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Handbook to the Arthur's Pass National Park


BURROWS, C. J. (ed.)

saddle-stappled 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Arthur's Pass National Park Board 1978

KEYWORDS: specials arthur's pass new zealand national parks geology nature climate science natural history walks climate animals plants south island

$9.00
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Circumstantial Evidence


EARLEY, PETE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bantam 1996

KEYWORDS: specials pete earley crime history true reportage journalism

$90.00
2g16/45

A History of Dentistry in New Zealand


BROOKING, T. W. H.

Scarce, super octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 268pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (tanning to spine, foxing & soiling, bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Dental Association 1980

KEYWORDS: TWH Brooking New Zealand dentistry dental association history social development Sidey Pickerill Davies University profession child health School dental service

$40.00
ak2/13/1132

Waiheke Pioneers


DAY, DIXIE

First edition, octavo, illus light card covers with red lettering to covers, 190pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning & soiling to covers, slight foxing)

PUBLISHER: Waiheke Historical Society

KEYWORDS: Dixie Day New Zealand Waiheke Island history pioneers stories local families settlers

$25.00
2g17/30

The Worm Forgives the Plough


COLLIS, JOHN STEWART & HOLROYD, MICHAEL (intro)

Imperial octavo, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1988

KEYWORDS: John Stewart Collis English rural history autobiography 1940s countryside people anecdotes literature

$30.00
2g17/38

Mary Potter's Little Company of Mary: The New Zealand Experience, 1914-2002


TROTTER, ANN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 228pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Bridget William Books 2003

KEYWORDS: Ann Trotter Mary Potter Sisters of the Little Company of Mary Calvary hospitals nursing medicine women's history New Zealand psychiatry hospice care

$25.00
2g17/40

Getting Together Again


BASSETT, MICHAEL

Inscribed & signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 68pp, illus, VG+ (rubbing to spine, light tanning to rear cover, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Peter J Harris 1979

KEYWORDS: Michael Bassett New Zealand politics history economy economics welfare foreign policy trade Muldoon

$40.00
2g17/50

An Ulster Plantation


Special Edition for Katikati Centennial 1975

GRAY, ARTHUR J.

Small octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and cover, frontispiece, xvi + 153pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (moderate bruising and tanning to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, gutter cracked at fep) in d/w scruffy (large section missing to rear cover and half of spine, heavy tearing and chipping to hinges and extrems, moderate rubbing and light soiling)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1950

KEYWORDS: Arthur J Gray New Zealand Katikati Kati Kati centenary Northern Ireland history settlers

$32.50
2g18/5

Maori Place Names of Auckland: Their Meaning and History


GRAHAM, GEORGE & SIMMONS, D. R. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card brown covers, 39pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland Institute & Museum 1980

KEYWORDS: George Graham DR Simmons New Zealand Auckland Maori place names meaning history

$55.00
2g18/14

Pioneer Tales of Old New Plymouth


MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Ex library, imperial octavo, blue light card covers, 178pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, rubbing to covers, archival tape reinforcement to front & rear hinges, crease to rear cover upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth pioneers history

$365.00
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A Short History of the English People


illustrated edition edited by Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate

GREEN, J.R.

handsome four volume set, super octavo, three quarter bound brown leather and brown buckram, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, five raised bands to spine, marbled eps and page edges, frontispiece, 1906pp running across all volumes, illus including VG+ folding diagram, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to boards, v light soiling, occasional foxing throughout all volumes), altogether a very lovely set

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1892-4

KEYWORDS: j.r. green history english people england britain kate norgate

$100.00
2g16/10

Sixty Years a Queen; The Story of Her Majesty's Reign


illustrated chiefly from the royal collections with special permission

MAXWELL, Sir HERBERT

undated, quarto, black buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, xii + 240pp, illus, VG (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to eps and page edges, slightly cocked)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswode

KEYWORDS: biography queen victoria her majesty british monarchy history britain england english sir herbert maxwell

$120.00
2g16/11

Thirty Illustrations of Childe Harold


the original drawings produced expressly for The Art-Union of London

HAROLD, CHILDE

rebound with original front cover, small quarto, heavy card boards with tan cloth and gilt lettering to spine, new eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing throughout esp. to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Art-Union of London 1855

KEYWORDS: childe harold illustrations arts history

$55.00
2g16/12

P.J. Redoute: Lilies and Related Flowers


with contributions by William T. Stearn and William Patrick Watson

MATHEW, BRIAN & REDOUTE, PIERRE-JOSEPH

quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and fading to boards, v light foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing, small closed tears to head and tail of spine)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1982

KEYWORDS: brian mathew pierre-joseph redoute arts natural history botany flowers lilies

$50.00
2g16/35

The Indian Annual Register: Volume II July to Dec. 1943


An Annual Digest of Public Affairs of India

MITRA, NRIPENDRA NATH (Ed)

This volume only, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 420pp, VG (heavy rubbing to boards, bruising & fraying to board edges & corners, number 15 in red crayon to front board & half-title page, tanning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Annual Register Office 1943

KEYWORDS: Nripendra Nath Mitra Indian public affairs politics economics industry education social history reference

$27.50
2g16/37

The Art of African Textiles: Technology, Tradition and Lurex


PICTON, JOHN

Small quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Barbican Art Gallery 1995

KEYWORDS: John Picton African art textiles Barbican exhibition design manufacture cloth weaving materials history

$27.50
2g18/17

A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields


TEMPLE, PHILIP

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 584pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Philip Temple New Zealand history biography Wakefield family

$27.50
2g19/4

Art of the Forties


With an essay by Guy Davenport

CASTLEMAN, RIVA (Ed)

Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 160pp, illus, nr fine (v slight foxing to prelims), in d/w, VG+ (label residue stain to front upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art New York 1991

KEYWORDS: Riva Castleman modern art 1940s paintings sculpture European American Latin American drawing printmaking architecture design art history exhibition

$9.50
xxaqi56450

Dress & Undress


TABORI, PAUL

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: New English Library 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Tabori fashion clothes clothing style history corsets stockings boots underwear

$15.00
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Provincial Price: Number Two August 1956


OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS ASSN

Octavo, stapled paper wrappers (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Otago Early Settlers Association 1956

KEYWORDS: spepcials Otago Early Settlers New Zealand history pioneers

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