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$15.00
2g11/7

High Adventure


with maps by A. Spark and sketches by George Djurkouic

HILLARY, EDMUND

first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (pencil owner's name to fep, wear to boards, d/w marking to eps, foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (tanning and soiling, numerous chips and closed tears to extremities including upper edge of spine missing and large closed tear to front upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955

KEYWORDS: edmund hillary new zealand mountain climbing mountaineering sport adventure travel autobiography history

$75.00
2g11/9

The Future of Colonies


BARNES, LEONARD

first edition with review slip enclosed, duodecimo, light card covers, 46pp, VG (light wear, tanning and foxing to page edges, small hole to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1936

KEYWORDS: history first edition colonies leonard barnes journalism

$45.00
2g11/10

National Minorities in Central Europe


CHMELAR, JOSEPH

duodecimo, light card covers, 104pp, illus including VG+ folding map, VG (light wear, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Orbis Printing and Publishing Co. 1937

KEYWORDS: joseph chmelar sociology culture history politics central europe national minorities

$15.00
xxdga55936

The Garden Pest Book; An Illustrated New Zealand Guide


drawings by Karen Mason

CHAPMAN, BRUCE & PENMAN, DAVID

softcover imperial 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: Reed 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history gardening bugs insects entomology bruce chapman david penman karen mason specials

$10.00
xxdjd55955

Man to Man


SKINNER, TOM & BERRY, JOHN

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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1980

KEYWORDS: auotbiography new zealand politics union tom skinner john berry history specials

$9.50
xxkpg56018

Richard III


SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

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: Signet Classics 1964

KEYWORDS: specials william shakespeare plays history theatre literature

$9.50
xxkpg56020

Boswell's Life of Johnson Volume One


BOSWELL, JAMES

this vol. only, 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: specials james boswell samuel johnson history biography literature

$12.50
xxkpg56022

The Holt Report


LARKIN, JOHN & BARKER, GEOFFREY

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: Age Insight

KEYWORDS: specials crime history report australia harold holt john larkin geoffrey barker

$8.50
xxkpg56032

Pope Joan


DURRELL, LAWRENCE

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: Consul Books 1960

KEYWORDS: specials popes history scandal lawrence durrell religion

$22.50
xxkqa56052

Camden's Britannia - Surrey and Sussex


COPLEY, GORDON J. (annot. & ed.)

hardback super octavo with d/w (NEAR FINE); 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 1977

KEYWORDS: specials surrey sussex britain geography history travel topography

$15.00
xxkqa56055

R.L.S.: A Life Study


CALDER, JENNI

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: Hamish Hamilton 1980

KEYWORDS: specials robert louis stevenson jenni calder biography history literature

$12.50
xxkqa56042

Turning Point - The Making of a Captain


FITZPATRICK, SEAN & JOHNSTONE, DUNCAN

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) 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: Penguin 1998

KEYWORDS: specials photography rugby new zealand history sean fitzpatrick all blacks

$18.50
xxkqa56051

The Quest for Paradise: A History of the World's Gardens


KING, RONALD

quarto hardback 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: Mayflower Books 1979

KEYWORDS: specials gardens ronald king culture history architecture economy

$15.00
xxkqa56063

21 Years of Rugby News


N/A

hardback quarto 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: Rugby Press Ltd. 1991

KEYWORDS: specials rugby new zealand sports news history

$645.00
2g11/15

The New Zealand Alpine Journal; A Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure by Members of the New Zealand Alpine


N/A

8 volume set, facsimile edition, limited numbered edition, runs from vol. 1 1892 to vol. 8 1940, octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, blind rule to boards, illus including near fine folding diagrams and VG+ maps in rear pocket, all volumes VG+ (light wear to extremities, light foxing and soiling to eps and page edges) in VG d/w (most volumes light wear and light soiling with v light creasing and tiny closed tears to edges, vol 1. with narrow chip to lower rear flap corner, vol. IV with small chip to upper spine), all volumes in protective plastic cover, a very tidy set

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1975-1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand alpine journal club mountain exploration adventure travel history mountaineering sport outdoors

$50.00
2g11/18

Royalty in New Zealand: A Visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York to New Zealand 10th June to 27th June, 1901; A Descriptive Narrative


LOUGHNAN, R.A.

quarto, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to boards, patterned eps, illus half title, xiv + 391pp, illus , VG- (heavy wear to spine with tanning, fraying and chipping, internally the spine is coming away from text block, only partially attached at front, insect damage to fep, water stains to covers, light foxing) includes folding map VG- (creasing and foxing with large repaired tear)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1902

KEYWORDS: new zealand history english british monarchy royal family duke and duchess of cornwell and york r.a. loughnan

$45.00
2g11/20

The Exploration of The Pacific


BEAGLEHOLE, J.C.

second edition, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind-stamped emblem to rear board, xv + 411pp, illus including VG folding maps (light wear and creasing, v light foxing), VG (light wear, white mark to front board, light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG- dw (light soiling, numerous small closed tears to edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1947

KEYWORDS: j.c. beaglehole history travel exploration pacific

$55.00
2g11/23

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 3 1947


WADMAN, HOWARD (ed)

imperial octavo, grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece tipped in, 171pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, pencil owner's name to fep, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: H.H. Tombs 1947

KEYWORDS: howard wadman new zealand arts history year book

$55.00
2g11/28

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 3 1947


WADMAN, HOWARD (ed)

imperial octavo, grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece tipped in, 171pp, VG+ (light wear, v light foxing)

PUBLISHER: H.H. Tombs 1947

KEYWORDS: howard wadman year book arts new zealand history

$35.00
2g11/31

The Cossacks Burn Down the YMCA; Russia Revisited


GILMORE, EDDY

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, VG (light wear and fading, v light foxing) in VG d/w (light wear, soiling to rear, small closed tears to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition eddy gilmore russian history cossacks politics soviet union

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