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xxdsn187032

Histoire de la folie a l'age classique


FOUCAULT, MICHEL

TEXT IN FRENCH; octavo softcover (VG, foxing to covers but clean text block) ; 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: Gallimard 1972

KEYWORDS: michel foucault french france language philosophy politics power history of madness

$15.00
xxdud187038

German Political Profiles


SADILA-MANTAU, HANS HEINZ & MONNIG, RICHARD (ed.)

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: Terramare Office Berlin 1938

KEYWORDS: nsdap germany german national socialism nazi nazis third reich politics history

$15.00
xxdud187042

Everyday Life in Rome: In the Time of Caesar and Cicero


TREBLE, H.A. & KING, K.M.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, undated [ca. 1940]

KEYWORDS: rome roman history ceasar cicero h.a. treble k.m. king ancient classical world

$17.50
xxdud187043

The 'Desart' Shore


WAGENER, ROY

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: Roy Wagener 1983

KEYWORDS: desart shore roy wagener gum digging far north new zealand history aupouri diggers kauri

$50.00
2g36a/11

Shaw's Music: The Complete Musical Criticism in Three Volumes (Second Revised Edition) 1876-1950


LAURENCE, DAN H. (Ed)

3 VOL SET, EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 925-986pp, VG (usual library markings & coverings, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spines & covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1989

KEYWORDS: classical music composers Bernard Shaw history biography memoir

$40.00
2g36a/31

The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Frederico da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino


STEVENSON, JANE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 447pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & sl scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Apollo / Head of Zeus 2021

KEYWORDS: first editions Italy Italian history renaissance Federico da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino culture

$60.00
2g37a/5

The Maori as He Was: A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days


BEST, ELSDON

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black Maori illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xv + 280pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev, owner's name in ink & surface loss to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, annotation in pencil to pg280)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori anthropology ancient history antiquity pre-European Europe culture

$120.00
2g37a/9

Life & Adventures in New Zealand


CROWHURST, T. E.

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 163pp, VG- (moderate tanning and creasing to covers, heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate soiling, rusting to staples, staples have pulled through at first and last pages, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture settlers pioneers literature T E Crowhurst

$450.00
2g37a/16

The Cambridge History of Russia (3 Vol Set)


PERRIE, MAUREEN (Ed) & LIEVEN, DOMINIC (Ed) & SUNY, RONALD GRIGOR (Ed)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xxii + 777pp, vol 2- xxvii + 765pp, vol 3- xxiv + 842pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian culture

$100.00
2g37a/22

Harley-Davidson Panheads


FIELD, GREG

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & moderae fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl soiling & foxing to eps, sl cracking to some gutters, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1995

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles Harley Davidson design building engineering engines history

$70.00
2g37a/24

Hemi: A History of Chrysler's Iconic V-8 in Competition


STUNKARD, GEOFF

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to page edges, minor adhesion to some pgs to rear) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: CarTech Inc 2015

KEYWORDS: motor sports automotive racing cars Chrysler v8 Hemi history engineering engines

$65.00
2g37a/26

The Classical Orders of Architecture (Second Edition)


CHITHAM, ROBERT

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2005

KEYWORDS: architecture history buildings art classical styles orders

$45.00
2g37a/32

Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII


BARR, Dr NIALL & HART, Dr RUSSELL

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii German Germany panzer armoured armored vehicles war combat

$55.00
2g37a/36

The New Morris Range for 1949 Minor, Oxford 7 Six


GREENSLADE, DAVID E.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, 447pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, 1cm scrape to base of front board, ligth soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: David Greenslade Design 2013

KEYWORDS: signed automotive cars Morris Minor Wolseley Britain British Australia Australian New Zealand US America American history classic

$70.00
2g37a/38

The Templeton Years: Speedway in Christchurch


BATT, ALLAN

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Speedway Classics 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsports history speedway Christchurch racing

$100.00
2g37a/39

Fat-Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking


KELLY, CHARLIE & BREEZE, JOE (Fore)

Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, 258pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Velo Press 2014

KEYWORDS: hobbies history mountain biking California

$40.00
2g37a/44

The Book of the Rudge: A Complete Guide For Owners and Prospective Purchasers of 1933-39 Rudge-Whitworth Motor Cycles (Fourth Edition)


CADE, L. H. & HAYCRAFT, W. C. (Revised by)

Sm octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to boards, v + 108pp, illus, VG (light bruising, scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1948

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles Rudge-Whitworth history 30s thirties guide Rudge

$40.00
2g37a/45

Our First Fifty Years: Pioneer Motor Club


HOCKLEY, GEOFF & FRANCE, LAURIE

Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate internal rusting & separation to staples at gutters)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1964?)

KEYWORDS: Pioneer Motor Club history Christchurch New Zealand

$120.00
2g37a/50

Proposed Waitemata-Manukau Canal: Reports and Plans re Whau and Tamaki Routes


BLAIR, E. W. et al

LACKS FOLDING MAPS- COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 66pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, handpainted flag illus & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand reports Auckland harbour Waitemata Manukau canal transport history

$140.00
2g37a/51

The Gael Fares Forth: The Romantic Story of Waipu and Her Sister Settlements


McKENZIE, N. R. & FRASER, Rt. Hon. PETER (INtro)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lower page edges deckled, type-written appreciation of Nova Scotia pioneers tipped in to rear pastedown, xi + 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, handwritten annotations in pencil & green ink to tipped in appreciation to rear) in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1942

KEYWORDS: second editions N R McKenzie New Zealand history Scotland Nova Scotia migration settlers pioneers Gaels exploration

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