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$22.50
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London: Portrait of a City


HUDSON, ROGER

hardcover imperial octavo (fine) in slip case (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Roger Hudson London travel history illus

$14.00
xxhuh89450

Huia: An Album From the Past


LAING, NORMAN

stapled softcover oblong super octavo (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: Lodestar Press n/d

KEYWORDS: specials Norman Laing new zealand regional local pictorial history photographs auckland illus huia

$26.50
xxhuh89451

Kauri Timber Dams


DIAMOND, J. T. & HAYWARD, B. W.

stapled softcover octavo (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: Lodestar Press n/d (circa 1970s)

KEYWORDS: specials J T Diamond B W Hayward new zealand regional local pictorial history illus industry timber kauri dams

$16.50
xxhuh89452

Tracks and Trains Through Henderson


LOWE, DAVID

stapled softcover quarto (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: Lodestar Press n/d

KEYWORDS: specials David Lowe new zealand local regional history auckland industry trains rail locomotive illus henderson

$22.50
xxhuh89453

Rails Across The Ranges


LOWE, DAVID

stapled softcover super octavo (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: Lodestar Press n/d

KEYWORDS: specials David Lowe new zealand local regional history auckland industry trains rail locomotive illus waitakere ranges

$30.00
xxhuh89456

W. B. Yeats: A Life: The Apprentice Mage 1865 - 1914


FOSTER, R. F.

FIRST EDITION, hardcover super octavo (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 1997

KEYWORDS: first edition specials R F Foster W B Yeats literary biography history

$39.50
xxhuh89457

Otago's Breweries Past and Present


LECKIE, FRANK G.

Quarto 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: Otago Heritage Books 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Frank G Leckie new zealand otago regional history breweries beer industry illus dunedin

$70.00
1t4c/8

Gothic Sculpture in France 1140 - 1270


Photographs by Max Hirmer

SAUERLANDER, WILLIBALD

quarto, olive green cloth boards with gilt dolphin emblem to front board and gilt lettering to spine, 527pp, inc 310 b/w plates, illus VG+ (very light scuffs to board corners, very slight tanning to eps and page edges) in d/w VG (2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light rubbing, a few chips and scuffs to edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1972

KEYWORDS: Willibad Sauerlander art gothic sculpture photographic history france europe

$75.00
1t4c/11

The Colonial New Zealand Wars


RYAN, TIM & PARHAM, BILL

First edition, small quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1986

KEYWORDS: first edition Tim Ryan Bill Parham New Zealand wars illustrated miitary history Maori British army colonists

$60.00
1t4c/29

The Minami Organ


TATSURO, IZUMIYA & CHAIN, U. TUN AUNG (Trans)

Imperial octavo, black boards, ix + 2xfrontispiece + 214pp, illus, VG- (some staining to boards, heavy browning to eps, some tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (*heavy staining & chaffing, creasing & bruising to spine upper extrem & edges)

PUBLISHER: Translation & Publications Dept U Soe Myint Rangoon University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Izumiya Tatsuro Minami Organ Imperial Japanese Army Burma Burmese Army military history Pacific World War Two

$100.00
1t4c/30

An Account of the Polynesian Race: It's Origin and Migrations


and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I.

FORNANDER, ABRAHAM

3 volumes in one reprint, ex library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine on black panel, frontispiece, xiii + x + 247pp + folding genealogy chart + v + 399pp + x + 292pp + xiv + 86pp VG (light tanning and slight foxing, light wear, closed tear to folding chart) in d/w VG (plastic covered, slight wear)

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1969

KEYWORDS: Abraham Fornander polynesia history anthropology geneaology hawaii Kamehameha I sociology

$75.00
1t4c/41

Thomas Brunner: His Life and Great Journeys


HOST, EMILY

imperial octavo, glossy illus heavy card boards, 288pp, illus, VG+ (ownership inscription in black ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Emily Host Thomas Brunner new zealand history travel illus

$40.00
1t4c/45

The Hills of Herbert


The story of the Hill Family with its N.Z. origins in Herbert

HILL, DAVE E. A.

quarto, black illus light card covers, 142pp, illus, VG (very light wear, owner's signature in blue ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitestone Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: Dave E A Hill Herbert local history new zealand otago biography

$40.00
1t5a/1

The South and East African Year Book and Guide for 1934 with Atlas and Diagrams


BANDWELL, WILLIAM (ed.)

octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board and spine, black illus decoration to front and rear boards, 29pp ads + lxiv + 1130pp + 64 maps + 107 ads, G+ (boards slightly warped, moderately stained and lightly scuffed, pages tanned, eps stamped in with purple ink, some pages creased, bookmark string hanging by a bare thread)

PUBLISHER: Sampson, Low, Martson & Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: William Bandwell africa annual reference maps guide statistics history

$87.50
ak2/10/1123

Waiheke Island: A History


MONIN, PAUL

scarce, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 229pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight rubbing to covers, light creasing to upper edges, small 1cm closed tear to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1992

KEYWORDS: Paul Monin Waiheke Island new zealand auckland regional local history illus

$22.50
xxsct89477

Gustave Courbet


MAC, GERSTLE

first edition, hardcover super octavo (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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1951

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Gerstle Mack Gustave Courbet biography visual art history

$30.00
xxsct89482

Afghan True & Unique History


The Meeting Place for the East and West Cultures

MUBTAKIR, GHULAM NABI

softcover imperial octavo (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: Nabi Mubtakir 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Ghulam Nabi Mubtakir afghanistan history middle east sociology

$14.00
xxsct89483

Private View


COOK, BERYL

softcover imperial octavo (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: Penguin 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Beryl Cook art history biography illus painting

$20.00
xxsct89489

The Edge of the Town: Historic Caversham as Seen Through its Streets and Buildings


RUTHERFORD, ALMA

stapled softcover imperial octavo (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: Otago Regional Committee 1983 (second impression)

KEYWORDS: specials Alma Rutherford new zealand dunedin local regional history caversham illus

$20.00
xxsct89491

In Search of Ancient New Zealand


CAMPBELL, HAMISH & HUTCHING, GERARD

Imperial octavo softcover with french flaps (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: Penguin 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Hamish Campbell Gerard Hutching new zealand history science geography geology illus

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