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$13.50
xxsjb102946

When Passion Reigned: Sex and the Victorians


ANDERSON, PATRICIA

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 1995

KEYWORDS: history Great Britain Sociology

$20.00
xxsjc102952

New Zealand Credit Unions: The First Forty Years: People Helping People


MCLAUCHLAN, GORDON

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: Four Star Books 2002

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Credit unions History

$17.50
xxsjc102955

The Hunting Submarine: Fighting Life of H.M.S. Tally-Ho


TRENOWDEN, IAN

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: William Kimber 1974

KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 Submarine Great Britain Royal Navy history

$40.00
1i44a/58

Liberty and Freedom


FISHER, DAVID HACKETT

Inscribed & signed by author, first edition, quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 851pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: USA United States American politics history liberty freedom democracy

$40.00
1i44a/59

A Companion to 20th-Century America


WHITFIELD, STEPHEN J. (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with purple lettering, xiv + 567pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: USA United States modern American history essays articlies

$40.00
1i44a/60

Masterton Library Wall Hanging: A Social History in Threads worked by the Members of the Wairarapa Embroiderers' Guild


BULL, MAUREEN & BURGESS, BERNARD (Eds)

Large quarto, illus yellow light card covers with black lettering to front cover, 108pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, label-residue stain to front cover upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Masterton District Library 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Masterton embroidery social history crafts

$100.00
1i44a/61

Genocide in Ukraine


KARDASH, PETER

Large quarto, blue glossy boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 495pp, illus, fine, in d/w with large folding map as part of rear flap, fine

PUBLISHER: Fortuna Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: Ukraine Unkrainian history

$100.00
1n11b/42

The Outline of History being a Plain History of Life and Mankind


WELLS, H. G. & HORRABIN, J. F. (Illus)

First edition thus (first revised edition), wo-volume set, quarto, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped publisher's logo to front board, upper page edgesstained red/brown, frontispiece, x + 384pp + viii + 385-767pp, illus, VG (light staining & rubbing to boards, some tanning to page edges, heavy browning to prelims & terminals, HEAVY SET

PUBLISHER: The Waverley Book Co 1925

KEYWORDS: illustrated history encyclopaedia reference

$60.00
1n11b/50

New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History in Association with the Film Archive


PIVAC, DIANE & STARK, FRANK ET AL (Eds)

Large quarto, illus multi-coloured glossy heavy card boards with black & white lettering, turquoise eps, brightly coloured prelims, v + frontispiece + 347pp, illus + accompanying DVD at rear, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand film industry cinema pictorial history movies

$30.00
xxfef103017

American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life


JOHNS, ELIZABETH

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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: American art history genre painting

$24.50
xxdqe103036

Nato and Warsaw Pact Submarines since 1955


KOLESNIK, EUGENE M.

First edition, 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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1987

KEYWORDS: submarines military naval history NATO Warsaw Pact photographic portrait

$16.50
xxdqe103040

Think: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM


RODGERS, WILLIAM

First edition, imperial 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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970

KEYWORDS: International Business Machines IBM Thomas B Watson biography management history

$16.50
xxdcd103070

Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Vinnese Family


BONYHADY, TIM

First edition uncorrected proof copy, super octavo softcover (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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2011

KEYWORDS: Vienna Bonyhady family biography Viennese life Nazis Australia history

$50.00
2s4a/5

The Mirror of Music 14401944: A Century of Musical Life in Britain as reflected in the pages of the Musical Times


SCHOLES, PERCY A.

Two-volume set, first editions, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece, xix + 523pp, xvii + pages 527-964pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), illus, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedowns, slight tanning to page edges & eps,) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & nicks to edges, moderate scuffing, light staining)

PUBLISHER: Novell & Co / Oxford University Press 1947

KEYWORDS: history music musical life Musical Times

$32.50
2s4a/7

Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country: Pioneer, Explorer, Sheeplifter


BEATTIE, HERRIES

First edition, octavo, light blue paper covers with dark blue lettering to front cover, 113pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to spine & cover edges & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times/Witness Newspapers 1946

KEYWORDS: New Zealand James Mackenzie Country biography history

$15.00
xxdec103083

Family Portrait The Medici of Florence


MICHELETTI, EMMA

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: Lippincott & Crowell Publishers 1980

KEYWORDS: Italy Florence Medici family history biography

$27.50
xxfcf103107

Atlas of Iraqi War Crimes in the State of Kuwait / Atlas des Crimes de Guerre Iraqienne dans l'Etat du Koweit


Al-HAMMADI, ABDULLAH M & AL-ABDALRAZAQ, ABDULATEEF

Elephant folio 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. VERY HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: Al Qabas Press 1995

KEYWORDS: Iraq Kuwait war military history crime atlas reference TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH

$75.00
2s4a/21

Bulletic of the Auckland Institute and Museum No. 1: The Moa, A Study of the Dinornithiformes


ARCHEY, GILBERT

Quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front cover, 134pp, illus with 15 full-page b&w plates plus 9 folding charts to rear, VG (heavy foxing and staining to covers & spine, slight foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: The Unity Press Ltd 1941

KEYWORDS: New Zealand zoology natural history moa dinornithiformes

$245.00
2s4a/23

Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome Volume 1


NASH, ERNEST

This volume only, large quarto, royal blue boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt publisher's logo to front board, 544pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, bruising & closed tears to corners, some staining to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1968 (Revised edition)

KEYWORDS: Ancient Rome archaeology ancient history pictorial survey monuments buildings relics

$22.50
xxdqg103109

Bible & Society: A Sesquicentennial History of the Bible Society in New Zealand


LINEHAM, PETER J.

Imperial octavo softcover (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Bible Society & Daphne Brasell Press 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand christianity religion The Bible Society history

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