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The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual
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
Rascal of the South Pacific
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
The First Industrial Nation: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1914
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
The Wardlaws in Scotland: A History of the Wardlaws of Wilton and Torrie and their Cadets
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
Tuapeka: The Land and Its People
A social history of the borough of Lawrence and its surrounding districts
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
The Bermuda Triangle
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
Famous Cricketing Families: from Graces and Headleys to Cairns' and Hadlees
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
Subantarctic Campbell Island
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
CIA: The Inside Story
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
Khrushchev Remembers
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
Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story
Foreword by Rt Hon Helen Clark, Prime Minister
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
One Flag, One Queen, One Tongue
New Zealand, the British Empire and the South African War 1899-1902
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
Nelson Observed: Portraits of a New Zealand Province
quarto, illus light card covers, 103pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear)
PUBLISHER: The Nelson Institute 1992
KEYWORDS: new zealand history nelson christopher b. vine
Le Grand Livre de La Nature en Europe
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
Bleau: La Foret de Fontainebleau et ses rochers
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
The Colonial Clippers
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
The Log of the Cutty Sark
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
The Western Ocean Packers
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
Birds of a Salt-Field
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
The New Zealanders at Gallipoli (second edition)
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