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$28.50
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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

$37.50
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

$45.00
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

$10.00
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

$16.50
xxaif73104

Sir Joseph Banks: The Autocrat of the Philosophers


CAMERON, HECTOR CHARLES

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Batchworth Press 1952

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Hector Charles Cameron Sir Joseph Banks biography New Zealand history

$10.00
xxatd73136

The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800


Abridged Version

STONE, LAWRENCE

Octavo softcover - one page loose (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 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence Stone English England Britian history

$14.00
xxatd73137

Britain in the Roman Empire


LIVERSIDGE, JOAN

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: Cardinal / Sphere 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Joan Liversidge archaeology history Britain Roman Empire

$12.50
xxatd73138

The England of Elizabeth: The Structure of Society


ROWSE, A. L.

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: Cardinal / Sphere 1973

KEYWORDS: specials AL Rowse England English history Elizabeth I

$12.50
xxatg73146

The Age of the Gladiators: Savagery & Spectacle in Ancient Rome


MATTHEWS, RUPERT

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: Arcturus Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Rupert Matthews Ancient Rome history

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