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$17.50
xx61pol196200

The Men Who Built Railways: A Reprint of F R Condor's 'Personal Recollections of English Engineers'


SIMMONS, JACK (Ed)

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: Thomas Telford Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: transport civil engineering railways rail history biographies construction

$15.00
xx61pol196202

Robert Adam


YARWOOD, DOREEN

Super 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: J M Dent & Sons 1970

KEYWORDS: architecture design building history architects Robert Adam biography biographies memoir

$15.00
xx61pol196206

British Architects and Craftsmen: A Survey of Taste, Design and Style During Three Centuries 1600 to 1830


SITWELL, SACHEVERELL

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG-) staining to front board, patches of extensive ink underlining; 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: B T Batsford 1945

KEYWORDS: architecture architectural history British Great Britain architects designers

$12.50
xx61pol196207

Vanishing Cornwall


DU MAURIER, DAPHNE & BROWNING, CHRISTIAN (Photos)

LACKS D/W, 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: Victor Gollancz 1967

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Great Britain English towns Cornwall Daphne du Maurier literature history

$8.50
xx61pol196216

Sex and Temperament, in Three Primitive Societies


MEAD, MARGARET

Paperback (VG-) cracking to gutters; 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: Mentor / New American Library 1955

KEYWORDS: gender women anthropology culture primitive cultures history antiquity Margaret Mead

$40.00
xx61pol196231

Maori Gardening: An Archaeological Perspective


FUREY, LOUISE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Science & Technical Publishing, Dept of Conservation 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand ancient history anthropology Maori gardening archaeology archeology techniques evidence cultivation

$20.00
xx62pol196299

Manawatu's Old Buildings


SAUNDERS, B G R

Ex-library, rebacked, quarto 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: Dept of Geography, Massey University 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand buildings history historical architecture Manawatu

$14.00
xx62pol196304

Eve and the New Jerusalem: Socialism and Feminism in the Nineteenth Century


TAYLOR, BARBARA

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: Virago Press 1984

KEYWORDS: social history feminism women 19th nineteenth century

$15.00
xx62pol196305

The Keys to Prosperity: The Centennial History of Southland Frozen Meat Ltd


LIND, CLIVE A

SIGNED & DATED, imperial 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: Southland Frozen Meat Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand business history Southland Frozen Meat signed Clive A Lind centennial centenary

$15.00
xx62pol196306

Guernsey Through the Lens, Including Alderney, Sark, Herm and Jethou


COYSH, VICTOR (Compiled by) & TOMS, CAREL (Compiled by)

Imperial 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: Phillimore & Co 1978

KEYWORDS: Guernsey travel writings literature history photography photos culture

$10.00
xx62pol196308

All Saints' Church: Hataitai - Kilbirnie Jubilee History


BELL, F D

Super 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: All Saints' Parish Council 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history jubilee All Saints' Church churches

$10.00
xx62pol196309

Holy Trinity New Plymouth 1845-1970


ALEXANDER, ADA C

Super 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: Taranaki Newspapers (Printer) 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand churches holy trinity New Plymouth history

$18.50
xx63pol196316

Cradle of Rugby: The History of New Zealand College Rugby


REEVE, ARTHUR W V & McCONNELL, LYNN (Ed)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Inprint New Zealabd 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand college rugby history union high school

$15.00
xx63pol196317

Old Norfolk Town: The Past in Pictures


DAVIES, K and K A

Oblong super 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: K & K A Davies N/D (c.1980)

KEYWORDS: Picairn Norfolk Island history photos photography culture

$60.00
1w45a/14

The Roads to Santiago: The Medieval Pilgrim Routes Through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela


BRABBS, DERRY

Lg quarto, mustard heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffign & bruising to board edges & extrems, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2008

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Chile South America Santiago medieval pilgrimages travel writing literature France Spain

$40.00
1w45a/17

Evolutions or Revolutions? Interaction and Transformation at the 'Transition' in Island Melanesia


CATH-GARLING, STEPHANIE

Quarto, illus light green card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 328pp, illus, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago 2017

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology Island Melanesia Pacific islands evolution culture ancient history antiquity transition

$100.00
1w45a/20

The Faith of Our Fathers: The History of St Bede's College


McCARTHY, DAVID

Quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 459pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking & loosening of binding to central gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Centennial Organising Committee, St Bede's College 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools school history St Bede's College education institutions Christchurch south island

$75.00
1w45a/22

Built in Faith: Catholic Churches of the Christchurch Diocese 170 Years - 1840 to 2010


HANRAHAN, M J

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, brown lettering to spine, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling/creasing/wrinkling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: M J Hanrahan 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Christchurch catholic churches history

$40.00
1w45a/23

Da Flittin' of the Nicolsons from Shetland and the Duthies from Kincardine


HILL, KATHLEEN & MILLER, DIANE et al

Quarto, illus light card covers, black letetring to spine, 292pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine)

PUBLISHER: Lifelogs 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers immigrants Scotland Scottish Grace Nicolson William Ogilvy Duthie migrants family history

$80.00
1w45a/26

We Had One of Those Too!


BARNETT, STEPHEN

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, 216pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand vintage cars classic history automotive 50s 60s 70s

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