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$85.00
2g42/24

Outcasts of the Gods? The Struggle Over Slavery in Maori New Zealand


PETRIE, HAZEL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & blue lettering to spine, ix + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & peeling to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history slavery

$40.00
2g42/25

Argentina: The Great Estancias


QUEIROZ, JUAN PABLO (Ed) & DE ELIA, TOMAS (Ed & Photos) & DEL CARRIL, BONIFACIO (Intro) & AIRA, CESAR (Text)

Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 220pp, illus/photos, VG (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, minor soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & fading to edges, light tanning to edges of flaps, adhesive staining to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 1995

KEYWORDS: Argentina homes country estates working ranches estancias culture heritage history historical

$45.00
2g42/26

Rata: In the Heart of the Rangitikei


HAYWOOD, M (Compiled by)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 305pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor crack to front gutter, photocopy of article tipped in to rear)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: signed Murray Haywood New Zealand history Rata Rangitikei articles stories anecdotes

$245.00
2g42/34

The Centennial History of the Civil War: The Coming Fury ; Terrible Swift Sword ; Never Call Retreat (3 Vol Set)


CATTON, BRUCE

3 VOL SET, UK FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue/orange/brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, maps/illus to eps, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & fading to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, minor spots of foxing throughout, moderate foxing to prelims of vols 1 + 2, minor soiling to top edges of page block of vol 3) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & soiling to spines, heavy foxing to rear covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, vols 1 + 2 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1961-66

KEYWORDS: UK first editions US American civil war history military Bruce Catton

$75.00
2g42/45

Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific


JIAO, TIANLONG (Ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 219pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, light soiling & foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing & peeling to top edges)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 2007

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology maritime ancient history artefacts China Pacific

$60.00
2g42/49

The Greenhill Dictionary of Guns and Gunmakers


WALTER, JOHN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 576pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2001

KEYWORDS: firearms weapons weaponry guns pistols military rifles gunsmiths history gunmakers

$95.00
2g43/1

My Life With the Eskimos (New Edition, Revised and Abridged)


STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR & OSBORN, HENRY FAIRFIELD (Fore) & BROCK, REGINALD WALTER (Fore)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims , prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: Vilhjalmur Stefansson anthropology eskimos natural history exploration

$150.00
2g43/3

Signals Swift and Sure: A History of The Royal Australian Corps of Signals 1947 to 1972


BLAXLAND, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxiv + 428pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Royal Australian Corps of Signals Corps Committee 1998

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings Australia military history Royal Australian Corps of Signals communications

$40.00
2g43/8

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1976


PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, lii + 1170pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1976

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics

$47.50
2g43/9

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1977


PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, iv + 1122pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing/chipping to spine extrems- some loss to base, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, general creasng & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1977

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics

$40.00
2g43/16

My Life With Bonnie & Clyde


BARROW, BLANCHE CALDWELL & PHILLIPS, JOHN NEAL (Ed) & WEISER, ESTHER L (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xlvii + 325pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, shallow horizontal scrape to front cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2004

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir true crime associates Bonnie Clyde Blanche Caldwell Barrow US America history

$50.00
2g43/17

Tulloch: The Extraordinary Life and Times of a True Champion


LINNETT, KEN

Super octavo, black glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Slattery Media Group 2017

KEYWORDS: horse racing sport history equine Australia race horses Tulloch biography

$47.50
2g43/19

Railway Reminiscences


NEELE, GEORGE P & SIMMONS, Professor JACK (New Intro)

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (7) + 544pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing/bruising to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: EP Publishing 1974

KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains G P Neele

$40.00
2g43/20

Peasant Life in China: A Field Study of Country Life in the Yangtze Valley


FEI, HSIAO-TUNG & MALINOWSKI, Professor BRONISLAW (Preface)

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 300pp + 16pp to rear, illus, VG (moderate staining to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology Dr Hsiao-Tung Fei poverty peasants

$100.00
2g43/32

History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago


PYKE, VINCENT

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- base of spine partially detached & flapping, moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, top edges of title page to pg12 removed- text unaffected, heavy cracking at gutters- mostly at rear, 3cm gash to rear ep, occasional pencil annotation, light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company 1887

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Otago gold goldmining history

$40.00
2g43/50

Ngati Dread: Volume One: Footsteps of Fire


GILLIES, ANGUS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking at front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas

$40.00
2g44/1

Ngati Dread: Volume Two: No Dreadlocks No Cry


GILLIES, ANGUS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 272pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas

$75.00
2g44/3

Hero Stories of New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional light pencil marking to margins)

PUBLISHER: Harry H Tombs 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori European settlers James Cowan

$95.00
2g44/8

Building Greater Britain: Architecture, Imperialism and the Edwardian Baroque Revival c.1885-1920


BREMNER, G A

Quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, xi + 356pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2022

KEYWORDS: architecture Britain British buildings history historical buildings design Edwardian imperialism

$125.00
2g44/10

Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist, Volume I


BEST, ELSDON

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + (3) + 1211pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to edxtrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Elsdon Best history Maori Tuhoe tribe iwi

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