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$17.50
xxeqb59661

London Bridge


JACKSON, PETER

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: Cassell & Company Ltd 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Jackson history England London Bridge

$22.50
xxeqb59666

The Terrible Siren


Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)

SACHS, EMANIE

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: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Emanie Sachs biography Victoria Caflin Woodhull history

$12.50
xxeqc59709

Captain James Cook - after two hundred years


A commemorative address delivered before the Hakluyt Society

SKELTON, R.A.

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: Trustees of the British Museum 1969

KEYWORDS: specials R A Skelton New Zealand history Captain James Cook biography

$10.00
xxeqc59712

The Emerald Whaler


LAUBENSTEIN, WILLIAM J.

Ex-library 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: Andre Deutsch Limited 1961

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials William J Laubenstein history Irish criminal convictions Western Australia exile rescue

$9.00
xxeqc59717

Pathfinders in New Zealand


HOGG, GARRY

Ex-library 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: Robert Hale Limited 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Garry Hogg New Zealand history

$25.00
1m34a/10

The Glory of the Perfumed Garden: The Missing Flowers


NAFZAWI, SHAYKH

First edition, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, 333pp, fine, in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Neville Spearman 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition Shaykh Nafzawi second part of Perfumed Garden Arabic literature sexual behaviour anthropology social history

$35.00
1m34a/13

The Etruscans


BARKER, GRAEME & RASMUSEN, TOM

Super octavo, black illus light card covers with white lettering, xii + 379pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: Graeme Barker Tom Rasmussen Etruscans ancient history archaeology

$26.50
1m34a/17

India Under Morley and Minto: Politics Behind Revolution, Repression and Reforms


DAS, M. N.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with red lettering to spine, 279pp, VG (fading to board edges, owner's name stamp to fep, light foxing) in d/w, VG (fading, 3cm closed tears to front & rear upper edges, price clipped, some soiling spots)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964

KEYWORDS: MN Das India history politics John Morley Lord Minto British rule INC government

$14.00
xxehl59546

Love's Picture Book: The history of pleasure and moral indignation


From the Days of Classical Greece Until the French Revolution

BRUSENDORFF, OVE & HENNINGSEN, POUL

Hardcover super octavo (VG) 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: Veta Publishers 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Ove Brusendorff Poul Henningsen history sex morals

$22.50
xxehl59547

A Short History of Sex Worship


CUTNER, H.

Hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Watts & Co. 1950

KEYWORDS: specials H Cutner history sex worship custom anthropology

$50.00
1m10a/8

A Practical Treatise on Outbreaks of Fire being a Systematic Study of Their Causes and Means of Prevention


Dealing with the Possibilities of Danger, Precautions Necessary, Notification, Extinction, Equipment for Swing Life & Property, Organisations of Fire Brigades, Notes on Structural Design of Buildings,

GAMBLE, SIDNEY GOMPERTZ

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 544pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG- (staining to boards, dampstaining to rear board & last few pages, bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sellotape residue stains & soiling to eps, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1942

KEYWORDS: Sidney Gompertz Gamble fire service brigades history causes prevention water supply explosions alarms fire engines salvage building construction

$35.00
1m10a/12

Coral Sea Calling


IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & silver motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, viii + 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to front board, owner's name crossed out on fep) in d/w, VG+ (slight browning to upper edges, spine & inside, light rubbing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957

KEYWORDS: first editoin Ion L Idriess Coral Sea sailing adventure exploration nautical voyages history

$200.00
1m34a/4

Story of Pop


PASCALL, JEREMY (Ed)

Two-volumes complete with index, ex library, bound in two volumes, quarto, yellow boards with silver lettering to orange spine, 1484pp in total, illus, VG+ (rubbing to some board corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Phoebus Publishing Co 1974/76

KEYWORDS: ex library pop music rock and roll history singers bands groups biography musicians

$32.50
1n11a/14

The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General


MCLEAN, GAVIN

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 424pp, illus, VG+ (small stain to front board lower edge, owner's name in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean New Zealand political history governors general Grey Jervois Fergusson Bledisloe

$27.50
1n11a/17

Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies


BONFANTE, LARISSA (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xxviii + 289pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Larissa Bonfante Etruscans studies archaeology ancient history

$12.00
xxeqd59804

Lion of Scotland


ROBINSON, NEIL

hardcover octavo first edition (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: Hodder & Stoughton 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Neil Robinson first edition norman mcleod maritime history nautical voyage new zealand australia scotland

$12.50
xxeqd59808

A History of Sussex


Armstrong, J. R.

hardcover 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: Phillimore & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: specials J R Armstrong sussex history england

$16.50
xxeqd59828

Courtesans and Fishcakes


DAVIDSON, JAMES

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: Fontana 1998

KEYWORDS: specials James Davidson history classical athens politics of consumption hedonism literature

$24.50
1n11b/1

Scandinavian Footprints: A Story of Scandinavians settling in New Zealand


BREW, MARGIT

signed by author, super octavo, light card covers, 319 pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Margit Brew 2007

KEYWORDS: Margit Brew Scandinavia New Zealand history settlers immigration Norwegian Swedes DanesBror Erik Friberg biography

$120.00
1n11b/8

The Story of Te Waharoa: A Chapter in Early New Zealand History


Together with Sketches of Ancient Maori Life and History

WILSON, JOHN ALEXANDER

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board & black illus to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 255pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling and scuffing to boards, light sunning to spine and rear board, light foxing to page edges and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1907

KEYWORDS: John Alexander Wilson New Zealand Maori history Te Waharoa biography

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