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$25.00
xx36pol202387

Almost a Century: Educational Studies at the University of Canterbury 1904-1999


SMALL, JOHN

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: University of Canterbury Printery (Printer) 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand university further tertiary education academic academia universities Canterbury 20th twentieth century history

$20.00
xx36pol202388

Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape


INGLIS, KS & BRAZIER, JAN

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: Melbourne University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian war memorials history military servicemen soldiers anzacs

$18.50
xx36pol202398

The Moral Arc


SHERMER, MICHAEL

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: Henry Holt 2015

KEYWORDS: philosophy history morality ethics science

$26.50
xx36pol202404

Blue Stocking in Patagonia


WHITEHEAD, ANNE

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: Profile Books 2003

KEYWORDS: Mary Gilmore biography biographies memoir history

$32.50
xx36pol202405

Random Recollections: Notes on a Lifetime at the Bar


HANLON, A C & MYERS, The Rt Hon SIR MICHAEL (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1939

KEYWORDS: A C Hanlon New Zealand Zealanders law history legal autobiography autobiographies memoir first editions

$25.00
xx37pol202407

Leica 1925-1975: Ein Handbuch fur den Sammler


ROGLIATTI, G

TEXT IN GERMAN, 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: Edita Lausanne 1978

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN cameras photos photography technology Leica design history

$40.00
2s17b/11

The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)


CLAASSEN, LYNDA COREY (Fore)

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 792pp, VG+ (v sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Reese Company / Hordern House Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books book collections collectors Dorothy Kenneth Hill collection catalogue catalogues Pacific exploration voyages maritime nautical history historical

$400.00
2s17b/12

Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in The Tweed; with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, etc


SCROPE, WILLIAM & HAGHE, L (Illus) & LANDSEER, T (Illus) & WILLIAMS, S (Illus)

Super octavo, black half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, teg, frontispiece, xvii + 298pp, plates/illus with loosely enclosed tissue guards, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl chafing to boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor tanning & foxing to plates although largely still very tidy)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1843

KEYWORDS: angling fly fishing flyfishing salmon hobbies historical natural history fish tweed

$60.00
2s17b/13

A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora


HAMILTON, GEORGE & ALLAN, ALEX (Fore) & GESNER, PETER (Essay)

Octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate on spine with gilt rule also, frontispiece, 37pp + 164pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading & scuffing to spine, light bruising to board corners)

PUBLISHER: Hordern House Rare Books 1998

KEYWORDS: maritime exploration voyages history historical journeys Pandora Bounty Oceania

$45.00
2s17b/14

The Journal of Jacob Roggeveen


SHARP, ANDREW (Ed)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 193pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to rear board, light to moderate foxing to top page edges, neatly handwritten dates of subject to full title page) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light tanning & rubbing to spine, light tanning, minor scuff to rear)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: journals diaries Jacob Roggeveen maritime exploration voyages 18th eighteenth century history historical

$40.00
2s17b/15

With Captain James Cook in the Antarctic and Pacific: The Private Journal of James Burney Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1773


BURNEY, JAMES & HOOPER, BEVERLEY (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to boards, illus eps, xi + 112pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soilng to front board, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 1975

KEYWORDS: history historical voyages exploration maritime nautical journeys Pacific Antarctic 18th eighteenth century journals diaries James Burney James Cook

$225.00
2s17b/16

SAS: A Pictorial History of the Australian Special Air Service 1957-1997


MALONE, M J (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine cocked & sl faded, light bruising/rubbing to spine & board corners, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Access Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian military history sas special air service illustrated special forces

$65.00
2s17b/17

Farthest North


NANSEN, FRIDTJOF & HUNTFORD, ROLAND (Intro)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + maps + 508pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 2000

KEYWORDS: history historical journeys maritime exploration nautical voyages north North Pole Fram Fridtjof Nansen

$80.00
2s19a/9

John Quincey Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy / John Quincey Adams and the Union (2 Vol Set)


BEMIS, SAMUEL FLAGG

2 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon full leather binding, gilt lettering & rasied bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xix + 588pp + xv index & folding map to rear, vol 2- xv + 546pp + xix index to rear, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1987

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings the library of the presidents series John Quincey Adams former US leaders politics political leaders foreign policy history government

$40.00
2s19a/15

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea


DANA Jr, RICHARD HENRY & McFEE, WILLIAM (Intro) & MUELLER, HANS ALEXANDER (Illus)

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, pink iridescent patterned eps, frontispiece, xx + 346pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings autobiography autobiographies memoir Richard Henry Dana Jr history maritime nautical voyages

$100.00
2s19a/22

The Book of Government or Rules for Kings: The Siyasat-nama or Siyar al-Muluk


AL-MULK, NIZAM & DARKE, HUBERT (Trans) & LEVY, REUBEN (Intro)

Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering with red & gilt decoration to spine, xi + 259pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1960

KEYWORDS: ancient Persian literature English translations history historical philosophy antiquity Nizam al-Mulk

$40.00
2s19a/24

An Ambassador's Memoirs 1914-1917


PALEOLOGUE, MAURICE & HOLT, FREDERICK A (Trans) & SCHAPIRO, L B (Intro)

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt & red lettering to spine, gilt decoration/illus to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing & fading to spine, light tanning & staining to page edges, ex-libris plate & label to half title page, moderate cracking & light staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: journals diaries autobiography autobiographies memoir Maurice Paleologue Russia Russian history France French politics political

$175.00
2s19a/26

With the Cameliers in Palestine


ROBERTSON, JOHN & CHAUVEL, GENERAL SIR HARRY (Intro) & ALLEN, COLONEL THE HON. SIR JAMES (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light fading/tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soilinng to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Palestine military war history cameliers ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$425.00
2s19a/30

A Lady's Diary of the Siege of Lucknow, Written for the Perusal of Friends at Home


HARRIS, G (HARRIS, Mrs JAMES P)

Sm octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, vii + 211pp + 32pp to rear, VG (moderate tanning/fading to spine & board edges, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, light soiling to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, binder's sm label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1858

KEYWORDS: diary journal diaries journals G Mrs James P Harris Lucknow sieges history

$75.00
2s19a/38

No Front Line: Inside Stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War


HALL, CLAIRE

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 303pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military war history soldiers Vietnam

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