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$50.00
3j2/50

Bainham: a History


DAWBER, CAROL

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, burgundy & navy lettering to wrapper, 292pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (slight soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to edges of wrapper, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: River Press 1997 for the Bainham Reunion Committee

KEYWORDS: first edition bainham new zealand history golden bay nelson kahurangi national park south island history carol dawber

$345.00
3j1/2

Peterloo Massacre, containing a Faithful Narrative of the Events which preceded, accompanied, and followed the fatal Sixteenth of August 1819, on the area near St Peter's Church, Manchester including the proceedings which took place at the Inquest at


EDITED BY AN OBSERVER

Octavo, rebound in blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (slight rubbing & fading to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Third Edition, James Wroe at the Observer Office 1819

KEYWORDS: nineteenth century true crime peterloo massacre manchester england history legal history

$400.00
3j1/3

The Trial of Henry Hunt, John Knight, Joseoh Johnson, John Thacker Saxton, Samuel Bamford, Joseph Healey, James Moorhouse, Robert Jones, George Swift and Robert Wilde for an Alleged Conspiracy to alter the Law by Force and Threats and for Convening a


N/A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, rebound in green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG (slight rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: First Edition, T J Evans at the Observer-Office, Manchester 1820

KEYWORDS: first edition nineteenth century true crime peterloo massacre manchester england history court proceedings legal history

$50.00
3j1/53

Bell Block: A Local Aviation History


PRIEST, ELAINE (written) & BELLINI, BRUCE (written & ed) & DOBSON, PETER (written)

SIGNED BY TWO OF THE AUTHORS, CD IN REAR POCKET, quarto, illus light card wrappers, gilt lettering to wrapper, iv + 191pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to inside wrapper, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: New Plymouth Aero Club 2003

KEYWORDS: new plymouth aero club new zealand aviation history flying flight north island new zealand aotearoa history

$75.00
3k5/4

The Heroic Flight of the Rodina


BRONTMAN, L & KHVAT, L

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, blind ruled decoration, inset illus & blue lettering to front board, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 108pp, illus, VG- (slight scuffing to boards & spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Publishing House 1938

KEYWORDS: rodina female aviation history feminist ussr russian history heroes hero of the soviet union flight

$45.00
3k5/31

Bell Block: A Local Aviation History


PRIEST, ELAINE (written) & BELLINI, BRUCE (written & ed) & DOBSON, PETER (written)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, gilt lettering to wrapper, iv + 191pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to inside wrapper, sporadic light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: New Plymouth Aero Club 2003

KEYWORDS: new plymouth aero club new zealand aviation history flying flight north island new zealand aotearoa history

$245.00
3k4/2

Letters from Settlers & Labouring Emigrants in the New Zealand Company's settlements of Wellington, Nelson, & New Plymouth from February 1842 to January 1843


N/A

REBOUND USING ORGINAL COVERS, small octavo, red faux snakeskin boards underneath original covers, quarter bound in blue cloth, black lettering to cover, 211pp + 6, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards & spine, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to last page & title page, gutters cracked between pages 2-3, 24-25 (with historic tape repair), 26-28, 120-121 & second to last page of ads)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co 1843

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wellington nelson new plymouth settlers labouring emigrants colonial colonist colonising history letters

$45.00
3k2/2

Theatergarden Bestiarium: The Garden as Theater as Museum


BROUWER, MARIANE et al & HEISS, ALANNA (Intro)

Lg quarto, black cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1990

KEYWORDS: gardens gardening history design landscaping history historical art theater theatre theatergarden bestiarium

$15.00
xxdpe225085

2Stoned


OLDHAM, ANDREW LOOG & SPENCE, SIMON (interviews and research) & OHLMAN, CHRISTINE (ed)

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: Vintage 2003

KEYWORDS: music Rock and Roll The Rolling Stones band manager Andrew Loog Oldham history musical history biographical recount music industry entertainment

$32.50
xxrci225156

Cetshwayo; The Last Zulu King


BINNS, C. T.

Ex library. Proof copy. Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: C.T. Binns South Africa Zulu history biographical history Cetshwayo proof copy

$22.50
xxscx225171

Sailormen All


CAMPBELL, VICE-ADMIRAL GORDON

lacks fep, super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton Limited c.1933

KEYWORDS: naval history seafaring life shipwrecks survival voyages history Godon Campbell maritime exploration

$17.50
xxcre225199

The New Medievalism


BROWNLEE, MARINA S. (ed) & BROWNLEE, KEVIN (ed) & NICHOLS, STEPHEN G. (ed)

super octavo softcover (VG+) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: history and criticism medieval history medievalism medieval studies

$35.00
xxcre225206

Rendezvous With Destiny: A Sailor's War


MASON, THEODORE 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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1997

KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 naval operations American war history Navy biographical presonal narratives sailors

$16.50
xxcqf225208

My War


ROONEY, ANDY

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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs 2000

KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 biographical personal narraitves war correspondents United States American history army

$60.00
3L5/6

Lawrence and Oppenheimer


DAVIS, NUEL PHARR

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained orange, 384pp, VG (moderate staining to boards, sl rubbing/bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional pencil underlining to text) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor tape repairs, light chafing, moderate tanning/foxing & creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969

KEYWORDS: UK first editions nuclear science Ernest Lawrence J Robert Oppenheimer history physics history

$25.00
xxfaf225427

Marxism and Literary History


FROW, JOHN

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: Harvard University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: discourse analysis literary history Marxism Marxist criticism literature history

$24.50
xxffa225522

Doctor of Revolution: The Life and Genius of Erasmus Darwin


KING-HELE, DESMOND

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1977

KEYWORDS: Erasmus Darwin 18th eighteenth century science history of social history enlightenment first edition

$40.00
3L2/11

Early Meissen Porcelain in Dresden


MENZHUASEN, INGELORE; KARPINSKI, JURGEN (photos)

Imp. octavo, white cl boards, spine lettered in white, device to front board in blue; photos; 212 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1990

KEYWORDS: ceramics pottery Meissen porcelain history arts crafts German history

$55.00
3M5/12

75 Years of Leica Photography / 75 Jahre Leica Fotografie / 75 ans de photographie Leica 1914 - 1989


FREY, VERENA (editor)

MULTI LINGUAL ENG/FRE/GER. Quarto, heavy white cloth boards, blind stamp lettering on spine, illus title page, 340pp, illus/photos, near FINE (sl soiling to boards & page edges) in clear mylar d/w, VG+ (transparent with text, sl scuffing and bruising to front and rear, sl tanning to spine) in slipcase VG ( light to moderate white card with minor soiling and scuffing all over, light foxing on rear, previous bookseller's sticker on the front).

PUBLISHER: The Leica Camera Group 1991

KEYWORDS: MULTI LANGUAGE photography photographs Leica history world culture art history 20th century German French English world

$60.00
3m5/26

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory


MACINTYRE, ALASDAIR

Super octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; x + 252 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps; ownership inscr to ffep; major pencil annotations to reps; light annotation throughout); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1981

KEYWORDS: philosophy moral morals virtue history social history science

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