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1q27b/15

Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet


ELLIOTT, EDMUND E R & DE BOISMENU, The Most Rev Mgr A (Prefatory Letter)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/map to front eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Carmelite Fathers, National Scapular Headquarters N/D (c.1960?)

KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands Papua New Guinea PNG religious biographies biography memoir Mother Marie-Therese Noblet catholic church missionaries history

$50.00
1y48a/31

The New Zealand Herald, Friday November 13, 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)


N/A

FACSIMILE REPRINT OF FIRST ISSUE OF NZ HERALD, elephant folio, facsimile reprint newspaper- folded, 6pp, VG+ (folded to size, occasional sl closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Herald 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)

KEYWORDS: printed news history NZ New Zealand Herlad facsimile reprints 1863 first issues past newspapers historical

$40.00
1y48a/41

The Merlin in Perspective - the Combat Years


HARVEY-BAILEY, ALEC

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 204pp, folding table to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust 1995

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat rolls-royce engines merlin merlins ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter planes

$90.00
1y48a/48

Grand Prix Ferrari: The Years of Enzo Ferrari's Power, 1948-1980


PRITCHARD, ANTHONY

LIMITED EDITION, heavy square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: limited editions automotive motorsports grand prix Enzo Ferrari f1 formula one 1 history racing

$45.00
1u35a/1

The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory


FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 504pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing/bruising & discolouration to board edges, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light adhesion to page corners/edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/wrinkling to spine & edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Books 1986

KEYWORDS: heraldry family crests coats of arms history historical art

$100.00
1u35a/3

Lotus 49: The Story of a Legend


OLIVER, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters- binding a little shaky) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: motorsports car racing high performance Lotus 49 Ford engineering design history development grand prix f1 formula 1 one

$60.00
1u35a/6

Theodoric the Goth: The Barbarian Champion of Civilisation


HODGKIN, THOMAS

Octavo, red/maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 442pp, illus, folding map to prelims, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, inscribed Howard Hodgkin, from his affectionate brother with date & signature to ffep)

PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1891

KEYWORDS: history historical literature Thomas Hodgkin ostrogoths early middle ages Theodoric ostrogoth

$45.00
1u35a/9

Eye Surgeons and Surgery in New Zealand


HADDEN, O BRUCE & McGHEE, CHARLES N J (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO HOLOGRAPH SIGNED DATED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wairau Press 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medical history opthamology eye surgery surgeons healthcare signed O Bruce Hadden

$75.00
1u35a/10

From Powder Monkey to Governor: The Life of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, Kt RN 1785-1860, First Governor of South Australia; Lieut. Governor of Heligoland


HINDMARSH, F STEWART

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to edges/extrems, sl chafing to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Access Press 1995

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir biography Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh Australian South Australia history early settlers pioneers Adelaide

$40.00
1u35a/14

Esoteric Anatomy (Part One): Volume Seven of The Seven Pillars of Ancient Wisdom (The Synthesis of Yoga, Esoteric Science and Psychology)


BAKER, Dr DOUGLAS

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 223pp + unpaginated index to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising/creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Douglas Baker 1976

KEYWORDS: esoteric philosophy human anatomy body Dr Douglas Baker ancient history

$40.00
1u35a/34

Taming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics


STEWART, IAN & PARKER, MATT (Intro)

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper & blue gilt decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xxii + 325pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012

KEYWORDS: folio society mathematics history geometry symmetry

$55.00
1u35a/35

Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society


PERISTIANY, J G (Ed)

Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 266pp, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading & soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to top of half title page)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974

KEYWORDS: social anthropology sociology history Mediterranean philosophy

$55.00
1u35a/38

Placing the Dead: Tombs, Ancestral Villages, and Kinship Organization in Madagascar


BLOCH, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to boadr & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing to edges with chipping/closed tearing also, minor tanning & staining to spine, light soiling & moderate discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Seminar Press 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology history culture Madagascar villages Merina society

$60.00
1u35a/42

The Life & Work of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929


COOPER, EMMANUEL

Imperial octavo, deep brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: GMP Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: Henry Scott Tuke art history British artists biography biographies memoir

$100.00
1u35a/43

Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era: An Aspect of Cold War History


AMAN, ANDERS

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sm adhesive label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Architectural History Foundation Inc 1992

KEYWORDS: history Cold War Stalin architecture politics government 20th twentieth century eastern Europe ideology

$45.00
1u35a/45

Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco


RABINOW, PAUL

Octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated illus prelims + 107pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Morocco history culture politics Zaouia Sidi Lahsene Islam religion civilization civilisation

$70.00
w1a/1

The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain


BASS, LAURA R

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, xiv + 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Spain Sapnish art literature history theatre theater

$100.00
w1a/2

Siouxsie and the Banshees Photo Book


STEVENSON, RAY

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, minor glue deterioration to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Symbiosis 1983

KEYWORDS: punk rock music musicians Siouxsie and the Banshees history photos photography

$125.00
w1a/11

Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number


N/A

Folio, illus stapled light card covers, printed inside covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (v heavy scuffing to spine with surface loss, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges- some tape repairs to inside covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1908

KEYWORDS: Auckland weekly news issues past years New Zealand papers history historical

$40.00
w1a/13

Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field


FORBES, NANCY & MAHON, BASIL

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 2014

KEYWORDS: science physics history emf electromagnetic field Michael Faraday James Clerk Maxwell

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