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$80.00
1o16a/27

The Manifesta Decade: Debates on Contemporary Art Exhibitions and Biennials in Post-Wall Europe


VANDERLINDEN, BARBARA & FILIPOVIC, ELENA (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus prelims, 337pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, spine sl cocked)

PUBLISHER: MIT Press/Roomade 2005

KEYWORDS: art exhibitions history 20th twentieth century European globalization globalisation politics

$40.00
1o16a/29

Hocken: Prince of Collectors


KERR, DONALD JACKSON

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 424pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Thomas Hocken collections illustrated history signed Dunedin

$40.00
1o16a/30

Where Ghosts Walked: Munich's Road to the Third Reich


LARGE, DAVID CLAY

Super octavo, mauve heavy boards with black spine, red lettering to spine, xxv + 406pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & creasing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 1997

KEYWORDS: history Germany nazi nazism third reich politics military illustrated national socialism Munich conservatism social conditions

$45.00
1o16a/35

Centennial History of Hawera and the Waimate Plains


ROBERTS, C. J.

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 395pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to boards/spine & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hawera Star Publishing Company N/D (c.1939)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hawera Waimate Plains illustrated

$45.00
1o16a/36

Elizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver


MACLEOD, CATHARINE ET AL

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt & cream lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 231pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl scuffing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Natioanl Portrait Gallery 2019

KEYWORDS: miniature portraits Elizabethan history art Nicholas Hilliard Isaac Oliver illustrated Jacobean England English

$55.00
1o16a/41

Wonderland: The New Zealand Photographs of Whites Aviation


ALSOP, PETER

Imperial octavo, illus soft card boards, green lettering to spine, illus prelims, 175pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand whites aviation photography photos landscapes scenery history collection

$100.00
1o16a/42

A Dream of Spires:Benjamin Mountfort and the Gothic Revival


LOCHHEAD, IAN

Sm quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 364pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand gothic revival illustrated Canterbury architecture history Benjamin Mountfort

$48.50
1o16a/43

Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture


KATZ, JONATHAN D. & WARD, DAVID C.

Quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 295pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Books 2010

KEYWORDS: art American portraits history sexuality visual gender sexual identity gay illustrated

$65.00
1o16a/44

Whistler: A Retrospective


SPENCER, ROBIN (Ed)

Folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 378pp, illus, colour plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Bay Books 1989

KEYWORDS: art James Whistler illustrated history biography memoir

$65.00
1p5c/5

Fields of Gold: A History of the Dominican Sisters in Western Australia


JAMES, RUTH MARCHANT

SIGNED, oblong super octavo, illus light card covers, gold & white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxi + 376pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to cover edges & spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Dominican Sisters of Western Australia 1999

KEYWORDS: religion Dominican Sisters Australia western faith history signed

$60.00
1p5c/7

Miners in the Clouds: A Hundred Years of Scheelite Mining at Glenorchy


BRADSHAW, JULIA

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 106pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Lakes District Museum 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mining illustrated history scheelite Glenorchy south island Wakatipu

$15.00
xxhta171049

Westland Heritage (South Island, New Zealand): A Journey of Nostalgia


ALEXANDER, VONNIE CLARKE

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: Alexander Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: new zealand westland greymouth history west coast heritage

$20.00
xxhtf171050

Birds of Passage: Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801


SHIELDS, NANCY K.

Super octavo hardcover (N. 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: Eland 2009

KEYWORDS: travel journal travel diary south india henrietta clive history

$15.00
xxhtf171053

The Story of Shanty Town


HEINZ, W. F.; HEINZ, VALERIE (illus.)

Octavo softcover stapled 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1972

KEYWORDS: shantytown west coast new zealand history goldfields gold mining gold fields prospecting

$15.00
xxhtf171054

Canterbury Cathedral: Britain in Old Photography


BUTLER, DEREK

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: The History Press 2009

KEYWORDS: canterbury catherdral catherdrals church architecture history great britain england clergy restorations restoring religion christianity

$15.00
xxhtf171055

A Short History of Guernsey


JOHNSTON, PETER

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: Peter Johnson 1994

KEYWORDS: guernsey history normandybritish isles great britain

$15.00
xxhtf171056

Domesday Book: Cornwall


THORN, CAROLINE & THORN, FRANK; PADEL, OLIVER (trans.)

This vol only. 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: Phillimore 1979

KEYWORDS: cornwall history british isles great britain survey statistics old english

$15.00
xxhtf171057

People of the Bay: Proceedings and Miscellanous Items of the 1991 Hawke's Bay Genealogy Conference and New Zealand Society of Genealogists Annual General Meeting


Hastings, 17-19 May 1991

1991 HAWKES BAY GENEALOGY CONFERENCE / NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS

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: Hawke's Bay Genealogy Group 1991

KEYWORDS: hawkes bay genealogy history ancestry new zealand

$15.00
xxhtf171058

Pioneering Days of the Church in North Otago


B. J. S.

Oblong octavo stapled wrappers (VG-, covers almost seperated); 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: A Diocesan Centennial Project (No Date)

KEYWORDS: church history north otago new zealand religion pioneers christianity

$12.50
xxhtg171059

On Foot Through Clydesdale


LEES, IAIN C.; WHITE, JOHN (illus.)

Paperback (N. 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: Birlinn 2015

KEYWORDS: lanarkshire england great britain british history travel diary folk-lore folk lore tales

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