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$25.00
xx104pol204518

Early Dunedin


MCKENZIE, JOAN C

8vo stapled light card covers (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Technical High School n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Dunedin social history

$19.50
xx130pol205739

The Gentry: Stories of the English


NICOLSON, ADAM

Super 8vo 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: Harper Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Adam Nicolson England English history stories social history

$25.00
xx139pol206383

Armies of the Greek and Persian Wars 500 to 350 BC: Campaigns, organisation, tactics, dress & weapons


NELSON, RICHARD

Super 8vo 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: War Games Research Group n/d

KEYWORDS: Ancient Greece Greek Persia Persian War Games Research Group classical history military history army armies

$17.50
xx136pol206514

System and Process in International Politics


KAPLAN, MORTON A

LACKS D/W, 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: John Wiley & Sons 1957

KEYWORDS: politics world political history processes systems theory history

$35.00
xx134pol206631

Waterloo in 100 Objects


GLOVER, GARETH & ROBERTS, ANDREW (foreword)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The History Press 2015

KEYWORDS: waterloo history military history napoleonic wars

$120.00
1h29a/12

Dictionary of Demons: A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Law


GETTINGS, FRED

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG (minor water damage to base of spine, light bruising & soiling to board edges & extrems, minor soiling to rear board, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate water staining to edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: demons demonology supernatural occult history esoteric evil spirits culture history historical religion religious

$25.00
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A Vision Betrayed: The Jesuits in Japan and China 1542-1742


ROSS, ANDREW C

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: Orbis Books 1994

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history jesuits missions Japan Japanese church history

$62.50
2i48b/24

The Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music


PESCH, LUDWIG

Super 8vo, pp. xvii + 376; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps & prelims, photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: India South Indian music Oxford Companion illustrated history ancient classical history arts

$40.00
1o18a/39

Discovering the Roman Family: Studies in Roman Social History


BRADLEY, KEITH R

8vo, pp. green buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; prev bookseller's price sticker to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Pres 1991

KEYWORDS: ancient classic classical history Rome Roman social history family organisation organization relationships

$120.00
1o18a/40

Myth, Scandal, and History: The Heinrich Schliemann Controversy and a First Edition of the Mycenaean Diary


CALDER III, WILLIAM M & TRAILL, DAVID A (eds)

SIGNED, INCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO FRIEND. Super 8vo, pp. 273; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus, VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Mycenae Micenaean diary Heinrich Schliemann 19th century archaeology history Greece Greek Rome Roman art

$40.00
1y48a/40

The Jack Brabham Story


BRABHAM, Sir JACK & NYE, DOUG & MOSS, Sir STIRLING (Fore)

Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 253pp + 3pp index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & closed tearing to edges & front, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear & front, light chafing, sl tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Minidi 2004

KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports history drivers autobiographies biographies memoir Sir Jack Brabham grand prix f1 formula one 1 history Australian

$200.00
2e18b/7

Legends of the Maori


POMARE, Sir MAUI & COWAN, JAMES; PETERSON, STUART (illus.)

First edition, thus. Super royal 8vo, pp. xi + 320; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in gold koru; illus. eps, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in blue ink to ffep, tp, p. 20, 47, 79, 143, 207 & colophon; sm closed tear to p. 191 at top edge; light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (N.Z.) 1930

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history Maori social history myth mythology legend

$85.00
2e18b/8

The Ancient Near East in Pictures: Relating to the Old Testament


PRITCHARD, JAMES B

Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 396; red buckram bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate fading, esp to back; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap at head).

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Near East Old Testament Bible Biblical archaeology anthropology social history life lives

$10.00
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Lawrence District High and Consolidated Schools: Centennial History 1864-1964


BARTON, R N (forew)

8vo stapled light card covers (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: Otago Daily Times [1964]

KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century New Zealand history Lawrence high school centennial centennary history

$100.00
ak1/19a/12

Pioneers of Martins Bay


MACKENZIE, Mrs PETER (MACKENZIE, ALICE)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- yellowing tape repairs to base, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, heavy crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1947

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Martins Bay history Alice Mackenzie early settlers pioneers

$15.00
xx147pol208885

Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Luscious Substance


ECOTT, TIM

8vo 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: Michael Joseph 2004

KEYWORDS: Tim Ecott vanilla plant history natural history

$125.00
ak2/13a/47

Spanish and Portuguese Conflict in the Spice Islands: The Loaysa Expedition to the Moluccas 1525-1535. From Book XX of The General and Natural History of the Indies


DE OVIEDO Y VALDES, GONZALO FERNANDEZ & DILLE, GLEN F (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xix + 194pp, illus/maps, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2021

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Spanish Portuguese expeditions 16th sixteenth century Indies natural history

$42.50
2e18c/5

The History of the Illustrated Book: The Western Tradition


HARTHAN, JOHN

4to, pp. 288; brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device to front board in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to back).,

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1981

KEYWORDS: printing publishing history book arts design illustrated history illustrations

$15.00
xxpbi210405

Faith of our Fathers 1866-1966


DOWALL, A E D

8vo stapled light card covers (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: The Presbyterian Church in Balclutha N.D.

KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Balclutha Otago centennial centenary history Presbyterian Church

$20.00
xxpkh210846

Romance of the Empire: Australia


LANG, W H & LAMBERT, G W (Illus)

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: T C & E C Jack N/D (c.1910s?)

KEYWORDS: Australia Australain history exploration history discovery

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