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$10.00
xxezb63715

The Beginnings of the East Yorkshire Railways


MACMAHON, K.A.

saddle-stapled paperback 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: East Yorkshire Local History Society (Revised) 1974

KEYWORDS: specials ka macmahon baron duckham east yorkshire uk england history trains railway

$35.00
xxezb63716

The Hawkhurst Railway


CROMBLEHOLME, R.

saddle-stapled 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Narrow Gauge & Light Railway Society 1961

KEYWORDS: specials railway trains travel crombleholme history britain uk england

$34.50
xxezb63717

Freedom to Read - A Centennial History of Dunedin Public Library


RONNIE, MARY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Library 2008

KEYWORDS: specials mary ronnie history dunedin new zealand library reading education architecture

$34.50
xxezb63719

Don Troiani's Civil War


POHANKA, BRIAN C. (text) & TROIANI, DON (art)

rectangle 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books 1995

KEYWORDS: specials don troiani brian pohanka illustrated history war civil painting art usa amercia

$10.00
xxezb63735

Tynan on Theatre


TYNAN, KENNETH

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Pelican 1964

KEYWORDS: specials kenneth tynan theatre criticism essays history literary critic

$9.00
xxezb63741

The Dead Sea Scrolls - A Reappraisal


ALLEGRO, JOHN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Pelican 1966

KEYWORDS: specials dead sea scrolls john allegro religion history

$9.00
xxezb63743

The Modern Writer and His World


FRASER, G.S.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Pelican Book 1964

KEYWORDS: specials gs fraser literature literary criticism history poetry

$12.00
xxezc63776

Wrestling with the Angel - A Life of Janet Frame


KING, MICHAEL

hardback octavo with 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: Viking 2000

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand michael king history biography literature janet frame

$16.50
xxezc63780

Hawaii Pono - A Social History


FUCHS, LAWRENCE H.

hardback octavo with 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: Harcourt, Brace & World 1961

KEYWORDS: specials lawrence fuchs history sociology hawaii politics

$15.00
xxezc63784

A Long Season - A History of AFFCO New Zealand


MCCRYSTAL, JOHN

paperback square 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: Kukupa Press 2004

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand john mccrystal history food industry farming agriculture

$12.50
xxezc63785

Mabo and Native Title: Origins and Institutional Implications


SANDERS, W. (ed.)

paperback 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: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research - Australia National University 1994

KEYWORDS: specials aborigines australia policy law sanders economics history rights

$22.50
xxezc63787

Those Were The Days - A nostalgic look at the 1920s from the pages of The Weekly News


V/A & BARNETT, STEPHEN (compiled)

hardback folio with 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: Moa Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: specials news history new zealand media 1920s newspapers

$22.50
xxezc63789

Those Were The Days - A nostalgic look at the 1930s from the pages of The Weekly News


V/A & BARNETT, STEPHEN (compiled)

Folio hardcover (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: Moa Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: specials news history new zealand media 1930s newspapers

$82.50
2f41a/12

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: To Greece


MCGLYMONT, W. G.

Imperial octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xii + 538pp, illus plus folding maps, VG (slight staining to boards, inscription in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy bruising, creasing & nicks to edges & corners, creasing to folds)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: WG McGlymont New Zealand Second World War Two WW2 Greece military history

$40.00
2f41a/13

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Italy Volume 1 The Sangro to Cassino


PHILLIPS, N. C.

This volume only, imperial octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 387pp, illus plus folding maps, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, two tiny stain spots to front board, owner's name & phone No in blue ink to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & tearing to upper spine/rear repaired internally with tape, heavy creasing & damage to flap folds, creasing, bruising & nicks to all edges & corners, slight fading, tanning to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1957

KEYWORDS: NC Phillips New Zealand Second World War Two WW2 military history Italy

$40.00
2f41a/16

Courtship and Allied Behaviour in Penguins


From The Emu vol 44 April 1945 and The Emu vol 45 July 1945

RICHDALE, L. E.

Super octavo, green light card stapled wrappers, 32pp, illus, VG- (cover completely detached, browning to cover edges, 2cm tears to spine extrems, small holes to front fore-edge, two soiling spots to front cover)

PUBLISHER: LE Richdale (?) Dunedin / Brown Prior Anderson printer (?)

KEYWORDS: LE Richdale penguins animal behaviour natural history

$42.50
2f41a/18

From Venus to Antarctica: The Life of Dumont d'Urville


DUNMORE, JOHN

Super octavo, blue-ish boards with gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: John Dunmore Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville biography history explorer exploration navigator

$45.00
2e10a/8

Transito: A Story of Brazil


HORNIBROOK, EMMA E.

First edition?, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt & black illustrations to spine & front board, SW Partridge logo in black to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 408pp + 16pp catalogue, illus, VG- (bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, black mark (pen?) to some gilt title lettering, rubbing to boards & board edges, staining to rear board lower corner, school prize bookplate to front pastedown, rear hinge/gutter completely detached with some damage to rear pastedown paper, moderate browning to page edges, staining to page fore-edges, one section of pages loosened, staining spots to occasional pages)

PUBLISHER: SW Partridge (preface dated 1887 / bookplate dated 1888)

KEYWORDS: Emma E Hornibrook Brazil literature history t

$185.00
1b41/19

A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen with Numerous Authentic Portraits


Volume 1 ABE-HUM, Volume 2 HUM-YOU plus Supplement

CHAMBERS, ROBERT & THOMSON, THOMAS (Eds)

Complete in two volumes including supplement, small quarto, half bound, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to black leather spine, gilt-decorated raised bands to spine & decorative red leather title label between two raised bands, marbled page edges, frontispiece, vi + 689pp in two vols, illus, VG (scuffing to boards & spines, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2pages of prelims torn out in volume 2, heavy foxing to eps, light foxing elsewhere, some light insect damage to fep upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1875

KEYWORDS: Robert Chambers Thomas Thomson Scotland Scottish history biography Scotsmen reference

$275.00
1b41/20

Geoecological Research Vol 3: Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas and the River Gorge Country of Southeastern Tibet: Francis (Frank) Kingdon War (1885-1958


An Annotated Bibliography with a Map of the Area of His Expeditions, with a photograph of F Kingdon Ward and a map (1:1 000 000)

SCHWEINFURTH, ULRICH & SCHWEINFURTH-MARBY, HEIDRUN

Super octavo, green light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, iv +frontispiece + 114pp + two large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG+ (v. v. slight bruising to front cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975

KEYWORDS: Francis Frank Kingdon Ward Ulrich Schweinfurth Heidrun Schweinfurth Marby Eastern Himalayas Southeastern Tibet geology ecology botany natural history exploration bibliography

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