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$18.50
xxkae50216

A Southern Gentry: New Zealanders who Inherited the Earth


ELDRED-GRIGG, STEVAN

First edition, imperial 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: Reed Books 1980

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Stevan Eldred-Grigg New Zealand South Island history colonial life landowners aristocrats wool sheep social history

$19.50
xxkbb50330

Rococo to Revolution: Major Trends in Eighteenth-Century Painting


LEVEY, MICHAEL

hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Thames and Hudson 1966

KEYWORDS: michael levey rococo painting history art history classics arts specials

$12.00
xxkba50301

Europe in the Eighteenth Century: Aristocracy and the Bourgeois Challenge


RUDE, GEORGE

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: Sphere Books 1972

KEYWORDS: specials George Rude history Europe 18th Century aristocracy bourgeoisie social history government politcis economy religion art

$14.50
xxkea51116

Economic and Social History of Europe in the Later Middle Ages (1300-1530


THOMPSON, JAMES WESTFALL

Ex library, super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Frederick Ungar Publishing 1965

KEYWORDS: ex library specials James Westfall Thompson history continental Europe middle ages economic social history

$27.50
2f29/45

Studies in Historiography


MOMIGLIANO, ARNOLDO D.

Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 264pp, VG (lacks fep, usu library markings, label-removal damage to front & rear pastedowns, 1cm soil spot to rear pastedown) in VG- d/w (price clipped, all flap edges cut to rounded, bruising to spine extrems & edges)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1966

KEYWORDS: ex library Arnold D Momigliano history historiography essays ancient history antiquarian Gobbin Rostovtzeff George Grote Greece

$80.00
2f29/35

A Vision of Australian History: The Tyranny of Distance; Triumph of the Nomads; A Land Half Won


Volume 1 How Distance Shaped Australia's History; Volume 2 A History of Ancient Australia; Volume 3 A Land Half Won

BLAINEY, GEOFFREY

Three-volume set in slip case, octavo, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, vi + 366pp (vol 1), x + 285pp (vol 2), v + 388pp (vol 3), illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep in all vols, inscription in ink painted over with white-out to fep in all vols) in fine d/ws, in VG+ slip case (rubbing to sides, slight bruising to rear upper edge, small nick to rear/side edges, soiling to top & bottom)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Co of Australia 1982

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Blainey Australian history aborigines aboriginal society economic history archaeology

$18.50
xxkeb51175

Twentieth Century France: Politics and Society 1989-1991


MCMILLAN, JAMES F.

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: Hodder Headline 1996

KEYWORDS: specials James F McMillan France history politics government 20th Century presidents social history economics

$15.00
xxkef51406

RSA Country


TEEN, RACHEL

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: David Bateman 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Rachel Teen New Zealand RSA Clubs Returned Servicemen Association photographic journal record history pictorial record history buildings

$50.00
2f33/36

Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the South Pacific


BENNETT, JUDITH A.

octavo, illus light card covers, xxvi + 439pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009

KEYWORDS: judith a. bennet south pacific natural history environment history world war two WWII environmental science military war

$24.50
xxkja52671

Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture


THOMAS, NICHOLAS

softcover super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1999

KEYWORDS: nicholas thomas arts history anthropology indigenous cultures colonial history tribal art australia new zealand specials

$25.00
xxkkc53053

Crow Dog's Case: American Indian Sovereignty, Tribal Law, and United States Law in the Nineteenth Century


HARRING, SIDNEY L.

Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Sidney L Harring American history USA American Indian law sovereignty tribal law history reservations

$30.00
xxkke53127

Grog's Own Country: The Story of Liquor Licensing in New Zealand


BOLLINGER, CONRAD

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: Minerva Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Conrad Bollinger New Zealand history licensing laws liquor alcohol bars pubs government social history

$22.50
xxkle53582

People of Terra Nullus - Betrayal and Rebirth in Aboriginal Canda


RICHARDSON, BOYCE

paperback super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Douglas & McIntyre 1994

KEYWORDS: specials australia canada history anthropology history culture society aborigines boyce richardson

$30.00
2f39/12

The Trial of Socrates


STONE, I. F.

first edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 282pp, VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988

KEYWORDS: socrates classics philosophy history i.f. stone ancient greek history

$15.00
2f41/25

Collecting Picture Postcards


GODDEN, GEOFFREY

Quarto, illus heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 202pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1996

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Godden collecting picture postcards history Victorian Edwardian collectors letters corresondence social history

$49.50
2f41/32

Ashburton: A History with Records of Town and County


SCOTTER, W. H.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG (light bruising and fading to board and spine extrems, owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (fading to spine, light scuffing and chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to covers, small patch of surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Ashburton Borough & County Councils 1972

KEYWORDS: WH Scotter New Zealand Canterbury Ashburton history agriculture farming social history farmers businessmen

$35.00
2f42/9

Old New Zealand Bottles and Bygones


TASKER, JOHN

imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 138pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and fading to covers, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989

KEYWORDS: new zealand history john tasker collectibles bottles collecting archaeology hobbies history

$24.50
2f43/22

Rides on Railways


Introduction by Barrie Trinder

SIDNEY, SAMUEL

Octavo, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 254pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight spotting to feps) in VG+ d/w (foxing to interior, esp upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: Samual Sidney railways trains steam engines locomotives transport history North Western Railway social history

$22.50
2f43/23

Modern Rail Album


HOBSON, A. W. (Ed) for the Phoenix Railway Photogr

Square super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight tanning to feps) in VG+ d/w (Foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: A W Hobson Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle photography pictorial history trains railways locomotives history diesel electric rail traction

$22.50
2f43/51

The World the Railways Made


FAITH, NICHOLAS

Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 360pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1990

KEYWORDS: Nicholas Faith railways history capitalism Britain America Siberia Africa South America technology industrial development navvies financiers social history railway revolution

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