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$30.00
xxekf198480

The Strangest War: The Story of the Maori Wars 1860-1872


HOLT, EDGAR

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket scruffy with considerable archival repair; 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: Putnam & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history wars 19th nineteenth century

$45.00
1y50a/45

Stories From the Marketplace


LARSEN, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, 396pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked/warped, light soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page egdes)

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand stock market exchange finance financial capitalism capitalist history

$90.00
1y53a/1

The Second World War (2 Vol Set & Vinyl Record)


WINSTON S CHURCHILL & THE EDITORS OF LIFE

2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, ILLUSTRATED WITH VINYL RECORD, sm folio, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to coloured spines & black boards, 615pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, minor glue damage to page edges of vol 1, light tanning to page edges, sl staining to ffep of vol 1) in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to front side, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Time Life / Houghton Mifflin 1960

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Winston Churchill vinyl record illustrated military history special editions box sets

$145.00
1y53a/2

The Ruins of Mexico, Volume 1 (Only Volume Ever Issued)


RICKARDS, CONSTANTINE GEORGE

Lg quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & motif to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 153pp + blank memoranda to rear, illus/photos- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate smatterings of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H E Shrimpton 1910

KEYWORDS: ancient history Mexico archeology archaeology ruins old buildings

$40.00
1y53a/3

Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall


FIELDER, HUGH

Quarto, illus heavy boards, blue & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Race Point Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Pink Floyd biography biographies memoir history

$150.00
1y53a/4

With the Cameliers in Palestine


ROBERTSON, JOHN & CHAUVEL, General Sir HARRY (Intro) & ALLEN, Colonel The Hon Sir JAMES (Intro)

LACKS D/W, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light to moderate scuffing to board & spine edges, black lettering & rule heavily faded on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: military history war Palestine New Zealand

$100.00
1y53a/5

Arnhem Land: Its History and Its People


BERNDT, RONALD M & BERNDT, CATHERINE H

LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vii + 243pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of prelims)

PUBLISHER: F W Cheshire 1954

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history arnhem anthropology

$40.00
1y53a/6

Amateur Racing Driver


TAPPER, T P CHOLMONDELEY

LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D (c.1950s?)

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports amateur racing cars grand prix history

$60.00
1y53a/7

Lords' Dreaming: The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond


MALLETT, ASHLEY

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 2002

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket Australia Australian Aborgines Aboriginal

$120.00
1y53a/9

A Narrative of the Boer War: Its Causes and Results


CARTER, THOMAS FORTESCUE & MACQUEEN, JOHN (Facsmile of)

LIMITED EDITION (#642/1000), quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering tp spine & front board- raised bands at spine, illus eps, 574pp, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana 1985

KEYWORDS: Boer war history Africa military politics

$55.00
1y53a/13

Renaissance Women


CARY, ELIZABETH (Plays) & LANYER, AEMILIA (Poems) & PURKISS, DIANE (Ed, Intro & Notes)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lx + 338pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 1994

KEYWORDS: first editions renaissance women plays poems drama poets poetry verse literature Elizabeth Cary Aemilia Lanyer history historical

$120.00
1y53a/18

Race


BAKER, JOHN R

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 625pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & wrinkling/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions zoology anthropology John R Baker biology history

$95.00
1y53a/23

The Durban Light Infantry 1854 to 1960 (2 Vol Set)


MARTIN, Lieut-Col A C

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spines, silver gilt military insignia to front boards, vol 1- xx + 368pp, vol 2- xxi + 487pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & surface loss to board edges, light rubbing to gilt on spine to vol 1, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing & loss with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning to spines, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: The Headquarter Board of the Durban Light Infantry 1969

KEYWORDS: military history Durban light infantry sixth 6th south african infantry war

$40.00
1y53b/2

Balfour and Foreign Policy: The International Thought of a Conservative Statesman


TOMES, JASON

Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 323pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers, light tanning & staining to page edges, publisher's label to inside front cover, occasional light annotation to margins- unobtrusive & v minor)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: politics political history foreign policy Arthur James Balfour British foreign relations conservatism

$40.00
1y53b/4

George IV: Memoirs of His Life and Reign, Interspersed with Numerous Personal Anecdotes


LLOYD, H E

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, cviii + 484pp, G+ (v heavy rubbing & surface loss/damage to boards, heavy rubbing to spine, rear board heavily soiled/stained with leather segments flapping loose, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy cracking to gutters with prelims flapping loose, spine/binding detached at rear gutter, error in pagination to last page, occasional pencil markings to pages)

PUBLISHER: Treuttel and Wurtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter 1830

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir George 4th fourth iv British royal family history monarchy

$45.00
1y53b/8

Titirangi: Fringe of Heaven


BONNY, MARC & HARVEY, BRUCE and TRIXIE (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, maroon & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: West Auckland Historical Society 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history north island Auckland Titirangi suburbs

$45.00
1y53b/10

Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa


HOPKIRK, PETER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate partial fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions central asia Lhasa travel writing literature history

$20.00
xxelc198498

The Art of Maori Carving


MEAD, SIDNEY M

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) water damage & cracking at gutters; 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 H & A W Reed 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand indigenous art carvings culture Maori history

$35.00
xxelc198500

Pakeha Maori


BENTLEY, TREVOR

Super octavo softcover (VG) warped; 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 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history Maori pakeha white Europeans colonialism communities settlers

$20.00
xxelc198501

The Rosenberg File: A Search for the Truth


RADOSH, RONALD & MILTON, JOYCE

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1983

KEYWORDS: Julius Ethel Rosenberg capital punishment espionage history spies nuclear atomic weapons weaponry FBI investigations

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