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$600.00
3c1/7

A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes and of Thermal Springs; With Remarks on the Causes of These Phenomena, the Character of Their Respective Products, and Their Influence on the Past and Present Condition of the Globe


DAUBENY, CHARLES

ENLARGED SECOND EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, xxiii + 743pp, illus/plates/maps- counted & all present, VG (light to moderate discolouration to spine, moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & half title page, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Richard and John E Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street 1848

KEYWORDS: geology volcanos earthquakes seismic activity volcanology thermal springs landscapes history historical

$67.50
3c1/8

Principles of Geology; or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants (Ninth and Entirely Revised Edition)


LYELL, Sir CHARLES

NINTH EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece, xii + 835pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing/fraying & discolouration to spine- cloth partially flapping, light to moderate scuffing to board extrems, minor staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps, tidy tape reinforcement to front gutters, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, severe crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board flapping loose)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1853

KEYWORDS: geology environment history historical earthquakes volcanos geography earth science sciences

$30.00
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Remedy for Present Evils: A History of the New Zealand Public Service Association from 1890


ROTH, BERT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Public Service Association 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand public service assosication history

$22.50
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Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome


JOHNS, CATHERINE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Ancient Greek Roman art history b&w and colour photos

$17.50
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New Zealand Buses Prior to1930


OTWAY, CLIVE

Quarto stapled wrappers (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: Sean Millar 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zeland public transport history buses b&w photos

$25.00
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Bedfords Galore! NZR Road Services Bedford Buses and Coaches of the 1950s & 1960s


JARKA, MICHAEL & MILLAR, SEAN

Quarto stapled wrappers (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: Sean Millar 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zeland transport history Bedford buses coaches Bedfords b&w photos

$25.00
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The People of the Place: Makiha Kai: Belonging Here/Toi Taketake


DACKER, BILL

Imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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: New Zealand Commission 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maori history culture Kai Tahu iwi south island Te Waipounamu

$25.00
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The Maniototo Basin, Central Otago: From Natural to Cultural Landscape


AITKEN, MARY

Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Mary Aitken (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history central Otago Maniototo Basin settlement

$17.50
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My Dearest Georgie: Transcriptions of 22 Letters from James Hector to his Wife Georgiana Written in 1890


HECTOR, JAMES & NATHAN, JUDITH & NATHAN, SIMON

Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012

KEYWORDS: James Hector letters New Zealand history

$35.00
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The First New Zealand Exhibition and Dunedin in 1865


ECCLES, ALFRED

Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Otago Witness / The Crown Print 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Exhibition Dunedin history

$35.00
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Pyramid Valley: Waikari, North Canterbury


DUFF, ROGER

Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Association of Friends of the Canterbury Museum 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history moa Pyramid Valley archaeology moas b&w photos

$22.50
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The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix


WATSON, JAMES D. & GANN, ALEXANDER (ed.) & WITKOWSKI, JAN (ed.)

Square 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2012

KEYWORDS: genetics history of science DNA molecular biology the gene double helix b&w photos letters

$19.50
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Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union


GRAHAM, LOREN R.

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1972

KEYWORDS: Soviet history science philosophy

$12.00
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They Came to New Zealand: An Account of New Zealand from the Earliest Times up to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century


APPLETON, MARJORIE

Super octavo hardcover (VG); lacks d/w; 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: Methuen 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history settlers exploration Pakeha historical biographies

$25.00
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South Island Maoris: A Sketch of Their History and Legendary Lore


STACK, CANON

REPRINT 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1984

KEYWORDS: reprint New Zealand Maori history south island Maoris

$9.00
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Island Time: New Zealand's Pacific Futures


SALESA, DAMON

Paperback (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: Bridget Williams Books 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sociology politics Pacific identity living standards Maori pakeha

$15.00
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History on the Couch: Essays in History and Psychoanalysis


DAMOUSI, JOY (ed.) & REYNOLDS, ROBERT (ed.)

Super octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil annotations; 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: Melbourne University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history psychoanalysis essays

$35.00
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Peopling the North American City: Montreal, 1840-1900 [Carleton Library Series 222]


OLSON, SHERRY & THORNTON, PATRICIA A.

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Canadian social history Quebec Montreal Canada

$15.00
xxfjh220747

City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 1940s and '50s


WEINTRAUB, WILLIAM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: McClelland & Stewart 1998

KEYWORDS: Canadian social history Montreal city Quebec

$22.50
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A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future


DOREN, CHARLES VAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books 1991

KEYWORDS: history of knowledge ancient to 20th century

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