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$95.00
1y34b/27

Manual of Traffic Signs and Markings


N/A

Super octavo, black buckram boards- rivetted, silver gilt lettering to front board, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (heavy soiling & rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, varying degrees of staining to some page edges)

PUBLISHER: The National Roads Board, New Zealand 1965

KEYWORDS: New Zealand traffic signs markings road use history motoring

$40.00
1y34b/28

The House: New Zealand's House of Representatives 1854-2004


MARTIN, JOHN E

SIGNED, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, illus prelims, 390pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political history house of representatives signed John E Martin

$55.00
1y34b/36

From Fife to Otago: The History of Isabella Fairbairn and Peter Ireland and Their Children and Grandchildren


IRELAND-KENNY, PAULINE (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, 140pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pauline Ireland-Kenny 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy early settlers Scotland Scottish Otago Fairbairn Ireland family

$80.00
1y34b/39

The Folklore of the Cotswolds


BRIGGS, KATHARINE M & GALSWORTHY, GAY JOHN (Illus)

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained grey, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, light vertical creasing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2x significant closed tears to base, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1974

KEYWORDS: folklore lore English history Cotswolds legends myths

$75.00
1y34b/40

This Holyest Erthe: The Glastonbury Zodiac and King Arthur's Camelot


REISER, OLIVER L

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 106pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate pencil annotations throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Perennial Books 1974

KEYWORDS: England English history Glastonbury King Arthur Isle fo Avalon zodiac

$40.00
1y34b/41

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates: Second Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives 1856 to 1858


FITZGERALD, MAURICE (Compiled by)

Super octavo, brown textured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xliii + 604pp, VG- (moderate scuffing, chafing & soiling to spine & boards with moderate discolouration also, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep missing, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives

$40.00
1y34b/42

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. First Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives 1854 to 1855


FITZGERALD, MAURICE (Compiled by)

Super octavo, dark blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xl + 558pp, G+ (heavy cracking & rubbing/fading to spine- flapping slightly, moderate chafing , fading & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives

$45.00
1y34b/48

Sermons on Several Occasions, with a Life of the Author (2 Vol Set)


WESLEY, Rev JOHN & BEECHAM, Rev JOHN (Life of the Author)

2 VOL SET, sm octavo, half leather bound black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, vol 1- xlix + 769pp, vol 2- xvi + 992pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & chafing to spines & board extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate staining to page edges of vol 1, v heavy foxing to prelims of vol 1, occasional cracking to gutters- mostly quite heavy- esp. to vol 2 & binding loosened)

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan-Methodist Book-Room N/D (c. early 1800s?)

KEYWORDS: religion religious sermons John Wesley Christianity history

$18.50
xxsir197473

The Sign and the Seal: A Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant


HANCOCK, GRAHAM

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: BCA 1992

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology research biblical relics artefacts lost ark of the covenant ancient history old testament

$16.50
xxsiz197487

Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from Earliest Times to 1914


INGLIS, BRIAN

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: paranormal supernatural phenomena esoteric parapsychology history physical research

$20.00
xxsjb197498

The Airship: A History


COLLIER, BASIL

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: Hart-Davis 1974

KEYWORDS: aviation airships history militarty aeriel warfare combat

$15.00
xxsjb197500

Early Days in Central Otago (New Zealand), Being Tales of Times Gone By (Second Edition- Revised and Enlarged)


GILKISON, ROBERT

SECOND EDITION, ex-library, rebacked, 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: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D (c.1941?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Central Otago early settlers pioneers

$35.00
xxsjd197506

Colour: A Visual History


LOSKE, ALEXANDRA

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: Hachette / ILEX 2019

KEYWORDS: art history colour color visual

$22.50
xxsjd197511

Beautiful Tractors: Portraits of Iconic Models


MANNEN, RICK & STREETER, CLIVE (Photo) & GIBBARD, STUART (Fore)

Oblong imperial 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: Murdoch Books 2012

KEYWORDS: tractors farming machinery models farm history historical

$25.00
xxsjd197512

A Yankee Inventor's Flying Ship


PORTER, RUFUS & GILMAN, RHODA R (Ed)

Oblong 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: Minnesota Historical Society 1969

KEYWORDS: aviation history aerial flying ships airships

$16.50
xxsjd197513

The World's Aeroplanes and Airships


JACKSON, G GIBBARD

Octavo hardcover (G+) front hinge cracked, lacks frontispiece; 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 N/D

KEYWORDS: aviation history aeroplanes airships

$16.50
xxsjd197514

An Illustrated History of Airships


DEESON, A F L

Square 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: Spurbooks 1973

KEYWORDS: aviation history airships aeronautical design engineering

$20.00
xxsjd197516

Vintage John Deere


ARNOLD, DAVE

Oblong imperial 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: Town Square Books 1995

KEYWORDS: farming machinery equipment John Deere tractors historical history vintage

$35.00
xxsjd197518

Folk Tales of the British Isles


FOSS, MICHAEL (Ed) & KIFF, KEN (Illus)

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: Macmillan 1977

KEYWORDS: British folk tales history literature fantasy myths

$20.00
xxsjd197519

London's East End: Life and Traditions


COX, JANE

Oblong 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: Phoenix Illustrated 1997

KEYWORDS: English cities history London east end

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