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$150.00
2f16a/5

The Golden Quest: The Roaring Days of West Australian Gold Rushes and Life in the Pearling Industry


BLIGH, ARTHUR C. V.

First edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, illus eps, iii + 235pp, VG+ (v light bruising to spine extres & board upper corners, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (internal tape reinforcement to most edges & corners, heavy bruising, nicks, creasing & small closed tears to all edges & corners, esp upper edges, chaffing/rubbing to flap folds, some staining)

PUBLISHER: Publicity Press 1938

KEYWORDS: Arthur CV Bligh Australia pioneering history goldfields pearling autobiography Pilbarra first edition

$350.00
2f16a/6

Dolly's Creek: An Archaeology of a Victorian Goldfields Community


LAWRENCE, SUSAN

Scarce, octavo, illus light card covers, xv + 217pp, illus, VG+ (small label residue stain to front cover upper corner, v sl rubbng to covers)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Susan Lawrence Australian history archaeology ethnography Victorian goldfields

$50.00
2f16a/8

The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St Cloud in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman ion London


Written during the Months of August, September & October 1805

STEWARTON

Two-volume set, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards with gilt rule & gilt coat of arms to front boards & gilt lettering to spine, black coated eps, HS Nichols' notice tipped in, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 324pp (vol 1), xix + 281pp (vol 2), VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light staining to rear boards, bruising to board upper corners, owner's label to front pastedowns of both vols, some light browning)

PUBLISHER: H S Nichols 1895

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte Talleyrand Fouche history St Cloud correspondence letters

$60.00
2f16a/10

Diaries 1857-1917


WRIGHT, BISHOP MILTON

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 852pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bowing to front board) in VG+ d/w (light creasing to lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Wright State University 1999

KEYWORDS: Bishop Milton Wright diary diaries journals autobiography Wilbur Orville Wright aviation history

$95.00
2f16a/11

Bishop Milton Wright and the Quest for a Christian America


ELLIOTT, DARYL MELVIN

Quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 408pp, VG (heavily annotated in red ink by 'editor'?)

PUBLISHER: Authorised facsimile thesis reprint of the 1992 UMI PhD Dissertation 1999

KEYWORDS: Daryl Melvin Eilliott Bishop Milton Wright biography American aviation history religion Christianity

$10.00
xxevb61654

Elizabeth I and her Parliaments: 1559-1581


Volume 1

NEALE, J. E.

this volume only, 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: Jonathan Cape 1969

KEYWORDS: specials J E Neale elizabethan history politics parliament house of commons Elizabeth I

$25.00
xxevb61667

Steam At The Rainbow's End: Railways and the Thames Goldfields


BULLOCK, K. I.

staplebound 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: The Railway Enthusiasts Society 1964

KEYWORDS: specials K I Bullock locomotive train history new zealand railway rail Thames goldfields

$35.00
xxevb61668

Steam, Coal and Kauris


BULLOCK, K. I.

staplebound softcover super octavo illus (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 Railway Enthusiasts Society 1966

KEYWORDS: specials K I Bullock locomotive train history new zealand railway rail

$42.50
2f11a/38

The University of Auckland: The First 125 Years


REID, NICHOLAS

Inscribed & signed by author, square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 105pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Nicholas Reid New Zealand University of Auckland history education

$600.00
2f7a/1

The New Zealand Railways Magazine


Complete Run Volumes 1-7: Issue 1 Vol 1 May 1st 1926 up to Issue 9 Vol 7 1st April 1933

n/a

Super octavo, green boards (vol 1), orange/brown boards (vols 2-7), gilt lettering to spine, each issue individually paginated (aprox 48pp per issue), illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, NZ Railways stamps to eps & random other pages, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Railways Department 1926 to 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways magazine trains steam engines transport history

$40.00
xxeve61852

Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Vol. II


HEDIN, SVEN

Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; THIS VOL ONLY ; 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: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1909

KEYWORDS: specials Sven Hedin travel adventure Tibet history memoir travelogue

$12.50
xxeve61855

The Golden Age of Europe


From Elizabeth I to the Sun King

TREVOR-ROPER, HUGH (ED.)

Ex-library Hardcover small folio (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: Book Club Associates 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Trevor-Roper history Europe Golden Age

$24.50
xxeve61857

The Great Bronze Doors


For the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

GRAHAM, ROBERT

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Wave Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Graham religion religious literature history Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles Our Lady of the Angels art religious art architecture Roman Catholic Church

$37.50
xxeve61858

Derby Porcelain


GILHESPY, F. BRAYSHAW

Hardcover quarto (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: Spring Books 1965

KEYWORDS: specials F Brayshaw Gilhespy art pottery porcelain history Derby United Kingdom

$18.50
xxeve61862

Greek Sculptors at Work


BLUEMEL, CARL

Hardcover quarto (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: Phaidon Press Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Carl Bluemel art ancient history Greek sculpture classical studies

$35.00
xxeve61863

Far and Sure


The Auckland Gold Club 1894 - 1994

DOW, DEREK A.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; Sir T. P (Terry) McLean's copy ; 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: Auckland Golf Club Inc 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Derek A Dow New Zealand sport golf history Auckland

$24.50
xxeve61834

Art and Film Since 1945: Hall of Mirrors


FERGUSON, RUSSELL (ED.)

Ex-library Hardcover quarto (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 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and The Monacelli Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Russell Ferguson art film cinema history essays

$26.50
xxeve61835

The Best of Leicester


HICKMAN, TREVOR

Hardcover quarto (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: Sutton Publishing Limited 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Trevor Hickman history United Kingdom Briatin Leicester

$17.50
xxeve61837

The History of South Perth


Western Australia

CROWLEY, F.K.

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: Rigby Limited 1962

KEYWORDS: specials F K Crowley history Australia Perth

$16.50
xxeve61838

The Cotswolds


A New Study

HADFIELF, CHARLES & HADFIELD, ALICE MARY (EDS.)

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: David & Charles (Holdings) Limited 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Charles Hadfield Alice Mary Hadfield history United Kingdom Britain Cotswolds

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