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$50.00
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Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772


SALMOND, ANNE

Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to dark blue spine, 477pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges, prev owners inscription in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Viking 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history New Naturalist series

$30.00
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Station Country: The Collection


HOLDEN, PHILIP

Oblong quarto, maroon illus light card covers with white lettering, 520pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photographs back-country stations farming history

$40.00
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Highliners: A Railroad Album


BEEBE, LUCIUS

Oblong quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi, unpaginated but aprox 206pp, 103 b&w plates each with one accompanying page of text, illus, VG (light browning to page edges, some foxing to eps, bookseller's label to fep) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, v light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books 1940

KEYWORDS: American transport trains railways railroads steam engines history

$65.00
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Armed with Stings: The Saga of a Gunboat Flotilla


HAMPSHIRE, A. CECIL

First edition, octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 203pp + 5pp books ads, illus, VG (moderate staining to boards, some tanning & foxing to page edges and eps) in d/w, VG (some foxing & tanning(

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1958

KEYWORDS: insect class gunboats naval military maritime history boats warships ships

$45.00
2s26/40

The Zeppelin Story: The Life of Hugo Eckener


NIELSEN, THOR & CHAMBERS, PETER (Trans)

First edition, octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus, VG (some browning to page edges, sellotape-residue staining to board edges, light tanning to eps, inscription in ink to fep, VG (some staining)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1955

KEYWORDS: Hugo Eckener biography Zeppelin aircraft Germany history

$49.50
2s26/47

Nambassa: A New Direction


BROADLEY, COLIN & JONES, JUDITH (Eds)

Large quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to front & spine, illus eps, 136pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to covers, prev. owner's details to fep., slight creasing to cover edges, some tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music art arts alternative festivals history

$15.00
xxsmj109882

Oared Fighting Ships: From Classical times to the coming of steam


ANDERSON, R. C.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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: Argus Books 1976

KEYWORDS: boats oared fighting ships naval maritime history archaeology

$20.00
xxsmj109884

The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx


DANIEL, WALTER & POWICKE, SIR MAURICE (Trans.)

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: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: ailred abbot of rievaulx medieval middle ages european history biography

$20.00
xxsmj109885

The Life of Christina Markyate: A Twelfth Century Recluse


TALBOT, C. H. (Trans & Ed.)

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: Oxford University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: christina of markyate medieval middle ages european history biography 1100s 12th twelfth century

$15.00
xxsmj109886

Plants of New Zealand: Fith Edition - Revised


LAING, R. M. & BLACKWELL, E. W.

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: Whitcombe and Tombs (n. d.) (5th ed.)

KEYWORDS: plants new zealand natural history botany science

$18.50
xxsmj109892

No Job Too Big: A History of Fletcher Construction: Volume 1: 1909-40


SMITH, JACK

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2009

KEYWORDS: fletcher construction new zealand history

$27.50
xxsmj109895

Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins


HAUBRICH, WILLIAM S.

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG), tidy ex library, d/w flaps taped to inside of front cover; 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: American College of Physicians 2003 (?)

KEYWORDS: medicine science medical glossary dictionary health etymology words history

$25.00
xxsmj109897

Capturing Port: D. A. De Maus: photography, music and community spirit in Port Chalmers


DE MAUS, DAVID ALEXANDER

Quarto softcover (VG), CD included in rear pocket; 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: Port Chalmers Museum (n. d.)

KEYWORDS: port chalmers david alexander de maus biography photography music culture history otago peninsula dunedin south island new zealand

$35.00
xxsmj109898

Peninsula: Exploring the Otago Peninsula


SORRELL, PAUL & WARMAN, GRAHAM

Quarto softcover with french flaps (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: Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: otago peninsula dunedin south island new zealand culture wildlife tourism travel history art photography

$9.00
xxsmj109911

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon: Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders


GHIGLIERI, MICHAEL P. & MYERS, THOMAS M.

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: Puma Press 2001

KEYWORDS: death mishaps grand canyon morbid american history accidents

$50.00
xxsmj109913

James Hector: explorer * scientist * leader


NATHAN, SIMON

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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2015

KEYWORDS: james hector new zealand biography geoscience geology exploring science history

$12.50
xxsmj109924

The Border Reivers


WATSON, GODFREY

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: Sandhill Press 1994

KEYWORDS: uk british history border life 16th sixteenth century 1500s

$9.00
xxsmk109947

Porcelain Through the Ages


SAVAGE, GEORGE

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: Penguin 1954

KEYWORDS: porcelain industry history

$12.00
xxsmk109975

Thirty Pieces of Silver


MOLLOY, ANTHONY

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: Howling at the Moon 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law history

$14.00
xxsmk109978

A Simpler Time: A Memoir


FITZSIMONS, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2010

KEYWORDS: autobiography history

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