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$30.00
1b39/50

Cambridge; A Illustrated History 1886-1986; The Centenary of Local Government in Cambridge


PARKER, SALLY K

first edition quarto blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 181pp, illus, VG+ (small owners stamp to ep) in VG d/w heavy sun fading to covers and light soiling)

PUBLISHER: cambridge borough council 1986

KEYWORDS: new zealand history cambridge sally k parker

$900.00
1b40/10

The Wartime Journals of Charles A Lindbergh


LINDBERGH, CHARLES A

first edition super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, xx + 1038pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (closed tears to extremities) INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author and dated 1970

PUBLISHER: harcourt brace jovanovich 1970

KEYWORDS: charles a lindbergh aviation history military autobiography signed journals

$30.00
1b40/12

Soldiering On; The stories of Two Former Kiwi SAS Men and Their Continuing World-wide Careers of Adventure


BROSNAN, ALAN & HENRY, DUKE & TAUBERT, BOB

first edition octavo illus light card covers, 336pp, illus Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Tees 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history biography sas alan brosnan duke henry bob taubert

$100.00
1b40/14

Marion Dufresne At the Bay of Islands


KELLY, LESLIE G

first edition imperial octavo green cloth boards with black lettering, 114pp, illus VG (moderate bruising and sunning to spine, light wear to board extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to upper page edges and prelims) in VG- d/w (chipping to spine extrems, tanning to spine, moderate rubbing to covers) increasingly uncommon book

PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1951

KEYWORDS: new zealand history leslie g kelly marion dufresne bay of islands maori

$250.00
1b40/20

The Purchase of Maori Lands 1865-1892 ; A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History


SORRENSON, M P K

quarto yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, vi + 246pp VG Covers are soiled but contents are clean. A Bound unpublished (?) typescript by a major new zealand historian

PUBLISHER: auckland university college 1955

KEYWORDS: new zealand history m p k sorreson maori treaty of waitangi

$150.00
1b40/22

Rotorua People 1880's to 1940's Living South of Old Railway; Glenholme Area to Whakarewarewa


ALLEN, PEGGY (FORD)

first edition quarto spiral bound light card covers, 231pp, illus VG+ (light soiling)

PUBLISHER: privately published 1996

KEYWORDS: rotorua history new zealand peggy ford allen

$500.00
1b40/25

Matabeleland: The War, and Our Position in South Africa


COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD R

first edition (n.d. but 1894) small octavo printed light card covers, vii + 167pp + 16pp adverts VG (soiling to covers with some pencil annotation to cover and fep, moderate tanning, small chip to head of spine) RARE in this original state (or in any state for that matter)

PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1894

KEYWORDS: matabeleland south africa zimbabwe rhodesia military history archibald r colquhoun

$500.00
1b40/28

The Exploration of Australia From 1844 to 1896


CALVERT, ALBERT F

first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, xiv +large coloured folding map+ 386pp +2pp adverts VG (light soiling, light foxing, light bruising to corners, closed tear to map where it joins to book) A tidy presentable copy

PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1896

KEYWORDS: alfred f calvert australia history exploration travel

$160.00
1j32/2

The Exploration of Australia


CALVERT, ALBERT F

first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, iv + large folding coloured map + 238pp + 20pp adverts VG ( moderate rubbing and soiling, occassional foxing, closed tear to map at join to book)

PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1895

KEYWORDS: australia history exploration traverl albert f calvert

$75.00
1j32/3

Armour in England; From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century; in two parts (1) Armour Made in England or For Englishmen (2) Foreign Armour in England


GARDNER, J STARKIE

first edition imperial octavo maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and armorial device and blindrule, two parts bound as one (as issued)(1) 100pp, illus (2) 96pp, illus VG+ (light bruising to extremities, sl foxing to prelim, booksellers labels to fep) very clean tidy copy

PUBLISHER: seeley and co 1898

KEYWORDS: history arms armour military england j starkie gardner

$125.00
1j32/7

With a Camera in Tiger-Land


CHAMPION, F W

first edition imperial octao blue cloth boards with black printed label and gilt to spine, xviii + 226pp, illus VG+v light bruising, light sunning to spine, sl discolouration to eps, faint tanning)

PUBLISHER: doubleday doran 1928

KEYWORDS: photography wildlife zoology tigers animals f w champion natural history

$425.00
1j32/10

John Dafte Gunsmith And the Horrid Conspiracy of 1683


COOPER, JOHN S & WESTWOOD, KENNETH J

first edition small folio marbled boards with three quarter maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 80pp, illus Near FINE (light rubbing to extremities, owners details to fep) #38, one of only 100 copies produced, this copy is even scarcer being ISCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors. Promotional flier loosely inserted

PUBLISHER: cooper and westwood 1989

KEYWORDS: history biography gunsmithing weapons antiques firearms gun pistols military john dafte john s cooper kenneth j westwood signed

$425.00
1j32/11

Poires A Poudre (text in french)


MARQUISET, ROBERT & YVEN, JEAN-PIERRE

first edition quarto gloss illus boards, 128pp, illus Near FINE (owners inscription to fep - inscribed to colt armorial historian robin j rapley) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: editions du portail 1990

KEYWORDS: powder military antique weapons firearms history french languages robert marquiset jean-pierre yven

$165.00
1j32/21

Medieval Popular Culture; Problems of Belief and Perception


GUREVICH, ARON ( BAK, M & HOLLINGSWORTH, PAUL A trans)

first edition octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xx + 275pp Near FINE ( small owners name to eps) in near FINE d/w SCARCE in hardcover

PUBLISHER: cambridge university press 1988

KEYWORDS: history culture anthropology sociology aron gurevich m bak paul a hollingsworth

$100.00
1j32/22

Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society; Order, Hierarchy and Subordination in Britain and Ireland


BRADDICK, MICHAEL J & WALTER, JOHN (eds)

first edition octavo black boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 316pp, FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: cambridge university press 2001

KEYWORDS: history sociology politics michael j braddick john walter

$65.00
1j32/23

The European Renaissance 1400-1600


KIRKPATRICK, ROBIN

first edition super octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, xviii + 385pp, illus FINE

PUBLISHER: longman pearson education 2002

KEYWORDS: history europe renaissance robin kirkpatrick

$195.00
1j32/24

Popular Culture and Elite Culture in France 1400-1750


MUCHEMBLED, ROBERT (COCHRANE, LYDIA trans)

first edition super octavo brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 326pp Near FINE ( small owners name to eps, v sl discolouration to ep) in VG+ d/w ( sl fading at extremities)

PUBLISHER: louisiana state university press 1985

KEYWORDS: history sociology france robert muchembled culture lydia cochrane

$70.00
1j32/26

Gender and Space in Early Modern England


FLATHER, AMANDA

first edition super octavo silver cloth boards with red lettering to spine, viii + 208pp FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: the royal historical society/ boydell press 2007

KEYWORDS: history sociology gender england amanda flather feminism

$45.00
1j32/31

Oral Historiography


HENIGE, DAVID

first edition octavo illus light card covers, iv + 150pp Near FINE (small owners name to eps, v sl fading at extremities)

PUBLISHER: longman 1982

KEYWORDS: david henige historiography oral history

$100.00
1j32/32

Rioutous Assemblies; Popular Protest in Hanoverian England


RANDALL, ADRIAN

first edition super octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 354pp FINE in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford university press 2006

KEYWORDS: england hanover sociology politics history adrian randall

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