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$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/32

Samuel Marsden: Pioneer and Peacemaker


REED, A. H.

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to cover edges, creasing to lower fep)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Samuel Marsden biography history children's school readers

$35.00
2e13a/33

The Coming of the Maori to Ao-Tea-Roa


The Raupo Series of Readers

REED, A. W.

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 16pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori history children's school readers

$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

$25.00
2e13a/43

The Wreck of the Osprey


The Raupo Series of School Readers

REED, A. W.

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AW Reed New Zealand children's school readers history shipwreck Osprey

$35.00
2e13a/45

Deeds of Daring in New Zealand


The Raupo Series of School Readers

LOCKERBIE, LESLIE

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 19pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: Leslie Lockerbie New Zealand children's school readers history adventure Huria Matenga Rawiri Korako Te Puoho

$35.00
2e13a/46

The Games of Ao-Tea-Roa


The Raupo Series of School Readers

LOCKERBIE, LESLIE

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: Leslie Lockerbie New Zealand children's school readers history Maori games dances haka ti rakau poi potaka pirori ruru reti tutukai wi mutorere niti

$44.50
2e13a/47

Otakou: Early Days in and about Otago Harbour


The Raupo Series of School Readers

CHAPMAN-COHEN, HANNAH M.

Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine and edges of covers, light central vertical crease to whole booklet)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: Hannah Chapman-Cohen New Zealand children's school readers history Otago harbour Otakou traders whalers Captain Cook Dumont D'Urville

$15.00
xxetc60907

Escape From Germany: The Greatest POW Break-Out of the First World War


HANSON, NEIL

Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Doubleday / Transworld 2011

KEYWORDS: specials Neil Hanson history World War One WWI First World War Germany POW escape

$20.00
xxetc60917

Merchant Fleets in Profile 4


With drawings to 1:1800 scale

HAWS, DUNCAN

Super octavo hardcover (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: Patrick, Stephens, Cambridge 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Duncan Haws merchant navy fleet Hamburg Adler Carr Lines history routes livery

$14.00
xxetc60943

Victorian People: Some Reassessments of People, Institutions, Ideas and Events 1851-1867


BRIGGS, ASA

Ex library, first edition, octavo hardcover (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: Odhams Press Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: Asa Briggs specials first edition ex library history Victorians Crystal Palace Crimean Trollope Bagehot Public Schools Trade Unions John Bright Robert Lowe Benjamin Disraeli John Roebuck

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