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$70.00
ak5/12/47

Summer Days in Cattiland


HORNE, JOHN

Sm octavo, heavy floral patterned boards, gilt lettering to burgundy buckram spine, deckled page edges, 127pp, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to board corners, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Menzies & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Caithness Scotland Scottish Cattiland John Horne travel writing literature history historical

$120.00
ak5/12/48

The Romance of the Rail: No 2 South Island Main Trunk, New Zealand


COWAN, JAMES

SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION! Oblong octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (light rusting to staples- page block almost detached, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, light staining to top edge of front cover, minor closed tearing to edges of rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, signed bookplate (James Cowan) to verso of contents page)

PUBLISHER: Publicity Branch, New Zealand Railways 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail travel south island main line Canterbury Otago Southland

$160.00
ak5/12/49

Castaway on the Aucklands: The Wreck of the Grafton, from the Private Journals of Thomas Musgrave, Master Mariner


MUSGRAVE, THOMAS & REED, A H (Ed) & REED, A W (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed/maps to eps, frontispiece, 125pp, illus, VG (light to moderate chafing/creasing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl creasing to eps)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical adventures exploration Thomas Musgrave journals diaries shipwrecks history

$245.00
ak5/12/50

The Home Teacher (5 Vol Set)


NEIL, SAMUEL (Ed)

5 VOL SET, quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spines & boards, 1440 pp total, illus/maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate soiling to pages sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: William Mackenzie N/D (c.1886)

KEYWORDS: old teaching books home teacher series geography nature plants botany geopolitics history

$22.50
xxsqd215633

From Rotenberg to Rector: The Life and Career of Mervyn Ansley Bull


SHAW, ALON

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: Timaru High School Old Boys' Foundation 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools Mervyn Ansley Bull biography biographies memoir TBHS Timaru Boys High School history

$22.50
xxsqd215635

Hakataramea Hundred


PARRY, GORDON

SIGNED, octavo stapled light card covers (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: New Zealand and Australian Land Company 1968

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Gordon Parry Hakataramea Station

$20.00
xxsqd215636

Response to a Vision: The First Hundred Years of the Nelson School of Music


TUNNICLIFF, SHIRLEY

SIGNED, 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: Nelson School of Music 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools history educastion Nelson School of Music signed Shirley Tunnicliff

$10.00
xxsqd215640

Cathedral in the Octagon: The First Hundred Years of St Paul's, Dunein 1894-1994


PARRY, GORDON

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: St Paul's Publications N/D (c.1994)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin cathedrals churches St Paul's Cathedral octagon history

$22.50
xxsqf215643

The Sculpture of Henri Matisse


MONOD-FONTAINE, ISABELLE

Ex-library, 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: Thames and Hudson 1984

KEYWORDS: art history sculptures sculptors Henri Matisse appreciation criticism

$27.50
xxsqf215645

History of Mankind: Cultural and Scientific Development, Volume I (Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization)


HAWKES, JACQUETTA & WOOLLEY, Sir LEONARD

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: George Allen & Unwin 1963

KEYWORDS: UNESCO world history heritage antiquity

$10.00
xxsqf215648

The Legacy of England: An Illustrated Survey of the Works of Man in the English Country


BELL, ADRIAN et al

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: B T Batsford 1946-7

KEYWORDS: English history landscape farms villages country houses towns townships churches inns sport

$15.00
xxsqh215660

The Power of the Machine: The Impact of Technology from 1700 to the Present


BUCHANAN, R A

Ex-library, 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: Viking / Penguin 1992

KEYWORDS: technology history development social impact

$8.50
xxsqh215666

Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses


BROCKER, SUSAN

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: HarperCollins 2010

KEYWORDS: children's literature war history ANZAC horses equine New Zealand Australia

$30.00
xxsqi215668

A Briefer History of Time


HAWKING, STEPHEN & MLODINOW, LEONARD

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: Bantam Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Stephen Hawking physics space time philosophy history of time

$16.50
xxsqj215674

The Lost Command


REVIE, ALASTAIR

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: David Bruce & Watson 1971

KEYWORDS: military history Alastair Revie aviation raf royal air force bomber command literature

$22.50
xxsqj215676

Legends of the South Sea


ALPERS, ANTONY

Ex-library, 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970

KEYWORDS: anthropology history south seas exploration Polynesia Polynesian myths legends poetry art

$18.00
xxsqj215677

Narrative of a Residence in New Zealand - Journal of a Residence in Tristan da Cunha


EARLE, AUGUSTUS & McCORMICK, E H (Ed)

Ex-library, 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: Oxford University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tristan da Cunha

$20.00
xxsqk215681

Patearoa School & Cricket Jubilee 1870-1995


THE PATEAROA SCHOOL CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE & McSKIMMING, R K (Intro)

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: Central Otago News Limited (Printer) 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools jubilee centennial centenary Patearoa scholl cricket club history

$20.00
xxsqk215683

The Last War of Empires: Japan and the Pacific War


BARBER, LAURIE & HENSHALL, KEN

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: David Bateman 1999

KEYWORDS: military war history Pacific Japan Japanese

$14.00
xxsqk215684

Jazz Changes


WILLIAMS, MARTIN

Ex-library, octavo stiffened 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: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: jazz music appreciation history criticism

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