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$55.00
3u3/1379

Reawakened: Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa


EVANS, JEFF

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white and yellow lettering to front wrapper, black, white and yellow lettering to spine, illus/diagrams/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Maori New Zeaaland history sailiing voyages traditions waka navigation

$245.00
3e5/41

Reformation: Europe's House Divided, 1490-1700


MACCULLOCH, DIARMAID

Two volume set. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in maroon & gilt, 338, 339-860 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, some rubbing), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013

KEYWORDS: Europe European political religious history Reformation Christianity Folio Society

$85.00
3f2/48

The Campaigns of Alexander


ARRIAN; DE SELINCOURT, AUBREY (transl.)

Octavo, orange cl boards, spine lettered in black, 308 pp.,VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, rubbing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012

KEYWORDS: Alexander the Great Arrian ancient Greece Greek history Folio Society

$75.00
3f2/51

The Cambridge Dictionary of Modern World History


COOK, CHRIS & STEVENSON, JOHN (eds.)

Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 713 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl scuffing to boards), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing/rubbing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2018

KEYWORDS: dictionary dictionaries modern history reference

$125.00
3f2/52

Aethelred the Unready


ROACH, LEVI

Scarce in hardcover. Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 369 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems with small tear to spine at head, light soiling to pg edges, sl scuffing to boards), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: Levi Roach Anglo Saxon Anglo-Saxon medieval history

$60.00
3f4/35

The Zen of International Relations: IR Theory from East to West


CHAN, STEPHEN & MANDAVILLE, PETER & BLEIKER, ROLAND

Octavo, grey card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, 254 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing/rubbing to boards, desk copy stamp throughout), in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Palgrave 2001

KEYWORDS: international relations politics political history

$120.00
3f4/36

Approaches to the Modern Japanese Short Story


SWANN, THOMAS E & TSURUTA, KINYA

Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 341 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing/rubbing to boards, ownership inscription to ffep, ffep torn at fore-edge), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate fading esp to spine). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Waseda University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese literature history literary criticism

$60.00
3f4/41

The Heaphy Track


PETYT, CHRIS

Scarce. Super octavo, illus light card covers, 214 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl rubbing to covers). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2012

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local history walking tracks hiking

$65.00
3f4/42

The Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture, Politics


HOLT, JOHN CLIFFORD

First softcover edition. Super octavo, illus light card covers, 772 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Sri Lanka travel history companion historu culture

$60.00
3f4/44

The History of Seaward Downs


THWAITES, AGNES (ed.)

Signed by committee chairman. Super octavo, illus card boards, 216 pp.,VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling/scuffing to boards). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Seaward Downs Book Committee 2007

KEYWORDS: Seaward Downs early local New Zealand history

$65.00
3f4/45

Through South Westland: A Journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring, New Zealand


MORELAND, A MAUD

Super octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 219 pp.,G+ (moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, ownership inscription to ffep, frontis loose, moderate cracking to gutters, map to rear loose). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co. 1911

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand travel writing travelling South Island local history

$100.00
3f4/47

The Hunt for Kimathi


HENDERSON, IAN & GOODHART, PHILIP

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 267 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edge & extrems with light to moderate chipping, moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate foxing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1958

KEYWORDS: Ian Henderson Kenya Dedan Kimathi military history

$120.00
3g1/43

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World


FERGUSON, NIALL

Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in red, 401 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, soiling to spine & boards, rubbing), in slipcase, VG (light bruising to edge & extrems, light to moderate soiling, fading & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2018

KEYWORDS: British Empire Great Britain history Folio Society

$130.00
3g1/44

The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome


FOX, ROBIN LANE

Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, teg, 671 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light bruising to edge & extrems, light to moderate soiling, fading & scuffing). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013

KEYWORDS: anicent Greece Greek Roman history classics classical

$120.00
3g1/46

The Gympie Goldfield, 1867-2008


FERGUSON, JOHN & BROWN, ELAINE

Signed & inscribed by author. Obl super octavo, illus light card covers, 102 pp.,VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to covers, sl cracking to front hinge). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Gympie Regional Council 2009

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian local history goldfields gold mining

$60.00
3g1/47

The New Zealand Division, 1916-1919


STEWART, H

Super octavo, cl boards, 634 pp.,VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, light to moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand military history

$100.00
3g1/48

Tutira: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station


GUTHRIE-SMITH, H

Note from J. Archer Absolom (chairman of the Tutira Trust) to W. A. Wattie tipped in to ffep. Imp octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, 444 pp.,VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (heavy bruising to edges & extrems with heavy chipping & loss, light to mdoerate soiling). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1953

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local history sheep station

$245.00
3i1/51

A Dance to the Music of Time


POWELL, ANTHONY

4 VOL SET IN INDIVIDUAL SLIPCASES. FIRST EDITION THUS. Super octavo, red cl boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus to front boards, xvi+496pp, x+502pp, ix+501pp, x+565pp, illus, VG+, in slipcase VG (minor scuffing & moderate soiling to covers). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2006/2007

KEYWORDS: first edition thus Anthony Powell history literature novels collection England Britain

$60.00
3i1/52

A History of Farm Implements and Implement Firms in New Zealand


EVANS, B L

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cl boards, black lettering to front board, illus/photos, vii+104pp, VG (minor creasing/bruising to extrems of spine & board, minor buising & soiling to boards, minor tanning/foxing & soiling to page edges, owners name in pen to pastedown, minor tanning to page extrems).

PUBLISHER: N/A (circa 1956)

KEYWORDS: first edition B L Evans New Zealand agriculture farming tools machinery history illustrated

$1700.00
3i1/54

The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand + A Supplement to The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand


HUDSON, G V

EXTREMELY RARE, TWO VOLUMES 1928 FIRST EDITION WITH 1939 SUPPLEMENT. Quarto, half bound leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration to main volume, gilt lettering & decoration to boards, speckled page edges to supplement, frontispiece+xi+386pp+61 plates to rear, 95pp+10 plates, illus/plates (all counted), Vol 1 VG (minor fading & soiling to spine, moderate chipping to spine/ hinges & board extrems with some loss, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning/faxing & soiling to page edges, minor foxing/tanning to eps & prelims & rear eps, minor foxing sporadic throughout, sl tanning to page extrems). Vol 2 VG ( moderate fading to spine, moderate scuffing and minor loss to base of spine, moderate scuffing to board edges, sl scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to fep, sl foxing to prelims, sl foxing sporadic to rear).

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osbourne 1928 /1939

KEYWORDS: first edition G V Hudson natural New Zealand history lepidopterology science nature moths butterflies illustrated plates

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