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$15.00
xxhva9188

The Hollow Men


HAGER, NICKY

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: craig potton publishing

KEYWORDS: specials journalism history politics new zealand nicky hager special

$16.00
xxctg9194

Samoana


MCKAY, C G A

octavo 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: a h & a w reed

KEYWORDS: samoa history travel autobiography specials c g a mckay

$150.00
p23a/25

Oceanic Culture History; Essays in Honour of Roger Green


DAVIDSON, JANET & IRWIN, GEOFFREY & LEACH, FOSS & PAWLEY, ANDREW & BROWN, DOROTHY eds

Quarto illus light card covers, 691pp, illus VG+ (sl rubbing and soiling to covers and page edges)

PUBLISHER: new zealand journal of archaeology 1996 dunedin

KEYWORDS: new zealand archaeology history sociology oceania south pacific janet davidson geoffrey irwin foss leach andrew pawley dorothy brown

$40.00
p23a/26

Antarctica; Exploring a Fragile Eden


SCOTT, JONATHAN & SCOTT, ANGELA

imperial octavo blue boasrds with white lettering to spine, 255pp illus, FINE in Near Fine d/w (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: collins 2007 london

KEYWORDS: antarctica geography natural history travel jonathan angela scott

$25.00
p23a/27

New Zealand's Islands


MCGEORGE, PAMELA

imperial octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, 144pp, illus Near Fine (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: david bateman 2004 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history natural pamela mcgeorge

$10.00
xxcmc9250

The Last Migration


CRONIN, VINCENT

octavo 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: rupert hart-davis

KEYWORDS: travel persia iraq history vincent cronin specials

$10.00
xxhvb9261

The Dirty Squad; The Inside Story of the Obscene Publications Branch By its Former Head


HAMES, MICHAEL

octavo 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 history literature literary criticism michael hames erotica

$35.00
p23a/42

The Barbarian Invasions of Italy


VILLARI, PASQUALE (VILLARI, LINDA trans)

second imp, octavo red cloth boards with gilt motif and lettering, xix + 484pp VG (ex libris with usual markings, clearfilm to boards, some underlining to text)

PUBLISHER: t fisher unwin 1913 london

KEYWORDS: history italy pasquale villari linda

$32.50
p23a/48

Colonial Furniture in New Zealand


NORTHCOTE-BADE, S

super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 164pp + 1 pp adverts, illus, VG+ (bookplate to fep) in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1971 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand furniture antiques design s northcote-bade history

$30.00
p23a/51

Handbook of New Zealand Microfossils


HORNIBROOK, N DE B

super octavo illus cloth boards, 136pp, illus, foldingdiag at rear, VG (mild soiling)

PUBLISHER: department of scientific and industrial research 1968 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand science history nautral microfossils fossils n de b hornibrook

$35.00
p23a/53

Gronlandisches Tagebuch; Aufzeichnungen Eines Fischers und Jagers (in german)


FREDERIKSEN, THOMAS

super octavo ptinred boards with cloth spine, unpaginated, illus VG+ (owners inscr on fep) in Vg d/w (light fading, sl bruising to extremities)

PUBLISHER: hoffmann und campe 1981 hamburg

KEYWORDS: history expeditions greenland geography travel exploration thomas frederiksen german

$55.00
p23a/63

Treasury of Maori Folklore


REED, A W

super octavo orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 491pp VG+ (sl discolouration to pages and moderate foxing tanning within) in VG+ d/w (light wear and fading to extremities, sl foxing)

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1963 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori mythology history a w reed

$20.00
xxykb2365

The Provincial System in New Zealand 1852-76


MORRELL, W P

Ex library, octavo brick red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 317pp VG in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs 1964 christchurch

KEYWORDS: history new zealand politics w p morrell

$17.50
p23b/2

Wellington; The First Years of European Settlement 1840-1850


MCLEAN, GAVIN

super octavo illus light card covers, 96pp illus VG+ (owners name to inside cover, v sl wear to corners)

PUBLISHER: penguin 2000 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wellington gavin mclean

$27.50
p23b/5

Pacific Explorer; The Life of Jean Francois De La Perouse 1741-1788


DUNMORE, JOHN (DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN FRANCOIS)

octavo lemon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 318pp, illus VG (staining and soiling to boards and foredges with some bleedthrough, owners blindstamp) in VG d/w (moderate staining and discolouration, light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: dunmore press 1985 palmerston north

KEYWORDS: john dunmore biography history exploration south pacific jean francois de la perouse

$55.00
p23b/14

Muslim Shrines in India; Their Character, History and Significance


TROLL, CHRISTIAN W (ed)

octavo burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, xvi + 327pp illus, VG+ (light soiling, light foxing to eps, file stamp to title page) in VG+ d/w (light bruising to extremities, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press 1989 delhi

KEYWORDS: muslim islam religion india shrines architecture christian w troll theology history

$19.50
p23b/15

One Hundred Years; A History of Wellington Girls' College


HARDING, OLGA E

octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 192pp illus VG (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (light rubbing and soiling, heavy chipping to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: wellington girls college centennial committee 1982 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand education history wellington girls college olga e harding

$13.50
p23b/20

The Smell of Powder; A History of Duelling in New Zealand


KERR, DONALD

oblong octavo grey illus flexiboards, 160pp illus near FINE

PUBLISHER: random house new zealand 2006 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history duelling firearms donald kerr

$32.50
p23b/21

A Fine Prospect; A History of Remuera, Meadowbank and St Johns


CARLYON, JENNY & MORROW, DIANA

oblong super octavo illus flexiboards, 416pp illus, VG+ (small creases to rear upper corner with transferred creasing and small tears to upper corners of last few pages)

PUBLISHER: random house new zealand 2011 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland remuera st johns meadowbank jenny carlyon diana morrow

$30.00
p23b/22

Click! Portraits of New Zealanders


GRAHAM, REG

imperial octavo illus light card covers with french flaps 160pp, illus VG+

PUBLISHER: longacre press 2006 dunedin

KEYWORDS: new zealand art photography history biography portraits reg graham

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