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$40.00
1y70a/20

Manganui: A History of the Stratford Mountain Club: Seventy-One Years of Progress February 4th 1929 to the Year 2000


STOKES, BOB & STOKES, NANCIE

Square imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & cream lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stratford Mountain Club (Inc.) 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mountains mountaineering Stratford Mountain Club history biography skiing ski fields

$60.00
1y70a/28

Dentistry: An Illustrated History


RING, MALVIN E.

Lg quarto, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp dentistry motif to front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, xii + 319pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1985

KEYWORDS: history oral health healthcare dentists dentistry medical practices illustrated humour humor

$45.00
1y70a/34

Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires


MACKINTOSH-SMITH, TIM

Super octavo, blue gilt illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, printed eps, illus/maps to prelims, xxvi + 630pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm adhesive label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Arab history anthropology ancient antiquity Arabic culture

$45.00
1y72a/3

Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History (Second Edition)


WALSER, ROBERT (Ed)

2015 (SECOND EDITION), super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xvi + 440pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. owner's name in black marker to front cover & ffep, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: music history jazz readings philosophy musical criticism

$40.00
1y72a/4

Scotland's Empire 1600-1815


DEVINE, T. M.

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 474pp, illus/maps to prelims, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light o moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 2003

KEYWORDS: Scotland ancient history antiquity political politics anthropology British empire identity

$40.00
1y72a/5

On the Edge: Ireland's Offshore Islands: A Modern History


FERRITER, DIARMAID

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 389pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2018

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history islands celtic

$40.00
1y72a/6

Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich


CLARK, CHRISTOPHER

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 293pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Germany German politics history Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick the Great Otto von Bismarck Adolf Hitler third reich nazism nazi nazis political power

$115.00
1y72a/8

The Permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the First 50 Years


ASHER, Hon. Justice RAYNOR (Fore) & BIGWOOD, RICK (Ed)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal system justice court of appeal history essays prose literature collection anthology

$40.00
1y72a/16

Disaster at Cane Creek: An Unforgettable Story Especially For Those Who Lived It


MELE, KYMBERLY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, 635pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Dulcinea Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: Cane Creek disaster potash mine explosion Moab Utah modern history

$50.00
1y72a/20

The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s


CALOGERO, BILL et al & AYCOCK, COLLEEN (Ed) & SCOTT, MARK (Ed) & BERNSTEIN, AL (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, viii + 294pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2011

KEYWORDS: sport boxing race champions 19th nineteenth century history biographies African American

$40.00
1y72a/21

The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robt. Sanderson


WALTON, IZAAK

Duodecimo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt tooling & blind decoration to front board, aeg, frontispiece, 426pp, illus/portraits, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge 1857

KEYWORDS: biographies biography memoir John Donne Henry Wotton Richard Hooker George Herbert Robert Sanderson history religion theology

$50.00
1y72a/33

A Moral Truth: 150 Years of Investigative Journalism in New Zealand


HOLLINGS, JAMES (Ed)

Octavo, grey light card covers with french flaps, red & black lettering to spine & covers, 445pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand journalism reporting investigative history media

$40.00
1y76a/13

The Art of Flower Arrangement in Japan: A Sketch of its History and Development


SADLER, A. L. & LINDSAY, LIONEL (Preface)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 234pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light pencil jottings & prev. seller's label to rear pastedown, light to moderate cracking & foxing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Country Life 1933

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese flower arranging history hobbies oriental seasons vases

$22.50
xxyka178905

The Death of the Artist


DERESIEWICZ, WILLIAM

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: Henry Holt 2020

KEYWORDS: art history contemporary business technology modern society economics economic threat to artists artistry artisan

$18.50
xxyka178914

Cavaliers & Roundheads: The English at War, 1642 - 1649


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

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: BCA 1999

KEYWORDS: English civil war cavaliers roundheads history 17th seventeenth century King Charles 1st first Oliver Cromwell

$22.50
xxyka178920

The Lost Fortune of the Tsars


CLARKE, WILLIAM

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1994

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian royal family tsars Romanoff Romanovs money wealth mystery history

$16.50
xxyka178928

Cosima Wagner


MAREK, GEORGE R.

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: Julia MacRae Books 1983

KEYWORDS: Cosima Wagner biography memoir music classical history Richard

$25.00
xxyka178935

All the King's Women: Love, Sex and Politics in the Life of Charles II


WILSON, DEREK

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: Ted Smart / Hutchinson 2003

KEYWORDS: British English royal family history Charles ii 2nd second romance sex lives kings monarchy

$35.00
xxyka178937

Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece


VICKERS, HUGO

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: Hamish Hamilton 2000

KEYWORDS: royalty monarchy history biography alice princess greece european english windsor prince philip

$35.00
xxyka178942

The Exploration of The Pacific


BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy, torn) ; 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: Adam & Charles 1947

KEYWORDS: the beaglehole pacific ocean history exploration sail british age of

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