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$20.00
xxrjb193290

The Agadir, Morocco Earthquake: February 29, 1960


N/A

Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: American Iron and Steel Institute 1962

KEYWORDS: agadir morocco moroccan earthquakes history earthquake geology seismic seismics seismology 1960 american iron and steel institute building materials civil engineering

$25.00
xxrjb193291

Dear Sibelius: Letters from a Junky


WALKER, MARSHALL

Imperial 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: Kennedy & Boyd 2008

KEYWORDS: jean sibelius finland finnish classical music musical composer history modern marshall walker memoir culture

$19.50
xxrjb193298

Kanchanaburi: Spirit of the Death Railway and the River Kwai Bridge


N/A

Text in English and Thai (or possibly Burmese, photo's on request); Small quarto 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: Indoor Design n/d

KEYWORDS: bridge river kwai world war two ww2 second military history kanchanaburi thailand myanmar burma

$17.50
xxrjc193307

Kimono


KAWAKATSU, KEN-ICHI

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Japan Travel Bureau 1956

KEYWORDS: kimono kimonos fashion japan japanese history culture clothing textiles east asia asian

$30.00
xxrjc193310

The Kabuki Theatre of Japan


SCOTT, A.C.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1955

KEYWORDS: kabuki theater theatre japan japanese east asia asian culture history performance drama costume a.c. scott

$50.00
1q20a/21

Australian Ghost Stories


CUSACK, FRANK (Ed)

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 177pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tape staining/residue to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (in adhesive protective wrapper- edges probably stained, flaps clipped- some text missing, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian ghosts true ghost stories supernatural spectres apparitions history

$50.00
1q20a/23

The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Handbook


MILLER, SALLY M (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 437pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sm pencil markings to margins at prelims)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1987

KEYWORDS: history ethnic press addresses essays lectures American newspapers journalism foreign language press

$40.00
1q20a/28

Ngamatapouri: An Account of the Early Settlers of the Upper Waitotara Valley


ANNABELL, BERNARD

UNCOMMON, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, maroon lettering to front cover, 63pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Annabell 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Upper Waitotara Valley

$45.00
1q20a/29

Memoirs of an Old Chemist: An Autobiography


LEIGH, EDWARD HENRY & WALSH, KAY (Illus)

Quarto, illus stapled light card card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 90pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light to tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, occasional light pencil markings to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge Independent Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edward Henry Leigh autobiography memoir pharmacies business

$40.00
1q20a/30

Fiji's Sugar Tramways: 1882-1982


McKILLOP, BOB (Compiled by) & DYER, PETER (Compiled by)

Super octavo, illus stapled light card covers, red lettering to front cover, printed eps, 32pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling/fading & soiling to spine & covers with some light foxing also, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Light Railway Research Society of Australia 1982

KEYWORDS: history Fiji pacific islands sugar cane trade tramways rail transport

$45.00
1q20a/33

Alfred Joseph Clarke 1885-1941: A Memoir


CLARK, DAVID HAZELL

Imperial octavo, blue light card covers, light blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 61pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to rear cover, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C & J Clark Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Alfred Joseph Clarke history pharmacology

$40.00
1q20a/37

A History of Christianity in Asia: Volume I: Beginnings to 1500


MOFFETT, SAMUEL HUGH

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, xxvi + 560pp, illus/maps to prelims, VG+ (light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page

PUBLISHER: Orbis Books 2001

KEYWORDS: religion religious ancient history antiquity Christianity Asia churches

$75.00
1q20a/44

A West Coast Engineman


TIBBLES, IAN

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 251pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rail railways locomotives history West Coast south island steam transport

$57.50
1q20a/46

Behind the Dispensing Screen: Early New Zealand Pharmacists


FROST, MURRAY R

SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION (#154/750), quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, iv + 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine & covers with light chafing also, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters- some pgs sl loosened but still attached & present)

PUBLISHER: Murray R Frost N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history healthcare pharmacies pharmacists pioneers settlers

$45.00
1q20a/47

Legacy of Faith: A Chronicle of the Parish of St Stephens & St Aidans Presbyterian Churches, Lower Hutt


BUDGE, PEGGY

SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & front cover, 142pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Peggy Budge 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lower Hutt St Stephens St Aidans Presbyterian churches parishes history signed Peggy Budge

$145.00
1q20a/48

Resettlement in Hokianga; a Maori Perspective


WHITE, PAUL I

UNPUBLISHED THESIS, oblong quarto, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, Maori illus strip to front board, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, binding sl loose/sloppy- boards shaky, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: School of Architecture, University of Auckland 1981

KEYWORDS: unpublished theses thesis Hokianga academic Hokianga Maori culture architecture history

$45.00
1q20a/52

A Scrapbook of History: Awarua Radio ZLB


GLENNIE, ALEX C

Quarto, illus light card covers- in plastic protective cover, green & black lettering to front cover, 282pp, illus/photos, VG (heavy adhesive tape to spine, light chafing/soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Alex C Glennie 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand media Awarya radio zlb history broadcasting broadcast journalism

$40.00
1q36a/1

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 1 A-Art


HASTINGS, JAMES (Ed) & SELBIE, JOHN A (Assistance of)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, xxii + 903pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing throughout, heavy water damage to illus at rear, rear ep detached, minor ink markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1908

KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia religion ethics history religious volume 1 i one

$40.00
1q36a/2

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 2: Arthur-Bunyan


HASTINGS, JAMES (Ed) & SELBIE, JOHN A (Assistance of)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, xxii + 901pp, VG (minor bruising to board corners, moderate fading & chafing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, light to moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1909

KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia religion ethics history religious volume 2 ii two

$40.00
1q36a/3

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 3: Burial-Confessions


HASTINGS, JAMES (Ed) & SELBIE, JOHN A (Assistance of)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, xvi + 901pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading & tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ffep stuck to board- sl water damage, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to verso of half title page, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate soiling & scuffing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1910

KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia religion ethics history religious volume 3 iii three

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