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$575.00
2e11a/61

Notes of Meetings between His Excellency the Governor (Lord Ranfurly), Rt. Hon. R. J. Seddon, and Hon. James Carroll and the Native Chiefs and People at Each Place, assembled in respect of the Proposed Native Land Legislation and Native Affairs Gener


n/a

Original binding, quarto, red heavy card boar) with black lettering to front board, red cloth spine, frontispiece, 88pp + 63pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, slight soiling to front board, some browning to page edges, heavy browning to eps, owner's name & address & date in ink to front pastedown & to frontispiece verso,

PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Priner 1899

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori land legislation meetings law history

$100.00
2e11a/69

Ninth to Fourteenth Annual Report of the Colonial Museum and Laboratory; together with a List of Donations and Deposits during 1873-1879


HECTOR, JAMES (Director)

Reports of 9th to 14th bound together, super octavo, half bound with dark grey textured cloth boards and gilt lettering to black leather spine, paged edges stained speckled red, brown coated eps, 35pp + 50pp + 28pp + 55pp + 39pp + 54pp, VG (heavy scuffing with loss of surface to spine extrems & board corners & spine sides, bookbinder's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to first title page, occasional light foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury Government Printer 1874-1879

KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial museum laboratory history reference

$75.00
2g24b/1

Nazism 1919-1945: Volume 1 The Rise to Power 1919-1934; Vol.2 State, Economy and Society 1933-1939; Vol.2 Foreign Policy, War and Racial Extermination; Vol.4 The German Home Front in World War II


NOAKES< J. & PRIDHAM, G. (Eds)

Four-volume set, octavo, light card covers (vol 1 white, vol 2 red & vols 3+4 black) with black, white or red lettering to covers, 1237pp in vols.1-3 + 698pp in vol.4, VG (owner's name blacked out to feps, some staining to upper & lower page edges, slight tanning to page edges, some annotation & underlining in pencil)

PUBLISHER: University of Exeter Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany Nazism National Socialism German history World War Two

$85.00
2g24b/16

The Changing Maori


KEESING, FELIX M.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and white & black lettering to front board, red, black & white kowhaiwhai pattern to boards & eps, red eps, xvi + 198pp, illus, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light scuffing and soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history

$90.00
2g24b/19

The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall from original sources


MUIR, SIR WILLIAM

Super octavo, brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, decorative panel to spine & front board lower edge, black coated eps, xv + 612pp, illus with 3 folding maps, VG- / poor (heavy browning to page edges, some staining to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, front hinge cracked, rear hinge completely detached, paper to rear pastedown torn, internal gutter cracked at page 208/209, some annotation in pencil throughout, owner's name & address in ink to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1892 (2nd edition)

KEYWORDS: history Caliphate Bahrain Oman Medina Syria Mesopotamia Palestine Egypt

$50.00
2g24b/28

Mammals of Panama (With 32 Plates)


GOLDMAN, EDWARD A.

Imperial octavo, beige light card covers with black lettering to front, frontispiece large folding map, 309pp, illus, VG- (sellotape repairs to spine head & base, 2cm closed tear to front cover fore-edge, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to covers and page edges, owner's name address & date in ink to fep, moderate staining & tanning to eps). Many pages still unopened (uncut)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution 1920

KEYWORDS: Panama mammals natural history zoology

$175.00
2g24b/46

Dominion Museum Monograph No.7: The Maori Canoe: An Account of Various Types of Vessels used by the Maori of New Zealand in Former Times with some Description of those of the Isles of the Pacific and a Brief Account of the Peopling of New Zealand


BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, iv + 312pp, illus, VG (archival tape repairs to spine and to open tear on front cover, moderate tanning to covers, rusting stains to staple surrounds, moderate foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Maori Ethnological Research / Dominion Museum 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pacific history transport canoes wakas exploration travel

$45.00
2s19/29

Within and Beyond the Gates: The Recent History of New Plymouth Boys' High School and a compilation of the achievements and stories of its old boys 1882-2007


n/a

Large quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 329pp, illus, VG+ (ding to spine head) in d/w, VG+ (some creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Jubilee Committee of New Plymouth Boys' High School 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand New Plymouth Boys' High School education history

$17.50
xxgta104300

More Unusual Railways


DAY, JOHN R.

Possibly uncorrected proof copy, 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: Frederick Muller Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: transport history railways monorails guide-rail gradients Talgo moving platforms

$110.00
2f21/1a

Dominion Museum Bulletin No.8: Games and Pastimes of the Maori: An Account of the various Exercises, Games and Pastimes of the Natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times, including some information concerning their Vocal and Instrumental Mu


BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, brown light card covers with black lettering to front cover, viii + 189pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy browning to spine, loss of lower 4cm of surface to spine some browning to page edges & covers, owner's name stamp to front cover & fep)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history sociology games pastimes music song

$245.00
2s19/49

New Zealand, its Resources and Prospects


BATHGATE, JOHN

First edition, octavo, brown textured cloth boards, yellow eps, frontispiece, 121pp + 3pp book ads, illus plus folding colour map at front & folding trade map to rear, VG+ (some fading to spine, some light tanning & foxing to page edges, v slight discolooration to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: W& R Chambers 1880

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history resources banking finance culture

$8.50
xxgtc104395

The Killing of Karen


RASHKE, RICHARD

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: Sphere 1983

KEYWORDS: Murder Oklahoma history true crime

$8.50
xxgtc104419

The Fetterman Massacre


BROWN, DEE

Photos loose, 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: Pan Books 1979

KEYWORDS: history American West

$17.50
xxgtd104443

Blood Accusation: The Strange History of the Beiliss Case


SAMUEL, MAURICE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: jewish publication society 1966

KEYWORDS: jews crime history

$17.50
xxgtd104444

Valhalla, Calvary and Auschwitz


SHOHAM, S. GIORA

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Bowman & Cody Academic Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: history Holocaust Jewish Germany

$25.00
xxgtd104452

Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews


GITLITZ, DAVID M.

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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: jewish publication society 1996

KEYWORDS: spain jews jewish history religion

$24.50
xxgte104490

Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War


TURNER, GEORGE EDGAR

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: University of Nebraska Press / Bison Books 1992

KEYWORDS: american civil war rail trains locomotive steam train railroad railroads military history

$18.50
xxgte104493

Between 'Race' and Culture: Representations of 'the Jew' in English and American literature


CHEYETTE, BRYAN (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: Stanford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: jew jewish history media culture discrimination oppression representation critical literaray analysis

$14.00
xxgtf104503

The Legends of Genesis: The Biblical Saga and History


GUNKEL, HERMANN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Schocken Books 1970

KEYWORDS: archaeology anthropology religion old testament biblical history

$15.00
xxgtf104524

Banned! A Review of Theatrical Censorship in Britain


FINDLATER, RICHARD

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 costs

PUBLISHER: MacGibbon & Kee Ltd 1968

KEYWORDS: theatre censorship british uk britain history

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