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$75.00
1h16a/4

Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds


JONES, ALISON & JENKINS, KUNI KAA

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sunning to spine and covers)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration adventure Tuai Ngare Raumati Maori Bay of Islands

$90.00
1h16a/5

Flyers of Time: Pioneer Aviation in Country Victoria


O'REILLY, KEVIN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, maroon letters to spine, illus title page & prelims, 407pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Kevin M O'Reilly 2012

KEYWORDS: civil aviaiton history Australia Australian Victoria flight transport flight

$40.00
1h16a/9

Gabriel's Gully and Dunedin in 1861


REED, A H (Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 23pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & moderate chafing/scuffing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: signed A H Reed New Zealand Otago Dunedin history Gabriel's Gully

$42.50
1h16a/10

From East Cape to Cape Egmont: A Pictorial Record of an East-West Walk


REED, A H

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, minor rusting to staples, closed tearing to spine)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history A H Reed

$40.00
1h16a/12

The Nazi Movement in the United States 1924-1941


DIAMOND, SANDER A

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 380pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor closed tearing & yellowing tape repairs to rear)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: nazi movement extreme politics US America American history early 20th twentieth century Hitler hate speech infiltration

$175.00
1h16a/14

Brazilian Adventure


FLEMING, PETER

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, octavo, brown cloth boards, yellow lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 414pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, plate to pgs 278/279 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1933

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing exploration Brazil South America American first editions history culture

$100.00
1h16a/17

The National Bibliography of Indian Literature 1901-1953 (2 Vol Set)


KESAVAN, B S & KULKARNI, V Y & MULAY, Y M (General Eds)

2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, patterned eps, vol 1- viii + 797pp, vol 2- x + 632pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling & tape staining to board edges, light tanning to page edges, tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in adhesive covers- probable staining to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, front flaps clipped)

PUBLISHER: Sahitya Akademi 1962-66

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Indian literature early 20th twentieth century history

$40.00
1h16a/28

The Peoples of Malaysia


COLE, FAY-COOPER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, illus eps, xiv + 354pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate insect damage & cracking to front & rear gutters, boards shaky, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page, moderate tanning throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: D Van Nostrand Company 1945

KEYWORDS: first editions Malaysia history culture anthropology social development

$40.00
1h16a/29

Indonesian Trade and Society: Essays in Asian Social and Economic History (Second Edition)


VAN LEUR, J C

Super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to long title plate on spine, xvii + 388pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sumur Bandung 1960

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose collection anthology Indonesia trade economics history

$45.00
1h50a/3

From East Cape to Cape Egmont: A Pictorial Record of an East-West Walk


REED, A H

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & curling to covers with light soiling & foxing, moderate closed tearing & scuffing to spine, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand A H Reed history East Cape Egmont walking

$65.00
1h50a/5

Bernard Freyberg, VC: Soldier of Two Nations


FREYBERG, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF HISTORIAN MICHAEL BASSETT & EPHEMERA LOOSLEY ENCLOSED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 627pp, illus/photos, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable adhesion to photo pages, some minor underlining in ink, occasional foxing throughout) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: Bernard Freyberg military history biographies memoir New Zealand England

$245.00
1h50a/6

Shikar Sketches with Notes on Indian Field-Sports


BROWN, J MORAY

CONTEMPORARY REBIND, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, red speckling to page egdes, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 336pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing/chafing to leatherwork, light soiling to marbled boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1887

KEYWORDS: India Indian sports culture games hobbies Shikar history

$40.00
1h50a/11

Russia: A History


FREEZE, GREGORY L (Ed)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 478pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing & extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light wrinkling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history geopolitics

$40.00
1h50a/19

The Central Asian Art of Avicenna Epoch


AINY, LUTFIYA & SCHWARTZ, L A (Trans)

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus to front board, illus eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (sl discolouration to upper board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's sm label to ffep, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate peeling & soiling/chafing, light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Irfon Publishing House 1980

KEYWORDS: central Asia Asian art history historical antiquity artefacts

$100.00
1h80a/1

Waiata


BOWLES, BRYAN

SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)

PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945

KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends

$40.00
1h80a/4

A History of Railways and Tramways on Tasmania's West Coast (Fourth Edition)


RAE, LOU

Fourth edition; Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vii+212pp, illus - black & white photos & maps, VG+ (light scuffing, creasing & v. light soiling to covers & spine, light tanning/discolouration to page edges/extrems)

PUBLISHER: L. G. Rae 1986

KEYWORDS: history railways tramways tasmania west coast lou rae australian steam diesel engines trains locomotives trams trains transport

$40.00
1h80a/8

The German Navy at War 1935-1945 (Volume 1; The Battleships)


BREYER, SIEGFRIED & KOOP, GERHARD

Oblong octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece photo of the battleship Bismarck in 1941, 188pp, black & white photo illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light scuffing & brusing to board edges, light grazing to front pastedown, bookseller's label to fep, light tanning to page extrems, occasional moderate soiling throughout - heavier to prelims/terminals - resulting in grazing from pages being unstuck in a few spots, occasionally impacting on readability of text) in d/w, VG (moderate soiling/discolouration incl. from dampstaining)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1989

KEYWORDS: germany navy naval warfare 1935 1945 battleships pocket cruisers aircraft carriers graf zeppelin siegfried breyer gerhard koop military pictorial history world war two wwii second nazism third reich combat photography photographic

$45.00
1h80a/9

Yin Yu Tang; The Architecture and Daily Life of a Chinese House


BERLINER, NANCY

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, blue lettering to yellow spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xv+178pp, colour illus, Nr FINE (light rubbing & v. light soiling to covers, bookseller's price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: yin yu tang architecture daily life chinese houses housing nancy berliner domestic living social history customs anthropology huang cun family huizhou diqu region china peabody essex museum exhibition companion guide

$40.00
1h80a/13

A Soldier's Diary.; A transcription of Cecil Taylor's War Diaries 1916-1919


JACOBS, REX (compiled by)

Quarto illus light card covers, red & yellow lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, xii+141pp (unpaginated prelims), illus, VG (light soiling/creasing & light-moderate scuffing to covers/spine, v. light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Rex Jacobs 2001

KEYWORDS: cecil howard taylor soldier's war diary diaries 1916 1919 transcription rex jacobs military history memoirs world war one wwi first great australian infantry forces

$55.00
1h80a/15

Mixed Gauges; Travels in the years of steam


SNELL, J.B.

Oblong imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, colour photo plates & illus, Nr FINE (v. light bruising to corners of boards, v. light tanning to page edges/extrems) in d/w, Nr FINE (v. light rubbing & creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Camden Miniature Steam Services 2007

KEYWORDS: mixed gauges jb snell john steam diesel engine locomotives trains preservation railways transport travel history photography photographers memoirs illustrated

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