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$25.00
xxa3af190674

Art of the Northwest Coast Indians


INVERARITY, ROBERT BRUCE

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1967

KEYWORDS: art history northwest coast Indians culture anthropology indigenous

$20.00
xxa3ae190683

No Drums, No Trumpets


LE VERNOY, ALEC & LE VERNOY, CHRISTINE PETERS (trans.) & BAILEY, JOYCE (trans.)

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1988

KEYWORDS: alec le vernoy POW prisoner of war sachsenhausen oranienburg second world war two ww2 wwii military history memoir concentration camp camps

$32.50
xxa3ae190690

Aiming High


JOHANSON, JON & WALTON, NANCY BIRD (forew.)

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Wakefield Press 1997

KEYWORDS: jon johanson nancy bird walton australia australian memoir military history aeroplane aeroplane airplane airplane aeronautics flight aviation

$28.00
xxa3ae190698

Antarctic Hazard


COCKRILL, ROSS

FIRST EDITION; LACKS FEP; 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1955

KEYWORDS: first edition w. ross cockrill antarctic antarctica whaling history sailing seafaring nautical

$35.00
xxa3ae190701

Yesteryears: Book Two


MURRAY, FRASER & GORTER, SANDRA (ed.)

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: The Clevedon and Districts Historical Society 2009

KEYWORDS: sandra gorter clevedon franklin north island new zealand history humour wairoa south local reminiscences

$15.00
xxa3ae190708

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution


SCHAMA, SIMON

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: BBC Books 2006

KEYWORDS: simon schama slave trade chattel slavery atlantic britain america american revolution history politics capitalism

$15.00
xxa3ae190715

My Father's Island: A Memoir


DUDDING, ADAM

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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: memoir adam dudding robin new zealand biography personal history

$15.00
xxa3af190717

Australians Awarded: A Concise Guide to Military and Civilian Decorations, Medals and other Awards to Australians form 1815 to 2007 with their Valuations


1st Edition

JOHNSON, CLIVE

TIDY EX-LIBRARY; 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 costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Renniks 2007

KEYWORDS: ex-library australia australian military awards decorations medals civilian valuation collecting history

$32.00
xxa3af190720

The Facemaker: A Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I


FITZHARRIS, LINDSEY & [GILLIES, SIR HAROLD]

Super 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2022

KEYWORDS: sir harold gillies first world war one ww1 wwi new zealand surgery medicine facial reconstruction plastic surgeon technology history military

$20.00
xxa3af190733

States of Ireland


O'BRIEN, CONOR CRUISE

FIRST EDITION; 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson of London 1972

KEYWORDS: first edition conor o'brien ireland northern republican independence politics history united kingdom

$65.00
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Maori; A Photgraphic and Social History


KING, MICHAEL

COPY OF NZ HISTORIAN/POLITICIAN DR. MICHAEL BASSETT; Square imperial octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 287pp, photo illus, VG (dated signature of previous owner Michael Bassett in blue ball-point pen to fep, v. light soiling to boards, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light-moderate soiling/foxing to page edges, prelims & eps, light vertical crease across entire length of centre of pages in front section) in d/w, VG (light-moderate soiling/foxing, slight discoulouration, light rubbing to extrems, moderate sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1983

KEYWORDS: michael king maori photographic social cultural life colonialism history photography illustrated new zealand indigenous pakeha michael bassett

$100.00
1f17a/15

The Distiguished Service Medal 1914 - 1938; The First 25 Years


EYRE, SIMON JONATHAN

Super octavo illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xvi+818pp, photo illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems/corners, light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Spink and Son Ltd 2020

KEYWORDS: distinguished service medal dsm simon jonathan eyre military history britain british england english united kingdom first world war i one wwi great interwar gallantry decoration royal navy naval records citations reference

$40.00
1f17a/18

The Keys to Happiness; Sex and the Search for Modernity in Fin-de-Siecle Russia


ENGELSTEIN, LAURA

Super octavo illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii+461pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to extrems, light creasing to corners, bookseller's price sticker to lower rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: laura engelstein keys to happiness sex search modernity modernism fin-de-siecle late imperial russian social cultural moral history conditions gender women's studies sexuality family domestic relations liberalism

$60.00
1f17a/24

Museums and Maori; Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice


MCCARTHY, CONAL

Super octavo illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, illus half-title, xvii+315pp, illus, VG+ (v. light soiling to covers & page edges, v. light rubbing to extrems/corners)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2011

KEYWORDS: museums maori heritage professionals indigenous collections current practice conal mccarthy whare taonga mana whakairo hinengaro new zealand museology antiquities preservation culture cultural identity biculturalism ethnography anthropology history minorities colonialism

$50.00
1f17a/29

Islay; The Land of the Lordship


CALDWELL, DAVID H.

Super octavo illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xx+396pp, illus photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to cover extrems, light creasing to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Birlinn Limited 2017

KEYWORDS: islay land lordship david h caldwell hebrides islands scottish scotland british isles great britain united kingdom medieval middle ages early modern complete history prehistory archaeology archeology community social cultural political politics

$100.00
1f17a/30

Hasten with Care; The Story of a Pioneer Family


TROTTER, Sir RONALD

FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO NZ HISTORIANS MICHAEL & JUDITH BASSETT; Quarto black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 127pp+18pp Trotter family tree charts at rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems, light soiling to boards & pastedowns, aforementioned author's signature & inscription to title page in black ink, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light-moderate foxing mainly visible on reverse)

PUBLISHER: RR Trotter / Steele Roberts Publishers 2005

KEYWORDS: sir ronald trotter hasten with care pioneer family trees families history genealogical genealogy new zealand scottish immigrants scotland otago south island

$15.00
xxa3ba170739

International Incident


TURNER, HENRY

Tired ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1956

KEYWORDS: literature Henry Turner autobiography military history British soldiers raf pilots royal air force

$15.00
xxa3ba170742

Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand


FERGUSON, DUGALD

Octavo hardcover (scruffy) lacks fep, half-title page torn; 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia history migrant life settlers

$14.50
xxa3ba170745

A New Zealand Railway Album II: Images of Yesteryear


CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealad rail trains transport history photography travel

$15.00
xxa3ba170754

The Stamp of Australia


BURKE, KELLY

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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2009

KEYWORDS: Australian history Australia post mail servcies communication

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