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$27.50
1u11a/20

From Child to Adult; The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Study


SILVA, PHIL A. & STANTON, WARREN R.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 340pp, VG+ (light rubbing & sun--fading to boards) in d/w, VG- (heavy sun-fading, light rubbing & creasing, one small closed tear to top cover near spine with archival tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press New Zealand 1998

KEYWORDS: essay collections anthologies new zealand south island university of otago dunedin history health human social psychology psychological multidisciplinary health and development study academic survey research infants children childhood adolescent adolescence

$40.00
1u11a/24

Industry Before the Industrial Revolution; Incorporating a study of the Chartered Companies of The Society of Mines Royal and of Mineral and Battery Works (Volume I)


REES, WILLIAM

THIS VOL. ONLY, LACKS D/W; Tidy ex-library; Imperial octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus / folding maps throughout, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing/discolouration to page edges, light-moderate creasing to folding maps, usual library markings, fragment of d/w glued to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: University of Wales Press 1968

KEYWORDS: ex-library united kingdom british britain english england early industrial history revolution industry chartered companies of the society of mines royal mineral battery works mining

$40.00
1u11a/25

A Social History of Scottish Dance; Ane Celestial Recreatioun


EMMERSON, GEORGE S.

LACKS D/W; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xv +352pp, illus figures & plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, plus light rubbing & soiling, small crack at top of spine, prev. owners name in ink to half-title & title pages, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: european scotland scottish history dance recreation arts entertainment music traditions rituals customs

$40.00
1u11a/26

Proud Possession; Architectural style and the old New Zealand house


HODGSON, TERENCE

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 172pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers, light foxing to page edges, prev. owners stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Bookcase 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand pictorial history architectural architecture housing houses homes domestic photography illustrated

$40.00
1u11a/30

The Great '08; Blackball Coal Miners' Strike; 27 February - 13 May 1908


WOOD, BRIAN

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to white spine, 230pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & discolouration to covers/flaps, light discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Brian Wood 2008

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island west coast greymouth history trade unions workers blackball coal company miners strike industrial actions industry labour employment rights politics illustrated

$14.00
xxaqy195112

Humankind: A Hopeful History


BREGMAN, RUTGER & MANTON, ELIZABETH (Trans) & MOORE, ERICA (Trans)

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: Bloomsbury 2020

KEYWORDS: history literature Rutger Bregman

$35.00
xxark195159

German Air Attache


SIMONS, MARTIN

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: Airlife Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: military history aviation Germany German luftwaffe ace pilots Peter Riedel biographies memoir

$40.00
1u25a/2

Men of Mark, in the World of Sport in New Zealand


CHADWICK, J

Super octavo, maroon leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, red speckling to page edges, patterned eps, viii + 512pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G (7cm heavy crack to top spine extrem- flapping with unsuccessful attempt at tape repair by prev. owner, heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate rubbing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to eps, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional library ink stamp to pages- none external)

PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history

$100.00
1u25a/4

Teutonic Myth and Legend


MACKENZIE, DONALD A

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlvii + 469pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, light staining to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional plate loose)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: teutonic myths legends literature ancient history

$40.00
1u25a/5

Romance & Legend of Chivalry


HOPE-MONCRIEFF, A R

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 439pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl staining to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some prelims loose, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: ancient folklore lore literature romance legends myths chivalry history

$50.00
1u25a/6

Visions of Japan


N/A

Quarto, illus glossy card covers, various files & folders/collection of art work, posters & items together in slipcase, VG+ (some minor bruising to some extrems, occasional light foxing to some items, minor fading & scuffing/bruising to slipcase)

PUBLISHER: The Japan Festival Committee c.1991

KEYWORDS: V&A museum victoria albert exhibitions Japan Japanese culture art artefacts history

$95.00
1u25a/8

Indian Myth and Legend


MACKENZIE, DONALD A

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlviii + 463pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, sl staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout, some pages loose)

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: India Indian myths legends folklore lore ancient history literature

$100.00
1u25a/14

The Gazette Law Reports, Consolidated Digest, Being a Digest of All the Cases Determined by the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and Arbitration Court of New Zealand Reported in The Gazette Law Reports Volumes 1-1928 (1898-1928)


JAMES, W LONGLEY (Compiled & Ed)

HEAVY - EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to title plates to spine with raised bands also, mixed pagination - numbered columns, VG (heavy scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges- some minor surface loss, moderate chafing/scuffing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Trade Auxiliary Company of New Zealand Ltd N/D (c.1928?)

KEYWORDS: law legal history court cases New Zealand gazette reports

$40.00
1u25a/15

The Battle of Anzac Ridge 25 April 1915


WILLIAMS, PETER D

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor soiling to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & damp wrinkling to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Australian Military History Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war battles campaigns Anzac Ridge Australia New Zealand army corps

$70.00
1u25a/34

Argentina: A Modern History


HEDGES, JILL

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 317pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps, no library markings)

PUBLISHER: I B Tauris and Co 2011

KEYWORDS: South America Argentina history latin

$40.00
1u25a/35

The Bronze Age: Computer Disc


BUTLER, ALAN

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Quantum 1999

KEYWORDS: history ancient Bronze age computer disc mythology geometry

$40.00
1u25a/36

Trials of an Ordinary Doctor: Joannes Groenevelt in Seventeenth-Century London


COOK, HAROLD J

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 301pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in removable protective plastic cover, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The John Hopkins University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Joannes Groeneveld Netherlands Dutch medicine medical history 17th seventeenth century biographies memoir

$19.50
xxarn195189

Plain Tales From the Raj


ALLEN, CHARLES (Ed)

Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Owl / Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985

KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature history photography photos

$34.50
xxasa195193

Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition (Third Edition, Enlarged)


GIEDION, SIGFRIED

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG-) board corners heavily bruised; 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 1954

KEYWORDS: buildings architecture history design

$22.50
xxasa195197

Women in Uniform: 1939-45


N/A

Imperial 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: Sphia Histoire & Collections 2016

KEYWORDS: military history women uniforms clothing ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 armed forces service

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