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$22.50
xxdnb216798

Symbols Around Us


ACHEN, SVEN TITO

FIRST EDITION, 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: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1981

KEYWORDS: first editions symbols symbolism signs history

$17.50
xxdpb216808

Kakadu: Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management


PRESS, TONY (Ed) & LEA, DAVID (Ed) & WEBB, ANN (Ed) & GRAHAM, ALISTAIR (Ed)

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: Australian Nature Conservation Agency & North Australia Research Unit 1995

KEYWORDS: Australia natural history culture heritage Kakadu NT Northern Territory conservation

$26.50
xxdpb216810

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan


KOOLHAAS, REM

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: The Monacelli Press 1994

KEYWORDS: US America New York Manhattan buildings history culture

$35.00
xxdpc216821

Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin County Civic Center: Commemorating 50 Years


SARANDREA, GWEN CHERYL LYN

Imperial octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Gwen Cheryl Lyn Sarandrea 2014

KEYWORDS: architecture Frank Lloyd Wright buildings civic center centre Marin County history

$27.50
xxdpc216823

Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story


McLEAN, GAVIN & CLARK, The Right Honourable HELEN (Fore)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Reed Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: signed Gavin McLean New Zealand literature literary history Reed Books

$25.00
xxdpc216825

European Cinema


EZRA, ELIZABETH (Ed)

Imperial 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: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: film history movies Europe European cinema

$35.00
xxdpf216833

The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God


PICKNETT, LYNN & PRINCE, CLIVE

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: Herman Graf / Skyhorse Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: history science occult

$14.00
xxdpf216834

The Four-Legged Major


SPENCER, GRAHAM

LACKS FEP, 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: Grantham House 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history canine dogs infantry battalion Major

$45.00
ak1/24a/1

Abandoned Mansions of Ireland


BLAKE, TARQUIN

Quartom red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, x + 338pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to spine & boards/edges, spine sl cocked, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor water staining to inside covers)

PUBLISHER: The Collins Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish castles derelict buildings mansions abandoned history historical

$40.00
ak1/24a/5

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer


SASSOON, SIEGFRIED

FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 334pp, VG (moderate fading & light foxing to spine & board edges, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light staining to margins og some pages)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Siegried Sassoon autobiography autobiographies memoir ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war infantry

$47.50
ak1/24a/9

Wired for Sound: The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music


GILLANDERS, GRANT & WELSH, ROBYN

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed eps, illus prelims, 347pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Stebbing Recording Studios

$185.00
ak2/3a/1

Alam Halfa and Alamein (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45


WALKER, RONALD

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 507pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all present, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl staining to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war histories history series Alam Halfa Alamein campaigns military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$42.50
ak2/3a/2

Leonardo da Vinci


ISAACSON, WALTER

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + (8) + 599pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, top corner of front pastedown missing) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading & rubbing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2017

KEYWORDS: first editions art history Leonardo da Vinci

$75.00
ak2/3a/5

A History of Coggeshall, in Essex; with an Account of its Church, Abbey, Manors, Ancient Houses etc


BEAUMONT, GEO FRED

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 272pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading/tanning to spine & board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, sl staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Marshall Brothers 1890

KEYWORDS: first editions England English towns Coggeshall Essex history historical towns

$100.00
ak2/3a/12

Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, a Handbook for Visitors and Residents; with Chapters on Archaeology, Natural History & C. of the District; A History, with Statistics of the East Coast Herring Fishery and an Etymological and Comparative Glossary of the


NALL, JOHN GREAVES

LACKS TITLE PAGE, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, Great Yarmouth Borough coat of arms in gilt to front board, 728pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to gutters at rear- pgs485-516 partially detached, aforementioned title/copyright page missing)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Reader & Dyer, London 1866

KEYWORDS: England English towns Great Yarmouth east coast coastal East Anglia Norfolk Suffolk fishing industry herring trade language dialects records etymology history historical

$75.00
ak2/3a/13

The Ancient & Shining Ones: World Myth, Magick & Religion


CONWAY, D J

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 437pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: esoteric magic magick religion mythology myths ancient history

$80.00
ak2/3a/14

Recipients of Bars to the Military Cross 1916-1920, To Which is Added MCs to Warrant Officers 1915-1919


WEBB, J V

LOOSELY ENCLOSED CARD WITH HOLOGRAPHIC INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, purple heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt medal illus to front board, 199pp, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light bruising to extrems, light fading to rear board, light foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, some highlighting & annotation in ink to text)

PUBLISHER: Jack V Webb 1988

KEYWORDS: military history war heroes military cross MC recipients ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war medals signed

$45.00
ak2/3a/15

100 Years of Semi Trucks


ADAMS, RONALD G

Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt ruck illus to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading & tanning to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: transport semi trucks automotive history haulage

$140.00
ak2/3a/17

Mana at Mangungu: A Biography of William White 1794-1875, Wesleyan Missionary at Whangaroa and Hokianga


GITTOS, MURRAY B

SCARCE, quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 142pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss at spine/staples- sl tearing at bottom staple, moderate soiling & chafing to covers, sm adhesive label residue to frnt cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to inside front cover, occasional sl soiling/foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: M B Gittos 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography biographies memoir early settlers pioneers religion wesleyan missionaries William White

$40.00
ak2/3a/20

The Royal Ulster Rifles 1793-1957


CORBALLY, Lieut-Col M J P M

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, 199pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, tape reinforcement to spine extrems, light to moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy crack at front gutter staples, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, sm ex-libris label tipped in to foreword page)

PUBLISHER: The Paramount Press 1959

KEYWORDS: military history Royal Ulster Rifles county of Dublin regiment royal county down regiment 83rd 86th infantry Ireland Irish

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