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$17.50
xxeta60797

Kennedy's Wars


Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam

FREEDMAN, LAWRENCE

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence Freedman history politics military war Cuba Laos Vietnam liberalism JFK John F Kennedy

$10.00
xxeta60798

Savages


The Life and Killing of the Yanomami

BERWICK, DENNISON

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sceptre 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Dennison Berwick history memoir Yanomami tribe Amazon rainforest South America

$15.00
xxeta60800

The Gladiators


History's Most Deadly Sport

MEIJER, FIK

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Fik Meijer history classical studies Roman Empire gladiators

$22.50
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Creating a National Spirit: Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial


RENWICK, WILLIAM (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 294pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: William Renwick New Zealand history 1940 centennial literature art music drama Jim Collinge Gavin McLean William Toomath John Martin Bernard Kernot Sue Dunlop Jock Phillips anthology

$26.50
2e5a/21

Hut and Headland


CRANWELL, LUCY & LA ROCHE, JOHN

Octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, illus title page, 77pp, illus, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 2004

KEYWORDS: Lucy Cranwell John La Roche New Zealand Anawhata auckland University biological sciences history

$65.00
2e8a/2

Art and Architecture in Spain and Portugal and their American Dominions 1500-1800


The Pelican History of Art

KUBLER, GEORGE & SORIA, MARTIN

Quarto in slipcase, red cloth boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel to spine & gilt motif to front board, xxviii + 445pp + 192 b&w plates, illus, VG+ (v. v. slight staining spots to front board, moderate tanning to eps, v. v. slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy foxing & browning to inside, much lighter foxing & tanning elsewhere, light bruising to some edges) in manila card slipcase

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1969

KEYWORDS: George Kubler Martin Soria Spain Portugal art architecture history of art

$40.00
2e8a/46

The Story of the Australian Bushrangers


BOXALL, GEO. E.

Octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 392pp, VG- (lacks fep, owner's name in ink to half-title page, bruising to spine extrems, light scuffing to rear board, moderate browning to prelims, tissue guard & page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Robertson & Co 1902

KEYWORDS: Geo E Boxall Australian history convicts bushranging

$12.00
xxesf60772

Treason by the Book


Traitors, Conspirators & Guardians of an Emperor

SPENCE, JONATHAN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Jonathan Spence Chinese history intrigue historical investigation eighteenth century Chinese Emperor

$35.00
xxeta60811

Liberty Equality Power


A History of the American People

MURRIN, JOHN M. ET AL.

Hardcover quarto (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Harcourt College Publishers 2002

KEYWORDS: specials John M Murrin Paul E Johnson James M McPherson Gary Gerstle Emily S Rosenberg Norman L Rosenberg history United States of America

$22.50
xxetb60830

AIDS in the World II: Global Dimensions, Social Roots, and Responses


The Global AIDS Policy Coalition

MANN, JONATHAN & TARANTOLA, DANIEL (EDS.)

Softccover 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Jonathan Mann daniel Tarantola medicine health sciences history sociology politics policies

$15.00
xxetb60855

The Trent & Mersey Canal


LINDSAY, JEAN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Jean Lindsay English history canals waterways

$22.50
xxetb60871

War in the Tussock


Te Kooti and the Battle at Te Porere

WILSON, ORMOND

Softcover staple 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 cost

PUBLISHER: National Historic Places Trust New Zealand 1961

KEYWORDS: specials Ormond Wilson New Zealand history archaeology

$55.00
2e13a/1

The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life


DAWKINS, RICHARD

First edition, imperial octavo, navy blue boards with silver lettering to spine, dark blue eps, 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004

KEYWORDS: first edition Richard Dawkins evolutionary history biology science

$50.00
2e13a/18

The History of the Jews


MILMAN, HENRY HART

Association copy of a youthful AH Reed - signed & dated by him twice at the age of 20, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering & black decorative rule to front board & gilt lettering with gilt&black decorative design to spine, blind lettering & rule to rear board, patterned eps, xii + 627pp, illus with folding maps/floor plans, VG (tanning to page edges, bruising & small closed tears to spine extrems, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1878

KEYWORDS: Henry Hart Milman Jews Judaism history

$175.00
2e13a/27

Horouta: The History of the Horouta Canoe, Gisborne and East Coast


Prepared for publication by Te Nonoikura Haronga, Peter Gordon & Rongo Halbert family

HALBERT, RONGOWHAKAATA (R. W.)

Quarto, grey boards with white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 496pp, illus with 27 maps towards rear, nr fine in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: Rongowhakaata Halbert New Zealand Gisborne East Coast Hawke's Bay Horouta Canoe Tairawhiti Polynesia first settlers history genealogy reference

$35.00
2e13a/34

Legends of Maoriland: The Birds of Maoriland


The Raupo Series of School Readers

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 28pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand natural history birds Maori myths legends children's school readers

$35.00
2e13a/36

Legends of Maoriland: The Fish of Maoriland


The Raupo Series of School Readers

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori myths legends children's school readers fish sea ocean marine creatures natural history

$35.00
2e13a/37

First New Zealand Christmases: Tasman 1642; Cook 1769; Marsden 1814


The Raupo Series of School Readers

REED, A. W. & REED, A. H,

Scarce in Raupo series, small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 16pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand children's school readers history Abel Tasman Captain Cook Samuel Marsden

$45.00
2e13a/38

I Remember 1848-1866


The Raupo Series of School Readers

FRASER, ANN BLACK

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned orange&black light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: Ann Black Fraser New Zealand children's school readers history early settler's story

$60.00
2e13a/41

Out of the Mountains Books 1 and 2


The Raupo Series of School Readers

DICKENS, I. E

Scarce, two-volume set of Raupo series, small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 64pp in two volumes, illus, VG+ (v slight tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1938

KEYWORDS: IE Dickens New Zealand children's school readers history Milford Sound Track Eglinton Hollyford

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