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$8.50
xxsdp91401

Sitting in the Gods


NA

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

$10.00
xxsdp91409

Paris Tales


CONSTANTINE, HELEN

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

$12.50
xxsdp91419

3,096 Days


KAMPUSCH, NATASCHA

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

$12.00
xxsdp91422

Australia's Butterflies


WILSON, PETER

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

$16.50
xxsdp91426

Gielgud: A Theatrical Life


CROALL, JONATHAN

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

$15.00
xxsdp91430

Murder in Samarkand: A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror


MURRAY, CRAIG

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

$22.50
xxsdq91448

Aspects of Death in the Early Greek Art and Poetry


VERMEULE, EMILY

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

$42.50
xxsdq91449

Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music


NORMAN, PHILIP

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

$33.50
xxsdq91450

A Pastoral Kingdom Divided: Cheviot, 1889-1994


GARDNER, W. J.

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

$17.50
xxsdq91452

Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart Into a Visionary Leader


SCHLENDER, BRENT & TETZELI, RICK

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

$20.00
xxsdq91453

An Irresistable: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal


BAXTER, CAROL

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

$9.50
xxsdq91460

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life


MELVILLE, HERMAN

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

$45.00
1a3d/27

The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats


HARRISON, PAUL & LOCKSTONE, BRIAN & ANDERSON, ANDY

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

$32.50
1b27a/1

Webs of Empire: Locating New Zealand's Colonial Past


BALLANTYNE, TONY

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

$65.00
1b27a/2

Buying the Land, Selling the Land: Governments and Maori Land in the North Island 1865-1921


BOAST, RICHARD

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

$65.00
1b27a/21

Pioneer Tales of Old New Plymouth


MOORHEAD, MURRAY

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

$75.00
1b27a/23

The Irish Race in the Past and the Present


THEBAUD, REV. AUG. J.

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

$27.50
1b27a/24

Migrant Ships to Australia and New Zealand 1900-1939


PLOWMAN, PETER

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

$49.50
1b27a/25

Waitanguru: These are Our People: A Collection of Stories depicting people, places, events and experiences.....Ngapaenga, Mangaohae Waitanguru, Mangaotaki 1902-2004


FREDERIKSON, STAN & FREDERIKSON, CHRIS (Eds)

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

$40.00
1b27a/32

Christchurch City Council Diamond Jubilee Official Souvenir: Sixty Years of Progress 1868 - 1928


N/A

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

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