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$50.00
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Rituals of the Kandyan State


SENEVIRATNE, H L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 190pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: anthropology buddhist rites ceremonies rituals religion Sri Lanka Kandy first editions history

$50.00
w1a/31

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (1980 Facsimile)


BARDSLEY, CHARLES WAREING & LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE (Preface)

1980 FACSIMILE PRINT, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 837pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine, sl bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1980

KEYWORDS: family tree research history genealogy England English Wales Welsh names surnames

$100.00
w1a/32

A Topographical Dictionary of England (Four Volumes Bound as Two)


LEWIS, SAMUEL

4 VOLS BOUND AS 2 VOLS (1996 FACSIMILE), super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light discolouration to spines, light soiling to page edgesprev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown to both vols)

PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publilshing Co 1996 (Facsimile)

KEYWORDS: topography England English maps history historical topographical dictionaries

$975.00
w1a/33

The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, During the Years 1832-1836 (1980 Facsimile Reprint) 3 Vol Set


DARWIN, CHARLES (Ed) & OWEN, RICHARD et al

3 VOLUME SET, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#247/750), very heavy set- extra shipping req'd, lg quarto, quarter leather bound brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spines, marbled eps, mixed pagination, illus/plates, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling to leather work, light soiling & moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ligt markings to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: nature zoology species animals Charles Darwin history HMS Beagle 19th nineteenth century voyages

$70.00
w14a/10

Assembly: A History of New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998


WEBSTER, MARK

Square imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Holland 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand car industry history 20th twentieth century engineering economy

$65.00
w14a/12

London Labour and the London Poor (4 Vol Set)


MAYHEW, HENRY & ROSENBERG, JOHN D (New Intro)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, frontispieces, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing to covers/edges, light fading to spines, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1968

KEYWORDS: poverty crime criminal behaviour behavior London 19th nineteenth century sociology social science history

$100.00
w14a/15

New Zealand, the Britain of the South; with a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native Policy


HURSTHOUSE, CHARLES

2x FOLDING MAPS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, xv + 519pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & tanning to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, residue of ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to eps, some closed tearing & foxing to folding maps, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1861

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial governance

$100.00
w14a/16

The Book of the Lion


PEASE, Sir ALFRED E

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913

KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease

$70.00
w14a/17

The Passing Years


RICHARD GREVILLE VERNEY LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924

KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke

$75.00
2f5b/2

Discovering the End of Time: Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O'Conncell


AKENSON, DONALD HARMAN

Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [14] + 538; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: religion religious studies history Ireland Irish evangelicals 19th century Christian Christianity theology

$100.00
2f9d/19

Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint


JACKSON, MACDONALD P

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism

$45.00
2f5b/15

Imagination and Time


WARNOCK, MARY

Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. 8vo, pp. xi + 193; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Blackwell 1994

KEYWORDS: Mary Warnock religion religious studies philosophy human nature Christian Christianity image metaphor history values custom habit social

$45.00
2f5b/19

Irish Divorce/Joyce's Ulysses


KUCH, PETER

SIGNED& INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xxviii + 289; light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2017

KEYWORDS: Peter Kuch Ireland Irish divorce social history marriage relationships

$40.00
2f5b/26

The Other Shore: Essays on Writers and Writing


JACKSON, MICHAEL

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FOR VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xi + 205; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2013

KEYWORDS: American fiction 20th 21st century history criticism literature writing authorship

$40.00
2f5b/35

Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey


GREY, LOREN

FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [8] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985

KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angler angling photos photograph photography pictorial history

$60.00
2f5b/38

A Man Holds a Fish


BUSCH, GLENN

4to; blue heavy card bds, F (in original plastic packaging).

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press

KEYWORDS: Glenn Busch Te Papa Press New Zealand Auckland Christchurch photographs photography photographer photos social history

$70.00
2f5b/39

United Colors: The Benetton Campaigns


SALVEMINI, LORELLA PAGNUCCO

4to, pp. 159; grey heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in white; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderatebruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Scriptum Editions 2002

KEYWORDS: social history culture photos photgraphs photography photographer art artist 20th 21st century advertising marketing advert

$50.00
w14a/21

The Knapdale Run: Its Land and People


KERSE, ELIZABETH et al (Ed)

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 339pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising, fading & adhesive staining to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Knapdale Book Committee N/D (c.1980s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Knapdale Run 111 rural farming communities early settlers pioneers

$50.00
w14a/27

Alone in the Sky


BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L R (Drawings)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED ON TIPPED IN PLATE, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders aviation history aviators Jean Batten autobiography autobiographies memoir signed

$100.00
w14a/29

An Old New Zealander, or, Te Rauparaha, the Napoleon of the South


BUICK, T LINDSAY

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm gilt motif to rear board, frontispiece, xvi + 350pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & extrems, light to moderate discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, moderate cracking to gutters- some pages may be either loose or missing, moderate soiling to prelims & terminals, pencil annotations to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1911

KEYWORDS: T Lindsay Buick New Zealand history biographies Maori leaders Te Rauparaha

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