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Daybreak in Geraldine County 1877-1952
record of progress during seventy-five years under local government
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
Travis, V.C.
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
The Russian Revolution
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
The Tragedy of Pompey the Great
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
Tiberius
The Life of Tiberius Claudius Nero
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
Years of Childhood
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
The Kennedys: An American Drama
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
The Great Port; A Passage Through New York
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
New Zealand's Romantic Landscape; paintings by John Gully
compiled and written by the artist's great, great grandson John Sidney Gully
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
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Volume Four 1921-1940
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
The Phosphateers; a history of the British Phosphate Commissioners and the Christmas Island Phosphate Commission
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
The Australian Aborigines: A Portrait of their Society
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
Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders
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
Turf Tufts and Tow-Weights
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
Man Against Nature: A Survival Special on New Zealand Wildlife
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
Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy 1898-1950
translated from the French by Laurence G. Thompson
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
Recent Thought in Focus
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
Communism and Ireland
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
The Humanist Way in Ancient China; Essential Works of Confucianism
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
Order and Disorder (A Study of Medieval Principles)
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