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$24.50
xxsch88352

Dirt: Filth and Decay in the New World Arcadia


WOOD, PAMELA

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: Auckland University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: specials pamela wood new zealand colonial settlers history dunedin

$18.50
xxsci88353

Other People's Wars: New Zealand in Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror


HAGER, NICKY

First edition, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2011

KEYWORDS: specials first edition nicky hager new zealand afghanistan terrorism war history military

$20.00
xxsci88355

Changing Times: New Zealand Since 1945


CARLYON, JENNY & MORROW, DIANE

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: Auckland University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: specials jenny carlyon diane morrow new zealand history war

$12.50
xxsci88357

The Patchwork Nation: Re-Thinking Government, Re-Building Community


EDGAR, DON

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: Harper Collins 2001

KEYWORDS: specials don edgar economics government history business

$22.50
xxsci88358

A Suitable Job for Young Ladies: Karitane Hospitals and Nurses New Zealand and Overseas 1907-2007


POWELL, JOYCE

Small 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Heritage 2007

KEYWORDS: specials joyce powell gender politics new zealand karitane history women

$35.00
xxsci88360

Missionary & Maori: Kerikeri 1819-1860


EASDALE, NOLA

Imperial 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: Te Waihora 1991

KEYWORDS: specials nola easdale kerikeri new zealand history treaty of waitangi settlers

$24.50
xxsci88362

A History of Drugs


MEZ-MANGOLD, LYDIA

Folio hardcover (VG-) in d/w (good+) 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: F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co 1971

KEYWORDS: specials lydia mez-mangold history drugs medicine cultue art

$30.00
1w9a/44

Home in the Howling Wilderness: Settlers and the Environment in Southen New Zealand


HOLLAND, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers, viii + 254pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Peter Holland New Zealand history pioneers settlers agriculture ecology environment

$16.50
xxsci88366

The Monstrance: A Waiheke Island Mystery


MCGILL, DAVID

First edition, octavo softcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Silver Owl 2003

KEYWORDS: specials first edition david mcgill waiheke island new zealand history true crime

$30.00
xxsci88373

The New Zealand Family from 1840: A Demographic History


POOL, IAN & DHARMALINGAM, ARUNACHALAM & SCEATS, JANET

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Auckland University 2007

KEYWORDS: specials ian pool arunachalam dharmalingam janet sceats new zealand history

$22.50
xxsci88375

Scandinavian Footprints: A Story of Scandinavians Settling in New Zealand


BREW, MARGIT

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: Egan Reid 2007

KEYWORDS: specials margit brew new zealand history economics politics culture language scandinavia

$38.50
ak4/8/2059

At the Margin of Empire: John Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900


ASHTON, JENNIFER

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: Auckland University 2015

KEYWORDS: specials jennifer ashton new zealand history john webster maori politics culture biography

$185.00
1w9b/10

Art and Artists of Oceania


MEAD, SIDNEY M. & KERNOT, BERNIE (Eds)

First edition, small quarto, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to black spine, illus yellow eps, 308pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards, slight browning to page edges) in d/w, VG (some fading to spine, light rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Sidney M Mead Bernie Kernot Oceania Oceanic New Zealand polynesian pacific island micronesian melanesian art artists history anthropology first edition

$40.00
1w9b/12

Chinese and Exotic Rugs


EILAND, MURRAY L.

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 246pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight foxing & soiling to page edges, small nicks to edge of page 246) in d/w, VG (heavy fading to spine & parts of covers, light bruising to edges, slight soiling)

PUBLISHER: A. Zwemmer Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: Murray L Eiland Chinese exotic oriental rugs rug weaving history collecting

$175.00
1w9b/17

Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger


With maps, illustrations, and plans

VANDELEUR, SEYMOUR & GOLDIE, SIR GEORGE T. (Intro)

Folding maps at p148 & p303 & p266 all present, folding plate also present & complete, previous ownership of Captain W. P. Morgan MBE, octavo, dark green cloth boads with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxvii + 320pp + 40pp book catalogue, illus, VG (bookseller's label to front board, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, slight rubbing to boards, light tanning to eps, light foxing & tanning to page edges, tear repaired with tape to p148 map, v light sporadic foxing)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1898

KEYWORDS: Seymour Vandeleur Upper Nile Niger military history autobiography memoir

$45.00
1w9b/32

An Englishman's Recollections of Egypt 1863 to 1887 with an Epilogue dealing with the Present Time 1914


DE KUSEL, BARON (BEY)

Ex library, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xiv + folding map + 352pp + 16pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (usu library markings incl. label to front board, moderate staining & soiling to boards, slight fraying to spine sides45 & board edges, browning to page edges & eps, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Lane 1915

KEYWORDS: Baron de Kusel BEY Egypt history autobiography

$195.00
1w9b/33

The Official Handbook of New Zealand: A Collection of Papers by Experienced Colonists on the Colony as Whole, and on the Several Provinces


VOGEL, SIR JULIUS (Ed)

Original binding, octavo, light card covers with black letteringx + 272pp, illus incl. folding maps & illus, G+ (most of spine missing, section of text block loose, heavy browning to covers & page edges, number in ink to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Wyman & SOns 1875

KEYWORDS: Sir Julius Vogel New Zealand handbook reference history

$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

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