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$12.00
xxscu195958

Genealogical Table of David Calder: For the Period of 100 Yeras From the Date of His Arrival in Dunedin


CALDER, DAVID J (Compiled by)

Imperial 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.

PUBLISHER: Laing & Matthews 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history family genealogy tables Dunedin settlers pioneers Mariner ship

$19.50
xxscx195961

The University of New Zealand: An Historical Study


BEAGLEHOLE, J C

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

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs / Oxford University Press 1937

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history tertiary universities university

$15.00
xxscx195965

Great Barrier Calls


MEDLAND, G M

SIGNED, octavo softcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: G M Medland 1971

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Great Barrier history

$35.00
xxscx195966

The Fremantle Diary


FREMANTLE, JAMES ARTHUR LYON & LORD, WALTER (Ed & Commentary) & ASHLEY, MAURICE (Intro)

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: Andre Deutsch 1956

KEYWORDS: American civil war history diaries journals James Arthur Lyon Fremantle coldstream guards

$25.00
xxscx195967

The Magic of a Name


NOCKOLDS, HAROLD & NOCKOLDS, ROY (Illus from Paintings by)

LACKS D/W, SPECIAL EDITION FOR ROLLS ROYCE EMPLOYEES 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D (c.1949)

KEYWORDS: business history trade Rolls Royce cars automotive

$20.00
xxsdb195970

Why the Novel Matters: A Postmodern Perplex


SPILKA, MARK & McCRACKEN-FLESHER, CAROLINE (Eds)

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: Indiana University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: literature novels fiction writing philosophy history criticism postmodernism

$22.50
xxsdb195972

Death and the Enlightenment


McMANNERS, JOHN

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: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history death religion Christianity spirituality France French

$15.00
xxsde195981

Kiwis on Tour in Egypt and Italy


HELM, A S

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket 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.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: travel literature writings Egypt Italy A S Helm Sicily history

$17.50
xxsde195982

Recollections


DE TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS & LAWRENCE, GEORGE (Trans) & MAYER, J P (Ed & Intro) & KERR, A P (Ed)

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: Macdonald & Co 1970

KEYWORDS: revolution history Alexis de Tocqueville France French

$45.00
1w41a/15

Architecture 3; Lost Masterpieces


DUNLOP, BETH & HECTOR, DENIS (intro) & MCKEAN, JOHN & DURANT, STUART & PARISSIEN, STEVEN

Square quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & white lettering to spine, unpaginated, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling to prelims/terminals & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 1999

KEYWORDS: art architecture buildings design history historical joseph paxton crystal palace ferdinand dutert palais des machines mckim mead white pennsylvania station phaidon anthologies illustrated

$100.00
1w41a/16

Arts & Crafts Houses I


DUNLOP, BETH (intro) & HOLLAMBY, EDWARD & GARNHAM, TREVOR & EDWARDS, BRIAN

THIS VOL. ONLY; Square quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & white lettering to spine, unpaginated, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling to prelims/terminals & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 1999

KEYWORDS: art architecture buildings design history historical art and crafts movement houses homes residential housing domestic philip webb william richard lethaby melsetter sir edward lutyens goddards phaidon anthologies illustrated

$245.00
1w41a/17

Outrage


NAIRN, IAN

Reprint of the June, 1955, Special Number of The Architectural Review; Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, pagination range 365-456pp, illus photos & drawings, VG- (light soiling/discolouration to boards, light cracking & heavy sun-fading to spine, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & creasing to prelims/terminals, light tanning/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Architectural Press n/d

KEYWORDS: art architecture design urban city cities towns civic planning history journals architectural review english england great british britain analysis criticism critiques subtopia utopia suburban suburbia illustrated

$100.00
1w41a/18

Counter-Attack; Against Subtopia


NAIRN, IAN

Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, pagination range 355-436pp, illus photos & drawings, VG- (light discolouration/soiling to boards, heavy sun-fading to spine, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & creasing to prelims/terminals, light tanning/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Architectural Press n/d

