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$26.50
xxrcb193760

Captured by Maori: White Female Captives, Sex and Racism on the Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Frontier


BENTLEY, TREVOR

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: Penguin Books 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history women 19th nineteenth century captivity Maori

$25.00
xxrbg193772

The Gamble: Bonaparte in Italy 1796-1797


FERRERO, GUGLIELMO & PRITCHARD, BERTHA (Trans) & FREEMAN, LILY C (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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 Bell and Sons 1939

KEYWORDS: first editions Napoleon Bonaparte Italy military history

$25.00
xxrbh193783

Paddle-steamers, Pen-nibs and Pasturelands


LUMSDEN, K M (Fore)

Quarto 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: Ohinewai Centennial School Committee 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand school history Ohinewai

$35.00
xxrbh193784

A Tree Grows in Northland: Northland College 1947-1997


RITCHIE, RAYMA

Quarto 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: Pukepuriri Publications 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Northland college schools history education

$18.50
xxrbh193786

From Farms to Flats: The History of Land Use in Mount Eden


MCALISTER, BRENT

Quarto spiral bound 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: Brent McAlister 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland Mt Mount Eden land buildings infrastructure

$25.00
xxrbh193787

Rangi-Mata-Rau: The Story of Pt Chevalier 1861-1961


WALKER, A H

Ex-library- stiffened binding, imperial octavo hardcover/stiffened boards (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: Not Stated (c.1961?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland history Pt Chevalier centennial centenary

$17.50
xxrbh193788

Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand


BRICKELL, CHRIS

Tidy ex-library, imperial octavo stiff 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: Auckland University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand youth culture adolescent years adolescence history

$25.00
xxrbh193796

Belgium Past and Present: The Cockpit of Europe


MONCRIEFF, A R HOPE

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: A & C Black 1920

KEYWORDS: history Europe Belgium

$30.00
xxrbh193798

Napoleon II: King of Rome


ODDIE, E M

FIRST EDITION, 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: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1925

KEYWORDS: history Napoleon Bonaparte Italy first editions

$15.00
xxrbk193800

Malay Muslims: The History and Challenge of Resurgent Islam in Southeast Asia


MCAMIS, ROBERT DAY

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: William B Eerdmans Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: malay archipelago muslims religion Islam history Southeast Asia

$18.50
xxrbk193803

The Rise & Fall of Atlantis, and the Mysterious Origins of Human Civilization


GORDON, J S

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: Watkins Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: ancient civilizations civilisations Atlantis history mysteries

$25.00
xxrbk193806

Under the Bolshevik Uniform


LAZAREVSKI, VLADIMIR & UNA, LADY TROUBRIDGE (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Thornton Butterworth 1936

KEYWORDS: first editions Russia Russian history Bolsheviks

$17.50
xxrbk193809

Law Breakers & Mischief Makers: 50 Notorious New Zealanders


SELL, BRONWYN

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: Allen & Unwin 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rogues true crime history scandals

$40.00
1r25b/25

Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum, Second Supplement


LAMBERT, W G & MILLARD, A R

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 98pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective wrapper- edges likely stained, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Trustees of the British Museum 1968

KEYWORDS: British Museum catalogue catalogues cuneiform tablets Kouyunjik collection antiquity history historical artefacts

$135.00
1r25b/27

The Story of the Kauri


REED, A H

FIRST EDITION- LIMITED, NUMBERED & SIGNED (#2396/2550), imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 436pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to frotn pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges- tidy archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing & surface loss, moderate fading to spine, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1953

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed A H Reed trees culture Kauri tree history

$40.00
1r25b/32

Sitka: To Know Alaska One Must Forst Know Sitka


WILLOUGHBY, BARRETT

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 248pp, illus, VG (light brusing to extrems, light chafing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear ep, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions Alaska Sitka Russian history US states culture

$40.00
1r25b/33

The Motorist's Companion


PRIOLEAU, JOHN & WORSDELL, G R (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed eps, vii + 503pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: first editions transport travel motoring travel writing literature history

$100.00
1r34a/2

Balmerino and its Abbey: A Parish History, With Notices of the Adjacent District


CAMPBELL, JAMES

COLOURED FOLDING MAP AT REAR, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, xxvii + 692pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional page still uncut, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1899

KEYWORDS: Balmerino Scotland Scottish parish history monasteries abbeys

$70.00
1r34a/5

Wanderers: Episodes from the Travels of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and Her Daughter Victoria 1849-1855


CUST, Mrs HENRY & STORRS, Sir RONALD (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 364pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to rear pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature exploration adventures Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley Victoria 19th nineteenth century history culture America Spain Syria

$75.00
1r34a/6

A Springtide in Palestine


HARRY, MYRIAM

FIRST EDITION, IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, black rule & sm illus to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Palestine middle east culture history

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