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$120.00
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The Sixties


AVEDON, RICHARD & ARBUS, DOON

Folio, illus heavy boards, black and grey lettering to spine, printed eps, 235pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading, minor creasing to spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Random House & Kodak Professional 1999

KEYWORDS: 1960s 60s history art photography Richard Avedon

$75.00
3q4/326

Archaeological Investigations at The Westney Farmstead, Mangere


CAMPBELL, MATTHEW & FUREY, LOUISE

Quarto, plastic spiral bound file, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to title page, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: CFG Heritage 2007

KEYWORDS: archaeology history architecture New Zealand

$65.00
3q4/328

Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons & Tactics in World War II


BROWN, DAVID K

Quarto, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to front wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 2007

KEYWORDS: navy ships military battles war World War 2 WWII weapons history

$45.00
3q4/329

Te Kupenga 101: Stories of Aotearoa from the Turnball


KEITH, MICHAEL & SZEKELY, CHRIS (Eds)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, frontispiece, white lettering to front board and spine, 271pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (minor creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Massey University 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Alexander Turnbull

$60.00
3q4/332

Paris Mon Amour


GAUTRAND, JEAN-CLAUDE

Folio, heavy boards, 267pp, Near FINE (minor marking to front board) in d/w Near Fine (still in original plastic wrap)

PUBLISHER: Evergreen 1999

KEYWORDS: photography art Jean-Claude Gautrand Paris France history

$70.00
3q4/338

Marc Riboud In China: Forty Years of Photography


RIBOUD, MARC & DANIEL, JEAN (preface)

Folio, black cloth boards with red decoration to front board, red lettering to spine, 175pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1997

KEYWORDS: photography art history China Marc Riboud

$65.00
3q4/340

Living Apart: South Africa Under Apartheid


BERRY, IAN & TUTU, Archbishop DESMOND (Fore)

Folio, black heavy boards, grey lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1996

KEYWORDS: art photography South Africa apartheid history

$65.00
3q4/341

From Defeat to Victory: The Eastern Front, Summer 1944 (Decisive and Indecisive Military Operations, Volume 2)


DICK, C J & GLANTZ, DAVID M (Fore)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 354pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to extrems sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Kansas 2016

KEYWORDS: military wwII World War 2 war battles Eastern Front history

$100.00
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The Art of Pleafing in Conversation


OZELL

DUAL TEXT, THIS VOLUME ONLY, sm octavo, rebound incorporating original leather boards with contemporary spine & board corners [half bound], gilt lettering to red title plates on spine, contemporary eps [front eps incorporating originals], red speckling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep [historic], XX + 456pp, illus, VG- (minor pencil marking to title page, heavy scuffing to boards with light surface loss and light marking, heavy tanning and soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: London 1749

KEYWORDS: Dual Text French English pleafing language art social history

$40.00
3q4/349

From Swamp to City: Commemorating The Diamond Jubilee of The City: Official Souvenir 1887-1937


BILLENS, ROBERT H (comp) & VERRY, H LESLIE (comp)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing/rolling and minor chipping to extrems, minor foxing to page edges, minor marking to front wrapper, minor scuffing and creasing to rear wrapper, ink imprint to fep from next page)

PUBLISHER: Not Available (c. 1937)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Palmerston North society city development

$65.00
3q4/350

The Last Voyage of Capt. John Ross R.N., For The Discovery of a North West Passage: Performed In The Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33


UNKNOWN

READING COPY OR REBIND, LACKS SPINE, FRONTIS & PRELIMS, octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in leather with blind decoration, marbled page edges, vignette, 716pp + 44pp supplement, folding table near rear, illus, G- (missing spine, front board & eps detached but present, moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards & extrems, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling throughout- text unaffected, occasional minor pencil underlining & markings, rear board & terminals/supplement pgs detached but present, occasional creasing to pages at rear, binding otherwise reasonably sound)

PUBLISHER: London: Published for The Proprietors by John Saunders, 25, Newgate Street, 1835 (?)

KEYWORDS: maritime exploration biography Captain John Ross history antiquarian books rebinding reading copy

$85.00
3q4/352

James LillyWhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885


LILLYWHITE, JAMES

Ex library, sm octavo, orange buckram covered soft boards, black lettering to front board, previous owner's pencil lettering to spine, printed inside boards, frontispiece, ads + 276pp + 20pp ads, VG- (minor creasing, soiling, light rolling to lower corner of front board, heavy fading to front board text and title and rear board text, minor scuffing to extrems, light scuffing, fading/discolouration to spine and chipping to base, minor lime green marking to spine, handwritten title to spine, minor library markings to front board, pencil annotation to front board)

PUBLISHER: James LillyWhite & Frowd & Co and Wright & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cricket sports history James LillyWhite

$22.50
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages, 350-950 (Vol. I)


FOSSIER, ROBERT (ed.); SONDHEIMER, JANET (transl.)

THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Guild Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: middle ages medieval mediaeval history Church Byzantium Carolingian

$25.00
xxfkh227640

A History of Japanese Literature: The Modern Years (Vol. 3)


KATO, SHUICHI; SANDERSON, DON (transl.); MCCELLAN, EDWIN (forew.)

THIS VOL ONLY. Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Kodansha International 1990

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history 19th 20th century

$50.00
xxfkh227641

777 Days: Extracts from my dealings with John Fitzherald Kennedy (junior), the American CIA and NSA, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and Prime Minister Jenny Shipley


SAGE, IVAN

Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Sage Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: Ivan Sage New Zealand intelligence history

$17.50
xxfkh227642

The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV


CATOR, HELEN

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2025

KEYWORDS: Helen Castor history Henry IV 14th century

$16.50
xxfkj227644

So Bright and Delicate: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne


KEATS, JOHN

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: Jon Keats romatic romanticism 19th century literary history letters correspondence

$25.00
xxfkj227645

Stalin's War


MCMEEKIN, SEAN

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2021

KEYWORDS: Sean McMeekin Second World War II Two 2 Stalin Russia Russian military political history

$17.50
xxfkj227646

Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in England


REE, JONATHAN

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2020

KEYWORDS: England English history philosophy 17th 18th 19th 20th century

$15.00
xxfkj227647

The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy


GOTTLIEB, ANTHONY

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Penguin 2017

KEYWORDS: modern history philosophy philosophical literary enlightenment Anthony Gottlieb

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