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$80.00
1w9b/38

Charles Fleming's Cape Expedition Diary, Auckland Islands 1942-43


FLEMING, CHARLES & MCEWEN, MARY (Ed)

Inscribed & signed by editor, first edition, super octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (tiny stain to front cover)

PUBLISHER: McEwen Assoc 2006

KEYWORDS: first edition Charles Alexander Fleming Mary McEwen New Zealand biography Auckland Islands geology ornithology entomology science natural history

$120.00
1w9b/44

The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume VII Part I The Hellenistic World


Second Edition

WALBANK, F. W. & ASTIN, A. E. (Eds)

This volume only, small quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 641pp, VG+ (small stain to front board) in d/w, VG, VG+

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: ancient history Greek Hellenistic world Ptolemaic Egypt Seleucid Asia Macedonia Greece Sicily Pergamum

$425.00
2c12c/8

Sarajevo: A Study in the Origins of the Great War


SETON-WATSON, R. W.

First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to to spine, blind rule to front board edges, 303pp + 8pp book catalogue, VG (soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges eps & prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. (nd, 1926)

KEYWORDS: RW Seton-Watson first world war ww1 wwI origins politics military history

$35.00
2c12c/9

The Lives of Colonial Objects


COOPER, ANNABEL & PATERSON, LACHY & WANHALLA, ANGELA (Eds)

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 368pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing to covers, prev owners name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Annabel Cooper Lachy Paterson ngela Wanhalla New Zealand colonial history objects artifacts essays

$55.00
2c12c/12

Auckland Cricket, 1841-1901: The Victorian Era


ALLNATT, JIM

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, illus heavy card boards, vii + 237pp, illus, nr fine (small dent to lower rear board edge, v light rubbing to baords)

PUBLISHER: Jim Allnatt 2008

KEYWORDS: Jim Allnatt New Zealand Auckland cricket sport history statistics signed

$77.50
2c12c/14

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy


MCKINNEY, J. B.

Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, xv + 462pp, folding maps, illus, VG (slight soiling & rubbing to boards, large patch of damp damage to lower rear board, slight soiling to eps, v light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & rubbing, damp damage to lower rear, light bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington New Zealand 1952

KEYWORDS: JB McKinney medical units 2 NZEF Middle East ItalyNew Zealand official military history

$100.00
2c12c/42

Marion Dufresne at the Bay of Islands


KELLY, LESLIE G.

First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 114pp, illus, VG (light bruising and sunning to board extrems, light tanning to eps, prev owners sign in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing and foxing to covers, light sunning to spine, moderate creasing and chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1951

KEYWORDS: Leslie G Kelly Marion Dufrense New Zealand exploration history

$45.00
2c12c/47

The South Seas in Transition: A Study of Post-War Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Three British Pacific Dependencies


STANNER, W. E. H.

Octavo, teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 448pp, VG (light soiling to boards, ight bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to board corners, light foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading & tanning esp to spine, slight soiling, slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Australasian Publishing Company 1953

KEYWORDS: WEH Stanner British Pacific Islands Dependencies Papua New Guinea Fiji Western Samoa politics economics history

$60.00
2c12c/50

The Third Ypres: Passchendaele: The Day-by-Day Account


MCCARTHY, CHRIS

First edition, quarto, black cloth boards, gilt bands to spine, 158pp, illus, nr fine (light rubbing to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to upper edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Arms & Armour Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Chris McCarthy Third Ypres Passchendaele first world war ww1 wwI military history first edition

$42.50
2c12d/1

Cricketing Colonists: The Brittan Brothers in Early Canterbury


RICE, GEOFFREY & RYMAN, FRANCES

Octavo, illus light card covers, 328pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, slight bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Rice Frances Ryman New Zealand Canterbury William Guise Brittan Joseph Brittan local history biography

$750.00
2c12d/19

The Royal Navy: A History, from the Earliest Times to the Present. In Seven Volumes


CLOWES, WM. LAIRD

7 volume set in original bindings, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & motif to spine, gilt motif to front boards, t.e.g, dark blue eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 698pp, xiv + 593pp, xix +609pp, xiv +624pp, xix +623pp, xvi +592pp, xvi +627pp (vols I-VII respectively), illus, VG (moderate rubbing to boards, some bruising to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board corners, owner's bookplate to front pastedowns, light tanning to tissue guards, light foxing to prelims & page edges) HEAVY SET - postage will be a factor so priced accordingly

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Ltd 1897 (vol I), 1898 (vols II & III) 1899 (vol IV), 1900 (vol V) 1901 (vol VI) 1903 (vol VII)

KEYWORDS: Wm William Laird Clowes Royal Navy military nautical naval history

$75.00
2c12d/26

My Railway Life


MCGRATH, LAURIE

Quarto, illus light card covers, 213pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to covers & page edges, slight bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Laurie McGrath 2011

KEYWORDS: Laurie McGrath Australia Australian railways trains autobiography memoir history

$22.50
xxscj88413

Hear Our Voices, We Entreat: The Extraordinary Story of New Zealand's National Anthems


CRYER, MAX

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Exisle Pubishing 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Max Cryer New Zealand national anthem music history

$185.00
2c12d/41

...Give me Taihape on a Saturday Night: 1894 - 1994


ROBERTSON, DENIS

Limited numbered edition (no. 23 of 250), signed & dated by author, oblong quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, a.e.g., illus title page, 352pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, v light wear to gilt on page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Denis Robertson New Zealand Taihape local history limited numbered signed edition

$14.00
xxscj88429

Memories of Caithness


UNCLES, CHRISTOPHER

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Uncles Caithness Scotland Scottish local history

$16.50
xxscj88430

Vintage Wick


RICHARDS, CLIVE (Ed)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: North of Scotland Newspapers (nd, 1989?)

KEYWORDS: specials Clive Richards Wick Scotland Scottish local photographic pictorial history

$10.00
xxscj88440

The Shadows of Elisa Lynch


REES, SIAN

Super octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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 2003

KEYWORDS: specials sian rees elisa lynch history

$22.50
xxscj88441

The Mighty Totara: The Life and Times of Norman Kirk


GRANT, DAVID

First edition, super octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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: Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: specials first edition david grant norman kirk prime minister politics new zealand history

$30.00
xxscj88444

Woburn ( Te Umumamaku)


JOHNSTON, WARWICK

Octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Hutt City Libraries 2002

KEYWORDS: specials warwick johnston woburn te umumamaku history

$24.50
xxscj88445

Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices, Politics


MOORE-GILBERT, BART

Super octavo softcover (nr fine) illus; 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: Verso 1997

KEYWORDS: specials bart moore gilbert postcolonialism politics history culture

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