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African Genesis: A Personal Investigation into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man


ARDREY, ROBERT & ARDREY, BERDINE (Illus)

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 1972

KEYWORDS: Robert Ardrey science natural history human biology behaviour psychology

$50.00
2s12/1

Well, well, well. . . . (Behind Australia's Wildcat Names)


WILKINSON, RICK

Dated holograph signed letter tipped in, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 261pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (some fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Christopher Beck Books 1997

KEYWORDS: Rick Wilkinson Australia petroleum industry oil wells names history lexicography geography

$22.50
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Marlborough Whalers at Campbell Island 1909-1916


TIMMS, JOE & KERR, I. S. & JUDD, N. (Eds)

Octavo, beige illus light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 75pp, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, 2cm closed tear & light creasing to upper edges of pages 27-31)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Lands & Survey 1978

KEYWORDS: Joe Timms I Kerr N Judd New Zealand Campbell Island history whaling whalers

$875.00
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The Adventures of Chunder Loo


LINDSAY, LIONEL (Illus) & O'FERRALL, ERNEST (Text)

Rare, missing front & rear boards but contents, including title page, complete. Quarto, no boards, unpaginated but aprox 52pp, illus, G+ (boards missing, moderate soiling, esp to eps, tanning to eps, moderate foxing throughout, creasing to corners). Ideal for a creative binding project

PUBLISHER: Blyth & Platt Ltd n/d (circa 1917)

KEYWORDS: Lionel Lindsay Ernest O'Ferrall Australian history cartoon caricature humour

$30.00
xxebe95465

Ground Change: The Story of Trade Aid


BLUNDELL, SALLY

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2013

KEYWORDS: Sally Blundell Trade Aid Viv Cottrell Richard Cottrell New Zealand fair trade history

$18.50
xxebe95466

The Visitation: The Earthquakes of 1848 and the Destruction of Wellington


GRAPES, RODNEY H.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: Rodney H Grapes New Zealand Wellington earthquake geology history

$10.00
xxebe95471

In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon


DRUETT, JOAN

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: Harper Collins 2004

KEYWORDS: Joan Druett nauticall maritime history Captain Howes Norris whaling Sharon

$26.50
xxdub95488

The Annals of Tacitus: Books XI to XVI


TACITUS & REICH, EMIL (Ed) & SYMONDS, AUBREY (Trans)

Duodecimo 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: Swan Sonnenschein 1907

KEYWORDS: Tacitus ancient Rome Roman Empire history politics

$45.00
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Pioneers of the Plains: The Deans of Canterbury


OGILVIE, GORDON

Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pale yellow eps, 296pp, illus, VG+ (v v slight foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading, some soiling to inside)

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Gordon Ogilvie New Zealand Canterbury Dean Deans family biography pioneers local history

$20.00
xxdge95502

Voices of War: Front Line and Home Front


LIDDLE, PETER H. & TERRAINE, JOHN (Intro)

Small quarto 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1988

KEYWORDS: Peter H Liddle John Terraine first world war one ww1 wwI military social pictorial history

$18.50
xxdge95505

Archaeology of the Dreamtime: The Story of Prehistoric Australia and Her People


FLOOD, JOSEPHINE

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: Collins 1988

KEYWORDS: Josephine Flood Australia Australian prehistory history archaeology

$20.00
xxsfv95528

Bridges of New Zealand


HUDSON, PATRICK

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 cost

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1993

KEYWORDS: Patrick Hudson New Zealand bridges engineering history guide

$27.50
xxsfv95533

The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

First edition, super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: Karen Armstrong Judaism Christianity Islam religion religious fundamentalism extremism social history first edition

$22.50
xxsfv95537

. . . Always a Southern Man: The History of Southern Rugby Football Club 1884 - 1984


COOPER, WINSTON

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: (not stated) 1984 (?)

KEYWORDS: Winston Cooper New Zealand Southern Rugby Football Club sport history

$15.00
xxsfv95547

Wednesday Bomber Boys


WHEELER, P. J. (Ed)

Quarto 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: RAF Bomber Command Association New Zealand 2005

KEYWORDS: PJ Wheeler New Zealand RAF Bomber Command second world war two ww2 wwII aviation military history autobiography memoirs

$25.00
xxsfv95550

A History of the Fens


WENTWORTH-DAY, J.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: EP Publishing Limited 1973

KEYWORDS: J Wentworth-Day England Fenland Fens Fenmen English local history

$10.00
xxsga95573

Gadsden: The First 100 Years


FELDMANN, JULES

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 cost

PUBLISHER: J. Gadsden Australia, 1980

KEYWORDS: Jules Fedmann Australia history

$16.50
xxsga95586

Flowers of the Australian Alps


MASS, NURI

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: Writers' Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Nuri Mass natrual history flowers Australia

$28.50
xxsga95597

Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain


BUTLER, LIONEL & GIVEN-WILSON, CHRIS

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: Michael Joseph Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: Lionel Butler Chris Given-Wilson history Great Britain monasteries architecture

$10.00
xxsga95601

Eothen


KINGLAKE, ALEXANDER

Tiny, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1997

KEYWORDS: Alexander Kinglake history middle East

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