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$75.00
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Examples of San Bernardino of Siena


HARRISON, ADA (Chosen by) & AUSTIN, ROBERT (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp motif to front board, deckled page edges, illus prelims, x + 150pp, illus, VG (light to moderate soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasioanl light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping, tanning & loss to spine, heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, light to moderate tanning & foxing, moderate water staining to base of spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Howe 1926

KEYWORDS: art history literature Bernadino of Siena franciscan monks first editions

$40.00
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Illustrations Prepared for White's Ancient History of the Maori


WHITE, JOHN

Imperial octavo, pink light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: British Library / BiblioLife N/D (modern facsimile re-print)

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history Maori New Zealand heritage

$60.00
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Garfield Todd: The End of the Liberal Dream in Rhodesia


WOODHOUSE, SUSAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xli + 564pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Weaver Press 2018

KEYWORDS: Garfield Todd biography biographies memoir Rhodesia Africa African politics political history

$40.00
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Roadway to the Rushes: Waikouaiti and District 1840-1890 Whaling Agriculture and Gold


FOOTE, EILEEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, viii + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Eileen Foote 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waikouaiti 19th nineteenth century whaling agriculture farming gold mining

$375.00
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Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (4 Vol Set)


MORRIS, E E (Ed)

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & foxing to eps & prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887-1889

KEYWORDS: cassell's picturesque Austalasia history illustrated Australia New Zealand pacific

$85.00
1p8a/20

The Origin and History of the MacNamaras (The Story of and Irish Sept)


MACNAMARA, N C

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 339pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Martin Breen 1999

KEYWORDS: family history genealogy MacNamara sept Clare Ireland Irish

$45.00
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Early German Philosophy: Kant and His Predecessors


BECK, LEWIS WHITE

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + (3) + 556pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1969 (?)

KEYWORDS: Immanuel Kant kantian philosophy history historical philosophers German

$75.00
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Coal Dust to Gold Dust: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Early Cambrian, Central Otago (2 Vol Set)


BATKIN, TRICIA (Compiled by)

SIGNED, 2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spines, 449pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spines, sl curling to cover edges, prev owner's name in ink to prelims of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Tricia Batkin 2024

KEYWORDS: signed Tricia Batkin New Zealand history Central Otago Cambrian mining coal gold pioneers

$45.00
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Baby Wore White: Robes for Special Occasions 1800-1910


TOOMER, HEATHER & REED, ELSPETH (Drawings & Patterns)

SIGNED, square octavo, illus light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, printed eps, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Heather Toomer Antique Lace 2004

KEYWORDS: history historical babies baby attire clothing textiles lace design antiques patterns signed Heather Toomer

$18.50
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1966 and All That


HURST, GEOFF & HART, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, 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: Headline 2001

KEYWORDS: English soccer football history Geoff Hurst world cup winners autobiography autobiographies memoir players first editions

$20.00
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Hitler's Generals


BARNETT, CORRELLI (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: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1990

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Nazi Germany war generals nazis

$25.00
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History of the Highland Pipe Bands Association of New Zealand 1928-1953


THOMAS, CHARLES S

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: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1950s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand highland pipes piping pipe bands association history music Scottish

$22.50
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Royal Navy Battleships 1895-1946


BLUNDELL, W D G

Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy crack to central gutter, some pages detached but present; 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: Almark Publishing 1973

KEYWORDS: British Royal Navy military history naval warfare battleships design engineering

$20.00
xxgse214554

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions


QUAMMEN, DAVID & ELLINGSEN, KRIS (Maps)

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: Pimlico 1997

KEYWORDS: natural history literature David Quammen

$35.00
xxgse214555

Village Cricket


FORREST, A J

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: Robert Hale 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket

$15.00
xxgsg214559

Our Game: Otago Rugby Through the Eyes of Our Photographers


STEWART, BARRY (Ed)

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allied Press 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history photojournalism rugby union Otago games players

$25.00
xxgsg214560

War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945


LUCAS, JAMES

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: Greenhill Books 1991

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German troops soldiers Russia

$20.00
xxgsg214561

Founding Faith


WALDMAN, STEVEN

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: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: US America American religion religious history politics freedom

$15.00
xxgsg214562

Cricket Wallah, with England in India 1981-2


BERRY, SCYLD & ROW, RAMAN SUBBA (Fore) & MURRELL, ADRIAN (Photos)

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket England India 80s eighties

$25.00
xxgsg214563

Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek


BROOKSHER, WILLIAM RILEY

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: Brassey's 1995

KEYWORDS: American civil war history battles Wilson's Creek US

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