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$28.00
xxksh65803

Selected Readings in Pacific History


48.104 - The Pacific Islands to About 1900

MACDONALD, BARRY (ED.)

Softcover 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: Department of History, Massey University 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Barry MacDonald Pacific history

$35.00
xxksh65808

Beautiful Birds of New Zealand


MORRIS, ROD & BALLANCE, ALISON

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Alison Balance New Zealand wildlife natural history birds guide

$20.00
xxksi65842

The French are Coming!


The Invasion Scare 1803 -5

LLOYD, PETER A.

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: Spellmount Ltd 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Peter A Lloyd history military Napoleon France England

$12.50
xxkga65996

Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600 - 1850


COLLEY, LINDA

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Anchor Books 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Linda Colley British history war imperialism

$10.00
xxkga65997

The Otago Central Railway 1879-1990: A Tribute


HURST, TONY

Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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: IPL Books 1990

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand railways history transport trains

$30.00
xxkta66005

Lawrence of Arabia


KIERMAN, R. H.

Octavo 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: Harrap 1949

KEYWORDS: specials R H Kierman T E Lawrence Shaw Arab Revolt Arabian children's educational history Lawrence of Arabia biography

$30.00
1c25c/48

The Taieri Plain: Tales of Years that are Gone


SHAW, MARGARET S. & FARRANT, EDGAR D.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + 238pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning tolower board edges, prev owners details in ink to fep), in d/w, VG- (light soiling and rubbing to covers, small tears to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977 (facsimile Reprint of Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)

KEYWORDS: Margaret S Shaw Edgar Farrant New Zealand Otago Taieri Plains history settlers sheep cattle pigs farming agriculture

$150.00
1c25c/50

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1886 Vol. XIX (Second of New Series)


HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 656pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, tanning & some nicks to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1887

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology natural history biology botany chemistry geology chemistry science philosophy Philosophical Institute

$185.00
1c26a/4

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1868 Vol. I


HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front cover title label mounted to blue cloth spine, xvii + 490pp, illus + fold-out diagrams, VG (light soiling & rubbing to covers, v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1875

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology geology physics chemistry botany biology science arts ornithology natural history essays articles industry timber

$35.00
xxkff66061

Red Indian Experiences


SMITH, DE COST

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: George Allen & Unwin 1949

KEYWORDS: specials De Cost Smith anthropology iroquois indians sioux american indian history

$16.50
xxksi65850

Hitler's Pope


The Secret History of Pius XII

CORNWELL, JOHN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2000

KEYWORDS: specials John Cornwell religion religious history military Hitler Nazi Germany

$32.50
xxkna66075

Soldiers of the Sun


The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Army 1868-1945

HARRIES, MEIRION & HARRIES, SUSIE

first edition, hardcover imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1991

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Meiron Harries Susie Harries japanese military war history

$25.00
xxkna66076

Counting the Beat: A History of New Zealand Song


SPITTLE, GORDON

softcover small 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: GP Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Spittle new zealand popular music history culture

$18.50
xxkma66100

The Canadian Indian: A History Since 1500


PALMER PATTERON II, E.

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: Collier-Macmillan 1972

KEYWORDS: specials E Palmer Patterson II history native canadian indian anthropology

$25.00
1c26a/41

Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro


SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 194pp, illus, nr fine (v small spot of fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (v. light soiling to rear, tiny closed tear to front upper edge, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of the Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history settlers Tokomairiro DJ Sumpter JJ Lewis

$100.00
1c33a/10

Cassell's History of the Boer War 1899-1902 Volume 1


Revised and Enlarged Edition

n/a

This volume only (Vol 1 of a two-volume set), imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and blind-stamped decorative rule to spine and boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 928pp + 16pp book publications, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to eps, v small stain spot to page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1903

KEYWORDS: Cassell's Boer War military history South Africa Natal Mafeking Ladysmith Colenso Magersfontein Bloemfontein

$600.00
1c33a/12

Sketches of a Summer Trip to New York and the Canadas


WILKIE, D.

First edition, octavo, light brown polished leather boards with blind rule to board edges, mottled page edges, iv + 293pp, VG- (moderate chaffing & staining to boards, leather of spine missing, neat cloth tape repair to upper spine, binding sloppy, 3cm scuff with loss of leather to rear board upper corner, 6cm black stain patch (burn?) to front board upper corner, bruising & fraying to board corners & edges, crease to fep, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilvert & Piper et al 1837

KEYWORDS: D Wilkie history travel New York Canada

$15.00
xxgef66148

Stalin and the Shaping of the Soviet Union


DE JONGE, ALEX

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Fontana/Collins 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Alex De Jonge Joseph Stalin biography Soviet Union history

$40.00
1c33a/17

Southern Alps: Nature & History of New Zealand's Mountain World


BALLANCE, ALISON

First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest

$40.00
1c33a/25

Lotus Buds


WILSON-CARMICHAEL, AMY

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & gilt decorative motif to front board, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xvi + 340pp + 10pp book adverts, illus with 50 half tone engravings, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1912

KEYWORDS: Amy Wilson-Carmichael India travel history religion missionary orphanage

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