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$175.00
2f51/27

The Irish in Australia


HOGAN, JAMES FRANCIS

Ex library, octavo, yellow heavy card boards with black lettering, 349pp, G+ (usu library markings, tape repair to spine, heavy staining & scuffing to boards & spine, heavy browning to page edges, heavy browning & foxing to prelims & terminals, gouge to lower edge first two pages, small circular hole to rear ep, v occasional underlining in pencil, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: George Robertson & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: James Francis Hogan Australian history Irish immigration

$65.00
2f51/42

Mails by Rail in New Zealand: The Story of the Railway Travelling Post Offices of New Zealand


JOHNSTONE, ALBERT & STARTUP, ROBIN & BERRY, ALLAN (Ed)

Small folio, red boards wit gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 206pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Royal Philatelic Societ of New Zealand 2001

KEYWORDS: Robin Startup Albert Johnstone Allan Berry New Zealand railways transport post office postal delivery mail philately history

$48.50
2g34a/5

Seven Lives on Salt River


SCOTT, DICK

First edition, signed by author, small quarto, blue boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG (some bruising & chaffing to board edges, corners & spine extrems) in d/w, VG. Photos available on request

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton / Southern Cross Books 1987

KEYWORDS: first edition signed Dick Scott New Zealand Kaipara Harbour Ngati Whatua Salt River local history

$30.00
2g34a/14

Lyttelton Port and Town: An Illustrated History


RICE, GEOFFREY W.

Large quarto, illus red light card covers with yellow lettering, illus fep & verso, 164pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey W Rice New Zealand Lyttelton local history photographic portrait

$50.00
2g34a/19

Australians at War in New Zealand


GLEN, FRANK

Small quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, 299pp, illus, nr fine (small crease/indentation to front board) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Willsonscott Publishing International 2011

KEYWORDS: Frank Glen Australians New Zealand colonies colonial military history

$25.00
xxsef92685

Crucible of Change: Matamata County since 1945


JENSON, KAI

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: Chesterman Communications Ltd 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Kai Jenson New Zealand Matamata County local history

$25.00
xxsef92686

Tales of a Town Clerk


HODGSON, C. W. D.

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: Kaiapoi Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: specials CWD Hodgson New Zealand autobiography history

$30.00
xxsef92690

New Zealand Cavalcade of Antique Arms


N/A

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: New Zealand Antique Arms Association Incorporated 1979

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand antique arms weapons weaponry guns swords medals bayonets history care maintenance

$27.50
xxsef92691

Two Peoples One Land: A History of Aotearoa/New Zealand, Especially for Young Readers


LOCKE, ELSIE

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: GP Publications Ltd 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Elsie Locke children's New Zealand history reference education

$32.50
xxsef92696

The History of Eltham, New Zealand: Cradle of the Dairy Export Industry


ANDREWS, H. J.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Eltham Borough Council 1959

KEYWORDS: specials H. J. Andrews Eltham New Zealand history agriculture dairy industry pioneering

$30.00
xxseg92699

The Wanganui River Digest


BATES, ARTHUR P.

Quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Wanganui 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Arthur P. Bates Wanganui river New Zealand history

$12.50
xxseg92745

The Language of Smell


BURTON, ROBERT

Ex library, Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Burton natural history wildlife zoology

$20.00
xxseg92747

Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry - Custer's Favorite Regiment


MULFORD, AMI FRANK

1970 Facsimile reprint, 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: Paul Lindsley Mulford 1970

KEYWORDS: specials A. F. Mulford memoir diary autobiography North American Indians history

$22.50
xxfoe92789

Impact Erebus


VETTE, GORDON & MACDONALD, JOHN

First edition, Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Gordon Vette John MacDonald Erebus antartic aviation history plane disasters

$75.00
2g18a/3

The Irish Factor 1899-1919: Ireland's Strategic and Diplomatic Importance for Foreign Powers


DE WIEL, JEROME AAN

Imperial octavo, glossy heavy card boards with red & black lettering, xx + 428pp, nr fine (small crease to historupper corner of last two pages)

PUBLISHER: Irish Academic Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Jerome Aan de Wiel Ireland Irish military history politics espionage Austria Hungary France Germany

$245.00
2g18a/5

Angola and The River Congo: Volume II


MONTEIRO, JOACHIM JOHN

This volume only, missing two plates, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule to front boardc & blind rule to rear board, 340pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, slight staining to boards, light chaffing to spine sides, prizegiving label to front pastedown, browning to page edges, some foxing, two plates missing, plate XIV loose, occasion closed tears to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1875

KEYWORDS: Joachim John Monteiro Angola River Congo history travel culture anthropology

$40.00
2g18a/8

Political Leadership in New Zealand


MILER, RAYMOND & MINTROM, MICHAEL (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, vii + 262pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Raymond Miller Michael Mintrom New Zealand politics political science history leadership articles elections voting MMP

$60.00
2g18a/11

Management and Productivity Improvement in Japan


MIKAMI, TATSUKI

Super octavo, blue & white light card covers with black lettering, xiii + 113pp, illus, VG (some tanning to spine & page edges)

PUBLISHER: JMA Consultants 1982

KEYWORDS: Tatsuki Mikami Japan Japanese business management marketing socio-economics history

$75.00
2g18a/14

De Wereld Van Boven


VIRULY, A

relevant photographs & maps tipped in to prelims & terminals, large quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, 54pp, illus, VG (some staining & tanning to boards, light scuffing to spine base, light tanning to page edges, some foxing & tanning to eps, light tanning elsewhere) TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE

PUBLISHER: Douwe Egberts (n/d) but all handwritten captions dated 1936/1937?

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH A Viruly pilot de wereld van Boven KLM aviation history aircraft aeroplanes Holland Netherlands

$80.00
2g18a/28

Australien und Tasmanien Nach eigener Anschauung und Forschung


LAUTERER, DR JOSEPH

Ex library, first edition, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, kangaroo motif to spine, coloured illus to front board, blindstamped decorative pattern to centre of rear board, 2 x frontispiece, one with tissueguard, x + 480pp, illus + folding map to rear, 2pp book ads to rear, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy browning to spine & page edges, heavy dampstaining to aprox first 10 and last 10 pages, owner's name stamp to prelims, occasional light foxing) TEXT IN GERMAN

PUBLISHER: Herdersche Verlagshandlung 1900

KEYWORDS: first edition Dr Joseph Lauterer Australia Tasmania history anthropology TEXT IN GERMAN

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