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$25.00
xxsef92685

Crucible of Change: Matamata County since 1945


JENSON, KAI

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Chesterman Communications Ltd 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Kai Jenson New Zealand Matamata County local history

$25.00
xxsef92686

Tales of a Town Clerk


HODGSON, C. W. D.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Kaiapoi Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: specials CWD Hodgson New Zealand autobiography history

$30.00
xxsef92690

New Zealand Cavalcade of Antique Arms


N/A

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Antique Arms Association Incorporated 1979

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand antique arms weapons weaponry guns swords medals bayonets history care maintenance

$27.50
xxsef92691

Two Peoples One Land: A History of Aotearoa/New Zealand, Especially for Young Readers


LOCKE, ELSIE

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: GP Publications Ltd 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Elsie Locke children's New Zealand history reference education

$32.50
xxsef92696

The History of Eltham, New Zealand: Cradle of the Dairy Export Industry


ANDREWS, H. 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Eltham Borough Council 1959

KEYWORDS: specials H. J. Andrews Eltham New Zealand history agriculture dairy industry pioneering

$30.00
xxseg92699

The Wanganui River Digest


BATES, ARTHUR P.

Quarto 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Wanganui 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Arthur P. Bates Wanganui river New Zealand history

$12.50
xxseg92745

The Language of Smell


BURTON, ROBERT

Ex library, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Burton natural history wildlife zoology

$20.00
xxseg92747

Fighting Indians in the 7th United States Cavalry - Custer's Favorite Regiment


MULFORD, AMI FRANK

1970 Facsimile reprint, 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Paul Lindsley Mulford 1970

KEYWORDS: specials A. F. Mulford memoir diary autobiography North American Indians history

$20.00
xxfoe92758

The History of Charles XII King of Sweden


AROUET DE VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS-MARIE

Folio hardcover (nr fine) in slip case (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire history King Charles XXI biography

$22.50
xxfoe92789

Impact Erebus


VETTE, GORDON & MACDONALD, JOHN

First edition, Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Gordon Vette John MacDonald Erebus antartic aviation history plane disasters

$75.00
2g18a/3

The Irish Factor 1899-1919: Ireland's Strategic and Diplomatic Importance for Foreign Powers


DE WIEL, JEROME AAN

Imperial octavo, glossy heavy card boards with red & black lettering, xx + 428pp, nr fine (small crease to historupper corner of last two pages)

PUBLISHER: Irish Academic Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Jerome Aan de Wiel Ireland Irish military history politics espionage Austria Hungary France Germany

$245.00
2g18a/5

Angola and The River Congo: Volume II


MONTEIRO, JOACHIM JOHN

This volume only, missing two plates, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule to front boardc & blind rule to rear board, 340pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, slight staining to boards, light chaffing to spine sides, prizegiving label to front pastedown, browning to page edges, some foxing, two plates missing, plate XIV loose, occasion closed tears to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1875

KEYWORDS: Joachim John Monteiro Angola River Congo history travel culture anthropology

$40.00
2g18a/8

Political Leadership in New Zealand


MILER, RAYMOND & MINTROM, MICHAEL (Eds)

Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, vii + 262pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: Raymond Miller Michael Mintrom New Zealand politics political science history leadership articles elections voting MMP

$60.00
2g18a/11

Management and Productivity Improvement in Japan


MIKAMI, TATSUKI

Super octavo, blue & white light card covers with black lettering, xiii + 113pp, illus, VG (some tanning to spine & page edges)

PUBLISHER: JMA Consultants 1982

KEYWORDS: Tatsuki Mikami Japan Japanese business management marketing socio-economics history

$75.00
2g18a/14

De Wereld Van Boven


VIRULY, A

relevant photographs & maps tipped in to prelims & terminals, large quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, 54pp, illus, VG (some staining & tanning to boards, light scuffing to spine base, light tanning to page edges, some foxing & tanning to eps, light tanning elsewhere) TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE

PUBLISHER: Douwe Egberts (n/d) but all handwritten captions dated 1936/1937?

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH A Viruly pilot de wereld van Boven KLM aviation history aircraft aeroplanes Holland Netherlands

$80.00
2g18a/28

Australien und Tasmanien Nach eigener Anschauung und Forschung


LAUTERER, DR JOSEPH

Ex library, first edition, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, kangaroo motif to spine, coloured illus to front board, blindstamped decorative pattern to centre of rear board, 2 x frontispiece, one with tissueguard, x + 480pp, illus + folding map to rear, 2pp book ads to rear, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy browning to spine & page edges, heavy dampstaining to aprox first 10 and last 10 pages, owner's name stamp to prelims, occasional light foxing) TEXT IN GERMAN

PUBLISHER: Herdersche Verlagshandlung 1900

KEYWORDS: first edition Dr Joseph Lauterer Australia Tasmania history anthropology TEXT IN GERMAN

$65.00
1p19a/3

Rapids and Riverboats on the Wanganui River


CAMPBELL, ROBERT D.

Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 272pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (some fading & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: Robert D Campbell New Zealand Wanganui River history boats transport

$65.00
1p19a/7

Pearn Pioneers: Cornwall, Taranaki


n/a

Octavo, illus blue light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 76pp, illus, VG (some tanning & fading to spine & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pearn Descendants 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Cornwall Taranaki Pearn family pioneers biography history

$395.00
1p19a/15

The Native Tribes of South-East Australia


HOWITT, A. W.

Ex library, first edition, scruffy but sound, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt necklance motif to front board, xix + 819pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, some foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title page, some sellotape-residue staining, light fraying to spine extrems & sides, ding to rear board upper edge, patch of dampstaining to edge of several pages)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1904

KEYWORDS: AW Howitt South East Australia aborigines aboriginal tribes history customs anthropology

$100.00
1p19a/18

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders


SCOTT, ERNEST

Ex library, first edition, small quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to sipne, blind rule to front board, gilt arm & torch motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 492pp, illus + maps & facsimile docs, VG (usu library markings but relatively light, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to front hinge paper only)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1914

KEYWORDS: first edition Ernest Scott Matthew Flinders biography Australia history

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