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$20.00
xxkub189969

Owaka Presbyterian Church Jubilee 1885-1935 Souvenir Booklet


N/A

Imperial 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1935

KEYWORDS: New Zealand presbyterian church history Owaka souvenir booklets history

$22.50
xxkya190288

Byron's Greece


LONGFORD, ELIZABETH & LEWINSKI, JORGE (Photos)

Imperial 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1975

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron Greece history literature literary history

$150.00
1e17a/18

Pioneers From Busby: Ther Heritage of the Wilson Family


TRETHEWEY, JILLIAN M.

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 333pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffign to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. ownership ink markings to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Jillian M. Trethewey 1992

KEYWORDS: family tree history research genealogy history New Zealand Zealanders Wilson pioneers settlers

$30.00
xxa3ac190616

The Spanish Armada


MARTIN, COLIN & PARKER, GEOFFREY

FIRST EDITION, imperial 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 1988

KEYWORDS: first editions history Spanish Armada maritime military history sea warfare battles British navy

$25.00
xxa3af190716

Pre-Christian Ireland: From the First Settlers to the Early Celts


With 139 Illustrations

HARBISON, PETER & SOERGEL-HARBISON, EDELGARD (illus.)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing London 1988

KEYWORDS: pre-christian pagan ireland irish history celts celtic peter harbison history

$18.50
xxa3be170936

The Making of Russell McVeagh


STONE, R. C. J.

Ex-library, ownership of Historian Judith Bassett, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co history New Zealand law history lawyers legal

$40.00
1f17a/31

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution


SHUKMAN, HAROLD (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 418pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges & extrems, sl foxing to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges, light chafing & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1988

KEYWORDS: first editions encyclopedias encyclopaedias Russia Russian revolution history politics history chronology

$40.00
1f17a/44

Women and Work in Russia 1880-1930: A Study in Continuity Through Change


MCDERMID, JANE & HILLYAR, ANNA

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ix + 236pp, VG+ (light bruising/creasing to spine, moderate fading to spine & covers, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Longman 1998

KEYWORDS: women history labour labor force work Russia Russian history politics economy economics gender

$22.50
xxa3dd171453

The First 50 Years: A History of the New Zealand National Party


GUSTAFSON, BARRY

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial 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: Reed Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed Barry Gustafson national party history biography history politics government political parties

$27.50
xxa3dg171575

Auckland's Historical Background: Its Relation to Central City Planning


DUDER, B. & WINSTONE, J. & WARREN, T.J.

OWNERSHIP OF GRAHAM BUSH; quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland City Council Dept. of Works and Services 1969

KEYWORDS: auckland history geography city planning new zealand north island local history

$20.00
xxa3ef171856

Octobrists to Bolsheviks; Imperial Russia 1905-1917


MCCAULEY, MARTIN & WALDRON, PETER (assisted by)

Octavo softcover (VG-, a couple of sections coming detached but all present, good clean reading copy) ; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: martin mccauley documents of modern history series octobrists bolsheviks bolshevism imperial tsarist russian 1905 1917 revolutions nicholas ii soviet union history politics duma parliament government

$18.50
xxa3ef171858

The Russian Dagger: Cold War in the Days of the Czars


COWLES, VIRGINIA

FIRST EDITION; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1969

KEYWORDS: first edition virginia cowles russian empire history imperial czarist czar tsarist tsar europe eurasia politics history 19th nineteenth century

$25.00
os3/12

Australian Dreaming: 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History


ISAACS, JENNIFER (Compiled & Ed)

Folio 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: Lansdowne Press 1987

KEYWORDS: history Australia Australian indigenous people Aborigine Aboriginal ancient history anthropology antiquity

$40.00
1i19a/9

Exploring Southeast Asia's Economic Past (AEHR XXXI: 1 March 1991)


SNOOKS, G D (Ed) & REID, A J S (Ed) & PINCUS, J J (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 103pp, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate pencil underlining & highlighting to text)

PUBLISHER: Australian Economic History Review 1991

KEYWORDS: Australian Economic History Review past issues March 1991 southeast Asia economic history economics Thailand Vietnam French empire

$25.00
xxa3eg171973

P-47 Thunderbolt


HESS, WILLIAM N

Imperial 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: Motorbooks 1994

KEYWORDS: military history aviation p-47 thunderbolt aircraft fighter planes history design development engineering

$20.00
xxzbc172104

The Fragile Empire: A History of Imperial Russia


CHUBAROV, ALEXANDER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Continuum 1999

KEYWORDS: russian empire imperial russia history czar czarist tsar tsarist history eurasia slavic politics culture

$22.50
xxzcd172166

Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations


BERGMAN, RONEN & HOPE, RONNIE (Trans)

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: John Murray 2018

KEYWORDS: military history Israel history idf defence defense forces

$18.50
xxe3ab172400

Longtime Californ': A Documentary Study of an American Chinatown


VICTOR G and BRETT DE BARY NEE

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Pantheon Books / Random House 1973

KEYWORDS: history America US American Chinatown China Town social history

$18.50
xxe3ae172490

Sacred Rage: The Crusade of Modern Islam


WRIGHT, ROBIN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Andre Deutsch 1986

KEYWORDS: first editions history Islam extremism terrorism modern history conflict

$65.00
1j42b/10

Police Science, 1964-1984: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography


BAILEY, WILLIAM G

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 277pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl adhesive residue to boards)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues police science history crime history

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