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$22.50
xxsdi91026

Captain Cook's Hawaii as seen by his Artists


MURRAY-OLIVER, ANTHONY

Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Murray-Oliver Captain James Cook Hawaii art history

$35.00
xxsdj91028

Otepopo and Herbert Township


MCKENZIE, DOROTHY

Small 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: Otago Heritage Books 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Dorothy McKenzie New Zealand Otepopo Herbert local history

$16.50
xxsdj91043

Middle East Past and Present


ARMAJANI, YAHYA

Octavo hardcover (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: Prentice-Hall 1970

KEYWORDS: specials Yahya Armajani Middle East history culture sociology

$39.50
1u31/20

On a Saturday Night: Community Halls of Small-Town New Zealand


FREY, MICHELE & NEWMAN, SARA & MAILLARD, JOHN (Photo) & O'MALLEY, JOHN (Photo)

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps. 295pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Michele Frey Sara Newman John Maillard John O'Malley New Zealand local community halls history

$40.00
1u31/22

Making Representations: Museums in the Post-Colonial Era


SIMPSON, MOIRA G.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xi +336pp, illus, VG+ (v light bruising to cover edges, v light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2001

KEYWORDS: Moira G Simpson museum museums exhibitions ethics history

$70.00
1u31/26

'Hauhau': The Pai Marire Search for Maori Identity


CLARK, PAUL

octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 186pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling & foxing to page edges & rear ep) in d/w, VG (light soiling creasing & fading)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Paul Clark New Zealand Pai Marire Hauhau Maori identity cultural social history

$85.00
1u31/27

New Zealand Pottery: Commercial and Collectable


HENRY, GAIL & PFEIFFER, KRZYZTOF (Photos)

Quarto, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, light green eps, 270pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1999

KEYWORDS: Gail Henry Krzysztof Pfeiffer New Zealand art pottery ceramics collecting history

$70.00
1u31/32

The Twilight Hour: A Personal Account of World War I


TAYLOR, WILLIAM

Small octavo, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 111pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (some soiling to rear, 1cm closed tear to front lower edge, label residue stain to front)

PUBLISHER: William Taylor / Arrow Press 1978

KEYWORDS: William Taylor New Zealand First World War One WWI memoir autobiography soldier military history

$40.00
1u31/41

Catlins Rail: The Story of the Catlins River Branch Railway 1879-1971


TYRRELL, A. R.

Imperial octavo, illus green light card covers with black lettering, frontispiece, 80pp, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover, light rubbing to edges, previous owners details within)

PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society 1996

KEYWORDS: AR Tyrrell New Zealand Catlins River Branch transport history railway trains

$50.00
ak3/21/3943

Caught Mapping:The Life and Times of New Zealand's Early Surveyors


HOLM, JANET

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, frontispiece, 302pp, illus, VG (sunning to spine, prev owners name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Janet Holm New Zealand surveying surveyors biography history mapping exploration

$9.00
xxsdj91067

One Family's War


MAYHEW, PATRICK (Ed)

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: Futura / Macdonald 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Patrick Mayhew second world war two ww2 wwII Lady Mayhew letters correspondence memoirs history biography

$40.00
2g11a/5

A Companion to Western Historical Thought


(Blackwell Companions to History Series)

KRAMER, LLOYD & MAZA, SARAH (Eds)

Imperial octavo, white light card covers with black lettering to spine and illustration to front, xii + 520pp, VG+ (v light soiling & rubbing to covers, v slight bruising to front cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: Lloyd Kramer Sarah Maza history philosophy historical thinking thought multiculturalism post-colonialism technology essays

$245.00
2g11a/10

The Pipe-Rolls or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Revenues of the Crown for the COunties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Durham during the Reigns of Henry II, RIchard I, and John


n/a

Professionally re-bound, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, brown leather spine with gilt lettering between six raised bands, lxxv + 250pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to spine, some browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1847

KEYWORDS: English history Cumberland Westmorland Durham Crown revenue finances government reference

$75.00
2g11a/16

Queer Masculinities, 1550-1800: Siting Same-Sex Desire in the Early Modern World


O'DONNELL, KATHERINE & O'ROURKE, MICHAEL (Eds)

Octavo, grey heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, xxix + 257pp, fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2006

KEYWORDS: Katherine O'Donnell Michael O'Rourke essays anthology homosexualtiy gender same-sex sexuality Renaissance Enlightenment history

$40.00
2g11a/18

Structures and Subjectivities: Attending to Early Modern Women


HARTMAN, JOAN E. & SEEFF, ADELE (Eds)

Super octavo, blackcloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 394pp, illus, nr fine (slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges, v light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: University of Delaware Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Joan E Hartman Adele Seeff women gender studies politics economics social cultural history

$25.00
xxsdk91092

Portrait of Patearoa


N/A

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: Patearoa School and District 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Patearoa school district local family biographies history memoirs

$14.00
xxsdk91099

The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty


KELLEY, KITTY

Imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Kitty Kelley Bush family American politics biography history

$15.00
xxsdk91102

Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York


CUDAHY, BRIAN J.

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: Fordham University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Brian J Cudahy New York nautical maritime history memoirs autobiography

$14.50
xxsdk91103

Greek and Roman Architecture


Second Edition

ROBERTSON, D. S.

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: Cambridge University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: specials DS Robertson ancient Greek Roman architcture buildings history

$14.00
xxsdk91104

The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai


SUMMERS, JULIE

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: Simon & Schuster 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Julie Summers Philip Toosey second world war two ww2 wwII military biography history

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