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xxesb60522

Waiting for the Sun


The harrowing story of a peasant boy in occupied Tibet

CRAIG, MARY

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: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Mary Craig biography memoir history Tibet occupation China refugee exile

$12.50
xxesb60526

The Greatest Game Ever Played


Vardon, Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf

FROST, 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: Time Warner Paperbacks 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Mark Frost sport golf history chronology

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xxesd60605

The Victims of the Mamertine


Scenes from the Early Church

O'REILLY, A.J.

Ex-library hardcover 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: M.H. Gill & Son 1897

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials A J O'Reilly religion religious history

$22.50
xxesd60607

The Drugs Epidemic


Deedes, William

First edition hardcover 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: Tom Stacey Ltd 1970

KEYWORDS: first edition specials William Deedes drugs narcotics sociology society social commentary history

$15.00
xxesd60613

The Church in the Pages of Punch


DUTHIE, D. WALLACE

Ex-library first edition hardcover 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: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912

KEYWORDS: ex-library first edition specials D Wallace Duthie religion Church history Punch magazine

$8.50
xxesd60651

Life in Shakespeare's England


A Bookf of Elizabethan Prose

WILSON, JOHN DOVER

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 1951

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials John Dover Wilson history anthropology sixteenth century England sociology Shakespeare's England

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xxese60683

Revolution, Reaction, and the Triumph of Conservatism


English History 1558-1700

GRAVES, MICHAEL A.R. & SILCOCK, ROBIN H.

Softcover imperial octavo (VG) ; partial f.ep ; 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: Longman Paul Limited 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Michael A R Graves Robin H Silcock English history historiography

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xxese60685

The Greatest of the Borgias


YEO, MARGARET

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: The Bruce Publishing Company 1952

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Margaret Yeo biography religious history St. Francis Borgia

$17.50
xxese60697

Atlas of Classical History


TALBERT, RICHARD J.A.

Ex-library 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: Book Club Associates 1985

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Richard J A Talbert classical studies ancient history maps cartographs

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xxese60705

The Feminists


Women's Emancipation Movements in Europe, America and Australiasia 1840-1920

EVANS, RICHARD J.

Softcover octavo (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least imperial 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: Croom Helm Australia Pty Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Richard J Evans history feminism social movement politics suffrage

$40.00
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A White Boy among the Maoris in the 'Forties: Pages from an Unpublished Autobiography of James West Stack


Foreword by his Daughter Mrs Frank Coxon

STACK, JAMES WEST & REED, A. H. (Ed)

Octavo, illus brown heavy card boards, printed eps, frontispiece, 23pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine, v slight bruising to boards corners & edges, owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: AH Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: James West Stack autobiography Mrs Frank Coxon New Zealand Maori history

$60.00
1w8a/18

Ask That Mountain: The Story of Parihaka


SCOTT, DICK

First edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 216pp, illus, VG (sl. some foxing to page edgess, prev. owner's details in pen inside) in d/w, VG (minor chips and scuffing, light soiling and foxing)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann / Southern Cross 1975

KEYWORDS: Dick Scott New Zealand Parihaka Taranaki Te Whiti Tohu Maori history

$27.50
1w32/3

Books and Bibliography: Essays in Commemoration of Don McKenzie


THOMSON, JOHN (Ed)

Octavo, orange light card covers, 216pp, illus, VG (slighty warped, slight fading to spine, light scuffing, small patch of surface loss to cover)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University press 2002

KEYWORDS: John Thomson Don McKenzie New Zealand bibliographer book production history of print culture essays anthology

$150.00
1w32/9

Early Rangitikei


A Few Notes, Collected from various Sources of the Settlement on the Rangitikei River of a number of Maoris of different tribes. A Short History of the Purchase and Colonization of the land between t

WILSON, JAMES G.

First edition, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind stamped motif to front board, frontispiece, iv + 260pp, illus + two folding maps in pocket to rear, VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, prev owners name in ink to fep and bookplate to pastedown, moderate tanning to fep, gutter at title page cracked, foxing throughout textblock)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1914

KEYWORDS: First edition James G Wilson New Zealand Rangitikei Turakina history settlement Maori Te Rauparaha

$16.50
xxesd60629

At War with the Smugglers


Career of Dr. Arnold's Father

ARNOLD-FORSTER, D.

Ex-library First edition 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1936

KEYWORDS: ex-library first edition specials D Arnold-Forster biography English history Customs officers

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xxese60693

Dating Paul's Life


JEWETT, ROBERT

Ex-library 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: SCM Press 1979

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Robert Jewett biography St Paul history religion religious literature

$65.00
2e8a/35

The Super Men: Agricultural Aviation in New Zealand


ALEXANDER, GRAHAM & TULLETT, J. S.

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, illus, VG+ (v small fading spot to lower spine) in d/w, VG (light rubbing to boards & light creasing to ecges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: Graham Alexander JS Tullett New Zealand farming agriculture aviation flying flight crop spraying aerial topdressing aircraft pilots history

$27.50
2e8a/36

The Masons of Lane Delph and the origin of Masons Patent Ironstone China


HAGGAR, REGINALD G.

Imperial octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvii + 104pp, illus VG+ (b&w illus glued to fep)

PUBLISHER: Geo. L Ashworth / Percy Lund Humphries & Co 1952

KEYWORDS: Reginald G Haggar Masons Lane Delph Ironstone China ceramics pottery bone china biography history

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xxesf60720

Pig's Foot


ACOSTA, CARLOS

super octavo softcover (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: Bloomsbury 2013

KEYWORDS: specials carlos acosta literature novel cuba culture history fiction

$12.00
xxesf60724

Bones of Contention


Controversies in the Search for Human Origins

LEWIN, ROGER

octavo softcover (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 1991

KEYWORDS: specials roger lewin science palaeoanthropology ancient history archaeology

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