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Eye Surgeons and Surgery in New Zealand
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
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
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
Esoteric Anatomy (Part One): Volume Seven of The Seven Pillars of Ancient Wisdom (The Synthesis of Yoga, Esoteric Science and Psychology)
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
Taming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics
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
Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society
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
Placing the Dead: Tombs, Ancestral Villages, and Kinship Organization in Madagascar
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
The Life & Work of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929
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
Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era: An Aspect of Cold War History
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
Valley of the Spirits: The Upper Skagit Indians of Western Washington
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey/teal cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, xiii + 267pp, illus, VG+ light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges with light tanning also)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions native American Indians tribes Skagit Washington history anthropology
Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco
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
The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain
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
Siouxsie and the Banshees Photo Book
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
Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number
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
Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field
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
Rituals of the Kandyan State
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
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (1980 Facsimile)
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
A Topographical Dictionary of England (Four Volumes Bound as Two)
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
The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, During the Years 1832-1836 (1980 Facsimile Reprint) 3 Vol Set
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
Assembly: A History of New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998
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
London Labour and the London Poor (4 Vol Set)
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