HALLETT, H F

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 171pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss, moderate tanning/fading to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Athlone Press 1957

KEYWORDS: Benedict de Spinoza philosophy history theory doctrines

ADKINS, ARTHUR W H

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 380pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions ancient history Greek Greece values morality philosophy literature

CROMBIE, I M

2 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xii + 395pp, vol 2- x + 573pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown of vol 1, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps & prelims of both vols, occasional pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962-63

KEYWORDS: Plato philosophy literature criticism history historical doctrines

LARACY, HUGH (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 206pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps/prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies University of the South Pacific Suva 1983

KEYWORDS: signed pacific Solomon islands Hugh Laracy politics maasina rule history 20th twentieth century

PUCKEY, ADRIENNE

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. x + 382; illus. light card covers, french flaps; photos, illus.; VG (moderate tanning, scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; library stickers to spine, rear cover recto & verso; library stamp in black ink to ht & top pg edge).

PUBLISHER: Huia 2011

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history North Island social economic political 18th 19th 20th 21st century

HOWIE-WILLIS, IAN

Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 363; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling & tanning & foxing to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: The Australian National University 1980

KEYWORDS: university education social history anthropology Papua New Guinea 20th century sociology

DAVIDSON, JARED

Super 8vo, pp. 303; illus. heavy card bds; photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2023

KEYWORDS: Jared Davidson early New Zealand history prison labour prisoners

MATANE, PAULIAS

First edition. Sm 8vo, pp. viii + 52; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Niugini Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Paulias Matane Papua New Guinea social history first edition

COGHILL, HAMISH

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 260; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Birlinn 2005

KEYWORDS: Scotland Edinburgh architecture heritage history

LLOYD-JONES, HUGH & PEARL, VALERIE & WORDEN, BLAIR (eds)

Super 8vo, pp. x + 386; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate fading; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1981

KEYWORDS: essays lectures history imagination H R Trevor-roper

BUICK, T LINDSAY

First edition. Medium 8vo, pp. xii + 122; blue buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, double roll-tooled border to bds; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to frotn pastedown; possibly signed & dated in black ink by author to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; moderate to heavy foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & archival repairs; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1934

KEYWORDS: T Lindsay Buick 19th century New Zealand history Treaty of Waitangi first edition

BERNSTEIN, D L

LACKS D/W, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: horse racing sport history Melbourne Cup famous races equine

QUENNELL, PETER

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Wiliam Collins Sons & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron literary history Italy biographies biography memoir

PIGNA, FELIPE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grupo Editorial Norma 2005

KEYWORDS: history Argentina South America American

FARBER, STEPHEN & McCLELLAN, MICHAEL & CONDON, BILL (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: movies cinema history film studies 1962

MOORE, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Vintage / Penguin Random House 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical HMS Endeavour exploration Captain James Cook pacific voyages

CARROLL, JOHN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Scribe 2010

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature John Carroll ancient Greece Greek history heritage culture

PEMBERTON, T EDGAR

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1889

KEYWORDS: Edward Askew Sothern memoir biography biographies memoir history historical

BICKEL, LENNARD & HILARY, Sir EDMUND (Fore) & JARVIS, TIM (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Woodslane Press 2010

KEYWORDS: history exploration south pole Antarctic Douglas Mawson polar expeditions biography biographies memoir

RADKAU, JOACHIM & CAMILLER, PATRICK (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Polity Press 2012

KEYWORDS: history wood hard materials timber