BRACKEN, THOMAS & STOUT, Sir ROBERT (Historical Sketch) & GREY, Sir GEORGE (Preface)

TIPPED IN INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, light brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt & black lettering & illus to fron board, patterned eps, viii + 359pp, illus/plates, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, some light cracking to spine hinges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, 1x plate detached but present, spine sl cocked)

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WEDDE, IAN

SIGNED BY IAN WEDDE, oblong quarto, black heavy boards, frontispiece, illus prelims, x + 270pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to board edges) in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2009

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N/A

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PUBLISHER: Unknown 1970

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SUTHERLAND, LOUISE

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SLOANE, KEITH

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HUNTON, VALERIE & SAMISONI, JIMIONE (Intro)

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BAISSETTE, GASTON

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PUBLISHER: Julliard 1968

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BAISSETTE, GASTON

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PUBLISHER: Julliard 1966

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BAISSETTE, GASTON

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HAMON, REI

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KARSH, YOUSUF

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PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1978

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GREEN, JOHN & LEVITHAN, DAVID

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HAND, CYNTHIA & ASHTON, BRODI & MEADOWS, JODI

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LU, MARIE

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WEBER, MARY

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RAMAN, AKSHAYA

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CHEN, GINA

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ANGELES, JANELLA

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BOOTH, CHRIS

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HUTCHISON, JAN

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PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2017

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