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$125.00
t14/35

The Accelerated Sublime


Landscape, Tourism and Identity

BELL, CLAUDIA & LYALL, JOHN

dark blue cloth boards with black and silver titling 211pp illus NF (v light rubbing, v.light bruising)

PUBLISHER: Praeger Westport 2002

KEYWORDS: tourism new zealand history sociology

$450.00
t14/40

A Short Sketch of Rajah Rajendro Mullick Bahadur and His Family


CHATTERJEE, DINABANDHU

Original brick red blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine 62pp + xxxii illus, VG v light wear to extremities, light to moderate discolouration to pages. SIGNED by Kumar Ganendro Mullick and dated 1921 on title page RARE

PUBLISHER: Mullick calcutta 1917

KEYWORDS: india history genealogy rajah travel biogrpahy

$375.00
t14/43

Piloti ed Aerei Italiani Dal Pacifico Alle Ande


primi voli postali in ecuador

LONGHI, FIORENZO

small folio illustrated boards 279pp illus Fine in Fine d/w SIGNED & iNSCRIBED by author on fep Book is in Italian SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Hi-tech media Bologna 1995

KEYWORDS: italy ecuador aviation philately history travel

$350.00
t14/46

Johannesburg Street Names


A Dictionary of Street, Superb and Other Place-names, compiled to the End of 1968

SMITH, ANNA H

Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine 629pp illus VG+ (very light wear to etremities, mild foxing on eps) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, verey small tears at head and tail of spine, foxing on inside) A large and detailed book which should be on the shelf ofevery fan of the city SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Juta Cape Town 1971

KEYWORDS: South Africa Johannesburg travel history geography

$25.00
t14/58

Rural Discontent in Nineteenth Century Britain


DUNBABIN, J P D

brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 320pp NF(v sl fading to extremities) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities and sl fading to spine & rear)

PUBLISHER: Faber London 1974

KEYWORDS: history agriculture sociology britain

$35.00
t14/59

Lord and Peasant in Nineteenth Century Britain


MILLS, DENNIS R

black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 232pp illus VG (v sl bruising to corners, highlighter on one passage, pencil annotations throughout) in VG+ d/w (some fading to spine and rear)

PUBLISHER: CroomHelm London 1980

KEYWORDS: history agriculture britain sociology

$120.00
t14/62

Working-Class Patients and the Medical Establishment


Self-help in Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1948

GREEN, DAVID G

Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 211pp NF (sl bruising to extremities) inNF d/w (v sl creasing, v sl rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Gower Temple Aldershot 1985

KEYWORDS: medicine history britain sociology science

$50.00
t15/1

The National Championships


A History of the First 50 Years of Aeromodelling Championships in New Zealand

MALKIN, JOHN

large format gloss illus soft card covers with french flaps 120pp Fine

PUBLISHER: NZMAA Auckland 2002

KEYWORDS: aeromodelling aviation new zealand history

$75.00
t15/9

Arboriculture or a Practical treatise on raising and Managing Forest Trees


and on The Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain

GRIGOR, JOHN

Second Edition green Cloth Blindstamped Boards with gilt lettering to spine xv + 416pp VG (bruising & wear to extremities with a couple of small chips to spine, discolouration to spine, owners stamp on eps, cracking to front and rear gutters but still sound)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier Edinburgh 1881

KEYWORDS: aboriculture forests great britain trees agriculture natural history botany

$250.00
t15/13

Profits, Interest and Investment and Other essays on the Theory of Industrial Fluctuations


VON HAYEK, FRIEDRICH A

reprint of 1939 edition Red Cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine 266pp Near Fine (sl fading to extremities) Former owners name to title page - Rodney Hide, MP, currently leader of NZ Act Party

PUBLISHER: Augustus M Kelley Clifton 1975

KEYWORDS: finance interest investment banking business history

$35.00
t15/19

the Libertarian Idea


NARVESON, JAN

teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 367pp NF (sl bruising to corners) in NF d/w (sl rubbing, sl lift in lamination to extremities) with former ownership of Rodney Hide, MP, current leader of the New Zealand Act Party

PUBLISHER: Temple University press Philadelphia 1988

KEYWORDS: history politics

$43.50
t15/21

Captain Jack Surveyor and Engineer


The Autobiography of John Mackie

MACKIE, JOHN

Softbound illus card 444pp illus Near Fine

PUBLISHER: NZ Institute of Surveyors Wellington 2007

KEYWORDS: surveyors engineeers new zealand history geography

$110.00
ak3/14/1687

My Seventy Years on the Chatham islands


Reminiscences by David Holmes

HOLMES, DAVID

INDSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Dark brown cloth boards 184pp illus Fine in Near Fine d/w (sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press Christchurch 1993

KEYWORDS: new zealand history chatham islands

$60.00
t15/27

New Zealand Butterflies


Identification and Natural History

GIBBS, GEORGE W

Quarto, green cloth boards 207pp illus VG+ (light foxing to edges) in VG+ d/w (light foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Auckland 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history butterflies

$125.00
2g10/22

From Old England to New Zealand A Family Named Wells Spans the Centuries


WELLS, JANET & BARTLETT, FAY & MCDONALD, BARBARA & MCDONALD, IAN (compilers)

Large softcover illus card covers 223pp illus Near Fine (owners name on title page, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Janet Wells et al Auckland 2002

KEYWORDS: new zealand genealogy history

$70.00
2g7/6

St Philip's 1898-1998 A Centennial History


PERCY, COLIN

large softcover in illus light card ii + 157pp illus Near Fine (owners name on contents page - does not appear to have been issued with eps or title page)

PUBLISHER: Percy Glendowie 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand history religion churches

$32.50
1m41/5

Going Abroad The MacGibbon Family and Other Early Scottish Emigrants to Otago and Southland, New Zealand


MACGIBBON, JOHN

Quarto softcover 231pp VG+ (light bruising to corners, owners name on title page)

PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press Wellington 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand genaology soctland southland otago history

$85.00
1y99a/9944

New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour


Compiled From the Derek Cross Collection

CROSS, DAVID

Quarto, teal blue cloth boards, 200pp illus, illus eps, VG+ (lightwear to extrems) in Near fine d/w

PUBLISHER: transpress NZ Wellington 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand history railways photography transport

$145.00
t15/39

The Rise of Our Indian Empire


Being the History of British India From its Origin to the Peace of 1783 extracted from Lord mahon's History of England

MAHON, LORD ( STANHOPE, Earl PHILIP HENRY )

Expertly rebacked full brown leather with decorative gilt, raised bands, black label with gilt to spine 173pp aall edges marbled, marbled eps, VG+ moderate wear to boards, light foxing to eps Delightful warm INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE of Author to Emily Stanhope

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1858

KEYWORDS: india history lord mahon stanhope signed

$60.00
t15/40

Great Guys Laughs and Gripes of Fifty Years of Show-Music Business


LAKE, MAYHEW MIKE

Softcover in illus light card 170pp illus VG+ (owners name on inner cover, light foxing to eps, fading to spine and rear cover) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Bocavo Press Michigan 1983

KEYWORDS: music show classic concert band arts history

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