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$40.00
3b2/4

The Story of the Solomons


FOX, CHARLES

Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to rear board, minor insect damage to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially removed, light tanning & creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/wm VG (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges/folds at flaps, other minor soiling, 2cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, other sl closed tearing/chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: D O M Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Solomon Islands history colonialism anthropology geopolitics

$70.00
3b2/10

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd; Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History: Volume III


PLUCHE, NOEL ANTOINE & HUMPHREYS, Mr SAMUEL (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed off) with raised bands also, frontispiece, 400pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to front & rear hinges/gutters- front board shaky, leather peeling from front board, other moderate rubbing & soiling/chafing to boards & spine, heavy tannin & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling throughout, illus opp. pg61 has heavy creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Printed by A Reilly, for Edw. Exshaw, at the Bible on Cork Hill, M,DCC,XLII (1742)

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings natural history Noel Antoine Pluche historical

$60.00
3b2/14

Maori and Pakeha in North Otago


STEVENSON, G B

MISBOUND- PAGE BLOCK UPSIDE DOWN, octavo, illus stiffened covers, black lettering to spine, 156pp + index to rear, illus, VG- (moderate rust staining to spine, heavy soiling & moderate tanning to covers & page edges, light foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1940s)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori pakeha North Otago history early settlers

$70.00
3b2/16

The Victorian Church (2 Vol Set)


CHADWICK, OWEN

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- x + 606pp, vol 2- viii + 510pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps of vol 1, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols, occasional cracking to gutters throughout, occasional foxing throughout, binding a little sloppy) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1966-70

KEYWORDS: history religion religious church churches Victorian era 19th nineteenth century England English

$47.50
3b1/2

Piranesi: Antichita Romane Vedute di Roma


PIRANESI, GIOVANNI-BATTISTA & RESCH, RAFFAELLA et al

TEXT IN ITALIAN, square imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown/green lettering to spine, 172pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to half title page & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta 2000

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN antiquity ancient Rome landscapes scenery art Piranesi history historical

$67.50
3b1/4

The Eagle and the Spade: Archaeology in Rome During the Napoleonic Era


RIDLEY, RONALD T

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxviii + 328pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman archeology archaeology antiquity history historical Napoleonic era early 19th nineteenth century

$60.00
3b1/5

Religions of Rome (2 Vol Set)


BEARD, MARY & NORTH, JOHN & PRICE, SIMON

2 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & grey/brown lettering to spines, vol 1- xxiv + 454pp, vol 2- xiv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spines & cover edges, light chafing tpo covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear of both vols, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman religion religions history

$45.00
3b1/7

A History of the Ranfurly Telephone Exchange 1922-1987


McGRATH, ROSS K (Compiled by)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ross K McGrath 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ranfurly telephone exchange communication

$40.00
3b1/8

Maniototo Inquests 1869-1925


HARRISON, HAZEL

Quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to front cover, (6) + 79pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling & creasing/curling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hazel Harrison 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maniototo mining accidents research inquests

$45.00
3b1/15

A History of Greek Literature


LESKY, ALBIN & WILLIS, JAMES (Trans) & DE HEER, CORNELIS (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering on silver gilt backing to spine, top page edges stained red, xviii + 921pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing, light to moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, sm pencil annotation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Greek literature history criticism

$40.00
3b1/19

The Invention of Jane Harrison


BEARD, MARY

Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography

$65.00
3b1/22

New Zealand Jesus: Social and Religious Transformations of an Image, 1890-1940


TROUGHTON, GEOFFREY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 268pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious Christianity history doctrines Jesus Christ

$45.00
3b1/31

Our Buried History: Coast Road Church Wainuiomata


HIRA, COLLEEN

Super ocatvo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, 216pp, illus/photos, folding map of cemetery loosely enclosed to rear, VG+ (prev. bookseller's sm labels to spine & front coversl chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wainuiomata Pioneer Church Preservation Society Inc 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural communities history old churches Wainuiomata Wesleyan church

$37.50
xxzfb220440

A History of Philosophy Volume I: Greece and Rome: New Revised Edition


COPLESTON, PROF. FREDERICK

THIS VOL ONLY 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: The Newman Press 1963

KEYWORDS: history of philosophy ancient Greece Rome Socrates Plato Aristotle

$37.50
xxzfb220441

A History of Philosophy Volume III: Ockham to Suarez


COPLESTON, PROF. FREDERICK

THIS VOL ONLY 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: The Newman Press 1963

KEYWORDS: history of philosophy middle ages early Renaissance

$37.50
xxzfb220442

A History of Philosophy Volume VIII: Bentham to Russell [The Bellarmine Series XIX]


COPLESTON, PROF. FREDERICK

THIS VOL ONLY 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: Burns and Oates Limited 1966

KEYWORDS: history of philosophy utilitarianism empiricism idealism pragmatism realism

$17.50
xxzff220446

Flyboys: The Final Secret of the Air War in the Pacfic


BRADLEY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Pacific war military history biography George Bush missing persons Chichi Jima

$22.50
xxzff220448

The Duke of Alba


KAMEN, HENRY

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: Yale University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Duke Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo of Alba historical biograhy imperial Spain Spanish history

$22.50
xxzff220449

Hidden Warships: Finding World War II's Abandoned, Sunk, and Preserved Warships


VERONICO, NICHOLAS A.

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: Zenith Press 2015

KEYWORDS: sunken ships warships shipwrecks world war two history undersea excavation

$32.50
xxzek220452

South Street: A Maritime History of New York


MCKAY, RICHARD C.

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: 7C's Press 1969

KEYWORDS: New York maritime history

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