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Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineamaru


WEBBER, NA MELINDA & O'CONNOR, TE KAPUA & HITA, QUINTON (tuhi na)

TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, red heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 178pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand history north island culture

$80.00
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A Changing Land: Sir Donald McLean's Maraekakaho - 1857 to Today


SCARFE, ALAN

Super octavo, illu slgossy light card covers with french flaps, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 595pp, illus + folding map, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural history Hawke's Bay Sir Donald McLean

$120.00
2s19a/45

Von Daguerre bis Heute (4 Vol Set)


ABRING, H D

4 VOL SET, TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, vols 2-4 illus heavy boards, vol 1 illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to board & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to boards & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Herausgeber 1977-97

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art photography history cameras design development

$46.00
2s19a/49

The Washington Papers: Basic Selections from the Public and Private Writings of George Washington


PADOVER, SAUL K (Ed, Arranged & Intro)

FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, unpaginated prelims, 430pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1989

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings the library of the presidents series George Washington former US leaders politics political history papers writings

$22.50
37pol202437

Balzac's Lives


BROOKS, PETER

8vo 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: New York Review Books 2020

KEYWORDS: 19th century Balzac novel novelist criticism literature biography social history comedy manners

$22.50
37pol202440

We Have Won the Land: The Story of the Purchase by the Assynt Crofters' Trust of the North Lochinver Estate


MACASKILL, JOHN; HUNTER, JIM (forew)

SIGNED. 8vo 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: Acair 1999

KEYWORDS: North Lochinver Estate 20th century 1990s history politics Assynt land purchase crofter

$25.00
84pol202479

Tales of a Chinese Grandmother


CARPENTER, FRANCES; HASSELRIIS, MALTHE (illus)

8vo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; 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 G. Harrap & Company 1938

KEYWORDS: tales stories story China Chinese history folk lore folk-lore myth legend

$19.50
84pol202504

Barra


MCGREGOR, HELEN & COOPER, JOHN

Super 8vo 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: Canongate 1984

KEYWORDS: Scotland Island photgraphs photos photography social history culture custom pictorial

$15.00
84pol202505

A Churchill Family Album


SOAMES, MARY (ed)

Super 8vo 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: Penguin Books 1985

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill family history biography war conflict Prime Minister England

$22.50
85pol202515

The Fishing Here is Great! A Light-Hearted Discourse on the Social Historu of Angling as Depicted on Old Postcards


MILLS, DEREK

8vo illus 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: Willow Books 1985

KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler fisherman fishermen river stream literature fly social history postcards

$35.00
xx85pol202526

Reading Herodotus: A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History


HAMEL, DEBRA

8vo 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: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Herodotus Greece Rome Greek Roman classical history ancient antiquity criticism

$16.50
xx85pol202534

The Village


BUNIN, IVANl; APLIN, GALYA & HUGH

Paperback (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: Alma Classics 2013

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian 20th century literature fiction social history rural life realism

$15.00
xx85pol202535

The Diaboliad and Other Stories


BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL; APLIN, HUGH (transl)

Paperback (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: Oneworld Classics 2010

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian 20th century literature fiction social history rural life realism

$18.50
xx85pol202536

Homer's Odyssey: A Commentary based on the English Translation of Richard Lattimore


JONES, PETER

8vo 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: Bristol Classical Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Homer Odyssey Iliad Greece Greek ancient classical history antiquity heroic poetry poem commentary criticism

$19.50
xx85pol202537

The Galosh and other stories


ZOSHCHENKO, MIKHAIL; HICKS, JEREMY (transl)

8vo 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: Angel Books 2000

KEYWORDS: 20th century Russia Russian literature social history

$15.00
xx85pol202539

NZR Locomotives and Railcars 1970: Diesel, Electric, Stream


MCGAVIN, T A

8vo stapled light wrapper (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: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand railway locomotive train 1970 20th century history

$15.00
xx85pol202556

The Call of the Minaret


CRAGG, KENNETH

8vo 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: Oxford University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Islam Islamic Muslim interpretation prayer religion religious history social custom Christian Christianity belief action

$20.00
xx85pol202570

The Revelation of Baha'u'llah: Baghdad 1953-63


TAHERZADEH, ADIB

8vo 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: George Ronald 1975

KEYWORDS: Scriptures Baha'i Faith Persian Arabic spiritual spirituality philosophy social history humanitarian

$15.00
xx50pol202597

Jew Suss


FEUCHTWANGER, LION; MUIR, WILLA & EDWIN (transl)

8vo hardcover (VG-), lacking d/w; 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: Martin Secker 1927

KEYWORDS: Jewish Judaism social history customs

$35.00
xx50pol202598

The Divine Adventure Iona: By Sundown Shores: Studies in Spiritual History


MACLEOD, FIONA [SHARP, WILLIAM]

8vo hardcover (G+), lacking d/w; 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: Chapman and Hall 1900

KEYWORDS: spiritual history spirituality social mystic mysticism

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