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The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
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
Mountain Men of Milford
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
Intervention and Counterinsurgency: An Annotated Bibliography of the Small Wars of the United States, 1898-1984
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1901: Vol. XXXIV
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1902: Vol. XXXV
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1893: Vol. XXVI
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1888: Vol. XXI
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1886: Vol. XIX
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1909: Vol. XLII
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1892: Vol. XXV
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1879: Vol. XII
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1889: Vol. XXII
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1904: Vol. XXXVII
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 62, Parts 3 and 4, March, 1932
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 55
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. LI
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1906: Vol. XXXIX
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute for the Year 1915: Vol. XLVIII
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
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1911: Vol. XLIV
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
The Drawings of Goya: The Complete Albums
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