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He Kupu Taurangi; Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand


FINLAYSON, CHRISTOPHER & CHRISTMAS, JAMES

Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xv + 279pp, colour photo illus, Nr FINE (v. light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2021

KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa maori treaty of waitangi claims settlements law legal history crown obligations cultural national identity colonialism colonisation

$120.00
1u25a/53

The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies


HANNIGAN, JOHN & RICHARDS, GREG (eds)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, blue & white lettering to spine, xx + 585pp, illus figures & tables, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: SAGE Publications Ltd 2017

KEYWORDS: sage handbooks new urban studies planning cities city theory history student guides textbooks academic texts sociology social cultural

$160.00
1u26a/4

The Papers of Woodrow Wilson (Volumes 1-8)


LINK, ARTHUR S. (ed) & DAVIDSON, JOHN WELLS & HIRST, DAVID W. (assoc. eds) & LITTLE, JOHN E. & LEARY, WILLIAM M. (assist. eds) & MOTTER, T. H. VAIL & THOMAS, M. HALSEY (consult. eds) & MACLAUGHLIN, JEAN (contrib. ed)

VOLS 1-8 [total date range 1856-1894]; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spines, portrait illus title pages, various paginations, illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards with light adhesive residue to some vols, light sun-fading to some spines, light soiling to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep of Vol. 3) in d/w (except Vols. 4 & 6), VG/VG- (light rubbing, soiling, chipping & creasing, light sun-fading to spines & some covers, all price-clipped, protective plastic covers with adhesive to d/w of Vols 1-2)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1966-1970

KEYWORDS: 8-volume set united states of american usa history politics politicians government political papers letters collected works anthologies memoirs thomas woodrow wilson presidents

$120.00
1u26a/5

The Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth (Charles Mordaunt.); A Memoir (In Two Volumes.)


RUSSELL, Colonel FRANK S.

2 VOL. SET; Octavo, leather half-bound boards with marbled heavy card covers, gilt lettering and decorative raised bands to spines, all edges stained red, frontispieces, viii + 343pp, iv + 388pp, illus. + folding map towards rear of Vol. II, VG- (moderate scuffing, chipping & peeling to boards & spines, heavy cracking to front hinge/gutter of Vol. II with part of spine & front board almost entirely detached as a result, light cracking to gutters of Vol. I, light soiling/discolouration to pages)

PUBLISHER: Chapman And Hall Limited 1887

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs english england history charles mordaunt earl of peterborough monmouth

$100.00
1u26a/6

Memoirs of The Life and Times of Daniel De Foe: Containing A Review of His Writings and His Opinions Upon a Variety of Important Matters, Civil and Ecclesiastical


DE FOE [DEFOE], DANIEL & WILSON, WALTER

3 VOL. SET, RE-BOUND; Super octavo, light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece, lxii + 482pp / xvii + 527pp / xviii + 685pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spines, light creasing & foxing to pages/page edges throughout, light tanning to page edges, occasional light annotations in ink and pencil)

PUBLISHER: Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1830

KEYWORDS: rebound memoirs literary biography biographies autobiography autobiographies history daniel de foe defoe england english writers authors novelists

$50.00
1u26a/7

The Petty Papers; Some Unpublished Writings of Sir William Petty; Edited from the Bowood Papers by the Marquis of Lansdowne


PETTY, Sir WILLIAM & Marquis of LANSDOWNE (ed)

FIRST EDITION; 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xlii + 276pp / xii + 309pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to boards, light chipping to spine extrems & corners, light-moderate foxing to pages/page edges, prev. owner's label to front pastedowns)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company Limited 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions england english history collected works writings anthologies economists economics scientists science philosophers philosophy politics politicians sir william petty papers bowood

$60.00
1u26a/8

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley


HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY & HUXLEY, LEONARD

2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xi + 539pp / vii + 541pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems of Vol. II, boards slightly cocked & soiled, light cracking to gutters on both volumes, a few pages coming loose & one or two small open tears not impacting text, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to Vol. I fep)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: england english history letters writings autobiography autobiographies memoirs biography biographies thomas henry h huxley biology biologists anthropology anthropologists science scientists theory of evolution natural selection darwin

$60.00
1u26a/9

Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and the Court of Queen Anne (In Two Volumes)


THOMSON, Mrs. A. T.

