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$16.50
xxfij80940

Volcano Town: The 1937 - 43 Raboul Eruptions


JOHNSON, R. W. & THRELFALL, N. A

First edition, 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: Robert Brown and Associates1985

KEYWORDS: specials R W Johnson N A Threlfall Papua New Guinea Raboul volcano volcanic eruptions Vulcan Tavurvur history first edition

$22.50
xxfij80942

Men at the Wheel


MILLER, PETER

First edition, imperial 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: B. T. Batsford Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Miller transport cars motor racing sport motorsport drivers biography biographies history first edition

$15.50
xxfij80946

Pubs of New Zealand


SOMERVILLE, MALCOLM

Oblong 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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Malcolm Somerville New Zealand pubs hotels architecture buildings history

$9.50
xxfii80848

Children's Games


BRUEGHEL, PIETER

hardcover octavo (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: Halwag 1964

KEYWORDS: specials Pieter Brueghel painting art history renaissance biography

$12.00
xxfil81025

Out of the Silence: Methodist Women of Aotearoa 1822 - 1985


FRY, RUTH

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: Methodist Publishing 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Ruth Fry New Zealand methodist women biography memoirs biographies history

$12.50
xxfil81057

A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present


A Survey of the Modern Style in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, and Photography

FEREBEE, ANN

Ex library, square 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: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1970

KEYWORDS: specials Ann Ferebee architecture interier industrial graphic design photography art history

$45.00
2b28a/45

Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War 1879


KNIGHT, IAN

Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 200pp, illus + loosely enclosed map supplement, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: Ian Knight South Africa Anglo-Zulu war military history weapons uniforms battles

$18.50
xxfja81071

The Passage of the Alps: From Hannibal to the Motorway


PYATT, EDWARD

First edition, 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: Robert Hale Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Edward Pyatt the Alps travel transport mountaineering history first edition

$16.50
xxfja81073

The Making of the English Landscape: The Northumberland Landscape


NEWTON, ROBERT

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Newton England English Northumberland landscape geography history

$18.50
xxfja81082

The Polish August: THE Self-Limiting Revolution


ASCHERSON, NEAL

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: Allen Lane / Penguin 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Neal Ascherson Poland Polish revolution politics history

$15.00
xxfil81047

Wild Cards: Eccentric Characters from New Zealand's Past


DUNMORE, JOHN

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: New Holland 2006

KEYWORDS: specials John Dunmore New Zealand biography biographies history humour

$30.00
xxfil81053

Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History


PEKAR, HARVEY & DUMM, GARY (Illus) & BUHLE, PAUL (

First edition, 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: Hill and Wang / Farrar, Straus and Groux 2008

KEYWORDS: specials Harvey Pekar Gary Dumm Paul Buhle America American politics Students for a Democratic Society protests SDS graphic novel history first edition

$16.00
xxfjb81108

The Chief: The Biography of Gordon Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England 1922-40


JACKSON, ROBERT

First edition, 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: Goerge G. Harrap 1959

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Jackson Gordon Hewart England English biography history first edition

$22.50
xxfjb81128

The Golden Cobweb: A Saga of the Otago Goldfields, 1861-64


GLASSON, H. A.

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: The Otago Daily Times Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: specials H A Glasson New Zealand Otago goldfields gold mining history

$10.00
xxfjc81185

Democracy and Classical Greece


DAVIES, J. K.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Fontana 1984

KEYWORDS: specials democracy politics classical greece history jk davies

$85.00
2b28a/50

A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction Volume 5


History of Architecture, Architectural Design, Specifications, Building Superintendence, Contracts & Permits

n/a

This volume only, super octavo, half bound, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine, page edges stained mottled red, marbled eps, vi + aprox 800pp (each section individually paginated), illus, VG (bruisng & fraying & two tatty 2cm tears to upper spine extrem, light fading to spine, light rubbing to boards & board edgdes, crease to prelim upper corner, moderate tanningn & foxing to prelims & terminals, light sporadic foxing elsewhere, stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: The Colliery Engineer 1900

KEYWORDS: international correspondence school architecture building construction architectural engineering design specification contracts permits history coursebook

$65.00
2b30a/11

Far Famed Fiordland: Historic and Descriptive


European Explorers, White Whalers, Seamen and Surveyors, Travellers and Tourists, and Pakeha Place-names

BEATTIE, HERRIES

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 141pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to boards, some staining & fading to spine, light staining to fep lower edge, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1950

KEYWORDS: first edition Herries Beattie New Zealand Fiordland history whaling seafaring surveyors exploration

$145.00
2b30a/13

The Satyrs of Southland


STUART, WILLIAM DAVID

First edition, imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (inscription in ink & owner's name in ink to fep, light soiling to page fore-edges & to rear ep, some creasing to rear map) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Company 1982

KEYWORDS: William David Stuart New Zealand Southland McRae families Riverton Winton whisky biography history

$50.00
2b30a/21

Pioneer Recollections mainly of the Gore District


Fourth Series

BEATTIE, HERRIES (Ed)

Octavo, green light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 60pp, VG (some staining to covers, rust-staining from staples, owner's name & address label to fep, moderately heavy browning to pages & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mataura Ensign (post-1948)

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie Mataura Ensign New Zealand Gore articles history pioneering memoirs pioneers

$30.00
2b30a/22

A History of Gore 1862-1962 [A History of Gore and Surrounding Districts]


BEATTIE, HERRIES

First edition, green light card stapled wrappers, blue lettering & blue coat of arms to front cover, 131pp, illus, VG- (heavy rust-staining from staples to front cover and page 3, light tanning and creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Co 1962

KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie New Zealand Gore Centennial history

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