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Journey into Dolphin Dreamtime
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Horace Dobbs dolphins natural history health healing medicine mental wellbeing
The Light Garden of the Angel King: Journeys in Afghanistan
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Levi Afghanistan history travel memoirs travelogue first edition
An Anzac's Story
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin / Viking 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Roy Kyle Australia Australia ANZAC first world war one ww1 wwI military auytobiography memoir history
Tribe of the War God: Ngati Tumatauenga
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Heritage New Zealand 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Taylor New Zealand Army Ngati Tumatauenga military history
Living with the Past: Historical Buildings of the Waimairi District
Oblong 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Waimairi District Council / Caxton Press (Printer) (nd)
KEYWORDS: specials Pauline Bennett Gael Brooks Peter Cowey Jennifer Hailton Simon Heppelthwaite New Zealand Waimairi district architecture houses buildings history
The Story of the Road from the Beginning down to AD 1931
First edition, super 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Alexander Maclehose & Co 1931
KEYWORDS: first edition specials JW Gregory roads transport archaeology ancient history prehistoric development construction building
King of Counties
Small quarto, orange boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG (light staining to lower board edges, some tanning to page edges, relevant newspaper cutting glued to half-title page) in d/w, VG (some archival tape repairs to spine extrems & edges, some small closed tears to edges, creasing to flap folds)
PUBLISHER: Southland County COuncil 1977
KEYWORDS: FWG Miller New Zealand SOuthland Country Council local history
New Zealand Memories
Super 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1935
KEYWORDS: specials Brenda Guthrie New Zealand history Maori
England in the Age of Improvement 1783-1867
Small quarto hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Asa Briggs Folio Society English history England
Britannia: A History of Roman Britain
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in slipcase (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Sheppard Folio Society English history Roman Britain
The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First World War
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Pugsley ANZAC New Zealand Australia first world war one ww1 wwI military history
Sacred Origins of Profound Things: The Stories Behind the Rites and Rituals of the World's Religion
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1997
KEYWORDS: specias Charles Panati religion theology rites rituals history
Lumpenbourgeoisie, Lumpendevelopment: Dependence, Class, and Politics in Latin America
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Monthly Review Press 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Andre Gunder Frank Latin America American politics economics history
Great Southern Landings: An Anthology of Antipodean Travel
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Jan Bassett Australia New Zealand Antipodes travel memoirs travelogue history short stories fiction essays anthology
Colonial Experiences
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Capper Press Reprint 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Alexander Bathgate New Zealand Otago history Dunedin goldfields
Alexandra, A Place in the Sun: A History of the Alexandra Borough Council, Central Otago, 1867 - 1989
Super octavo, green cloth boards, v +278pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light browning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing, rubbing & bruising with some loss to surface, chipping & small tears to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Central Otago District Council Alexandra New Zealand 1990
KEYWORDS: Gordon Ramage New Zealand Alexandra Borough Council local history
The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands
Octavo, light brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 624pp +28pp plates at rear, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, bookseller's stamps to f.e.p, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light soiling & creasing, bruising & chipping to edges, 3cm untidy closed tear to front)
PUBLISHER: Johnston and Bacon 1977 (Eighth Edition)
KEYWORDS: Frank Adam Scotland Scottish Highland clans septs regiments tartans customs history
A Visitor's Guide to Edinburgh
Second issue, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers with black lettering, 20pp, illus, VG+ (v. light foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Rebel Inc Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: Irvine Welsh Kevin Williamson Edinburgh travel tourism history
A History of the Borough and Town of Calne and some account of the villages in its vicinity
Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board with black coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xxvi + 388pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (some fraying to spine sides & extrems, some staining & browning to boards, lacks fep, some foxing throughout, some browning to page edges, closed tear to large folding map)
PUBLISHER: Robert S Heath1903
KEYWORDS: AEW Marsh Rev EH Goddard Harold Brakspear Calne history architecture Calne church Lacock Abbey Bradenstoke Priory Wiltshire
Bridging Divides: The Channel Tunnel and English Legal Identity in the New Europe
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Eve Darian-Smith England English law national identity Europe European politics history