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$35.00
xxfhk80312

British Army Mutineers 1914 - 1922


PUTKOWSKI, JULIAN

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: Francis Boutle Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Julian Putkowski British Army mutineers mutiny military history

$845.00
2b29a/8a

Savage Life in Central Australia


HORNE, G. & AISTON, G.

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt aboriginal figure to front board, xi + 184pp, illus + large folding map to rear, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, 7cm slit/tear to cloth of spine side and 10cm slit/tear to other lower side, some staining to boards, light tanning to page edges & & eps, occasional soiling spots to some pages, 8cm closed tear to map at rear but only affecting blank paper, not map itself)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1924

KEYWORDS: G Horne G Aiston Australia history aboriginal aborigines Wonkonguru Mungeranie anthropology

$50.00
2b29a/16a

Artificial Curiosities: An Exposition of Native Manufactures collected on the Three Pacific Voyages of Captain James Cook, RN


at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Jan 18 1978-Aug31 1978

KAEPPLER, ADRIENNE L.

Large quarto, black illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 293pp, illus, VG+ (2cm closed tear to one side of upper spine, some chaffing to spine & cover edges, ding to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Adrienne L Kaeppler Bernice Bishop Museum exhibition exposition Pacific artefacts crafts textiles tools weapons ornaments Captain Cook history anthropology

$48.50
2b29a/34

The French at Akaroa: An Adventure in Colonization


BUICK, T. LINDSAY

Facsimile reprint, super octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 420pp, illus with large folding map to rear, slight foxing, VG++, in d/w,VG+

PUBLISHER: Capper Press Facsimile Reprint 1980 (of NZ Book Depot 1928)

KEYWORDS: T Lindsay Buick New Zealand Akaroa Banks Peninsula France French colonisation history

$12.50
xxfia80433

Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives


HICKMAN, KATIE

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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Kate Hickman British diplomats diplomatic wives daughters women biography biographies history

$25.00
xxfia80440

Time and Narrative Volume 3


RICOEUR, PAUL & BLAMEY, KATHLEEN (Trans) & PELLAUE

This volume only, 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: University of Chicago Press 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Ricoeur phiolosophy history historiography literary criticism

$42.50
2b28a/18

The Saliing Ships of The New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900


BOTT, ALAN

Small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 160pp, illus + folding illus to rear, VG+ (inscription in ink to verso frontispiece) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: BT Batsford Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: Alan Bott New Zealand Shipping Company transport shipping ships sailing boats passengers sea trade routes maritime history

$9.00
xxfic80532

Paraise Lost: Books V-VI


MILTON, 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: Cambridge University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: specials john milton classical iction history myths legends literature

$9.00
xxfic80533

Paraise Lost: Books VII-VIII


MILTON, 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: Cambridge University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: specials john milton classical iction history myths legends literature

$8.50
xxfic80535

Ludmila and The Lonely


GALLICO, PAUL

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 Books 1959

KEYWORDS: specials paul gallico short stories war history fiction literature

$12.00
xxfic80549

The Quick Word


EDMOND, LAURIS

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: Bridget Williams 1992

KEYWORDS: specials lauris edmond autobiography new zealand history

$12.00
xxfid80556

Ancient Evenings


MAILER, NORMAN

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: Picador 1984

KEYWORDS: specials norman mailer ancient history fiction literature

$9.50
xxfid80558

The Ides of March


MANFREDI, VALERIO MASSIMO

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: Pan Books 2010

KEYWORDS: specials valerio massimo manfredi fantasy history thriller fiction literature

$9.00
xxfid80571

Highlights No. 1


V/A

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Picador 1995

KEYWORDS: specials picador anthology literature history science essays

$98.00
2b28a/2

Glenaray, Waikaia, Southland: An Account of the Tenure of the former Pastoral Runs now amalgamated in Run O.626


CHANDLER, PETER M. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 220pp, illus + folding map in pocket at rear, Near FINE in Near FINE d/w (in protective microlene sleeve)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: Peter M Chandler New Zealand Southland Glanaray Waikaia Pinckney family John Gow biography history sheep cattle station

$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

$55.00
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+

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1974

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

$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

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