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$15.00
xx185pol207993

The Yellow Man Looks On


CHILVERS, HEDLEY A & BAILEY, Sir ABE (Fore)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) boards stained; 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: Cassell and Company 1933

KEYWORDS: Southern Africa African war conflict anglo-dutch history

$16.50
xx184pol207996

Sons of Zulu


ELLIOTT, AUBREY

Quarto 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: William Collins Sons & Co 1978

KEYWORDS: anthropology Zulu tribes history Africa African

$17.50
xx184pol207997

The Imperial War Museum Book of The Desert War


GILBERT, ADRIAN

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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1992

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 desert war imperial war museum

$24.50
xx184pol207998

Rorke's Drift: The Zulu War 1879


BANCROFT, JAMES W

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: Spellmount / Ashanti 1991

KEYWORDS: Africa African war Zulu zulus 19th nineteenth century history

$19.50
xx184pol208005

In the Line of Fire: New Zealanders Tell Their Wartime Stories


STUART, IAN

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial 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: Reed Books 2001

KEYWORDS: military history anecdotes soldiers New Zealand Zealanders signed Ian Stuart

$16.50
xx184pol208009

The Story of the Book of Mormon


REYNOLDS, ELDER GEORGE

Super 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: Deseret Book Company 1957

KEYWORDS: religion religious history antiquity Book of Mormon theology

$15.00
xx184pol208015

Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times


HALL, JOHN WHITNEY

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: Charles E Tuttle 1979

KEYWORDS: history Japan Japanese antiquity

$25.00
xx184pol208016

Excavations at Ur


WOOLLEY, Sir LEONARD

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: Ernest Benn 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions ancient history antiquity archeology archaeology excavations Ur

$475.00
1y33b/17

Tree Kangaroos: A Curious Natural History


FLANNERY, TIMOTHY FRIDTJOF & MARTIN, ROGER & SZALAY, ALEXANDRA & JOHNSON, PETER & LEAHY, PHILLIP & SCHOUTEN, PETER (Illus)

SLIPCASED FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt bordered glossy illus plates to boards, illus title page, xiii + 202pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to board & spine edges, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing & rubbing to edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996

KEYWORDS: natural history animals species tree kangaroos art biology zoology signed Timothy Fridtjof Flannery

$175.00
1y33b/21

NZ Services Current Affairs Bulletin, Vol 1 (Vols 1-26)


N/A

26 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES BOUND IN ONE SINGLE VOL - VOL 1 #1 TO VOL 1 #26, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, sl water staining to top of rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters, minor vertical creasing to a lot of pages)

PUBLISHER: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1943

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ services current affairs bulletins past issues historical history

$40.00
1y33b/22

Fiji : Handbook of the Colony


ROTH, GEORGE KINGSLEY (Revised & Ed)

Super octavo, teal stiff card boards, black lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims with folding map, 165pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to folding map- yellowing tape staining)

PUBLISHER: H R Craigie, Acting Gov't Printer 1936

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pacific islands Fiji Fijian people culture British colonial history colinies

$100.00
1y33b/23

The Concealed Wisdom in World Mythology


HODSON, GEOFFREY

Super ocatvo, brown buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, xxxvii + 219pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine & rear board, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. booksellers' book stamps/labels to front & rear eps, minor gouging to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing, prev. bokoseller's sm label to rear, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1990

KEYWORDS: world mythology theosophy esoteric ancient Greek antiquity history historical fables lore folklore tales philosophy

$45.00
1y33b/24

The Sun Rises


STELLE, Dr ROBERT D

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, v + 442pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims, sl adhesion to gutter of title page & frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: Lemurian Fellowship 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions antiquity ancient history civilisations civilizations anthropology

$45.00
1y36a/1

The Sun Rises


STELLE, Dr ROBERT D

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, v + 442pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning/foxing to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Lemurian Fellowship 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions antiquity ancient history civilisations civilizations anthropology

$245.00
1y36a/3

The Book of Truth, or, The Voice of Osiris


MILES, PETER (Intro)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt Egytian illus to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 201pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Rider & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: second editions ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity Osiris deities gods Egyptology

$120.00
1y36a/9

Champion Blokes


SMITH, MAX

RARE THUS, SIGNED by 29 of the outstanding sportsmen who are the subject of this book, AND signed and dated by the author, octavo, green buckram boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing/discolouration to spine & boards/edges, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasng & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history sport heroes signed collectables collectibles former champions

$185.00
1y36a/12

Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians, to Which is Added an Interpretation of the Crata Repoa Initiation Rite


HALL, MANLY P

Super octavo, brown faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 162pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling, sm hole- 1cm to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Research Society 1973

KEYWORDS: secret societies freemasons freemasonry masonic ancient Egypt Egyptian crata repoa initian rite rites history gods deities

$75.00
1y36a/13

American Minimal Music


MERTENS, WIM & HAUTEKIET, J (Trans) & NYMAN, MICHAEL (Preface)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 128pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Kahn & Averill / Alexander Broude 1983

KEYWORDS: music history minimalism western US American

$90.00
1y36a/14

John Elwyn


MEYRICK, ROBERT

Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Scolar Press / Ashgate Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies memoir John Elwyn British landscape paintings appreciation criticism

$150.00
1y36a/22

Random Recollections: Notes from a Lifetime at the Bar


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

WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue patterned buckram boards, blue speckling to page edges, frontispiece, xii + 332pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/corner, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times / Witness Newspapers 1939

KEYWORDS: signed A C Hanlon New Zealand law history lawyers autobiography autobiographies memoir legal profession

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