2 VOL. SET; RE-BOUND; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, xxviii + 475pp / vii + 573pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Henry Colburn 1839

KEYWORDS: england english royal history royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies memoirs biography biographies queen anne court courtiers sarah churchill duchess of marlborough

$70.00
1u27a/3

Music of the Star Mountains: A Naturalist's Guide to the Composition of Songs in Central New Guinea


ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER & HILLS, PATRICIA (illus)

MUSIC CD AT REAR; Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxvi + 289pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's stamp to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 2014

KEYWORDS: papua new guinea music art performing arts ethnomusicology composition culture cultural social history traditions customs musical instruments

$40.00
1u27a/7

Muck, Silk and Socialism; Recollections of a Left-wing Queen's Counsel


PLATTS-MILLS, JOHN

LENGTHILY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY TOM PLATTS-MILLS; Reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 687pp, illus photo plates, VG+ (light bruising to boards, light soiling to page edges, inscription to fep in black ink) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Paper Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: autobiographies autobiography memoirs great britain british english england politics politicians political activism socialism socialists barristers lawyers law 20th twentieth century history

$85.00
1u27a/8

Leo and His Circle; The Life of Leo Castelli


COHEN-SOLAL, ANNIE & POLIZZOTTI, MARK (trans)

Super octavo, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxv + 540pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, one or two small spots of staining in red ink to pages) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, bookseller's price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2010

KEYWORDS: biography biographies art dealers dealership united states of america american usa gallery galleries modern 20th twentieth century history leo castelli social life new york city culture cultural

$200.00
1u27a/11

The Pot Book


DE WAAL, EDMUND & CLARE, CLAUDIA (written & edited by)

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, 319pp, illus colour plates, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (light soiling & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 2011

KEYWORDS: ceramics clay pottery figures potters art artists history pictorial alphabetical guides colour photography illustrated phaidon edmund de waal

$145.00
1u27a/13

Memoirs of a Bugatti Hunter; Archives of a Passion


RAFFAELLI, ANTOINE & PROST, ALAIN (foreword) & BURGESS-WISE, DAVID (trans)

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, 245pp, photo illus, VG (heavy adhesion damage to title page - two pages still stuck together, otherwise one or two small spots of light adhesion damage throughout, light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Maeght Editeur 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs automobiles antiques historic cars collections collecting antoine raffaelli pictorial illustrated history photographs racing motorsports bugatti

$185.00
1u27a/16

The Chinese Theatre


CHU-CHIA-CHIEN & GRAHAM, JAMES A. (trans) & JACOVLEFF, ALEXANDRE (illus)

Sm. folio, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering, rule & illustration to front board, gilt patterned eps, deckled page edges, 35pp + additional unpaginated, illus colour plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge & moderate chipping to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, plates clean in appearance, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1922

KEYWORDS: chinese china theatre theater plays drama performing arts colour prints printing culture cultural social art history collections

$15.00
xx81pol171315

Tell it to the Dead: Memories of a War


KIRK, DONALD

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: Nelson-Hall 1975

KEYWORDS: military Vietnam strategy history racism Cold War

$15.00
xx81pol171316

Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present


MIKAELIAN, ALLEN

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: Hyperion 2002

KEYWORDS: military biography World War American Civil Vietnam medals history journalism

$18.50
xx82pol171340

Der Fuehrer


HEIDEN, KONRAD & MANHEIM, RALPH (transl.)

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: Houghton Mifflin 1944

KEYWORDS: biography Adolf Hitler history nazi Germany

$17.50
xx82pol171371

Donitz: the last Fuhrer


PADFIELF, PETER

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: Panther 1985

KEYWORDS: military nazis World War 2 biography Karl Donitz Germany naval warfare navy history

$15.00
xxatd195276

The Lost Lady of the Amazon: The Story of Isabela Godin and her Epic Journey


SMITH, ANTHONY

Tidy ex-library, 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: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003

KEYWORDS: Isabela Godin travel literature writing exploration Amazon tropical rainforests history biographies memoir

$17.50
xxate195286

America at Work


FRASER, JOHN FOSTER

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: Cassell & Company 1909

KEYWORDS: US America American history John Foster Fraser

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