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$40.00
2g46/36

The Path of Mercy: The Life of Catherine McAuley


SULLIVAN, MARY C

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + (6) + 419pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Catholic University of America Press / Four Courts Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Catherine McAuley biography biographies memoir Sisters of Mercy founder charity history

$80.00
2g46/42

Malaysian Shadow Play and Music: Continuity of an Oral Tradition


MATUSKY, PATRICIA

Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 149pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to top of page block & front pastedown & title page, sm adhesive sticker to ffep, minor pencil markings to rear pages) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaysian shadow plays music history cultural tradition entertainment

$45.00
2g47/3

Les Folies du Music-Hall: A History of the Paris Music-Hall from 1914 to the Present Day


DAMASE, JACQUES & COWARD, NOEL (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, patterned heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 191pp, VG (minor bruising & tanning to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions Paris Parisienne music hall history entertainment French 20th twentieth century performers

$375.00
2g47/9

The Mutiny in Sialkot, with a Brief Description of the Cantonment from 1852 to 1857


RICH, Captain GREGORY

FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board- faded/rubbed, iii + 80pp, VG (light bruising & moderate rubbing/surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to tgutters)

PUBLISHER: P N Handa, Handa Printing Press 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions history Captain Gregory Rich Sialkot missions massacres mutiny India Indian

$47.50
2g47/17

An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales (2 Vol Boxed Set)


COLLINS, DAVID & FLETCHER, BRIAN H (Ed)

2 VOLS, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xc + 649pp, vol 2- xxi + 312pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor rubbing/scuffing to spines & boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims of both vols, minor vertical creasing to first half of page block to vol 2) in slipcase, G (top portion of case completely missing, heavy general scuffing and bruising, ink numerals tp front board)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian colonial history NSW New South Wales English colonies colonialism David Collins

$60.00
2g47/23

'Hauhau': The Pai Marire Search for Maori Identity


CLARK, PAUL

Tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 186pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sm patch of label residue/staining to rear board, light foxing to page edges, minor tape staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor tape staining to fore-edges of flaps, light fading to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Auckland / Oxford University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Pai Marire Hauhau heritage identity culture

$45.00
2g47/36

Vespa: An Illustrated History


BROCKWAY, ERIC

Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine & front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps & prelims)

PUBLISHER: G T Foulis 1995

KEYWORDS: hobbies scooters mopeds vespa history

$40.00
2g47/44

Papua New Guinea: The First 100 Years


SINCLAIR, JAMES

Lg quarto, burgundy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xi + 187pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to page edges, 9cm score to front board) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, 9cm cut to front)

PUBLISHER: Robert Brown & Associates 1985

KEYWORDS: PNG Papua New Guinea culture heritage modern history

$95.00
2g47/49

The Communist Insurrection in Malaya 1948-1960


SHORT, ANTHONY

Ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, unpaginated prelims + 547pp, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & fading to extrems & edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, moderate adhesive staining to front & rear pastedowns, prev. bookseller's sm label & prev. owner's inscription in ink to ffep, binding sloppy, minor general soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover, heavy fading to spine, moderate creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1975

KEYWORDS: politics political uprisings insurrection Malaya modern history geopolitics

$100.00
2g48/2

Lord Randolph Churchill, Vol I


CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 564pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, minor fading to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, 1x single library plate to front pastedown- no others detected, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: Lord Randolph Churchill history biography biographies memoir

$200.00
2g48/4

Dominion Museum, Bulletin No 4: The Stone Implements of the Maori


BEST, ELSDON

REBACKED, tidy ex-library, sm quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 408pp, illus, folding illus to rear, VG- (minimal library markings/stamps, moderate scuffing/rubbing & bruising to spine & board corners/edges, moderate soiling to spine & boards, binding sloppy- boards shaky, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, 2cm closed tearing to base of terminal pages, occasional page may be a facsimile, sporadic closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dominion Museum bulletins Elsdon Best Maori stone tools implements history

$100.00
2g48/11

The History of the World Conqueror (2 Vol Set)


JUVAINI, ALA-AD-DIN ATA-MALIK & QAZVINI, MIRZA MUHAMMAD (From the Text Of) & BOYLE, JOHN ANDREW (Trans)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispieces, xlv + 763pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, ink stamps to ffeps of both vols, light tanning & foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (vol 1 price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & flaps, light general soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: history Mongol power 13th thirteenth century Genghis Khan Persia

$40.00
2g48/13

Moto GP: The Illustrated History


SCOTT, MICHAEL

Quarto, orange heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 255pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to boards & extrems, sl tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Carlton Books 2017

KEYWORDS: high performance motorsport motorcycle racing Moto GP history motorbikes

$40.00
2g48/14

Up to Speed: The Roycroft Years in New Zealand Motor Racing


THOMSON, SCOTT

Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white & cream lettering to spine, illus prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, pgs 7-10 & 245-248 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsport history Ron Roycroft automotive high performance motor racing

$100.00
2g48/16

The Early Years of the Motor Vehicle in Auckland: A History of the First Forty Years of the Motor Vehicle and Motor Industry


BIRCHALL, BARRY

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sm annotation in ink to copyright page)

PUBLISHER: Barry Birchall 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland classic vintage cars motor indusrty

$40.00
2g48/17

Sir George Grey KCB, 1812-1898: A Study in Colonial Government


RUTHERFORD, J

Ex-library, octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 709pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, jacket taped to boards, tape residue to board edges & eps, light fading to boards edges, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, blurb from jacket glued in to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (jacket in protective plastic cover & taped to boards- staining to edges likely, moderate staining/soiling, front flap removed with blurb glued in to front pastedown, fore-edge of rear flap heavily trimmed but all text seems present)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history government Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir politics

$75.00
2g48/21

The Harley-Davidson Motor Co: Archive Collection


LEFFINGWELL, RANDY (Photos) & HOLMSTROM, DARWIN & DAVIDSON, BILL (Fore)

HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, oblong quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 407pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to boards, 2cm crack to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional minor adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing to edges, light general soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / MBI Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles history Harley-Davidson Harley Davidson design engineering hobbies

$90.00
2g48/24

British Motorcycles 1945-1965: From Aberdale to Wooler


MILLS, RINSLEY

Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 599pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, spine sl cocked, minor soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, minor occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Herridge & Sons 2018

KEYWORDS: British motorbikes motorcycles history vintage classic design engineering hobbies

$50.00
2g48/28

Battle for the Beetle


LUDVIGSEN, KARL & HIRST, IVAN (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, xii + 466pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bentley Publishers 2012

KEYWORDS: cars automotive classic vintage Beetles VW Volkswagon Adolf Hitler history

$40.00
2g48/33

The Healey Story


HEALEY, GEOFFREY & MOSS, STIRLING (Fore)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to spine)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: motorsport Donald Geoffrey Healey cars automotive history

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