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$19.50
1d26/37

In Darkest Africa


or The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

STANLEY, HENRY M.

Lacks 2x maps: next to frontis and op. p309, red buckram boards with black & gilt lettering & black & gilt illustration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 635pp, illus + folding map, VG- (slight bubbling to front board, some fading & browning to spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some staining to boards, owner's name & address in ink to prelim, light tanning to page edges, some creasing and 6cm closed tear to folding map, slight foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston et al 1890

KEYWORDS: Henry M Stanley Africa travel history

$18.50
xxaro74567

Kanake: The Melanesian Way


TJIBAOU, J. M.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: les editions du pacifique 1978

KEYWORDS: specials J M Tjibaou anthropology melanese south pacific culture illustrated pictorial history

$9.50
xxdeg74578

The Tudor Parliaments: Crown, Lords and Commons, 1485 - 1603


GRAVES, MICHAEL A. R.

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: Longman 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Michael A R Graves tudor history politics parliament britain

$13.50
xxkyf74534

Enlightened Despotism


GAGLIARDO, JOHN G.

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968

KEYWORDS: specials John G Gagliardo enlightened despotism Euroope European history

$22.50
xxkyf74545

Born to Lead?: Portraits of New Zealand Commanders


HARPER, GLYN & HAYWARD, JOEL (Eds)

Super 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: Exisle Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Glyn Harper Joel Hayward New Zealand Commanders biography biographies military history

$8.50
xxkyf74548

The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas


HEYERDAHL, THOR

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 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki expedition travel exploration nautical history

$15.00
xxkyf74552

Seventy Thousand to One


REYNOLDS, QUENTIN

First Australian edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (good+); 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: Cassell & Co. 1947

KEYWORDS: specials Quentin Reynolds Gordon Manuel biography first edittion memoir miilitary history

$33.50
xxkyf74554

Taieri Mouth and its Surrounding Districts


PARKES, WIN & HISLOP, KATH

SIGNED, super 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: Otago Heritage Books 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Win Parks Kath Hislop New Zealand Otago Taieri Mouth district history

$22.50
xxkyf74558

Horsedrawn Vehicles of New Zealand


HAWKE, VERA & SCOTT, AMY

Oblong super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Vera Hawke Amy Scott New Zealand horse drawn transport vehicles history

$40.00
1d26/45

New Zealand 1826 - 1827: An English Translation of the Voyage de l'Astrolabe in New Zealand Waters


With an Introductory Essay by Olive Wright. Foreword by His Excellency M. Emmanuel Lancial Minister of France to New Zealand

D'URVILLE, DUMONT & WRIGHT, OLIVE (Trans/Intro)

Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, frontispiece, xi + 251pp, illus, VG (v slight foxing and soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (slight bruising with small tears to edges, light foxing and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Olive Wright 1950 (?)

KEYWORDS: Dumont D'urville Olive Wright New Zealand French biography exploration memoirs history

$14.00
xxkul74641

Versailles and Trianon


Guide to the Museum and National Domain of Versailles and Trianon

LEMOINE, PIERRE

Octavo softcover (nr fine) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down

PUBLISHER: Reunion des Musees Nationaux 2002

KEYWORDS: specials pierre lemoine guide france versailles trianon museum history art

$8.50
xxkul74644

Three Restoration Comedies


SALGADO, GAMINI

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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1976

KEYWORDS: specials gamini galgado theatre history plays performing arts drama

$24.50
xxkyg74661

Gallipoli


CARLYON, LES

Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2001

KEYWORDS: specials les carlyon gallipolo war history

$40.00
1d27/11

A History of the Fish Hook


And the Story of Mustad the Hook Maker

HURUM, HANS JORGEN

Super octavo, brown speckled heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine and silver fish hook motif to front board, 148pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name written in ink to fep, v slight tanning to page edges), in d/w, VG (some tanning to spine and front & back covers, v slight tanning to inside)

PUBLISHER: Adams & Charles Black 1977

KEYWORDS: hans jorgen hurum fishing fish hook maker anglers history sport

$72.50
1d27/13

The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History


MCGIBBON, IAN (ed)

Imperial octavo, black card boards with silver lettering to spine, xxvi+653pp, illus, VG+), in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: ian mcgibbon new zealand military history oxford war

$27.50
1d26/42

John Pascoe


MACLEAN, CHRIS

First edition, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, red eps, 344pp, illus, VG+ (owner's signature in black ink to f.e.p., v v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v v slight bruising to edges, v v slight soiling to inside)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potten Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition Chris Maclean John Pascoe New Zealand mountaineering photography biography history

$12.00
xxkul74638

The Rough Guide to: The Loire


MCCONNACHIE, JAMES

Octavo softcover (VG+) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down

PUBLISHER: Rough Guides 2004

KEYWORDS: specials james mcconnachie the loire garden of france europe guide map information travelling history

$24.50
xxkza74681

The Origin of Plants: The People and Plants That Have Shaped Britain's Garden History Since the Year 1000


CAMPBELL-CULVER, MAGGIE

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: Headline Book Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Maggie Campbell-Culver British natura history plants horticulture

$24.50
xxkza74692

Oswald Blumhardt: New Zealand Plant Pioneer


BALLARD, CATHERINE

Super 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: David Ling Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Catherine Ballard Oswald Blumhardt New Zealand plants Koromiko Nursery biography history horticulture

$22.50
xxkza74712

The Museum Makers


A Book that Details the Creation of Two Museums in New Zealand, Which Have Become Significant Identities - Institutions Within Their Own Communities

STONE, HAROLD (Ed)

SIGNED by Compiler Harold Stone, Quarto 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: Otamatea Kauri & Pioneer Museum Trust Board 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Harold Stone New Zealand Otamatea Kauri & Pioneer Museums Matakohe Kauri Museum history

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