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$40.00
2f18/18

Pamir: The Story of a Sailing Ship


WATERS, SYDNEY D

First edition, small octavo, illus heavy card boards, 48pp, illus, VG- (some plates loose, light scuffing and soiling, light tanning within, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition Sydney D Waters Pamir New Zealand sailing ship history four-master Finland

$50.00
2f18/19

A Concise Economic History of Britain from the Earliest Times to 1750 (Vol 1); from 1750 to Recent Times (Vol 2)


CLAPHAM, SIR JOHN & COURT, W. H. B

Two-volume set, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 324pp (vol 1), viii + 368pp (vol 2), VG (owner's name & address in ink to both feps, v slight rubbing to boards, scratch to rear board vol 1, browning to eps vol 1, light foxing to page edges) in Vg d/w (soiling & tanning, bruising to edges, 2cm closed to upper rear right corner vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1957 (vol 1) 1954 (vol 2)

KEYWORDS: Sir John Clapham WHB Court Britian history economics agriculture trade manufacturing industry

$50.00
2f18/20

General Gordon, Soldier, Administrator, and Christian Hero


A Biographical and Historical Sketch of his Career in China and the Soudan

EMERSON, GEORGE R

Duodecimo, green boards with gilt lettering & decoration to front board, frontispiece, folding map, viii + 202pp, illus, VG (staining spots to boards, rubbing to spine, bruising to spine extrems & board corners, foxing, esp to prelims & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co (year?)

KEYWORDS: George R Emerson General Charles George Gordon biography military history China Sudan Soudan

$19.50
2f18/27

Reinterpreting the Educational Past: Essays in the History of New Zealand Education


OPENSHAW, ROGER & MCKENZIE, DAVID (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & covers, 233pp, VG+ (slight bruising to lower cover corners, owner's name & date in ink to fep, damp stain to upper page corners)

PUBLISHER: NZ Council for Education Research 1987

KEYWORDS: Roger Openshaw David McKenzie New Zealand education history curriculum schools nursing civil service essays

$90.00
2f18/30

Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People / Nga Koorero Tuku Iho a Nga Tuupuna


JONES, PEI TE HURINUI & BIGGS, BRUCE

First edition, imperial octavo, blue/grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 402pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, prev owners address stamp in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges) in VG+ d/w (foxing & staining to interior)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: first edition Pei Te urinui Jones Bruce Biggs New Zealand Tainui Maori bilingual Maori-English parallel text history genealogy songs

$19.50
2f18/36

The Art of Alfred Sharpe


BLACKLEY, ROGER

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland City Art Gallery / David Bateman 1992

KEYWORDS: Roger Blackley Alfred Sharpe New Zealand art artist colonial watercolourist biography art history landscape

$8.50
xxeid49117

Tales from Herodotus


HERODOTUS

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Herodotus classics history literature

$12.50
xxeid49135

A Short History of Church Music


ROUTLEY, ERIK

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Mowbrays 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Erik Routley music history English church music Anglican

$15.00
xxeid49136

1812 Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow


ZAMOYSKI, ADAM

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Adam Zamoyski Russia history Napoleon Moscow military campaign 1812

$10.00
xxeid49145

Jacob's Ladder: A Novel of Virginia During the Civil War


MCCAIG, DONALD

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Donald McCaig American Civil War history Virginia

$24.50
xxeid49170

Athletic Park: A Lost Football Ground


Athletic Park 1986-1999

DONOGHUE, TIM

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Tim Donoghue Publications 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Tim Donoghue Athletic Park history rugby sport Wellington test matches All Blacks WRFU

$55.00
2f18/43

The British Shotgun: Volume One 1850-70


CRUDGINGTON, I. M & BAKER, D. J

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, nr fine (small stain to rear board lower edge) in VG+ d/w (slight soiling to rear, v slight bruising to upper edge & front corner)

PUBLISHER: Ashford, Buchan & Enright 1990

KEYWORDS: IM Crudgington DJ Baker firearms British shotguns evolution history development patent drawings contemp advertisements

$145.00
2f18/45

Jaguar E-Type: The Definitive History


A Foulis Motoring Book

PORTER, PHILIP & CUNNINGHAM, BRIGGS (Foreward)

Quarto, dark blue boards with silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 712pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to uppr spine) in VG+ d/w (slight rubbing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 1989

KEYWORDS: Philip Porter cars automobile Jaguar E-Type XK-E engineering history sports car background design development specification

$12.50
xxeie49196

A Short Histgory of the Early Church


BOER, HARRY R

Octavo 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 cost

PUBLISHER: William B Eerdman 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Harry R Boer religoin theology church history Christianity

$19.50
xxeif49285

Portrait of Tasmania


EMANUEL, CEDRIC

first edition, hardcover quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Rigby 1974

KEYWORDS: australia arts cedric emanuel tasmania history travel specials

$15.00
xxeif49286

Historic Towns of New South Wales


EMANUEL, CEDRIC

hardcover quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1979

KEYWORDS: australia arts cedric emanuel new south wales historic towns history travel specials

$100.00
2f18/48

Onward and Upward: being the Life Story of John Kenyon of Slaidburn as recollected by him in his 87th Year


KENYON, JOHN

Octavo, dark green boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, iii + 113pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to spine, browning to front & rear eps, slight foxing esp to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Self published 1961

KEYWORDS: John Kenyon Slaidburn Ireland autobiography agriculture farming history

$23.50
2f18/49

I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru's War New Zealand 1868-1869


BELICH, JAMES

Octavo, illus light card covers, 323pp, illus, VG (light bruising and scuffing to cover edges, light soiling and rubbing to covers, light sunning to spine, light soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps and page edges, first 10 pages starting to come loose at the top of binding)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1989

KEYWORDS: James Belich New Zealand history wars Titokowaru Taranaki Maori European

$85.00
2f19/5

The Spur: History, Art, Culture, Function


Photography by David R Stoecklein

STOECKLEIN, DAVID R & JAMES, CARRIE (Ed)

Square small quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus half-title page, frontispiece, 143pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Stocklein Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: David Stoecklein photography cowboys western riding spurs American West history cowboy gear ranchers

$50.00
2f19/6

The City of the West: A Book of Drawings


KING, JESSIE M

Duodecimo, beige card boards with attached ornamental paper wrapper with French flaps, sewn binding, illus title page, unpaginated, 25 tipped-in photogravures (incl title page & contents page) with brief explanatory text opposite, VG (browning & fading to boards, 2cm portions of loss to upper & lower spine extrems, bruising to edges, browning to front & rear eps, inscription in ink to fep, damp-staining to upper page edges of last several pages)

PUBLISHER: TN Foulis 1911

KEYWORDS: Jessie M King Glasgow Scotland art drawings sketches history

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