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$60.00
3L5/15

Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity


FULLER, R BUCKMINSTER

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, maroon card boards, black cl spine lettered in gilt; x + 277pp, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light bruising to board & spine edges & extrems; moderate soiling & light foxing to pg edges); in d/w, VG (some fading, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, some water damage at lower back, light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1992

KEYWORDS: R Buckminster Fuller predictions science future first edition nonscientific politics history philosophy

$65.00
3L5/16

NZSAS: The First Fifty Years


CROSBY, RON

FIRST EDITION. Ex-library, super octavo; illus. card boards, black spine lettered in white; 464pp, illus/photos ; VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, light to mdoerate bruising to board edges & extrems; library stamp in black ink to top pg edge and ffep; adhesive markings from tape to front & rear board & front & rear fly leaves; light soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, light soiling throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping; library stickers to spine & rear flap; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Viking 2009

KEYWORDS: Ron Crosby New Zealand special forces SAS military history armed forced operations

$40.00
3L5/18

Mozart in Person: His Character and Health


DAVIES, PETER J; SADIE, STANLEY (forew.)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, black label to front board letter in gilt, black label to spine lettered in silver gilt, frontis., illus.; xxviii + 272; VG (some scuffing, soiling and bruising to board edges & extrems; moderate foxing to pg edges & light foxing to eps & prelims, bookplate to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Moazrt life lives biography music classical history

$75.00
3L5/28

What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?


PELIKAN, JAROSLAW

Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; xvi + 139 pp.; VG+ (some soiling to boards, light bruising to board edges & extrems); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & rubbing, some bruising to edges with come creasing).

PUBLISHER: The University of Michagan Press 1997

KEYWORDS: ancient history philosophy Jewish theology Plato bible biblical clascial studies

$100.00
3L5/31

A Passport to China: Being the Tale of Her Long and Friendly Sojourning amongst a Strangely Interesting People


Octavo, blue buckram boards, front board & spine lettered in blue; frontis., plates; VG (sl rubbing to baords, light bruising and scuffing to board edges & extrems; light to moderate soilding & foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps; black pen marking to fep); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1935

KEYWORDS: 19th century social history China Chinese English British international relations

$100.00
3L5/35

The Story of Whangarei Heads


VALLANCE, W R

Oblong super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, patterned eps, [10] + 51pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & surface loss to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate water staining to top of gutters throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at prelims & sporadically throughout, minor soiling throughout, binding a little shaky)

PUBLISHER: Whangarei Heads Centennial Committee N/D (c.1956)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Whangarei Heads

$40.00
3L5/41

The Rani of Jhansi: A Study in Female Heroism in India


LEBRA-CHAPMAN, JOYCE

Ex-library, octavo, grey heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + [4] + 199pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings/labels, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning to page edges, minor water staining to head of rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, usual library labels, moderate chafing- mostly to cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1986

KEYWORDS: feminism India Indian social history heroism

$40.00
3L4/3

Masonry and its Symbols: In the Light of Thinking and Destiny


PERCIVAL, HAROLD WALDWIN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & border to front board, top page edges stained blue- faded, xx + [4] + 71pp, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, medium sized patch of adhesive staining to ffep, prev. ownership ink stamps/markings to ffep also, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter with heavy creasing & scuffing to pg71) in d/w, VG (minor fading to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss)

PUBLISHER: The World Publishing Company 1952

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry secret societies masonic symbols masonry masons history

$90.00
3L4/6

Jaguar: Saloon Cars


SKILLETER, PAUL & WHYTE, ANDREW (Competition Chapters)

SECOND EDITION. Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 652pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board & spine edges/extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light chafing & discolouration, minor tanning to flap edges)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: automotive cars motoring Jaguar saloon cars history

$40.00
3L4/8

Medieval Beasts


PAYNE, ANN

Sm quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading & rubbing to extrems, ex-libris plate to half title page, sl water staining to base of spine & gutters throughout- v minor) in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing to edges, light to moderate fading/discolouration, minor soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: The British Library 1990

KEYWORDS: medieval animals beasts fantasy bestiaries history illustrated

$100.00
3L4/9

A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: With the True Art of Blazon, According to the Most Approved Heralds in Europe: Illustrated With Suitable Examples of Armorial Figures, and Achievements of the Most Considerable Surnames and Families in


NISBET, ALEXANDER

2 VOL SET, quarto, red faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to boards/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates & coat of arms affixed to front pastedowns of both vols)

PUBLISHER: T & A Constable 1984

KEYWORDS: heraldry family history genealogy coats of arms Europe

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