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Herodotus: Four Volumes Bound as Two
Herodotus Alikarnesseos 'Istorion Logoith. Epigraphomenoi Mousai, Textum Adnotationibus Wesselingii et Valckenarii Aliorumque et Suis illustravit Johannes Schweighaeuser
Four volumes bound as two, super octavo, half bound, grey cloth boards with gilt bands & gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine, marbled eps, marbled page edges, lii + 368pp + 392pp + 56pp index (vols 1&2), 500pp + 500pp (vols 3&4), VG (rubbing to spine & boards, bruising to spine exxtrems & board edges & corners, library presentation label to fep verso, library stamp to eps, owners' names in ink x 2 or 3, slight soiling to some pages' upper edges, light foxing) TEXT IN GREEK & LATIN
PUBLISHER: Andreas et Jacobus Duncan 1818-1820
KEYWORDS: Johannes Schweighaeuser Herodotus ancient Greece classics classical Greek history literature TEXT IN GREEK & LATIN
Pictured Palestine
With Eighty Illustrations by James Clark, Henry A Harper and Other Artists
Super octavo, blue/grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & black illus to front board, black eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 322pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems & board edges & corners, soiling spots to boards, owner's name & address in ink to prelims, heavy foxing to prelims & tissue guard, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: James Nisbet & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: James Neil James Clark Henry Harper Palestine Jerusalem history pictures
The Port of Otago
First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xix + 428pp, illus, VG+v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (tanning to interior, bruising to corners & edges, rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: AH Mclintock New Zealand Dunedin Port Otago Port Chalmers shipping transport maritime history first edition
The Philosophy of Modern Art
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: Faber and Faber Limited 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Herbet Read philosophy art art history anthology essays art criticism
Australian Catholics
The Contribution of Catholics to the Development of Australian Society
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in 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: Viking Books 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Edmund Campion religion theology Catholicism Catholic history Australia societal development
Chateau Tahbilk
Story of a Vineyard 1860-1985
Softcover quarto (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: Lothian Publishing Company Pty Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Enid Moodie Heddle Frank Doherty history Australia Australian wine vineyard
Paris Cancan
First edition hardcover quarto (G-) in d/w (G) ; 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: Charles Skilton Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Pierre Mariel Jean Trocher history Paris France Europe dance cancan
Jubilee Selections
From the New Zealand Railway Observer
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) lacks d/w ; 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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc., 1969
KEYWORDS: specials P.F. Dyer New Zealand history transport trains railway NZ Railway and Locomotive Society
The Legacy of Greece
A New Appraisal
Hardcover super octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: specials M.I. Finley history classical studies ancient Greece culture anthropology
From Kent to Wellington
Part One
Softcover super octavo (VG) staple bound ; 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: Department of Education 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Turnbull New Zealand history emigration children's nonfiction juvenile child Britain England
New Zealand's First Talkies
Early film-making in Otago and Southland 1896-1939
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: Otago Heritage Books 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Simon Price New Zealand history Otago Southland film film-making pre-war to interwar period
Warm Milk and Apples
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: The Copy Press 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Evered H. Goodall New Zealand biography memoir personal history
Greek Literature in Translation
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: Penguin Books Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Grant history Greek literature classical studies prose poetry lterary analysis
The Dramatic Experience
A Guide to the Reading of Plays
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: Cambridge University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: specials J.L. Styan drama theatre plays guide introduction theatrical history dramatic interpretation
Political and Social Life in the Great Age of Athens
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: The Open University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: specials John Ferguson Kitty Chisholm history politics social structures Athens ancient Greece anthology
A History of the Roman World AD138 to 337
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: University Paperback 1969
KEYWORDS: specials H.M.D. Parker ancient history classical studies ancient Rome Roman development societal structure
Democracy in the Ancient World
ex-library Hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Cambridge University Press 1927
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials T.R. Glover ancient history politics sociology political science Homeric world Ancient Rome Roman Republic
Essays on Four Plays of Euripides
Andromache; Helen; Heracles; Orestes
ex-library Hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Cambridge University Press 1905
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials T.R. Glover ancient history essays plays drama literature literary analysis
Dunedin's Matchbox Railway
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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Incorporated 1986
KEYWORDS: specials J.A. Dangerfield New Zealand train transport locomotive railway Dunedin history
British Railway Accidents of the Twentieth Century
First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG-) in 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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1967
KEYWORDS: first edition specials J.A.B. Hamilton British rilways trains transport railway accidents train disasters twentieth century history