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$45.00
1y20a/24

True Tales of Great Barrier Island 2016


ARMITAGE, DON (Compiled)

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to extrems, light sticker residue to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Don Armitage 2016

KEYWORDS: Great Barrier Island Auckland New Zealand Aotea Don Armitage history anecdotes

$120.00
1y20a/29

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1884 Vol. XVII


HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, salmon heavy boards with brown cloth spine, black lettering to title plate on spine, lxv + 471pp, maps/illus, VG (prev. owner's name in ink to front board, moderate tanning & scuffing to board & spine edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, some pages uncut, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature

$245.00
1y20a/38

Venice and the Veneto: Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance


HUMFREY, PETER (Ed)

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 354pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to extrems, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: art Venice renaissance Italian Italy history

$80.00
1y20a/39

The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture


YASUDA, YOSHINORI (Ed)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to board & page edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Roli Books/Lustre Press 2002

KEYWORDS: pottery ancient history antiquity east west cultures civilisation civilization Japan archaeology archeology

$40.00
1y20a/40

Automobile Year 1957-1958


GUICHARD, AMI (Managing Editor)

DAMAGE TO PGS 139/140- ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, light bruising to board extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to pages throughout, light folding to some lower pg corners)

PUBLISHER: Edita S.A. 1957

KEYWORDS: cars transport automobiles history 50s fifties racing car engineering mechanics engines

$120.00
1y20a/42

Turkey Crossroads of Civilisations


SOZEN, METIN ET AL (Editorial Board)

Lg quarto, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, lg gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing, chipping & soiling to spine & edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Marmara Bank/Creative Publishing Ltd 1993

KEYWORDS: Turkey Anatolia architecture ancient history antiquity anthropology Ottoman empire

$68.50
1y21a/11

Green, White and Black: The Story of Oxford Rugby Football Club: The First Fifty Years 1909 to 1959


TYRELL, RICHARD

LENGTHY SIGNED & DATED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, iv + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, sl foxing to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Stray Cat Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: sport rugby union Richard Tubby Tyrrell Oxford history autobiography memoir

$60.00
1y21a/12

Mud, Men & Memories: The Continuing Story of Oxford Rugby Football Club: The Middle Years: 1960 to 1987


TYRELL, RICHARD

UNCOMMON, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 268pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Stray Cat Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: sport rugby union Richard Tubby Tyrrell Oxford history autobiography memoir

$60.00
1y21a/14

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan


CHURCHILL, Rt. Hon. WINSTON S.

Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 381pp, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & staining to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951

KEYWORDS: war history military Churchill Sudan Africa

$40.00
1y21a/21

The Biblical Flood and the Ice Epoch: A Study in Scientific History


PATTEN, DONALD W.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, xvi + 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & covers, moderate staining & fading to covers, light soiling & staining to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Pacific Meridian Publishing 1966

KEYWORDS: theology religion flood ancient history biblical natural disasters catastrophes cosmology

$40.00
1y21a/38

Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer


TREVELYAN, JILL

Imperial octavo, illus soft boards, grey, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 493pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to boards, light fading to edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, ligth creasing & soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2013

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand art history dealers Peter McLeavey autobiography memoir

$45.00
1y21a/41

The Great White Wonders: A History of Rock Bootlegs


HEYLIN, CLINTON

Square super octavo, light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, 441pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & covers with some soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, moderate foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1995

KEYWORDS: music history rock bootleg

$65.00
1y24a/3

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 54


N/A

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, xxxi + 920pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: W. A. G. Skinner 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transactions proceedings nature zoology anthropology botany plants geology

$160.00
1y24a/4

The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor


SIERS, JUDY

Folio, brown faux leather boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, xvi + 440pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems with some sl loss, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Millwood Heritage Productions 2007

KEYWORDS: James Walter Chapman-Taylor New Zealand architects architecture buildings biography memoir history

$100.00
1y24a/5

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1891 Vol XXIV


HECTOR, Sir JAMES

Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine, xix + 748pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing to covers & page edges, some pages still uncut, light tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout, 3cm closed tear to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1892

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transactions nature botany zoology philosophical societies nature

$10.00
xxexl174762

The Fall of the House of Habsburg


CRANKSHAW, EDWARD

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: Cardinal 1974

KEYWORDS: Habsburg monarchy history 1848 1918 Empire personalities dynasty

$12.50
xxexl174763

History in Our Time


CANNADINE, DAVID

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: Penguin 2000

KEYWORDS: History Windsor royals Victorians divorce suicide Empire class essays radical

$15.00
xxexh174782

Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and Tradition


ROSS, ANNE

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: Cardinal/Sphere Books 1974

KEYWORDS: pagan celtic iconography traditions British Britain ancient history religion

$15.00
xxexh174783

Tickle the Public: One Hundred Years of the Popular Press


ENGEL, MATTHEW

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: Indigo 1997

KEYWORDS: fleet street journalism news history Matthew Engel British press

$9.50
xxexj174790

The Quest For Merlin


TOLSTOY, NIKOLAI

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: Sceptre 1988

KEYWORDS: Merlin fantasy legend wizards magic ancient history prohecies Nikolai Tolstoy

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