIVE

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: B. T. Batsford 1944

KEYWORDS: history england towns

$25.00
xxyce177115

Dunedin Almanac 1950 - 1951


N.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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Arnold D. Baldwin 1950

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago dunedin history 50s maps tables

$10.00
xxyce177121

The Englishness of English Art


PEVSNER, NIKOLAUS

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: Peregrine Book 1964

KEYWORDS: art history essay english

$10.00
xxyce177145

Letters from Otago 1848 - 1849


N.A.

Octavo, softcover booklet (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: Hocken Library 1978

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago dunedin correspondence collection history

$12.50
xxyce177146

Safe Harbour : Holy Trinity Church 1874 - 1994


LLOYD, EVELYN E.

Super octavo, softcover booklet (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: University of Otago Printery / Holy Trinity Church Port Chalmers 1994

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago dunedin history holy trinity port chalmers

$20.00
xxyce177158

Asia Major : Third Serires, Volume 3, Part 1 & 2


TWITCHETT, DENIS (ed)

2 VOLUME SET. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: asia china history literary culture

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