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$15.00
xxamd194992

The Richmond-Atkinson Papers, Volume 1


RICHMOND-ATKINSON, ARTHUR ALFRED & SCHOLEFIELD, GUY H. (ed.)

THIS VOL. ONLY; LACKS D/W; imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: R.E. Owen, Government Printer 1960

KEYWORDS: richmond-atkinson papers arthur alfred wellington new zealand politics history

$16.50
xxame194997

The Great Photographers: Thomas Hopker


CAMPBELL, BRYN & HOPKER, THOMAS

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: Collins 1984

KEYWORDS: thomas hopker hoepker bryn campbell photography photographer the great photographers art art history artist artists magnum germany german

$25.00
xxame195007

The Hand-Book to the Suburban and Rural Districts of the Otago Settlement


Hocken Library Facsimile No. 2

N/A

1967 FACSIMILE OF 1849 PAMPHLET; small duodecimo stapled wrappers (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: Hocken Library 1967

KEYWORDS: hocken reprint dunedin otago settlement historical history guide new zealand early colonisation colonization colonial

$15.00
xxame195011

Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change


WILLIAMS, ROSALIND

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: MIT Press 2003

KEYWORDS: rosalind williams engineering history technology philosophy administartion planning modernity criticism

$85.00
1t32/23

Camps, Tramps & Trenches: The Diary of a New Zealand Sapper, 1917


MILLER, ERIC & RUSSELL, Major-General Sir ANDREW H (Fore)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, sm octavo, peach buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 207pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate fading & staining to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. ownership ink markings to ffep, 'kaka point library' in ink to ffep but no other library markings detected)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand military history Eric Miller ww1 the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 soldiers journals diaries sappers

$165.00
1t32/27

Wise's Auckland Provincial Directory 1942


N/A

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & boards, ink stamp lettering & red speckling to page edges, printed eps, xvi + 1046pp, G+ (heavy scuffing/fraying & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & boards, light fading to spine, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards v shaky, sm ink numerals to ffep, heavy creasing/chipping with loss to divider tabs)

PUBLISHER: H Wise & Co 1942

KEYWORDS: street directories Auckland New Zealand townships history 1942

$50.00
1t32/30

Indigenous Peoples and Governance Structures: A Comparative Analysis of Land adn Resource Management Rights


NETTHEIM, GARTH & MEYERS, GARY D & CRAIG, DONNA

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 489pp, VG- (heavy creasing & discolouration to covers, moderate fading & creasing to spine, prev. bookseller's label to front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Aboriginal Studies Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Aborigines indigenous people resource management rights land governance environment legal status law tenure Torres Strait history

$80.00
1t33/2

Twenty Years After: The Battlefields of 1914-18: Then and Now


SWINTON, Maj Gen Sir ERNEST (Ed)

2 VOL SET, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine & front boards, 1532pp total, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor fading & rubbing to spines, light to moderate staining to spines & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, varying degrees of cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war post-war international overseas

$40.00
1t33/5

The Football Hall of Fame: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Footballing Legends of All Time


GALVIN, ROBERT & BUSHELL, MARK & CHARLTON, Sir BOBBY (Fore) & TAYLOR, GORDON (Fore)

SIGNED BY RYAN GIGGS, square super octavo, illus heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, 340pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Robson Books 2008

KEYWORDS: English soccer football sport greatest players history biographies male female men women signed

$150.00
1t33/10

Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76


SMITH, D MURRAY

VERY TATTY- yet still oozes character! Quarto, black leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 824pp, folding maps & illus, G- (spine missing with v lg cracks to hinges- rear board detached, boards heavily chafed/rubbed but still beautiful- some surface loss, considerable closed tearing to some pages/folding maps, occasional page loose/detached, colossal cracking at gutters, heavy staining to page edges) Please feel free to ask for photos- recommended.

PUBLISHER: M'Gready, Thomson & Niven 1877

KEYWORDS: exploration expeditions arctic north pole history nautical maritime British voyages Parry Franklin Ross Dr John Rae Franklin Sir Edward Belcher Europe European

$75.00
1t33/18

Andrea Palladio


PUPPI, LIONELLO & SANDERS, PEARL (Trans)

Heavy quarto- extra shipping req'd, blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 465pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & light discolouration/fading to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, binding sl loose) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Andrea Palladio architecture buildings design history criticism appreciation

$80.00
1t33/25

Kamo: The Story of a Village


MENEFY, DIANA (Compiled by)

SIGNED & IN SCRIBED, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kamo Book Committee 1994

KEYWORDS: signed Diana Menefy New Zealand regional history Kamo north island towns villages

$25.00
xxana195017

The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914


GREGORY, ROY

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 1968

KEYWORDS: history miners British politics Great Britain early 20th twentieth century labour labor

$15.00
xxana195019

The Natural History of Selborne and The Naturalist's Calendar


WHITE, GILBERT

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: Blackie & Son 1895

KEYWORDS: natural history nature English towns villages Selborne Hampshire

$15.00
xxana195021

The Phoenix Cup: Some Notes on Japan in 1946


MORRIS, 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: The Cresset Press 1947

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Japan Japanese history culture John Morris

$19.50
xxana195024

Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos


MacDONAGH, MICHAEL

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: P S King & Son N/D (c.1902)

KEYWORDS: British houses of Parliament Great Britain government anecdotes history

$12.50
xxand195030

The Church by Martha Hill


MORE, DAVID

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: David More N/D (c.1981)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand David More churches history St John's Anglican church Waihi

$19.50
xxand195032

Penguin Portrait: Allen Lane and the Penguin Editors 1935-1970


HARE, STEVE (Ed)

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: Penguin Books 1995

KEYWORDS: litertaure literary history Penguin Allen Lane publishers biographies autobiography

$15.00
xxand195035

A History of the World in 100 Objects


MacGREGOR, NEIL

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: Penguin Books 2012

KEYWORDS: world history artefacts British Museum

$18.50
xxapg195036

British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture


HAWORTH-BOOTH, MARK et al (Essays)

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy water damage to boards & inside jacket- text block mostly unaffected with just some minor wrinkling; 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: Aperture 1988

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British photos photography art history essays criticism appreciation interpretation

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