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$60.00
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King Henry's Map of the British Isles


BARBER, PETER (Commentary)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, illus to full front board, frontispiece, 158pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2009

KEYWORDS: folio society King Henry the 8th eighth viii maps Great Britain British Isles history kingdom monarchy ancient cartography geopolitics politics political geography

$60.00
2i9a/34

G. A. Selwyn, D.D.: Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield


CREIGHTON, LOUISE

Octavo, green buckram boards, green lettering to title plate on spine, frontispiece, xi + 180pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religious history religion G A Selwyn bishop bishops biography memoir

$95.00
2i9a/35

Hero Stories of New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Harry H. Tombs 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand stories collection history heroism heroes

$40.00
2i9a/40

The History of London in Maps


BARKER, FELIX & JACKSON, PETER

Folio, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising, fading & tape staining/residue to spine & board edges, internally Near FINE) in d/w, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light creasing to spine, clear plastic protective wrap sellotaped to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1992

KEYWORDS: London history maps cartography geography

$160.00
2i9a/47

The Discovery of Dinornis: The Story of a Man, a Bone, and a Bird


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature archaeology archeology ancient history birds ornithology extinct extinction Dinornis moa

$40.00
2i9a/48

Elizabethan Recusant Prose 1559-1582


SOUTHERN, A. C. & EVENNETT, H. O. (Fore)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxv + 553pp, illus, VG (moderate discolouration & tape residue to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, usual library markings, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional underlining in pencil) in d/w & plastic protective wrapper- affixed, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co N/D (c.1950)

KEYWORDS: religious history catholics Elizabethan catholic refugees literature prose golden age philosophy

$40.00
2i9a/51

Journey of the Serpent People: Hopi Migrations and Star Correlations


DAVID, GARY A.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 560pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing to covers, light to moderate soiling to page edges, light discolouration to prelims, moderate water damage to rear pages)

PUBLISHER: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017

KEYWORDS: anthropology Hopi migration history north Arizona

$245.00
2i9a/56

To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950-1966


McNEILL, IAN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxv + 614pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, prev, owners' names in ink & light foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1993

KEYWORDS: Vietnam war military history Australia Australian troops soldiers

$100.00
2i9a/57

A Lawyer's Tale


HOOPER, ALBERT CHARLES

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER, octavo, green textured buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 111pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Priory Press N/D (c.1950)

KEYWORDS: law legal profession A C Hooper Wales England history autobiography memoir

$50.00
2i9a/62

A History of Painting: The French Genius


MACFALL, HALDANE

Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus plate to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, decorated/illus title page, illus prelims, xxi + 282pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 2cm chip to upper spine extrem, light tanning to spine, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: T. C. and E. C. Jack 1911

KEYWORDS: art history French France painting philosophy

$75.00
2i9a/64

History of the County of Hawke's Bay (4 Part Set)


MOONEY, KAY (Preface)

4 PART SET, quarto, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, moderate chipping to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Photolithox Printing N/D (c.1973)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hawkes Bay history

$45.00
2i12b/1

Classic Speedboats 1916-1939


GUETAT, GERALD & LEDRU, ERIC & TAYLOR, JAMES (Trans)

Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bay View Books 1997

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical boats speedboats history illustrated

$55.00
2i12b/7

The Bloomsbury Anthology of Aesthetics


TANKE, JOSEPH & McQUILLAN, COLIN (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii + 630pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters of pgs 332/333)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Academic 2012

KEYWORDS: art aesthetics philosophy medieval renaissance early modern history contemporary

$38.50
2i12b/9

Women Mean Business: Colonial Businesswomen in New Zealand


BISHOP, CATHERINE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 404pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand business history women entrepreneurs colonial

$15.00
xxhrj186314

A Taste of New Zealand in Food and Pictures


MUNRO, NINA and JIM

Oblong 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1978

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cookbooks food cooking cookery history culture social life recipes

$15.00
xxhrk186317

The British Commonwealth and the U.S.A. in the Post-War World


SAURAT, DENIS et al

EX-LIBRARY, octavo stapled light card covers (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: National Peace Council N/D

KEYWORDS: peace aims pamphlets post-war ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii peace times British USA America commonwealth history relations politics

$16.50
xxhrk186319

The Wreck of the SS Otago


COLLINS, BRUCE

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo stapled light card covers (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: DreamTime Publications 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical disasters SS Otago ships steamers history

$17.50
xxhqw186332

New Zealand Rugby Greats


HOWITT, BOB

SIGNED BY DON CLARKE, RON HEMI & BOB HOWITT, 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: Moa Publications 1975

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Zealanders rugby union sport sporting legends history

$15.00
xxhqx186337

The Penguin History of New Zealand


KING, MICHAEL

D/W WATERSTAINED, 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: Viking / Penguin 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand penguin history Michael King

$35.00
xxhqx186339

The History of Anaesthesia in Dunedin Hospital


CLAYTON, JIM

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: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2006

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand medical Dunedin Hospital anaesthesia history Dr J I Clayton Jim

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