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$17.50
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From the Heart the Unfolding: A New View of Maori Spirituality


GUILLEMIN, MADELEINE

Octavo stapled wrappings (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: Sathya Sai Publications of New Zealand

KEYWORDS: maori spirituality religion mythology new zealand history madeleine guillemin specials

$12.00
xxdfg34190

Look Back on England


BURKE, JOHN

Quarto hardcover (VG+) d/w (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: Orbis Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: england travel history john burke specials

$9.50
xxdfg34196

Imperial Spain 1469-1716


ELLIOTT, J. H.

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: Pelican Books 1970

KEYWORDS: spain imperial history sociology j. h. elliott specials

$22.50
xxdga34239

American Caesars: Lives of US Presidents- from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush


HAMILTON, NIGEL

Octavo softcover (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: Bodley Head 2010

KEYWORDS: USA president biographies politics american history nigel hamilton specials

$10.00
xxdga34254

Skymen: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying


FORRESTER, LARRY

hardback octavo, lacks d/w (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: collins

KEYWORDS: specials flying history planes transport aviation pilots biography

$15.00
xxdga34255

Within Sound of the Bell


BARR, JANET R.

first edition, hardback octavo, lacks d/w (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: whitcombe & tombs

KEYWORDS: specials autobiography janet barr new zealand history education

$65.00
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New Zealand Cities: Auckland


GOWAN, JAMES

inscribed, signed and dated by author, duodecimo, stitched wrappers, 60pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities, severe bruising to corners, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited

KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland james gowan signed

$37.50
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Sharks of New Zealand


PHILLIPPS, W.J.

super octavo, stapled wrappers , 20pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and slight discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 1946

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history zoology sharks w.j. phillips

$150.00
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Waikare-Moana, The Sea of Rippling Waters: The Lake; The Land; The Legends. With A Tramp Through Tuhoe Land


BEST, ELSDON

inscribed by Adelaide Best (author's wife), small octavo, lacks covers, iv + 66pp, illus including coloured map and folding map to rear (VG+, light foxing), VG (damage to spine repaired with tape, foxing throughout, pencil annotations) in VG+ d/w (light wear)

PUBLISHER: John McKay, Government Printer 1897

KEYWORDS: new zealand history waikare-moana elsdon best tuhoe land

$75.00
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The Late Elsdon Best


reprinted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society vol. 41 no. 1 1932

N/A

inscribed by Elsdon Best's wife, Adelaide. Super octavo light card covers, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, VG ( light foxing and soiling, rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1932

KEYWORDS: new zealand history elsdon best journal of the polynesian society

$30.00
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Auckland University Tramping Club: Jubilee History 1932-1982


AIMER, PETER & DAVIS, BRIAN (eds)

imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, 92pp, illus, VG+ (light wear)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Trampting Club 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sport tramping auckland university tramping club peter aimer brian davis

$65.00
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New Zealanders As We See 'Em 1934-35; In Cartoons and Caricatures


NEW ZEALAND CARTOONISTS' ASSOCIATION

octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to front board, 442pp, illus, VG (light wear, foxing to eps), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1935 (?)

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts cartoons history

$85.00
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The World's Crisis and Faiths


PALMSTIERNA, baron ERIK

first edition, duodecimo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (light fading to boards, foxing to prelims and page edges), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1942

KEYWORDS: baron erik palmstierna religion history

$125.00
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The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventures


LE QUEUX, WILLIAM

scarce in d/w, duodecimo, blue boards with black lettering to front board and spine and blind-stamped design to front board, 252pp + 1pp adverts, VG (discolouration to pages, ink inscription to fep, cracked internal gutters) in VG- d/w (large chips and closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1923

KEYWORDS: history literature aviation william le queux

$995.00
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The Illustrated London News Vol. 24 Jan to June 1854


N/A

first edition, original binding, includes coverage of Crimean War, imperial folio, elaborate gilt decoration to spine, blind rule and design to boards with central gold motif, gilt page edges, ii + 634pp + 32pp index, VG+ (occasional light foxing, internal gutters reinforced tidily, some damage to spine)

PUBLISHER: William Little 1854

KEYWORDS: history journalism illustrated london news crimean war

$225.00
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Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt (I-IV Centuries A.D.) with a catalog of Portrait Mummies in Egyptian Museums


CORCORAN, LORELEI H.

inscribed and signed by author, quarto, illus light card covers, xxxii + 222pp + 32pp plates, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

KEYWORDS: history ancient egypt portrait mummies roman egypt lorelei h. corcoran

$35.00
xxdga34266

Keats and his Circle: An Album of Portraits


RICHARDSON, JOANNA

first edition, inscribed to e.h. mccormick from the author & signed again in title page, hardback super 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: cassell

KEYWORDS: specials keats literature portraits history

$30.00
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Gabriel's Gully and Dunedin in 1861


REED, A.H. (ed)

small octavo, stapled wrappers , 23pp, illus, VG (light soiling and moderate rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: new zealand history dunedin gabriel's gully a.h. reed

$55.00
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Journal Kept in New Zealand in 1820 by Ensign Alexander McCrae, of the 84th Regiment, together with Relevant Documents


with notes by Johannes C. Andersen, F.N.Z.Inst., Librarian

CHAPMAN, the honourable sir FREDERICK REVANS (ed)

octavo, stapled wrappers, 33pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library 1928

KEYWORDS: new zealand history diary ensign alexander mccrae the honourable sir frederick revans chapman

$12.00
xxdgb34269

The Waipoua Forest; The Last Virgin Kauri Forest of New Zealand


MCGREGOR, W.R.

super octavo stapled 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: W.R. McGregor 1948

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history waipoua kauri w.r. mcgregor specials

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