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xxsae195785

Reid Farmers; The Rural Servicing Company; The Company Celebrates Its First Century 1900-2000


FARQUHAR, IAN

Super octavo illus 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: Reid Farmers Limited 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago farming agriculture agricultural stock station rural service servicing businesses companies history centennial centenary reid farmers

$40.00
1w36a/2

Te Motunui Epa


BUCHANAN, RACHEL

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling, light fading/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori art carvings carved panels te motunui epa culture history

$100.00
1w36a/3

The Adams Papers: Legal Papers of John Adams (3 Vol Set)


BUTTERFIELD, L H (Editor-in-Chief) & WROTH, L KINVIN (Ed) & ZOBEL, HILLER B (Ed)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, vol 1- cxliv + 334pp, vol 2- x + 441pp, vol 3- viii + 434pp, occasional illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. bookse;;er's sm label to ffeps of first two vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate staining to spines- light to covers, all price clipped)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: law legal history John Adams papers US America American cases

$55.00
1w36a/4

United States Army in the Korean War: South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu (June-November 1950)


APPLEMAN, ROY E

Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, xxiv + 813pp, illus, folding maps + rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army 1970

KEYWORDS: military history armed forces US army Korean War 1950 America American troops

$65.00
1w36a/8

Fruhgriechische Tierkeramik: Zur Entwicklung und Bedeutung der TiergefaBe und der hohlen Tierfiguren in der spaten Bronze- und fruhen Eisenzeit (ca 1600-700 v. Chr.)


GUGGISBERG, MARTIN A

TEXT IN GERMAN, lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 408pp, tables/illus to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Philipp von Zabern 1996

KEYWORDS: text in German early Greek pottery artefacts ancient history archaeology archeology animal hollow figures figurines late Bronze early Iron age antiquity

$40.00
1w36a/9

Knossos the South House


MOUNTJOY, P A et al

Quarto, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 224pp, plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems/board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The British School at Athens 2003

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek history pottery historical artefacts south house Knossos archaeology archeology restoration excavations

$400.00
1w36a/10

Aegean Wall Painting: A Tribute to Mark Cameron


MORGAN, LYVIA (Ed)

OWNERSHIP OF ANNE MACKAY, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 250pp, illus, plates to rear- all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board, sl tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: British School at Athens 2005

KEYWORDS: ownership of Anne Mackay ancient classical Greek Greece Aegean wall painting history

$80.00
1w36a/11

The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line 1899-2006


SCHOFIELD, VICTORIA & HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxxvi + 828pp, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2017

KEYWORDS: first editions military history black watch royal highland regiment 20th twentieth century battles

$75.00
1w36a/12

The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899 Volume I


SCHOFIELD, VICTORIA & HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 728pp, illus/photos/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, signed Victoria Schofield in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Quercus 2012

KEYWORDS: first editions early military history black watch royal highland regiment century battles

$40.00
1w36a/15

Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology Boston, August 23-26, 2003, Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities


MATTUSCH, CAROL C & DONOHUE, A A & BRAUER, AMY (Eds)

Heavy quarto, black heavy boards, green lettering to spine, xxiv + 630pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffign to extrems, moderate chafing/scratching to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxbow Books 2006

KEYWORDS: classical archaeology archeology science humanities proceedings congress Boston 2003 antiquity ancient history historical

$200.00
1w36a/16

Tradition and Originality: A Study of Exekias (BAR International Series 2092) 2010


MACKAY, E ANNE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, heavy quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, xiii + 413pp, plates to rear, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Archaeopress 2010

KEYWORDS: E Anne Mackay signed ancient history classical artefacts archeology archaeology pottery

$175.00
1w36a/18

The Manuscripts of the House of Lords 1693-1704 (5 Vol Set)


N/A

5 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, some minor staining to edges of eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to some ffeps) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective wrappers- edges likely stained/damaged, light to moderate tanning to spines, light soiling, lg section of rear cover of vol 1 missing)

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964-65

KEYWORDS: politics political England English House of Lords history historical manuscripts parliament parliamentary records

$70.00
1w36a/19

The First 150 Years of Singapore


MOORE, DONALD and JOANNA

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xix + 731pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning to boards & spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss also, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing)

PUBLISHER: Donald Moore Press 1969

KEYWORDS: history Singapore empire

$50.00
1w36a/26

The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier


KEYS, LILLIAN

Ex-library, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, boards lightly tanned & warped, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, ex-libris plate to ffep, minor closed tearing to edges of prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape reapirs, rear cover ripped off at spine but impressively taped together again, moderate tape adhesive staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1957

KEYWORDS: Bishop Pompallier New Zealand religion Christianity catholic history biographies memoir

$245.00
1w36a/27

Red Star Over China (Revised Edition)


SNOW, EDGAR

FIRST REVISED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus eps, xiv + 520pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sporadic but heavy annotation in ink to text throughout)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1938

KEYWORDS: first REVISED editions China communism history Chinese politics

$50.00
1w36a/31

Britomart: The Story


PQ BLACKWELL

Folio, cream cloth boards, white lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate foxing/staining to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in quarter d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: PQ Blackwell 2014

KEYWORDS: Britomart New Zealand history biography business

$16.50
xxsae195788

The Panama Canal


HAMMOND, ROLT & LEWIN, Wing Commander C J

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: Frederick Muller 1966

KEYWORDS: history Panama Canal engineering

$19.50
xxsae195789

The House


PITT, HELEN

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: Allen & Unwin 2018

KEYWORDS: Sydney Opera House architecture buildings building design history Australia Sydney

$20.00
xxsae195790

Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant


VAUGHAN, ADRIAN

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: John Murray 1992

KEYWORDS: Isamabard Kingdom Brunel engineers engineering history biography biographies memoir

$19.50
xxsaf195792

Wonders of Victorian Engineering: An Illustrated Excursion


ANDREWS, ALLEN

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: Jupiter Books 1978

KEYWORDS: history engineering design Victorian

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