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$75.00
2c22/23

Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life: 3 and 4; Extracts From New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824


OLLIVIER, ISABEL (trans)

oblong quarto grey cloth boards with dark brown labelling and gilt lettering, 219pp, illus, FINE

PUBLISHER: alexander turnbull library endowment trust 1986 wellington

KEYWORDS: history maori new zealand france isabel ollivier

$45.00
2c22/26

A Frenchman in Khaki


MAZE, PAUL (CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER preface)

new edition octavo brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ix + 353pp, illus VG (light foxing, light wear, owners details to half title, library plate & stamp to fep but no other markings)

PUBLISHER: william heinemann 1936 london

KEYWORDS: history military world war onbe france great britian paul maze autobiography winston spencer churchill

$47.50
2c22/27

The Custer Library; Legend Into History and Did Custer Disobey Orders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?


KUHLMAN, CHARLES (CUSTER, Lt Col GEORGE ARMSTRONG)

octavo black cloth boards with fawn cloth spine and black lettering, xxxviii + 319pp, illus FINE in Near FINE d/w (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: stackpole books 1994 mechanicsburg

KEYWORDS: american west miltiary indians biography history lt col george armstrong custer charles kuhlman

$24.50
2c22/28

New Zealand Insects and Their Story


SHARELL, RICHARD

quarto lemon cloth boards with red lettering to spine, 268pp, illus VG+ in VG+ d/w (light discolouration)

PUBLISHER: collins 1971 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand fauna insects entomology natural history richard sharell

$20.00
2c22/30

Early New Zealand Steamers; Volume 1 The Pioneering Years (1840-1861)


WILKINSON, J D

octavo green cloth boards with black lettering, x + 230pp, illus VG+ (light fading to cover, sl wear to board extrems) in VG d/w (light wear to extremities, light fading, tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: maritime historical productions 1966 wellington

KEYWORDS: new zealand transport maritime steamers shipping history j d wilkinson

$625.00
2c22/31

Book; Discreet Memoirs


ANSON, Lady CLODAGH (BERESFORD)

first edition second imp, blue clothy boards with gilt lettering, 379pp, illus VG- (light rubbing, wear to head and tail of spine, lacks fep, gutter weak and binding a little sloppy, light foxing mostly to prelims) A presentable and readable copy of this SCARCE title

PUBLISHER: g bateman blackshaw 1932 london

KEYWORDS: autobiography history lady clodagh anson beresford

$12.50
xxaug14853

The Private Prescription; The Story of Southern Cross Healthcare


SMITH, PETER A

octavo hardcover in dustwrapper (FINE); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: southern cross healthcare

KEYWORDS: new zealand medicine history southern cross healthcare insurance peter a smith specials

$10.00
xxaug14854

Fatal Storm; The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race


MUNDLE, ROB

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 costs

PUBLISHER: harper collins

KEYWORDS: yachting transport sport yacht race sydney to hobart history rob mundle specials

$12.00
xxaug14855

Funky Business; Talent Makes Capital Dance


NORDSTROM, JONAS & RIDDERSTRALE, JONAS

super octavo paperback with french flaps, (FINE); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: ft.com

KEYWORDS: sociology history philosophy joans nordstrom jonas ridderstrale specials business

$975.00
2c22/41

The Sphere; The Empire's Illustrated Weekly No. 2189 (January3, 1942) to No.2240 (December 26, 1942) inclusive (four bound volumes)


N/A

Four Volumes small folio blue leather with black leather corners and red label to spines, 1750pp (aprox), VG+ (light wear to spines, contents near fine) (bound series of original magazines without original covers) HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: sphere 1942 london

KEYWORDS: military world war two history sphere weekly

$975.00
2c22/42

The Sphere; The Empire's Illustrated Weekly No. 2241 (January2, 1943) to No.2292 (December 25, 1943) inclusive (four bound volumes)


N/A

Four Volumes small folio blue leather with black leather corners and red label to spines, 1750pp (aprox), VG+ (light wear to spines, contents near fine) (bound series of original magazines without original covers) HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: sphere 1943 london

KEYWORDS: history military world war two sphere weekly

$975.00
2c22/43

The Sphere; The Empire's Illustrated Weekly No. 2137 (January 4, 1941) to No.2188 (December 27, 1941) inclusive (four bound volumes)


N/A

Four Volumes small folio blue leather with black leather corners and red label to spines, 1750pp (aprox), VG (light wear to spines, contents near fine except for (vol 1) two closed tears to prelims and small loss to lower edge of fep, one page loose ) (bound series of original magazines without original covers) HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: sphere 1941 london

KEYWORDS: military history world war two sphere weekly

$22.50
xxava14892

From Versailles to Pearl Harbour; The Origins of the Second World War in Europe and Asia


LAMB, MARGARET & TARLING, NICHOLAS

super octavo paperback (FINE); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: palgrave 2001

KEYWORDS: history politics world war two margaret lamb nicholas tarling specials

$16.50
xxava14893

The Story of Architecture in Oxford Stone


LAMBORN, E A GREENING

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: clarendon press 1912 oxford

KEYWORDS: history architecture oxford e a greening lamborn specials

$25.00
xxava14896

A People's History; Illustrated Biographies From the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Volume One, 1769-1869


OLIVER, W H (ed)

Quarto illus light card covers (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 costs

PUBLISHER: bridget williams books

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history w h oliver specials

$30.00
xxava14898

Exploring Civil Society; Essaays on David Green's From Welfare State to Civil Society


JAMES, MICHAEL (ed) (GREEN, DAVID)

super octavo illus light card covers, (Near FINE); 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 costs

PUBLISHER: new zealand business roundtable 1988

KEYWORDS: sociology politics welfare state economics history michael james david green sdpecials

$40.00
2c23/3

Shield and Crest; An Account of the Art and Science of Heraldry


FRANKLYN, JULIAN

octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 518pp, illus VG+ ( heraldic bookplate to fep)

PUBLISHER: macgibbon & Kee 1967 london

KEYWORDS: heraldry history art julian franklyn genealogy

$18.50
2c23/9

Wake of the Invercauld; Shipwrecked in the sub-Antarctic: A Great-Granddaughter's Pilgrimage


ALLEN, MADELENE FERGUSON

reprint imperial octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 256pp, illus VG+ in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: exisle publishing 2005 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand antarctica exploration travel history shipping transport invercauld shipwrecks madelene ferguson allen

$90.00
2c23/10

Diamond Jubilee Souvenir; Thames Goldfields; A History From Pre-Proclamation Times to 1927


WESTON, FRED W

octavo illus light card covers, 272pp, illus, G+ (wear and soiling to extremities with some paper loss to spine, light staining to edges and rear pages) contents clear and sound

PUBLISHER: thames star 1927 thames

KEYWORDS: history new zealand goldmining gold thames coromandel fred w weston

$50.00
2c23/15

South Auckland; Some Sketches of Its Early Settlement and Development, With a Glance at the Conditions Under Which it Was Colonized


WILY, HENRY E R L

first edition octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering, 261pp, illus, VG (sl fading to extremities, light tanning to contents); scraps of d/w present

PUBLISHER: franklin printing & publishing 1939 pukekohe

KEYWORDS: pukekohe south auckland history henry e r l wily

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