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$45.00
2g24a/28

A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam


LE MAY, REGINALD

Imperial octavo in slipcase, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt buddha motif to front board, gilt eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 169pp + 2 folding maps, illus with 205 b&w photos, VG (staining to rear eps, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, slight creasing to edges) in cardboard slipcase, VG- (some soiling, owner's name in ink)

PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle Co 1963

KEYWORDS: Reginald Le May Siam Buddhism Buddhist art history sculpture architecture

$135.00
2g24a/34

The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife, 1840-1847


RUTHERFORD, J. (Ed) & MATHEW, FELTON

First edition, lacks f.e.p., red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 267pp, illus, VG (f.e.p. missing, owner's name in ink to upper front pastedown, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (slight soiling, light tanning, section of damage to spine with small hole, creasing to edges, chipping to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to front)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: J Rutherford Felton Mathew New Zealand autobiography memoirs journal diary history

$50.00
2g24a/41

The Prisoner of Chiloane; or, with the Portuguese in South-East Africa


MACKAY, WALLIS

Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering & black rule to front board, gilt lettering to spine, black coated eps, 184pp, illus, VG- (soiling & browning to boards, fraying & bruising to spine extres, light scuffing & rubbing to board edges & corners, insect damage hole to front board, browning to page edges, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Trischler and Co 1890

KEYWORDS: Wallis Mackay Portuguese South-east Africa Portugal travel history memoir

$16.50
xxsdg90870

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (28 Selected Chapters)


GIBBON, EDWARD

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Edward Gibbon Roman Empire ancient history

$40.00
2d23/2

Seeds of Change


HOBHOUSE, HENRY

Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 372pp, illus, Near FINE in Near FINE slipcase

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: Henry Hobhouse plants agriculture natural history Folio Society

$120.00
2d23/11

Shipping Wonders of the World: A Saga of the Sea in Story and Picture


WINCHESTER, CLARENCE (Ed)

Two-volume set, large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt ship motif to spine, blind embossed lettering & bind embossed ship motif to front board, frontispiece, 1764pp in two volumes, illus, VG- (some rubbing & staining to boards, scuffing to board edges, light fraying to spine extrems & 2cm closed tear to upper spine side, some tanning & foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals, reference label to feps, v unattractive large diagonal browned sellotape repair to page 837) VERY HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: Amalgamated Press (circa 1937)

KEYWORDS: nautical marine naval history shipping boats sailing trade whaling adventure the sea oceans travel

$70.00
2d23/29

Manly Affections: The Photographs of Robert Gant 1885-1915


BRICKELL, CHRIS

Imperial octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 208pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Genre Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Chris Brickell Robert Gant photography gender studies sexuality homosexuality masculinity art history

$130.00
1u31/6

Annals of a New Zealand Family: The Household of Gilbert Mair, Early Pioneer


JACKSON, MRS J. HOWARD

Signed limited numbered (131/400) edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt initials to front board, frontispiece, 151pp + 6pp book adverts, illus, VG (light sunning to spine and light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate browning to spine and covers, light chipping and scuffing to spine extrems and flap corners, small spot of surface loss to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1935

KEYWORDS: Mrs J Howard Jackson signed New Zealand Gilbert Mair biography local history

$45.00
1u31/9

Woodwork: My First Seventy Years


LYNN, BOB

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 120pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG+ (v light soiling & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: The Lynn Historical Woodworking Trust Inc.1992

KEYWORDS: Bob Lynn New Zealand woodwork woodworking craft timber tools history autobiography

$55.00
1u31/15

The Day Before Yesterday: A Short History of The Bay of Islands


HARCOURT, MELVILLE

Dated signed inscription by author tipped in to f.e.p., also a two page typed signed letter by author loosely enclosed, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi +253pp + 5pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (light rubbing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 16cm crack along outer rear hinge, light fading to spine, light foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning to page edge)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940

KEYWORDS: Melville Harcourt New Zealand the Bay of Islands local history signed

$42.50
1u31/16

The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force)


FREEMAN, ROGER A. & RABBETS, JOHN B. (Illus)

Quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus, VG- (lengthy owner inscription to front pastedown, occasional highlighting & annotation, slight bruising to lower spine extrem, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (some soiling, light tanning, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday and Company 1978

KEYWORDS: Roger A Freeman 8th US army air force aviation military history

$45.00
1u31/17

Promised Land: From Dunedin to the Dunstan Goldfields


SYDNEY, GRAHAME

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, 160pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: Grahame Sydney New Zealand Central Otago goldmining goldfields history

$25.00
xxsdh90924

Bodies Politic: Disease, Death amd Doctors in Britain, 1650 - 1900


PORTER, ROY

Imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Reaktion Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Roy Portter Britain British medicine medical doctors diseases health history

$22.50
xxsdh90925

Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence


BURKE, PETER

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: Reaktion Books 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Burke media film photographs art images visual evidence history

$28.50
xxsdh90955

Poverty, Ethnicity, and the American City, 1840-1925: Changing Conceptions of the Slum and the Ghetto


WARD, DAVID

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: Cambridge University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: specials David Ward American culture politics sociology economics history poverty

$30.00
xxsdh90956

Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America


SIGAL, PETE (ed)

Super 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: The University of Chicago Press 2003

KEYWORDS: specials Pete Sigal homosexuality sexuality gender politics history Latin America culture eroticism colonialism

$10.00
xxsdh90957

We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage


CURTIN, KAIER

Ex lilbrary, 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: Alyson 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Kaier Curtin sexuality homosexuality gay history criticism stage drama American theater broadway

$19.50
xxsdi90966

Wrinkly Tin: The Story of Corrugated Iron in New Zealand


THOMSON, STUART

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: Steele Roberts 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Stuart Thomson corrugated iron New Zealand history pioneering architecture

$16.50
xxsdi90968

Vienna: 1841-1918: Designs for Architecture


WAGNER, OTTO

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: Museum of Modern Art 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Otto Wagner Vienna modern design 20th century history art architecture

$22.50
xxsdi90977

Immortal Sails: A Story of the Welsh Port and some of its Ships


HUGHES, HENRY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: T. Stephenson & Sons 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Henry Hughes history Welsh Portmadoc North Wales ships sailing voyaging

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