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$135.00
1u11a/29

Railway Houses of New Zealand


SHALDERS, BRUCE

SCARCE; Oblong super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 142pp, illus photo plates, VG (boards slightly cocked with corresponding light vertical crease along front board, light sun-fading to board edges & spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. 2017

KEYWORDS: scarce rare pictorial photographic illustrated history new zealand railways and locomotives society steam trains rails houses architecture architectural building design

$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

$50.00
1u11a/33

About Russia


CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's dolphin motif to front board, unpaginated, illus: 141 photo plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, occasional light soiling & discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (light soiling & discolouration, moderate sun-fading to spine, light chipping to edges/corners, heavier to spine)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: photography collections anthologies art russian soviet union henri cartier bresson portaits social cultural pictorial history

$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

$17.50
xxaqy195116

Dear Pal, A Kiwi Battler in the South Island Outback


MANN, BARRIE

Octavo softcover (VG+) gift inscription in ink to ffep; 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: Square One Press 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island Barrie Mann

$28.50
xxark195157

The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World


PAINE, LINCOLN

Tidy ex-library, imperial 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: Alfred A Knopf 2013

KEYWORDS: exploration maritime history navigation voyages naval navy ocean

$25.00
xxark195158

The Korean War


HASTINGS, MAX

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: Michael Joseph 1987

KEYWORDS: military history war Korean Korea Max Hastings

$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

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