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Art New Zealand Number 128 / Spring 2008
perfect bound quarto magazine (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: Art New Zealand 2008
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand art culture magazine arts sculpture painting galleries history criticism artists
Art New Zealand Number 132 / Summer 2009-2010
perfect bound quarto magazine (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: Art New Zealand 2009
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand art culture magazine arts sculpture painting galleries history criticism artists
Art New Zealand Number 133 / Autumn 2010
perfect bound quarto magazine (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: Art New Zealand 2010
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand art culture magazine arts sculpture painting galleries history criticism artists
Art New Zealand Number 134 / Winter 2010
perfect bound quarto magazine (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: Art New Zealand 2010
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand art culture magazine arts sculpture painting galleries history criticism artists
Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology
super octavo, illus light card covers, xxi + 184pp, illus, VG (light wear and fading to covers, v light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1981
KEYWORDS: rozsika parker griselda pollock women arts art ideology art history sociology feminism gender issues
Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism
First edition, super octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxxiv + 566pp + xviii index, VG+ (fading to board upper edges, soil spot to fep, v slight foxing to page front edges), in VG d/w (soiling to rear, 3cm closed tear to upper rear edge, 2cm untidy tear to front lower edge, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge, untidy 2cm tear to upper spine extrem, bruising & nicking to edges, esp spine extrems, fading)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan London 1972
KEYWORDS: first edition Roy Medvedev Stalin Stalinism biography Soviet Union Russia history Marxism Leninism
Railroads of America: History of the Canadian National Railways
Super octavo, black cloth boards with blind lettering to front & gilt lettering in blue & yellow panels to spine, illus title page, xii + 538pp, illus, VG+ (light dampstaining to front & rear boards, v slight rubbing to lower spine extrem, bump to front board lower corner, foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (some fading & soiling bruising to upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Company 1973
KEYWORDS: GR Stevens railways Canada trains steam engines locomotives history railroads
A History of the Canadian Pacific Railway
with a foreword by Peter George
Super octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, xxii + 365pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to front page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep) in VG d/w (light bruising to edges & corners, fading to spine fold)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Harold A Innis railways Canada trains steam engines locomotives history railroads
Railway Histories of the World: Hungarian Railways
First edition, octavo, light-blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to board edges, slight foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (browning to edges & to internal spine, slight spotting to spine)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1973
KEYWORDS: PM Kalla-Bishop railways Hungary trains steam engines locomotives history railroads Transylvania Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Croatia Voivodina Ruthenia first edition Hungarian State rail
Little Railways of the World
Super octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board and black train motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, ix + map + 261pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to verso front ep) in VG+ d/w (soil mark to interior of spine)
PUBLISHER: Howell North Berkely Calif 1958
KEYWORDS: Frederic Shaw railways transport trains locomotives steam engines history small tiny railroads
From Myths to Policy: Aboriginal Legislation in Western Australia
Second Edition
Octavo, red/brown light card covers with white lettering to spine, front & rear, 207pp, fine
PUBLISHER: Belco Consulting 2005
KEYWORDS: Peter D Milnes Western Australia anthropology history law legislation Aboriginal peoples Aborigines colonial administration government racism
Railway Stations: Southern Region
Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 181pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, v slight tanning to eps) in VG+ d/w (slight bruising to spine extrems, bruising to upper edges, spots to spine_
PUBLISHER: Peco Publications 1971
KEYWORDS: Nigel Wikeley John Middleton railway stations transport architecture buildings history UK England
Transport Museums in Britain and Western Europe
Octavo, dark pink boards gilt lettering to spine, 300pp, illus, nr fine (own'er name in pencil to fep) in nr fine d/w (slight fading to internal edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1970
KEYWORDS: Jack Simmons history transport museums collections railways steam engines aircraft aviation roads motorcars waterways sea trams paddle steamers
The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement 1848 to 1948
A Century's Growth by a Southern Sea
Deluxe edition, signed limited numbered edition (191 of 200), octavo, blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamp to front board, all edges blue, patterned eps, frontispiece, 368pp, illus, VG (fading & rubbing to spine, rubbing to boards, corners & edges)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom (1948 ?)
KEYWORDS: John Collie Otago Southland New Zealand Presbyterian Church history religion biography
Opera in America: A Cultural History
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 612pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: John Dizikes America USA opera cultural social history music musical theatre theater classical music
The Railways of Southern England: Secondary and Branch Lines
First edition, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine vii + 289pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (internal browning esp. to upper edges, price clipped, bruising to upper spine edge & upper rear edge, rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: BT Batsford 1974
KEYWORDS: first edition Edwin Course trains railways transport Southern England secondary branch lines history routes tracks stations
London's First Railway: The London & Greenwich
Octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (fading to board upper edges, foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, slight foxing to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: BT Batsford 1972
KEYWORDS: RHG Thomas London railways trains history London Bridge to Greenwich
Railway Heraldry and other Insignia
First edition, super octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, 269pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, 2cm stain to upper spine/front board fold, v light tanning to eps) in VG+ d/w (bruising to lower front edge, foxing & tanning to interior, 2cm worn patch to rear upper corner)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1973
KEYWORDS: George Dow railways heraldry insignia trains locomotives armorial devices ornamentation uniforms reference history first edition
French Minor Railways
First edition, octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 142pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, tanning to prelims & rear eps) in VG d/w (heavy browning to interior, price clipped, tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Dawlish Macdonald 1965
KEYWORDS: First edition WJK Davies France French railways history local transport network locomotives
Light Railways of Britain: Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge
Square imperial octavo, yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep, 1cm stain to upper spine) in VG+ d/w (soil spot to front upper left corner, slight foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: D Bradford Barton Ltd
KEYWORDS: HC Casserley Britain British light railways trains transport steam engines locomotives narrow standard gauge pictorial history photographs