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Sitting in the Gods
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: Meanjin 1996
KEYWORDS: specials art history mythology theatre plays script classics
Paris Tales
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: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Helen Constantine collection anthology Paris France history travel
3,096 Days
Octavo hardcover (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: Penguin 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Natascha Kampusch true crime abduction history
Australia's Butterflies
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: Kangaroo 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Wilson Australian butterlies natural history insects photography
Gielgud: A Theatrical Life
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: Methuen 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Jonathan Croall biography history theatre acting
Murder in Samarkand: A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror
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: Mainstream 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Craig Murray current affairs biography British governement terrorism history
Aspects of Death in the Early Greek Art and Poetry
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: University of California Press 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Emily Vermeule greek mythoogy art history poetry literature culture
Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music
Quarto 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: Canterbury University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Philip Norman composer music history New Zealand Sympathy Orchestra biography
A Pastoral Kingdom Divided: Cheviot, 1889-1994
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: Bridget William 1992
KEYWORDS: specials W. J. Gardner New Zealand history Cheviot sheep farming agriculture
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart Into a Visionary Leader
Super 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: Sceptre 2015
KEYWORDS: specials Brent Schlender Rick Tetzeli Steve Jobs biography history
An Irresistable: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal
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: Allen and Unwin 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Carol Baxter Jane New biography memoir history
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
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: Penguin 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Herman Melville Polynesian culture sociology history
The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
Large quarto, Illus heavy card boards with white lettering to purple spine, v + 320pp, illus, VG (v slight scuffing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep, light soiling foxing to page edgds) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, label residue stain to rear, misc. scuffing/tears to front/spine)
PUBLISHER: Random House1997
KEYWORDS: Paul Harrison Brian Lockstone Andy Anderson New Zealand aviation flying boats transport aircraft history
Webs of Empire: Locating New Zealand's Colonial Past
Imperial octavo, light card covers with purple lettering to gold spine, 374pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Tony Ballantyne New Zealand colonial history colonisation colonialism
Buying the Land, Selling the Land: Governments and Maori Land in the North Island 1865-1921
Imperial octavo, red & black light card covers with white & black lettering, xxi + 485pp, VG+ (slight soiling to page edges, light creasing to front cover lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Richard Boast New Zealand Crown Maori land government policy history
Pioneer Tales of Old New Plymouth
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black & white lettering, ii + 178pp, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: Murray Moorhead New Zealand history New Plymouth pioneers
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
Ex library, first edition, small quarto, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering in gilt decorative panels to front board, black embossed decorative rule to front board, blind stamped decorative rule to rear board, aeg, brown coated eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiii + 532pp + 4 smaller pages of book ads, VG- (light library markings, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, some darkening to spine, front hinge cracked, moderately heavy foxing)
PUBLISHER: Excelsior Catholic Publishing House 1883
KEYWORDS: first edition Rev Aug J Thebaud Ireland Irish history Celtic Catholicism religion christianity
Migrant Ships to Australia and New Zealand 1900-1939
Large quarto, illus light card covers, 192pp, illus, nr fine (small bend to front cover upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing / Transpress NZ 2009
KEYWORDS: Peter Plowman Australia New Zealand maritime nautical history migrants ships boats shipping companies P&O White Star Line Orient Line
Waitanguru: These are Our People: A Collection of Stories depicting people, places, events and experiences.....Ngapaenga, Mangaohae Waitanguru, Mangaotaki 1902-2004
Folio, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus eps, 287pp, illus, VG+ (crease to rear ep)
PUBLISHER: Waitanguru Jubilee Committee 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitanguru Ngapaenga Mangaohae Upper Lower Mangaotaki local history
Christchurch City Council Diamond Jubilee Official Souvenir: Sixty Years of Progress 1868 - 1928
Lacks rear cover, small quarto, brown paper wrappers with black & orange lettering to front, 131pp, illus, VG- (rear cover missing, 3cm of upper & lower spine extrems exposed, tape residue staining to front cover, some tanning creasing & soiling to front cover, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Christchurch City Council 1928
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch City Council jubilee history