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$20.00
xxffl79093

Aunts & Windmills: Stories From My Past


O'REGAN, PAULINE

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Pauline O'Regan new zealand colonial history Cronadun memoir

$22.50
xxffl79097

Much Ado. . . Hanmer Springs 1883 - 1983


ENSOR, ROSEMARY

softcover imperial octavo (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hanmer Springs Centennial Committee 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Rosemary Ensor new zealand local history hanmer springs canterbury

$14.00
xxffl79099

Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800 - 1914


GILDEA, ROBERT

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Gildea geography history politics europe

$30.00
xxffl79114

Easter Island, Earth Island


BAHN, PAUL & FLENLEY, JOHN

hardcover imperial octavo (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Bahn John Flenley easter island anthropology Rapa Nui ethnography history

$90.00
1q36/38

The Past and Present of New Zealand; with its Prospects for the Future


TAYLOR, RICHARD

First edition re-bound new eps, super octavo, orange cloth boards with handwritten black title to spine, lacks frontispiece but tissueguard present, viii + 331pp, illus, VG (some sellotape residue staining to boards & eps, slight fading to spine, moderate browning to page edges, tissue guard& title page, owner's initials & date in ink to fep, occastional light foxing, occasional annotation in pencil)

PUBLISHER: William Macintosh 1868

KEYWORDS: Rev Richard Taylor New Zealand history church Maori statistics geography

$145.00
2g16b/5

Te Ika a Maui or New Zealand and its Inhabitants


TAYLOR, RICHARD

Second edition, re-bound in full leather but lacks spine, super octavo, leather boards, lacks prelims (begins at contents page), viii - xv + 730 pp + 1 pp adverts, illus, G+ (lacks leather part of spine, heavy rubbing to boards, first 7 pages have 10 cm closed tears, one repaired with archival tape, occasional sporadic smudging through, essentially sound reading copy)

PUBLISHER: William Macintoch 1970

KEYWORDS: Richard Taylor new zealand history culture anthropology maori ethnography

$65.00
2g16b/6

James Francis Fulloon: A Man of Two Cultures


PARHAM, W. T.

first edition of 400 copies, quarto, illus light card covers, staplebound with cloth tape spine, frontispiece map, 92 pp, illus, VG+ (v sl staining/rubbing to rear cover, spine tape detached from upper front cover, 2 cm closed tear in upper spine tape)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1985

KEYWORDS: W T Parham New Zealand James Francis Fulloon biography history surveyer first edition

$75.00
2g16b/7

Destiny Well Sown: Biography of W. E. Gudgeon, Settler, Soldier, Diplomat


CRAIG, ELDSON

first edition of 300 copies, quarto, illus light card covers, staplebound with cloth tape spine, 155pp, nr fine (v sl staining to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1985

KEYWORDS: Craig Eldson New Zealand biography W E Gudgeon history first edition

$12.00
xxffl79121

Living Stones: The Story of St Stephen's, Sydney


HARDY, GRAHAM W.

hardcover imperial octavo (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Anzea 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Graham W Hardy australia sydney st stephen's church photographic history illus

$16.50
xxffl79122

Sources of Chinese Tradition


DE BARY, WM. THEODORE (ed.)

ex library, single volume edition, hardcover 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: Columbia University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Wm Theodore de Bary chinese culture tradition anthropology ethnography eastern history

$30.00
2g16b/22

Agricultural Heritage: Auckland Agricultural & Pastoral Association Inc 1843-2010


STRINGLEMAN, HUGH

Signed by author, first edition, quarto, grey boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 312pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine (v slight fading)

PUBLISHER: Oratia Media 2010

KEYWORDS: signed first edition Hugh Strngleman New Zealand Auckland agriculture farming history

$90.00
2g16b/23

The History of Sexuality Sourcebook


KUEFLER, MATHEW (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 455pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Broadview Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Mathew Kuefler human sexuality sexual behaviour history biology psychiatry culture

$70.00
2g16b/24

A Lesbian History of Britain: Love and Sex between Women since 1500


JENNINGS, REBECCA

Octavo, red boards with silver lettering to spine, xix + 227pp, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Greenwood World Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Rebecca Jennings human sexuality sexual behaviour lesbianism history women

$120.00
2g16b/26

Westminster Abbey: The Lady Chapel of Henry VII


TATTON-BROWN, TIM & MORTIMER, RICHARDS (Eds)

Ex library, imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 4 figs + 366pp, illus, VG (relatively light library markings) in d/w, VG (library markings, sellotape residue stains)

PUBLISHER: Boydell Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Tim Tatton-Brown Richard Mortimer Westminster Abbey Henry VII Lady Chapel English mediaeval architecture gothic figure sculpture renaissance tombs history

$37.50
ak4/24/2931

Jewish Lives in New Zealand: A History


BELL, LEONARD & MORROW, DIANA (Eds)

Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to red spine, 440pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Godwit Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Leonard Bell Diana Morrow New Zealand Jews Jewish people biography history

$130.00
2g16b/35

The History of Holden since 1917


DARWIN, NORM

Quarto, illus pink glossy heavy card boards with white lettering, illus eps, 223pp, illus, VG (ding to rear board lower corner, owner's name in ink to fep verso, light tanning to page edges, creasing to several pages lower corner)

PUBLISHER: EL Ford Publications 1983

KEYWORDS: Norm Darwin Australian car industry Holden cars history automotive industry engineering

$10.00
xxfgb79223

Ladies of the Kasbah


MULLINS, DAVE

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: Warner Books 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Dave Mullins Ireland Irish Kasbah Brothel prostitution history

$14.50
xxfga79143

The Moonlight War: The Story of Clandestine Operations in South-East Asia, 1944-5


O'BRIEN, TERENCE

Ex library, 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 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Terence O'Brien Clandestine operations South-East Asia autobioraphy memoir history

$20.00
xxfga79145

Suffrage and Beyond: International Feminist Perspectives


DALEY, CAROLINE & NOLAN, MELANIE (Eds)

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: Auckland University Press / Pluto Press 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Caroline Daley Melanie Nolan feminism women's suffrage history sociology politics

$27.50
xxfga79147

The Atlas of Ship Wreck & Treasure: The History, Location, and Treasure-Trove of Ships Lost at Sea


PICKFORD, NIGEL

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: RD Press 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Pickford ship wrecks shipwrecks treasure nautical history

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