LASH, MAX D. & SMITH, DAWN (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 costs

PUBLISHER: Nelson Historical Society 1992

KEYWORDS: Nelson New Zealand biographies regional history

MOFFATT, HARRY LOUIS

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: Nelson Historical Society 1979

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir New Zealand Harry Louis Moffatt exploration travel Nelson regional history

N/A (DAVENPORT, WILLIAM HENRY)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) heavy cracking to gutters; 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: T. Nelson and Sons 1883

KEYWORDS: travel exploration mountains mountaineering climbing mountain history

BRYANT, E. R.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo softcover (VG-) a number of pages loose; 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: Progress Print 1988

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Bryant family

JOHNSTON, MIKE & NOLDEN, SASCHA & HOKE, LEONORE

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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson Dun mountain report history

LONEY, J. K.

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: J. K. Loney 1967

KEYWORDS: Australian shipwrecks Victoria Great Ocean Road nautical maritime disasters history Australia

BASU, KUNAL

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2006

KEYWORDS: fiction race ethincity racism conflict Africa history literature

SOFAER, JOANNA

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: Cambridge University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology human body osteoarchaeology anthropology ancient history

BEEVOR, ANTONY

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: Viking/Penguin 2018

KEYWORDS: military history Antony Beevor ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Arnhem operation market garden

TANAKA, STEFAN

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 305pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, pgs 1-9/10 plus prelims loose or detached-but present- with some tape reinforcement to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993

KEYWORDS: China Japan historiography history teaching study oriental culture Asia

PERRY, ELIZABETH J.

LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+ 392pp, VG+ (prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light folding/creasing to top page corners to rear)

PUBLISHER: University California Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Mao China Chinese history politics military revolution

WANG, Q. EDWARD

Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, xi + 304pp, VG (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, light creasing & wrinkling to spine, light chafing & discolouration to covers, prev. owner's initial in ink to ffep, pg 63/64 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2001

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history historiography literature Asia

HAZRA, KANAI LAL

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map, xvi + 125pp, VG+ (light soiling to rear board, sl soiling to page edges, sl adhesion to terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers 2002

KEYWORDS: India China Indo-China religion spirituality Buddhism ancient history

CHEN, SONG-CHUAN

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, ix + 230pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to page edges, ffep completely missing)

PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: China Chinese Asia opium trade war business history

WIDMER, ELLEN & CHANG, KANG-I SUN (Eds)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiii + 544pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: womens's studies literature literary criticism history imperial China Chinese gender

FORD, COLIN (Ed & Intro) & STRONG, ROY (Commentary)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards with black spine, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG- (price clippped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling & discolouration to covers, some minor closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: history Victorian portraits photography culture Scotland

CROUCH, TOM D.

Imperial octavo, cream & blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 770pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, 3cm closed tear to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 1983

KEYWORDS: US America aviation flying hot air ballooning balloons hobbies history

ELMAN, BENJAMIN A.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xlii + 847pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to base of spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2000

KEYWORDS: late imperial China Chinese history social politics culture

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S.

Octavo, blue & cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 629pp, vol 2- xxxiv + 763pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some light closed tearing, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1966-67

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill British politics history

GOMBRICH, E. H.

FIFTH EDITION, super octavo, cream cloth boards, green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, vi + 462pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing with sl discolouration to edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate water staining to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Phaidon Press 1953

KEYWORDS: art history Phaidon Gombrich heritage exposition explanations