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$30.00
2g22/48

The Golden Era of Fiat Railcars in New Zealand


CHURCHMAN, GEOFFREY B.

Oblong octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to front cover, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)

PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1989

KEYWORDS: Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history railways rail motorcars railcars Fiat pictorial photographic history

$25.00
xxhqp57444

Rome: the Augustan Age


CHISHOLM, KITTY & FERGUSON, JOHN

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: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Kitty Chisholm John Ferguson Rome history classical history roman empire Augustus

$24.50
xxelb57501

Whatiwhatihoe


The Waikato Raupatu Claim

MCCAN, DAVID

Ex-library 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: Huia Publishers 2001

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials David McCan New Zealand nonfictin Maori history Waikato settlers history

$22.50
xxelb57520

The Contemporary History of Latin America


DONGHI, TULIO HALPERIN

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: Duke University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Tulio Halperin Donghi history Latin America South America cultural history anthropology

$26.50
2g26/14

Roman Women: Their History and Habits


BALSDON, J. P. V. D.

Octavo, purple heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 355pp, illus + fold-out charts, VG+ (sellotape residue stains to boards, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sellotape residue stains)

PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1977

KEYWORDS: JPVD Balsdon Roman history women gender history women's role

$16.50
xxema57812

Studies in Ancient Society


Past and Present Series

FINLEY, M.I. (ED.)

Hardcover super octavo (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: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1974

KEYWORDS: specials M.I. Finley history Rome Roman Empire society anthropology cultural history ancient Rome collected essays

$12.00
xxelf57744

Rings & Curtains


Family and Personal Memoirs

WHITE, JACK LE & FORD, PETER

Ex-library hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; text in French ; 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: Quartet Books Limited 1992

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Jack Le White Peter Ford biography memoir cicrus history popular entertainment social history cultural anthropology

$15.00
xxema57820

From Pericles to Philip


GLOVER, T.R.

Hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1918

KEYWORDS: specials T.R. Glover ancient History Greek history ancient Greece

$12.50
xxema57838

Cartmel: People and Priory


TAYLOR, SAM

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: Titus Wilson & Son Ltd 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Sam Taylor history biography English history religion

$9.00
xxemc57983

In Flanders Fields


The 1917 Campaign

WOLFF, LEON

Ex-library hardcover octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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 Union Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Leon Wolff history military history WWI era 1917 campaign

$10.00
xxemd58022

Masada


Herod's Fortress and the Zealots' Last Stand

YADIN, YIGAEL

Hardcover imperial octavo (G) in d/w (VG-) some damp damage ; 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Yigael Yadin archaeology ancient history Israeli history Herod the Great Roman siege Zealots

$32.50
2g31/30

All Drawn by Horses


ARNOLD, JAMES

Oblong imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 142pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (label residue stain to front, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1979

KEYWORDS: James Arnold horse-drawn transport carriages carts passengers freight trade history technical specifications public transport omnibuses charabancs hackney coach gigs history

$100.00
1b19a/10

A History of Russian Railways


WESTWOOD, J. N.

Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine and blind train motifs to front board, top edges green, 326pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, staining to edges, tanning internally)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964

KEYWORDS: JN Westwood Russia Russian railways trains rail transport history economic technical history engineering terrain climate locomotives steam engines equipment

$12.50
xxemb57908

Studies in Virgil


GLOVER, T.R.

1904 edition hardcover imperial octavo (G+) lacks d/w ; lacks f.ep and prelims ; text in Greek text in English ; 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: Arnold, 1904

KEYWORDS: specials T.R. Glover classical studies ancient history biography society literature literary analysis history text in Greek text in English Virigil

$15.00
xxemf58170

The Great Flood of '78


GRIFFITHS, GEORGE

staple bound, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: specials George Griffiths new zealand otago history flood clutha photographic history

$16.50
xxena58197

Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic


CLARKE, ERSKINE

hardcover super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ex library; 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: Yale University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Erskine Clarke ex library religious history plantations american history slave slavery 19th century

$40.00
1c7a/4

Watch for Trams


JONES, COLIN

Quarto, maroon boards with silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (foxing to inside, creasing to rear lower edge, light soiling to rear flap upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Kangaroo Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Colin Jones Trams tramways transport history Australia horse steam cable battery electric trams photographic pictorial history

$45.00
1c7a/6

Station to Station


PARISSIEN, STEVEN

Quarto, white light card covers with black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, fine, in d/w with large French flaps, fine

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Steven Parissien railways transport stations architecture buildings history construction structure social political context photography pictorial history drawings sketches plans

$25.00
xxend58332

The Rand Rush


1886-1911 Johannesburg's first 25 Years in Pictures

ROSENTHAL, ERIC

Hardcover quarto (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: AD. Donker 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Eric Rosenthal history pictographic history Johannesburg Suoth Africa photography

$15.00
xxenf58503

Unwillingly to School


A Nostalgic Look at New Zealand Schools and Schoolchildren

WORDSWORTH, JANE

Quarto 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: AH & AW Reed 1976

KEYWORDS: specials Jane Wordsworth New Zealand schools education history pictorial photographic history teachers students pupils

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