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$10.00
xxcxh3585

Dreamthorp; A Book of Essays Written in the Country


SMITH, ALEXANDER

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

$15.00
xxcpg3666

A Dramatic Appearance; New Zealand Theatre 1920-1970


HARCOURT, PETER

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

$10.00
xxcyc3611

For the Record; The Making and Meaning of Feminist Knowledge


SPENDER, DALE

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

$9.00
xxdbc3672

The Seventeenth-Century Background


WILLEY, BASIL

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

$75.00
1p5a/50

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

{HELPS, Sir ARTHUR}

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

$145.00
1p5a/46

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

LYELL, Sir CHARLES

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

$12.00
xxcyc3739

The Crisis of Global Capitalism; Open Society Endangered


SOROS, GEORGE

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

$9.00
xxcxb3741

Scott of the Antarctic


HUXLEY, ELSPETH ( SCOTT, ROBERT FALCON)

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

$9.00
xxdbe3766

In God's Name; An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul 1


YALLOP, DAVID

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

$9.00
xxyab3799

A Dog's Life


MAYLE, PETER

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

$8.00
xxcpe3999

Granta 57; India, the Golden Jubilee


JACK, IAN (ed)

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

$18.00
2f14/25

Exile on Main St. A Season in Hell With the Rolling Stones


GREENFIELD, ROBERT

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

$27.50
1p5a/55

To The Limit; The Untold Story of the Eagles


ELIOT, MARC

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

$17.50
1p5a/62

Daughter of the Reich; The Incredible Story of Louise Fox


FOX, LOUISE & DOWLING, CINDY

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

$50.00
u28a/5

The Rev. James Buller 1812-1884


GADD, BERNARD (BULLER, Reverend JAMES)

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

$35.00
u28a/8

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

LAXON, W A

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

$300.00
u28a/9

Four Centuries of Leige Gunmaking


GAIER, CLAUDE

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

$1550.00
u28a/11

Wanderings in Spain (in Two Volumes)


HAVERTY, MARTIN

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

$25.00
u28a/17

Race, Colour & Identity in Australia and New Zealand


DOCKER, JOHN & FISCHER, GERHARD

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

$25.00
u28a/32

The History of Gothic Fiction


ELLIS, MARKMAN

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

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