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$30.00
1j36/30

New Zealand Plants and their Story


COCKAYNE, L

octavo illus green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, viii + 190pp, illus, VG (light rubbing and wear to extremities, light foxing to prelims, owner's name stamped in fep), first edition

PUBLISHER: John MacKay, Government Printer 1910

KEYWORDS: new zealand plants natural history l. cockayne modern first edition

$50.00
1j36/32

Whitcombe's Modern Home Cookery and Electrical Guide; Recipes especially prepared for electric range users; fourth edition revised and enlarged


WHITCOMBE

duodecimo illus heavy card covers, iv + 221pp, illus, VG (light wear and rubbing to extremities, soiling on back board)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited

KEYWORDS: cooking new zealand history whitcombe

$42.50
1j36/35

The Early History of the Deccan: parts VII-XI


YAZDANI, G (ed)

imperial octavo black boards with gilt design and lettering to spine and front board, iv + 456pp, illus with folding map at rear (fine), near fine (closed tear to extremities), this volume only

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: history deccan g. yadzani

$62.50
1j36/36

Phoenix Assurances & the Development of British Insurance: Volume I 1782-1870


TREBILCOCK, CLIVE

super octavo blue cloth boards gilt device to front board, red design and gilt lettering to spine, xx + 792pp, illus, fine in near fine d/w, this volume only

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: history britain insurance business economics phoenix assurance clive trebilcock

$80.00
1j36/38

Automobile Treasury of Ireland


CORRY, FINBARR

quarto green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG+ (v light soiling to fep) in VG+ d/w (light fading to spine, covered in plastic that has small hole to spine and light wear to extremities), this edition includes letters, photographs and information tipped in from collaborator T.R. Hinds

PUBLISHER: Dalton Watson Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: automotive ireland transport history finbarr corry t.r. hinds

$145.00
1j37/8

The Naval and Military Heroes of Great Britain or Calendar of Victory being a Record of British Valour and Conquest by Sea and Land on Every Day in the Year


JOHNS, major r.m & NICOLAS, P.H lieut r.m

duodecimo, green cloth boards with design and gilt lettering and design to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 660pp + 13pp adverts, VG (wearing to boards and extremities, light soiling to prelims, v light foxing), 3 fold out maps loosely enclosed

PUBLISHER: Bell & Daldy 1872

KEYWORDS: navy military history great britain nautical major johns p.h. nicolas

$20.00
1j37/12

Pride, Passion and Parochialism: a Hisstory of FMG 1905-2005


STANDING, RUSSELL A.J

quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 375pp, illus, fine in near fine d/w (light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press Ltd 2005

KEYWORDS: history new zealand FMG farmers' mutual group russell a.j. standing

$22.50
xxbkg30308

The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know


FRANKEL, FRANCINE R. & HARDING, HARRY (eds.)

paperback octavo (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: columbia university press

KEYWORDS: specials india china international relations america history economics culture

$120.00
1j37/44

the Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642


WOODWARD, DONALD (ed)

Octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, lxxiv + 347pp, illus; fine, d/w (near fine, fading to spine, rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: history henry best elmswell farming practices seventeenth century economics sociology

$65.00
1j38/4

Down the Bay: The History of the Ferries on Otago Harbour


MCCLUSKEY, F. H.

Quarto illus light card covers, 151pp, illus; VG+ (light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society 1995

KEYWORDS: otago harbour ferry maritime history new zealand dunedin f. h. mccluskey

$55.00
1j38/5

Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgement: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England


HALL, DAVID D.

Scarce first edition octavo green cloth boards with french blue card covers, gilt lettering to cover and spine, 316pp; near fine (Owner's name in pen on fep) d/w (near fine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989

KEYWORDS: history new england religion sociology cultural studies david hall

$50.00
1j38/6

The Writings of William Walwyn


MCMICHAEL, JACK R. (ed) & TAFT, BARBARA (ed)

Octavo grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontis, xvi + 584pp, illus; near fine (owner's name to fep, small discolouration to page top edge) d/w (VG, small holes along corners and edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Georgia Press 1989

KEYWORDS: english revolution 1640's history william walwyn democracy politics autobiography letters

$100.00
1j38/9

Metropolis London: Histories and Representations since 1800


FELDMAN, DAVID & JONES, GARETH STEDMAN (eds)

octavo, illus light card covers, ix + 330pp, illus, near fine (small ink owner's name to fep)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1989

KEYWORDS: history london sociology david feldman gareth stedman jones

$90.00
1j38/11

The Rise of Nationalism in Vietnam, 1900-1941


DUIKER, WILLIAM J

octavo, light green cloth boards with red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 313pp, VG+ in VG d/w (light rubbing, several chips and closed tears to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: history nationalism vietnam william j duiker

$35.00
1j38/19

By Batons and Barbed Wire: A Response to the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand


NEWNHAM, TOM

Square super octavo illus light card covers, frontis, 96pp, illus; VG+ (light rubbing and creasing to covers, sl foxing to upper page edges) tidy copy of delicate book

PUBLISHER: Graphic Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand springbok tour 1981 social history anti-apartheid movement south africa racism rugby tom newnham

$75.00
1j38/26

Class, Conflict and Protest in the English Countryside, 1700 - 1880


REED, MICK (ed) & WELLS, ROGER (ed)

Octavo brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, 236pp; VG+ (owner's pencilled annotations throughout book, owner's name in pen to inner back board) d/w (VG+, rubbing and slight tanning)

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 1990

KEYWORDS: history sociology english countryside protest conflict eighteenth nineteenth century mick reed roger wells

$120.00
1j38/29

Madagascar or Robert Drury's Journal, During Fifteen Years' Captivity on that Island: And a further descrition of Madagascar by the Abbe Alexia Rochon


DRURY, ROBERT (OLIVER, S. P. (ed))

Octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, black illus to front board, frontis, 399pp, illus + folding map, VG- (3cm portionn of upper spine missing, heavy fraying with loss to spine base, moderately heavy browning to spine & less so to boards, some browning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, one plate loose, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1890

KEYWORDS: history autobiography robert drury madagascar personal account nineteenth century

$75.00
1j38/32

Political Culture and Cultural Politics in Early Modern Europe: Essays Presented to David Underdown


AMUSSEN, SUSAN D. (ed) & KISHLANSKY, MARK A. (ed)

Octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 369pp, frontis; near fine (owner's pencil markings throughout body) d/w (near fine, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: politics culture sociology history early modern europe david underdown susan d. amussen mark a. kishlansky

$45.00
1j38/34

Reading and Writing: Literacy in France from Calvin to Jules Ferry


FURET, FRANCOIS & OZOUF, JACQUES

Octavo illus light card covers, ix + 369pp, illus; near fine (owner's name to fep)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: cambridge studies in oral literate culture france history sociology education francois furet jacques ozouf

$60.00
1j38/38

Harvesters and Harvesting, 1840 - 1900: A Study of the Rural Proletariat


MORGAN, DAVID HOSEASON

Octavo black buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, 224pp; near fine (owner's name to fep in pen, owner's pencillings throughout body) d/w (VG+, rubbing and fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 1982

KEYWORDS: history agriculture harvest technology rural lifestyle nineteenth century england david hoseason morgan

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