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$22.50
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Challenge and Response: Study of the Development of the Gisborne East Coast Region


OLIVER, W. H. & THOMSON, JANE M.

Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontrispiece map, v + 251pp, illus, VG (v small ding to frontr board upper edge, prev. owner's inscription to fep) in d/w, VG- (light soiling to rear, bruising to spine extrems & upper edges, damage to front flap fold with some creasing, 2cm closed tear to rear upper edge)

PUBLISHER: East Coast Development Research Assn 1971

KEYWORDS: WH Oliver Jane Thomson New Zealand Gisborne East Coast history pioneers settlers economic development government

$100.00
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Rae Budding or Slums in New Zealand


CAMPBELL, DAVID PATON

Octavo, brown light card covers with gilt lettering & gilt rule to front cover, frontispiece, 79pp, illus, G+ (dampstaining to front cover & first 15-or-so pages, damage with loss to front edges, creasing to edges, 3cm closed tear to centre spine, crease to rear cover upper corner). Without the staining / damage to front cover, this book would be in pretty good condition, possible VG)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co Invercargil 1934

KEYWORDS: David Paton Campbell New Zealand Rae Budding social history politics

$30.00
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Living in a New Country: History, Travelling and Language


CARTER, PAUL

First edition, Sebastian Black's copy, octavo, black boards with silver lettering to spine, x + 214pp, illus, nr fine (tanning to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (bruising & light creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1992

KEYWORDS: Paul Carter first edition history language linguistics ethnography travel migration culture

$245.00
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New Zealand: Its Resources and Prospects


BATHGATE, JOHN

original wraps inside card covers, octavo, new grey heavy card boards with dark blue cloth spine covering original illus paper wrappers, frontispiece, iv + folding colour map + 123pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (some staining & discolouration to original wrapper, reasonably heavy foxing to prelims, browning to page edges, staining to page lower edges)

PUBLISHER: W & R Chambers 1884

KEYWORDS: John Bathgate New Zealand history resources climate land title agriculture farming gold cities shipping manufacturing banks transport revenue education colony

$25.00
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The Oldest Manuscripts in New Zealand


TAYLOR, DAVID M.

Super octavo, light blue boards wit gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 218pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1955

KEYWORDS: David M Taylor New Zealand early manuscripts history art Bible

$60.00
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Philips in New Zealand


LORD, H. A. LEIGHTON

imperial octavo, teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt philips motif to front board, frontispiece, vii + 115 pp, illus, VG+ (very slight rubbing to spine extrems, very very slight foxing to fep) in d/w VG (slight creasing to spine & moderate creasing to spine extrems, light rubbing to edges and corners)

PUBLISHER: Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: H A Leighton Lord electrical industry new zealand philips history

$850.00
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Picturesque Palestine: Sinai and Egypt in Four Volumes


Assisted by the Most Eminent Palestine Explorers with Numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood

WILSON, SIR CHARLES

All volumes professionally and beautifully re-backed utilising original binding to the extent that it is difficult to detect, new eps, original four-page prospectus & testimonials and history of a few subscribers loosely enclosed, four-volume set, quarto, small folio, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule to front board & spine & black decorative motifs to spine & front board, new eps, aeg, frontispiece & tissue guard between it & illus title page, x + 240pp (vol 1), vi + 240pp (vol 2), vi + map + 240pp (vol3) vi + map + 236pp + 4pp adverts (vol 4), illus, VG (some rubbing to board edges, slight bruising to board corners, some soiling spots & rubbing to boards, moderate browning to prelims & to tissue guards (but not to engravings), some slight foxing) HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: JS Virtue & Co Ltd circa 1880

KEYWORDS: HEAVY Sir Charles Wilson Palestine Sinai Egypt travel history scenery architecture cities temples castles ruins

$995.00
1r18a/9

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature in Six Volumes


Illustrated with Copper Plates. A New Edition with Corrections and Additions by W Turton

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

Beautiful six-volume set, octavo, bound in full leather, gilt rule to marbled polished leather board edges & gilt lettering to panelled spine, marbled page edges, xiiv + 439pp (vol 1), ii + 437pp (vol 2), ii + 412pp (vol 3), ii + 427pp (vol 4), ii + 444pp (vol 5), ii + 199pp + apeox 220pp index (vol 6), illus, VG+ (bruising & rubbing to board corners, esp to vol 1 & 2, fading to marbled page edges of vols 3 & 4, owner's name in ink to feps, some light foxing, creasing to occasional pages)

PUBLISHER: F Wingrave et al 1805

KEYWORDS: Oliver Goldsmith natural history animals zoology science nature

$15.00
xxere60316

South Pacific Images


TIFFIN, CHRIS (ED.)

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: South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Chris Tiffen South Pacific history sociology literature essays

$8.50
xxere60331

Poverty in Sicily


A Study of the Province of Palermo

DOLCI, DANILO

Ex-library 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 1966

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Danilo Dolci history sociology poverty

$14.00
xxerf60340

Lasseter's Last Ride


An Epic in Central Australian Gold Discovery

IDRIESS, ION L.

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: Angus & Robertson Ltd 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Ion L Idriess biography Lasseter Austraia history Gold Rush

$17.50
xxerf60343

Trade Winds and Turtles


MULVILLE, DAN

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: Putnam & Company Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Dan Mulville autobiography memoir sailing history

$10.00
xxerf60354

Sisters of Delilah


Stories of Famous Women Spies

COOKRIDGE, E. H.

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: Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd 1959

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials E H Cookridge history espionage women spies

$26.50
xxerf60368

The Identification of Trees and Shrubs


How to name any wild or garden tree or shrub likely to be met with in the British Isles with 2,500 diagrams made by the author

MAKINS, F.K.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) reprinted with corrections ; 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 Limited 1961

KEYWORDS: specials F K Makins gardening natural history botany trees shrubs

$15.00
xxerf60383

James Cook


Maritime Scientist

STAMP, TOM & STAMP, CORDELIA

Ex-library 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: Caedmon of Whitby Press 1976

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Tom Stamp Coredlia Stamp biography history James Cook

$12.00
xxesa60419

Mud and Mosaics


An African missionary journey from the Niger to the Copper Belt

RATHE, GERARD

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: Samuel Walker, Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Gerard Rathe religion religious literature missionary journey Africa history

$15.00
xxesa60425

Constitutional Documents of the Reign of James I


A.D. 1603-1625 with an historical commentary

TANNER, J.R.

Ex-library 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: Cambridge University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials J R Tanner history English monarchy politics constitutional documents

$35.00
xxesa60427

The Life of St. Louis


JOINVILLE, JOHN OF

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: Sheed and Ward Ltd 1955

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials John of Joinville religion religious history biography warfare in the Holy Land

$10.00
xxesa60430

An Atlas of the Life of Christ


STIRLING, JOHN F.

Softcover string bound 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: George Philip & Son, Ltd. Undated

KEYWORDS: specials John F Stirling religion religious literature Jesus Christ history

$14.00
xxesa60446

Richard Meinertzhagen


Soldier, Scientist & Spy

COCKER, MARK

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: Mandarin Paperbacks 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Mark Cocker biography history espionage

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