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$80.00
1w3a/21

Representing the South Pacific: Colonial Discourse from Cook to Gauguin


EDMOND, ROD

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 307pp, VG+ (review slip to fe.p., slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: South Pacific islands post-colonial studies social history anthropology culture sociology

$40.00
1w3a/23

Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures


RASKIN, ABRAM & ZNAMENOV, VADIM (Eds) et al

Text in English, large quarto, patterened brown heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to spine & front board, blue eps, folding frontispiece, 372pp, illus, VG (light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (sellotape repairs to closed tears to edges, light foxing, heavy creasing to front flap, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1978

KEYWORDS: Petrodvorets Peterhof Russia Russian gardens palaces architecture design landscaping fountains scuptures art history photography

$40.00
1w3a/24

The Shackleton Voyages


HUNTFORD, ROLAND (Intro) & SUMMERS, JULIE & ROWLEY, DAVID et al

Large quarto, dark blue paper covered boards with with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, NR FINE (owner's small address stamp to rear ep) in d/w, NR FINE

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2002

KEYWORDS: Sir Ernest Shackleton biography pictorial history Antarctic polar exploration

$9.50
xxsiw101471

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution


LEVY, STEPHEN

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: hacking hackers computer programming history 50s 60s 1950 1960

$55.00
xxsiw101492

Kiwi Companeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War


DERBY, MARK (Ed.)

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: Canterbury University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa spanish civil war spain kiwi kiwis new zealanders soldiers history

$28.50
xxsiw101523

Tales of Old North Taranaki


MOORHEAD, MURRAY

Large 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: New Plymouth 150 Years Official Project 1991

KEYWORDS: taranaki new zealand history

$38.50
xxsiw101528

Our Music is Red With Purple Flashes: The Story of The Creation


EGAN, SEAN

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: Cherry Red Books 2004

KEYWORDS: music the creation history band

$30.00
xxsix101589

Come Wind, Come Weather


BALDERSTON, DAVID & CHURCH, IAN (Ed.)

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: Otago Maritime Society 2002

KEYWORDS: maritime history ship pilot otago harbour peninsula

$20.00
xxsix101594

Questions on German History: Ideas, forces, decisions from 1800 to the present: Historical Exhibition in the Berlin Reichstag Catalogue, 3rd (updated) Edition


n/a

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: German Bundestag Publications' Section (n.d.)

KEYWORDS: german history primary source exhibition catalogue berlin

$15.00
xxsix101607

An Outline of European Architecture


PEVSNER, NIKOLAUS

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: Pelican 1968

KEYWORDS: Europe history architecture

$30.00
xxsiy101650

The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898 - 1934


LANGLEY, LESTER D.

Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Scholarly Resources 2002

KEYWORDS: history war Caribbean military

$12.50
xxsiy101671

Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground


STEEL, NIGEL & HART, PETER

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: Cassell 2001

KEYWORDS: history Ypres third Battle Leper Belgium World War One WW1

$26.50
2e18a/3

Otago Harbour: Currents of Controversy


MCLEAN, GAVIN

Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 357pp, illus, VG- (binding sloppy, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping, creasing and tearing to edges, light rubbing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Otago Harbour Board 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Port of Otago Harbour Dunedin nautical marine history

$50.00
2e18a/5

Crossed Flags: The Histories of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and the Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and their Subsidiaries


LAXON, W. A. & FARQUHAR, I. J. & KIRBY, N. J. & (based on draft by PERRY, F. W. )

Signed by all three authors, quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 196pp, illus, VG+ in VG (closed tear to front w/ prev. owner's repairs)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1997

KEYWORDS: the New Zealand Shipping Company Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited marine nautical transport history signed

$55.00
2e18a/6

The Hamburg South America Line


COOPER, JAMES & KLUDAS, ARNOLD & PEIN, JOACHIM

First edition, quarto, red cloth boards witih gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp + 4pp pictorial index with one folding plate, illus, NR FINE in d.w, VG (slight soiling & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 1989

KEYWORDS: Hamburg South America line shipping ships boats marine nautical transport history

$28.50
xxsiz101704

Shaw Savill & Albion: The Post-War Fortunes of a Shipping Empire


DE KERBRECH, RICHARD P.

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: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. 1986

KEYWORDS: british maritime history shipping commercial late 1900s containership dunedin shaw savill line

$42.50
xxsiz101706

Shaw Savill's Magnificent Seven: Corinthic - Athenic - Ceramic - Gothic - Persic - Runic - Suevic


BELL, ANDREW & ROBINSON, MURRAY

Large quarto hardcover (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: Ships In Focus Publications 2011

KEYWORDS: British maritime history shipping commercial Shaw Savill line

$40.00
xxsiz101707

Furness Withy: The centenary history of Furness, Withy and Company Ltd 1891-1991


BURRELL, DAVID

Large 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: World Ship Society 1992

KEYWORDS: British maritime history shipping Furness Withy company centenary

$30.00
xxsiz101708

Crossing the Tracks of Columbus: German Liner Shipping to Latin America, the Caribbean and the West Coast of North America down the years


SEILER, OTTO J. & ALEXANDER, PETER (Trans.) & GIBBON, IAN (Trans.)

Large quarto hardcover (Nr Fine) 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: E. S. Mittler & Sohn 1992

KEYWORDS: german maritime history international liner shipping latin america caribbean north america west coast

$20.00
2e18a/8

An Officer of the Blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer 1724-1772


DUYKER, EDWARD

Ex library, imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, dark blue eps, xvi + 229pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, tape staining to boards & eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (library markings, light creasing & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press1994

KEYWORDS: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne exploration nautical biography history

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