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$18.50
xxrgl175215

A Very English Deceit: The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal


BALEN, MALCOLM

LACKS FEP, 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: Fourth Estate 2002

KEYWORDS: English England history 18th eighteenth century The Bubble scandal

$14.50
xxrgl175217

London at War 1939-1945


ZIEGLER, PHILIP

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: Pimlico 2002

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British history London blitz damage

$15.00
xxrhh175222

The Spirit of the Hills


SMYTHE, FRANK S.

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1946

KEYWORDS: British landscapes history

$16.50
xxrhh175223

Makers of Distinction: Suppliers to the Town and Country Gentleman


GIRTIN, THOMAS

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Harvill Press 1959

KEYWORDS: social commentary literature Town and Country clothing fashion history Thomas Girtin

$15.00
xxrhh175225

A Country of Memorable Honour


FIRBANK, THOMAS

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: George G. Harrap & Co 1953

KEYWORDS: Wales Welsh history British Thomas Firbank culture

$15.00
xxric175229

Brazilian Adventure


FLEMING, PETER

LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (scruffy); 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: Jonathan Cape 1936

KEYWORDS: Brazil anthropology culture exploration travel history Peter Fleming

$16.50
xxric175236

The Private Lives of English Words


HELLER, LOUIS & HUMEZ, ALEXANDER & DROR, MALCAH & LEECH, GEOFFREY (Fore)

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984

KEYWORDS: linguistics dictionary words English language meaning origins literary history

$20.00
xxrid175252

Famous Murders in New Zealand


SHEEHAN, JACK R. & TREADWELL, C. A. L. (Prefatory Note)

FRONT WRAPPER & SPINE DETACHED, octavo softcover (scruffy); 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 Waverley Press Ltd 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime murder homicide tales history

$18.50
xxrid175255

The Singing Island: The Story of Tiritiri Matangi


MOON, LYNNETTE & MOON, GEOFF (Photos)

Square 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: Godwit/Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds history ornithology tiritiri matangi nature

$38.50
xxrie175256

The Musical Educator: A Library of Musical Instruction by Eminent Specialists (Five Volume Set)


GREIG, JOHN (Ed)

FIVE VOLUME SET, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Caxton Publishing 1910

KEYWORDS: music musical instruction education John Greig history

$18.50
xxrif175267

Bulletin 8: Cook Bicentenary Expedition in the South-West Pacific


FRASER, RONALD (Compiled)

Imperial 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: Royal Society of New Zealand 1971

KEYWORDS: south west pacific exploration Captain James Cook history maritime nautical

$15.00
xxrif175268

The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire


HIMELSTEIN, LINDA

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: HarperCollins 2009

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Pyotr Smirnov vodka alcohol industry business Smirnoff history

$30.00
xxrif175269

Mountain Men of Milford


EDE, JACK

SIGNED, 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 Caxton Press 1988

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand literature Jack Ede history

$40.00
1y24a/54

Intervention and Counterinsurgency: An Annotated Bibliography of the Small Wars of the United States, 1898-1984


BEEDE, BENJAMIN R.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine + front board, xxxviii + 321pp, VG (minor soiling to boards, library adhesive label to spine/boards, library stamp + cancellation mark to half title page, stamp to colophon, adhesive label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: history bibliography united states usa war small wars counterinsurgency deep politics imperialism interventionism

$30.00
1y24a/59

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1901: Vol. XXXIV


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

BINDING BROKEN, COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, frontispiece, xix + 627pp + xlv plates, illus, poor (binding broken, much of spine disintegrated, cover detached, remnants of tape repar to front cover and spine, edges of cover missing, prev owner's name in ink to cover, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to eps, moderate foxing to plates

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1902

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings science natural history

$65.00
1y24a/60

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1902: Vol. XXXV


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, light card covers, frontispiece, xx + 619pp + liv plates, tatty (heavy cracking and disintegration of spine, cover loose, prev owner's name in ink+ moderate foxing + cracking to cover, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1903

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science

$100.00
1y24a/61

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1893: Vol. XXVI


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, xix + 711pp + lii plates + fold-out charts, tatty (heavy creasing & cracking to spine w/ 5cm chip missing from bottom + 1cm missing from top, moderate foxing + staining to covers, remains of prev owner's name in ink to cover, moderate foxing to eps + prelims, light foxing throughout

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1894

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science

$100.00
1y24a/62

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1888: Vol. XXI


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, xxi + 559pp + xxxvi plates, illus, tatty (heavy warping + rubbing & light cracking to spine w/ some surface loss + chipping at head & foot, light foxing to cover, moderate tanning + light foxing to page edges, sporadic light foxing & soiling to margins throughout, adhesive residue to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1889

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science

$100.00
1y24a/63

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1886: Vol. XIX


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

COVER PARTIALLY DETACHED, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, xix + 656pp + ,xxvii plates, illus, tatty (crack running head to foot of spine + moderate creasing to spine w/ some surface loss, moderately heavy discolouration + light foxing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning + light foxing to page edges, sporadic insect damage to margins, light foxing throughout, ink stains to lower margins of last few pages + rear cover

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1887

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science

$100.00
1y27a/1

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1909: Vol. XLII


N/A

super octavo, light card covers, vi + 640pp + lvii plates, illus, tatty (heavy creasing & warping to spine w/ some surface loss, head & foot of spine disinitegrating, moderate foxing + soiling to eps, moderate foxing + light staining to covers, moderate foxing + tanning to page edges, sporadic light foxing throughout, light water damage to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1910

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science

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