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$12.00
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The Rannoch Line


edited selections from Mountain, Moor and Loch, first published in 1894

N/A

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Famedram Publishers

KEYWORDS: history railways trains transport the rannoch line scotland scottish history specials

$34.50
2f44/8

The History of Railways in Britain


FERNEYHOUGH, FRANK

Super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 288pp, illus, fine, in VG+ d/w (creasing to rear lower edge, slight soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1975

KEYWORDS: Frank Ferneyhough Britain British trains railways transport history social history Newcomen Watt Trevithick Stephenson navvies gangers drivers guards personalities locomotives WW1 WW2 Beeching government

$24.50
2g2a/3

Spartan Reflections


CARTLEDGE, PAUL

First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 276pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2001

KEYWORDS: first edition Paul Cartledge Sparta Greece essays history culture military artistic literary history

$80.00
2g11/43

Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences


Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution

MACKEY, ALBERT G.

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering & stamping to spine and gilt rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, iii + 1046pp, illus, VG (fading & soiling to boards, bruising & v slight fraying to spine extrems, 2cm missing portion to title page fore-edge, tearing to front gutter paper but still intact, tanning to page edges, foxing, damp-staining to some pages lower edges)

PUBLISHER: McClure Publishing 1917

KEYWORDS: Albert G Mackey Freemasonry history encyclopaedia reference religion occult history

$12.50
xxkqc56170

England versus Australia: A Pictorial History of the Test Matches since 1877 in 1000 Pictures


Forewords by Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Leonard Hutton

FRITH, DAVID

Quarto 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: Lutterworth Press 1977

KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket David Frith Donald Bradman Leonard Hutton England Australia test match history pictorial history photographs

$9.50
xxkqc56171

The Illustrated History of Test Cricket


BENAUD, RICHIE (intro)

Quarto 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: Marshall Cavendish 1979

KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Richie Benaud test match history pictorial history photographs

$28.50
2g14/21

The Time of the Buffalo


MCHUGH, TOM

First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with brown cloth spine, gilt lettering & black buffalo motif to spine, gilt lettering & blind-stamped buffalo motif to front board, illus eps, xxiv, 339pp + xi pp index, VG+ (owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (some creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1972

KEYWORDS: Tom McHugh Victoria Hudson buffalo North America natural history Bison latifrons natural history evolution behaviour Indians Europeans extermination

$27.50
2g14/32

Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885


HASTINGS, DAVID

Octavo, green light card covers, viii + 294pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: David Hastings New Zealand history maritime history ships boats migrant immigrant sea journeys voyages food health religion crime mutiny

$40.00
2g13/37

Icons Nga Taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa


n/a

Quarto, illus card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, xiii + 306pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Museum of New Zealand te papa tongarewa artworks arts artefacts Maori Pacific natural history fossils history paintings collections exhibitions

$16.50
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The Australian Colonists: An Exploration of Social History 1788-1870


INGLIS, K. S.

First edition, imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: specials first edition DS Inglis Australia history colonisation colonists social history

$16.50
xxaqj56470

Burra and District: A Pictorial Memoir


AUHL, IAN

Imperial 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: Lynton Publications 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Ian Auhl South Australia Burra Burra mine social history photographic pictorial history record

$60.00
2g20/10

Seven Pillars of Wisdom


LAWRENCE, T. E.

First edition fourth impression (first year of general publication), quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, VG(v slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, soiling spots to fep, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1935

KEYWORDS: first edition TE Lawrence autobiography history Arab revolt Arabia Feisal Medina Akaba Sinai Allenby Damascus military war history

$9.00
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Tales from a Sunburnt Country (volume I)


COLE, LYNN (ed)

this volume only, hardcover super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Readers Digest 2010

KEYWORDS: australian history lynn cole readers digest natural history specials

$39.50
2g20/50

Master and Servant: Love and Labour in the English Industrial Age


STEEDMAN, CAROLYN

Ex library, super octavo, illus light card covers, x + two frontispiece maps + 263pp, VG+ (usu library markings, archival tape reinforcement to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Carolyn Steedman history 18th century England Anglicanism social thought economic history domestic service Poor law literacy education

$25.00
2g21/46

The Antartctic


KING, H. G. R.

First edition, octavo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges turquoise, illus eps, illus title page, vi + 276pp, illus, nr fine (slight stain to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing, v slight bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969

KEYWORDS: HGR King Antarctica oceans islands science scientific investigation history polar research natural history

$40.00
2g22/20

Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest


HARRIS, AROHA

Quarto, illus light card covers, 164pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2005

KEYWORDS: Aroha Harris New Zealand Maori photographic history protests marches Springbok Raglan Bastion Point Waitangi Tent Embassy Maori Land March Hikoi history pictorial record

$55.00
2g22/37

Antarctic Revelations and Beyond: The Timeless Presence of Two Opposing Views


LINN, EVE

Ex library, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine, 318pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, tape reinforcement to gutters, soiling to page corners)

PUBLISHER: First Edition Ltd 2007

KEYWORDS: Eve Linn Antarctic treaty travel consumerism ecology tourism explorers history natural history flora fauna

$38.50
2g25/13

Antarctica: An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton


TREWBY, MARY (Ed)

First edition, quarto, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (slight fading to upper board edges), in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2002

KEYWORDS: first edition Mary Trewby Antarctica geology natural history exploration science tourism ecology conservation reference history

$35.00
2g22/44

Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America


SOMMER, DORIS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, xiii + 419pp, VG (fading to spine, slight bruising to cover corners & edges, owner's ex libris label to title page, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Doris Sommer Latin South America politics history literature literary criticism fiction narratology psychoanalysis social history

$25.00
2g22/46

Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee 1902-1962


CLIMIE, NELLIE SCOTT (Ed)

Octavo, orange light card covers with black lettering to front and handwritten 'Waihi' to spine, foreword with photo, illus poem page, 196pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (fading to spine,)

PUBLISHER: Waihi Diamond Jubilee Committee 1962

KEYWORDS: Nellie Scott Climie New Zealand Waihi diamond jubilee history local families social history

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