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$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

$70.00
2g1/37

Medical Practice in Otago and Southland in the Early Days


A Description of the Manner of Life, Trials, and Difficulties of some of the Pioneer Doctors, of the Places in which, and of the People among whom, they Laboured

FULTON, ROBERT VALPY

FIRST EDITION, Octavo, green textured buckram boards with blind rule & gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, lighter fading to board extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, light bubbling under the buckram covering to boards, light foxing, pencil notes op title page)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1922

KEYWORDS: Robert Valpy Fulton MD medical history medicine New Zealand Otago Southland pioneer doctors GPs

$27.50
2g1/38

White Stone Country: The Story of North Otago


MCDONALD, KENNETH CORNWELL

Octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: Capper Press Reprint 1977 (of North Otago Centennial Committee 1962)

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Cornwell McDonald New Zealand South Island North Otago Oamaru history

$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

$2500.00
os2/20

Scottish Arms, Being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A.D. 1370-1678


reproduced in fascimile from contemporary manuscripts, with heraldic and genealogical notes

STODART, ROBERT RIDDLE

rare and handsome two volume set, elephant folio, limited numbered edition (#12 of 60 large paper copies signed by publisher William Paterson), half-bound blue leather/blue cloth with red label, gilt lettering and rule, and five raised bands to spine, gilt upper edges, (volume I) xxv + 126 chromolithographic plates, (volume II) 425pp, both volumes VG+ (wear and rubbing to extremities, light soiling to boards, light foxing and soiling to some pages, small hole to front board and scratch across rear board of volume I, small stains to front board and small hole to rear board of volume II) THIS ITEM IS VERY HEAVY AND POSTAGE WILL ACCORDINGLY BE EXPENSIVE

PUBLISHER: William Paterson 1881

KEYWORDS: robert riddle stodart scotland scottish arms history armorial bearings heraldry genealogy family

$22.50
ak3/10/1561

The Gumdigger; The Story of Kauri Gum


REED, A.H.

Tidy ex-library, FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 168pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: new zealand history kauri gum a.h. reed

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