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$19.50
xxhqs57396

Squash


A History of the Game

ZUG, JAMES

ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw (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: Scribner 2003

KEYWORDS: specials James Zug squash history sport

$18.50
xxhqq57407

Line Clear Ahead


75 Years of Ups and Downs

NOCK, O.S.

super octavo hardback in (nr fine) in dw (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1982

KEYWORDS: specials O.S. Nock railways travel history trains transport

$12.50
xxhqq57411

Journey into the Mind's Eye


BLANCH, LESLEY

first edition ex library, super octavo, (VG) in dw (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Lesley Blanch first edition ex library autobiography romance travel history

$15.00
xxhqq57412

The Family in Ancient Rome


RAWSON, BERYL (Ed)

ex library, super octavo, (VG) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Beryl Rawson ex library ancient Rome history social family

$16.50
xxhqq57413

Magnificent Obsession


The Story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney

1

ex library, super octavo, (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Brian H. Fletcher Mitchell Library Sydney books Australia history

$19.50
xxhqq57416

The Court of the Caliphs


The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

KENNEDY, HUGH

ex library, super octavo (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete 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 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Kennedy ex library Islam history dynasty Muslim Middle East politics

$16.50
xxhqq57434

Duel in the Snows


The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa

ALLEN, CHARLES

super octavo, hardcover (VG+) in dw (VG+) ex library; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Murry 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Allen Lhasa Himalayas travel history anthropology

$40.00
2g24/41

More Maoriland Adventures of J. W. Stack


REED, A. H. (Ed)

First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus pastedowns, printed eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (fading to spine & board edges, bruising to extrems, light foxing) in d/w, tatty (brown tape repair replacing most of rear cover and corner of front cover, chipping and small tears, creasing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition James West Stack AH Reed New Zealand autobiography travel history Maori

$34.50
2g24/48

The Mystery of La Perouse


GORDON, MONA

First edition, octavo, mustard-coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG+ (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & foxing) in d/w, VG (2cm closed tears to front upper & lower edges & to lower rear/flap edge, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & corners, v slight soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition Mona Gordon biography history Pacific exploration navigation navigator expedition naval nautical journey sailing

$78.00
2g25/3

Tangweera: Life and Adventures among Gentle Savages


BELL, C. NAPIER

First edition (author is the brother of Gustavus von Tempsky), super octavo, white cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and brown lettering with brown illus to front board, black eps, tissue guard to title page, xi + 318pp, illus, VG- (heavy soiling to rear board, fading, staining & rubbing to spine, soiling to front board & bruising to front board fore-edge & lower corner, dampstaining to feps, owner's name in pencil to helf-title page, tanning)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1899

KEYWORDS: first edition C Napier Bell New Zealand biography travel anthropology history Central America Mosquito Indians

$27.50
2g25/6

The Immigrants: The Great Migration from Britain to New Zealand, 1830-1890


SIMPSON, TONY

Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps & white lettering to black spine, 240pp, VG (Owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Godwit Publishing 1997

KEYWORDS: Tony Simpson New Zealand Great Britain migration immigration history

$285.00
2g25/7

Rome: The Book of Foundations


SERRES, MICHEL

Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 282pp, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing & tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Michel Serres history of Rome Livy literary criticism sociology social science philosophy

$70.00
2g25/19

A Different Sort of War: Australians in Korea 1950-53


TREMBATH, RICHARD

Ex library, scarce, octavo, illus plastic-covered light card covers, xxiv + 266pp, illus, VG (professional tape reinforcement to gutters, usu library markings, crease & bruising to front lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Australian Scholarly Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: Richard Trembath Australian military history Korean war

$42.50
2g22/43

Interesting Times: A Kiwi Chronicle


NEWNHAM, TOM

Octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, 339pp, illus, nr fine (v small soiling spot to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Graphic Publications 2003

KEYWORDS: Tom Newnham New Zealand autobiography politics history

$28.50
2g24/18

Colonial Tales of Old New Pymouth


MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Ex library, imperial octavo, green illus light card covers, 171pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, photocopied clipping stuck to front pastedown, professional tape reinforcement to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: ex library Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth history settlers settlement colonial stories

$28.50
2g24/19

Settler Tales of Old New Plymouth


MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Ex library, imperial octavo, green illus light card covers, ii + 170pp, illus, VG (relatively light library markings, professional tape reinforcement to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: ex library Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth history settlers settlement colonial stories

$27.50
2g24/29

Celebrating Wellington Girls: 125 Years of Wellington Girls' College


SCHWASS, MARGOT

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 280pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine, crease & 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge, sunning to lower edge of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Capital Girls' Association 2008

KEYWORDS: Margot Schwass New Zealand Wellington Girls' College Thorndon education uniforms sports 125th jubilee history

$16.50
xxela57466

Teotihuacan


An Experiment in Living

PASZTORY, ESTHER

Ex library, super octavo hardback, (VG+) in dw (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 Oaklahoma Press

KEYWORDS: specials Esther Pasztory Teotihuacan ex library anthropology Meso-America history art travel

$15.00
xxela57469

Hellifield and the Railway


MITCHELL, W.R. & FOX, PETER

super octavo softback (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: Castleberg Publication 1991

KEYWORDS: specials W R Mitchell Peter Fox Railways Hellifield trains transport history

$19.50
xxela57476

Old Oak Engineman


SPOONER, ALBERT

super octavo hardback,(VG+) in dw (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: Ian Allan 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Albert Spooner Trains engines travel railway history London

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