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$40.00
ak1/15a/19

The Oxford Companion to Australian Music


BEBBINGTON, WARREN (Ed)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: music history Australia Australian musical heritage companion performers entertainment dictionary

$55.00
2f33a/8

Endless Sotry: Being an Account of the Work of the Destroyers, Flotilla-leaders, Torpedo-Boats and Patrol Boats in the Great War


DORLING, Captain TAPRELL (TAFFRAIL); PEARS, CHARLES (illus.)

Demy 8vo, pp. 450; white/blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in blue, front board bordered in blue; frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & moderate to heavy archival repairs; hole to back; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1933

KEYWORDS: First World War 1 I WW WW1 WWI war warfare ships navy naval boat 20th century Europe military history

$150.00
2f33a/9

The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact


COOPER, JANET (ed)

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 265; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Hambledon Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Battle of Maldon medieval mediaeval Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon war warfare history first edition Janet Cooper

$345.00
2f33a/12

23 Battalion


ROSS, ANGUS

8vo, pp. xvi + 506; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front gutters & light cracking to rear gutters); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems heavy chipping; extensive tape repairs, scrap papers taped to underside as support; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII war warfare 20th century ANZAC

$50.00
2f33a/13

British Castles


ASHDOWN, CHARLES H

Medium 8vo, pp. xx + 208; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in yelllow, spine & front board illus.; frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderat tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; p. xi-xii loose; light tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1911

KEYWORDS: Britain England British English castles architecture construction history

$90.00
2f51a/52

Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902


HOGAN, HELEN M

Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century

$40.00
2f51a/55

Antwerp World Port: On Trading and Shipping


PARMENTIER, JAN & DE PALMENAER, ELS & LAGAE, JOHAN & SABAKINU, JACOB

Disc to rear. Imp. 8vo, pp. 175; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, frontis., photos, plates, foldouts, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: MAS Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Antwerp port shipping trade history trading route Europe

$50.00
2f51a/68

The Presocratic Philosophers Volume 1: Thales to Zeno


BARNES, JONATHAN

This vol. only. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 378; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in blue ink to ffep & rfep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: Jonathan Barnes presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition

$325.00
2f51a/70

Old New Zealand, A Tale of the Good Old Times; And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845. Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori


EARL OF PEMBROKE (introd)

Fourth edition (Bagnall 3346). Original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 278; brown cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; front board ruled & decorated in black; rear board decorated in blind; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate foxing throughout; rfep & final pg loose).

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1876

KEYWORDS: old New Zealand 19th century Maori Pakeha history story stories war warfare battle tribes

$90.00
2f51a/71

Manual of New Zealand Geography with Maps and Examination Questions


BOWDEN, THOMAS A & HECTOR, JAMES

Foolscap 8vo, pp. x + 143 + [24 (advts)]; brown cl bds, front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, foldout maps throughout; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp verso; annotation in pencil to maps; light to moderate foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son 1871

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography Thomas A Bowden history environment topography maps geographical landscape

$25.00
xx173pol208279

John Clare: A Biography


BATE, JONATHAN

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: Picador 2003

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir John Clare literature literary poets poetry

$22.50
xx173pol208280

Aquinas: God and Action


BURRELL, DAVID B

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: St Thomas Aquinas history theology religion religious biography biographies memoir

$17.50
xx173pol208281

The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures


SANSOM, G B

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very torn & loosely enclosed; 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: Alfred A Knopf 1968

KEYWORDS: Asia Europe Japan social history culture

$15.00
xx173pol208282

The Healthy Country? A History of Life & Death in New Zealand


WOODWARD, ALISTAIR & BLAKELY, TONY

INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, 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: Auckland University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward

$25.00
xx173pol208289

Australian Civilization: A Symposium


BOYD, ROBIN et al & COLEMAN, PETER (Ed)

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: F W Cheshire 1962

KEYWORDS: academic literature essays philosophy Australia Australian social commentary history historical

$18.50
xx173pol208294

European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850: A Study in the History of Art and Ideas


SMITH, BERNARD

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: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: art history European ideas south Pacific anthropology culture

$15.00
xx173pol208297

Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight it


HHOVER, J EDGAR

Paperback (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Pocket Books / Cardinal 1960

KEYWORDS: J Edgar Hoover politics government FBI communism US America American history communist party espionage

$17.50
xx173pol208304

Style, Information and Image in the Art of Cook's Voyages


SMITH, BERNARD

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG) some highlighting to text; 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: School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury 1988

KEYWORDS: Harkness lectures art history Bernard Smith exploration Captain James Cook voyages

$30.00
xx173pol208320

Anatomy of the Movies


PIRIE, DAVID (Ed)

Imperial 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 1981

KEYWORDS: film industry movies entertainment history

$27.50
xx190pol208331

The Book of Sports Cars


MARKMANN, CHARLES LAM & SHERWIN, MARK & CUNNINGHAM, BRIGGS S (Fore)

Quarto 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 1960

KEYWORDS: soprts cars high performance history design engineering automotive racing

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