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$30.00
2f9a/23

Mauretania: Landfalls and Departures of Twenty-Five Years


JORDAN, HUMFREY

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with dark blue cloth spine with silver lettering, frontispiece, 332pp, illus, nr fine (sticker residue to front pastedown) in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1988

KEYWORDS: Humfrey Jordan John Shaum Mauretania shipping ocean liner history maritime voyages

$15.00
2f9a/27

New Zealand! New Zealand! In Praise of Kiwiana


BARNETT, STEPHEN & WOLFE, RICHARD

Oblong quarto, illustrated light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 162pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1989

KEYWORDS: Stephen Barnett Richard Wolfe New Zealand history culture Kiwiana Buzzy Bee Weetbix hokey pokey Chesdale Creamota jandals vegemite rinso customs

$45.00
2f9a/28

The People from the Horizon: An Illustrated History of the Europeans among the South Sea Islanders


SNOW, PHILIP & WAINE, STEFANIE

First edition, quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 296pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing & bruising to lower boards edges & lower spine extrem) in VG+ d/w (very slight foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: Mclaren Publishing Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition Philip Snow Stefanie Waine history South Pacific Europeans

$35.00
2f9a/29

Bastards I Have Sailed With


MEIKLE, BARRY H

Octavo, light card covers, 173pp, VG+ (slight bruising to loswer front board corner, browning to front ep edges)

PUBLISHER: Barnacle Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: Barry H Meikle New Zealand steamship WWI WWII first world war second world war seamen history maritime life nautical boats sailing

$27.50
2f9a/30

Birds of New Zealand: Locality Guide


CHAMBERS, STUART

Octavo, illus light card covers, 511pp, illus, VG+ (creasing to rear cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Arun Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Stuart Chambers Brian Chudleigh New Zealand naturall history birds ornithology

$125.00
2f9a/40

Hitler was a British Agent


HALLETT, GREG & SPYMASTER

Super octavo, light card covers, xv + 550 pp, illus, VG+ (v sl soiling and rubbing to covers, light foxing to page edges and end pages)

PUBLISHER: FNZ Inc 2006

KEYWORDS: Greg Hallett Spymaster history military conspiracy theories Adolf Hitler

$25.00
2f9b/13

Aspen: The History of a Silver Mining Town 1879-1893


ROHRBOUGH, MALCOLM

super octavo, heavy card boards, cream cloth spine with gilt & green lettering, iv + 263pp, illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (slight soiling spots to external & internal, slight bruising to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Malcolm Rohrbough American history Aspen silver mining prospecting railway

$13.50
xxcsc47066

An Eyewitness History of New Zealand


BROMBY, ROBIN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) 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: Currey O'Neill Ross 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Robin Bromby New Zealand history politics culture society disasters crimes journalism war Gallipoli

$19.50
xxcsc47070

Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life


UTLEY, ROBERT M

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: University of Nebraska Press 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Robert MM Utley Billy the Kid biography portrait USA American history

$19.50
xxcra47086

The Indian Frontier of the American West 1946-1890


UTLEY, ROBERT M

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: University of New Mexico Press 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Robert M Utley American West history Indians native Americans

$19.50
xxcra47087

The Westerners


BROWN, DEE

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) 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: Michael Joseph 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Dee Brown American West history Indians native Americans wars Spaniards biographies

$14.00
xxcra47092

The American Plains Indians


HOOK, JASON & HOOK, RICHARD (Illus)

Imperial 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: Osprey Publishing 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Jason Hook Richard Hook America history American Indians plains culture anthropology

$17.50
xxcra47097

Churchill's Secret War: Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey 1942-44


DENNISTON, ROBIN

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: Sutton Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Robin Denniston Winston Churchill World War II second world war history British foreign policy planning

$14.00
xxcra47098

Dancing with Cranes: On Location with a New Zealand Wildlife Film-maker


BALLANCE, ALISON

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: Longacre Press 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Alison Balance New Zealand natural history animal world memoir reportage film-making

$12.50
xxdlc47158

With Hook, Line and Snorkel in the South Pacific


WRIGHT, ROB

Octavo hardcover 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: Pacific Publications 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Rob Wright travel Pacific Islands natural history outdoors fishing ocean sea animals

$16.50
xxdlc47159

Company of Heaven: Early Missionaries in the South Seas


KENT, GRAEME

Octavo hardcover 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: SH & AW Reed 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Graeme Kent South Pacific islands missionaries religion history Tahiti Hawaii samoa fiji Solomons Cooks New Hebrides

$14.50
xxgia47216

The Early Challenges of the America's Cup (1851 - 1937)


JOHN, ANTHONY & DEAR, IAN (Ed)

First edition, oblong quarto (nr fine) in nr fine 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: Pierson 1986

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Anthony John Ian Dear America's Cup history yachts sailing yacht racing

$14.00
xxgia47217

London Pride: The Story of a Voluntary Hospital


CLARK-KENNEDY, A. E

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: Hutchinson Benham 1979

KEYWORDS: specials AE Clark-Kennedy history medicine hospitals London doctors nurses patients cholera Dr Barnardo Eva Luckes volunteers voluntary system

$22.50
2f15/11

Stepping Back: Exploring South Island History


PICKERING, MARK

Super octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, 176pp, illus, VG (v slight spotting to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Mark Pickering New Zealand South Island history exploring guided walks maps

$35.00
2f15/16

Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth


JORDAN, LOUIS HENRY

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt rule to spine and blind rule & blind design to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xix + 668pp + iv adverts, illus (2pp charts), VG- (fading to spine, rubbing to spine extrems, slight soiling & rubbing to boards, soiling to eps, front gutter cracked but intact, owner's name & year to title page, crease/fold to upper corner last two pages, foxing esp to page edges)

PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1905

KEYWORDS: Louis Henry Jordan religion theology comparative religion history psychology mythology anthropology archaeology ethmology sociology

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