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$18.50
xxdpf37636

The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual


TURNER, VICTOR

Softcover 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: cornell university press

KEYWORDS: specials ritual anthropology culture zambia ndembu africa history religion symbols

$24.50
xxdpf37642

Rascal of the South Pacific


RUSDEN, ATHOL

Super 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: athol rusden

KEYWORDS: specials pacific new zealand history autobiography travel

$14.00
xxdpf37646

The First Industrial Nation: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1914


MATHIAS, PETER

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: methuen & co. ltd.

KEYWORDS: specials peter mathias economics history britain industrial pioneer revolution

$650.00
2e24/13

The Wardlaws in Scotland: A History of the Wardlaws of Wilton and Torrie and their Cadets


GIBSON, JOHN C.

inspirationally inscribed by author to a member of the Wardlaw clan, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxv + 318pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities and v light soiling to boards, discolouration to eps)

PUBLISHER: William Brown 1912

KEYWORDS: history genealogy scotland wardlaws of wilton torrie john c. gibson

$45.00
2e24/21

Tuapeka: The Land and Its People


A social history of the borough of Lawrence and its surrounding districts

MAYHEW, W.R.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece (folding map, VG+), xv + 251pp, illus, VG+ (library stamps and stickers to prelims, some tape stains tp prelims) in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949

KEYWORDS: new zealand history otago lawrence tuapeka w.r. mayhew

$8.50
xxdpg37710

The Bermuda Triangle


BERLITZ, CHARLES

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: Panther Books 1978

KEYWORDS: history bermuda triangle supernatural disappearance mystery charles berlitz specials

$30.00
xxdqa37730

Famous Cricketing Families: from Graces and Headleys to Cairns' and Hadlees


MEHER-HOMJI, KERSI

softcover quarto (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: Reed 2000

KEYWORDS: new zealand history sport cricket kersi meher-homji specials

$20.00
2e24/27

Subantarctic Campbell Island


BAILEY, ALFRED M. & SORENSEN, J.H.

imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, iv + 305pp, illus, VG- (light soiling to prelims and page edges, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Denver Museum of Natural History 1962

KEYWORDS: geography natural history campbell island alfred m. bailey j.h. sorenson

$10.00
xxdpe37551

CIA: The Inside Story


TULLY, ANDREW

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: corgi books

KEYWORDS: specials andrew tully america intelligence security politics history cia

$10.00
xxdpe37557

Khrushchev Remembers


CRANKSHAW, EDWARD & TALBOTT, STROBE (trans.)

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: sphere

KEYWORDS: specials russia politics khrushchev cia history strobe talbott

$20.00
xxdqa37747

Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story


Foreword by Rt Hon Helen Clark, Prime Minister

MCLEAN, GAVIN

Imperial octavo, light brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, nr fine in VG+ d/w;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: Reed Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: specials history New Zealand literature culture publishing business Gavin McLean Reed Books

$17.50
xxdqa37752

One Flag, One Queen, One Tongue


New Zealand, the British Empire and the South African War 1899-1902

CRAWFORD, JOHN & MCGIBBON, IAN (Eds)

Octavo softcover (VG);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: Auckland University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: specials military war South Africa history Boer War British Empire imperialism essays John Crawford Ian McGibbon Stephen Clark Ellen Ellis John Crawford

$30.00
2e24/31

Nelson Observed: Portraits of a New Zealand Province


VINE, CHRISTOPHER B.

quarto, illus light card covers, 103pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear)

PUBLISHER: The Nelson Institute 1992

KEYWORDS: new zealand history nelson christopher b. vine

$50.00
2e24/33

Le Grand Livre de La Nature en Europe


BLANDIN, PATRICK (ed)

text in French, quarto, green faux leather boards with white lettering to front board and spine, 320pp, illus, near fine in near fine d/w

PUBLISHER: France Loisirs 1991

KEYWORDS: french languages natural history europe patrick blandin

$75.00
2e24/34

Bleau: La Foret de Fontainebleau et ses rochers


JOUTY, SYLVAIN

text in French, quarto, green cloth boards, illus prelims, 180pp, illus, VG+ (v light discolouration to page edges, light wear) in VG d/w (wear to edges including small chips and closed tears, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Editions ACLA 1982

KEYWORDS: french languages natural history sylvain jouty forest of fontainebleau

$60.00
2e24/37

The Colonial Clippers


LUBBOCK, BASIL

imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 384pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, light discolouration) in VG+ d/w (light wear including small closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1955

KEYWORDS: history clippers sailing nautical basil lubbock

$75.00
2e24/38

The Log of the Cutty Sark


LUBBOCK, BASIL

imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, xii + 332pp, illus including VG+ folding photograph, VG+ (light wear, light discolouration) in VG+ d/w (in plastic wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1960

KEYWORDS: history cutty sark sailing nautical basil lubbock

$50.00
2e24/39

The Western Ocean Packers


LUBBOCK, BASIL

imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, xiii + 146pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, light discolouration) in VG+ d/w (light wear, black marks to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1960

KEYWORDS: history western ocean packers sailing nautical basil lubbock

$14.00
xxdqa37736

Birds of a Salt-Field


COOPER, ROY P

Thin card boards, 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: Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand 1967

KEYWORDS: specials ornithology birds New Zealannd Australia natural history Roy P Cooper

$75.00
2e24/40

The New Zealanders at Gallipoli (second edition)


WAITE, Major FRED

octavo, brown cloth boards with darker brown lettering to spine and front board and brown bordered design to front board, xix + 330pp, illus, VG+ (wear to extremities, slight discolouration to eps), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history world war one WWI gallipoli

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