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$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

$45.00
1w45a/21

'A Suitable Temple': A History of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, New Zealand 1905-2005


HANRAHAN, M

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to covers with light chafing & soiling also, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Centennial Committee 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Christchurch catholic churches cathedrals cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament history centennial centenary

$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

$100.00
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

$45.00
1w45a/28

The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography


DUNN, MARYJANE & DAVIDSON, LINDA KAY

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + 546pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Graland Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Chile Santiago de Compostela history Christian pilgrimages religious abstracts

$165.00
1w45a/30

Moriori: A People Rediscovered (Revised Edition)


KING, MICHAEL

SECOND EDITION (REVISED), imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moriori Michael King history culture Chatham Islands pacific

$45.00
1w45a/31

Coleridge and the Romantic Newspaper: The Morning Post and the Road to 'Dejection'


THOMSON, HEIDI

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 274pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sm gouge to spine, gift inscription in ink signed Heidi to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2016

KEYWORDS: literature Coleridge literary history Heidi Thomson criticism appreciation

$40.00
1w45a/32

A History of the Gold Coast


WARD, W E F

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 387pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's ink stamp name to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1948

KEYWORDS: history Gold Coast Africa British rule politics

$65.00
1w51/5

The Waikato Journals of Vicesimus Lush: 1864-8 1881-2


DRUMMOND, ALISON (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 210pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press (Printer) 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato history Vicesimus Lush first editions signed

$40.00
1w51/7

Stalin: Czar of all the Russias


LYONS, EUGENE

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN JACKET, octavo, black cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, page fore-edges deckled, frontispiece, 292pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine/board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & sl foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate underscoring & annotation- particularly heavy to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tidy archival tape repairs also, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: J B Lippincott 1940

KEYWORDS: first editions Russia Russian soviet leaders Stalin history

$40.00
1w51/8

They Wouldn't Let Us Die: The Prisoners of War Tell Their Story


ROWAN, STEPHEN A

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 252pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, moderate creasing to edges, moderate creasing to flaps with minor tanning also, moderate discolouration to spine, occasional moderate closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan David Publishers 1973

KEYWORDS: signed first editions pows prisoners of war Vietnam war military history Stephen A Rowan

$75.00
1w51/13

The World Crisis 1911-1918


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 831pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to front gutter- front board sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1941

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill early 20th twentieth century history military politics the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1

$200.00
1w51/14

The Second World War - Chartwell Edition (6 Vol Set)


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & SHIRER, WILLIAM L (Fore)

6 VOL SET, super octavo, beige buckram boards with sm illus plates on front, gilt lettering to blue & brown faux leather spines, top page edges stained yellow, illus eps, frontispieces, various pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1983

KEYWORDS: Chartwell edition Winston Churchill ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history government politics political

$40.00
1y11a/1

The Churchills: Portrait of a Great Family


WATNEY, JOHN

Imperial octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. owner's name/signature in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Cremonesi 1977

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill family history great English British families

$95.00
1y11a/2

The Churchill War Papers: Volume III The Ever-Widening War 1941


GILBERT, MARTIN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxiv + 1821pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2001

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill war papers history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 1941 politics government

$200.00
1y11a/3

Great Contemporaries


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S

FIRST US EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, page fore-edges deckled, x + 299pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate cracking & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, pencil scarring to ffep)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill first US editions biographies inspirational figures history

$40.00
1y11a/4

Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S (Ed)

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 506pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate creasing to top edges of pgs131-136) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy chipping to edges with some loss & tidy tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1950

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill speeches politics political Europe collection history

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