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$12.50
xxpea194024

The Long Yarn of the Law: A Brief History of Policing in New Zealand


MCMORRAN, FIONA & BELL, DAVID (Drawings by)

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: P D Hasselberg, Gov't Printer 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law enforcement police history

$20.00
xxpea194026

Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture


DOLLIMORE, JONATHAN

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: Allen Lane / Penguin 1998

KEYWORDS: death mortality culture beliefs history

$19.50
xxpfg194040

SAS Band of Brothers: The Last Stand of the SAS and Their Hunt for the Nazi Killers


LEWIS, DAMIEN

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: Quercus 2020

KEYWORDS: military history SAS nazi ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 elite forces war criminals

$10.00
xxpfg194051

Through the Brazilian Wilderness


ROOSEVELT, THEODORE & SCOTT, J M (Intro)

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG+) minimal library markings; 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: Heron Books N/D (c.1980s?)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Brazil South America Theodore Roosevelt history culture

$15.00
xxpga194064

Knights of the High Toby: The Story of the Highwaymen


BARROWS, JOHN

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1962

KEYWORDS: history crime criminals highwaymen

$22.50
xxphh194096

The Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris: Observations of Thirteenth-Century Life


PARIS, MATTHEW & VAUGHAN, RICHARD (Trans, Ed & Intro) & WILKINS, NIGEL (Illus) & CANNELL, IAN (Photos)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: history historical texts Matthew Paris 13th thirteenth century chronicles monastic life religious religion middle ages

$22.50
xxphj194107

Mythology of the British Isles


ASHE, GEOFFREY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen 1992

KEYWORDS: mythology ancient history Great Britain British Isles folklore lore

$16.50
xxphj194113

Mosley


JONES, NIGEL

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: Haus Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Oswald Mosley politics biographies memoir history

$30.00
xxpjf194138

Golden Letters: Writing Traditions of Indonesia / Surat Emas: Budaya Tulis di Indonesia


GALLOP, ANNABEL TEH & ARPS, BERNARD

GLUE TO SPINE COMING LOOSE; PARALLEL ENGLISH-INDONESIAN TEXT (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: The British Library 1991

KEYWORDS: indonesia indonesian southeast asia asian south east pacific writing written culture language script history surat emas ephemera exhibition catalog catalogue royal letters correspondence

$20.00
xxpjf194139

Dunedin's Heritage: A report prepared in the City Planning Department, Dunedin City Corporation


COWEN, GEOFF & BILSON, IAN (photos) & LEMON, DAPHNE (photos)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: K. Nairn, Dunedin City Planning Officer 1977

KEYWORDS: dunedin heritage architecture architectural history building buildings protection geoff cowen k nairn otepoti otago new zealand culture cityscape

$30.00
xxpjf194145

The Life and Works of Robert Burns: Volume 1


BURNS, ROBERT & CHAMBERS, ROBERT (ed.) & WALLACE, WILLIAM (revised by)

THIS VOL. ONLY; 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: W & R Chambers Ltd. 1896

KEYWORDS: robert burns chambers william wallace biography literature scotland scottish robbie literary history culture

$39.50
xxpjf194147

Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life


PITE, RALPH & [HARDY, THOMAS]

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: thomas hardy england english britain british literature writer biography victorian literary ralph pite history culture

$135.00
1s23a/1

Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia


BENNETT, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, sm folio, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 303pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising to extrems, v sl foxing to page edges, some sl adhesion to pages- heavy tearing to tops of terminal pages, light to moderate damp staining/foxing to prelims & terminals) in mylar jacket with gilt lettering to front, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Art Gallery of South Australia 2005

KEYWORDS: art culture Islam Islamic exhibitions history Southeast Asia first editions

$40.00
1s23a/12

Washingtoniana Photographs: Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress


COLLINS, KATHLEEN

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, quarto, grey faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & boards, black Capitol Hill illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxiv + 310pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, lg scuff & surface loss to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: Library of Congress 1989

KEYWORDS: library of congress prints photography photos Washington history historical collections

$225.00
1s23a/16

Shipping Wonders of the World (4 Vol Set)


WINCHESTER, CLARENCE (Ed)

4 VOL DELUXE SET, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus & rule to front boards, frontispieces to vols 1, 3 & 4, 1764pp total, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spines, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedowns of all vols, varying degrees of cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Waverley Book Company N/D

KEYWORDS: nautical shipping maritime history ships

$120.00
1s23a/22

Discoveries and Explorations in the Century


ROBERTS, CHARLES G D

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 529pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers 1906

KEYWORDS: geography history exploration travel discoveries

$90.00
1s23a/23

Colonel Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879


HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK (Ed)

FOLDING MAP AT REAR, octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 456pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, ffe missing, ex-libris ink stamp to verso of frotnispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, illus/plate to pg 160-161 detached & mostly missing- only sm remnant remains & is very brittle, sm section of page 377-380 torn & partially missing)

PUBLISHER: Thos de la Rue & Co 1884

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Colonel Gordon Central Africa adventure exploration history customs

$100.00
1t1a/15

Lives of the Engineers (3 Vol Set)


SMILES, SAMUEL & ROLT, L T C (New Intro)

3 VOL SET, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xvi + 484pp, vol 2- xiv + 502pp, vol 3- xx + 512pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spines)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1968

KEYWORDS: history civil engineering Samuel Smiles Great Britain British industrialisation

$60.00
1t4d/1

Ariel - The Postwar Models


BACON, ROY

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

PUBLISHER: Niton Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: motor bikes motorcycles Ariel history design evolution postwar

$125.00
1t4d/2

Ariel: The Complete Story


WALKER, MICK

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sm staining to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & soiling to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2003

KEYWORDS: motor bikes motorcycles Ariel history design evolution

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