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$25.00
1n11a/23

Carthage: A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia


KHADER, AICHA BEN ABED BEN & SOREN, DAVID (Eds)

Quarto, illus white & red light card covers, 238pp, illus, VG+ (label residue stain to front cover upper edge, slight soiling spots to front cover, black pen mark to lower page edges)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1987

KEYWORDS: Aicha Ben Abed ben Khader David Soren Martha Cooper Carthage Rome Punic Tunisia ancient history archaeology

$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

$130.00
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

$20.00
1n11b/15

Wellington Harbour: A Heritage of Tara


NEILSON, D. R.

First edition, square quarto, oatmeal cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 120pp, illus with pencil drawings & 12 tipped-in colour plates, VG+ (slight fading to spine, staining to title page lower corner, foxing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition DR Neilson New Zealand Wellington harbour history art drawings pictorial record

$30.00
1n11b/18

The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War


MCLEAN, GAVIN & MCGIBBON, IAN & GENTRY, KYNAN (Eds

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 512pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to front cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2009

KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean Ian McGibbon Kynan Gentry New Zealand military history letters diaries memoirs South Africa Korea WWI WWII Vietnam Gulf War

$18.50
xxeqe59868

The Goose - History, Folklore, Ancient Recipes


34 recipes by Germano Poloni 41 recipes by Italy's most famous chefs

NISTRI, ROSSANO & PONTONI, GERMANO

first edition Oblong Imperial Octavo (Nr Fine) 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: Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft 1998

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Germano Pontoni Licio Damiani Corrado Barberis Rossano Nistri Claudio Carboni recipes italian goose history cooking folklore cookery cuisine

$19.50
1o9a/4

Over the Wide and Trackless Sea: The Pioneer Women and Girls of New Zealand


HUTCHING, MEGAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, 304pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2008

KEYWORDS: Megan Hutching New Zealand history pioneers settlers women girls

$495.00
1n11a/33

The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Speical Air Service


COLE, BARBARA

Limited numbered signed edition in full leather (no.636 of 1500), imperial octavo, royal blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, SAS badge embedded in front board, aeg, royal blue eps, ix + 489pp, illus, fine, in blue heavy card slipcase, VG+, and blue leather Elite SAS bookmark with gilt lettering & motif, fine

PUBLISHER: Three Knights 1984

KEYWORDS: Barbara Cole Rhodesian SAS Special Aar Services military history elite fighting force counter insurgency Africa Mozambique Zambia Botswana zimbabwe

$47.50
1n11a/37

The Architect of the Roman Empire 27 BC - AD 14


HOLMES, T. RICE

First edition, octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, xi + 192pp, illus with folding maps, VG+ (tanning to eps & folding maps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (tanning to spine & edges, fading to spine with loss of visible lettering, insect damage to spine extrems, browning internally)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1931

KEYWORDS: T Rice Holmes Roman Empire history Augustus Octavia ancient Rome

$18.50
xxeqc59727

The Politics of Aristotle


BARKER, ERNEST

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: Oxford University Press 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Ernest Barker greek philosophy politics political science classics ancient history aristotle theory

$10.00
xxeqc59728

The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378


MARCELLINUS, AMMIANUS

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: Penguin 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Ammianus Marcellinus rome roman empire ancient history archaeology literature

$495.00
1n11a/28

The Elite Rhodesian Special Air Service Pictorial


COLE, BARBARA

Limited, numbered, signed edition in slipcase, imperial octavo, blue leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, SAS badge embedded in front board, aeg, illus eps, illus prelims, vii + 168pp, illus, near Fine, in blue slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: Three Knights Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: Barbara Cole Rhodesian SAS special air services military history war counter-insurgency Mozambique Zambia Botswana Africa

$15.00
xxeqc59751

Guide to Homeopathy


Brockhampton Reference

hardcover duodecimo 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: Brockhampton Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Brockhampton Reference guide homeopathy holistic medicine health history science index

$40.00
1o9a/7

Hokitika: Place of Return


Hokitika Borough Council 1866-1989

FIELDS, RON

Octavo, white illus light card covers, 108pp, printed rear ep, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: West Coast Historical Museum 1989

KEYWORDS: Ron Fields New Zealand West Coast history Hokitika Borough Council

$18.50
1o9a/8

The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Birds


Revised Edition

MOON, GEOFF

Octavo, illus dark blue heavy card boards, green eps, illus title page, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems, staining & nicks to boards, creasing to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1998 reprint

KEYWORDS: Geoff Moon Reed field guide New Zealand birds ornithology photographic guide photographs natural history

$18.50
1o9a/10

The Farming of New Zealand


An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Agriculture

MCLAUCHLAN, GORDON

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & printer's imprint page, 256pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing/bruising to spine extrems and board corners, v light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to lower front corner, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Australia & New Zealand Book Company 1981

KEYWORDS: Gordon McLauchlan New Zealand pictorial photographic history farming agriculture country rural life

$25.00
1o9a/11

Journey Through a Landscape: Paintings of New Zealand


NEILSON, DON & GRANT, IAN F.

First edition, square quarto, beige cloth boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 80pp, illus throughout plus 15 full-page colour plates tipped-in, nr fine, in d/w, VG (rubbing to spine extrems, corners & edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition Don Neilson Ian F Grant New Zealand art painting drawings sketches landscape scenery buildings natural history

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