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Genealogical Table of David Calder: For the Period of 100 Yeras From the Date of His Arrival in Dunedin
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
The University of New Zealand: An Historical Study
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
Great Barrier Calls
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
The Fremantle Diary
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
The Magic of a Name
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
Why the Novel Matters: A Postmodern Perplex
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
Death and the Enlightenment
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
Kiwis on Tour in Egypt and Italy
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
Recollections
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
Architecture 3; Lost Masterpieces
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
Arts & Crafts Houses I
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
Outrage
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
Counter-Attack; Against Subtopia
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
The Wales Test 1905; Match Reports & Commentary on the First Wales v. New Zealand Rugby Test played at Cardiff Arms Park; 16 December 1905
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
Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford. (A New Edition: In Four Volumes)
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
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)
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
Speed Was My Life
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
Wrestling With God; The Story of My Life
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
Thinkers on Education (Volumes I-IV)
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
Samolety-Razvedchiki P-5 & P-Z
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