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$35.00
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Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections


KISLER, MARY

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, illus heavy card boards, ribbon bookmark, black eps, 400pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2010

KEYWORDS: Mary Kisler New Zealand European art history public gallery collections history signed

$145.00
2f51/40

Easter Island Studies: Contributions to the History of Rapanui in Memory of William T Mulloy


Oxbow Monograph 32

FISCHER, STEVEN ROGER (Ed)

Folio, illus light card covers with white lettering to black spine, frontispiece, xiii + 247pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Oxbow Books 1993

KEYWORDS: Easter Island Rapanui history archaeology anthropology natural history Rapanui language arts crafts academic papers articles

$155.00
2s1/3

Poyntzfield: The McKenzies of Lower Rangitikei


KNIGHT, ROB

Imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece map, iii + 256pp, illus, VG (light foxing & tanning to page edges, owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & sides, light chaffing & creasing to edges & flap folds, some tanning to inside)

PUBLISHER: RJ Knight 1975

KEYWORDS: Rob Knight New Zealand history Poyntzfield McKenzie family history Rangitikei

$45.00
2s2/12

The Imperial Services Library Volume 2: The Uniforms & History of the Scottish Regiments: Britain-Canada-Australia- New Zealand-South Africa 1625 to the Present Day


BARNES, MAJOR R MONEY & ALLEN, C. KENNEDY

This volume only (complete in itself), imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering in black panel to spine, upper page edges stained red, frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to spine & front board, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Seeley Service & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: Major R Money Barnes C Kennedy Allen Scottish regiments Britain New Zealand Australia South Africa Canada military history uniforms regimental history weaponry decoration ornaments

$55.00
2s10/11

Riccarton Bush: Putaringamotu: Natural History and Management


MOLLOY, BRIAN (Ed)

Limited numbered edition, small quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, frontispiece, xiv + 330pp, illus, VG+ (nick to spine base, owner's name & address stamped blacked out to fep)

PUBLISHER: Riccarton Bush Trust 1995

KEYWORDS: Brian Molloy New Zealand Christchurch Riccarton Bush Putaringamotu history environment natural history plants animals

$165.00
2s11/28

The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume Four: A Policeman's Paradise? Policing a Stable Society 1918-1945


DUNSTALL, GRAEME

This volume only, association copy dated, inscribed & signed by Graeme Dunstall and given to the Hon. Judith Tizard who launched the book, imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press / Dept of Internal Affairs 1999

KEYWORDS: Graeme Dunstall New Zealand Police FOrce history policing social history

$27.50
xxfkj95267

The War in Iraq: A Photo History


n/a

Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Regan Books/ Harper Collins 2003

KEYWORDS: war military history American British Iraqi invasion photography photographs photographic history Saddam Hussein

$25.00
xxsgo96835

Memoirs of the Indian Museum


RAY, H. C.

Slim, quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Manager of publications 1956

KEYWORDS: history indian museum natural history

$28.50
xxksa97474

The Gib: Mount Gibraltar Southern Highlands


LEMANN, JANE & ELPHICK, MICHAEL ET AL (Eds)

large quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Mount Gibraltar Landcare / Wingecarribee SHire COuncil n/d

KEYWORDS: Australia New South Wales The Gib history Bowral Trachyte quarries natural history

$15.00
xxfqc99118

English Colonization of North America


FOWLER, ELAINE W. & WRIGHT LOUIS B.

Ocatvo 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold Ltd 1968

KEYWORDS: history United States America History Colonial period

$25.00
xxshw100045

In Her Hand: letters of romantic-era British women writers in New Zealand collections


MCLEAN, THOMAS (ed) & ROGERS, CANDLER SHEFFIELD (ed)

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: University of Otago English department 2013

KEYWORDS: language New Zealand history literature history

$20.00
xxsir101196

The Amazing World of James Hector


NATHAN, SIMON (Ed.) & VARNHAM, MARY (Ed.)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: explorer exploring geology natural history medicine biography James Hector new zealand history

$38.50
xxskl102826

Desiring Arabs


MASSAD, JOSEPH A.

Imperial octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2007

KEYWORDS: arab muslim history western imperialism cultural academic history

$150.00
2g24b/34

New Zealand Colonial Museum Bulletin No.1 1905


HAMILTON, A (Ed)

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history

$24.50
xxfrb106974

Juan de la Cierva and his Autogiros


ORD-HUME, ARTHUR W. J.

Quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: aviation history invention development autogiros spanish history planes

$30.00
xxsmj109893

The Quest for Becket's Bones: The mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury


BUTLER, JOHN

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: medieval history relics monastery monastic christian cantuerbury english british uk history middle ages

$12.00
xxewk110450

Railways of the World in Colour: Railways at the Turn of the Century 1895-1905


NOCK, O. S. & MEADWAY, CLIFFORD (Illus.) & MEADWAY, WENDY (Illus.)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969

KEYWORDS: railway railways rail trains history britain british uk history transport

$45.00
2s29/32

Australia and Homeward


LUCAS, REV. D. VANNORMAN

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt ship illus to front board, blind-stamped decorative edging to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to baoards & spine, some browning to page edges, Sunday school prize label to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing to frontispiece & tissue guard, 4cm closed tear to upper gutter edge of title page, some loosening to gutter)

PUBLISHER: William Briggs 1888

KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals birds Burke Wills history

$8.00
xxfdg115969

Christopher Columbus


BRADFORD, ERNLE

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973

KEYWORDS: christopher columbus central latin american history exploration colonial history biography

$42.50
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Straight Through from London: The Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand


TAYLOR, ROWLEY

Small quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Heritage Expeditions 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antipodes Bounty Islands Isles history natural history

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