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$28.50
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The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny


DIEMBERGER, KURT

Imperial octavo, light grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus front and rear eps, viii + 308 pp, illus VG in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: Grafton Books 1991

KEYWORDS: Kurt Diemberger mountains mountaineering sport K2 literature Julie Tullis history Jerzy Kukuczka Alan Rouse Renato Casarotto Himalayas disaster climbing tragedy

$245.00
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The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 23: Late Cenozoic Volcanism in New Zealand


SMITH, IAN E. M (Ed)

scarce, octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece maps of Nth and Sth Islands, 371 pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to cover extremities, v slight crease to top right corner)

PUBLISHER: Royal Society of New Zealand 1986

KEYWORDS: Royal Society New Zealand Ian E M Smith geology volcanoes cenozoic history geothermal activity tectonic lampophyre

$27.50
xxdqb37806

The Jews of Germany: A Historical Portrait


GAY, RUTH

Quarto beige cloth boards with 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: Yale University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Jews Judaism religion Germany history reference German Jewry

$37.50
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New Hebrides Condominium Geological Survey: Geology of The Torres Islands


GREENBAUM, D & MALLICK, D. K. J & RADFORD, N. W

super octavo, light blue light card covers with taped spine, black lettering to front board, iv + 46pp + fold-out map, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine tape, v. v slight spotting to boards consistent with age), word Auckland in pencil to top right front board)

PUBLISHER: British Service, New Hebrides 1975

KEYWORDS: D Greenbaum D I J Mallick N W Radford Torres Islands geology geomorphology igneous petrology economic geology geological history science

$85.00
2f4/2

New Hebrides Condominium Geological Survey: Geology of Pentecost


MALLICK, D. I. J & NEEF, G

super octavo, light blue light card covers with taped spine, black lettering to front board, viii + 103pp + 2 fold-out maps, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine tape, v. v slight spotting to boards consistent with age), word Auckland in pencil to top right front board, staple hole to upper part front board)

PUBLISHER: British Service, New Hebrides 1974

KEYWORDS: D I J Mallick G Neef Pentecost Island geology geomorphology igneous petrology economic geology geological history science stratigraphy

$225.00
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Austronesian Taiwan: Linguistics, History, Ethnology, and Prehistory


BLUNDELL, DAVID (Ed)

octavo, yellow cloth boards with red lettering to spine, xxv + 499pp + fold-out map, illus, fine, in fine d/w (as new)

PUBLISHER: University of California 2000

KEYWORDS: David Blundell Taiwan hisotry linguistics ethnology prehistory history Formosa aborigines anthropology Shung Ye Museum Austronesian languages David Faure Kobayashi Gakuji Japan Leonard Blusse Erick Wolf Tsuchida Shigeru Paul Jen-Kuei Li Wen Chen-hua Chian

$50.00
2f4/12

Geological Bulletin No. 56: The Geology of Reefton Subdivision,


DSIR Geological Survey

SUGGATE, R P

LACKS SEPARATE MAP SET, super octavo, yellow heavy card boards with black lettering bound with orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 146pp + 1 pp list of corrections to maps, illus, VG+ (fading to board edges, ink handwritten title to spine, small pen mark to front board right edge, v small nick to lower front right edge of board, light fading and foxing to page edges consistent with age)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1957

KEYWORDS: R P Suggate DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research geology New Zealand Reefton subdivision subdivision history reference coalfields mining

$60.00
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Geological Bulletin No. 61: The Geology of Mangakahia Subdivision,


DSIR Geological Survey

HAY, R. F

super octavo, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 109pp, illus, folding colour maps in pocket attached at rear ep, VG+ (fading & foxing to covers, small stain to front cover right,1cm tear without loss to top and bottom spine, fading to page edges consistent with age)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1960

KEYWORDS: R F Hay DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research geology New Zealand Mangakahia subdivision subdivision history reference sedimentary rocks igneous economic geology physiography

$17.50
xxdqd37858

Henderson's Mill: A History of Henderson 1849 - 1939


FLUDE, ANTHONY G

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: Henderson Borough Council 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Anthony G Flude Henderson history New Zealand Auckland society

$18.50
xxdqd37860

New Zealand Birds


OLIVER, W. R. B

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 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: AH & AW Reed 1955

KEYWORDS: specials W R B Oliver New Zealand birds ornithology reference natural history fauna

$15.00
xxdqa37866

Farm Tractors


Features Models from the World's Leading Manufacturers including John Deere, IH, Ford, Case, Mercedes Benz, Massey-Ferguson

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL

ex library, quarto, illus heavy card boards, illus,, gutter damage repaired by library (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: Silverdale Books 2002

KEYWORDS: specials transport tractors farming vehicles agriculture Fordson John Deere Case Mercedes Benz Massey-Ferguson history machinery

$50.00
2f4/25

Gold and Silver Deposits of the Basin and Range Province Western USA


WILKINS, JOE JR (Ed)

quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & map to front board and black lettering to spine, vi + 233pp, illus, near fine (v v slight foxing to eps),

PUBLISHER: Arizona Geological Society 1984

KEYWORDS: Joe Wilkins Jr gjold silver mining geology province Mohave Great Basin Porphyry Copper block Rio Grande rift copper metal deposits history San Bernadino breccias by-product gold-silver reference America U.S.A

$22.50
xxdqe37877

The Changing Face of Malaysian Crafts


Identity, Industry, and Ingenuity

LEIGH, BARBARA

super octavo hardcover, illus (fine) in fine d/w; 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: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Barbara Leigh crafts art Malaysia industry history metalware beadwork gold-thread embroidery pottery ceramics woodcarving

$30.00
xxdqe37885

The Instability of a Dependent Economy


Economic Fluctuations in New Zealand 1840 - 1914

SIMKIN, C. G. F

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards (VG) 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: Oxford University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: specials C G F Simkin New Zealand history economics banking trade public finance First World War WWI

$10.00
xxdqe37889

The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith


MCNALLY, WARD

Ex library, brown boards, illus (VG+) 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: A H & A W Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Ward McNally Charles Kingsford-Smith biography history aviation Australia

$22.50
xxdqe37894

Palmerston North: A Centennial History


PETERSEN, GEORGE CONRAD

octavo, blue boards, illus (VG+) 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: A H & A W Reed 1973

KEYWORDS: specials George Conrad Peterson New Zealand history Palmerston North Manawatu

$24.50
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The Origins of the First New Zealanders


SUTTON, DOUGLAS G.

octavo, illus light card covers, xv + 269pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, owner's stamp to fep, pencil annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: new zealand history archaeology anthropology douglas g. sutton

$55.00
2f4/39

Na Mea Kahiko Kaua'i: Archaeological Studies in Kaua'i


CARSON, MIKE T. & GRAVES, MICHAEL W. (eds)

octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 275pp, illus, VG+ (light wear)

PUBLISHER: Society for Hawaiian Archaeology 2005

KEYWORDS: history hawaii archaeology mike t. carson michael w. graves

$150.00
2f4/41

Objets de Pouvoir en Nouvelle-Guinee: Approche ethnoarcheologique d'un systeme de signes sociaux


PETREQUIN, PIERRE & PETREQUIN, ANNE-MARIE & WELLER

text in French, quarto, illus heavy card boards, 552pp, illus, near fine (light bruising to corner)

PUBLISHER: Musees Nationaux 2006

KEYWORDS: french languages history archaeology new guinea pierre petrequin anne-marie petrequin olivier weller

$20.00
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Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island


PORTER, FRANCES (ed)

quarto, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, 264pp, illus, VG+ lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Methuen

KEYWORDS: new zealand south island history architecture buildings frances porter

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