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$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

$100.00
1y27a/2

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1892: Vol. XXV


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

Octavo, soft card covers, xix + 592pp + lv plates, illus, tatty (heavy cracking & rubbing to spine w/surface loss, head & foot of spine disintegrating, moderately heavy foxing & some discolouration to covers, prev owner's name in ink to cover, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing to margins throughout.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1893

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science

$125.00
1y27a/3

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1879: Vol. XII


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

Super octavo, quarter buckram bound card boards, xvii + 472pp + xiv plates, illus, tatty (cracks running head to foot of spine, bottom 1cm of buckram frayed/disintegrating, heavy rubbing/fraying to binding at hinge w/ surface loss, light foxing + moderate soiling, staining, & rubbing to boards w/ some surface loss to extrems, moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edges, prev owner's stamp to fep, .5cm tear to foot of front gutter, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, moderate foxing + prev. owner's stamp to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1880

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$100.00
1y27a/4

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1889: Vol. XXII


HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT, super octavo, light card covers, xix + 586pp + xxxii plates, illus, tatty (heavy rubbing/warping to spine w/ some surface loss & discolouration, 5mm chip/disintegration to foot of spine, light foxing/soiling + mild discolouration to covers, moderate foxing + tanning to page edges, light-moderate foxing sproadically throughout

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1890

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$60.00
1y27a/5

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1904: Vol. XXXVII


HAMILTON, A (ed.)

COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, light card covers, xvi + 647pp + lv plates, illus, tatty (cover loose, heavy warping/cracking to spine w/ surface loss & disintegration at foot of spine, moderate foxing & discolouration to covers/spine, moderate foxing + heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1905

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$50.00
1y27a/6

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 62, Parts 3 and 4, March, 1932


N/A

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, light card covers, xxxii + 88pp + 15 plates, illus, folding maps/charts to rear w/ plates, tatty (heavy cracking/rubbing to spine w/ bottom 3cm of spine missing/disintegrated, bottom 4cm of front cover loose, moderate foxing & discolouration to covers, moderate foxing + tanning to page edges, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1932

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$65.00
1y27a/7

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 55


N/A

Super octavo, quarter buckram bound heavy card covers, title plate to spine, illus prelims, xvii + 884pp + 71 plates, illus, tatty (moderate bruising to spine + extrems w/ some surface loss, moderate soiling + light foxing + minor insect damage to boards, moderate foxing & browning to page edges, crack running length of front gutter, prev owner's name in ink + moderate foxing to fep, light foxing sporadically throughout, moderate foxing to rear eps, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1924

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$50.00
1y27a/8

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. LI


N/A

Super octavo, buckram quarter bound heavy card boards, title plate to spine, illus prelims, xii + 548pp + xxx plates, VG- (heavy rubbing/warping to spine w/ most of title plate gone + surface loss, moderate bruising to spine + extrems, light foxing & spoling + prev owners' names in ink/pencil to boards, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, heavy foxing + moderate staining + light rubbing to front eps, sporadic light-moderate foxing throughout, moderate foxing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1919

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$75.00
1y27a/9

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1906: Vol. XXXIX


HAMILTON, A. (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, light card covers, printed fep, frontispiece, xviii + 573pp + xxvi plates, tatty (heavy warping to spine w/ some surface loss & cracking, foot of spine frayed/disintegrating, moderate foxing & dampstaining to covers, bottom 3cm of front cover loose w/ some tearing to cover, prev owners' names in ink/pencil to cover, light-moderate foxing & creasing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1907

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$85.00
1y27a/10

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute for the Year 1915: Vol. XLVIII


N/A

Super octavo, green buckram quarter bound heavy card boards, title plate to spine, x + 598pp + xxix plates, illus, VG- (moderate bruising/rubbing to spine & extrems w/ some surface loss, moderate foxing & discolouration, light soiling, & prev owners' names in ink/pen to boards, small crack to inside of front board, 3cm tear to bottom internal hinge, moderate foxing to front eps, light-moderate foxing throughout, moderate foxing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1916

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$40.00
1y27a/11

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1911: Vol. XLIV


N/A

COVER DETACHED, super octavo, soft card covers, frontispiece, xii + 457pp + 131pp (appendices) + xxiv plates, tatty (cover detached, heavy warping & discolouration to spine w/ some surface loss, spine fraying/disintegrating at head and foot, moderately heavy foxing & soiling to covers, moderate-heavy foxing to both eps, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1912

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

$85.00
1y27a/13

The Drawings of Goya: The Complete Albums


GASSIER, PIERRE & DE SALAS, XAVIER (introd.) & [GOYA, FRANCISCO]

Quarto, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine + tooled gilt lettering to front board, 656pp, illus, VG (moderate staining/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, light foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/bruising to extrems, mild rubbing and soiling, moderate staining to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1973

KEYWORDS: art artist history francisco goya romanticism spanish spain romantic romanticism painter printmaker

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