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$120.00
t14/62

Working-Class Patients and the Medical Establishment


Self-help in Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1948

GREEN, DAVID G

Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 211pp NF (sl bruising to extremities) inNF d/w (v sl creasing, v sl rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Gower Temple Aldershot 1985

KEYWORDS: medicine history britain sociology science

$50.00
t15/1

The National Championships


A History of the First 50 Years of Aeromodelling Championships in New Zealand

MALKIN, JOHN

large format gloss illus soft card covers with french flaps 120pp Fine

PUBLISHER: NZMAA Auckland 2002

KEYWORDS: aeromodelling aviation new zealand history

$75.00
t15/9

Arboriculture or a Practical treatise on raising and Managing Forest Trees


and on The Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain

GRIGOR, JOHN

Second Edition green Cloth Blindstamped Boards with gilt lettering to spine xv + 416pp VG (bruising & wear to extremities with a couple of small chips to spine, discolouration to spine, owners stamp on eps, cracking to front and rear gutters but still sound)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier Edinburgh 1881

KEYWORDS: aboriculture forests great britain trees agriculture natural history botany

$250.00
t15/13

Profits, Interest and Investment and Other essays on the Theory of Industrial Fluctuations


VON HAYEK, FRIEDRICH A

reprint of 1939 edition Red Cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine 266pp Near Fine (sl fading to extremities) Former owners name to title page - Rodney Hide, MP, currently leader of NZ Act Party

PUBLISHER: Augustus M Kelley Clifton 1975

KEYWORDS: finance interest investment banking business history

$35.00
t15/19

the Libertarian Idea


NARVESON, JAN

teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 367pp NF (sl bruising to corners) in NF d/w (sl rubbing, sl lift in lamination to extremities) with former ownership of Rodney Hide, MP, current leader of the New Zealand Act Party

PUBLISHER: Temple University press Philadelphia 1988

KEYWORDS: history politics

$43.50
t15/21

Captain Jack Surveyor and Engineer


The Autobiography of John Mackie

MACKIE, JOHN

Softcover illus card 444pp illus Near Fine

PUBLISHER: NZ Institute of Surveyors Wellington 2007

KEYWORDS: surveyors engineeers new zealand history geography

$48.50
t15/27

New Zealand Butterflies


Identification and Natural History

GIBBS, GEORGE W

Quarto, green cloth boards 207pp illus VG+ (light foxing to edges) in VG+ d/w (light foxing to reverse)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Auckland 1980

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history butterflies

$70.00
2g7/6

St Philip's 1898-1998 A Centennial History


PERCY, COLIN

large softcover in illus light card ii + 157pp illus Near Fine (owners name on contents page - does not appear to have been issued with eps or title page)

PUBLISHER: Percy Glendowie 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand history religion churches

$32.50
1m41/5

Going Abroad The MacGibbon Family and Other Early Scottish Emigrants to Otago and Southland, New Zealand


MACGIBBON, JOHN

Quarto softcover 231pp VG+ (light bruising to corners, owners name on title page)

PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press Wellington 1997

KEYWORDS: new zealand genaology soctland southland otago history

$145.00
t15/39

The Rise of Our Indian Empire


Being the History of British India From its Origin to the Peace of 1783 extracted from Lord mahon's History of England

MAHON, LORD ( STANHOPE, Earl PHILIP HENRY )

Expertly rebacked full brown leather with decorative gilt, raised bands, black label with gilt to spine 173pp aall edges marbled, marbled eps, VG+ moderate wear to boards, light foxing to eps Delightful warm INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE of Author to Emily Stanhope

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1858

KEYWORDS: india history lord mahon stanhope signed

$60.00
t15/40

Great Guys Laughs and Gripes of Fifty Years of Show-Music Business


LAKE, MAYHEW MIKE

Softcover in illus light card 170pp illus VG+ (owners name on inner cover, light foxing to eps, fading to spine and rear cover) SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Bocavo Press Michigan 1983

KEYWORDS: music show classic concert band arts history

$25.00
t15/41

Property, Paternalism and Power


Class and Control in Rural England

NEWBY, HOWARD & BELL, COLIN & ROSE, DAVID & SAUNDERS, PETER

black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine 432pp NF (owners bookplate to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, light rubbing, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1978

KEYWORDS: history england agriculture class sociology

$27.50
t15/46

The Line That Dared


A History of the Union Steam Ship Company A Centenary

MCLAUCHLAN, GORDON (ed)

Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 205pp illus VG+ ( rubbing to top left corner of inner pastedown) in VG+ d/w (v sl wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Four Star books Mission Bay 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand history nautical maritime union steam ships

$24.50
t15/48

City of Enterprise Perspectives on Auckland Business History


HUNTER, IAN & MORROW, DIANA (eds)

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 272pp illus Fine in Near Fine d/w (v sl rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: new zealand history business auckland

$150.00
t16/1

New Zealand Engineers, Middle East: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force


CODY, J F

Red cloth boards xvi + 774pp illus, fldg maps, VG+ (light bruising to extremities, v occassional foxing spot, light foxing to edges, light marking to eps) in VG d/w (light rubbing with some chipping to extrems, mild discolouration/soiling especially to rear, 4 x1.5cm tears to lower extrems). Photos available upon request

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs Wellington 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Military history middle east engineers

$14.50
t16/6

The Riddle of Richard Pearse


OGILVIE, GORDON

Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps 251pp illus VG+ in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed Wellington 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand history aviation

$100.00
t16/9

Labour's Utopias


Bolshevism, Fabianism, Social Democracy

BEILHARZ, PETER

First Edition black gloss cloth boards with silver design and lettering 168pp FINE INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author SCARCE

PUBLISHER: Routledge London 1992

KEYWORDS: politics history socialism utopias bolshevism signed

$600.00
t16/17

Bananas and Platains


GOWEN, S (ed)

Illus laminate boards 612pp illus Near Fine (v sl marking to boards)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall London 1995

KEYWORDS: agriculture natural history bananas

$145.00
t16/34

Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands


Prehistoric Environmental and Landscape Change

KIRCH, PATRICK V & HUNT, TERRY L (eds)

green textured boards with gilt lettering to spine xv + 331pp illus VG+ (light wear to extremities, sl stain to eps, owners name on fep) in NF d/w (light bruising to extremities, in protective plastic cover with tape securing)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press New haven 1997

KEYWORDS: pacific history ecology science anthropologyclimate change environment

$60.00
t16/36

Terra Australis 18 ; An Archaeology of West Polynesian Prehistory


SMITH, ANITA

Large format softcover photo-illus card xvi + 229pp illus with diagrams VG+ ( sl bruising to extremities, small crease on fep, owners details on fep)

PUBLISHER: Pandanus Books Canberra 2002

KEYWORDS: pacific history archaeology anthropolgy polynesia

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