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$140.00
1d28/34

Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand. A Commemoration: A Jubilee Paper: A Retrospect: A Plain and True Story


Read Before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, October 17th, 1887

COLENSO, WILLIAM

Octavo, grey light card covers, frontispiece with tissue guard, 49pp, illus, VG- (light foxing to covers & pages, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine extrem, 3cm closed tear to rear cover, 1cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, small cosed tears along spine)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors N.Z.I. 1888

KEYWORDS: William Colenso New Zealand history Hawke's Bay philosphical Institute

$40.00
1d28/42

City and Peninsula: The Historic Places of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula Otautahi and Horomaka


WILSON, JOHN & SHAW-BROWN, DUNCAN & WALKER, KERRY

Large quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, v + 200pp, illus, VG

PUBLISHER: Christchurch Civic Trust 2011

KEYWORDS: John Wilson Duncan Shaw-Brown Kerry Walker New Zealand Christchurch Banks Peninsula history architecture buildings

$100.00
1d28/20

Gamekeepers For The Nation


The Story Of New Zealand's Acclimatisation Societies 1861-1990

MCDOWALL, R. M.

small quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus, ix + 508pp, near fine in d/w nr fine (slight creasing)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: R M McDowall new zealand natural history pest control hunting fishing gamekeepers sport

$50.00
1d28/25

The Fjords of Fiordland


HALL-JONES, JOHN

Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards with yellow and white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 172pp, illus, VG+ (v light rubbing & scratching to boards, sl. cocked, sl. faded spine)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Company Limited 2002

KEYWORDS: John Hall-Jones New Zealand Fiordland Fjords history photography

$40.00
1d28/26

The Opium Smugglers: A True Story of Our Northern Sea


IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to sine, red decoration to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 273pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & tanning to spine, some soiling to boards & spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, v v slight foxing & tanning to prelims, frontispiece coming loose)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1948

KEYWORDS: first edition Ion L Idriess Australia Australian opium smuggling smugglers history autobiography memoir

$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, 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

$120.00
1d29/21

From Emergency to Confrontation: The New Zealand Armed Forces in Malaya and Borneo 1949-1996


PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER

Scarce, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, black heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, green eps, xxiv + 528pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Christopher Pugsley New Zealand military history armed forces Malaya Borneo

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