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$40.00
ak4/8b/17

A Century of Classic Tractors


JOHNSTONE, IAN M

Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 88pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling to covers, light tanning to page edges, gift inscription & possible author's inscription & signature to title page)

PUBLISHER: Greenmount Press 1999

KEYWORDS: farming machinery tractors classic history agriculture

$25.00
ak4/8b/18

Standard Catalog of John Deere Tractors 1917-1972


PRIPPS, ROBERT N & MORLAND, ANDREW (Photography)

Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: KP Books 2004

KEYWORDS: farming equipment machinery Joh nDeere design history tractors agriculture

$40.00
ak4/8b/21

Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890 to 1960


WENDEL, C H et al

Quarto, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, 511pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Krause Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: heavy farming machinery farm tractors catalogues catalogs history engineering

$90.00
ak4/8b/27

Mercedes-Benz Quicksilver Century


LUDVIGSEN, KARL

Heavy quarto, blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xii + 617pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate adhesive staining/residue to edges, moderate chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Transport Bookman Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: automotive Mercedes Benz high performance cars motoring quicksilver history

$42.50
ak4/8b/32

Dodo: The Bird Behind the Legend


GRIHAULT, ALAN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, printed/patterned eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: IPC Ltd 2005

KEYWORDS: extinct birds ornithology history Dodo archaeology archeology

$175.00
ak4/14a/1

The Works of Antonio Canova, in Sculpture and Modelling, Engraved in Outline by Henry Moses; with Descriptions from the Italian of the Countess Albrizzi, and Biographical Memoir: Volume III


CANOVA, ANTONIO & MOSES, HENRY (Engraved) & CICOGNARA, COUNT (Bio Memoir)

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-lirary, folio , half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine, aeg, marbled eps, (6) + 57pp + unpaginated/unnumbered plates, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners, minor wrinkling & fading to top of front board, sm patch of paper residue to front pastedown, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Septimus Prowett 1828

KEYWORDS: art sculptures sculptors Antonio Canova history historical Italy Italian antiquarian books

$57.50
ak4/14a/22

Science as a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science


HULL, DAVID L

Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 586pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutter of title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor tanning)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1988

KEYWORDS: science philosophy history darwinism cladism

$70.00
ak4/14a/27

To Share, Not Surrender


COOK, PETER et al (Eds)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, cream & white lettering to spine, xiv + 354pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: UBC Press 2021

KEYWORDS: colonisation colonization history Canada Canadian Vancouver Island BC British Columbia treatise

$75.00
ak4/14b/3

We Had One of Those!


BARNETT, STEPHEN

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, black & coloured lettering to spine & front board, 212pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor staining, prev. bookseller's label residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand automotive history cars driving families design motoring

$100.00
ak4/14b/6

Auguste Comte: An Intellectual Biography (3 Vol Set)


PICKERING, MARY

3 VOL SET, very tidy ex-library, super octavo, silver gilt lettering to spines, grey cloth boards to vol 1, black heavy boards to vols 1+2, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges of vol 1, spine of vol 1 sl warped, light tanning & soiling to page edges, black tape to pastedowns of vol 2, ink & pencil markings & underlining) in d/w, VG (minor creasing to edgesm 1cm closed tear to top of vol 2 spine, light chafing & soiling, black tape to fore-edges of flaps on vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1993-2009

KEYWORDS: Auguste Comte sociology sociologists social science history biography biographies memoir

$20.00
xxzab211097

South Pacific Enterprise


THE COLONIAL SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED

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: Angus and Robertson 1956

KEYWORDS: south pacific trade commerce Australia New Zealand industry CSR sugar history

$16.50
xxzab211099

The Sky Suspended: The Battle of Britain


MIDDLETON, DREW

Sm 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: Secker & Warburg 1960

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Battle of Britain famous battles British defence forces armed

$15.00
xxzab211101

The Incredible De Foe


FREEMAN, WILLIAM

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: Herbert Jenkins 1950

KEYWORDS: biography biographies history historical Daniel De Foe

$19.50
xxzaf211106

The Family Life of Ralph Josselin


MACFARLANE, ALAN

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: Cambridge University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century clergymen religion religious leaders Ralph Josselin history historical anthropology literature biography biographies

$15.00
xxzbb211110

The Gorton Experiment


REID, ALAN

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: Shakespeare Head Press 1971

KEYWORDS: John Grey Gorton history politics political journalism journalists Australia

$10.00
xxzdf211128

Lost Worlds of Aotearoa


GUNSON, DAVE

Oblong quarto 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: Random House 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa ancient history dinosaurs prehistoric illustrated children's books

$22.50
xxzdf211135

Colonial Constructs: European Images of Maori 1840-1914


BELL, LEONARD

Ex-library, 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: Auckland University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori art culture European

$10.00
xxzdf211143

Tales of a Lifetime


SCOTT, STUART C

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: Certes Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history literature anecdotes colonialism early settlers pioneers

$15.00
xxzej211177

Focus on Ashburton NZ


ROSS, J E (Compiled by) & HICKMAN, C P (Photos)

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: J E Ross 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cities Ashburton Canterbury history

$15.00
xxzfe211195

The Road to War: France and Vietnam 1944-1947


SHIPWAY, MARTIN

Octavo softcover (VG) sl damage to spine, ffep detached; 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: Berghahn Books 2003

KEYWORDS: war history Vietnam Indochina southeast Asia France French colonies 20th twentieth century

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