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$40.00
3g1/22

Two Maori Stories from Marlborough


MAKITANARA, TUITI (recorded by) & WATSON, MELODIE (ed) & ORBELL, MARGARET (ed)

Quarto staplebound, yellow light card wrappers, black illus & text to wrapper, 41pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to wrapper, light rubbing to edges, light tanning & soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Maori Studies 1 & Department of Maori, University of Canterbury 1983

KEYWORDS: aotearoa new zealand history maori histories marlborough tuiti matikanara melodie watson margaret orbell

$65.00
3g1/24

The Wentworth Indenture


N/A

LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION, small octavo, tan buckram boards, black text & border to white section on front board, 21pp, VG (v slight scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages, previous owner's name in pencil to fep) in d/w (light soiling, chipping & tanning to glassine jacket, blurlb affixed to front flap of jacket)

PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1979

KEYWORDS: wentworth indenture colonisation colonialism land deals new south wales company new zealand aotearoa te wai pounamu history maori pakeha relations

$40.00
3g1/29

Zosimus: New History, a Translation with Commentary


RIDLEY, RONALD T

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & black text to spine & wrapper, xv + 263pp, VG (moderate soiling, rubbing & creasing to wrapper, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Australian Assosciation for Byzantine Studies, Byzantina Australiensia 2, University of Melbourne 1984

KEYWORDS: byzantine studies byzantina zosimus history byzantium ancient texts

$47.50
3g1/30

Caput and Colonate: Towards a History of Late Roman Taxation


GOFFART, WALTER

Super octavo, red heavy boards, black text to spine, unpaginated prelims + 165pp, VG+ (slight brusing to spine, v slight rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w G+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to jacket, moderate chipping & creasing to edges, light to moderate fading & 8cm closed tear to spine of jacket)

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1974

KEYWORDS: late roman taxation rome empire republic tax economic history

$45.00
3g1/33

'Above the City': A History of Otago Boys' High School 1863-2013


SWEETMAN, ROY

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, dark blue heavy boards, silver gilt school crest to front board, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 440pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light chafing to jacket, light rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Boys' High School Foundation 2013

KEYWORDS: otago boys' boys high school schooling education history new zealand dunedin roy sweetman

$45.00
3g1/36

The Gift of Waitangi: A History of the Bledisloe Gift


REED, VERNON H

Octavo, tan heavy boards, red text to spine, frontispiece, 146pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (slight rubbing & creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: vernon h reed coloniser colonisation settler pakeha maori relations waitangi colonial aotearoa new zealand history bay of islands lord lady bledisloe gift

$40.00
3g1/37

The Impact of Christianity on the Maori People


REED, A W

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, tan heavy boards, black text to front board & spine, 39pp, VG ( light to moderate soiling & chafing to boards, light foxing to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1955

KEYWORDS: maori religion christianity colonisation new zealand aotearoa history christian belief a w reed

$45.00
3g1/38

Games and Pastimes of the Maori: an account of vairious exercises, games, and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times; including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music


BEST, ELSDON

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, portrait blind stamped to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 334pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling & rubbing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling, light to moderate chipping & tearing to edges, two 3cm tears to hinges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: A R Shearer, Goverment Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: elsdon best te ao maori games exercises music culture new zealand history aotearoa

$50.00
3g1/41

Our Memories, Our Stories: Teviot Valley Central Otago


KING, DIANNE

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrappers, illus inside covers, illus title page, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to wrapper, slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times Print 2011

KEYWORDS: teviot new zealand history central otago family settlement colonisation colonial

$400.00
3h4/1

An Account At Large of the Right Honourable the Earl of Danby's Arguments at the Court of King's-Bench at Westminster, Upon his Lordship's Motion for Bail, The 27th day of May, Term. Pasch. 1682


N/A

Record of the trial of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (prev. Earl of Danby), impeached as treasurer in the fallout from the Popish Plot, denied habeas corpus, and held in the Tower of London until 1684. Later known as one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to depose King James II. Quarto, string bound, in light card protective wrapper, 28pp, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & soiling to pages, light foxing to pages, 2cm closed tear to lower edge of title page) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges of protective wrapper)

PUBLISHER: London, Printed for Charles Mearne, 1682

KEYWORDS: english british history popish plot thomas osborne first duke of leeds immortal seven anglican roman catholic king james ii

$110.00
3h4/2

The Collected Works of C G Jung; Volume 12: Psychology and Alchemy


JUNG, C G & READ, HERBERT (ed) & FORDHAM, MICHAEL (ed) & ADLER, GERHARD (ed) & MCGUIRE, WILLIAM (ed) & HULL, R F C (trans)

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to board & spine, frontispiece, xxxiv + 581pp, illus, VG ( light soiling & scuffing to boards, light soiling & scuffing to spine, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges, light foxing & soiling to pages & pastedowns)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970

KEYWORDS: carl c g jung psychology history jungian

$170.00
3h4/3

Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand; from Earliest Times to 1840 & from 1840-1845


LEYS, THOMAS W (ed) & SHERRIN, R A A & WALLACE, J H

Quarto, red heavy boards, half bound in brown leather, gilt text, illus & borders to spine & boards, page edges speckled red, unpaginated prelims, + 728pp + xliii, extensive illus, VG- (frontispiece missing & large section of panoramic view of new plymouth missing [all others present], heavy soiling, scuffing & fading to boards & spine, spine lightly cocked, front& rear gutters fully cracked, heavy soiling to pastedowns & prelims/terminals, moderate to heavy foxing to pages, page 15-16 loose, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher, Auckland 1890

KEYWORDS: new zealand colonial history colonisation early aotearoa brett's historical series

$55.00
3h4/4

Windows on a Chinese Past; Volume 4; Don's 'Roll of Chinese'


NG, JAMES

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to page edges, small section cut from top corner of fep) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993

KEYWORDS: dunedin chinese immigration james ng otepoti cantonese mandarin speakers early new zealand aotearoa history gold rush goldfields

$60.00
3h4/5

Aphrodisias and Rome: Documents from the excavation of the Theatre at Aphrodisias conducted by Professor Kenan T Erim, together with related texts


REYNOLDS, JOYCE

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp + xxxii plates, illus/diagrams + folding charts [complete], VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light chipping & creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, Journal of Roman Studies Monograph No. 1 1982

KEYWORDS: aphrodisias excavation joyce reynolds roman history theatre

$32.50
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Ordeal by Fire: Witnesses to the Great War


MACDONALD, LYN & SEATON, SHIRLEY (Research)

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: folio society military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$28.50
xxhfg223162

The Newgate Calendar ; The New Newgate Calendar (2 Vol Boxed Set)


BIRKETT, Sir NORMAN (Ed & Selected) & BIRKETT, LORD (Ed & Intro)

2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1993

KEYWORDS: folio society history Newgate Prison English prisons inmates prisoners

$20.00
xxhfg223165

The Rugby Football Union: Handbook 1967-68


N/A

CHARLES K SAXTON'S OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, duodecimo hardcover (VG+) minor ink markings to margins; 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: RFU 1968

KEYWORDS: RFU Rugby Football Union handbooks past years history historical

$15.00
xxhgb223172

Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives


GOLDHILL, SIMON

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: John Murray 2004

KEYWORDS: classical ancient history Greeks Romans love tragedy sex philosophy

$22.50
xxhgb223173

Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean


FREEMAN, CHARLES

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: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Greece Rome Mediterranean civilizations civilisations

$15.00
xxhgb223174

Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy


MURPHY, PAUL THOMAS

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: Head of Zeus 2012

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British monarchy Queen Victoria history

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