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$120.00
1L6a/2

Bodies Beyond Borders: Moving Anatomies, 1750-1950


WILS, KAAT (Ed) & DE BONT, RAF (Ed) & AU, SOKHIENG (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, red & grey lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil to text)

PUBLISHER: Leuven University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: anatomy medical science history

$50.00
1L6a/4

Later English Romanesque Sculpture 1140-1210


ZARNECKI, GEORGE

Sm octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 68pp + 133 b&w plates to rear, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with tidy archival taoe repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alec Tiranti 1953

KEYWORDS: England English sculptures Roman ancient history

$55.00
1L6a/7

A Record in Stone: The Study of Australia's Flaked Stone Artefacts


HOLDAWAY, SIMON & STERN, NICOLA

CD-ROM TO REAR, super octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, xxiii + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Museum Victoria / Aboriginal Studies Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Australia stone implements antiques antiquities Aboriginal Aboriginies ancient history artefacts

$40.00
1L6a/9

Historic Buildings of Northern New Zealand: An Artist's View


WELLS, PETER

INCLUDES LETTER FROM AUTHOR'S MOTHER REGARDING PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK, square octavo, black cloth boards, 84pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to enclosed letter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cecilia Ediitons 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art sketches drawings historic buildings architecture history Peter Wells

$15.00
xx100pol184340

Life of Mahomet


IRVING, WASHINGTON

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: Temple 1949

KEYWORDS: literature biography history religion Islam Mahomet Muhammad

$55.00
1L6a/12

The Auckland School: 100 Years of Architecture and Planning


GATLEY, JULIA (Ed) & TREEP, LUCY (Ed)

Super octavo, light blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 279pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & discolouration)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture and Planning / University of Auckland 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture planning design buildings history centennial centenary Auckland

$45.00
1L6a/13

Theatre Country: Essays on Landscape & Whenua


PARK, GEOFF

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 286pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges & spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Vicotria University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand essays literature prose collection human ecology history Geoff Park

$50.00
1L6a/15

Sons of Kentigern: A History of Saint Kentigern School 1959-2009


MACKIE, JANE

Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 303pp illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Saint Kentigern Trust Board 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand school history St Saint Kentigern alumni education

$60.00
1L6a/16

The Wanganui Maxwells: A Family History 1814-1966


HARROP, DAVID

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 141pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: David Harrop 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Wanganui John James Maxwell biographies

$40.00
1L6a/18

Warship 1999-2000


PRESTON, ANTONY (Ed)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light staining to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1999

KEYWORDS: military history naval combat ships warships war design maritime

$80.00
1L6a/19

A Divine Legacy


McGREGOR, HELEN

Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, 57pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Helen Smith / Evenstar Photography 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings churches Frederick de Jersey Clere Manawatu Rangitikei districts history historical

$40.00
1L6a/22

In the Wake of the Riverboats: Tales Told by Whanganui Riverboat Pioneers Joshua Harris and His Sons


HARRIS, JOSHUA et al & PARNELL, JIM (Compiled by)

LOOSELY ENCLOSED LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xx + 107pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jim Parnell 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Joshua Harris anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical autobiography Wanganui

$45.00
1L6a/23

Paddlewheels on the Wanganui (Second Edition)


REID, ALEC & REID, DAVID

Octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to green faux leather spine, illus eps, 127pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Paddlewheels Press 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical biographies paddlewheels Wanganui

$50.00
1L6a/24

Language Origins: A Bibliography (Second Revised and Enlarged Edition) 2 Vol Set


HEWES, GORDON WINANT (Compiled by)

2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, 890pp total, VG (minimal library markings, ligh bruising & moderate sticky adhesive residue to board edges, moderate tape staining to eps of both vols, sl atnning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in adhesive plastic covers- probable staining to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Mouton & Co 1975

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues language history origins linguistcs anthropology

$47.50
1L6a/27

Hazardous Waters: The Enterprising Life of the Good Merchant James Reddy Clendon in Early New Zealand


GAWAITH, BARBARA

SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR REGARDING REVIEWS LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, illus light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creaisng/curling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Barbara Gawaith 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history James Reddy Clendon biographies pioneers settlers family genealogy

$40.00
1L6a/30

International Congress for the Study of the Qur'an: Australian National University, Canberra 8-13 May 1980 (Series 1)


JOHNS, A H (Fore)

Imperial octavo, patterned/illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxviii + 187pp, VG (sl creasing & curling to spine/cover edges, moderate chafing/soiling/fading to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims/terminals, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University 1980

KEYWORDS: Australia Islam Islamic history Koran Qur'an conference Muslim holy scriptures texts

$40.00
1L6a/31

Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children


OPIE, IONA and PETER (Presented by)

NUMBERED & SIGNED LIMITED EDITION (#366/500), very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt whimsical character to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 116pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues children's literature nursery rhymes poetry history signed

$70.00
1L6a/32

Stone's Otago and Southland Directory


N/A

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, directory ink stamps to page edges, printed eps, xii + 953pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, heavy cracking to rear hinge, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, minor cracking to some gutters, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stone, Son & Co 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories 1945 Otago Southland businesses history

$100.00
1L19/9

Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History


KAHN, ASHLEY et al

Sm quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press 2012

KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians history biographies Miles Davis

$42.50
1L19/10

Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson


CONFORTH, BRUCE & WARDLOW, GAYLE DEAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, ix + 326pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to board edges, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light water staining to base of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 2019

KEYWORDS: music blues musicians Robert Johnson history biographies memoir

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