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$85.00
1y92aa/17

Handling London's Underground Traffic


THOMAS, J P

Cr. 8vo, pp. x + 237; yellow cl boards, spine & front board lettered in brown; photos, foldout plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: London's Underground 1928

KEYWORDS: J P Thomas London's Underground London trains train railway history management

$50.00
1g34a/2

Handbook of New Zealand


HECTOR, JAMES

Medium 8vo, pp. 120; stapled light card covers, cl spine; foldout plates, maps to rear; G (heavy scuffing & soiling to covers; heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; moderate tanning & foxing throughout; staples tusted rusted throughout; heavy cracking to rear gutters; maps loose; prev bookseller's sticker to tp).

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1886

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand social industrial conditions history handbook guide

$40.00
1g34a/3

1935-36 Year Book together with the Work of the Year for 1934-35


PASSMORE, J L (ed); AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OTAGO

Post 8vo, pp. 271 + [1 (advt)]; illus. light card covers; plates, advts, foldout map to rear illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Automobile Association (Otago) 1935

KEYWORDS: Automobile Association Otago 20th century car cars vehicle vehicles 1930s 1935 year book local history

$40.00
1g34a/4

1934-35 Year Book together with the Work of the Year for 1933-34


PASSMORE, J L (ed); OTAGO MOTOR CLUB

Post 8vo, pp. 263 + [1 (advt)]; illus. light card covers; plates, advts, foldout map to rear, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club 1934

KEYWORDS: Otago Motor Club 20th century car cars vehicle vehicles 1930s 1935 year book local history

$55.00
1g34a/5

British Malaya 1824-1867


MILLS, L A; BLAGDEN, C O (appendix)

Medium 8vo, pp. [8] + 338 + [2]; green light card covers, spine & covers lettered in black; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; tearing to rear cover extrem at head with loss; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ht; light to moderate cracking to front gutter; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout; heavy tearing & chipping to final pg; moderate creasing to pgs throughout).

PUBLISHER: Methodist Publishing House 1925

KEYWORDS: L A Mills Journal of the Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society England British Malaysia 19th century history

$75.00
1g34a/6

The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, May 1928 to Vol. 3, No. 12, April 1929


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12 issues bound as one. Medium 8vo; tan cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; speckled pg edges, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Government Railways Department 1928-9

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways Magazine railway train trains 20th century history journal periodical

$75.00
1g34a/7

The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 1927 to Vol. 2, No. 12, April 1928


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12 issues bound as one. Medium 8vo; tan cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; speckled pg edges, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Government Railways Department 1927-8

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways Magazine railway train trains 20th century history journal periodical

$50.00
1g34a/8

New Zealand Scenery and Public Buildings: Leading Business Establishments of Dunedin: Being a Series of Illustrations and Descriptive Letterpress


n/a

Obl medium 8vo, pp. 68; stapled bdg; illus.; G (covers missing; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Otago Daily Times 1895

KEYWORDS: 19th century New Zealand scenery public buildings Otago Dunedin local history

$45.00
1g34a/10

Dunedin Early Photographs: First Series from the Hardwicke Knight Collection


KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

This volume only. Obl 4to, unpaginated; spiral bound, illus light card covers; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history photographs photography 19th century Otago Dunedin local

$130.00
1g34a/19

Beginnings: A History of the North Shore of Auckland (7 vols)


TITCHENER, PAUL

Complete seven volume set. Vols 4 & 5 signed, vols 6 & 7 signed, inscribed & dated. Imp. 8vo, pp. 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48; illus. stapled light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate tanning, foxing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals;

PUBLISHER: Paul Titchener Publications 1977-84

KEYWORDS: Paul Titchener New Zealand Auckland North Shore history articles essays

$17.50
xxqfd214177

The Trials of Kahu Muller: A Dunedin Tale of Spies, Murder and Mystery


KNOWLES, PAUL

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Paul Knowles 2023

KEYWORDS: Paul Knowles New Zealand Dunedin history

$20.00
xxqfl214184

Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War


MASSIE, ROBERT K

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1992

KEYWORDS: Robert K Massie Britain Germany First World War I WWi WW1 19th 20th century military history

$40.00
1g34a/23

Diary of Samuel Pepys (2 Vol Set)


PEPYS, SAMUEL & SMITH, Rev J (Deciphererd by) & BRAYBROOKE, RICHARD LORD (Notes) & POCOCK, GUY N (Intro) FLETCHER, ,ajor BENTON (Illus)

2 VOL SET, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to front boards, top page edges stained brown, printed front pastedowns, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + (3) + 666pp, vol 2- ix + (3) + 719pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spines, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedowns, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffeps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent and Sons 1925

KEYWORDS: Samuel Pepys English history journals diaries literature

$100.00
1g34a/27

The Bridge Book


CAZNEAUX & GELLERT, LEON (Fore)

Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, blue lettering to covers, illus/printed eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, moderate rusting of staples, moderate tanning to pages, page block partially detached at staples- centre pages completey detached but still present)

PUBLISHER: Art in Australia 1930

KEYWORDS: civil engineering bridges photos photography H Cazneaux Australia Australian Sydney Harbour Bridge history

$100.00
1g34a/40

Jane's Fighting Ships 1951-52


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V B (Ed)

Oblong quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed), blind stamp lettering to boards, printed eps, 51pp ads + xx + 546pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate wrinkling to material on spine & boards, lettering to spine rubbed, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky, heavy creasing to rear page, ex-libris plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: military history Jane's Janes fighting ships series British Great Britain overseas global international warships maritime warfare navies naval

$265.00
1g34a/42

A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour (Facsimile Edition)


PARKINSON, SYDNEY

FACSIMILE EDITION, folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, (6) + xxiii 214pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps/prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Libraries Board of South Australia 1972

KEYWORDS: facsimile editions copies exploration history expeditions South Seas The Endeavour voyages Sydney Parkinson

$100.00
1g34a/43

Haiti: Livre Bleu de la Revolution: 20 Annees de Paix (20 Years of Peace)


GOUSSE, PIERRE E (Ed) & NARCISSE, JEAN (Ed) & DELMAS, RENE (Ed) & DOMOND, LIONEL et al (Photos)

TEXT IN FRENCH, ENGLISH & SPANISH, photo of Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc) on cover, oblong folio, blue buckram boards, illus/photos plates to boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 127pp, illus/photos, VG- (binding sloppy with heavy cracking to gutters throughout, sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional foxing throughout) in slipcase, VG (moderate fraying to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Roland SICSIC N/D

KEYWORDS: Haiti politics political history peace times civil unrest Duvalier

$1775.00
os2/72

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)


GARRAN, Hon ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B (Illus Superviser)

3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books Australia Australasia New Zealand pacific exploration maps atlases atlas history historical voyages

$26.50
xxgbe214194

Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality


THORNTON, BRUCE S

Super octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil markings; 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: Westview Press 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history Greece sexuality sex

$16.50
xxgbg214207

Invisible: The History of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics


BALL, PHILIP

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: Vintage 2015

KEYWORDS: physics history popular science

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