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$125.00
3j4/40

I, George Nepia: The Golden Years of Rugby


NEPIA, GEORGE & MCLEAN, TERRY

SIGNED BY GEORGE NEPIA & TERRY MCLEAN, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v slight bruising to edges of spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling & chafing to jacket, moderate chipping and 0.5cm section loss to spine & jacket edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1963

KEYWORDS: george nepia terry mclean new zealand sport sporting rugby history

$100.00
3j4/41

Early Protestant Missions in the New Hebrides, 1839-61: Being a thesis presented for the Degree of Master of Arts in History


PARSONSON, GORDON S

Unpublished masters thesis by prominent Dunedin historian, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, unpaginated, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, slight tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago, unpublished masters thesis

KEYWORDS: new zealand church history protestant religion religious early mission new hebrides otago southland

$100.00
3j4/42

Ring Battles of Centuries (Revised Edition): Dedicated to clean sport and its resultant development of mind and body


ANDREWS, TOM S (author & compiler) & DIEGLE, C R (ass ed)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to boards, illus title page, 264pp, illus, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to boards & spine, heavy chipping & scuffing to edges, light to moderate soiling & tanning to pages & edges, front gutter moderately cracked)

PUBLISHER: Tom Andrews Record Book Co 1924

KEYWORDS: boxing history ring battles fighting boxers tom s andrews c r diegle

$40.00
3j4/45

In Sicily: 1896 = 1898 = 1900


SLADEN, DOUGLAS

TWO VOLUME Set, imperial octavo, green heavy cloth boards, illus in gilt frame to front boards, gilt lettering to spines, upper edges gilt, side edges deckled, frontispieces, illus title pages, (xxxii + 439pp & xvi + 565pp), extensively illus, VG (moderate soiling & fading to boards, light to moderate brusing & scuffing to boards & edges, small 0.5 cm tear to top of vol i spine, vol i missing fep, vol i front gutter lightly cracked, vol ii gutter cracked between p200-201, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages & edges)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: sicily italy nineteenth twentieth century douglas sladen sicilia history travel writing

$40.00
3j4/54

The Toll of the Arctic Seas


EDWARDS, DELTUS MALIN & COFFIN

MAP PRESENT, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to front board, silver gilt stamped illustration of arctic ice with cross to front board, upper edges stained grey, other edges deckled, frontispiece, 449pp, illus + coloured folding map, G+ (11cm section missing from spine, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light bruising to board corners, light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1910

KEYWORDS: arctic sea seas exploration history deltus m edwards

$60.00
3j4/55

An Invincible Beast: Understanding the Hellenistic Pike-phalanx at War


MATTHEW, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 513pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to edge of spine, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2015

KEYWORDS: christopher anthony matthew hellenistic pike-phalanx greek history classics military strategy

$48.50
3j2/4

The New Zealand Alpine Journal: Vol VII; June 1937 & June 1938 (Nos. 24 & 25)


SIM, J A (ed) & MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & bands to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 352pp + unpaginated postlims, illus, VG+ (v slight chafing to board edges, v slight tanning & soiling to page edges) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: The N.Z. Alpine Club Inc 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand alpine journal club mountaineering history sport

$70.00
3j2/5

Our Southernmost Maoris: Their Habitat, Nature Notes, Problems and Perplexities, Controversial and Conversational, Further Place Names, Antiquity of Man in New Zealand


BEATTIE, HERRIES

Octavo, orange light card wrappers, black text to front wrapper, 160pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine & wrapper, slight soiling to wrapper, light soiling & tanning to page edges, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Printed by the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1954

KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa maori history herries beattie south island te waipounamu

$47.50
3j2/6

Pumice & Pines: The Story of Kaingaroa Forest


BOYD, JOAN

Super octavo, aqua illus light card wrappers, navy blue lettering to spine & front wrapper, xiv + 198pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight soiling & tanning to page edges, previous bookseller's sticker residue to half title page)

PUBLISHER: GP Publications n/d

KEYWORDS: kaingaroa forest new zealand forestry history joan boyd

$60.00
3j2/9

Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin's Iron Fist


ARCH GETTY, J & NAUMOV, OLEG V & MURAVEVA, NADEZHDA V (asst by)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxv + 283pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to board edges, slight soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight chafing & tanning to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Yale University 2008

KEYWORDS: ussr soviet union russian political history stalin yezhov iron fist j arch getty oleg v naumov nadezhda v muraveva

$245.00
3j2/12

Glimpses of Masonic History


LEADBEATER, C W

Octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt illus to front board, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 380pp, illus/plates, VG (light scuffing to edges of spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to pages, sporadic cracking to gutters, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: The Theosophical Publishing House 1926

KEYWORDS: free mason masonic freemason freemasonic history c w leadbeater cults religious groups

$40.00
3j2/13

Tears in Paradise: A Personal and Historical Journey 1879-2004


PRASAD, RAJENDRA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO DAVID LANGE, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to spine & wrapper, 293pp, illus VG+ (v slight chafing to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Glade Publishers 2004

KEYWORDS: indian diaspora fiji fijian india history girmit period indo-fijian rajendra prasad pacific histories

$25.00
xxspn224846

The Dublin Diary of Stanislaus Joyce


HEALY, GEORGE HARRIS (ed)

ex library super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w V(G): 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: Faber and Faber Limited 1962

KEYWORDS: diaries diary history biography Stanislaus Joyce Dublin life

$22.50
xxspn224850

In Ethiopia with a Mule


MURPHY, DERVLA

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: Readers Union Limited 1969

KEYWORDS: travel history Ethiopia Dervla Murphy solo female travel adventure

$35.00
xxspn224851

The Conquest of Bread


KROPOTKIN, PETER & AVRICH, PAUL (ed & intro)

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: Allen Lane The Penguin Press 1972

KEYWORDS: political anarchism anarchist communism economics history capitalism critique

$19.50
xxspn224852

1905


TROTSKY, LEON & BOSTOCK, ANYA (trans)

super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+ torn): 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: Allen Lane The Penguin Press 1972

KEYWORDS: history Russia Soviet Union political politics Leon Trotsky social and economic development The Petersburg Soviet

$25.00
xxsqc224861

Guadalcanal: The First Offensive: United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific


MILLER JR, JOHN

super octavo hardcover (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: National Historical Society 1993

KEYWORDS: history US United States army 2nd second world war two 2 ww2 wwii Guadalcanal

$25.00
xxsqc224863

Riviera to the Rhine: United States Army in World War II: The European Theatre of Operations


CLARKE, JEFFREY J. & SMITH, ROBERT ROSS

super octavo hardcover (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: National Historical Society 1995

KEYWORDS: history US United States army 2nd second world war two 2 ww2 wwii western campaigns

$25.00
xxsqc224864

The Approach to the Philippines: United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific


SMITH, ROBERT ROSS

super octavo hardcover (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: National Historical Society 1994

KEYWORDS: history US United States army 2nd second world war two 2 ww2 wwii western campaigns Philippines

$25.00
xxsqc224865

Victory in Papua: United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific


MILNER, SAMUEL

super octavo hardcover (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: National Historical Society 1993

KEYWORDS: history US United States army 2nd second world war two 2 ww2 wwii Papua

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