KEYWORDS: art architecture design urban city cities towns civic planning history journals architectural review english england great british britain analysis criticism critiques subtopia utopia suburban suburbia illustrated

$40.00
1w41a/20

The Wales Test 1905; Match Reports & Commentary on the First Wales v. New Zealand Rugby Test played at Cardiff Arms Park; 16 December 1905


N/A

Sm. octavo, red cloth boards, title label to front board, 73pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to board extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, heavy sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1983

KEYWORDS: sports rugby history wales welsh new zealand all blacks test matches reports commentary commentaries 1905 cardiff arms park

$100.00
1w41a/21

Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford. (A New Edition: In Four Volumes)


COXE, WILLIAM

4 VOL. SET; BINDING POOR; Super octavo, brown leather-bound boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt decorative rule to boards, marbled eps, frontispiece portrait, xlii + 359pp / 436pp / 447pp / 428pp, illus plates + folding genealogical table, G+ (heavy chipping/cracking to spines with heavy surface loss, heavy scuffing to boards, light-heavy cracking to hinges/gutters - boards shaky with rear board of Vol. 2 almost entirely detached, some pages coming loose, light damp wrinkling to pages, light-moderate soiling/discolouration to pages throughout, prev. owner's name/annotation in ink & pencil to some prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: biographies biography memoirs england english british great britain politics politicians prime ministers history sir robert walpole

$245.00
1w41a/22

Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. (Volume I-II: From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue. / Volume III: From the Battle of La Hogue till the Capture of the French and Spanish Fleets at Vigo)


DALRYMPLE, Sir JOHN

3 VOL. SET; FIRST EDITIONS 1771-1788; Quarto, brown leather-bound boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, upper edges stained black, remaining edges stained red, illus title page to Vol. III, viii + 211pp / xiv + 246pp / xii +84pp, G (boards either completely detached, almost entirely detached, or heavily cracked at hinges/gutters, heavy scuffing & soiling to boards & spines, light-heavy soiling to pages throughout - moreso to prelims/terminals, prev. owner's names/labels/annotations in ink & pencil to eps, occasional annotations in light pencil throughout)

PUBLISHER: W. Strachan and T. Caddell / A. Kincaid & J. Bell, & J. Balfour / John Bell and William Creech 1771/1773/1788

KEYWORDS: history historical memoirs england english ireland irish great britain british politics political government parliament military imperialism empire

$85.00
1w41a/23

Speed Was My Life


NEUBAUER, ALFRED & THOMSON, STEWART & MEISL, CHARLES (ed. & trans) & MOSS, STIRLING (foreword)

LACKS D/W; Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 207pp, illus photo plates, VG (light rubbing, soiling & sun-fading to boards & spine, moderate foxing to eps/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff (Barrie Books Ltd) 1960

KEYWORDS: autobiography aurobiographies memoirs sports motor racing cars automotives automobiles drivers speed racers history germany mercedes alfred neubauer

$40.00
1w41a/24

Wrestling With God; The Story of My Life


GEERING, LLOYD

SIGNED; Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey & blue lettering to spine, 271pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers & page edges, author's autograph in ink to title page, bookseller's labels to covers, prev. owner's gift inscription in pencil to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books Limited 2006

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs theology theologians religion christianity spirituality presbyterian church history new zealand ministers clergy

$125.00
1w41b/2

Thinkers on Education (Volumes I-IV)


MERSY, ZAGHLOUL (series ed) & TEDESCO, JUAN CARLOS (editor-in-chief)

4 VOL. SET; blue & pink light card covers, black text to blue spines, 813pp cumulative pagination, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: UNESCO Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: philosophy education educational foundations systems methods practice teaching history essays anthologies

$65.00
1w41b/7

Samolety-Razvedchiki P-5 & P-Z


MASLOV, MIKHAIL

TEXT IN RUSSIAN; Oblong octavo, stapled illus light card covers, illus eps & title page, 56pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: EKS Print 2000

KEYWORDS: text in russian russia soviet union military history air force aviation aircraft airplanes aeroplanes reconnaissance planes p-5 p-z illustrated

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