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$385.00
os2/35

New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive


BARRAUD, CHARLES D. & TRAVERS, W. T. L. (Ed)

Limited numbered, facsimile reprint, double elephant folio, half bound, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt coat of arms to front board and dark brown leather spine, light grey eps, illus title page, ix + frontispiece + 40pp + 5pp list of 1973 subscribers, illus with 24 chromo-lithographs + 6 plain lithograph plates + aprox 30 woodcuts, VG+ (some staining to boards and text block, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Avon Fine Prints 1973 (Facsimile Reprint of Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1877)

KEYWORDS: Charles D Barraud WTL Travers New Zealand art scenery landscapes history

$9.50
xxktb74922

Sallust: The Jugurthine War


The Conspiracy of Catline

HANDFORD, S. A. (translated)

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: Penguin Books 1963

KEYWORDS: specials s a handford sallust rome greek politics history warclassics

$85.00
1d28/43

Hero: Stories of New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

First edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 288pp, VG- (moderate fading to spine, slight warp to front board, moderate foxing to page edges, owner's name in red ink to front pastedown, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, review copy stamp to half-title page) in d/w, G+ (archival tape repair to spine to hold two halves of d/w together, portions missing to head & base of spine, closed tear to front, nicks to corners & edges)

PUBLISHER: Harry H Tombs 1935

KEYWORDS: James Cowan New Zealand history Maori pioneers

$85.00
1d28/47

The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine


FOWLES, LIEUT. COL. C. GUY

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board and black decorative rule to front board, frontispiece portrait Sir EWC Chaytor, xv + 284pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (heavy staining & fading to boards, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate tanning to eps, light bruising to board corners, front & rear gutters loosening)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: Lieutenant Colonel C Guy Fowles Major A Wilkie First World War One WWI New Zealand military history Sinai Palestine mounted brigade

$9.50
xxktj74977

The Civil War: Together with The Alexandrian War, The African War, and The Spanish War by Other Hands


CAESAR & MITCHELL, JANE F. (Trans)

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: Penguin 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Caesar Jane F Mitchell classic literature war history

$9.50
xxktj74978

The Conquest of Gaul


CAESAR & HANDFORD, S. A. (Trans)

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: Penguin 1960

KEYWORDS: specials Caesar S A Handford classic literature history

$9.00
xxktj74981

Fly and the Fly-Bottle


Encounters with British Intellectuals

MEHTA, VED

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 Books 1965

KEYWORDS: specials ved mehta interviews literature philosophy history england britian

$9.50
xxkte74969

The Persian Expedition


XENOPHON & WARNER, REX (Trans)

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: Penguin 1961

KEYWORDS: classics specials Xenophon Rex Warner ancient Greece Greek history

$9.00
xxkug75105

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study


TAWNEY, R. H.

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 / Penguin 1942

KEYWORDS: specials R H Tawney religion theology politics capitalism history

$8.50
xxkui75115

The Beginnings of Religion: An Introductory and Scientific Study


JAMES, E. O.

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: Arrow Books 1958

KEYWORDS: specials E O James religion theology history

$8.50
xxkuf75095

Music in England


BLOM, ERIC

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 / Penguin 1947

KEYWORDS: specials Eric Blom England music musicians history

$10.00
xxkvc75187

The Persian Expedition


XENOPHON & WARNER, REX (Trans)

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 1949

KEYWORDS: specials Xenophon Rex Warner classic literature history

$9.00
xxkuj75127

A Short History of English Literature


EVANS, B. IFOR

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 / Penguin 1943

KEYWORDS: specials B Ifor Evans English literature history

$125.00
1d29/20

The Music of the Louvin Brothers: Heaven's Own Harmony


Studies in History and Interpretation of Music Vol 61

WILMETH, THOMAS L.

First edition, super octavo, illus blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, vi + 153pp + 3pp book ads, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, corners & spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Edwin Mellen Press 1999

KEYWORDS: first edition Thomas L Wilmeth Ira Charlie Louvin Brothers music history interpretation American Gospel singing

$10.00
xxkwk75328

Dragonfly


BURROUGH, BRYAN

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: Fourth Estate 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Bryan Burrough Mir space station exploration astronomy astronauts cosmonauts history

$245.00
1d29/34

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 2-volume set (an abridgement from the 12 volume edition)


With an Introductory Memoir of the Author by William Youngman

GIBBON, EDWARD

Two-volume set, complete but an abridgement, imperial octavo, half bound, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to brown leather spines, speckled staining to page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, 1303pp in 2 vols, VG- (some damage to spine extrems incl. patches of loss, heavy chaffing to spine & board corners, some rubbing to boards, owner's name in ink to page 1, heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, light soilingto page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ball, Arnold & co 1840

KEYWORDS: Edward Gibbon Roman Empire Rome history

$125.00
1d29/35

The War in South Africa prepared in the Historical Section of the Great General Staff, Berlin


With maps and illustrations

WATERS, COLONEL W. H. H. (Trans)

Folding maps present, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & gilt coat of arms to front board, xi + 280pp, illus plus folding maps (all present), VG- (bruising & slight fraying to spine extrems, ding to board lower corners, moderately heavy foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's signature & date in ink to fep, v light foxing throughout, closed tears to some folding maps)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1907

KEYWORDS: Colonel WHH Waters South Africa Boer War military history Germany

$10.00
xxkxc75378

Defying Hitler: A Memoir


HAFFNER, SEBASTIAN

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: Phoenix 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Sebastian Haffner autobiography memoir Nazi Germany history

$40.00
1d29/33

Malerisches Altes Europa: Romantische Ansichten von Stadten und Schlossern der Guten Alten Zeit


MULLER, ROLF & SCHRAMM, EGON

TEXT IN GERMAN, folio, oatmeal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt cathedral motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, 191pp, illus, VG (owner's name in ink to title page, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing, light creasing to edges, bruising & small nicks to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Das Topographikon 1970

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Rolf Muller Egon Schramm Europe architecture history historical cities

$10.00
xxkyb75528

The Russian Album


IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL

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: Vintage 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Ignatieff Russia Russian history biography

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