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$145.00
1a4a/30

Extinct Birds of New Zealand


TENNYSON, ALAN & MARTINSON, PAUL

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, (8) + vi + 180pp, illus, VG (light bruising & paint staining to spine extrems, light paint staining & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in black paint & pencil annotation to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & paint staining to covers)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology extinction extinct history natural history

$100.00
2g13c/32

The History of the Worthies of England


FULLER, THOMAS; NUTALL, P AUSTIN (notes)

Three volume set. Rebacked, retaining original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xxx + 582 + 8 (advts), xii + 591, xii + 584; brown cl boards, boards paneled & decorated in arabesques, spine lettered in gilt; frontis. (v.1 only), top & fore edges sl deckled; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals)., some unopened pgs;

PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg 1860

KEYWORDS: Thomas Fuller England English history worthies directory county counties directories occupations social history

$45.00
2f9e/17

Homer and the Monuments


LORIMER, H L

Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 552; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top pg edge stained red, illus., 32 plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1950

KEYWORDS: Homer Homeric Greece Greek ancient classical history antiquities archaeology history

$100.00
1h15a/13

Petrol Company (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)


KIDSON, A L

LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus/folding maps, VG (usual library markings/stamps, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs / War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official history guides ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Petrol Company army corps

$40.00
1j19a/12

British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report ; Botany. Part III, Pp 29-76: Lichens


DARBISHIRE, O V

Quarto, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, Pps 29-76 + plates to rear, VG (moderate cracking/tearing to spine, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor closed tearing to top edges of some pages)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1923

KEYWORDS: British Antarctic expeditions exploration botany natural history south pole Antarctica history historical lichen lichens Terra Nova reports

$22.50
xxafaa213342

Borromini


BLUNT, ANTHONY

Super 8vo softcover (VG), some annotations; 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 Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press

KEYWORDS: Anthony Blunt Borromini architecture history art history historian life lives

$27.50
xxafb213470

Tibet: Land of Snows


TUCCI, GIUSEPPE & DRIVER, J E STAPLETON (Trans)

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co 1967

KEYWORDS: Tibet history culture heritage art history

$20.00
xxapa213707

Memories of a Bygone Era


ROBERTSON, MAIDIE

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: Marjorie Hall (Maidie) Robertson 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers family history Phillips Robertson

$60.00
1w48a/14

Salt and Civilization


ADSHEAD, S A M

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 417pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, strip of moderate tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/wrinkling & peeling to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, 1cm closed tear to top edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: history culture salt commodities history historical antiquity

$35.00
xxsek215002

The Facts of Life


PORTER, ROY & HALL, LESLEY

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: Yale University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British history sex sexual social history

$20.00
xxsib215249

A Bright & Savage Land: Scientists in Colonial Australia


MOYAL, ANN

Quarto 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: William Collins 1986

KEYWORDS: colonial Australia history naturalists botany botanists scientists history

$40.00
ak5/9/18

Captain William Crush Daldy 1816-1903


DUGDALE, LESLEY N

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Captain William Crush Daldy history biography biographies memoir history New Zealand early settlers pioneers

$300.00
ak5/15/8

The Rooper Story


ROOPER, JOHN ROYDON (Compiled by)

NOTE FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xix + 290pp, illus/folding charts, VG (light to moderate fading & warping to spine, sl soiling to front board, moderate staining to rear board, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: S Straker & Sons (Printer) 1958

KEYWORDS: family history Rooper history genealogy

$25.00
1b20/10

THE MOHAWK


HISLOP, CODMAN

Ex-library, Second edition 367pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) VG (sl foxing to page edges, library markings, wear to board edges) in VG- d/w (moderate wear to edges, chipping and small tears, 3cm square section at base of spine with surface loss, spine sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Rinehart and Co. New York 1948

KEYWORDS: Mohawk River American History New York

$30.60
1a28/34

Our Beautiful Homeland: Hereford Chester Oxford Warwick & Leamington


EDWARDES CHARLES & HOW F.D. & MORLEY GEORGE & HASLEHURST, ERNEST W

64pp ills.col.plates by ernest w.haslehurst(some loose) VG- (decorative binding,cream cloth w.red/green borders and decoration to cover/spine,green lettering to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and stained w.mod.sunning to spine,extremities sl.bumped w.minor wear,dec.eps sl.stained,owner's ink and pencil sign.to blank prelim.,paper separation at title-page gutter,sl.foxing throughout but plates are clean,edges sl.soiled and foxed,sl.cocked/bowed)

PUBLISHER: gresham publishing london (nd)

KEYWORDS: travel geography britain history haslehurst ernest w

$13.94
1h26/18

A NATION ON TRIAL


AMERICA AND THE WAR OF 1812

WHITE, PATRICK C T:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 177pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: john wiley & sons new york 1965

KEYWORDS: history america 1812 treaty ghent canada

$11.15
1h26/19

INDIA AND THE FUTURE OF ASIA


SINGH, PATWANT:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 243pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1966

KEYWORDS: history india politics

$16.73
1h26/21

WELCOME TO TOMBSTONE


OLSSON, JAN OLOF:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 164pp illus VG+(v sl bumped spine foot) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: elek books london 1956

KEYWORDS: history arizona america tombstone hassayamper

$22.30
1h26/13

THE SIEGE OF NEW ORLEANS


BROOKS, CHARLES B:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 334pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners) d/w VG(in plastic,sl wear at extremities,sl sunned,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: university of washington press seattle 1961

KEYWORDS: history new orleans america britain war 1815

$19.52
1h26/14

THE PROUDEST DAY


MACDONOUGH ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN

MULLER, CHARLES G:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 373pp EXCELLENT copy d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities,sl sunned,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: the john day co new york 1960

KEYWORDS: history macdonough champlain america war

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