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$1650.00
3a1/11

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (6 Vol Set)


THE CYCLOPEDIA COMPANY

VERY HEAVY SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, sm quarto, half leatherbound coloured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt NZ motifs to front boards, red speckling to page edges, patterned eps, mixed pagination, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing & cracking/surface loss to spines & board edges, moderate soiling to boards, minor tanning to page edges, numerous cracks to gutters- boards shaky on some vols, prev. owners' names in ink to eps of some vols, other foxing/soilng throughout- mostly quite minor)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1897-1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia cyclopedias encyclopedias geography history towns cities districts history historical research

$60.00
3d3/28

Hotel Cabana: Thru the Decades


PRITCHARD, LEE

INSCRIBED TO ROCK JOURNALIST TREVOR REEKIE & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 280pp, illus, disc to rear pocket VG+ (minor creasing & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Lee Pritchard 2007

KEYWORDS: signed Lee Pritchard Trevor Reekie music history Cabana history

$150.00
3f5/18

With the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders


HARLE MOORE, JAMES G

Super octavo burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, red speckled page edges, 200pp, illus/plates, lacks all but first fold of first plate, all others present, topical ephemera loosely enclosed, VG- ( moderate to heavy scuffing to edges & extrems, light fading to spine, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, page edges & pages lightly soiled & tanned, slight insect damage to rear board, moderate cracking to rear gutter with failed attempt at glue repair, previous owner's name stamped to contents & dedication pages)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Co 1906

KEYWORDS: new zealand fourth contingent rough riders history military south africa history james g harle moore

$20.00
xx38pol222110

Thomas Banks 1735-1805 Britain's First Modern Sculptor


BRYANT, JULIUS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sir John Soane's Museum 2005

KEYWORDS: British art sculpture Thomas Banks history historical history 18th eighteenth century

$20.00
xxrll222536

The Mary Rose: The Excavation and Raising of Henry VIII's Flagship


RULE, MARGARET & HRH THE PRINCESS OF WALES (Fore)

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: Conway Maritime Press 1983

KEYWORDS: maritime history Mary Rose history excavations Henry 8th viii flagships

$42.50
3g4/26

Ancient Voyagers in the Pacific


SHARP, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus eps, v + 191pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (v slight soiling to cover, slight bruising to board corners, light foxing to upper page edges and prelims, light tanning to pages, light pencil annotation to folding map at rear only) in d/w VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to jacket edges, light to moderate tanning,soiling & foxing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Polynesian Society Wellington NZ 1956

KEYWORDS: first editionpacific history polynesian polynesia voyaging ancient voyagers andrew sharp pre colonial history

$47.50
3g2/7

The Roman Empire of Ammianus


MATTHEWS, JOHN

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 608pp, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board edges, light soiling, foxing & tanning to page edges, spine slightly warped) in d/w VG (light creasing to edges, light soiling & fading to jacket, light to moderate foxing to inside of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1989

KEYWORDS: roman empire ammianus history rome ancient history

$40.00
3g1/3

The Brevarium of Festus: A Critical Edition with Historical Commentary


EADIE, J W

Octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 194pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to spine & board corners, light soiling & foxing to page edges, previous owners' names in ink to fep, light tanning to pages) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing to jacket, light chipping along edges, light tanning, soiling & foxing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: The Athlone Press London 1967

KEYWORDS: latin historiography history j w eadie ancient greek roman classics history livian

$100.00
3h4/6

The Pressure of Sunlight Falling


PARDINGTON, FIONA & BAKER, KRISELLE (ed) & RANKIN, ELIZABETH (ed)

Quarto, grey cloth boards, blind stamped text to spine & front board, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: fiona pardington new zealand maori female photographer life casts indigenous history colonial history

$245.00
3j4/2

A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origins, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants (Sixth Thousand)


WILLIAMS, JOHN & BAXTER, G (Wood Engravings)

SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology

$25.00
xxsdo224196

Heimat: A German Family Album


KRUG, NORA

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: Particular Books 2018

KEYWORDS: nora krug family history german nazi regime social history

$22.50
xxsdo224216

Pleasure Wars: The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud: Volume V


GAY, PETER

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: W.W. Norton & Company Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: history social history pschology Freud victorian

$35.50
xxsdo224222

Charging against Napoleon: Diaries and Letters of Three Hussars 1808-1815


HUNT, ERIC

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: LEO COOPER 2001

KEYWORDS: history Napoleon war diary entries military history Britain France

$35.00
xxsdp224266

The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History


GILLIS, JOHN R.

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: The University of Chicago Press Ltd 2012

KEYWORDS: history seashore coasts coastal history geography environmental studies human-environment interaction

$17.50
xxric224332

Grant Rises in the West: From Iuka to Vicksburg, 1862-1863


WILLIAMS, KENNETH P

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: Bison Books 1997

KEYWORDS: Ulysses S Grant Civil War Vicksburg Campaign Mississippi River American History Military History Union Army Confederacy Sieges Battles

$14.00
xxrjc224349

Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time


BOLAND, EAVAN

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 1996

KEYWORDS: Feminism Identity History Poets Irish history Memoir

$15.00
xxrkg224368

Napoleon Bonaparte


SCHOM, ALAN

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: Harper Collins Publishers 1997

KEYWORDS: history Napoleon emperor France french French history revolution kings and rulers biography

$35.00
xxpjb224436

Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls June 1942 - April 1944: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Volume VII


MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT & SHAW, COMMANDER JAMES C. (intro)

THIS VOL ONLY 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: Castle Books 2001

KEYWORDS: history United States Naval operations second 2nd world war two 2 ww2 wwii educational navy military history global conflict

$35.00
xxpjb224437

Operations in North African Waters October 1942 - June 1943: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Volume II


MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT

THIS VOL ONLY 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: Castle Books 2001

KEYWORDS: history United States naval operations second 2nd world war two 2 ww2 wwii educational navy military history global conflict North Africa

$35.00
xxpjb224438

The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 - April 1942: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Volume III


MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT

THIS VOL ONLY 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: Castle Books 2001

KEYWORDS: history United States naval operations second 2nd world war two 2 ww2 wwii educational navy military history Pacific conflict

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