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Dreamthorp; A Book of Essays Written in the Country
hardcover; 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: george routledge and sons
KEYWORDS: literature specials alexander smith essays natural history
A Dramatic Appearance; New Zealand Theatre 1920-1970
Imperial octavo hardcover in dustwrapper (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: methuen
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history theatre plays drama acting peter harcourt
For the Record; The Making and Meaning of Feminist Knowledge
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: the women's press
KEYWORDS: specials feminism sociology history dale spender
The Seventeenth-Century Background
large format paperback (ex libris); 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: penguin
KEYWORDS: specials history literature basil willey
The Claims of Labour; An Essay on the Duties of the Employers to the Employed
The Second Edition to which is added An Essay on the Means of Improving the Health and Increasing the Comfort of the labouring Classes
full leather boards with blindstamping, gilt rule, and gilt lettering and motifs to spine with raised bands, marbled eps and foredges vii + 288pp VG- (rubbing and bruising with some scuffing and surface loss to leather, small 4mm tear at head of spine, owners details on front blank, very occassional light soiling, occassional pencil underlining). A little battered in appearance, probably in keeping with the subject matter and overall a sound copy, author's name not stated on book
PUBLISHER: william pickering 1845 london
KEYWORDS: sir arthur helps sociology business history philosophy labour politics essays
A Manual of Elementary Geology or the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants As Illustrated by Geological Monuments
fifth edition, greatly enlarged, and illustrated with 750 woodcuts
brown blindstamped cloth boards with gilt motifs to front cover and gilt lettering to spine xvi + erratta slip + 655pp + 32pp adverts, illus G+ (rubbed and bruised with some external gutter and head damage to spine, eps soiled, owners details on fep, a couple of small pencil annotations, occassional light soiling) An extrenally tired but sound tight copy in original binding
PUBLISHER: john murray 1855 london
KEYWORDS: geology science fossils history sir charles lyell
The Crisis of Global Capitalism; Open Society Endangered
hardcover in dustwrapper; 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: little brown
KEYWORDS: specials george soros economics politics history
Scott of the Antarctic
large format paperback; 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: pan
KEYWORDS: specials travel exploration antarctica biography history robert falcon scott elspeth huxley
In God's Name; An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul 1
paperback; 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: corgi
KEYWORDS: specials history religion pope john paul 1 crime david yallop
A Dog's Life
small octavo hardcover (VG) in dustwrapper (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: hamish hamilton
KEYWORDS: specials natural history canine dogs peter mayle
Granta 57; India, the Golden Jubilee
large format paperback; 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; 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: granta
KEYWORDS: literature specials history journalism essays prose arts ian jack granta
Exile on Main St. A Season in Hell With the Rolling Stones
large format gloss illus light card covers 258pp illus Nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: da capo press 2006 cambridge
KEYWORDS: music history rolling stones rock arts robert greenfield biography
To The Limit; The Untold Story of the Eagles
large format illus light card covers vii + 394pp illus VG
PUBLISHER: da capo press 2005 cambridge
KEYWORDS: arts music the eagles biography rock history marc eliot
Daughter of the Reich; The Incredible Story of Louise Fox
large format photo illus light card covers with french flaps 222pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: hourglass 2006 wollombi
KEYWORDS: world war two hermann goering third reich history autobiography louise fox cindy dowling australia
The Rev. James Buller 1812-1884
octavo stapled card wrappers 40pp illus VG (light soiling to covers, sl rusting to staples, prev owners bookplate)
PUBLISHER: wesley historical society 1966 auckland
KEYWORDS: church history new zealand wesley wesleyan religion cghristianity missionary reverend james buller bernard gadd biography
Steamers Down the Firth
A Short History of the Trade From Auckland to Clevedon and Outports, and in particular, of the Clevedon Steam Navigation Company Limited
stapled gloss card wraps 44pp illus VG (light wear and soiling)
PUBLISHER: w a laxon 1966 greenlane
KEYWORDS: w a laxon new zealand transport steamers shipping nautical maritime auckland clevedon steam navigation company history
Four Centuries of Leige Gunmaking
Small Folio brown faux-leather boards with gilt motif to front board,and gilt lettering to spine 287pp illus VG++ (light fading to bottom edge or boards, sl discolouration to eps) in VG d/w (small closed tears to extremities, light fading at edges and spine, laminate lifting at spine)
PUBLISHER: eugene wahle and Sotherby Parke Bennet 1976 London
KEYWORDS: history military firearms weapons gunmaking liege belgium claude gaier
Wanderings in Spain (in Two Volumes)
original blindstamped brown boards, two volume set, gilt motifs and lettering to spines 337pp + 324pp + 8pp adverts G+ (boards rubbed and bruised with closed tear to front board of vol2, small chips and tears to heads and tails, closed tears to top (3cm down) and bottom of spines,fep loose vol one, lacks frontis vol one, frontis loosening vol two, owners details and booksellers label on front pastedowns, modertae foxing throughout) A reasonable set of a very scarce edition
PUBLISHER: parry, blenkarn and co 1847 london
KEYWORDS: spain travel history martin haverty
Race, Colour & Identity in Australia and New Zealand
Super octavo illus light card covers, xiii + 288pp illus VG+ (light rubbing, sl crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2000 sydney
KEYWORDS: sociology race relations racism new zealand australia history john docker gerhard fischer
The History of Gothic Fiction
large format illus light card covers ix + 261pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: edinburgh university press 2007 edinburgh
KEYWORDS: literature specials gothic fiction markman ellis history literary criticism