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$45.00
2b28a/45

Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War 1879


KNIGHT, IAN

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 200pp, illus + loosely enclosed map supplement, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: Ian Knight South Africa Anglo-Zulu war military history weapons uniforms battles

$18.50
xxfja81071

The Passage of the Alps: From Hannibal to the Motorway


PYATT, EDWARD

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: Robert Hale Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Edward Pyatt the Alps travel transport mountaineering history first edition

$16.50
xxfja81073

The Making of the English Landscape: The Northumberland Landscape


NEWTON, ROBERT

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Newton England English Northumberland landscape geography history

$18.50
xxfja81082

The Polish August: THE Self-Limiting Revolution


ASCHERSON, NEAL

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: Allen Lane / Penguin 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Neal Ascherson Poland Polish revolution politics history

$25.00
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Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia


MCNAMARA, JO ANN KAY

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: Harvard University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Jo Ann Kay McNamara Catholic Nuns Catholicism history

$15.00
xxfil81047

Wild Cards: Eccentric Characters from New Zealand's Past


DUNMORE, 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: New Holland 2006

KEYWORDS: specials John Dunmore New Zealand biography biographies history humour

$30.00
xxfil81053

Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History


PEKAR, HARVEY & DUMM, GARY (Illus) & BUHLE, PAUL (

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang / Farrar, Straus and Groux 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Harvey Pekar Gary Dumm Paul Buhle America American politics Students for a Democratic Society protests SDS graphic novel history first edition

$16.00
xxfjb81108

The Chief: The Biography of Gordon Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England 1922-40


JACKSON, ROBERT

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Goerge G. Harrap 1959

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Jackson Gordon Hewart England English biography history first edition

$32.50
xxfjb81126

1981: The Tour


CHAPPLE, GEOFF

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Geoff Chapple New Zealand Springbok rugby tour sport history

$10.00
xxfjc81185

Democracy and Classical Greece


DAVIES, J. K.

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: Fontana 1984

KEYWORDS: specials democracy politics classical greece history jk davies

$85.00
2b28a/50

A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction Volume 5


History of Architecture, Architectural Design, Specifications, Building Superintendence, Contracts & Permits

n/a

This volume only, super octavo, half bound, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine, page edges stained mottled red, marbled eps, vi + aprox 800pp (each section individually paginated), illus, VG (bruisng & fraying & two tatty 2cm tears to upper spine extrem, light fading to spine, light rubbing to boards & board edgdes, crease to prelim upper corner, moderate tanningn & foxing to prelims & terminals, light sporadic foxing elsewhere, stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: The Colliery Engineer 1900

KEYWORDS: international correspondence school architecture building construction architectural engineering design specification contracts permits history coursebook

$165.00
2b30a/10

The Maoris and Fiordland


BEATTIE, HERRIES

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 104pp, illus, VG (light fading soiling and scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and minor tape stains within, a touch of foxing)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1949

KEYWORDS: signed Herries Beattie New Zealand Fiordland Maoris history myths legends tradition anthropology

$145.00
2b30a/13

The Satyrs of Southland


STUART, WILLIAM DAVID

First edition, imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (inscription in ink & owner's name in ink to fep, light soiling to page fore-edges & to rear ep, some creasing to rear map) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Company 1982

KEYWORDS: William David Stuart New Zealand Southland McRae families Riverton Winton whisky biography history

$50.00
2b30a/21

Pioneer Recollections mainly of the Gore District


Fourth Series

BEATTIE, HERRIES (Ed)

Octavo, green light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 60pp, VG (some staining to covers, rust-staining from staples, owner's name & address label to fep, moderately heavy browning to pages & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Ensign (post-1948)

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie Mataura Ensign New Zealand Gore articles history pioneering memoirs pioneers

$150.00
2b30a/23

Proposed Waitemata-Manukau Canal: Reports and Plans re Whau and Tamaki Routes


n/a

Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 66pp + folding maps, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate browning to eps, owner's name, address & date in ink to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep, occasional foxing, esp to page peripheries)

PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Harbour Board transport history canals Waitemata Manukau Whau Tamaki

$95.00
2b30a/29

Run 181: A History of Castlerock Station: Thomas Lowther Barnhill and His Descendants 1862-1992


BULLING, GILLIAN M.

Quarto, spiral bound with transparent plastic cover & illus title page, 84pp (hand-typed & photocopied), heavily illustrated & illus pages not paginated (ie not counted in the 84-page count), VG (heavy smoke damage/soiling to boards & edges & spiral spine, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1993

KEYWORDS: Gillian M Bulling New Zealand Southland Castlerock Station history biography Thomas Lowther Barnhill family

$22.50
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Brids of the South Western Cape


FRANDSEN, JOY

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: Sable Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Joy Frandsen South Africa Africam South Western Cape birds ornithology natural history

$15.00
xxfjc81208

Great Lives: Nelson


WARNER, OLIVER & LONGFORD, ELIZABETH (Intro)

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Oliver Warner Horatio Nelson nautical biography history

$72.50
xxfjc81215

Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll 1955-1988


DIX, JOHN

Quarto 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: Paradise Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: specials John Dix New Zealand music rock n roll history

$75.00
2b30a/31

In the Grip of an Island: Early Stewart Island History


SANSOM, OLGA

First edition, signed & dated by author, octavo, dark brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece map, 172pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (covered with clear plastic protective cover with black adhesive strips to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1982

KEYWORDS: Olga Sansom New Zealand Stewart Island Rakiura history early settlers seamen remittance men sawmillers

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