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The Ngai Tahu Deeds: A Window on New Zealand History (Revised edition)


EVISON. HARRY C

4to, pp. 312; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Harry C Evison New Zealand colonial history Nai Tahu 19th century

$140.00
2d2b/5

Te Arawa: A History of the Arawa People


STAFFORD, D M

Provenance of Stuart Park (former director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum & anthropologist). Super 8vo, pp. xi + 573; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller' sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: D M Stafford New Zealand Maori history Te Arawa tribe tribes

$150.00
2f13aa/1

The Naval War of 1812


ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; GABLE, JOHN ALLEN (introd)

Super 8vo, pp. xlii + 308; navy blue leather boards, spine lettered in gilt, board paneled & decorated in gilt; aeg, textured eps, illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Eaton Press 1999

KEYWORDS: the Eaton Press Theodore Roosevelt 19th century military history

$88.00
2b42a/1

The Crafts Movement in Australia: A History


COCHRANE, GRACE

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 434 + [14 (index)]; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in white; illus. eps & prelims, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: New South Wales University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: Grace Cochrane Australia Australian arts crafts movement history design

$125.00
2b42a/3

A History of Graphic Design


MEGGS, PHILIP B

Imp. 8vo, pp. [14] + 511; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in copper gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing; prev bookseller's sticker to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 1983

KEYWORDS: Philip B Meggs graphic arts design history

$40.00
2f51f/51

The History of the Royal Botanic Gardens: Kew


DESMOND, RAY; HOPPER, STEPHEN D (forew)

Second edition. Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 476; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Kew Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew history Ray Desmond

$90.00
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New Zealand and its Colonization


SWAINSON, WILLIAM

Rebound. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. viii + 416 + [22 (advts)]; half-bound in red leather with red cl boards, gilt panel spine; teg, textured eps, map as frontis., VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; pp. i-viii loose; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co. 1859

KEYWORDS: William Swainson early New Zealand settlers colony colonial colonization history

$40.00
2f38b/1

John Pascoe


MACLEAN, CHRIS

Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 344; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: Chirs MacLean John Pascoe mountain mountaineering New Zealand history life lives biography

$40.00
2s2c/3

The Decline and Abolition of Negro Slavery in Venezuela 1820-1854


LOMBARDI, JOHN V

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xviii + 217; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; maps; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; tape to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to boards to eps; library markings to eps, ht & spine); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate to heavy adhesive residue to plastic wrapper covering).

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Publishing Corporation 1971

KEYWORDS: John V Lombardi Venezuela slavery slaveholding abolition social history South America

$40.00
2s2c/4

The Government of Israel


YAACOBI, GAD

Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 329; brown heavy card boards, black label to spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps & ht).

PUBLISHER: Praeger 1982

KEYWORDS: Gad Yaacobi Israel Israeli government politics political history

$55.00
2s2c/5

Socialist Iraq: A Study in Iraqi Politics since 1968


KHADDURI, MAJID

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. x + 265; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in white; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to eps, ht & spine); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & loss to spine extrem at head).

PUBLISHER: The Middle Eaast Institute 1978

KEYWORDS: Majid Khadduri socialism socialist Iraq Iraqi politics 20th century political history

$40.00
2s2c/6

The Pivot of the Four Quarters: A Preliminary Enquiry into the Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City


WHEATLEY, PAUL

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 602; gold heavy card boards, black label to spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; tape to boards; adhesive residue to eps from tape; library markings to eps & spine; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; library markings to plastic wrapper covering).

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Paul Wheatley China ancient Chinese city cities social history political politics

$30.00
xx61pol212313

Concorde


DARLING, KEV

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: The Crowood Press 2004

KEYWORDS: luxury travel civil aviation flight aeroplanes airplanes Concorde British Airways transport history

$27.50
xx61pol212314

The Great Alternative & Indie Discography


STRONG, MARTIN C & HORSE, HARRY (Illus)

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: Canongate Books 1999

KEYWORDS: alternative music history discographies Indie bands musicians

$25.00
xx61pol212316

A History of Russian Thought: From the Enlightenment to Marxism


WALICKI, ANDRZEJ & ANDREWS-RUSIECKA, HILDA (Trans)

Tidy ex-library, 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: Stanford University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: history philosophy Russia Russian

$30.00
xx61pol212320

Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art


GOMBRICH, E H

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: Ntional Gallery Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: art history criticism theory E H Gombrich cast shadows

$24.50
xx62pol212322

When the Coast is Clear


WAUGH, RICHARD J (Ed) & KING, JOHN (Cont.) & LEGG, PAUL BEAUCHAMP (Cont.)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Richard J Waugh 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation transport history signed Richard J Waugh

$18.50
xx62pol212323

Paine


HAWKE, DAVID FREEMAN

Ex-library, 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: Harper & Row 1974

KEYWORDS: Thomas Paine US American history revolution biography biographies

$30.00
xx62pol212325

Mussolini and the Jews


MICHAELIS, MEIR

Very tidy ex-library, 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: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Jewish persecution Italy Italian fascism history 20th twentieth century politics government Jews

$28.50
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World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers


GUNSTON, BILL

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) minor water staining to jacket; 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: Sutton Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes airplanes manufacturers design engineering

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