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$22.50
xxylb179223

FDR and the News Media


WINFIELD, BETTY HOUCHIN

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: University of Illinois Press 1990

KEYWORDS: fdr news media studies history politics franklin delano roosevelt american united states of america attorney

$18.50
xxylb179224

Ironbridge: History and Guide


HAYMAN, RICHARD & HORTON, WENDY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Tempus 2007

KEYWORDS: ironbridge gorge history guide industrial revolution british english

$22.50
xxylb179226

Elizabethan England: Life in an Age of Adventure


PLOWDEN, ALISON

Imperial 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: Reader's Digest 1982

KEYWORDS: elizabethan england english history british culture queen elizabeth shakespearean london society

$100.00
1y84a/1

Education and Educationists in Otago


ROSS, Rev. C. STUART

EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 255pp, VG (minimal library stamps/markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters, occasional light pencil markings & underlining to text)

PUBLISHER: Wise, Caffin & Co 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history C Stuart Ross Otago

$40.00
1y84a/2

Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men


ROSS, Rev. C. STUART

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 199pp + 2pp index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minimal library markings, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscriptions/notations in ink & pencil to full title page, moderate creasing at gutters, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history biographies C Stuart Ross

$45.00
1y84a/3

The Inch: The Reproduction and Update of the Story of Stirling and Inch Clutha


RUTHERFORD, ALMA M.

Updated edition, octavo, illus light card covers, dark green lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, includes FOLDING MAP LOOSELEY ENCLOSED, VG (light folding/creasing to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, small tear to fep.)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Clutha Inch Stirling

$50.00
1y84a/4

School Beginnings: A Nineteenth Century Colonial Story


MAY, HELEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, illus eps, 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & coevr edges, light soiling & fading to front cover)

PUBLISHER: NZCER Press 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history education Maori Pakeha 19th nineteenth century

$50.00
1y84a/10

The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor


CULME, JOHN & RAYNER, NICHOLAS

Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, sl occasional foxing to pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1987

KEYWORDS: Duchess Duke of Windsor King Edward viii 8th jewellry antiques history royal family abdication British monarchy design designers

$40.00
1y84a/14

The Archaeologist's Field Handbook


BURKE, HEATHER & SMITH, CLAIRE

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown/illus lettering to spine, xxii + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling & light tanning to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2004

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology guide handbook fieldwork excavations navigation mapping maps sites surveying ancient history data collection

$40.00
1y84a/23

Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History


SCHNEIDER, PAUL

Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 394pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: John Macrae/Henry Holt & Company 2013

KEYWORDS: US American North America history mississippi river

$50.00
1y84a/26

Napoleon's Prisoner of War: Experiences of a British Officer During the Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France


BLAYNEY, ANDREW THOMAS

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 436pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Leonaur 2009

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte napoleonic wars military history Spain France grande armee prisoner of war experience French British soldiers Andrew Thomas Blayney

$60.00
1y84a/27

All For the King's Shilling: The British Soldier Under Wellington, 1808-1814


COSS, EDWARD J. & GUILMARTIN Jr., JOHN F. (Fore)

Super octavo, terracotta heavy boards, gilt lettering to buckram spine, textured eps, xxiv + 374pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & bruising to edges/corners- particularly at rear)

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2010

KEYWORDS: British army Wellington peninsular campaign napoleonic wars military history

$40.00
1y84a/34

Nedwill: That 'Peppery' Irish Surgeon: New Zealand's Outstanding Public Health Pioneer


RICE, GEOFFREY W.

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, x + 356pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Hawthorne Press w/ The Cotter Medical History Trust 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Courtney Nedwill medical surgeon health healthcare history

$60.00
1y84a/38

A History of Croydon Siding (1856-1985)


DICKIE, ALEX D. & DICKIE, PAULA (Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, viii + 152pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light tape staining to full title page & verso, prev. owner's names in ink to half title page & rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co. (Printer) 1985

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand regional history Croydon Siding southland Alex Dickie

$40.00
1y84a/39

The New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1925


HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1913 (Prepared Under the Instruction of)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems & spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout, moderate creasing to full title page, occasional ink markings to pages/text throughout, some page edges roughly cut)

PUBLISHER: W. A. G. Skinner, Gov't Printer 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand government parliament history records constitution governors ministers general assembly

$55.00
1y84a/40

Observations of a Rural Nurse


McINTYRE, SARA & McINTYRE, SIMON (Fore)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 297pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Sara McIntyre regional history King Country autobiography art photography

$70.00
1y84a/42

The Rolling Stones: 50


JAGGER, MICK & RICHARDS, KEITH & WATTS, CHARLIE & WOOD, RONNIE

Lg quarto, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's motif to front board, illus prelims, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2012

KEYWORDS: rock music Rolling Stones autobiography entertainment history Jagger Richards Watts Woods Wyman

$195.00
1y89a/2

Matthews of Kaitaia: The Story of Joseph Matthews and the Kaitaia Mission


MATTHEWS, S. C. and L. J. & AVERILL, The Most Rev. ALFRED WALTER (Fore)

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 232pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Joseph Matthews Kaitaia pioneers settlers

$17.50
xxylb179233

Egmont: The Story of a Mountain


SCANLAN, A. B.

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand egmont mountains Taranaki history mountaineering hiking climbing exploration Scanlan

$20.00
xxylb179249

Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial


McKINNON, EMILY H. (Preface)

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: Otago Daily Times (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago pioneers settlers history women

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