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$70.00
1b46a/13

Innovation and Industry: How Cuddon Engineering Helped Shape a Province


WALTON, DEBORAH G.

Folio, illus silver light card covers with French flaps, white lettering to spine, 353pp, illus, VG (light creasing to cover corners & lower rear cover, owner's inscription to lower title page, v light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cuddon Ltd 2005

KEYWORDS: Deborah G Walton Cuddon engineering Malborough New Zealand business history

$60.00
1b46a/14

New Zealand Force South East Asia Yearbook 1987


MCKEOWN, LT COMMANDER T. R. (Ed)

Folio, illus light card covers, illus eps, 136pp, illus, VG (some tanning & fading to covers, light tanning to page edges, stain spot to upper page edges, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Print N Publish Pte Ltd 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Force South East Asia RNZAF milraary history

$37.50
1b46a/15

The Theatre Royal: An illustrated History to mark the Centennial of the Third Theatre of this Name 1908-2008


MCNAUGHTON, HOWARD ET AL (Eds)

Large quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, white lettering to pink spine, black title lettering to front cover, printed eps, viii + 200pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch Theatre Royal history architecture drama play

$45.00
1b46a/22

Last Port to Antarctica: Dunedin and Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Polar Service


CHURCH, IAN

Signed by author, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 136pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Ian Church New Zealand Dunedin Port Chalmers Antarctica history

$75.00
1b46a/24

Antarctica: The Ross Sea Region


HATHERTON, TREVOR (Ed)

First edition in slipcase, large quarto, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 287pp, fine, in slipcase, nr fine

PUBLISHER: DSIR Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: first edition Trevor Hatherton Antarctica Ross Sea South Pole history exploration geology science

$125.00
1b46a/25

Grub The Bush Baby


GOODALL, JANE

Scarce in such tidy condition, small quarto, illus heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, green eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (light soiling to rear, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, small stain spot to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1970

KEYWORDS: Jane Goodall Grub Hugo Africa childhood photography photographs natural history

$150.00
1b46a/31

Blue Bird: Seven Decades at Sea


CUNLIFFE, TOM

Ex library, large square folio, teal green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, blind-stamped bird motif to front board, illus title page, xii + 288pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sellotape stains to boards & eps) in d/w, VG (library labels to rear)

PUBLISHER: Kos Picture Source Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: Tom Cunliffe Kos Tara Getty Blue Bird Dunkirk photography photographs photographic portrait ship yacht boat history

$150.00
1d30a/2

Union County Heritage 1981


MABRY, MANNIE LEE (Ed)

Large quarto, red heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, large blind stamped gilt motif to front board, xi + 499pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to boards, some soiling to boards & spine, library withdrawn stamps to copyright page & rear eps (no other library markings), owner's bookplate to front pastedown, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Union County Heritage Committee 1981

KEYWORDS: Mannie Lee Mabry Union County USA America American local history

$500.00
1d30a/4

The Royal Natural History


Illustrated with Seventy-two Coloured Plates and Sixteen Hundred Engravings

LYDEKKER, RICHARD (Ed) & SCLATER, P. L. (Preface)

12 volume set, a handsome set with lovely bindings, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black & gilt tooled decoration to front board & spine, a.e.g, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, about 300pp per volume, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, some bruising & light fraying to spine extrems, some rubbing to board edges & corners, some fraying to board corners, v light foxing & tanning to prelims including tissue gurd but not affecting frontis, f.e.p. of volume 1 nearly loose, 2cm chip from edge of f.e.p. of vol VII)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co. 1894

KEYWORDS: Richard Lydekker PL Sclater natural history animals biology ecology

$8.50
xxcti91836

Two in the Bush


DURRELL, GERALD

Paperback (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: Fontana / Collins 1973

KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Durrell travel memoir natural history

$12.00
xxctj91855

What In the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore


JEREMIAH, DR. DAVID

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: Thomas Nelson 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Dr. David Jeremiah religion faith current events human history

$9.00
xxctj91860

The Darker Proof: Stories From a Crisis


MARS-JONES, ADAM & WHITE, EDMUND

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: Faber and Faber 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Adam Mars-Jones Edmund White aids epidemic history sociology collection anthology

$12.00
xxctk91872

The Walled Kingdom: A History of China From 2000 BC to the Present


RODZINSKI, WITOLD

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: Flamingo 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Witold Rodzinski history China war civilization sociology

$9.00
xxctl91895

The Elisabethan World Picture


TILLYARD, E. M. W.

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 1984

KEYWORDS: specials E. M. W. Tillyard history

$9.50
xxctm91912

The Warrior Queens: Boadicea's Chariot


FRASER, ANTONIA

Paperback (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: Mandarin 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Antonia Fraser women leaders war history

$16.50
xxfbj91970

The Battle For Oil


HOPE, SHANTON

First edition, 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: Robert Hale 1958

KEYWORDS: specials Shanton Hope oil industry petroleum travel history

$14.50
xxfbj91972

Conquest Through Immigration: How Zionism Turned Paestine Into a Jewish State


ROBNETT, GEORGE W.

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: Omni 1985

KEYWORDS: specials George W. Robnett history politics sociology immigration

$65.00
1d30a/9

On the Mother Lode


MAY, PHILIP ROSS

Octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 63pp, VG+ (tiny scuff mark to lower spine) in d/w, VG (light chaffing to rear, edges, folds & corners, some tanning, esp to inside)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1971

KEYWORDS: Philip Ross May history California gold rush goldmining Nevada Comstock Lode geology etymology

$40.00
1d30a/10

The History of the Rod and Other Corporal Punishments


OAKLEY, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp + 4pp book adverts, illus, VG (moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sporadic light foxing) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, tatty tape reinforcement to upper spine & upper edges, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Walton Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Gilbert Oakley history corporal punishment sadism masochism rod birch whip flagellation school prison armed forces

$165.00
1d30a/13

Terra Australia 14: 30,000 Years of Aboriginal Occupation: Kimberley, North West Australia


O'CONNOR, SUE

Folio, illus light card covers, xviii + 155pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to front & rear cover upper corners)

PUBLISHER: ANH Publications / Australian National University 1999

KEYWORDS: Sue O'Connor archaeology natural history Australia Aboriginal Aborigine Kimberley

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