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$195.00
1i45d/17

Light Cars and Cyclecars of 1916


Specifications & Illustrations of most of the Principal Makes on the Market, with a Guide for Buyers

n/a

Scarce, octavo, light card covers with black lettering & car illustration to front cover, viii + 64pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning, browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Temple Press Ltd (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Halford Cycles light cars cyclecars transport history catalogue Lagonda JBS Horstman Aviette Bayard Chater Lea

$42.00
1w36/3

The Problematical Journey: The Story of a New Zealand Family: The Templetons of Southland 1862-1997


TEMPLETON, HUGH

Signed by author on title page, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Templar Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Hugh Templeton New Zealand Southland Templeton family biography agriculture farming history

$365.00
os2/36

Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand


Lithographed from original Drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wickstead, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S Brees & Captain W Mein Smith

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM

Limited numbered facsimile reprint, numbered edition of 500, oblong atlas folio, half bound with green cloth boards and gilt lettering between five raised bands to dark green leather spine, green card eps, illus title page, 1pp text, illus with 15 full-page plates including several folding plates, VG+ (occasional very sl. foxing within, light scuffing and soiling to boards, very tidy)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1968 facsimile reprint (of Smith Elder & Co 1845)

KEYWORDS: Edward Jerningham Wakefield New Zealand history art drawings scenery plants

$13.50
xxkha84220

Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders Who Won the Victoria Cross


BRYANT, G.

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 1972

KEYWORDS: specials G Bryant New Zealand Victoria Cross recipients biographies biography history

$19.50
xxkhh84225

Gold-Dust and Ashes: The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields


IDRIESS, ION L.

Octavo hardcover (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: Angus and Robertson 1953

KEYWORDS: specials Ion L Idriess New Guinea goldfields gold mining anthropology history culture

$30.00
xxkhh84251

Mt Bruce Community Hall, Wairarapa New Zealand 1914-2014: A Ceebration of 100 Years of Community Spirit


DITCHFIELD, MARLENE

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: Mt Bruce Hall Community Committee 2014

KEYWORDS: specials Marlene Ditchfield New Zealand Mt Bruce Community Hall history

$17.50
xxkhh84256

Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story


PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER

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: Sceptre NZ 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Pugsley New Zealand Gallipoli first world war one ww1 wwI military history

$14.00
xxkhh84258

Battleground Europe: Gommecourt


CAVE, NIGEL

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: Leo Cooper 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Cave Gommecourt first world war one ww1 wwI military history

$17.50
xxkhh84260

Americans and the California Dream 1850-1915


STARR, KEVIN

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: Oxford University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Kevin Starr California America American dream culture social history

$16.50
xxkhi84277

The Celts


DELANEY, FRANK

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: Book Club Associates 1986

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Delaney Celts Celtic culture anthropology history

$17.50
xxkhi84279

The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the American Republic


GODBEER, RICHARD

Super octavo hardcover (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Godbeer America American sexuality gender homosexuality sociology social history

$24.50
xxkhi84280

The History of the Green Howards: Three Hundred Years of Service


POWELL, GEOFFREY

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: Arms and Armour Press 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Powell Green Howards British Army military history

$19.50
xxkhi84290

The Taieri Gorge Railway: Guide to the Taieri Gorge & Seasider Rail trips


CUNNINGHAM, GERALD

Imperial 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: David Bateman 2011

KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Cunningham New Zealand Taieri Gorge Railway trnasport travel guide history

$20.00
xxkhi84297

Skiffle: The Story of Folk-Song with a Jazz Beat


BIRD, BRIAN & DONEGAN, LONNIE (Foreword)

Ex library, 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: Robert Hale Ltd 1958

KEYWORDS: specials Brian Bird Folk skiffle music history

$22.50
xxkhh84229

For Richer, for Poorer: Early Colonial Marriages


RUSSELL, PENNY (Ed)

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: Melbourne University PRESS 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Penny Russell Australia Australian colonial marriage social history

$32.50
xxkhh84231

Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History


ORWIN, JOANNA

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 Pubishers 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Joanna Orwin New Zealand Maori Pakeha Kauri forests natural history

$25.00
xxkhh84232

A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case


HOOD, LYNLEY

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: Longacre Press 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Lynley Hood New Zealand Christchurch Civic Creche case true crime signed history

$27.50
xxkhh84234

Hirohito: Emperor of Japan


MOSLEY, LEONARD

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: Prentice Hall 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Leonard Mosley Japan Japanese emperor Hirohito second world war two ww2 wwII military history biography first edition

$15.00
xxkhh84240

The Shape of the Skin: A Historical, Psychological and Anecdotal Survey of Pakeha Anglican Clergy Partners in Aotearoa / New Zealand


KYLE, MIRIEL BISSETT

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: ColCom Press 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Miriel Bissett Kyle New Zealand Pakeha Anglican church religion clergy partners social history

$20.00
xxkhh84243

Annals of Early Dunedin: Chronicles of the Eighteen-Sixties


REED, A. H.

Limited numbered edition signed by author, 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 1973

KEYWORDS: specials A H Reed New Zealand Dunedin history signed limited numbered edition

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