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$110.00
2e25/25

Prodigious Birds; Moas and Moa-hunting in prehistoric New Zealand


ANDERSON, ATHOLL

small quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 238pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: natural history new zealand anthropology archaeology prehistoric moa atholl anderson

$100.00
2e25/30

Dogs through Time: An Archaeological Perspective


CROCKFORD, SUSAN JANET (ed)

quarto, light card covers, ix + 343pp, illus, near fine (title page loose)

PUBLISHER: BAR International Series 2000

KEYWORDS: archaeology natural history susan janet crockford dogs

$65.00
2e25/34

The Greymouth Coalfield


GAGE, MAXWELL

includes photographic negatives of images of maps, small quarto, tan cloth boards with black lettering to spine, ix + 232pp + unpaginated index, illus including folding maps (VG+), VG+ (light wear, light discolouration to eps, some pages sticky)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1952

KEYWORDS: new zealand history greymouth coalmining coalfield maxwell gage

$125.00
2e25/37

The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor volume II: The Excavation of Noen U-Loke and Non Muang Ko


HIGHAM, C.F.W. & KIJNGAM, A. & TALBOT, S. (eds)

CD-ROM at rear, this volume only, quarto, illus heavy card boards, xxix + 632pp, illus, near fine (light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Thai Fine Arts Department 2007

KEYWORDS: archaeology angkor history anthropology c.f.w. a. kijngam s. talbot

$35.00
2e25/45

Landforms The Shaping of New Zealand


MOLLOY, LES & SMITH, ROGER

Landscape quarto, light card illus boards with folding flaps front & rear, 160 pp, illus, 73 full-page digital image, VG+

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand science ecology history mapping geography topographical maps Les Molloy Roger Smith

$30.00
2e26/7

Evolution of Crop Plants


SIMMONDS, N. W (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 339 pp, illus, near fine (owner's name in ink to fep, v slight wear to cover extremities)

PUBLISHER: Longman 1984

KEYWORDS: N W Simmonds, agriculture, botany crop evolution history reference cytotaxonomic, cytogenetics, taxonomy

$150.00
2e26/16

The Limits of Settlement Growth


A Theoretical Outline

FLETCHER, ROLAND

First edition, super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 277 pp, illus, fine in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Roland Fletcher archaeology the built environment history urban settlements human behaviour

$60.00
2e26/44

Sea Devil: Count Von Luckner in New Zealand & The Pacific


BADE, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps front and rear, illus prelims176 ppm illus, fine in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2006

KEYWORDS: James Bade Count Felix Von Luckner history biography pirate World War One WWI Pacific

$45.00
2e26/50

Rongotai: 'Sound of the Sea'


A History of Rongotai College 1928 - 2003

MARTIN, JOHN R

Super octavo, illus soft card boards, 253 pp, illus, VG+ (spine cracked internally but no other fault)

PUBLISHER: Rongotai College Old Boys Assn 2003

KEYWORDS: John R Martin Rongotai College history New Zealand education schools

$42.50
xxdqb37762

From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand from 1642 to 1818


MCNAB, ROBERT

Super octavo grey cloth boards G+ (heavy rubbing with patches of surface loss to front and rear boards, heavy chipping to spine extrems and cracking to cloth of hinges, moderate foxing to eps, light foxing thoughout, cracking to gutter at fep, addenda page coming loose)

PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1914

KEYWORDS: Robert McNab New Zealand history Abel Tasman Captain Cook timber whaling specials

$37.50
xxdqb37763

Memoirs of Eminent Etonians


CREASY, EDWARD

octavo, green cloth illus boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 640 pp + 32 pp adverts, illus (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: Chatto & Windus 1876

KEYWORDS: specials Edward Creasy Eton old boys history biography autobiography education Sir Robert Walpole Lord Bolingbroke

$17.50
xxdqa37780

New Ferns in Your Garden


FISHER, MURIEL E & WARD L (illus)

imperial octavo, green boards, illus in 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 1976

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand natural history botany ferns plants gardening flora & fauna reference Muriel E Fisher L Ward

$27.50
xxdqa37783

Achaeology of the Ryukyu Islands


A Regional Chronology from 3000BC to the Historic Period

PEARSON, RICHARD J

octavo, brown boards with white lettering to spine, illus, in 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: University of Hawaii 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Richard J Pearson archaeology anthropology Ryukyu Islands science Kyushu Taiwan cultural development ceramicsFar Eastern pre-history

$40.00
2f3/10

The Natural History of Southern New Zealand


DARBY, JOHN & FORDYCE, R. EWAN & MARK, ALAN & PROB

ex library, first edition, quarto, black cloth boards with no lettering, ix + 387 pp,. Illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to fep, library stamps to rear eps, slight damage to rear gutter, soiling to lower page edges) in VG+ plastic covered d/w (some bruising to extremities, library stickers to rear)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Neville Peat John Darby R Ewan Fordyce Alan Mark Keith Probert Colin Townsend New Zealand natural history geology fossils geogrpahy environment forests reference grasslands tussock coast

$170.00
2f3/19

Wapiti in New Zealand: The Story of the Fiordland Herd


BANWELL, D. BRUCE

Octavo, dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing/bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing & soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to edges, minor rubbing & chafing to spine, moderate tanning to flaps, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed1966

KEYWORDS: Bruce D Banwell wapiti Fiordland history shooting hunting importation introduced species

$22.50
2f3/20

Letters from the Bay of Islands: The Story of Marianne Williams


FITZGERALD, CAROLINE (ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xviii + 270 pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2004

KEYWORDS: Caroline Fitzgerald Marianne Williams New Zealand Bay of Islands history missionary Maori whaling mission school, Charles Darwin

$150.00
2f3/25

Arte Himalayana


SINGH, MADANJEET

small folio, cream cloth boards with red lettering to spine,

PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale D'Arte 1968

KEYWORDS: Madanjeet Singh art Italian language Ladakh Nepal Bhutan Himalayan region religious art mythology murals sculpture history temples monasteries painting

$25.00
xxdqc37822

The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil War


MYERS, ROBERT MANSON (Ed)

ex library, octavo, grey cloth boards, illus eps, xxv 1845 pp, library stamps & labels to prelims in plastic covered 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: Yale University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Manson Myers Dr Charles Colcock Jones US American Civil War Georgia history literature

$16.50
xxdqd37854

The Day the Earth Caved In


An American Mining Tragedy

QUIGLEY, JOAN

verty tidy ex library octavo, black boards in plastic covered 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: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Joan Quigley mining natural disaster history Centralia fire coal mining investigative journalism

$35.00
xxdqa37857

50 Years of Care: A History of the Northern Masonic Association and the Roskill Masonic Village


MACE, D. W (Chairman)

Quarto in slip case, Nr Fine, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering in d/w, illus, (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: Penguin 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Masonic Trust Roskill history New Zealand

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