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$40.00
1p19a/20

Bird Life on Island and Shore


GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.

First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edgs, light bruising & creasing spine extrems, lower 8cm of frontispiece loose at hinge) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & rear, staining to front upper edge, 4cm tatty tear & creasing to lower spine extrem, nicks & creasing to upper spine extrem, 1cm tears with loss to corners, moderate creasing to rear lower edge)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1925

KEYWORDS: first edition H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand ornithology birds natural history

$45.00
1p19a/21

Australia's Heroes; being a Slight Sketch of the Most Prominent amongst the Band of Gallant Men who devoted their Lives and Energies to the Cause of Science


EDEN, CHARLES H.

Ex library, second edition, octavo, marbled heavy card boards with black leather spine, no title to spine just gilt library number, page edges stained red, viii + 312pp, VG- (light library markings, moderately heavy chaffing to board edges & boards, heavy bruising & fraying to spine extrems, label staining to front board, light staining to eps, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (second edition)

KEYWORDS: Charles H Eden Australia biography colonial history scientist

$70.00
1p19a/47

Motor Racing: Reflections of a Lost Era


CARTER, ANTHONY

Oblong quarto, red boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 208pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Anthony Carter motor racing motor sports sport cars grand prix formula 1 F1 photographic portrait history

$100.00
1p19a/48

Rallye Horizons 2012


HUIT, PASCAL

TEXT IN FRENCH Oblong folio in slipcase, purple glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, white glove & shoe motif to front board, grey eps, 255pp, illus, fine, in silver slipcase, fine (HEAVY LARGE ITEM)

PUBLISHER: Fedrigoni 2012

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Pascal Huit sport motor racing rally Sebastien Loeb sports cars photographic portrait history

$100.00
1p19a/49

Patria's Luchtvaart-Album


HEGENER, HENRI

TEXT IN DUTCH Oblong folio, blue cloth boards with darker blue lettering & blue plane motif to front board, unpaginated but aprox 64pp, illus with 114 collected and glued in cards (complete collection), VG (binding sloppy, tanning & fading to spine, light soiling to boards, slight tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Uitgave NV Biscuitfabriek Patria 1936

KEYWORDS: Henri Hegener Patria biscuits TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE luchtballon luchtschip Lucht-acrobatiek vliegkampschefen warplanes air balloons aviation history

$60.00
1p19a/54

The Isles of the Pacific; or Sketches from the South Seas


FRANCIS, B.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus to boards & spine, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 224pp + 32pp illus book adverts, illus, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light staining to spine, child's crayon scribble to front pastedown, two pages loose, moderate fading to fep, label to front pastedown, inscription in ink to fep verso scribbled out, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co 1892

KEYWORDS: first edition B Francis Pacific Islands New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji Tahiti Pitcairn Sandwich Marquesas Maoris missionaries colonists travel history

$210.00
1p19a/56

Must Australia Fight?


IDRIESS, ION L.

First edition, ex library, octavo, yellow boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 223pp, VG (relatively light library markings, owner's name stamp to fep & to rear ep, inscription in ink to title page, some staining to boards, some foxing, esp to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1939

KEYWORDS: Ion L Idriess Australian war preparations WW2 military naval history invasion

$40.00
2c23a/4

Boeing Aircraft Since 1916


BOWERS, PETER M.

First edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 444pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light tanning, esp to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, 2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, nicks & 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Peter M Bowers Boeing aircraft aeroplanes aviation planes transport history

$16.50
xxfoe92799

Trouble in Paradise: Uncovering the Dark Secrets of Britain's Most Remote Island


MARKS, KATHY

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harper Pernnial 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Kathy Marks Pitcairn Island HMS bounty history Journalism reportage

$8.50
xxseh92807

Homer and the Heroic Age


VUCE, J.V.

paperback 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1979

KEYWORDS: specials literature history and archeology

$9.50
xxseh92808

One Man's Bible


XINGJIAN, GAO

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2002

KEYWORDS: specials history China's Revolution

$10.00
xxseh92817

Art of the Byzantine Era


RICE, DAVID TALBOT

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1963

KEYWORDS: specials David Talbot Rice art history Byzantine Justinian reign europe

$12.50
xxseh92820

The Oxford History of The Roman World


BOARDMAN, JOHN & GRIFFIN, JASPER & MURRAY, OSWYN (Eds)

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Rome Roman ancient classical history Romans

$45.00
2c23a/10

New Zealand and the European Union


GIBBONS, MATTHEW (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, viii + 163pp, nr fine (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pearson Education New Zealand 2008

KEYWORDS: Matthew Gibbons New Zealand European Union international relations politics economics history

$40.00
2c23a/12

Wings of the Nation: A History of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947-78


AIMER, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 288pp, illus, nr fine (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Peter Aimer New Zealand National Airways Corporation aviation transport aeroplanes planes history

$45.00
2c23a/15

A History of Creeds and Confessions of Faith in Christendom and Beyond


With Historical Tables

CURTIS, WILLIAM A.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind motif to front board, black eps, xx + 502pp + 6pp ads, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, light fading to eps, some foxing to prelims & terminals & page edges, v light foxing throughout, owner's name to half-title, front & rear gutters cracked)

PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1911

KEYWORDS: William A Curtis Christian Hebrew religion Christianity faith theology Islam Buddhism history

$40.00
2c23a/25

Kiwi Prefab, Cottage to Cutting Edge: Prefabricated Housing in New Zealand


BELL, PAMELA & SOUTHCOMBE, MARK

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, red eps, 151pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: Balasoglou Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Pamela Bell Mark Southcombe New Zealand prefabricated prefab housing architecture design history

$70.00
2c23a/26

Architecture in Print: Design and Debate in the Soviet Union 1919-1935: Selections from the Collection of Stephen Garmey


ANDERSON, RICHARD & ROMBERG, KRISTIN

Quarto, illus light card covers, green eps, 78pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing & soiling to covers, slight bend to covers & pages)

PUBLISHER: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University 2005

KEYWORDS: Richard Anderson Kristin Romberg Stephen Garmey art Archictecture design Soviet Union history

$50.00
2c23a/31

The London & Dublin Orthodox Journal of Useful Knowledge: Volume IV, from January 7 to June 24, 1837 / The Christian Touchstone; or An Investigation into the Creed of the Primitive Christians


ANDREWS, WM. EUSEBIUS & FRENCH, DANIEL

This volume only, octavo, half bound, marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering & tooling to spine, iv + 396pp + 192pp, VG (moderate chaffing to boards, 5cm of leather lost from rear board, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, library stamp to f.e.p., moderate foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: P. and M. Andrews 1837 (?)

KEYWORDS: Wm William Eusebius Andrews Daniel French London Dublin orthodox Christian Christianity religion theology weekly journal history

$50.00
2c23a/32

The London & Dublin Orthodox Journal of Useful Knowledge: Volume VII, from June 30 to December 29, 1838


ANDREWS, P.

This volume only, octavo, half bound, marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering & tooling to spine, iv + 412pp, VG- (moderate chaffing to boards, 7cm x 3cm of marbling worn off exposing card underneath of rear board, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, library stamp to f.e.p.,moderate tanning, light foxing, two small tears to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: P. and M. Andrews 1838 (?)

KEYWORDS: P Andrews London Dublin orthodox Christian Christianity religion theology weekly journal history

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