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$80.00
2b28a/11

Hell and High Water: A German Occupation of the Chatham Islands 1843-1910


NATUSCH, SHEILA

First edition, octavo, brown faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 174pp, illus, VG+, (slight tanning to page edgdes, slightly cocked) in d/w, nr fine (light rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Sheila Natusch Chatham Islands history German missionaries Engst Beyer Schirmeister Muler Baucke Maori Te Kooti

$40.00
2b28a/16

Comparatively Speaking: Studies in Pacific Material Culture 1921-1972


SKINNER, HENRY DEVENISH

Small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 197pp, illus, VG (slight fading to board edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, v slight foxing to page upper edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy sunning to spine, creasing and chiping to extrems, rubbing to covers, torn)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Henry Devenish Skinner Pacific Oceanic material culture history anthropology New Zealand Maori essays

$40.00
xxfif80678

Brother Wohlers: A Biography of J. F. H. Wohlers of Ruapuke


NATUSCH, SHEILA

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: Pegasus Press 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Sheila Natusch Johann J F H Wohlers New Zealand Ruapuke biography history

$16.50
xxfif80684

Tower Turmoil: Characters and Controversies at the University of Otago


FISHER, MARTIN (Intro) et al

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: Department of History, University of Otago 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Martin Fisher New Zealand Otago University of Otago history memoirs essays

$45.00
xxfif80703

Customs and Habits of the New Zealanders 1838-42


By Father C. Servant, Marist Missionary in the Hokianga

SERVANT, FATHER C. & GLASGOW, DR. J. (Trans) & SIM

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Father C Servant Dr J Glasgow D R Simmons New Zealand Maori culture traditions sociology anthropology history

$17.50
xxfif80707

What's Wrong with Postmodernism: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy


NORRIS, CHRISTOPHER

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: Harvester Wheatsheaf 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Norris postmodernism philosophy art music literary criticism essays history

$14.00
xxfif80717

Life in Fresh Water


BROWN, E. S.

First edition, super 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: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: specials E S Brown fresh water biology ecology flora fauna plants animals natural history first edition

$40.00
xxfig80745

St. John in New Zealand 1885 - 1985: A Hitory of the Most Venerable Order


WRIGHT-ST. CLAIR, DR. REX (Ed)

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: Millwood Press 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Dr. Rex Wright-St Clair New Zealand St. John history

$12.50
xxfig80755

House to House: An Epic Memoir of War


BELLAVIA, DAVID & BRUNING, JOHN

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: Simon & Schuster 2007

KEYWORDS: specials David Bellavia John Bruning Fallujah American military history memoir autobiography war

$85.00
2b28a/24

The Catholic Church in New Caledonia: A Century and a Half of History


DELBOS, GEORGES & FINLAY, DEREK (Trans)

Inscribed, dated & signed by the Translator, Octavo, illus blue light card covers with red & white lettering, 469pp,illus, VG+ (owner's stamp to fep - Little Sisters of the Poor, green dot taped to spine)

PUBLISHER: CEPAC 2000

KEYWORDS: Georges Delbos Derek Finlay religion Catholicism church New Caledonia religious history

$75.00
2b28a/25

Congo Life and Folklore


Part 1 Life on the Congo; Part 2 Thirty-three Native Stories

WEEKS, JOHN H.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, green brown & & yellow Congo scene to front board & spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 468pp + 4pp book adverts, VG (some rubbing to boards & board edges, moderate browning & fixing to page edges, prize-giving label to fep, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1911

KEYWORDS: first edition John H Weeks Congo history culture folklore myths legends

$27.50
2b28a/26

The Changing Pacific: Essays in Honour of HE Maude


GUNSON, NIEL

First edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 351pp, VG+ (v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling, tiny closed tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: first edition Niel Gunson HE Maude Pacific biography bibliography essays articles history legend myths anthropology colonisation

$40.00
xxfii80876

Captain Bully Hayes: Blackbirder and Bigamist


CLUNE, FRANK

first edition, hardcover imperial octavo (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1970

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Clune first edition Bully Hayes biography maritime explorer history

$24.50
xxfii80877

The Complete Idiot's Guide To World War II


BARD, MITCHELL G.

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: Alpha Books 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Mitchell G Bard military history ww2 war illus

$22.50
xxfii80890

The Great Game: Memoirs of the Spy Hitler Couldn't Silence


TREPPER, LEOPOLD

Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Leopold Trepper second world war two 2 II ww2 wwII secret service spy military history autobiography memoir

$19.50
xxfii80897

Historic Gold Trails of the Coromandel


Being a Guide for Gentle Travellers Seeking Their Pleasure Amid the Scenic Shorelines and Glorious Goldfields of that Historic and Sun-Blessed Peninsula and Examining How Fortunes Were Made in the Wil

NOLAN, TONY

Softcover quarto (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Tony Nolan New Zealand Coromandel Peninsula gold mining trails history

$10.00
xxfii80900

The Penguin Shorter of the Bible


GROLLENBERG LUC. H. & HEDLUND, MARY F. (Trans)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Luc H Grollenberg theology religion the bible history

$87.50
2b28a/21

Mornington School: Diamond Jubilee Souvenir 1865-1925


DON, W. R. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, brown light card covers with black lettering & black school motto to front cover, red, yellow & black stripe to front upper corner, frontispiece, 71pp, illus, VG (some bruising to cover edges, light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (?) & Morning School Diamond Jubilee Committee (?) 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Mornington School diamond jubilee education history

$37.50
xxfij80935

West to the Fiords: The History of Western Southland


Comprising Wallace & Fiord Counties, the Bough of Riverton and the Various Town Districts Within Those Areas

MILLER, F. W. G.

First 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Western Southland Historical Committee 1954

KEYWORDS: specials F W G Miller New Zealand West Coast Western Southland history first edition

$16.50
xxfij80940

Volcano Town: The 1937 - 43 Raboul Eruptions


JOHNSON, R. W. & THRELFALL, N. A

First edition, imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Robert Brown and Associates1985

KEYWORDS: specials R W Johnson N A Threlfall Papua New Guinea Raboul volcano volcanic eruptions Vulcan Tavurvur history first edition

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