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$24.50
xxshc97956

The First Salute


TUCHMAN, BARBARA

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: Michael Joseph 1989

KEYWORDS: history american revolution

$35.00
xxshd97959

Slipper Orchids: The Art of Digby Graham


GRAHAM, ROBIN & ROY, RONALD

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: A.H. & A.W. REED Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: arts painting natural history plants slipper orchids

$15.00
xxshd97962

Language: A Linguistic Introduction to History


VENDRYES, J.

Super Octavo, 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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd 1931

KEYWORDS: Languages linguistics history

$30.00
xxshd97973

Surveyor General


THOMSON, JOHN TURNBULL

Octavo, staple wrapper (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: The Southland Historical Committee

KEYWORDS: New Zealand surveying history geography

$38.50
xxshd97980

The New Zealand Sealing Industry


SMITH, IAN

Copy of John Hall-Jones 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: New Zealand Department of Conservation 2002

KEYWORDS: envrionment New Zealand Seals history

$27.50
xxshd97984

History of the Grenadier Guards


MARTIN, CAPTAIN F.

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: Gale and Polden 1951

KEYWORDS: England history Grenadier Regiment war

$14.00
xxshd97985

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade


KINCAID, JOHN

Octavo, 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: Milford Oxford University Press 1919

KEYWORDS: autobiography history war

$30.00
xxshd97986

Britain at War


PRIESTLEY, J. B.

First edition, 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: Angus and Robertson Ltd 1943

KEYWORDS: sociolgy Briatin history world war two WW2

$35.00
xxshd97991

Notes on Some South Island Birds, and Maori Associations Connected Therewith.


COWAN, J.

Octavo, staple wrapper (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: John Mackay 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment birds natural history Maori

$16.50
xxshd97996

Copper Pipe-Line Services in Building


N/A

Imperial octavo, 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: Copper Development Association 1952

KEYWORDS: engineering copper pipelines history building

$9.50
xxshe98029

Fat Land: How Americans Became The Fattest People in the World


CRITSER, GREG

Softcover super octavo (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: Allen Lane/Penguin Books 2003

KEYWORDS: Non fiction american history

$10.00
xxshe98037

The Plantagenets: The Kings That Made Britain


WILSON, DEREK

Softcover super octavo (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: Quercus Editions 2014

KEYWORDS: European history monarchy

$100.00
1w39/38

To Battle 1939-1945: Old Boys of Christ's College Who Lost their Lives in the Second World War


MACFARLANE, J. D.

Large quarto, black boards iwth silver lettering to spine & front board, silver school coat of arms to front board, 219pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: JD Macfarlane 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christ's College Second World War Two WW2 biography military history

$30.00
1w39/39

Paradise Saved: The Remarkable Story of New Zealand's Wildlife Sanctuaries and How They are Stemming the Tide of Extinction


BUTLER, DAVE & LINDSAY, TONY & HUNT, JANET

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, blue lettering to spine & front cover, 400pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Random House 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand wildlife sanctuaries ecology environment natural history

$40.00
1w39/40

The Gibbston Story


COOK, ANNE & JOHN, DAVID (Illus)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with brown lettering to white spine, 76pp, illus, VG+ (v slight tanning to page edges, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Gibbston history

$70.00
1w9c/1

Waikaia and Districts - A History


TYRRELL, A. R.

Quarto, turquoise boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 287pp, illus, VG+ (slight adhesion and a touch of foxing, otherwise NR FINE) in d/w, VG+)

PUBLISHER: Waikaia Book Committee (n/d)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waikaia Glenlapa Dome Old Man Range Freshford Wendonside Muddy Creek Glenaray Piano Flat Argyle Greenvale

$145.00
1w9c/11

First Pharos of the Eastern Seas: Horsburgh Lighthouse


PAVITT, J. A. L.

First edition, imperial octavo, light blue boards with black lettering to front board, iv + 52pp, illus + folding Canton register to rear, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: SIngapore Light Dues Board/ Donald Moore Press 1966

KEYWORDS: Horsburgh lighthouse South China Sea maritime history

$50.00
1w9c/13

Rainbow Waters: 125 Years of Settlement in Waianiwa


CUTT, JOHN A.

Imperial octavo, beige boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 259pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges, rubbing to flap folds, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Waianiwa District Committee 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waianiwa Southland history

$100.00
1w9c/14

The New Zealand Parliamentary Record


MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Note in pencil to fep from Dr Scholefield to John Hall-Jones, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (light browning to spine, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate browning to page edges & lighter to eps, occasional annotation in pencil, small tear to lower edge of two pages)

PUBLISHER: W.A.G. Skinner Govt. Printer 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand government parliament statistics history

$45.00
1w9c/41

Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird


BERENTSON, QUINN

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus white glossy heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, nr fine (spine v slightly cocked), in d/w VG+ (sl soiling to covers, sl wear to edges)

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moa ornithology natural history

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