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$16.50
xxhgc199243

Music in Dunedin


CAMPBELL, MARGARET

Ex-library, 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: Charles Begg & Co 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Otago Dunedin

$35.00
xxhgc199245

The Bases of Design


CRANE, WALTER

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: George Bell and Sons 1904

KEYWORDS: buildings design architecture architectural design Walter Crane history historical

$20.00
xxhgd199247

Forgotten Fads and Fabulous Flops


KIRCHNER, PAUL

Super octavo softcover (VG-) minor water damage to base of page block; 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: General Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: America American Americana popular culture history fads trends

$10.00
xxhgd199249

The Story of New Zealand


OLIVER, W H

LACKS D/W, 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: Faber and Faber 1963

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers W H Oliver

$15.00
xxhge199270

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (TOTC) Volume 18: Ecclesiastes


EATON, MICHAEL A

Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: IVP 2009

KEYWORDS: religion religious history scripture old testament commentaries Ecclesiastes

$45.00
1y59b/14

Camp Life and Sport in South Africa: Africana Reprint Library Volume Two


LUCAS, T J

THIS VOL ONLY, FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to boards, top page edges stained brown, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 258pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing/chipping to spine & edges, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Africana Book Society 1975

KEYWORDS: South Africa military history conflict Cape Mounted Riflemen colonialism Eastern Cape soldiers anecdotes

$70.00
1y59b/15

The Wild Sports of Southern Africa (Facsimile Edition)


HARRIS, CAPTAIN WILLIAM CORNWALLIS

FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 359pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & surface loss to board edges, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm loss to top edge of rear cover, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: C Struik 1987

KEYWORDS: Captain Sir William Cornwallis Harris hunting history facsimile editions Africa African animals wildlife colonialism autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
1y59b/16

African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist


ROOSEVELT, THEODORE

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine- detached, black lettering & coloured illus to front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 583pp, illus/photos, G+ (spine detached- tucked in to front, v heavy chipping & scuffing to remainder of spine, moderate scuffing & fraying to board extrems, light to moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing tio page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy cracking to front gutters- prelim pages partially detached & loosenedlight to moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Syndicate Publishing 1910

KEYWORDS: history hunting Africa African Theodore Roosevelt autobiography autobiographies game trails travel writing literature

$40.00
1y59b/17

Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony (2 Vol Set)


BRYDEN, H A

2 VOL SET, FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiii + 435pp total, illus, VG (light to moderate curling & rubbing & fading to spines & cover edges, minor dog-earring to rear cover of vol 2, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Not Available (Modern facsimile edition)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Africa Cape Colony hunting game birds

$100.00
1y59b/18

Women's Work in Modern England


BRITTAIN, VERA

LACKS D/W, ex-library, sm octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, ix + 222pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy fading & rubbing/fraying to spine, light rubbing/scuffing to board extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Noel Douglas 1928

KEYWORDS: England English women history work labour force industry gender

$40.00
1y62a/2

House Industries


CRUZ, ANDY & BARBER, KEN & ROAT, RICH

DISC TO REAR POCKET, SLIPCASE COMING APART, quarto, orange cloth boards, building illus to spine & boards, printed eps, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light foxing/soiling to page edges, collection of signatures to prelims) in slipcase, VG (minor rubbing to edges, one side unglued- adhesive exposed)

PUBLISHER: Die Gestalten Verlag 2004

KEYWORDS: art design history House Industries business graphics

$40.00
1y62a/3

Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West


BARATAY, ERIC & HARDOUIN-FUGIER, ELISABETH

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising & soiling to board edges, sl soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2002

KEYWORDS: zoo zoological history animals animal enclosures gardens zoos

$80.00
1y62a/4

A History of Chinese Civilisation (2 Vol Set)


GERNET, JACQUES & FOSTER, J R (Trans) & HARTMAN, CHARLES (Trans) & SPENCE, JONATHAN D (Intro)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, printed eps, xxii + 851pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003

KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history antiquity China Chinese civilisation civilization anthropology culture

$75.00
1y62a/6

Maharajas, Emperors, Viceroys, Borders: Nepal's Relations North and South


COWAN, SAM

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 269pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl rubbing to spine)

PUBLISHER: FinePrint 2024

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history Nepal politics political foreign relations General Sir Sam Cowan

$50.00
1y62a/9

General History of Africa IV: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century


NIANE, D T (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 751pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, minor tape residue to spine & board edges, light bruising & scuffing to base of boards & spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chafing & creasing/wrinkling all over, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: UNESCO / Heinemann Educational Books 1984

KEYWORDS: history Africa African unesco anthropology culture politics

$60.00
1y62a/13

Along the Banquette: French Quarter Buildings and Their Stories


LONG, EDITH ELLIOTT & GOLDEN, ROLLAND (Illus) REEVES, SALLY KITTREDGE (Intro)

SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, oblong quarto, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 116pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents & Associates 2004

KEYWORDS: US American cities New Orleans french quarter buildings architecture history

$45.00
1y62a/23

Sites of Gender: Women, Men and Modernity in Southern Dunedin, 1890-1939


BROOKES, BARBARA (Ed) & COOPER, ANNABEL (Ed) & LAW, ROBIN (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 434pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to spine, light adhesive residue to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Otago Dunedin women gender suffrage modernity feminism

$55.00
1y62a/32

Green Dust: Ireland's Unique Motor Racing History 1900-1939


LYNCH, BRENDAN

Imperial octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. booksellers' labels to flaps, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Portobello Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: automotive motoring cars history Ireland Irish motor racing early 20th twentieth century

$85.00
1y62a/34

A Racing History of the Bentley (1921-31)


BERTHON, DARELL

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Bentley motif to front board, frontispiece, 143pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy creasing & tearing to edges, light rubbing & moderate soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1956

KEYWORDS: cars automotive motoring Bentley history racing engineering design

$150.00
1y62a/35

W O Bentley


BASTOW, DONALD

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, 366pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to lettering on spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Haynes 1978

KEYWORDS: cars automotive motoring W O Bentley history racing engineering design biography biographies memoir

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