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$75.00
1w38/29

How Long Have People Been in the OK Tedi Impact Region?


PNG National Museum Record No. 8 1983

SWADLING, PAMELA

Small octavo, illus white light-card covers with black lettering, xii + 196pp, illus, nr fine (owner's names in ink to front cover)

PUBLISHER: PNG National Museum 1983

KEYWORDS: Pamela Swadling David Cook Ross Cordy Barry Craig Geoff Hope Dan Jorgensen Paul Wirz Papua New Guinea history anthropology

$35.00
xxsam85974

The CIA in Iran: The 1953 Coup and the Origins of the US-Iran Divide


PETHERICK, CHRISTOPHER H. (Ed)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: American Free Press 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher H Petherick Iran CIA US United States America American politics history

$100.00
1w38/18

Holy Himalaya: The Religion, Traditions, and Scenery of a Himalayan Province (Kumaon and Garhwal)


OAKLEY, E. SHERMAN

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine & front board & green decorative pattern to front board, frontispiece with tissueguard, decorated title page, 319p, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems & board edges, 3cm closed tears to upper spine sides, some staining to rear board, annotation in pen & pencil to front pastedown & to rear ep, moderate browning to page edges & heavier browning to sps, bookseller's label to front pastedown, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier 1905

KEYWORDS: E Sherman Oakley Himalaya religion tradition travel history anthropology

$30.00
1w38/20

Gallipoli 1915: Tribute to Those Who Were There


TOWNSEND, COLIN

Small quarto, illus white light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black tape spine, v + 182pp, illus, VG+ (some soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Patricia Townsend 1999

KEYWORDS: Colin Townsend New Zealand First World War One WW1 Gallipoli military history

$12.00
xxsan86025

Gipsy Moth Circles the World


CHICHESTER, FRANCIS

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Francis Chichester Gipsy Moth IV nautical sailing history first edition

$40.00
1t18b/7

Historical Southland


HALL-JONES, F. G.

First edition, octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus rear pastedown, 212pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, heavy tanning to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: H & J Smith 1945

KEYWORDS: FG Hall-Jones New Zealand Southland history first edition

$70.00
1t18b/8

The History of Greenhills


BREMER, J. E.

Signed & dated by author, scarce, octavo, stapled green light card covers with white lettering to front, 63pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: J. E. Bremer 1976

KEYWORDS: JE Bremer New Zealand Greenhills Southland history signed

$37.50
1t18b/10

Te Tipua Revisited: Te Tipua School Centenary, 1907-2007


BUCKINGHAM, JANETTE (Ed)

Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, 56pp, illus, nr fine (price sticker to front cover)

PUBLISHER: (n/a)

KEYWORDS: Janette Buckingham New Zealand Te Tipua School centenary history

$85.00
ak3/22/3965

Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi


n/a

Small folio, mottled red/white boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated (but 14pp introduction + then mainly folding facsimile pages) VG+

PUBLISHER: AR Shearer Government Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi declaration independence Maori history

$50.00
1t18b/24

Official Southland Guide


FARNALL, HARRY

Lacks title page and two of the four folding maps, octavo, illus light card covers, 327pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (archival tape repairs to lower spine, moderately heavy creasing, staining & nicks to covers, lacks title page, lacks 2 of four folding maps, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Andrews Baty (printer) 1924 Bagnall F117

KEYWORDS: Harry Farnall New Zealand Southland guide reference travel tourism history

$60.00
1t18b/25

The Fortunate Soldier: With the New Zealand Army on Tongatabu 1943


FORD, MALCOLM

Ex library, octavo, spiral bound with clear plastic front & rear covers over illus light card front, vi + 123pp, illus, VG (some library markings, slight tanning to page edges, upper & lower plastic spiral ring broken)

PUBLISHER: Malcolm FOrd 1996

KEYWORDS: MalcolmFord military history New Zealand army 66th Battalion Canterbury Regiment Tonga World War Two Pacific

$75.00
1t18b/26

Marist Brothers in Invercargill, 1897 - 1997


WANDEN, K. P. W. & LATTA, GRAHAM R. (Ed)

Uncommon, quarto, white light card covers, red & white lettering to green & white front cover, 96pp, illus, VG+ (v light tanning to cover edges, v light soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Sycamore Print Ltd 1997 (Printer)

KEYWORDS: KPW Wanden New Zealand Invercargill Marist Brothers history

$100.00
1t18b/27

History of Lancaster Park Christchurch


REESE, T. W. & BRITTENDEN, R. T.

Authors copy? Appears annotated, and with associated ephemera loosely enclosed, quarto, tan light card covers with green cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, ii +41pp, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, light soiling & creasing to covers, annotation in black ink to upper front cover, annotations in black ink to inside front cover & occasional blank pages throughout,

PUBLISHER: (n/a)

KEYWORDS: TW Reese RT Brittenden New Zealand Lancaster Park Christchurch history

$25.00
1t18b/33

Great New Zealand Railway Journeys


HUTCHINS, GRAHAM

Oblong quarto, grey coth boards with silver lettering to spine, grey eps, illus title page, 176pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG-

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: Graham Hutchins New Zealand railway travel transport history memoirs

$25.00
1t18b/34

Tractor Nation: Working the Land in New Zealand


WILSON, JOHN

Quarto, illus light card covers, grey eps, illus title page, 240pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Random House 2013

KEYWORDS: John Wilson New Zealand tractors transport farming history

$25.00
1t18b/37

Pubs, Pints and People: 50 Years of the Invercargill Licensing Trust


LIND, CLIVE A.

Imperial octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Invercargill Licensing Trust 1994

KEYWORDS: Clive A Lind New Zealand Invercargill alcohol licensing pubs bars history

$35.00
1t18b/44

Hey-Day to May-day: Bluff Registered Fishing Boats Wrecked between 1960 - 1985


CHRISTIANSEN, PAT

Signed by author, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 102pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges, slight soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bluff History Group 2009

KEYWORDS: Pat Christiansen New Zealand Bluff fishing boats ships shipwrecks nautical history signed

$47.50
1t18b/45

Swift and Sure: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and Army Signalling in New Zealand


BARBER, LAURIE & LORD, CLIFF

Ex library, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, xvi + 296pp, illus, VG (usual library markings) in d/w, VG (usual library markings, taped to boards)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Signals Inc

KEYWORDS: Laurie Barbar Cliff Lord Royal New Zealand Corps signals army signalling military history

$38.00
1t19a/1

Borough of Invercargill New Zealand Jubilee Year Book: 1871 - 1921


N/A

Imperial octavo, red paper wrappers, 39pp, G+ (chipping & bruising to cover edges, 4cm & 5cm tears with loss to rear covers, soiling to covers & pages, archival tape repairs to spine, rust staining from staples, some foxing to pages & page edges, light creasing to pages & covers)

PUBLISHER: The Southland News Co. Ltd (printer) (nd)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Borough of Invercargill jubilee local history

$48.50
1t19a/2

My Mate Dick


IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & foxing to eps & page edges, small damp stain to upper edge of last few pages)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1962

KEYWORDS: Ion L Idriess Australia Austraian travel biography memoir history first edition

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