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$37.50
1e2a/35

The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing


CIMAROSTI, ADRIANO

Small folio, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half- & title pages, 504pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight fading to spine, light foxing to inside)

PUBLISHER: Aurum Press (n/d) but post-1997

KEYWORDS: Adriano Cimarosti motor racing cars sport grand prix history

$75.00
1e1a/43

Palaeoithic Reflections


Lithic technology and ethnographic excavations among Australian Aboriginies

HAYDEN, BRIAN

quarto, illus light card covers, viii + 181pp, illus, VG+ (slight scuffing to front cover and curve in card, ownership signature in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1981

KEYWORDS: Brian Hayden australia aboriginal history anthropology archaeology

$50.00
1e1a/28

The Vengeance of Private Pooley


JOLLY, CYRIL

First edition, super octavo, dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 237pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy foxing to rear/flap fold, tannigng to edges & inside)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1956

KEYWORDS: first edition Cyril Jolly World War Two WW2 Royal Norfolk Regiment Calais Private Pooley biography military history

$9.00
xxfci77080

The Longest War: Israel in Lebanon


TIMERMAN, JACOBO

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: Vintage / Random House 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Jacobo Timerman Israel Lebanon war politics history

$90.00
1e2a/6

The Maori Canoe


BEST, ELSDON

Reprint, super octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamp portrait decoration to front board, 452pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling to board edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (light rubbing and creasing to covers, light sunning to spine)

PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer 1976

KEYWORDS: Eldson Best maori anthropology new zealand culture history waka transport war

$10.00
xxfci77068

The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History


GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

Octavo softcover (VG, segment cut out of fep.); 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

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould natural history essays

$10.00
xxfci77092

The Prehistory of East Africa


COLE, SONIA

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 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Sonia Cole East Africa prehistory archaeology history

$9.50
xxfci77093

Medieval People


POWER, EILEEN

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 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Eileen Power medieval history anthropology biography

$9.00
xxfci77111

Fancy and Imagination


The Critical Idiom

BRETT, R.L. & JUMP, JOHN D. (ed)

Octavo sotcover (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: Methuen & Co 1978

KEYWORDS: specials rl brett john d jump modern literray criticism biographia literaria history

$15.00
xxfci77113

Waimangu: Yesterday & Today


NA

Imperial Octavo stapled 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: J. Batchelor

KEYWORDS: specials waimangu new zealand geyser history

$19.50
xxfcj77138

A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume One: 1900 - 1933


GILBERT, MARTIN

This volume only, imperial 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: HarperCollins 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Martin Gilbert twentieth century history

$32.50
xxfcj77143

A History of Port Lyttelton


SCOTTER, W. H.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy, torn); 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: The Lyttelton Harbour Board 1968

KEYWORDS: specials W H Scotter New Zealand Port Lyttelton history

$22.50
xxfcj77145

A Natural History of Man in Britain: Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations Between Men and Environments


FLEURE, H. J.

First revised edition, 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: Collins 1970

KEYWORDS: specials H J Fleure Britain British natural history anthropology first edition

$30.00
xxfcj77147

Sink the Rainbow!: An Enquiry into the 'Greenpeace Affair'


DYSON, JOHN

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: Victor Gollancz 1986

KEYWORDS: specials John Dyson New Zealand Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior nautical politics history

$8.50
xxfck77215

The Sec rets of Bredon Hill: A Country Chronicle of the Year 1900


ARCHER, FRED

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: Coronet / Hodder and Stoughton 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Fred Archer Bredon Hill history

$24.50
1e2b/5

The History of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1840-1940


ELDER, JOHN RAWSON

Imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind-stamped lettering in decorative panel to front board, upper page edges stained blue, light blue eps, xv + 464pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to upper spine extrem, some light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (browning to spine, staining to spine/front, heavy nicking & tears to edges, some soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom 1940

KEYWORDS: John Rawson Elder New Zealand Presbyterian Church history

$75.00
1e2b/6

Requiem for a Gasworks


POLLARD, JOHN S

Large quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 207pp, illus, VG (ding to lower spine extrem, slight staining to page fore-edges, slight wrinkling to some pages) in d/w, VG+ (scratch to front)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1987

KEYWORDS: John S Pollard New Zealand Christchurch engineering industrial architecture history

$42.50
1e2b/21

Mine Alone: The Unrelenting Struggle of an Immigrant Mining Engineer from Staffordshire for Recognition in Colonial New Zealand


MERCER, ROSEMARY D.

Inscribed & signed by author, one-page holograph letter of author loosely enclosed, super octavo, black & red illus light card covers with white lettering, v + frontispiece map + 277pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Butterfly Creek Books 2007

KEYWORDS: Rosemary D Mercer New Zealand biography history Nelson mining engineer Joseph Taylor Puponga Coal Mine

$14.00
xxfck77191

Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45


HASTINGS, MAX

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: Harper Perennial / HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Max Hastings second world war teo 2 II ww2 wwII Japan Japanese military history

$26.50
xxfcl77233

Georgian London


SUMMERSON, JOHN

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: Barrie & Jenkins 1988

KEYWORDS: specials John Summerson Georgian London architecture history

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