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$45.00
2g16a/19

The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century: The Religion of Rabelais


FEBVRE, LUCIEN & GOTTLIEB, BEATRICE (Trans)

Super octavo, grey light card covers with red & white lettering, xxxii + 516pp, VG+ (reading crease to front cover/spine fold, v slight rubbing to covers, owner's ex libris label to fep)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Lucien Febvre Beatrice Gottlieb France renaissance 16th century religion history

$8.50
xxdlh67418

The Killing Fields


HUDSON, CHRISTOPHER

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Hudson Cambodia war history Sydney Schanberg Dith Pran Khmer Rouge

$40.00
2g16a/27

Old Christchurch: In Picture and Story


ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C.

Octavo, cream cloth boards with red lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 499pp, illus, VG (sl soiling to boards and spine, light bruising to spine extrems, owner's name in blue ink to fep, slight soiling to eps & page edges, sl cocked) in d/w scruffy (several repaired tears to covers and spine, some with loss backed with brown paper, moderate sunning to spine, moderate rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Wiliams 1949

KEYWORDS: Johannes C Andersen New Zealand Christchurch history photographs

$55.00
2g16a/30

Unknown Norfolk


Being a Series of Unmethodical Explorations of the County Illustrated in Line and Colour by the Author

MAXWELL, DONALD

First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front & spine, illus title page, frontispiece + xiii + 207pp, illus, VG- (fading to front board fore-edge & spine & rear board, light soiling to spine & rear board, light bruising and rubbing to board corners & spine, owner's name and address in black ink to fep, owner's name & address stamp to f.e.p., moderate foxing to eps, slight foxing throughout (colour illus not affected), red ink staining to top page edges, light tanning and soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1925

KEYWORDS: Donald Maxwell Norfolk England history travel

$22.50
xxdub67499

At Home in Diaspora: South Asian Scholars and the West


ASSAYAG, JACKIE (Ed) & BENEI, VERONIQUE (Ed)

Hardcover 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Jackie Assayag Veronique Benei history academia culture sociology politics

$9.50
xxdub67508

Colorado's Scenic Railroads


KRECK, DICK & NALL, BRUCE (Photo)

Hardcover 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Westcliffe Publishers 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Dick Keck Bruce Nall Colorado railways trains transport railroads history photographs

$12.50
xxdub67509

The Victorian Age


MOWAT, R. B.

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Senate 1995

KEYWORDS: specials R B Mowat British Empire history Victorian age

$14.00
xxdub67512

Russian Thinkers


BERLIN, ISAIAH

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Penguin

KEYWORDS: specials Isaiah Berlin Russia Russian history literature philosophy essays

$12.50
xxdub67515

Looking Back/Forging Ahead: A Century of Participation in Overseas Mission by New Zealand Brethren Assemblies


TREW, GEORGE (Ed)

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Missionary Services NZ 1996

KEYWORDS: specials George Trew New Zealand missionaries religion history

$42.50
2b36a/2

Blue Cliffs: The Biography of a South Canterbury Sheep Station 1856-1970


WOODEHOUSE, A. E.

First edition, imperial octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 290pp, illus, VG+ (slight dampstaining to rear board upper corner, v slight rubbing to lower spine extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (dampstaining noticeable inside to rear upper edge, 3cm closed tear to lower front/flap fold)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1982

KEYWORDS: first edition Mrs AE Woodhouse South Canterbury New Zealand sheep station farming agriculture history

$275.00
2b36a/3

Caricature of Today


HOLME, GEOFFREY (Ed) & DAVIES, RANDALL (Intro)

fep features original full-page self-portrait in artist's pose pen caricature by NZ War Artist Duncan McPhee dated 02/07/1945, quarto, green cloth boards with red lettering to spine & red lettering in red-ruled panel to front board,xi + 16pp, illus with 136 full-page plates, VG- (moderate browning to spine, fading to front board, light soiling to rear board lower edge, browning to eps, some foxing to eps & to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Studio Ltd 1928

KEYWORDS: Duncan McPhee Geoffrey Holme Randall Davies art caricature anthology satire politics history humour

$30.00
xxdug67717

Model Shipwright 1972 - 1977: An Anthology


BOWEN, JOHN (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (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: Conway Maritime Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials John Bowen shipping ships maritime nautical history models modelmaking reference articles

$24.50
xxduc67542

Re-Inventing Japan: Time, Space, Nation


MORRIS-SUZUKI, TESSA

softcover super octavo (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: M E Sharpe 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Tessa Morris-Suzuki japan japanese history culture sociology anthropology

$10.00
xxduc67526

A History of Dreams


RATCLIFF, A. J. J.

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: Senate 1923

KEYWORDS: specials A J J Ratcliff dreams history science psychology

$12.00
xxduc67533

Fantastic Pasts


Imaginary Adventures In New Zealand History

WRIGHT, MATTHEW

ex library, 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: Penguin 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Matthew Wright new zealand fiction history

$14.50
xxduc67537

Immigrants and Citizens: New Zealanders and Asian Immigration in Historical Context


MCKINNON, MALCOLM

softcover imperial octavo (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: Victoria University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Malcolm McKinnon new zealand politics immigration policy history asia

$37.50
xxduc67550

Ars Sacra 800 - 1200


LASKO, PETER

hardcover quarto (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Lasko ancient history art architecture sculpture

$24.50
xxduc67557

A Reluctant Pioneer: The Story of William Spikeman His Life and Times


PROKHOVNIK, R. M.

hardcover 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: Northland Historical Publications Society Inc 1991

KEYWORDS: specials R M Prokhovnik new zealand history William Spikeman biography

$19.50
xxduc67564

Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration


WILSON, GEORGE M.

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: University of Chicago 1992

KEYWORDS: specials George M Wilson history japan meiji restoration

$35.00
xxduf67671

Mighty Eighth War Manual


FREEMAN, ROGER A. & OTTAWAY, NORMAN (Illus)

Ex library, quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Roger Freeman Norman Ottaway United States US Eighth Air Force military war history

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