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$50.00
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Finding Her Voice: The Saga of Women in Country Music


BUFWACK, MARY A. & OERMANN, ROBERT K.

Imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to lighter grey cloth spine, xi + 593pp. Illus, VG (slight soiling to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (1cm tatty closed tears to upper corners)

PUBLISHER: Crown Publishers 1993

KEYWORDS: Mary Bufwack Robert Oermann country & western music history women

$35.00
xxhrl72787

HonkyTonk: Portraits of Country Music 1972 - 1981


HORENSTEIN, HENRY

Imperial 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: Chronicle Books 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Henry Horenstein country & western music history

$17.50
xxhrl72793

Drama of the Engish Renaissance I: The Tudor Period


FRASER, RUSSELL A. & RABKIN, NORMAN

Imperial 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: Macmillan Publishing 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Russel A Fraser Norman Rabkin English drama theatre literature history

$10.00
xxhrk72760

I, The Aboriginal


LOCKWOOD, DOUGLAS

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: Lansdowne 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Douglas Lockwood Australia Australian Aboriginal biography autobiography memoir history

$28.50
1a3c/48

A History of Maori Tennis / He Hitori o te Tenehi Maori


n/a

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, 272pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Aotearoa Maori Tennis Association 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport Maori tennis history

$40.00
1a3c/49

Small Libraries of New Zealand


JENNER, MARGARET

Signed by author, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, vii + 98pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Bay of Plenty Polytechnic 2005

KEYWORDS: signed Margaret Jenner New Zealand architecture libraries history buildings

$30.00
1a3c/53

A History of Otago


OLSSEN, ERIK

Quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (some creasing & rubbing, closed tears to all corners, archival tape repairs to closed tears to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: Erik Olssen New Zealand Otago history

$125.00
1d26/14

From Greece to Crete, Before and After: Extracts from My Life Story


LAMBERT, ARTHUR, H.

Large octavo, green & cream light card covers with red & black lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, 127pp, illus, VG (bruising & wrinkling to front cover lower outer corner and to same corner of first 30 pages)

PUBLISHER: AH Lambert 2001

KEYWORDS: Arthur H Lambert autobiography memoirs Second World War Two WW2 Greece Crete New Zealand military history

$35.00
1d26/13

Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Recherche, Esperance and Coquille under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824


Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life 3 and 4

D'ENTRECASTEAUX & DUPERREY & OLLIVIER, ISABEL (Tra

Large oblong quarto, light grey cloth boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panels to spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG- (some fading & soiling to boards, prominent waterstain to boards, v slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library & Indosuez NZ Ltd 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Bruni d'Entrecasteaux Louis Isidore Duperry Isabel Ollivier Maori life Esperance Coquille Recherche

$30.00
1d26/11

Project Journey: The Newmarket Viaduct Replacement


BELL, MARY & COLLINS, ELIZABETH & KEMPTHORNE, GRET

Oblong quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 156pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: NZ Transport Agency & NGA Newmarket 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history engineering transport architecture Mary Bell Elizabeth collins Greg Kempthorne

$100.00
1d26/3

The Girl's Own Annual Illustrated Volume 37 (XXXVII)


KLICKMAN, FLORA (Ed)

Quarto, brown illus cloth boards with yellow lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, black & yellow decorative rule to spine & front boad, illus eps, title page with tissue guard, 720pp, illus, VG- (binding loose & cracked at page 2/3 gutter, some fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight staining to rear board, fraying to front hinge, some browning to page edges & to tissue guard, occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: 4 Bouverie St 1916 (?)

KEYWORDS: Girls Own Annual literature fiction arts crafts sport fashion clothing natural history cooking art entertainment housekeeping

$75.00
1d26/4

The Girl's Own Annual Illustrated Volume 48 (XLVIII)


KLICKMAN, FLORA (Ed)

Quarto, green cloth boards with red lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, green & red holly motif to spine & front board,, mounted illus panel to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page with tissue guard, 704pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, some foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: 4 Bouverie St 1928

KEYWORDS: Girls Own Annual literature fiction arts crafts sport fashion clothing natural history cooking art entertainment housekeeping

$100.00
1d26/5

The Girl's Own Annual Illustrated Volume 44 (XLIV)


KLICKMAN, FLORA (Ed)

Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & green lettering to front board, illus to front board, black&white decorative rule to front board & spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page with tissue guard, 704pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, 1cm tear to cloth of board fore-edge, slight fraying to board corners, light browning to page edges, owner'sname & date in ink to prelim, light tanning to tissue guard, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: 4 Bouverie St 1923

KEYWORDS: Girls Own Annual literature fiction arts crafts sport fashion clothing natural history cooking art entertainment housekeeping

$50.00
1a3c/31

The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly Vol. XIII January to June 1897


NEWNES, GEORGE (Ed)

This volume only, imperial octavo, light blue buckram boards with black lettering & black illus to front board and gilt lettering to spine, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece, 804pp, illus, VG (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, board edges & corners, binding loosening, moderate browning to eps, 1cm missing portion to fep upper corner, some light foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1897

KEYWORDS: George Newnes Strand Magazine illustrated monthly magazine literature history fiction geography exploration entertainment

$50.00
1d26/19

Japanese Detail: Traditional Costume and Fashion


HIBI, SADAO

Large quarto, illus white light card covers with French flaps and black lettering, 138pp, illus, VG- (some soiling to front cover, moderate staining to rear cover, heavy diagonal crease to rear cover & flap, dampstaining to upper & lower edges of last few pages)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1989

KEYWORDS: Sadao Hibi Japan Japanese history tradition costume fashion clothing textile weaving cloth design

$40.00
1d26/33

Almost HMNZS Neptune


HARKER, JACK

Signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers ,335pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, v slight tanning to feps, v light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Moana Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Jack Harker HMNZS Neptune New Zealand World War Two cruiser naval maritime history ship crewmen

$15.00
xxhrm72907

The Roman Empire 27 B.C. - A.D. 476


A Study in Survival

STARR, CHESTER G.

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: Oxord University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Chester G Starr ancient history roman empire

$15.00
xxhrm72918

Dark Journey


HARPER, GLYN

softcover 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015

KEYWORDS: specials Glyn Harper new zealand military war history

$9.50
xxhrn72960

English Eccentrics


SITWELL, EDITH

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 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Edith Sitwell literature history archaeology

$9.50
xxhrn72962

Men of Mathematics


Volume One

BELL, E. T.

this vol only, 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: Pelican 1953

KEYWORDS: specials E T Bell history mathematics archimedes descartes fermat pascal newton leibniz gauss

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