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$35.00
q26/11

Savage's Account of New Zealand in 1805 together with Schemes of 1771 and 1824 for Commerce and Colonization


SAVAGE,JOHN;MCKINLAY,A.D.

Tidy ex-library, reprint 184pp VG+ (minimal library stamps, light scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges, minor soiling) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1939

KEYWORDS: new zealand history john savage mckinlay politics

$17.00
q28/26

The Stranger at The Gate


HAARHOF,T.J.

354pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.foxed,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1948

KEYWORDS: greece rome politics sociology haarhof

$255.00
2d7/45

Lands of the Slave and the Free


2 vols.

MURRAY,HENRY A.

first edition 2 vols.452/479pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear of vol.1] VG- (brown cloth w.gilt stamp to top boards,mod rubbed and soiled,spine s sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedowns,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked)

PUBLISHER: john w.parker london 1855

KEYWORDS: history politics cuba america slave henry murray

$85.00
r2/17

Abraham Lincoln The War Years


4 vols.

LINCOLN,ABRAHAM;SANDBURG,CARL

ex-lib.4 vols.[vol.1 reprint;vols.2/3/4 first edition] 660/655/673/515pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,some plates loose but all present,content edges v.sl.soiled,spines cracked) lack d/ws

PUBLISHER: harcourt,brace new york 1939/1940

KEYWORDS: american history abraham lincoln biography politics

$21.25
r2/25

The Press in the French Revolution


GILCHRIST,J.;MURRAY,W.J.

first uk edition 335pp VG (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,pencil underlining to contents) lacks d.w

PUBLISHER: ginn london 1971

KEYWORDS: press french revolution politics journalism gilchrist murray

$42.50
r6/4

The Caliphate Its Rise,Decline,and Fall


MUIR,WILLIAM;WEIR,T.H.

reprint 633pp [4 fold-out maps] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight,sl.foxing to maps)

PUBLISHER: john grant edinburgh 1924

KEYWORDS: caliphate history politics william muir weir

$38.50
xxyhb5915

New Zealand Aspirations in the Pacific in the Nineteenth Century


ROSS,ANGUS

first edition 332pp octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled boards, eps and content edges sl.foxed, prev. owners name in ink to front pastedown) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed, v small tears/chipping to extrems)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1964

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics angus ross

$102.00
r9/16

The Rise and Fall of 'The Model Republic'


WILLIAMS,JAMES

ex-lib.first edition 424pp VG- (burgundy embossed cloth w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards unevenly sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1863

KEYWORDS: history james williams politics

$100.00
r13/23

Areopagitica


MILTON,JOHN

first edition thus limited [150 copies] 55pp VG (marbled paper boards w.blue cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,title label from spine missing,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john milton politics history

$102.00
r13/25

Histoire de la Revolution de 1860 en Sicile


2 vols.

BOTTALLA,PAUL

ex-lib.[first edition] 2 vols.384/434pp [text in french] G+ (libr.rebind in blue cloth boards w.half leather,non-matching spine treatment,rubbed and soiled and unevenly sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm loss to head and foot of spine of vol.2.,plain eps to vol.1 w.marbled eps to vol.2,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,contents clean)

PUBLISHER: goemaere bruxelles 1861

KEYWORDS: history revolution politics france belgium paul bottalla

$29.75
r15/24

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates


june 27 to august 3,1945

N/A

vol.268 908pp VG- (blue embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: e.v.paul wellington 1946

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics

$42.50
r15/25

New Zealand Parliamentary Debates


august 1 to september 13,1946

N/A

vol.274 911pp VG+ (blue embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: e.v.paul wellington 1947

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics

$137.50
r17/4

Whina; A Biography of Whina Cooper


KING, MICHAEL & COOPER, WHINA

FIRST EDITION, Super octavo black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, illus [b/w], VG+ (slight rubbing/scuffing to extrems, v. light spots of soiling to rear board/upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight discolouration/soiling - more so to extrems, light rubbing/chipping to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics michael king dame whina cooper maori land march biographies

$127.50
r20/8

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1858


N/A

first edition thus unbound pp353-670 VG (amateur white card and clear plastic wrapper,contents appear to have been removed from a book,minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: govt.print office washington 1858

KEYWORDS: history politics india geography

$102.00
r21/7

Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India A Life of Truth in Politics


SRIVASTAVA,C.P.

first edition [inscribed by author to former NZ prime minister David Lange] 448pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's warm inscription to ffep,sl.shaky spine) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: oxford university press delhi 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics biography lal shastri india srivastava david lange

$30.00
w10/14

The Invisible Writing


Autobiography 1931-53

KOESTLER,ARTHUR

first edition 432pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cerise cloth,sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: collins hamish hamilton london 1954

KEYWORDS: biography history arthur koestler politics sociology

$30.00
r28/12

Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History 1795-1910


EYBERS,G.W.

ex-lib.first edition 582pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1918

KEYWORDS: south africa history politics eybers

$995.00
r30/3

Works of Henry Lord Brougham [11 volumes]


BROUGHAM,LORD

11 volumes various editions uniformly bound in half leather 492/438/442/497/444/456/424/424/445/462/469pp VG+ (rebound in marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands to spines w.gilt stamps and gilt-on-red/black title labels,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.chipping to head of spine on one volume,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.to mod.foxing of contents but generally in very tidy condition) scarce complete 11 volume set attractively rebound in half leather; comprises - Lives of Philosophers / Men of Letters / Sketches of Statesmen [3 vols.] / Natural Theology / Dissertations and Addresses / Historical and Political Dissertations / Speeches [2 vols.] / British Constitution - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: griffin london 1857-1862

KEYWORDS: lord brougham history biography literature politics

$15.00
s8/8

The Book They Dared Not Publish


WIGHT,T.W.

first edition 168pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,covers sl.bowed,owner's inscr.to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: rafford publishing dunedin [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics wight

$600.00
s10/29

A Life of Sir Woodbine Parish K.C.H., F.R.S. (1796-1882)


PARISH,SIR WOODBINE;SHUTTLEWORTH,NINA L.KAY

first edition [inscribed by author's son to his nephew] xiii+454+2pp ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamp to top board and gilt ruled borders,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,hinges split,2x newspaper obituaries for Charles Woodbine Parish pasted to front eps,inscription by Charles Woodbine Parish to ffep - Woodbine Parish from his affectionate Uncle Charles W Parish Nov.1910 - paper separation to fep gutter,some ink numbers to ffep,moderate foxing to contents incl.margins of ills.,one plate not bound where listed but it is present,some pencil annotations to text which appear to be by another Woodbine Parish perhaps the inscriber of this volume as the initials WP appear,spine cracked,teg) a slightly tired copy which would benefit from some restoration however a wonderful association copy - the author is the granddaughter of Sir Woodbine Parish and in her introduction acknowledges the assistance of her uncle Charles Woodbine Parish,the inscriber of this volume; scans available on request

PUBLISHER: smith elder london 1910

KEYWORDS: woodbine parish shuttleworth history biography politics signed

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