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xxkpd55753

The Letters of William Cowper


COWPER, WILLIAM & HADLEY, WILLIAM (selected by)

hardback, lacks 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: J.M. Dent & Sons 1926

KEYWORDS: specials william cowper william hadley letters correspondence history literature biography

$9.50
xxkpd55758

Revaluation


LEAVIS, F. R.

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 1972

KEYWORDS: specials fr leavis poetry english literature criticism history

$24.50
2g2/7

West Highland White Terriers: An Owner's Companion


WRIGHT, ROGER

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 1992

KEYWORDS: Roger Wright dogs animals animal husbandry West Highland terriers breeding care training showing ailments history domestic pet

$35.00
2g1/17

Rebuilding St. Paul's After the Great Fire of London


LANG, JANE

First edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 269pp, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, foxing to eps, tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (fading & soiling, bruising & nicks to spine extrems & corners)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition Jane Lang history architecture St Paul's cathedral Sir Christopher Wren rebuilding reconstruction

$14.00
xxded55890

The Making of the Education System 1851-81


JONES, DONALD K.

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977

KEYWORDS: donald k. jones education history england wales britain specials

$16.50
xxded55892

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia; A Book of Identification


SIMPSON & DAY

softcover super 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: Viking O'Neil 1986

KEYWORDS: simpson day ornithology natural history australian birds avian identification specials

$225.00
2g1/24

British Colonial Policy in relation to New Zealand 1871-1902; Volume 1 Relations with Great Britain and the Colonies


Documents from the Colonial Office Papers in the Public Record Office

FIELDHOUSE, D. K.

This volume only, slim-line quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xlix + 357pp, VG (rubbing & scratches to boards, bruising & fraying to spine extrems & front board lower corner, occasional pencil annotations, staining to front page edges, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University College 1956

KEYWORDS: DK Fieldhouse New Zealand Britain British colony colonial policy government politics political science history

$37.50
2g1/26

The Ways of the Navy


ARNOLD-FORSTER, REAR ADMIRAL D.

First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & black lettering with black rule to front board, frontispiece, 288pp, illus with 16 plates, VG (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & lower board corners, browning to eps, light foxing, owner's name in ink to fep & to lower page edges) in d/w, G+ (areas of untidy tear/damage to spine extrems with loss, missing portions to all four flap/cover corners, 2cm tear to lower front edge, rubbing, soiling & foxing, tidy 4cm tape repair to upper spine/rear fold)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1931

KEYWORDS: first edition Rear Admiral D Arnold-Forster nautical history Royal Navy naval lore sea ceremony navigation ships boats guns torpedoes trade routes submarines

$150.00
2g1/30

The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847


RUTHERFORD, J. (Ed)

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering & shield to spine, 267pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges and tanning to fep) in d/w VG (moderate wear to covers, moderate rubbing to spine causing small holes along hinges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: first edition J Rutherford Felton Mathew New Zealand history surveyor-general Captain Hobson

$45.00
2g1/31

Who are the Maoris?


NEWMAN, ALFRED K.

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 303pp, illus, VG- (lacks fep, boards detached at rear & spine but still intact at front hinge, fading & staining to boards, bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, scribble in red crayon to front pastedown, tanning to page edges & eps, foxing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (year?)

KEYWORDS: Alfred K Newman New Zealand Maori history myths legends religion ethnology origins

$12.50
xxcfd55626

Testament of a Generation; The Journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby


BERRY, PAUL & BISHOP, ALAN (eds)

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: Virago 1985

KEYWORDS: journalism biography history paul berry alan bishop vera brittain winifred holtby literature literary criticism feminism sexuality gender issues sociology specials

$10.00
xxcfe55633

The Complete Yes Prime Minister; The Diaries of the Right Hon. James Hacker


LYNN, JONATHAN & JAY, ANTONY (eds)

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: BBC Books 1989

KEYWORDS: journalism politics jonathan lynn antony jay right hon. James hacker britain history specials

$10.00
xxcsc55726

My Feudal Lord


with William and Marilyn Hoffer

DURRANI, TEHMINA

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: Corgi Books 1995

KEYWORDS: biography tehmina durrani william hoffer marilyn hoffer religion pakistan sociology history journalism feminism gender issues muslim society specials

$12.00
xxkpd55730

The Ark of the Covenant


GRIERSON, RODERICK & MUNRO-HAY, STUART

ex library hardback octavo with 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999

KEYWORDS: specials history religion politics ark covenant roderick grierson stuart munro-hay

$40.00
2g1/13

Quest for Adventure


BONINGTON, CHRIS

First edition, quarto, blue buckram boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 448pp, illus, VG+ (1cm ding to front board lower edge, inscription in ink to fep, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (2cm untidy closed tear to lower spine, 2cm closed tear to front lower corner, bruising to edges & corners, foxing & soiling to interior)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1981

KEYWORDS: First edition Chris Bonington adventure travel history Thesiger Chichester Heyerdahl climbing canoeing Bonatti Arctic Antarctic Nile sailing

$36.50
2g1/15

The Seas Around New Zealand


WESTERSKOV, KIM & PROBERT, KEITH

Quarto, orangey-brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 181pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board lower edges & corners, owner's name in ink to half-title page, in VG+ d/w (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1981

KEYWORDS: Kim Westerskov Keith Probert New Zealand oceans seas marine environment biology geology topography flora fauna natural history fish seals whales sharks dolphins shoreline

$35.00
2g2/11

Look Over My Shoulder


HUSBAND, JOHN & MILLAR, LYNLEY

Signed by author & artist, oblong slim imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 92pp, illus, nr fine (bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1997

KEYWORDS: John Husband Lynley Millar Southland Otago New Zealand art pictures drawing sketches history poetry poems verse

$30.00
2g2/20

Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America


COLLIER, RUTH BERINS

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 230pp, nr fine (small stain to front board upper left corner)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Ruth Berins Collier politics political science democracy unions labour Western Europe South America history

$30.00
2g2a/23

Potato Growing in Australia


SEYMOUR, G.

duodecimo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG- (frontispiece loose, light soiling and creasing to covers, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N.D.

KEYWORDS: australian agriculture potatoes g. seymour history vegetables gardening

$19.50
xxkpc55913

The University of London 1836-1986: An Illustrated History


With a foreword by HRH The Princess Anne

HARTE, NEGLEY

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: Athlone Press 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Negley harte University of London history academia

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