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$22.50
xxehj59396

A Manual of Botanic Terms


COOKE, M. C.

hardcover 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: W. H. Allen 1873

KEYWORDS: specials M C Cooke botany reference guide manual dictionary natural history

$10.00
xxehj59400

The View From Afar


LEVI-STRAUSS, CLAUDE

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: Peregrine 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Claude Levi-Strauss sociology anthropology culture ritual history

$20.00
1j32a/17

The Past Today: Historic Places in New Zealand


WILSON, JOHN (Ed)

Quarto, dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, ii + 183pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Historic Places / Pacific Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: John Wilson New Zealand history archaeology architecture buildings sites landscape photography sketches paintings

$22.50
xxehk59447

Mountains & Moorlands


PEARSALL, W. H.

hardcover 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: Collins 1960

KEYWORDS: specials W H Pearsall natural history botany geography flora wild life ecology

$14.00
xxehk59455

Australian Wild Life


BARRETT, CHARLES

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: Australiana Society 1946

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Barrett natural history ecology australia flora fauna botany

$25.00
1j32a/28

Century of Service: The Taieri County and its Council 1877-1977


FARRANT, EDGAR

Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 79pp, illus, VG (tanning to spine, soiling spots to front cover, v slight tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Taieri County Council 1977 (?)

KEYWORDS: Edgar Farrant New Zealand Otago Taieri history centenary

$245.00
1j37a/4

Te Waimate: Early Station Life in New Zealand


STUDHOLME, E. C.

first edition SCARCE Octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black bell motif to front board, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, VG (cellotape to head of spine) copy of historian F G Hall-Jones, with full page handwritten SIGNED letter from the author to Hall-Jones dated 1941 tipped in on rear ep

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: EC Studholme New Zealand South Island Waimate history Studholme Junction farming station settlement signed f g hall-jones

$127.50
1j45a/1

Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour


Fifth Edition

FOX-DAVIES, ARTHUR CHARLES

Quarto, brown buckram boards with red lettering in gilt decorative panel to spine & gilt lettering to front board, teg, xxxi + 1524pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to rear board, owners' ex-libris labels to front pastedown & to fep, tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: TC & EC Jack London 1905

KEYWORDS: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies heraldry coats of arms armorial bearings shields genealogy seals reference history

$30.00
1j45a/3

Those Were The Days: Hunting the way it used to be


HARKER, PETER

First edition, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with brown & black lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, VG+ (soiling spots to some page edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Halcyon Press 2001

KEYWORDS: first edition Peter Harker New Zealand hunting sport mountains chamois thar photography history

$25.00
1j45a/7

Making a Difference: A History of the Auckland College of Education 1881-2004


SHAW, LOUISE

Signed by author, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 275pp, illus, VG+ (minor adhesion spot to prelims & to some pages) in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Louise Shaw New Zealand Auckland College of Education history teacher training normal schools

$9.00
xxehl59522

Going Home


LESSING, DORIS

Sebastian Black's Copy, paperback (VG) ilus; 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: Panther Books 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Doris Lessing novel literature Africa history fiction

$100.00
1j45a/15

Istoria tou Ellinikou Ethnous. Klassikos Ellinismos 479-336


CHRISTOPOULOS, GEORGIOS

TEXT IN GREEK, quarto, cream faux leather boards with gilt lettering & gilt motifs to spine & front board, illus eps, 470pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning to front board, slight soiling to rear board lower edge) in d/w, VG (two 3cm closed tears to front upper edge, soiling, creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ekthotiki Athinon 1971

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GREEK LANGUAGE Georgios Christopoulos ancient Greece Greek history

$24.50
1m10a/2

Havelock North: From Village to Borough 1860-1952


GRANT, S. W. & DICK, PATRICIA (Illus)

Imperial octavo, blue boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine, bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tears to upper spine extrem, creasing to edges, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hawkes Bay Newspapers Ltd 1978

KEYWORDS: SW Grant Patricia Dick Havelock North New Zealand history

$25.00
xxehl59540

Violation of Taboo


Incest in the Great Literature of the Past and Present

CORY, DONALD WEBSTER & MASTERS, R.E.L.

First edition 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: The Julian Press, Inc. 1963

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Donald Webster Cory R E L Masters literature anthology psychology incest sexual taboo history

$22.50
xxehl59543

Stews and Strumpets: A Survey of Prostitution


Volume I: Primitive, Classical and Oriental

HENRIQUES, FERNANDO

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: Macgibbon & Kee 1961

KEYWORDS: specials Fernando Henriques sexual history prostitution sex workers

$18.00
xxehl59545

Sexual Deviations in the Female


Case Histories of Frustrated Women

LONDON, LOUIS S.

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: The Julian Press, Inc 1957

KEYWORDS: specials Louis S London psychology psychiatry sexual history deviation

$9.00
xxehl59564

Dreambirds


The Natural History of a Fantasy

NIXON, ROB

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: Anchor 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Rob Nixon travel memoir South Africa ostriches social history

$12.00
xxehl59567

Norfolk Island


An Outline of Its History 1774-1987

HOARE, MERVAL

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: University of Queensland Press 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Merval Hoare Australia Norfolk Island history

$18.50
xxeqa59584

Pornography Without Prejudice


A Reply to Objectors

SIMONS, G.L.

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: Abelard-Schuman Limited 1972

KEYWORDS: specials G L Simons pornography cultural history sex

$19.50
xxeqa59592

Plato Dictionary


STOCKHAMMER, MORRIS (ED.)

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: Vision Press Limited 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Morris Stockhammer classical studies ancient literature history philosophy

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