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$20.00
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Patearoa School & Cricket Jubilee 1870-1995


THE PATEAROA SCHOOL CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE & McSKIMMING, R K (Intro)

Super 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: Central Otago News Limited (Printer) 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools jubilee centennial centenary Patearoa scholl cricket club history

$16.50
xxsqk215682

The Nuremberg Trials


BURROWS, TERRY

Super 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: Arcturus Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: war crimes criminals nazi justice law legal Nuremberg trials history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$20.00
xxsqk215683

The Last War of Empires: Japan and the Pacific War


BARBER, LAURIE & HENSHALL, KEN

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: David Bateman 1999

KEYWORDS: military war history Pacific Japan Japanese

$14.00
xxsqk215684

Jazz Changes


WILLIAMS, MARTIN

Ex-library, octavo stiffened 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: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: jazz music appreciation history criticism

$27.50
xxsqk215685

The Diary of a Desert Rat


CRIMP, R L & BOWLBY, ALEX (Ed)

Ex-library, 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: Leo Cooper 1971

KEYWORDS: military war history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 desert rats R L Crimp

$15.00
xxsqk215686

Narrow Pass, Black Mountain: The Discovery of the Hittite Empire


CERAM, C W & WINSTON, RICHARD and CLARA (Trans)

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Victor Gollancz 1956

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Hittite empire

$25.00
xxsqk215689

New Zealand's First Capital


ROSS, RUTH M

Ex-library- re-backed, octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Department of Internal Affairs 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers

$35.00
xxsqm215694

New Zealand 1826-1827 (From the French of Dumont D'Urville)


D'URVILLE, DUMONT & WRIGHT, OLIVE (Trans) & LANCIAL, M EMMANUEL (Fore)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ex-library, imperial octavo hardcover (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: Wingfield Press N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dumont D'Urville signed Olive Wright

$19.50
xxsqm215699

Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II


SCHAFFER, RONALD

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 1985

KEYWORDS: military history aviation ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 American bombing

$20.00
xxsqm215701

Man of Iron: The Extraordinary Story of New Zealand WWI Hero Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone


VENNELL, JOCK

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: Allen & Unwin 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers biography biogarphies memoir Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone

$35.00
xxstb215703

Historic Trentham 1914-1914


LAWSON, WILL

Imperial octavo softcover (G) very scruffy copy; 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: Wellington Publishing Company 1917

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history training camps grounds

$35.00
xxstd215710

Classic Jeeps: The Jeep From World War II to the Present Day


CARROLL, JOHN & STUART, GARRY (Photos)

Lg 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: Salamander Books 2000

KEYWORDS: automotive cars jeeps history design engineering

$25.00
xxstd215718

Gilbert, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte: Reminiscences of the Savoy and the Savoyards


CELLIER, FRANCOIS & BRIDGEMAN, CUNNINGHAM

Octavo hardcover (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: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1914

KEYWORDS: classical music opera Gilbert Sullivan Richard D'Oyly Carte history biography biographies memori

$25.00
xxstd215720

Lawrence of Arabia


KIERNAN, R H

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: George G Harrap & Co 1938

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir T E Lawrence of Arabia history

$22.50
xxstd215722

The Pope and the Heretic


WHITE, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Little, Brown and Company 2002

KEYWORDS: history inquisition ancient Rome Roman Giordano Bruno first editions

$50.00
ak5/13/8

Maori and Pakeha: A History of New Zealand (Second Edition)


SHRIMPTON, A W & MULGAN, ALAN E

SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, maroon ship illus to front board, frontispiece, 452pp, illus, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate foxing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori pakeha A W Shrimpton Alan E Mulgan

$47.50
ak5/13/16

Such Things Were: The Story of Cambridge NZ


VENNELL, C W & COWAN, JAMES (Fore)

Octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, xv + 175pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate fading & creasing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to boards & page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, minor soiling to photos, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Cambridge north island early settlers pioneers

$145.00
ak5/13/22

The Maungatapu Mountain Murders


GRACE, A A (Preface & Postscript)

SCARCE in such tidy condition, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate rusting to internal staples- some sl separation)

PUBLISHER: R W Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime history homicide Nelson Maunagtapu mountain murders trial conviction execution capital punishment cases

$375.00
ak5/13/23

Memoirs of an Early Settler: William Duncan


MORTON, K P

SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton

$90.00
ak5/13/34

Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori


FIRTH, RAYMOND & TAWNEY, R H (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 505pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate chafing/scuffing to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to front & rear eps, lg gift plate to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics Maori business industry

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