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$40.00
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Daybreak in Geraldine County 1877-1952


record of progress during seventy-five years under local government

DAVEY, A.J.

signed and inscribed by author, first edition, octavo, red boards with black lettering to front board and spine, 198pp, illus, VG (ex-libris plate to fep, light wear to extremities, light soiling to page edges) in VG d/w (light discolouration, light wear including small closed tears, v light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Company 1952

KEYWORDS: first edition signed new zealand history geraldine canterbury a.j. davey

$85.00
2f9/38

Travis, V.C.


GASSON, JAMES

octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus, VG (prev. owners name in ink to fep, light wear, light discolouration to eps, foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (wear and rubbing, chips and closed tears, bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand biography dick travis military history world war one WWII james gasson

$9.00
xxhqd39965

The Russian Revolution


GOLDSTON, ROBERT

paperback octavo, underlining throughout (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: fawcett premier

KEYWORDS: specials robert goldston russia revolution politics history soviet union

$8.50
xxdbg39884

The Tragedy of Pompey the Great


MASEFIELD, JOHN

maroon cloth boards with silver lettering to front board & spine (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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1926

KEYWORDS: specials John Masefield Pompey Rome Julius Caesar history historical fiction play drama theatre literature

$8.50
xxdbg39885

Tiberius


The Life of Tiberius Claudius Nero

MASON, ERNST

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 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Ernst Mason Tiberius Claudius Nero emperor history biography Rome

$12.00
xxhog40101

Years of Childhood


AKSAKOFF, SERGHEI

Duodecimo, blue cloth boards 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 Serghei Aksakoff Russian literature autobiography history

$10.00
xxhbh40106

The Kennedys: An American Drama


COLLIER, PETER & HOROWITZ, DAVID

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: Pan 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Collier David Horowitz biography American history Kennedy family

$12.50
xxhbh40118

The Great Port; A Passage Through New York


MORRIS, IAN

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: Oxford University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: jan morris travel new york harbor new york port history geography ian morris america specials

$30.00
2f10/1

New Zealand's Romantic Landscape; paintings by John Gully


compiled and written by the artist's great, great grandson John Sidney Gully

GULLY, JOHN & GULLY, JOHN SIDNEY (ed)

oblong folio, blue boards with silver lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, 182pp, illus, VG (light wear to extremities, ink inscription to front pastedown, discolouration to page edges) in VG d/w (v light wear and rubbing, lightly soiled, adhesive price label to front)

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1984

KEYWORDS: new zealand history arts painting landscapes john gully

$35.00
2f10/3

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Four 1921-1940


N/A

ex-library, small quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, patterned eps, xxii + 650pp, VG+ (library stamps and markings to prelims and page edges) in VG+ d/w (light fading to spine, covered in plastic wrapper sellotaped to boards)

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1998

KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography department of internal affairs

$45.00
2f10/4

The Phosphateers; a history of the British Phosphate Commissioners and the Christmas Island Phosphate Commission


WILLIAMS, MASLYN & MACDONALD, BARRIE

octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 586pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities) in VG+ d/w (light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: maslyn williams barrie macdonald history british phosphate commissioners christmas island

$9.50
xxhlf40321

The Australian Aborigines: A Portrait of their Society


MADDOCK, KENNETH

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: Pelican 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Kenneth Maddock Australia aborigines aboriginal history society anthropology religion culture

$19.50
xxhxf40328

Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders


SHARP, NONIE

Super octavo, illus 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: Aboriginal Studies Press 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Nonie Sharp Torres Strait history myth religion islanders

$27.50
xxhxf40329

Turf Tufts and Tow-Weights


SCOTT, KARL

LACKS D/W, octavo, orange cloth boards (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 (?) 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Karl Scott New Zealand horseracing trotting horses history

$27.50
xxhxf40333

Man Against Nature: A Survival Special on New Zealand Wildlife


LOCKLEY, R. M

First edition, Octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering 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 1970

KEYWORDS: specials RM Lockley New Zealand natural history flora fauna widlife endangered species erosion ecology pests

$15.00
xxcgf40486

Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy 1898-1950


translated from the French by Laurence G. Thompson

BRIERE, O.

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks 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: George Allen & Unwin 1956

KEYWORDS: history chinese philosophy o. briere specials

$12.00
xxcgg40466

Recent Thought in Focus


NICHOLL, DONALD

ex-library, hardcover octavo (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: Sheed and Ward 1952

KEYWORDS: david nicholl philosophy st. thomas aquinas history science religion specials

$12.00
xxcgf40477

Communism and Ireland


MACEOIN, SEAN P.

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: The Mercier Press 1948

KEYWORDS: politics ireland communism history sean p. maceoin specials

$9.00
xxced40496

The Humanist Way in Ancient China; Essential Works of Confucianism


CHAI, CH'U & CHAI, WINBERG (eds)

ex-library, 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: Bantam Books 1965

KEYWORDS: philosophy history ancient china confucius confucianism ch'u chai winberg chai specials

$12.00
xxced40501

Order and Disorder (A Study of Medieval Principles)


SLESSER, Sir HENRY

ex-library, hardcover octavo (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: Hutchinson N.D.

KEYWORDS: sir henry slesser history philosophy ethics politics economics religion medieval specials

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