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Growing Tall Poppies; Excellence in Top New Zealanders
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: exisle publishing
KEYWORDS: biography history new zealand michele cox specials
The London Yankees; Portraits of American Writers and Artists in England 1894-1914
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 costs
PUBLISHER: harcourt brace jovanovich
KEYWORDS: literary criticism history biography art american england stanley weintraub specials
Living History
octavo hardcover (VG 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 costs
PUBLISHER: pantheon books
KEYWORDS: history autobiography chain herzog zionism fascism palestine israel terrorism specials
Pioneers on the Port Cooper Plains; The Deans family of Riccarton
first edition octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 178pp, folding plate & folding genealogy at rear, illus, Near FINE in VG+ d/w (light fading to spine, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: simpson and williams 1964 christchurch
KEYWORDS: new zealand genalogy deans family riccarton port cooper plains john deans biography history
Images of America; The Lake Regions of New Hampshire (Two Volumes)
two volumes, first editions, super octavo illus light card covers, (1) 128pp illus (2) 128pp illus. Both books VG+ (inscr to fep)
PUBLISHER: arcadia 1996 / 1998 new hampshire / charleston
KEYWORDS: history photography new hampshire geography bruce d heald
Classical Biography Exhibiting Alphabetically The Proper Names, With a Short Account of the Several deities, Heroes and other persons, Mentioned in the Ancient Classic Authors, And a More Particular Descrition of the Most Distinguished Characters Amo
octavo full leather boards, 414pp + 1pp errata, G+ ( front board and feps detatched, covers worn with small loss to extremities, some tanning and soiling) Aside from front board being loose the binding is sound and it is a useable copy desrving of some restoration
PUBLISHER: william creech & t cadell & w davies 1800 edinburgh
KEYWORDS: history biography dictionary reference classics alexander adam
The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas; A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions
octavo full leather boards with gilt rule, elborate gilt tooling to spine, marbled eps, xxvii + 403pp + 1pp adverts, folding maps, illus VG- ( moderate wear to boards and loss to spine label, front gutter cracked but sound, sporadic soiling throughout, tear and loosening to frontis, tear and small loss (not affect plates) to folding map, rear folding map largely missing, only a fragment remains) A tired copy, but still sound and certainly readable
PUBLISHER: john murray 1859 london
KEYWORDS: history travel arctic sir john franklin captain mclintock
Beyond the Ivy Curtain; The Story of the Northern Club 1869-2009 (revised and updated)
super octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 200pp, illus Nr FINE in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: the northern club 2009 auckalnd
KEYWORDS: new zealand history sociology northern club john stacpoole
Sea Angler's Fishes of New Zealand
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: hodder and stoughton
KEYWORDS: specials natural history sea angling fishing fish new zealand arthur w parrott specials
Modern Japan; A Historical Survey
octavo paperback (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: westview press
KEYWORDS: japan geography history mikiso hane specials
Aspects of Our Past; A Selective History of New Zealand 1840-1985 (updated edition)
super octavo 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: macmillan
KEYWORDS: history new zealand politics david gledhill bryan jackson alan sinclair beverley webber specials
A History of Political Theory ( third edition, revised and enlarged)
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 costs
PUBLISHER: harrap
KEYWORDS: history politics specials george h sabine
A Clasp For the Few; New Zealanders With the Battle of Britain Clasp; A Biographical Account of New Zealand Pilots and Aircrew Who Flew Operationally With RAF Fighter Command During the Battle of Britain 10th July to 31st October 1940
2nd imp, octavo illus light card covers, xiv + 470pp, illus VG+ (light scuffing and soiling to covers, light sticker residue to front cover and spine)
PUBLISHER: kenneth g wynn 1981 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand military aviation raf battle of britain biography world war two kenneth g wynn history
Rural Challenge; A History of Wrightson Ltd
quarto black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus FINE in Near FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: reed publishing 2006 auckland
KEYWORDS: history new zealand rural farming wrightson ltd hugh stringleman graeme hunt
A History of Forestry Research in New Zealand
imperial octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, 271pp, illus FINE
PUBLISHER: new zealand forest research institute 1997 rotorua
KEYWORDS: new zealand history forestry research science agriculture horticulture flora john a kininmonth
This is the Trekka
super octavo illus light card covers, 112pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: creative new zealand et al 2003 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand trekka transport art design history michael stevenson
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
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
A Frenchman in Khaki
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
The Custer Library; Legend Into History and Did Custer Disobey Orders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?
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
New Zealand Insects and Their Story
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
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